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On Wednesday, political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking engagement in Utah.

The popular podcast host and founder of Turning Point USA was just 31 years old.

Kirk was outspoken in his support of Donald Trump, and now the president has announced that he will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Trump pays tribute to fallen supporter

“Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions and millions of people,” Trump said in a speech outside the Pentagon.

Trump was the first to confirm the news of Kirk’s passing after he was shot yesterday afternoon.

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

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