Tuberville addresses Turning Point USA event in Auburn

November 5, 2025 – AUBURN UNIVERSITY – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke to thousands of persons about the legacy of the late Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA event in Auburn.

“It was great to host Turning Pont USA at Auburn University last night,” said Sen. Tuberville in a statement after speaking at the event. “You know I was encouraged to see 6,000 patriotic students come out to this event. Very important, At Auburn we are usued to seeing students lined up at Neville to see basketball games, but to see them line up for hours about the future of our great country gives us hope. As I shared in my speech, the original plan was for me to introduce Charlies last night. Unfortunately a deranged leftist took Charlie from us before we got a chance to do that. Charlie’s message will never be silent. While Charlie can never be replaced, if we all do our part we can keep moving the ball down the field. If we continue to keep carrying his message of faith, family, and freedom it would be great.”

Senator Tuberville was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020 after a 50 year career as a teacher, coach, and sports broadcaster, including a successful tenure as Auburn University head football coach. He is a 2026 Republican candidate for Governor.

The crowd enthusiastically welcomed Tuberville. He spoke at length about his relationship with Charlie Kirk.

“This brings tears to your eyes of what Turning Point has been through,” said Tuberville. “Erica has been through over the last what uh two or three months. It's been a tough time. It's been a tough time for everybody. It's been a tough time for our country. “

“Charlie and I met back in 2020 when I was running for Senate and he actually helped me get elected and he's very positive person,” said Tuberville. “He loved this country, but he really loved young people. You know, it he and I talked a lot about education. And that was the one thing he and I had in common.”

“President Trump called me back oh in June or so,” said Tuberville. “He said, "Coach, I want you and Charlie Kirk. You know each other well. I want you to be on the board at the Air Force Academy. We're having problems. We're having problems with leadership. We're having problems with DEI. We're just having problems. And that's one area of our country that we need leaders. You know, Charlie was smart. He understood leaders. He really understood them. And he said, you know, we need leaders. The first time I I met with him about the Air Force Academy, coach, we need leaders. We don't need followers in this institution. He was exactly right. We made a lot of progress just in the few months that we were on it together. But now we're going to continue to fight. We're going to fight for what he knew was right and what I knew was right.”

“Charlie's here with us,” said Tuberville. “He's here with us in spirit. We're going to cake his legacy on. But it's going to be hard to uphold everything that he knew because he was so smart. You know, Charlie was waking up millions of young people every time he talked. Because now with the internet and social media, everything got out there that he talked about, even during all of his debates. You know, the one thing about Charlie, he was waking up millions of young people at a time. He was waking them up because he was telling the truth. And you know what? He lost his life for it. He lost his life because he was telling the truth.”

“If you ever watch his videos now, just make sure you look at the three things he talks about. Marriage and family are the two most important after faith. He really loved his kids,” said Tuberville. “And he would often tell people, he said, "Listen, if you're going to be happy in life, get married and have a family. That's what you're here for. The person you marry, he would say, would it was is going to be the biggest decision of your life. Don't waste your time just dating around. Look for that one certain person because that certain person is the most important decision and it's going to make your life better and it's going to make that person better that you're going to marry. You're going to have a long lasting relationship. and he preached that if faith is the foundation of this country and he talked about faith a lot of times family is a cornerstone of that children should be taught and take responsibility for their lives and be accountable.”

Tuberville bemoaned the rise of the one parent family and so many children growing up without fathers.

“The only person, Charlie would tell you this, the only person ultimately responsible for your success or your failure is you. Nobody else. Don't count on anybody else,” said Tuberville. “You know, these are the lessons I learned from my parents. But unfortunately, parents are few and far between nowadays. It's unfortunate. That is killing our country, folks.” “Kids need fathers at home. Your job is to run the household. Your job is to teach knowledge and truth to your kids. We need fathers in the homes. When men fail and they fail to step up into the role that God has given them, our society suffers. And folks, our society is in bad, bad trouble. We don't have enough fathers and mothers that stay together to raise their kids to make this country the country that it used to be. And that's one of the keys that Charlie always pushed. We need families. We need a tight marriage. And we need kids that are going to learn from their parents.”

Tuberville warned the crowd about the growing national debt.

“We are, as of last Tuesday, we're $38 trillion in debt. 38 trillion,” said Tuberville. “Do you know how much a trillion dollars is? A trillion dollars is a hundred $100 bills stacked three feet high from here to Atlanta, Georgia. That's a lot of money. And we're 38 of them in debt. You know who owes that bill? You do. You owe that bill because it's going to be your next generation that's going to have to take care of it. And folks, that ain't fake money. That is real live American money.”

Tuberville said that the Democrats have planned all of this.

“But you know what? That's the Democrat's plan,” said Tuberville. “You saw what happened last night. We elected a mayor in New York City that is a pronounced and known socialist. I never thought I'd see it happen. But we're spending more and more money. And you know what? It's because the Democrats want to spend it. We're trying to cut back on the money. We're trying to help you young people sustain a budget for the future. But the Democrats could care less. They want to spend more and more money. I just don't understand it. I don't know whether it's they hate this country and they despise the Constitution, but they are running it into the ground. We cannot continue to do it. Here's what's happening. They want free health care. They want free housing. They want food stamps for everybody. Folks, to Democrats, that's the American dream. But it's oppressive. What it's doing is ruining our country.”

“Under the Biden administration, tens of millions of people came across our border illegally,” stated Tuberville. “We all knew it. We're trying to stop it, but we had no power. Thank God President Trump is trying to clean it up.” “if you come here and chant death to America, you refuse to go by our laws, you burn our flag and hope and have no intentions of assimilating and doing things that we do in the culture of United States of America, take your butt home.”

Tuberville has been an ardent defender of women’s sports and particularly the right of women to compete in sports without having to compete against biological males claiming to be women.

“And as I wrap up here, I got to bring this up. You know, some people are going to say something that might not like this, but folks, men are men and women are women.” Said Tuberville. “I've had five bills on the floor in United States Senate that says no more men in women's sports and the Democrats all have voted them down. God gave us a clear understanding. He created men and women with different strengths and different weaknesses. He never wanted them to be confrontational. He wouldn't have wanted this. He wouldn't want men and women's sports. I've got a young My first grandchild, Rosie Grace, 8 months old, and I'll be damned if she's going to take a shower with a man when she's in sports.”

Tuberville also spokes about the millions of persecuted Christians in Africa.

“The other thing is in Africa more than 100 and Charlie and I talked to this about this quite often. 100,000 Christians have been slaughtered and 18,000 churches have been burned in Africa,” said Tuberville. “In Nigeria, 67,000 Christians have been murdered since 2000 by radical Islamists. So the bottom line is that Christianity is under attack and we got to stop it.”

Eric and Lara Trump also spoke to the crowd at length.

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