Charlie Kirk's reach and influence over the conservative community was a crucial factor not only in the Republican Party's message, but also to President Donald Trump's political rise.

Trump took to his social media site on Wednesday shortly after reports of Kirk getting shot, asking Americans to pray for the 31-year-old social media activist with whom he and his family had a close personal relationship as well as a political one.

He later posted on his social media site the word that Kirk died.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with moderator Charlie Kirk on Thursday, March 22, 2018. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

"No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no

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