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Well-wishers pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the national headquarters of Turning Point USA shown after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the organization, during a Utah college event Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

WASHINGTON – In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins what has fast become a long list .

The influential 31-year old commentator , who cast his young professional life rousing other young people to embrace or debate his brand of conservatism, was slain doing what he does best: holding a provocative question-and-answer session on a college campus .

Kirk had been sparring with a ques

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