A group of liberal students at the Utah university where Charlie Kirk was killed have blasted the podcaster a ‘very racist, bigoted man’ while protesting a planned memorial.
The Student Democrat Society at Utah Valley University have voiced opposition to a remembrance proposed by students and state officials.
One of the members echoed furious liberals nationwide and claimed Kirk’s beliefs made him unsuitable for a memorial.
‘A memorial for Charlie Kirk, I think, would be a memorial for hatred,’ Levi Colby told KTVX.
‘We want to celebrate unity. We want to celebrate students coming together in a time of tragedy. We don’t want to celebrate, frankly, a very racist, bigoted man.’
He added that fellow liberals at the school wanted the memorial to celebrate how the student body came together after the shooting rather than Kirk himself.
‘The worry with this memorial that they’re planning on putting up, or creating a planning committee, at least, to potentially put up, is that it’s celebrating Charlie Kirk and not celebrating unity,’ said Colby.
On Tuesday, a smattering students gathered with signs that claimed there should be a ‘memorial for unity, not for hate’ and one writing that the school stands for ‘diversity, inclusion and unity.’
A group of liberal students at the Utah university where Charlie Kirk was assassinated protested to keep a man they call ‘racist’ from receiving a memorial
Kirk was fatally shot at the Utah campus on September 10
At least one student argued that the campus should be ‘for learning, not for tourists’ who would come to see the memorial.
Abagael Woods, who also participated, made arguments against the statue that could appeal to both sides.
‘For one thing, it’s going to get vandalized – there’s no way it’s not. And it’s going to re-traumatize a bunch of people,’ she said.
The protesters echo a petition with over 15,000 signings against a memorial to Kirk, while another 21,000 signed a petition arguing in favor of building the statue.
The school has created a website asking for students to pitch in ideas regarding the memorial.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Utah Valley University for comment.
Over a month after his killing, liberal student groups continue to make a mockery of the 31-year-old.
Woke teenagers at one of Portland’s most diverse high school shut down its first meeting of a Turning Point USA chapter – prompting conservative community members to descend on the school.
‘We want to celebrate unity. We want to celebrate students coming together in a time of tragedy. We don’t want to celebrate, frankly, a very racist, bigoted man,’ said one of the protesters
The protesters echo a petition with over 15,000 signings against a memorial to Kirk, while another 21,000 signed a petition arguing in favor of building the statue
Students at David Douglas High School had set up a chapter of Club America, the high school club under the late Kirk’s TPUSA umbrella, and had gotten approval for its creation by school administrators, the Oregonian reports.
But when the club held its first meeting on October 8, dozens of students from the Black Student Union and the Latino Student Union turned up – sparking safety concerns from the chapter’s founder.
The minority students said they had feared the new school club would cause division.
The Trump administration has fought back on behalf of Kirk’s family and friends recently.
Last week, the White House revoked the visas of six foreigners who have been accused of mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The State Department on Tuesday revealed it has reviewed online social media posts and clips of Kirk following his death at a Utah college campus on September 10.
In light of the disturbing content they found, officials recommended six foreign nationals should lose their visas.
The revelation came after Donald Trump posthumously awarded Kirk America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Over a month after his killing, liberal student groups continue to make a mockery of the 31-year-old
Kirk’s widow Erika fought back tears as she thanked Trump for giving him the ‘best birthday gift ever’.
The president, who returned from a whirlwind Middle East peace mission late last night, said: ‘I raced back halfway around the globe. I was going to call Erika and ask, “Could you maybe move it to Friday?” but I didn’t have the courage to call.’
‘But you know why I didn’t call? Because I heard today was Charlie’s birthday.’
Kirk’s parents were also in attendance for the ceremony despite remaining out of the public spotlight after their son’s death.
At Kirk’s funeral in September, Trump called him a ‘great American hero’ and ‘martyr’ for freedom.
The administration and its supporters have targeted people for their comments about Kirk, leading to firings or other discipline of journalists, teachers and others, and raising free speech concerns.
