A number of Penn State football fans were seen wearing Charlie Kirk’s “FREEDOM” T-shirts at Saturday night’s game against Oregon.
Footage and photos of the students in the shirts went viral across social media.
Oregon, which was Kirk’s favorite college football team, went on to win the game in a 30-24 thriller. Oregon defensive back Dylan Thieneman pulled in a game-sealing interception in overtime, ensuring Kirk’s favorite team won in front of thousands of supporters wearing his signature shirt.
Conservative influencer Benny Johnson organized an event that handed out 5,000 of the shirts to fans ahead of Saturday’s game in the Beaver Stadium parking lot.
Kirk wore the now-iconic shirt on Sept. 10 as he spoke at a Utah Valley University event when a single shot was fired from the roof of a nearby building, which killed the 31-year-old husband and father of two. The assassination has devastated the nation, and TPUSA has vowed to continue the mission that Kirk worked so passionately for.
“In the vein, and in honor of Charlie Kirk, we are going to fight cultural battles, and we are going to win them in an arena that Charlie loved so very much — college football,” Johnson announced Thursday on “Will Cain Country.”
“Turning Point USA, at the game of the week, Penn State versus the Oregon Ducks, this is going to be a massive game. This was a game that Charlie Kirk was going to attend. Charlie Kirk loves Oregon, but he also has a bunch of fans at Penn State and has done huge events there,” Johnson continued. “Turning Point USA is going to be handing out 5,000 Charlie Kirk freedom shirts at that game.”
Johnson, who held up a “freedom” shirt identical to the one Kirk was wearing when he was killed, said it was going to be a whiteout game, which is a Penn State tradition where fans dress in all white.
Kirk has been frequently honored at major football events since his assassination earlier in September.
Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning previously offered his condolences to Kirk’s wife, Erika, and their two children following his team’s 34-14 victory over Northwestern earlier this month.
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