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President Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk on what would have been the assassinated activist’s 32nd birthday.

Kirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012 and was fatally shot last month while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Trump credited Kirk with helping secure his reelection, though Kirk’s politics criticized LGBTQ rights and inflamed racial tensions.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America’s highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation’s politics further to the right.

The ceremony coincided wit

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