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Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA Founder and Conservative Firebrand, Shot Dead at 31

Charlie Kirk , the outspoken conservative activist and CEO of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday during a campus appearance at Utah Valley University. He was 31.

Kirk, who rose from organizing on college campuses to becoming a key ally of President Donald Trump, built Turning Point into a central force in Republican politics with more than 250,000 student members and a reputation for combative, culture-war rhetoric.

Trump confirmed Kirk’s death on Truth Social , calling him a close friend and “a tremendous person.”

The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United S

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