LSU Basketball Star Outraged Over Plans for Charlie Kirk Statue, Says He Was ‘Racist’

Louisiana State University basketball star Flau’jae Johnson is outraged over a plan to build a Charlie Kirk statue on her university’s campus, calling the assassinated conservative leader’s views “racist” and “discriminatory.”

The 20-year-old Tigers guard voiced her opposition after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry publicly challenged LSU to honor Kirk, who was shot and killed Sept. 10 during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.

In a video posted on X, Landry called on the school’s leadership to make LSU “the first campus in the nation” to memorialize Kirk.

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