Charlie Kirk, the prominent right-wing activist and podcast host, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. He was 31.

Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, Kirk went on to become one of the most polarizing figures of his generation. In 2012, when Kirk was just 18, he cofounded the influential conservative youth organizing group Turning Point USA . Kirk specialized in digital and grassroots organizing, harnessing social media to reach young voters . He eventually became a key ally and adviser to President Donald Trump.

Trump announced Kirk’s passing on Truth Social Wednesday afternoon . “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charli

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