{"id":2489778,"date":"2025-09-22T19:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlson-kelly-and-gop-governors-headlining-turning-point-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T19:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:56:24","slug":"carlson-kelly-and-gop-governors-headlining-turning-point-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlson-kelly-and-gop-governors-headlining-turning-point-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlson, Kelly, and GOP governors headlining Turning Point tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarlson-kelly-and-gop-governors-headlining-turning-point-tour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2489778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the continuation of the nationwide &#8220;This is the Turning Point&#8221; tour initially started by the late Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10. The tour features prominent conservative figures such as Tucker Carlson,Megyn Kelly,Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles,Glenn Beck,2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy,adn several Republican governors including Glenn Youngkin (Virginia),Spencer Cox (Utah),Greg Gianforte (Montana),and Jeff Landry (Louisiana). Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk,Charlie Kirk&#8217;s widow,confirmed the tour&#8217;s continuation despite his death.<\/p>\n<p>In the days following Kirk&#8217;s assassination, speakers like Knowles, Beck, Kelly, and Carlson guest-hosted The Charlie Kirk Show, reflecting on his legacy.Michael Knowles is leading the first event at the University of Minnesota, symbolically leaving an empty chair on stage to honor Kirk and emphasizing the resilience of Kirk&#8217;s movement against those attempting to silence it.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald trump described Kirk&#8217;s killing as an attack on the entire country during a memorial,praising Kirk as a devoted husband,father,Christian,and patriot. Utah Valley University, where Kirk was shot, announced an independent review of its campus security in response to the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>The tour aims to uphold Kirk&#8217;s vision and foster open dialog, featuring a mix of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prominent media personalities<\/a>, political figures, and conservative activists. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and GOP governors headlining Turning Point tour<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2237445\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Megyn-Kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Megyn Kelly<\/a>, and other notable commentators are continuing the nationwide tour that the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> started, with several Republican lawmakers set to make appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3819300\/forgiveness-vs-fury-erika-kirk-trump-offer-competing-visions-charlie-kirk-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika Kirk<\/a>, Kirk&rsquo;s widow, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3811889\/linda-mcmahon-encourages-security-precautions-colleges-after-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her husband&rsquo;s tour will continue<\/a> after he was assassinated on Sept. 10. On Monday, the organization unveiled the lineup of speakers for its &ldquo;This is the Turning Point&rdquo; tour, which includes Carlson, Kelly, <em>Daily Wire&rsquo;s<\/em> Michael Knowles, Glenn Beck, 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3818551\/eric-adams-transgender-bathroom-policy-denies-from-trump\/\">Eric Adams denies transgender bathroom policy is from Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3818430\/republican-attorneys-general-warn-universities-security-policies-curb-free-speech\/\">Republican attorneys general warn universities against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-denies-transgender-bathroom-policy-is-from-trump\/\" title=\"Eric Adams denies transgender bathroom policy is from Trump\">imposing security policies<\/a> that curb free speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3815972\/paxton-calls-out-texas-university-for-punishing-student-who-denounced-kirk-assassination\/\">Paxton calls out Texas university for punishing student who denounced Kirk assassination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zY8m5pkx9v\">https:\/\/t.co\/zY8m5pkx9v<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BFpqmZsVVl\">pic.twitter.com\/BFpqmZsVVl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPUSA\/status\/1970187456185278978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Multiple Republican governors are also joining this tour, including Govs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3816605\/winsome-earle-sears-comeback-kid-early-voting-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) at Virginia Tech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3806960\/spencer-cox-charlie-kirk-inflammatory-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spencer Cox<\/a> (R-UT) at Utah State University, Greg Gianforte (R-MT) at Montana State University, and Jeff Landry (R-LA) at Louisiana State University. During his visit, Cox will be joined by podcaster Alex Clark, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Fox News contributor and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT).<\/p>\n<p>In the days after Kirk&rsquo;s murder, <a href=\"https:\/\/thecharliekirkshow.com\/podcasts\/the-charlie-kirk-show\/michael-knowles-matt-walsh-and-ben-shapiro-remember-charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thecharliekirkshow.com\/podcasts\/the-charlie-kirk-show\/glenn-beck-remembers-charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thecharliekirkshow.com\/podcasts\/the-charlie-kirk-show\/megyn-kelly-remembers-charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thecharliekirkshow.com\/podcasts\/the-charlie-kirk-show\/tucker-carlson-remembers-the-faith-of-charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carlson<\/a> guest-hosted <em>The Charlie Kirk Show<\/em>, where they all reflected on his legacy and impact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Knowles is headlining the first stop at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities on Monday evening, a day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3817371\/mourners-remember-charlie-kirk-service-faith-freedom-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirk&rsquo;s memorial in Glendale, Arizona<\/a>. Knowles said on Monday that Kirk&rsquo;s &ldquo;enemies&rdquo; believed they could &ldquo;silence&rdquo; Kirk and his movement, but &ldquo;that will not happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will appear tonight, and there will be an empty chair onstage. I will give a tribute to Charlie, and then we will open the floor to an open conversation. Charlie&rsquo;s enemies will not have stopped that, and people who disagree can, like at all of his events, cut to the front of the line, and we will continue to have a healthy debate,&rdquo; Knowles said Monday morning on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THAT WILL CONTINUE: Over 90,000 Mourners Gathered In Arizona To Remember The Life Of Charlie Kirk As A New Chapter of TPUSA Has Just Begun.<br \/>Host Of &lsquo;The Michael Knowles Show&rsquo; And Host Of Today&#8217;s University Of Minnesota TPUSA Event <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaeljknowles<\/a> Joined F&amp;F First This Morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YtjLYQ0lGE\">pic.twitter.com\/YtjLYQ0lGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox &amp; Friends First (@FoxFriendsFirst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxFriendsFirst\/status\/1970082346973180144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3818676\/public-is-in-a-battle-to-define-charlie-kirk-after-his-death-byron-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PUBLIC IS IN A &lsquo;BATTLE&rsquo; TO &lsquo;DEFINE CHARLIE KIRK&rsquo; AFTER HIS DEATH: BYRON YORK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump called Kirk&rsquo;s assassination <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3817641\/trump-frames-kirk-killing-as-attack-on-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an attack on the whole country<\/a>, saying &ldquo;the bullet was aimed at all of us.&rdquo; The president made his remark while speaking at Kirk&rsquo;s memorial, calling the Turning Point USA founder &ldquo;a devoted husband, father, son, Christian, and patriot.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Utah Valley University, where Kirk was speaking when he was killed, announced Monday that an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3818826\/utah-valley-university-review-campus-security-charlie-kirk-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> external organization will conduct an independent review<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-police-investigating-threats-against-jewish-students\/\" title=\"Cornell police probe threats targeting Jewish students.\">campus security measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlson, Kelly, GOP governors lead Turning Point tour continuation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2489779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ap-this-is-the-turning-point.jpg?1758566846&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51677,42943,7206,35184,63866],"class_list":["post-2489778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-carlson-2","tag-gop-governors","tag-kelly","tag-political-event","tag-turning-point-tour"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ap-this-is-the-turning-point.jpg?1758566846&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489782,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489778\/revisions\/2489782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}