"Charlie Kirk, the conservative media figure and influential supporter of Donald Trump, was shot and killed today while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. Graphic videos captured by those in attendance appear to show Kirk being struck in the neck by a bullet. He was thirty-one. The President announced Kirk's death on social media, and requested flags across the country be flown at half-staff."
"Kirk founded Turning Point USA, a youth-focussed right-wing nonprofit, in 2012, when he was just eighteen. "It's impossible to overstate his role in MAGA and Republican politics," Antonia Hitchens, a New Yorker staff writer who covers politics, told us over e-mail from Washington, D.C. Kirk understood the populist draw of the Tea Party and Trump, she wrote. "As a reporter, I met countless people who credited their political engagement-their sense of engagement with the country-to Turning Point.""
Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, with graphic videos showing him struck in the neck. The President announced the death and requested flags be flown at half-staff. Leaders across the ideological spectrum condemned the shooting and political violence. Kirk founded Turning Point USA at eighteen and became a central figure in MAGA and Republican politics. He understood the populist draw of the Tea Party and Trump. Turning Point Action played a significant role in the 2024 election, mobilizing voters in swing states such as Arizona by knocking on doors and getting out the Republican vote. The incident intensifies national concern about political violence.
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