{"id":20853,"date":"2026-04-24T04:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=20853"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:21:43","slug":"savannah-chrisley-honors-charlie-kirk-at-ohio-state-he-would-have-been-the-greatest-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=20853","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Chrisley Honors Charlie Kirk at Ohio State: &#8220;He Would Have Been the Greatest President&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COLUMBUS, Ohio<\/strong> \u2013 Reality TV star Savannah Chrisley delivered a poignant tribute to the late Charlie Kirk at Ohio State University on Tuesday, telling a crowd of young conservatives that the Turning Point USA founder &#8220;would have been the greatest president of our time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Have the Hard Conversations | Savannah Chrisley at the This Is the Turning Point Tour\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PfwcWf6KBF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appearance was part of the <strong>&#8220;This Is the Turning Point Tour,&#8221;<\/strong> a national university circuit launched to honor Kirk\u2019s legacy following his assassination last year during a campus event in Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Legacy Cut Short<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to a packed audience before GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage, Chrisley touched on the sense of loss permeating the movement since Kirk\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I know some of you have attended Turning Point events since Charlie passed and felt lost, because I have too,&#8221; Chrisley said. She praised Kirk\u2019s leadership, stating emphatically that his vision for the country was of presidential caliber.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-752.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-752.png 765w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-752-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chrisley, known for the Lifetime docuseries <em>\u201cThe Chrisleys: Back to Reality,\u201d<\/em> recalled Kirk\u2019s signature brand of &#8220;confrontational civility&#8221;\u2014specifically his habit of sitting at a folding table on hostile campuses with a sign reading, <strong>&#8220;Prove Me Wrong.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dialogue Amidst Division<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key highlight of Chrisley\u2019s speech was her reflection on Kirk\u2019s appearance on California Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s podcast, recorded just months before his death. Despite their polar opposite ideologies, she held the exchange up as a gold standard for political discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-753.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-753.png 763w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-753-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>On the Divide:<\/strong> &#8220;It was essentially different gods, different families, different countries,&#8221; Chrisley noted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>On the Discourse:<\/strong> &#8220;They talked for two hours. They pushed each other. They disagreed, but they respected one another.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Challenge to the Next Generation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than calling for more volume, Chrisley challenged students to win through engagement and intellect. She urged the audience to seek out their most &#8220;liberal&#8221; peers for dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-754.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-754.png 757w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-754-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Engagement:<\/strong> &#8220;Find the most liberal person on campus and buy them a cup of coffee.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Intellectual Rigor:<\/strong> &#8220;Sit down, listen, ask questions, and counter-argue. Earn their respect.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Strategy for Victory:<\/strong> &#8220;That is how we win. Not by screaming louder than them, but by being the person they simply cannot ignore.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Road Ahead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ohio State stop is a cornerstone of Turning Point USA\u2019s spring tour, which seeks to galvanize the conservative youth vote in honor of its fallen founder. The tour is scheduled to continue with high-profile stops at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>George Washington University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The University of Georgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baylor University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The University of Idaho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event concluded with a clear message: while the face of the organization is gone, the mission to challenge the ideological status quo on American campuses remains in full force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2013 Reality TV star Savannah Chrisley delivered a poignant tribute to the late Charlie Kirk at Ohio State University on Tuesday, telling a crowd of young conservatives that the Turning Point USA founder &#8220;would have been the greatest president of our time.&#8221; The appearance was part of the &#8220;This Is the Turning Point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1697],"tags":[1721,1955,1720],"class_list":["post-20853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show-chrisleys-back-to-reality","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-chrisley-knows-best","tag-savannah-chrisley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20892,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20853\/revisions\/20892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}