Staff Reports
America lost one of its greatest young conservative warriors last week when Charlie Kirk was gunned down at Utah Valley University. The 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder was speaking to a crowd of 3,000 students when a coward shot him in the neck. This was not just murder – this was an assassination of one of our movement’s brightest stars.
Charlie Kirk spent his life fighting for everything we hold dear as Americans. He dropped out of college to dedicate himself to saving our country from the radical left. He built Turning Point USA into a powerhouse that reached millions of young Americans with conservative values. Kirk understood that colleges had become liberal indoctrination camps and he fought back every single day.
The timing of this assassination should alarm every patriotic American. Kirk was debating mass shootings when the killer struck, asking how many mass shooters America has seen in recent years. His final words were “Counting or not counting gang violence?” before the bullet silenced him forever. The left’s violent rhetoric has real consequences and Charlie paid the ultimate price.
This brave patriot never backed down from defending President Trump and the MAGA movement. He helped Trump win the 2024 election by touring college campuses and waking up Generation Z to the truth. Kirk’s “You’re Being Brainwashed” tour reached two billion people on social media and played a critical role in our victory. He was even helping Trump pick his cabinet when the assassin struck.
The mainstream media wants to ignore how their hateful attacks on conservatives led to this tragedy. For years they demonized Charlie Kirk for simply telling the truth about America’s problems. They called him dangerous for opposing illegal immigration and standing up for Christian values. Their words have consequences and now a great American is dead.
Every conservative should be outraged that political violence has reached this level in our country. Charlie Kirk was doing exactly what our founders intended – engaging in free speech and open debate. Instead of respecting his right to speak, a deranged leftist decided to silence him with a gun. This is not the America our veterans fought and died to protect.
The FBI arrested a suspect two days later but that brings no comfort to Kirk’s family and friends. President Trump honored Charlie by announcing he will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom after his death. This hero deserved that recognition while he was still alive to see his country appreciate his sacrifice.
Charlie Kirk’s legacy will live on through every young conservative he inspired to fight for America. His death should motivate every patriot to work twice as hard to save our nation from the radical left. We cannot let the assassin’s bullet silence the conservative movement that Charlie built with his blood, sweat and tears.
