TPUSA speakers preach love, gospel at final tour stop in Kirk’s honor while protestors disrupt outside

Two months after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, his friends Frank Turek and Rob Schneider spoke Monday at the University of California, Berkeley – the final stop of the “This Is the Turning Point” tour, which was rebranded after Kirk’s death.

Turek, an author and Christian apologist, and Schneider, a comedian, actor and author, honored Kirk’s legacy while sharing his faith and values. 

Turek, who was near Kirk when he was shot, recalled warning him about the many tall buildings near the Utah event but said Kirk was undeterred. 

“He just shrugged it off, because Charlie knew that in order to love people, you have to make yourself somewhat vulnerable,” Turek told the crowd of about 900 students, with another 1,000 unable to get in because of protesters outside. “You can’t be completely secure all the time.” 

Turek continued, “When that shot rang out and we got him in the car, his eyes were fixed. He wasn’t looking at me. He was looking right past me into eternity. He was absent from the body, present with the Lord.” 

Then he explained a spiritual truth: “Charlie’s not in heaven right now because he gave his life for his Savior. He’s in heaven because his Savior gave his life for Charlie Kirk.” 

Schneider, a former Saturday Night Live cast member, sounded more like a statesman or philosopher than the star of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. 

“What’s happening now is a blip – it’s an intolerant blip,” he said. “We are in an age of emotion. When historians look back and go, ‘What happened? What was that all about?’ it was because if we give in to our emotions … if you use that before your sense of reason and rationality and logic, then you can be manipulated – like the people outside this building right now. They’re not coming from a place of rationality; they’re coming from a place of emotion.” 

Schneider thanked “ANTIFA for welcoming me tonight,” saying the group “didn’t have to buy fireworks, but they did.” 

Later on X, he thanked “all the courageous Cal Berkeley students who refused to be intimidated by the ‘not very tolerant’ left. We know who the real fascists are … the thugs who don’t want free speech.” 

Police were in riot gear and made multiple arrests outside the event, ABC 7 reported. A vendor wearing a red “Freedom” T-shirt was beaten, with blood on his face. Officers remained on-site during the entire event and escorted attendees as they left. 

Turek also shared how God is able to bring good from evil, and how the existence of evil points to the existence of God. 

“Does evil mean there is no God?” he asked. “Well, actually the exact opposite is true … Evil does not disprove God. It may prove there’s a devil out there, but it can’t disprove God because there’d be no such thing as evil unless there was good, and there’d be no such thing as good unless God existed.” 

Turek will be at the University of Alabama Thursday at an event called “If God, Why Evil?” in Kirk’s honor.