Infamous Climate Scientist Michael Mann Goes On Unhinged Tirade Against Charlie Kirk

Disgraced climate scientist Michael Mann went on a social media rampage on Thursday against Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination, including sharing a post that appeared to liken Kirk to a Nazi.

Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking to students at an event at Utah Valley University, leaving behind a wife and two young children. Mann — who was sanctioned by a judge in March for providing misleading information to a jury — reposted a series of attacks on Kirk before walking some of them back.

He amplified several points criticizing liberal New York Times columnist Ezra Klein’s piece, “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way,” in which Klein praised Kirk’s commitment to free dialogue and argued they were “on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics,” despite their differences.

“I had my differences with the head of Trump’s Hitler Youth, but we both wanted the same thing: to make America great again,” one post Mann shared read. 

Mann later claimed to have “overlooked” the language in the posts he shared.

“I was simply agreeing w/ the (widespread) criticism of Ezra Klein’s claim that Kirk was “practicing politics the right way,” Mann wrote Thursday. “I do NOT approve of the inappropriate & inflammatory language used to describe Kirk (which I’d overlooked). Have deleted.”