The University of Maryland chapter of Turning Point USA, the group co-founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is pushing back against the school for what they call a viewpoint-discriminatory security fee ahead of an event scheduled for Wednesday.
Kirk was assassinated during an event in September on the campus of Utah Valley University.
Event organizers for the College Park, Maryland, rally said they were told by the school that the event can't continue unless the chapter agrees to pay for added security.
The chapter is scheduled to host Cabot Phillips, the senior editor of the conservative publication the Daily Wire.
"He did say, 'We will not approve this event unless you first pay this fee,'" said Connor Clayton, a University of Maryland senior and communications chair for the