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Chicago Cubs outfielder Matt Shaw will be among numerous speakers at Turning Point USA’s “America Fest” next weekend in Phoenix.

Shaw attended Charlie Kirk’s funeral, which stirred controversy, as he left his team during a postseason push to attend. He also was scratched from the Cubs’ lineup on Sept. 10, the day Kirk was assassinated.

Upon hearing Shaw would attend next week’s event, longtime Chicago radio host Dan Bernstein implored Shaw to “own it” and “embrace it.” However, Bernstein added he did not want Shaw to “give [him] any of that bulls–t” about faith or being Kirk’s friend before taking shots at Turning Point and other conservative figures slated to be at the event.

“Matt Shaw is telling you something,” Bernstein said on his podcas

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