An Oklahoma State University student leader who was reprimanded by a university staff member after giving a speech honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk  says the incident only strengthened his resolve to share his political views.

“It seems like the entire thing was meant to make me be very scared or kind of shut down from expressing these views, but in fact it’s done quite the opposite,” OSU student Joshua Wilson told Fox News Digital.

Wilson, a junior who serves as university chair of OSU’s Student Government Association (SGA), gave the speech at the SGA meeting on Sept. 10 — hours after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in Utah.

Wilson said he wanted to honor Kirk’s legacy while promoting peace on campus. In his brief remarks, he encouraged students to carry on Kirk’s message of free speech and condemned political violence