BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is calling on LSU officials to erect a statue of conservative activist on the Baton Rouge campus.

Landry, a Republican, posted a video on social media showing himself standing in front of LSU’s bronze statue of the school’s mascot, Mike the Tiger. In the video, he urges the LSU Board of Supervisors to find a place on campus to display a statue of Kirk “to defend the freedom of speech on college campuses.”

“Hey everyone, Governor Jeff Lane here tonight, wanting to thank the entire Turning Point family because tonight, unbelievably, over 1500 people came to listen to Turning Point USA. Thank you, big shout out to LSU Turning Point,” said Landry in the video.

“And so we're here on campus next to Mike the Tiger, and we're gonna put a challenge o

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