(LifeSiteNews) – Left-wing students at Georgetown University are allegedly planning to make light of the one-year anniversary of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder with a “lookalike contest,” according to a social media posting that received more than 2,000 favorable reactions.
Kirk, the head of campus outreach group Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was fatally shot on September 10, 2025, while speaking at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University (UVU). Two days later, authorities apprehended and charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with the shooting, and detailed how he was motivated by his view of Kirk’s conservative views as “hateful.” Robinson was in a relationship with his male roommate, who was in the process of “gender transitioning.”
Fox News reports on the discovery of a post on the anonymous platform Fizz advertising a September 10, 2026, “Charlie Kirk lookalike contest,” for which attendees are encouraged to “Pull up to Copley Lawn to speak the truth while the cost is high.” The post received more than 2,200 upvotes.
Additional mocking posts on the platform suggested a corresponding contest for Kirk’s widow Erika and for the campus choral group Georgetown Chimes to learn the meme song “We Are Charlie Kirk,” as well as greetings of “Happy Kirkiversary.”
The source of the postings is unknown, but they are believed to have been created by actual Georgetown students, because, according to TPUSA, “users must be affiliated with Georgetown University in order to log into Georgetown’s Fizz as it requires a ‘@georgetown.edu’ email address,” Fox reports.
“We have seen no activity on campus related to these posts. Georgetown is not planning such an event and, to our knowledge, no student organization is hosting or planning such an event,” a university spokesperson responded. “We take these anonymous posts seriously and condemn their language as deeply inconsistent with Georgetown University’s values. We are monitoring this closely to ensure the safety of the University community.”
“While Georgetown’s policies give latitude for the free expression of ideas and opinions, making light of a victim of violence is counter to our values and deeply disappointing,” the representative added. “Students are expected to know the policies that guide life on campus, including the Speech and Expression policy and the Code of Student Conduct.”
“The TPUSA Chapter at Georgetown strongly condemns any events that aim to disrespect Charlie Kirk and the upcoming memorial ceremony at UVU,” declared Heidi Sui, president of TPUSA’s Georgetown chapter. “These events are not representative of how Americans feel about Charlie and his legacy. To the millions of us who listened to his debates, Charlie never celebrated violence. But some liberal students do. And they are doing it right here — in our nation’s capital of all places. This reaction from Georgetown students should disturb us regardless of our political affiliation. There is a difference between disagreeing with someone’s politics and celebrating their death.”
Kirk’s murder reignited an ongoing debate about the link between rhetoric and violence in politics, with many blaming Robinson’s actions in part on years of Democrat officeholders and left-wing activists not merely disagreeing with conservatives about issues such as transgenderism but classifying disagreement as hateful and oppressive.
The far-left Anti-Defamation League (ADF) took down its controversial “Glossary of Extremism and Hate,” which had identified TPUSA as a “hate group,” but many leftists continued to express hatred of Kirk and even pleasure at his death, particularly among academia. Left-wing talk host Jimmy Kimmel was briefly suspended for falsely insinuating Kirk’s killer was a member of President Donald Trump’s MAGA base, despite Kirk’s strong support of Trump.