On Monday night, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry urged the state’s largest university to honor Charlie Kirk with a statue. This call to action was made during an event at Louisiana State University (LSU), where Landry emphasized the importance of safeguarding free speech on college campuses.

“I challenge the LSU Board of Supervisors to find a spot for a Charlie Kirk statue that symbolizes the defense of free speech,” Governor Landry declared in a video shared from the LSU campus.

The governor was at LSU to participate in a rally organized by the university’s chapter of Turning Point USA. According to Landry, the event drew a crowd of over 1,500 attendees and featured notable speaker Allie Beth Stuckey, a conservative author and popular podcaster.

“Let’s be pioneers and make this the first campus to do it,” Landry encouraged the audience, rallying support for the initiative.

The evening event, which spotlighted Governor Jeff Landry, was part of a Turning Point USA gathering at LSU, as reported by Fox News.

“And the one thing I want to challenge you all — especially those in a university setting — be curious,” Landry told the crowd at the Turning Point event. “Ask questions. Seek the truth. Not your truth. The truth.”

Landry’s call comes roughly a week after a student government body at Loyola University New Orleans denied a newly-formed TPUSA chapter the ability to become an official student organization on campus.

The October 15 denial means that the chapter will not have access to school resources, including reserving space for campus events.

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, throws hats to the public on May 1, 2025, at UC San Diego’s Town Square. (L) Buildings of Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images;Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket )

At least one student at the student body meeting considering the chapter objected to TPUSA’s values, according to left-wing blog Fight Back! News.

“Loyola University New Orleans, and our whole Jesuit Community, have prided themselves on the core values of Saint Ignatius, and the Society of Jesus at large. As it stands, Turning Point USA, its leaders, and many of the individuals whom they support are in direct opposition of these values,” a freshman named Rosalina Framboise reportedly said.

An unnamed student reportedly claimed Kirk and Turning Point promote “hate towards Hispanics.”

“At Loyola University New Orleans, the chartering of new student organizations, including Turning Point USA, follows a student-led, peer-to-peer process administered by the Student Government Association (SGA),” Loyola explained in a statement to Fox News Digital.