Grace Riley to Newsmax: Kirk Was ‘Fighting for Souls’ of His Debate Opponents

Former Turning Point USA Ambassador Grace Riley said to Newsmax on Friday that the late Charlie Kirk “fought for the soul of every person he met on college campuses and beyond” as well as for “our country as a whole.”

“It’s my hope, I know his hope, his family’s hope, and everyone’s hope that his faith would be what comes from this and that, as Americans, as we grieve and mourn and think about his family and pray for them at this time, that we would keep the light, that we would continue to shine a light, that we would not let darkness overcome us, because that’s what Charlie fought against every day,” Riley told “National Report.”

Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in a targeted attack on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31.

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