Gov. Landry calls on LSU to erect statue of Charlie Kirk

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) called on his state’s flagship university to honor the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk by erecting a statue of him on campus.

In a video posted to the social platform X, Landry challenged Louisiana State University (LSU) to become the first campus in the nation with a Kirk statue after speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Baton Rouge, La.

“We’re here on campus, next to Mike the Tiger, and we’re going to put a challenge out to the LSU Board of Supervisors to find a place to put a statue of Charlie Kirk to defend the freedom of speech on college campuses,” Landry said in the video, filmed from the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.

“Come on, ladies and gentlemen. Let’s see if we can be the first campus to do it,” he added.

LSU did not respond to an immediate request for comment.

Landry spoke at Monday’s Turning Point event, where he urged students to champion the conservative ideologies of Kirk’s organization and to pursue truth above all else, according to the school’s student newspaper, the Reveille.

“The one thing I want to challenge you all, especially those that are in a university setting: Be curious, ask questions, seek the truth,” Landry said. “Not your truth, but the truth.”