{"id":362176,"date":"2025-09-12T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/362176\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:01:13","slug":"ex-nfl-player-chris-kluwe-makes-controversial-charlie-kirk-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/362176\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe makes controversial Charlie Kirk comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe made controversial comments on BlueSky this week following the assassination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/k\/charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Kluwe, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/former-nfl-punter-fired-from-high-school-coaching-job-after-calling-maga-nazi-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fired from his job<\/a> as a high school football coach earlier this year after calling the MAGA movement a &#8220;Nazi&#8221; movement, sent an expletive-ridden post praising Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., for dismissing the idea that Democrat rhetoric led to the assassination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;F&#8212;ing finally. Fight back against the bulls&#8212; framing that tries to make Dems responsible for everything. The GOP is choosing to create this kind of societal environment. They could stop it at any time. They have agency as well. They\u2019re not f&#8212;ing children (except when, well, you know),&#8221; Kluwe wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kluwe sent an earlier post suggesting Kirk created &#8220;the kind of society he currently lives in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is possible to hold both of these things true at the same time: 1) political violence is never an appropriate choice in a civilized society 2) Charlie Kirk\u2019s dream is to create exactly the kind of society he currently lives in, as spoken from his own mouth,&#8221; Kluwe wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the shooting occurred, Kluwe sent a post seemingly mocking Kirk for getting shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over a news article reporting Kirk had been shot, Kluwe wrote the caption, &#8221; \u2018Hahaha yes! This rules!\u2019  \u2018what the f&#8212; .\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kluwe is currently running for California state assembly after his firing from coaching.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, Kluwe said he was fired from his job as a California high school football coach after a speech at a city council meeting in which he called MAGA a &#8220;Nazi movement.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities,&#8221; Kluwe <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/chriswarcraft.bsky.social\/post\/3lj6s6l6u622x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on BlueSky.<\/a> &#8220;They don\u2019t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kluwe later told CNN the school fired him because the incident was &#8220;getting too much attention.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-valley-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIVE UPDATES: CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION SPARKS MANHUNT AS SHOOTING SUSPECT REMAINS AT LARGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chris-kluwe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Kluwe looks up\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe (5) walks off the field after the game against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium. (Thomas Campbell\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p>Kluwe was arrested at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting that month when he was protesting Huntington Beach\u2019s decision to display a plaque at a public library. The plaque used the words magical, alluring, galvanizing and adventurous, and their initials spelled MAGA.<\/p>\n<p>A video from the meeting showed Kluwe criticizing the MAGA movement, calling it &#8220;a Nazi movement&#8221; and saying he would engage in civil disobedience. Kluwe later went to the front of the meeting, and police handcuffed him and led him out.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Kluwe made an appearance on CNN, and he did not back down\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ex-nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-wants-officials-engage-civil-disobedience-after-his-maga-protest-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">from his stance.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe we\u2019re on the path that Nazi Germany went down under Hitler,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I say that as a political science and history major, as someone who has studied history. And the parallels are very, very clear.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kluwe took issue with the Trump administration\u2019s stance on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/trump-vows-cut-off-federal-funding-maine-refsual-comply-no-men-womens-sports-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">transgender athletes<\/a> competing in girls&#8217; and women\u2019s sports, among other issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chris-kluwe-city-council.png\" alt=\"Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe at podium\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe protests during Huntington Beach City Council meeting in California. (City of Huntington Beach)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This administration is trying to put obedience over duty to the country. This administration is trying to thrust our country into turmoil in order to reap power for themselves. And I think regardless of political affiliation, all of us as Americans should be able to agree \u2014 no kings, no tyrants, not now, not ever,&#8221; Kluwe said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kluwe punted for the Minnesota Vikings from 2005-12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He previously worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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