Gov. Glenn Youngkin and conservative commentator Megyn Kelly took up the microphone for Turning Point USA’s scheduled visit to Virginia Tech on Wednesday night.

An empty chair remained on stage inside Burruss Auditorium for the conservative political nonprofit group’s former leader, Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on a college campus in Utah two weeks ago.

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The movement that Kirk started won’t be silenced, said Youngkin, the Republican governor approaching the closing months of his term. Youngkin said he remembered two weeks ago wondering what would happen to this scheduled visit to Blacksburg.

“He challenged us to engage in thoughtful dialogue,” Youngkin said. “Don’t back down from your beliefs. Be prepared

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