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The brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University shocked every American who believes in free speech, peaceful assembly, and the sanctity of life. A suspect was taken into custody and authorities have launched a federal and local investigation into the sniper-style killing that struck at the heart of conservative activism.
This weekend’s memorial at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium drew a sea of mourners and high-profile conservative leaders, including President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, underscoring how deeply Kirk had moved a generation of young patriots. The turnout and the level of security made it clear that this was not just a funeral but a national moment of reckoning about political violence and the vulnerability of conservative voices on college campuses.
America’s mayor of 9/11, Rudy Giuliani, joined other patriotic voices on Newsmax to remember Charlie as a gifted organizer and a man of faith who mobilized young people in defense of the country’s founding principles. Giuliani rightly tied this violence back to the cultural rot in our public schools and institutions that too often teach contempt for America and for God, a rot that can poison young minds and desensitize them to violence.
Turning Point USA’s work cannot be allowed to wither because of cowardly violence; Erika Kirk has stepped into leadership and the movement Charlie built must go on stronger than before. Conservatives must honor his legacy by organizing, speaking out, and ensuring our campuses are places where truth and faith can be declared without fear of being gunned down.
We should also call out the media and elite institutions that practiced hypocrisy for years—those who belittled or barred Kirk from platforms now feign shock while the same culture that demonized him helped create the environment for this attack. The purge of people who made callous jokes about Kirk’s death shows there are consequences for moral failure, but it is justice, not performative virtue-signaling, that Americans deserve.
Now is the time for patriotic Americans to demand real change: secure our venues, protect our speakers, and reform our schools so they teach love of country and reverence for God instead of contempt and division. Charlie Kirk lived and fought for an America where young people are taught to love liberty and defend it; our duty is to carry that torch forward with courage and conviction.
