The Turning Point USA cofounder was speaking in front of a large crowd on the campus of Utah Valley University.

Kirk, who was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was able to set up his family — wife, Erika, and two young children — to be financially stable before his death with an estimated net worth of $12 million, according to ValueWalk.

He will return to Utah on Sept. 30 to do the same event at Utah State University, and thousands are up in arms about it. As of Tuesday morning, 6,713 people have signed a petition requesting that the faculty at Utah State bar Kirk from coming to the Logan campus,

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