HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- A Pennsylvania lawmaker said he will propose legislation for a "Charlie Kirk Day" in the state.

Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed Wednesday at an event on a Utah college campus. He was 31 years old.

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Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon), who sent a memo seeking cosponsors on Thursday, said the proposed legislation would make the first Monday of each August "Charlie Kirk Day." He remembered Kirk, who was on the first stop of a debate tour when he was killed, as a "tireless advocate" for debate and free speech.

"This advocacy tragically cost Mr. Kirk his life, with his assassinatio

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