Jonathan Turley Says It Took Charlie Kirk Only 2 Words to Expose ‘Speechphobics’ on Left

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones Tuesday that he believed Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk exposed the left’s fear of debating.

Turley said that Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 during a “Prove Me Wrong” debate event at Utah Valley University sponsored by TPUSA, would have “opposed cancel campaigns” in favor of free speech. Jones then played a clip of HBO host Bill Maher discussing Kirk’s willingness to debate, with Turley agreeing that Kirk’s challenge to “debate me” drove many on the left “crazy.”

“I returned from Europe, where I was speaking on free speech, and free speech is in a free fall in Europe,” Turley said. “They did precisely what some are arguing today, they used hateful rhetoric, inflammatory rhetoric to silence everyone, to expand censorship and it’s taken them down the road, which is truly horrific.”

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