Jennifer Welch Praises Wisconsin Brewery That Called Charlie Kirk an 'Awful Human Being'

On Tuesday, the producer of the "I've Had It" podcast, Kiley Josey, read aloud a Facebook post from a Wisconsin brewery. The post, which Minocqua Brewing Company had put up on Sunday, was addressed to the show itself. It came after advertisers pulled their support from host Jennifer Welch and co-host Angie Sullivan.

The sponsors left after the two hosts laughed at a joke about digging up Charlie Kirk's body. Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated last year. The brewery's post said it was sorry the show had lost a few sponsors over a laugh at a joke about "this racist jerk." It added that the company probably didn't have as much money as the sponsors who had left, but would like to step in and partner with the podcast if the hosts were willing. It also called Kirk an "awful human being," and said everyone who wasn't in a cult or a paid influencer on the right understood that.

Welch responded on air by calling the offer sweet. She gave the brewery a shout-out and said no money was necessary, saying the show would be happy to promote its products and "everybody in Wisconsin." She wasn't sure whether the products were sold online, and told listeners to look the company up regardless.

Josey then described the brewery's merchandise, which attacks President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Welch said that earned the company free advertising "forever." She praised it as a business that stands its ground and won't tolerate its customer base being mistreated, and said she wished other businesses would do the same.

The brewery is not new to national attention. It previously drew notice for promoting a deal of "free beer, all day long" on the day Trump dies. It doubled down on that offer after a foiled attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April. At that time its post said, "we almost got #freebeerday," and suggested either that someone in the Resistance needed to work on their marksmanship or that Trump had faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle. "We'll never know," the post said.

In a comment to Fox News Digital, Welch sought to limit the connection. She said she and Sullivan had never heard of the brewery before that day and that neither of them drinks. Listeners had tagged them in the post, she said, and they read it on the show without knowing the company's earlier comments. She said they have no relationship with the business and don't intend to have one.

Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet told Fox News Digital that Welch and Sullivan have only themselves to blame for the loss of sponsors. He said they were shifting responsibility onto Turning Point for noticing their behavior. According to Kolvet, the organization did not coordinate any boycott; it happened organically, as everyday Americans grew tired of what he described as the hosts' habit of laughing at and glorifying assassination culture. He said the audience and sponsors were telling them they had crossed a line and that the hosts refused to listen.

Fox News Digital also contacted Minocqua Brewing Company, which declined to comment. What remains to be seen is whether the sponsor losses continue, and whether the brewery's partisan merchandise and posts draw any further reaction from advertisers or audiences.