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During a Turning Point USA event at Ohio State University, reality TV star Savannah Chrisley made a striking statement, asserting that “Charlie Kirk would have been the greatest president of our lifetime.” Her remarks were delivered on Tuesday as part of Turning Point USA’s “This Is the Turning Point Tour.”
Chrisley addressed the audience with a heartfelt acknowledgment of the void left behind following Charlie Kirk’s passing. “I know some of you have entered Turning Point events since Charlie’s death feeling adrift, and I have too,” she shared, reflecting on the nationwide impact of his absence.
Recalling Kirk’s bold activism, Chrisley painted a vivid picture of his influence, saying, “Charlie was the face of Turning Point. He was the guy who would bravely step onto a hostile campus alone, sit on a folding chair, and challenge others with, ‘Prove me wrong.’ And now, he’s no longer with us.”
With a call to action, Chrisley urged attendees to rise above their grief. “So, I’m going to challenge you tonight the same way I’ve challenged myself every single day since his death,” she implored, encouraging growth through adversity.
She concluded with a poignant reminder: “Growth does not reside in comfort. It emerges in the spaces you hesitate to enter, in unexpected losses, and in the moments when everything you depend on collapses, yet you find the strength to rise again.”
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Chrisley then proclaimed, “Charlie Kirk would have been the greatest president of our lifetime,” eliciting applause among audience members.
“I believe that wholeheartedly,” the Chrisleys: Back to Reality star added. “But his mission did not die with him. His mission is in every single person in this room. Every chapter starting this week, every kid who saw what happened and decided, ‘I am not staying quiet anymore.’”
Chrisley went on to say that she often thinks about “Charlie sitting across from Gavin Newsom,” referring to Kirk’s appearance on the California governor’s podcast, just months before his assassination.
“Let that sink in,” she said. “Different God, different family, different country, basically. And they talked for two hours. They pushed each other. They disagreed, with respect.”
“There was no walk out. There was no meltdown. There was no crying to HR,” Chrisley added. “That is what Charlie built. Not the dunks, not the Twitter fights. The guts to sit across from someone who hates everything you stand for and refuse to hate them back.”
The Royal Pains star then urged event attendees to “find the most liberal kid on your campus and buy them a coffee.”
“I am serious. I mean it,” she said. “Sit down, listen, ask questions, and push back. Earn their respect.”
“That is how we win,” Chrisley added. “Not by screaming louder than them, but by being the person in the room that they simply can’t dismiss. Charlie did it every single day of his life, and so can you.”
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on Facebook and X at @ARmastrangelo, and on Instagram.