California Gov. Gavin Newsom praised the way the late Charlie Kirk engaged with young men, saying that his own Democratic Party needs to follow the example of the slain conservative leader.
“We have an epidemic of loneliness, and so much of that is manifesting and metastasizing online in very profound and consequential ways, and last week only underscored that further,” Newsom said Tuesday when announcing an initiative calling for 10,000 young men to volunteer as mentors, coaches, and tutors in response to higher-than-average suicide rates among the demographic.
Kirk, 31, was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10. A 22-year-old Utah man, Tyler Robinson, was charged with aggravated murder in the case on Tuesday.
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