1. I never saw the video where he said that. And honestly, knowing how much the media likes to spin stuff and how they take things out of context (like how they said the trans church shooter had Trump's name on their gun, while in reality it said Kill Donald Trump), I'm not sure I'd believe it if the source was CNN or something. That said, if he DID say that, I do not think taking away anyone's right to vote is a good thing. That said, I am very much against DEI, as I think it's simply discriminatory to hire someone based on skin color, gender, sexuality, or anything like that. And if the "taking away black votes" comes from wanting voter ID, well, that kind of stuff is mandatory in pretty much every other functioning democracy on the planet, and you don't hear anything in my little country about that kind of thing being racist.
2. I honestly don't think Trump's a bad person, so no, Kirk's not a hypocrite. Trump is trying his damn hardest to make sure his promises are kept, unlike most other politicians who just make a token effort and just say "welp, I tried" before doing whatever the f**k they want. Not to mention that that mortgage fraud thing, well, even the banks he'd supposedly ripped of said there wasn't anything wrong (and ironically, the main prosecution of that case is now facing charges of mortgage fraud herself, and what makes it worse is that her license is tied to her living in New York, meaning that the case could even be rendered null and void due to the simple fact she might not have even been able to charge Trump in the first place).
And the Epstein thing? Again, the Democrats had full access to the list for four years. And even if our opinions on them are radically different (you think they're wonderful people, I think they're hate filled monsters that cheer for the deaths of their opponents), we can at least agree that (justified or not) they truly HATE Trump. And if they had some smoking gun that could get the guy they hated into prison, they'd have used it. The simple fact they hadn't for four years means that it's more than likely simply not there.