Images of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a memorial outside of Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 20, 2025. | Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It is impossible, I think, to grasp the terrible consequences of Charlie Kirk’s death without understanding who he was in life.
Liberals had a dim view of that track record — focusing on his often-offensive radio broadcasts and contributions to Trump’s authoritarian project (like sending seven buses to the January 6 protest). However, to conservatives, he was something very different: not just a...
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