GOP Lawmaker Pushes To Build Charlie Kirk Memorials On Public Campuses In Red State | EUROtoday

A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma has filed a invoice to require public universities within the pink state to construct statues of Charlie Kirk following the right-wing activist’s assassination.

The laws from Oklahoma state Sen. Shane Jett (R) — who leads the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus — appears to be like to honor Kirk by establishing a “Charlie Kirk Memorial” plazas that may be in-built “highly visible and easily accessible” areas at public campuses, per the invoice. The invoice states that “each institution of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education” could be required to have such a plaza accomplished by March 2028.

The statues of Kirk would see him both sitting at a desk with an empty seat throughout from him or they’d function the MAGA activist and his spouse holding their youngsters.

The laws additionally requires indicators “commemorating Charlie Kirk’s courage and faith” and explaining his position as a “voice of a generation, modern civil rights leader, vocal Christian, martyr for truth and faith, and free speech advocate.”

Other items of laws filed by Jett embrace a invoice that appears to designate Kirk’s birthday, Oct. 14, as “Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day” and a decision that may require the state legislature to acknowledge and honor Kirk.

Oklahoma state Sen. Ally Seifried (R) filed an identical decision earlier within the week that directs the chamber to honor Kirk, as effectively.

The payments and resolutions are set to be thought-about by the legislature when the physique reconvenes in February.

Jett’s push for statues on public campuses arrives after David Keyes, a former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shared an AI-generated picture of a “Charlie Kirk Free Speech Plaza” on X. The put up has over 10 million views on the platform, as of Friday evening.

“Every American university should have one of these,” Keyes wrote.

The New College of Florida — a public establishment whose board was overhauled by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023 — plans to fee a privately-funded statue of Kirk that it hopes to face for the faculty’s “commitment” to “defend and fight for free speech and civil discourse in American life.”