OREM, Utah (Newsmax) — Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who founded Turning Point USA and became a leading voice for young conservatives in American politics, died Wednesday after being shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. He was 31.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
The FBI is investigating the shooting as potential political violence.
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