Did Charlie Kirk say "Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."? No, there's no evidence for that: The quote is widely attributed to former U.S. Representative Michael M. Honda. It was attributed to Charlie Kirk by a parody account on X named "Rep. Jack Kimble" which pretends to be a non-existent Republican politician.
The post (archived here) with the quote appeared on September 22, 2025 with a comment that read:
I hope that I can carry on this amazing legacy.
This was the image in question:
(Image source: @RepJackKimble on X.com.)
The quote that was attributed to Charlie Kirk in the image read:
"Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."
However, a Google Search for the quote in question brings up many results attributing it to Mike Honda (archived here). A search for the same quote in combination with the name "Charlie Kirk" brings up just one result (archived here), a 2016 story about Equal Pay Day. That article (archived here) also attributed the quote to Mike Honda, who is a former U.S. Representative from California.
Unlike Mike Honda, "Rep. Jack Kimble" is not a real politician. The description for the X account "Rep. Jack Kimble" (archived here) reads:
Republican Representing CA's 54th Dist. & co-sponsor of Poe's Law. Detective Jesus #1: Thou Shalt Not Kill is out on Amazon http://amzn.to/3aDgUmi.
A search of the U.S. House of Representatives' official directory (archived here) turned up no trace of any current member of Congress called Jack Kimble, whether from California or any other state.
(Source: House.gov screenshot.)
The same directory (archived here) showed that California has 52 congressional districts -- not 54, as stated in the Rep. Jack Kimble account on X.
A link in the account's description went to a page on amazon.com for an eBook by "Jack Kimble" titled, "Detective Jesus #1: Thou Shalt Not Kill." Clicking on Kimble's name led to a description of him on his Amazon profile page (archived here) that identified the Jack Kimble character as "the brainchild of a Chicago school teacher" and all about "political satire."
The description read, in part:
Jack Kimble is the Congressman from California's faux 54th District. In reality he is the brainchild of a Chicago school teacher. Kimble began making a name for himself on both Twitter and the blogosphere in 2009 with his unique brand of political satire.
