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Turning Point’s Blexit group is on a tour of historically Black campuses in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s slaying. Howard University students weren’t impressed.

Howard University’s homecoming, a celebration of Black culture and pride, collided with conservative politics Friday when the Turning Point USA-backed Blexit movement showed up uninvited as part of the organization’s “Educate to Liberate” tour of historically Black campuses.

On the outskirts of Yardfest, the annual campus concert that draws thousands to the school’s famed quad, two groups faced off. On one side, a man with bulging muscles and a microphone interviewed a group of eventgoers while a cameraman donning an “America First” baseball cap videoed for Blexit. Just a few feet away, members of a countermovement waved a handmade sign that read, “Blexit = Black people for white supremacist fascism.”

Shortly after Blexit staked out a spot across from local Black vendors, protesters from the organization Refuse Fascism rolled up with a flashier presentation. In a tense moment, pedestrians stared as campus police talked to Refuse Fascism activist Lucha Bright and examined the posters the group was wheeling around in a cart.

Afterward, Refuse Fascism simply moved closer to where Blexit was interviewing.

Bright and a handful of other protesters stood close to Davis for the next couple of hours, wearing bright orange shirts and handing out fliers that read, “Trump Must Go Now,” but the two groups weren’t seen directly interacting.

“You have this Blexit group coming to Howard, promoting those ideas and being a Black face on white supremacy,” Bright told The Post, noting that Kirk opposed the Civil Rights Act. “That is dangerous for Black people, and it’s dangerous for humanity.”

“I know they have Black representatives … but they are a minority of Black society,” said another protester, Ralph Nix. “ … They think if they’re on the side of the regime, they’re going to be protected while everybody else is taken advantage of.”