Just a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking during an event at Utah Valley University hosted by his nonprofit political organization, President Donald Trump announced he would be posthumously awarding Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Kirk, the co-founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, was fatally struck in the neck by an assassin’s bullet on Wednesday. He was discussing mass shootings in the United States at the moment he was shot.

Trump made the remarks at the start of a 9/11 commemoration service at the Pentagon, marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Just a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking during an event at Utah Valley University hosted by h

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