JD Vance Emphasizes Faith, Family, and Courage in Rousing Speech at TPUSA Ole Miss Event
- Vance honored Charlie Kirk’s legacy and urged students to build families and lives of consequence.
- He tied personal virtue to national strength and defended tough immigration and America First policies.
- The crowd’s energy reinforced conservative campus organizing and the value of robust debate.
- Vance called for action: get involved in campaigns and rebuild the American Dream.
Wednesday night, hundreds of University of Mississippi students braved the weather to hear Erika Kirk and Vice President JD Vance at The Pavilion as part of the Turning Point USA tour. The event mixed grief, gratitude, and a blunt, conservative call to action aimed squarely at campus leaders. Vance used Charlie Kirk’s story to press a timeless message: faith, family, and courage matter for both private life and public life.
Erika Kirk introduced Vance as “a very, very dear friend” and offered a heartfelt description of what mattered to her late husband.
He and his wife, they are incredible. No one will ever replace my husband, but I do see some similarities of my husband in Vice President JD Vance. That’s why I’m so blessed to be able to introduce him tonight, because he understands the fight we are up against. And he can articulate that in a way that transcends race, that transcends demographic background. He is an amazing man.
When Vance took the stage, the crowd erupted in chants and Ole Miss traditions that underscored the night’s energy.
Hell Yeah! Damn Right!
Hotty Toddy, Gosh Almighty,
Who The Hell Are We? Hey!
Flim Flam, Bim Bam
Ole Miss By Damn!.
Vance praised Charlie Kirk not just as a political organizer but as a teacher of practical wisdom for young Americans. He moved from personal tribute to a clear conservative argument: strong families and stable communities form the backbone of prosperity and civic order. That frame tied Charlie’s campus work to the higher goal of restoring the American Dream.
Because Charlie wasn’t just a political figure. He wasn’t just a guy who went around campus and said very interesting things, and hosted all of these debates. He was a person, who particularly to the young people of this country, to all of you, he had the very best of advice. And I think that’s the most important way for me to honor Charlie which is to repeat that advice. Something that I have found true in my own life.
Charlie wanted all of you, whatever life path you chose, whatever career you chose, whatever you ultimately did for a living, Charlie wanted you, more than anything, to invest in the things that were worth having. To build a life that was worth building. And that started the most important advice he ever gave you was: Fall in love. Get married, and start a family. And I can’t honor Charlie without repeating that most important advice.
Vance linked private virtue to public policy, arguing that strong families and secure borders advance opportunity. He defended recent administration moves on immigration as necessary to protect wages and housing for young Americans and called that stance patriotic, not hateful. The crowd responded with cheers and clear approval for America First priorities.
The Left will say our immigration policy is about hating immigration, hating immigrants. We don’t hate anybody, we love our fellow citizens, and because we want them to have the American Dream, we shut that border down the very first day that Donald J. Trump was the President of the United States.
Vance closed by urging students to get off social media and into campaigns if they want real change. He framed activism as the proper way to honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy and rebuild institutions that serve hardworking Americans. The Q&A that followed showed an engaged audience ready to take that message back to campuses across the country.
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