Conservative commentator and TV personality Savannah Chrisley is going on offense against Lipscomb Academy, accusing the private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, of muzzling students who sought to honor the late Charlie Kirk.
Chrisley joined Newsmax on Thursday to talk about Lipscomb administrators who initially prohibited upper school students from wearing suit jackets and red ties on Sept. 11, the day after Kirk’s assassination, citing a violation of the school’s dress code policy.
Appearing on “National Report,” Chrisley painted a striking picture of what she called a shocking betrayal of Christian principles and of the rights of students who were trying to honor Kirk — a man known as much for his Christian values as for his conservative political beliefs.
“When these children were told to take off ties because it was in violation of a dress code … to see these kids struggling and mourning and not having the faculty to rally around them was really heartbreaking,” Chrisley said. “Wearing the red ties, for it to be a dress code violation was honestly laughable.”
She contends that in a “centuries-old Church of Christ private Christian school,” students were not permitted to utter Kirk’s name in chapel. She says when Lipscomb finally gave way and held an event to honor Kirk, it lasted just 23 minutes.
Chrisley said the problem at Lipscomb runs deeper.
“Unfortunately, at Lipscomb you have these far left-wing activists that have come into the school and they’re trying to control everything,” she said. “These staff members have referred to Charlie Kirk as a racist, a fascist, and that’s the sad part: this is a private Christian school.”
Chrisley also questioned the administration’s ideological direction. She pointed to the head of the academy having written a college dissertation on DEI implementation in Southern Christian schools and warns donors to “be aware of situations like this.”
“I guarantee you they wouldn’t want their money going to DEI initiatives or just leadership like this. This is a lack of strong male leadership that we have,” Chrisley said.
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