Sacramento Bee Issues Retraction, Apology After Charlie Kirk Threatens Libel Lawsuit

An op-ed writer claimed the conservative activist called for the 'lynching of trans people'

Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, speaks at the High School Leadership Summit, a Turning Point USA event, at George Washington University in Washington on July 26, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Ahead of a March 14 speech by conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the University of California–Davis (UC Davis), an op-ed writer at The Sacramento Bee accused Kirk of advocating for the “lynching” of trans people, which Kirk’s organization says contributed to a riot outside the event.

In the March 14 op-ed, writer Hannah Holzer objected to Kirk’s campus visit, calling him “a vocal transphobe and Donald Trump fanatic.”