Leftist student activists campaigned to prevent Charlie Kirk from speaking at UVU

Published September 11, 2025 4:37pm ET



Weeks before Charlie Kirk’s assassination, left-wing student activists at Utah Valley University created a Change.org petition to prevent the Turning Point USA founder from speaking on campus.

The online campaign, signed by more than 940 supporters, called for the UVU school administration to block Kirk’s appearance.

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