MAGA reality star attacks Christian private school over Charlie Kirk dress code snafu

A MAGA reality star whose parents were released from prison following a pardon by President Donald Trump is attacking a prestigious Nashville Christian private school over the way the school handled the students' reaction to the death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, The Independent reports.

Savannah Chrisley, whose parents, Todd and Julie, were released from prison after receiving a presidential pardon she lobbied for, was a castmember on the USA Network reality show Chrisley Knows Best, which aired from 2014 to 2021, and on the spinoff series Growing Up Chrisley.

The 28 year-old Chrisley, whose younger sister attends Lipscomb Academy, told Newsmax's morning show "National Report" Thursday that the school prevented its students from wearing suit jackets and red ties in tribute to Kirk.

According to a report in The Tennessean, Upper School Head of School Jesse Savage told about 15 to 20 boys they had to remove their ties because they violated the school's dress code.

Chrisley, who took to social media to blast the school, told Newsmax, “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. Wearing the red ties, for it to be a dress code violation, was honestly laughable.”

A school spokesperson told Fox News in a statement: “To clarify, on Friday, September 12, a small group of Academy students wore red ties to honor Charlie Kirk. While this was out of dress code, they were not disciplined but were asked to remove them."

The school told Fox that after a meeting with the students they were given the approval to wear the ties on another day. Chrisley used the opportunity to take to social media to attack the school, The Independent reports.

“Your school and faculty didn’t just miss the mark… they betrayed you in a moment that called for faith, unity and truth, Chrisley wrote on X.

Chrisley also complained to Newsmax that a chapel service at the school to honor Kirk was, at 23 minutes, not enough, blaming "far left-wing activists for the length.

“Unfortunately, at Lipscomb you have these far left-wing activists that have come into the school and they’re trying to control everything,” she claimed. “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 made a claim that a staffer at the school had "written a dissertation on applying DEI initiatives in southern Christian teaching institutions, which she felt would offend parents if it were more widely known," and said the school suffered from “a lack of strong male leadership."