Last October Charlie Kirk had a Save Arizona rally at the University of Arizona. He invited former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and it brought in a few hundred students and people.
We need to vote early in this state, Kirk said last October when campaigning for President Trump.
Lalo Mercado was at that rally. Hes the president of the College Republicans at the U of A and said finding out the news was devastating.
You get chills. You get goosebumps. Its one of those things to where you remember where you were, Mercado described about hearing the news.
Not only did Kirk gain a lot of young peoples support through his conservative nonprofit organization Turning Point USA, Mercado said, but he also focused on younger peoples priorities.
As a 22 year old, hes been a really big fixtur