Overview
- After speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Baton Rouge, Landry posted a video challenging LSU’s Board of Supervisors to place a Charlie Kirk statue on campus.
- LSU did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the governor’s call.
- LSU women’s basketball standout Flau’Jae Johnson questioned the idea on X and later said she does not support honoring Kirk on campus.
- Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed in September during an event at Utah Valley University; Tyler Robinson, 22, has been arrested and charged as the investigation continues.
- Beyond LSU, some Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna have urged a Kirk statue in the U.S. Capitol, while a Loyola University New Orleans push for a campus statue was previously shut down by student leaders.