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Leading professorial group in the United States defends teacher speech rights after the assassination of the founder of TPUSA Charlie Kirk, But he no longer condemns his killings.
Instead, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded in 1915, calling on university leaders to avoid “political pressure” to open fire teacher After his death, he commented on the conservative power.
“The AAUP has caused great surprises, and recently disciplined disciplinary measures were imposed on disciplinary teachers and student speeches following the murder of Charlie Kirk,” AAUP wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. “We write letters to remind leadership colleges and universities of the fundamental obligations to protect academic freedom and ensure that freedoms on unlimited public import subjects are not weakened under political pressure.”
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It continues: “When higher education is threatened by the forces trying to destroy it and its role in democratic societies, this expectant submission that is eager to judge must be avoided.”
Ahead of Monday’s statement, the AAUP issued only a statement last week denouncing “recent, recurring bomb and terrorism threats to multiple historical black colleges and universities,” but without a separate statement condemning Kirk’s assassination. According to its website, AAUP has 44,000 members.
AAUP Published materials About TPUSA in October 2024, accusing the organization of engaging in “racist, homosexual and trans speeches” on campus and describing Kirk as “Professional provocateurs,“ He said he “established a career that was well established for how to provoke college students and was “actively hostile to higher education.”
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Teachers are also encouraged to ask administrators to be held accountable for the lack of confidence and pressure from donors to bring Kirk or TPUSA events to campus through petitions. Professors are advised to add syllabus language or to promote campus policies to limit unauthorized classroom shooting, as TPUSA affiliated students record left-wing professors and submit their names to the organization’s professors’ monitoring list.
When asked by Fox News, whether it relies on past descriptions of Kirk and TPUSA, and how it balances support for teachers with the principles of academic freedom and speech in groups it opposes – AAUP said: “Universities and universities should exercise constraints, not in dangerous situations, legal invitations with external speakers are with external invitations, not only that.
AAUP did not answer follow-up questions about whether TPUSA and KIRK were “extraordinary situations”, and the “danger” proof of revoking invitations to university campuses.
AAUP has long held progressive positions in higher education, often with teaching positions against restrictions Diversity, equity and inclusion (dei). Last year, the group also reversed its long-term opposition to the academic boycott policy.
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Memorials commemorating Charlie Kirk are held nationwide and overseas, including Berlin. Kirk was assassinated on September 10, 2025. (Ilkin Eskipehlivan/Anadolu via Getty Image)
Conservative leaders, including Vice President JD Vance White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded responsibility for rhetoric, who believed that promoting hostility to conservatives could escalate into violence. Meanwhile, Utah Governor Spencer Cox urged the “outside” in the political confrontation cycle.
FBI Director Kash Patel said people from Tyler Robinson, the main suspect, including his family, told investigators that Robinson “subscribed to the left-wing ideology.” Family members also alleged that Robinson expressed hatred for Kirk’s views.
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Since Kirk was assassinated on September 10 in his “America Comeback Journey,” multiple higher education educators and administrators have been investigated, suspended or fired, to celebrate or justify his death.
Fox News Digital has contacted the Ministry of Education.
