A year after Charlie Kirk’s death, almost 1 in 3 students say violence can be used to stop campus speakers

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Trending on The Hill - September 10, 2026

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Nearly one-third of U.S. college students say violence can be acceptable against a campus speaker exactly a year after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, according to a new survey.

Of the 63,000 students polled, 30 percent said that using violence to prevent someone from speaking on campus is “acceptable, at least in rare cases,” according to a report released Wednesday by the........

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