<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3lToNs_1FSIwE8t00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3lToNs_1FSIwE8t00" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>Shane Winnings speaks with students at a Turning Point USA event in the Nebraska Union green space on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Lincoln. Photo by Kalen Krohn</figcaption></figure>Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gathered in the Union Plaza, surrounded by snipers, to hear Turning Point USA speaker Shane Winnings during the “Pick Up the Mic” event. While Winnings is not officially filling in for Charlie Kirk, he has emerged as a prominent conservative Christian speaker and credits Kirk for inspiring him to take up college campus debates through his “America Needs Godly Men” and “Pick Up the Mic” tours. The UNL Turning Point USA chapter hosted a “Prove Me Wrong” event where students were invited to ask questions and engage in a debate with Winnings. Winnings was asked his opinions on homosexuality, which he deemed as unnatural; feminism in America, which he said is destroying our society; and many non-political joke questions. Many students stepped up to the mic during the three-hour event, including Sophia Sweeney, a freshman chemistry major. Sweeney said debaters like Winnings come to campuses spreading the wrong message and wanted him to hear a non-hateful perspective. “So I wanted to go up there and say something nice to people, tell them they’re not ruining society like he’s telling them they are,” Sweeney said. “That is so horrible.”Alongside speaking for TPUSA, Winnings is the chief executive officer for the Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian parachurch organization for men, and uses his faith to confirm his political ideology. Asher Hanson, a freshman finance major, said he supports Winnings’ message. “I think being able to express religion and having your beliefs come from religion is very important,” Hanson said. Kylie Wray, a senior biochemistry major, said she thinks religion needs to stay out of political conversations. “He’s ignoring that not everyone believes in Christianity. He can’t conceptualize that people might not have the same political beliefs as him because not everyone has the same religious beliefs as him,” Wray said. Wray said she also has an issue with an older man debating college students. “He’s just preying off the ideas of young individuals who don’t have that much life experience. I honestly think he’s exploiting the ignorance of the students on these campuses,” Wray said.Abba Yagub, a senior microbiology and biochemistry double major, shared Wray’s sentiments. “The most jarring part about it all is that a middle-aged white man is going up and talking about his beliefs on women and people of color and different perspectives that he has no clue about,” Yagub said. Following the assassination of TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk, security at these events has increased significantly. The university said, “Due to tragic events in the past at outdoor events on college campuses, it is necessary to plan for all scenarios to ensure the safety of the members of our university community and our guests.”Winnings was accompanied by a large number of law enforcement, including six men with three snipers on top of three University building roofs, including Selleck Quadrangle. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0blSi8_1FSIwE8t00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0blSi8_1FSIwE8t00" width="1763" height="1175" ></figure></div></body>

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