Charlie Kirk’s Impact on Campus Politics Will be Felt for Years to Come
“At just 18 years old, Kirk, along with Bill Montgomery, co-founded Turning Point USA, best known for promoting conservative causes on college campuses.”
What happened to Charlie Kirk is equal parts saddening and enraging. One thing his family and friends must remember is that his legacy and his impact on politics in higher education will endure for decades.
FOX News reports:
Charlie Kirk rose to become conservative powerhouse, transformative campus figure
Charlie Kirk emerged as a powerful conservative leader in both culture and politics before his life was tragically cut short on Wednesday at the age of 31.
Kirk, the founder of one of the most influential political organizations in the country, was shot while holding an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He later died of his wound, leaving the country reeling from another act of horrific political violence.
Kirk grew up in the northern Chicago suburbs and got his start in politics while in high school as a volunteer for the 2010 campaign of former Republican Sen. Mark Kirk (no relation). In 2012, as a high school senior, he got national attention for warning about liberal bias in high school economics textbooks. He was outspoken about dropping out of college to pursue political activism.
At just 18 years old, Kirk, along with Bill Montgomery, co-founded Turning Point USA, best known for promoting conservative causes on college campuses. In the 13 years since its founding, Turning Point USA has become one of the most prominent and influential conservative groups in the nation, holding several massive events throughout the year which have drawn big-name speakers, including President Donald Trump.
His other organization, Turning Point Action, played a pivotal role in boosting Republican turnout across the country, most recently in Trump’s 2024 election victory.
“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
Kirk leaves behind a wife, Erika, and two young children.
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GF was a criminal, a drug taking home invading assaulter who brought onto himself evil
CK otoh,, was a god loving country loving people loving hard working family man
both did what made them who they are
but with the death of GF…what changes occurred in society?
laws passed to “help” those who saw themselves in GF…$$$$$$ given..streets repainted,, pd parred down in numbers,,laws changed to as to not offend or bother or god forbid,, find illegal activities that would lead to the incarceration of the GF followers….schools reinforced the obama era..stop the pipeline to prison via the schools
the very schools run by the same agenda as GF ,,and yet failing those very students by engaging with them in their pursuits of freebies..and fake b+ grading so they could
fly panes and lawyer and doctor their way to a better life ..all the while not having the slightest clue on how to actually do the job
But the mf was celebrated and laws and customs changed to accommodate the blmplo armies
What positive changes will occur in america that now strengthens freedoms and gun ownership and makes the streets safer now that CK was murdered ???
will goros backed DAs be kicked out of office?
will chicago streets become safer as the prisons are finally filled back up with the blk perps who have been allowed to roam and pillage and murder at will?
thinking no,, that will not happen
I feel the same loss as Trump in this.
Charlie will never ever be forgotten by me. The grossness of this act cannot be overstated.