Liberal podcasters apologize after laughing at joke about digging up Charlie Kirk's body

Podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan drew criticism from political commentators after laughing at a social media post about exhuming the body of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.The two issued an apology on Saturday. During Thursday's episode of Welch's "I've Had It" podcast, the two women laughed as they read social media reactions to Democrats' victories in the 2026 midterm elections.

Several posts mocked conservative positions on issues including abortion, vaccines and LGBTQ+ policies."Somebody posted, ‘I don’t care if you celibate or abstinent.Grab the nearest person available and do your worst.

Abortion’s on me,’" Welch said, reading from the social media posts.STATE OF PLAY: BLUE WAVE SWEEPS DEMOCRATS INTO POWER, WITH KEY RACES STILL HANGING IN BALANCEJennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan attend the 37th GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 5, 2026.(Billboard via Getty Images)The pair continued to laugh as they read other social media reactions mocking Republicans following the party's midterm election losses."You can't even fathom the pronouns we're going to invent," Welch read while laughing.

"You can't even pronounce them."The podcast host praised the writers of the various posts, calling the jokesters "patriots" and insisting that "these people make me patriotic."Welch further broke out into laughter while reading another post aloud: "We're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again."'SNL' WEEKEND UPDATE ANCHOR CALLS REPUBLICANS SLURS, MOCKS CHARLIE KIRK IN STAND-UP SPECIALCharlie Kirk throws hats to the crowd after arriving at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah.Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.

(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)On Saturday, the two hosts apologized via a post on Instagram."On Thursday’s show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk.It was an insensitive ...