After enduring hours of standing in the cold, rainy elements in Oxford, thousands of people walked into the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss to hear from Vice President JD Vance and Erika Kirk, the widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The masses, many donning “Make America Great Again” hats and American flags, were mostly college students.

The Ole Miss basketball arena was the latest venue to host one of the youth outreach nonprofit Turning Point USA’s “This Is the Turning Point” tour events. Wednesday’s gathering marked one of the organization’s first stops since Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a speaking event on Sept. 10, and featured a heightened police presence and Secret Service detail on site.

Before the keynote speakers addressed the audience, attend

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