The mother of a high school student shared with Fox News Digital how her daughter was inspired by Charlie Kirk to start a Turning Point USA chapter at her school.

“She was deeply moved by Charlie’s work. She actually has been long involved, going to different young Americans events around the college campuses,” Melissa Smiley told Fox News Digital.

Catie Smiley, a junior at Hillsdale College-affiliated Lake Country Classical Academy (LCCA), was galvanized to join the momentum of Turning Point USA chapters growing across the country in the wake of Kirk’s death.

After Kirk’s massive memorial service on Sept. 13, TPUSA announced that it had received more than 120,000 inquiries from people wanting to start new campus chapters.

“She had caught wind that there had been an attempt for Turning

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