Staff Reports
America lost a true patriot yesterday when Charlie Kirk was gunned down at Utah Valley University. The 31-year-old conservative hero was murdered while doing what he did best – fighting for our values and speaking truth to young Americans. This is not just a tragedy, it’s an attack on everything we stand for as conservatives.
Charlie Kirk built Turning Point USA into the most powerful conservative youth movement in America. He spent years waking up college students who had been brainwashed by liberal professors. Charlie never backed down from a fight and always stood up for God, country, and freedom. He was a warrior for our cause.
The shooting happened during Charlie’s “Prove Me Wrong” event where he invited students to debate him. Video shows him speaking to a packed crowd when a gunshot rang out around noon. The coward who killed him struck while Charlie was doing what he loved most – defending conservative principles. He was hit and died from his injuries.
The killer is still running free while police search building by building at the university. This domestic terrorist targeted Charlie because of his political beliefs. Every minute this murderer stays on the loose is a failure of our justice system. We demand answers and we demand justice for Charlie Kirk.
President Trump immediately honored Charlie with a beautiful tribute on Truth Social. Trump called him “Great, and even Legendary” and said no one understood America’s youth better than Charlie. Even Trump recognized that Charlie had the heart of a true patriot. His wife Erika and family deserve our prayers during this awful time.
This assassination shows how far the radical left will go to silence conservative voices. They can’t win debates so they resort to violence and murder. Charlie Kirk was killed because he was effective at exposing their lies and waking up young Americans. This is what happens when the media spends years calling us enemies of democracy.
Charlie’s mission will live on through every young conservative he inspired. He planted seeds of truth in millions of hearts across America. No bullet can kill the movement he built or the ideas he fought for. Turning Point USA will keep fighting and we must all carry his torch forward.
We cannot let Charlie Kirk die in vain. Every patriot needs to step up and defend our values even harder now. The left thinks they can intimidate us with violence but they’re wrong. We will honor Charlie by never giving up the fight for America’s soul.
