Charlie Kirk’s college tour enrages female students over abortion

Kirk recently went viral with his video for Jubilee, in which he debates young liberals on issues such as abortion, race and the LGBTQ+ community. Many TikTok users mocked Kirk and grabbed a clip of a USC student challenging him on the issue of abortion.

“Charlie Kirk has really gone crazy on social media over the last month or so,” said Morgan Kilbourne, a journalism student TeenVogue. “He’s definitely become something of an online personality for our generation just because he debated with so many college students and a lot of them really held their own and made good arguments.”

“He’s just a strange guy,” Kilbourne added. “He’s a big disruptor. I just wanted to see him in real time.”

Ashley Thornton, a second-year criminal justice student, also said she came to the event after seeing the debate videos go viral on TikTok.

“It’s nice that he’s here because I can make fun of him,” Thornton said. “I don’t agree with his views and the things he says… In one of the videos I saw, he talked about abortion and how he feels about abortion. I look at him and ask myself, ‘You don’t have a uterus, why do you have an opinion?'”

Sofia Basurto, a freshman political science major, described herself as an independent who feels it is important to hear everyone’s perspective. She disagrees with his stance on abortion and wanted to know what her colleagues say on these particular issues.

“I feel like, as a woman, I disagree with a lot of his views on abortion,” Basurto said.

Students against Kirk stood to the side and watched the commotion as he entered the debate floor. When Kirk arrived, red hats were thrown into the mostly male crowd and some students even stood on their friends’ shoulders begging for a “Make America Great” hat.

“They’re literally throwing MAGA hats right now,” one student said in disbelief.

Isaac Bowers, a graduate student studying hydrogeology, questioned the purpose of the tour, pointing out that Kirk’s on-camera debates can’t really convince anyone of anything they don’t already believe.

“He obviously goes on these tours just to debate people, but it doesn’t look like a lot of his views are changing one way or the other,” Bowers said.

“It’s a little ironic to me that it’s a brainwashing tour,” he added, “yet a lot of the people who are here don’t seem to be able to change their minds about anything, so it seems like they are “I’ve been brainwashed myself in a way.”

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