While many Canadians may have not known who Charlie Kirk was, they do now, following his shocking assassination on Sept. 10, 2025. Article content

Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder, executive director and public face of Turning Point USA, a right-wing activist when it came to American politics and an influential ally of U.S. president Donald Trump, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday while speaking at an event at a Utah university. Article content

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His assassination was the latest in a series of attacks on U.S political figures, including two assassination attempts on Trump last year.

According to Amarnath Amarasingam, an associate professor at the School of Religion at Queen’s University, the escalation of violence targeted at public figures

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