"Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed speaking at Utah Valley University. The conservative activist had a history of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and text messages sent by the alleged shooter suggest he was a critic of Kirk's anti-transgender rhetoric. Milk, an early leader of the LGBTQ+ rights movement and one of America's first out elected officials, also died in a politically motivated shooting. He was shot and killed in 1978, a year after his election as a San Francisco supervisor."
"Utah Rep. Trevor Lee told a local Nexstar station that he intends to file a bill that would rename Harvey Milk Boulevard in Salt Lake City and instead recognize Charlie Kirk. "From the vast majority of Utahns, they would say that Harvey Milk does not have any connection to Utah whatsoever," Lee said. "But Charlie Kirk does now, especially after being assassinated in the state of Utah.""
"Milk, an early leader of the LGBTQ+ rights movement and one of America's first out elected officials, also died in a politically motivated shooting. He was shot and killed in 1978, a year after his election as a San Francisco supervisor, alongside Mayor George Moscone. For Milk, the risk of political assassination had been pondered before his death. A recording of Milk played at his funeral said, 'If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.'"
Utah Rep. Trevor Lee intends to file legislation to rename Harvey Milk Boulevard in Salt Lake City to honor Charlie Kirk. Lee argued that Harvey Milk lacks a Utah connection while Charlie Kirk now has a Utah connection following his assassination at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot while speaking and had a history of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric; texts from the alleged shooter suggest criticism of Kirk's anti-transgender rhetoric. Harvey Milk, an early LGBTQ+ rights leader and one of America's first openly elected officials, was killed in 1978 in a politically motivated shooting. Lee said he wants to send a message against political violence and had considered the renaming earlier.
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