Over 3,000 people gathered at Montana State University on Tuesday night for Turning Point USA’s “This Is the Turning Point” tour, the second college stop since founder Charlie Kirk was murdered. The Bozeman stop featured Gov. Greg Gianforte and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, both giving emotional tributes to founder Charlie Kirk.
They both offered calls to action before a packed crowd of students and supporters. The governor praised Kirk for his worldview that was “challenging what he learned against the thoughts of others who disagreed with him in respectful debate.”
The event was part of TPUSA’s nationwide tour launched after Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, during a campus event in Utah. Since his death, the organization has seen a massive surge in support—receiving more than 120,000 requests to start new chapters in just the first four days. TPUSA currently runs over 900 college and 1,200 high school chapters nationwide.
