Students at Northern Arizona University (NAU) are going viral for vandalizing, threatening, and stealing from a booth belonging to the campus chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a conservative activist group.
One unidentified student pushed the merchandise off the chapter’s table onto the ground and stole one of their signs.
WATCH: As the Northern Arizona University @tpusastudents chapter conducted a tabling on campus, a student walked and swiped their merchandise off the table and onto the ground before stealing their sign. @TPUSA
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— FRONTLINES (@FrontlinesTPUSA) September 30, 2025
Another unidentified student handed a drawing depicting the assassination of the late TPUSA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk. The drawing included the last words he’d spoken prior to his death.
“Free speech!” the note read, with drawn hearts. “A good Nazi is a dead one.”
After the incident, another student handed this drawing to one of the @tpusastudents NAU chapter members. @TPUSA
Credit: @Proverbswellnes https://t.co/Ub54VDRgxK pic.twitter.com/mFkgp5UEVI
— FRONTLINES (@FrontlinesTPUSA) September 30, 2025
Kirk’s final words leading up to his death were a partial response to an individual’s question. Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University while hosting an outdoor event, part of his debate series “The American Comeback Tour.”
NAU doesn’t condone “threats of violence, stalking, or intimidation” on its campuses. NAU has a Threat Assessment and Management Team committed to preventing violence by assessing and responding to “concerning behavior.” TAMT includes members from the NAU Police Department, Human Resources, Student Affairs, and Legal Affairs.
As of this report, NAU hasn’t issued a public statement addressing either incident.
NAU leadership appears to side with Kirk’s opponents.
Rima Brusi, an honors professor and wife to NAU president Jose Luis Cruz Rivera, agrees with those on the left that Kirk was “a bad person.” Brusi stated in a Facebook post that this belief doesn’t mean justification for Kirk’s assassination.
“[Kirk] was demonstrably and consistently a bad person,” stated Brusi. “Saying that ‘those who say [Kirk] was a bad person did damage are celebrating his murder’ is propaganda, not a logical conclusion — except when ‘those’ who are truly ‘rejoicing’ not just pointing out basic facts showing that [Kirk] was a bad human, or reminding us of facts such as ‘the murder of W and Z went unacknowledged’).”
The individual facing charges for Kirk’s assassination, Tyler Robinson, reportedly targeted Kirk for his religious and political beliefs. Kirk was a Christian.
According to police interviews with Robinson’s family, Robinson disliked individuals with right-wing beliefs.
Another relative told Fox News Digital that Robinson “hates conservatives and Christians,” sentiments which became “progressively worse” in the last few years. Robinson also had a same-sex partner, Lance Twiggs, who was in the process of transitioning genders from male to female.
“He hated us,” said the Robinson relative. “He was not raised that way but he, over the years, has become really detached [and] has been radicalized.”
Twiggs reportedly fled the residence he and Robinson shared in the aftermath of police interrogations and public reporting of his identity.
Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, took over as CEO of TPUSA for her late husband. Kirk left behind his wife and two young children, a daughter and a son.
Many on the left celebrated Kirk’s death online and in protests. Other progressive activists took to the streets to vandalize memorials for the late conservative pundit.
In the weeks following the assassination, 19-year-old Ryder Corral was arrested for destroying a Kirk memorial outside TPUSA headquarters in Phoenix.
Corral wore a shirt similar to the one worn by the assassin.
Newspaper records reveal Corral hailed from Palm Springs, California prior to moving to Mesa. Records from 2023 also indicated Corral intended on attending a community college in California, the College of the Desert.
Kirk’s memorial service last month at the State Farm Stadium also drew out leftist and fringe protesters. Some of their language bordered on violence.
An unidentified woman, “Catherine,” called for the death of a woman’s unborn child outside the memorial service, and held aloft a sign indicating her support for the public executions of individuals who share Kirk’s beliefs.
Both NAU and ASU have now become financial thieves and professional abusers of the Educational System. Administrators of both NAU and ASU fail to produce a Graduating Class 100% of; Well-Rounded, Well-Educated, PATRIOTIC AMERICANS.
Alumni Proof:
AZ. Gov. Hobbs = Alumni ASU and NAU
AZ. Attorney General Hayes= Alumni ASU
this person needs immediate suspension – say 5 years or go elsewhere – your choice ; but not here till your ready to take on the responsibility.
Arrest them now, so they can know they are not special. Charlie Kirk was special. Better they know now that there are consequences to pay. Life will only get harder for them as they get older and fafo.
People, including Professor Brusi in this article, have made many claims about Charlie Kirk, accusing him of being a racist, a fascist and a homophobe to name just a few, but have never backed up their virulent accusations with actual citations of the wrongs Charlie committed. They just condemn him without citing any evidence of his bad acts. They put these labels on him but refuse to tell us what acts they believe earned him those labels. They just name-call without proof. Clearly the “bad people” are the ones who condemned Charlie without any justification.
Professor Brusi has the right to have an opinion and to speak it in public. But no one has the right to defame another. If she wants reasonable people to accept her “opinion”, she needs to provide them with details of Charlie’s transgressions. Until that time perhaps the governing board of ASU should have a talk with her about the compatibility of outrageous unfounded name-calling and defamation with an ASU Professorship.
Make each perpetrator write a minimum 500-word essay on why he did what he did. Make him confront his chaotic thinking, his hatred and his bigotry, and then make it public. Don’t let him get away with simply saying, “He’s a Nazi!” Charlie Kirk was all about talking to people who disagreed with him and pointing out their fallacious thinking. Forcing people to explain their criminal behavior would be useful to society.
Can the President and his racist hateful wife. No explanations needed.
These students should be expelled from the University permanently. Violent protest should never be tolerated most especially on College campuses which should be an arena of open dialogue and discussion between opposing Philosophies and beliefs.
OldBushmaster said;
…”I’d been saying this for years. Parents working two jobs to give their children a roof over their heads and an education just don’t have the time to watch their kids….’
This isn’t totally true.
I’m a Latch-Key Kid from the 1970’s. We didn’t have a Computer or iPhone to expose and teach Kids Radical Ideologies, LGBTQ Agendas and Marxists, Anti-American rhetoric, hours of violent video games, unlimited amounts of Porn, Marijuana and any other Illicit Drug for sale.
Latch-Key Kids of the 1970’s did their homework by reading books, riding their bicycles until dark, played with the neighborhood kids, made things out of junk and were able to use and develop our imagination. We learned how to make Fire and how to put out Fire. We knew not to run out into Traffic. We learned about the effects of Gravity. WE LEARNED BASIC LIFE LESSONS BEFORE THE AGE OF 10.
We learned about Life watching TV shows like; I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, EMERGENCY, Hogans Heros. Watching these shows again, taught Kids humor and human interaction. We also listened to the radio and let our imaginations run wild with adventure.
The Solution:
1)PREVENT UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO THE INTERNET FOR EVERY MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF 18;
2)Outlaw anti-social, Anti-American, violent social media and Internet Content;
3) Prohibit Elementary School Teachers from having Students use a Tablet instead of a Hard Bound Book. “60hrz Fatigue” from excessive computer screen usage is a debilitating disease.
During WWII the majority of Inventors had NO COLLEGE DEGREE. During and after WWII the U.S. start producing Self-Taught Scientists, Engineers and Tradesman without using Computers or College Degrees.
Lets turn back the Clock on Education to the time that produced QUALITY AMERICANS!
“Counting or not counting gang violence?” were the final word of Charlie Kirk. This article seems to confuse that some note crafted by a disrurpter. No wonder youngsters arrive at conflicted conclusions.
The NAU red-haired table swiper student who vandalized the TPUSA booth and stole the sign was caught and charged with 2 counts of disorderly conduct/fighting, and 1 count of theft, for which she took a plea deal and was fined; the note giver hasn’t been seen since she had a meeting with the Dean of students, punishment unknown. The Arizona Board of Regents, a member of the AZ State Legislature, Gateway Pundit, and Fox News have been contacted. ABOR responded with carefully crafted response, noting their working closely with TPUSA student chapter in recent weeks”, and NAU “has provided outreach and resources to student leaders, supported the group’s on-campus memorial event, and offered counseling services”, but the fact remains that the university president’s wife has taken the side of the Kirk-haters is a sign that it is in CYA mode.
Thanks for the update Jim.
The left makes it so obvious that they are the side of evil and the right is the side of good.
I wouldn’t say it is failed parenthood. It’s negligence in parenthood coupled with indoctrination of radicals who infiltrated the education system. I’d been saying this for years. Parents working two jobs to give their children a roof over their heads and an education just don’t have the time to watch their kids. On the other hand, it’s also psychotic parents who think the kids can be whatever they want, or they think they can change a child’s gender just because they didn’t get what they wanted at childbirth. What a messed up world we live in!
Almost 60 years ago we began convincing women that their personal “fulfillment” with a job outside the home was far more important than their children. I remember the message from those days well: “it’s not the quantity of time but the ‘quality’ of time you spend with your children.” Then I was blessed to become a mother and quickly realized what a bunch of b*llsh*t that was created by those whose intent was/is to bring down the family. Put your children at the earliest age possible under the care of strangers and goverment. Same intent John Dewey and his ilk had when he created government schooling – bring down the family, America and God.
Quite frankly I’m surprised the TP members aren’t standing up to these thieves and beating the hell out of them. When I was in college and a third was right stealing they ended up falling down stairs multiple times before being arrested by campus police. While I don’t condone violence sometimes lessons need to be given and pain is a very effective teacher
opinion – is yours to have – destroy others by repression – force – violence – theft – comes with consequence which you have demonstrated you are willing to accept. Those found guilty by video etc. should be removed from the state funded school on a permanent basis.
I’m so ashamed of being a 1979 graduate of NAU. As clearly shown by the ‘honors professor’ and wife of President, they are an institution of hate and bigotry, punishing those of faith and being white.
Agreed! I’m alum as well, class of 1990. To make matters worse, I was employed by NAU for 8 years, starting in 2015. The obvious liberal bias and gaslighting made me sick to my stomach. My family decided it was time to flee in 2021.
Even a child is known by his actions, whether they are bad or good. If you take free speech from another American you are a bully and an enemy of the State.
If you destroy someone elses property through theft, and vandalism, doesn’t that make you a bad person too? Its okay for someone to think Charlie Kirk is a “bad” person. Thats their opinion and they are entitled to it, right or wrong. To act out on that notion is not. There are many people we can agree are bad people. But an opinion about a person or group cannot justify destructive , and yes, violent behavior. Has TPUSA done anything beyond stepping up their efforts to reach college students to share the message of TPUSA? I for one believe that these students who are on a path to destroy TPUSA property should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If they have no respect for one group its a fore gone conclusion they will have little respect for anything or person they disagree with.