Turning Point Returns to Utah for First Time After Charlie Kirk Assassination

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Hours before the event, Utah State University temporarily evacuated its Old Main building after a ‘suspicious device’ was found.

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) returned to Utah on Sept. 30 for a tour stop at the Utah State University (USU), marking its first event in the state since the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, the conservative commentator who founded the nonprofit TPUSA, was shot and killed on Sept. 10 while speaking to a crowd of students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

TPUSA, now led by Kirk’s widow, Erika, has since vowed to continue its college campus tours, with its most recent stop being at USU.

“Each stop is a chance to honor Charlie’s mission and keep the fight alive. We know he wouldn’t want us to surrender or be coerced into silence,” the nonprofit stated on its website.

The USU event featured conservative podcaster Alex Clark and a panel with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

TPUSA posted a video on social media showing the “massive turnout” of attendees at the event.

In another video, the crowd can be heard chanting the name “Charlie” while holding posters that read, “In honor of Charlie Kirk” and “I am Charlie Kirk.”

In her address, Clark described the event as “the biggest crowd Turning Point USA has ever pulled on a tour,” with more than 6,500 people participating.

“If you are expecting a funeral, if you came to mourn the death of America, the death of masculinity and femininity, of faith, of truth, then you are at the wrong event. It is not over; it is not even close,” she said. “I’m not here to eulogize Charlie Kirk. I am here to pass the torch on to every single one of you.”[18:10]

Lee made a virtual appearance at the event as he was required in Washington for a floor vote on a funding bill.

Just hours before the event, USU temporarily evacuated a campus building after a “suspicious device” was found and detonated by the bomb squad, according to the university.

The device was located outside of the university’s Old Main building at around 2:45 p.m. local time on Sept. 30, prompting a response from both university and local law enforcement.

“Officers located the device and deemed it to be non-explosive. Out of an abundance of caution, the bomb squad detonated the device,” USU said in a statement.

By Aldgra Fredly

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