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A Slap in the Face to Every HBCU in Florida: GOP Wants to Rename College Roads After Charlie Kirk.

2025-10-10 News & Politics
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Florida GOP Targets HBCU Funding Over Mandated Charlie Kirk Road Renaming

Understand the political theater behind a proposed Florida bill forcing HBCUs to honor Charlie Kirk or face funding cuts. Learn the resistance strategy against using institutional identity for partisan distraction while real economic issues persist.

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  • Republican bill mandates renaming university roads after Charlie Kirk, threatening immediate funding loss for non-compliance.
  • Senator Shevrin Jones frames the proposal as absolute political theater and an insult against HBCU legacies.
  • Panelists advise shifting legislative focus entirely onto tangible economic crises, like soaring insurance costs.

This segment analyzes a controversial Florida bill demanding public universities rename roads after conservative activist Charlie Kirk, threatening budget cuts for resistance. Panelists discuss this as partisan distraction while residents navigate rising housing and insurance costs, outlining strategies to counter legislative overreach constructively.

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A Slap in the Face to Every HBCU in Florida: GOP Wants to Rename College Roads After Charlie Kirk. Florida Republicans are pushing a bizarre “culture war” bill that would force state universities to rename campus roads after conservative activist Charlie Kirk — or risk losing funding. Senator Shevrin Jones calls it “a slap in the face to every HBCU in Florida.” Roland Martin and his panel expose how culture-war distraction is replacing real governance while Floridians face crushing housing and insurance costs. 🔥 Florida Republicans propose renaming college roads after Charlie Kirk — or cutting funding to schools that refuse. 🔥 Sen. Shevrin Jones: “This is a slap in the face to Florida A&M and every HBCU in this state.” 🔥 Roland Martin: “If you want to rename something, name it after Rosewood — not Charlie Kirk.” 🔥 While Floridians can’t afford housing or insurance, lawmakers waste time on culture-war stunts. 🔥 Policy Theater at its finest — distraction over leadership, propaganda over progress. #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #ShevrinJones #FloridaPolitics #CharlieKirk #CultureWar #PolicyTheater #HBCU #FloridaGOP #PoliticalAccountability Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@terbenaw 2025-10-10

The goal is to get a reaction from us.

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@sunflowerlife1877 2025-10-10

Every PWI should have a street named after MLK.

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@luvzfrance24 2025-10-10

I had to rewind the opening statement just to make sure I heard everything correctly. Unfortunately I did and this is pure insanity !

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@MrsB-82 2025-10-10

See you in court Florida

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@E_A_9369 2025-10-10

This dude didn’t even go to college! lol 😅

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@ChippyStar72 2025-10-11

Not happening. We Will tear the signs down

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@stephanietaylor7560 2025-10-10

Alumni need to ban together and help fund the school

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@achatman4672 2025-10-10

Seriously!!! If you can't paint streets to get your point across; naming streets or roads for the same reason to get your point across is a double standard. If they're going to do that then everybody else should be able to put every sign on the street every sign on billboards and anything else they want to put out there to get their point across. Let's all put what we want out there.

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@azyurentertainment1496 2025-10-11

This is so incredibly sickening... 🤮

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@Jazzy877zvc 2025-10-10

He was a fascist bigot and is not worthy. We the people need to stop anything being named after him he was a publicize racist and he gone now let him lay.

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