He fled communism. Now this California mayor is honoring Charlie Kirk and refusing to back down

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Westminster, California Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen explains why he pushed to install honorary street signs bearing Charlie Kirk’s name near City Hall. A California city mayor is defending his city’s decision to install honorary street signs bearing Charlie Kirk's name near City Hall after some liberal residents criticized the move. Westminster Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen told Fox News Digital that Americans are "lucky we have the freedom of speech here, and we all have to respect that." "Nobody should be murdered or assassinated because of promoting freedom of speech," Nguyen said. After Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was killed while speaking on a Utah college campus last September, Nguyen proposed redesignating portions of All American Way as Charlie Kirk Way. Some Southern Californian residents expressed outrage over a street sign being rename