GOP Lawmaker Pushes To Build Charlie Kirk Memorials On Public Campuses In Red State

A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma has filed a bill to require public universities in the red state to build statues of Charlie Kirk following the right-wing activist’s assassination.
The legislation from Oklahoma state Sen. Shane Jett (R) — who leads the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus — looks to honor Kirk by establishing a “Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza” that would be built “in a highly visible and easily accessible location” at public campuses, per the bill.
The statues of Kirk would see him either sitting at a table with an empty seat across from him or they would feature him and his wife holding their children.
The legislation also calls for signs “commemorating Charlie Kirk’s courage and faith” and explaining his role as a “voice of a generation, modern civil rights leader, vocal Christian, martyr for truth and faith, and free speech advocate.”
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