Charlie Kirk ’s decades-long efforts to popularize conservative ideals galvanized young Americans and contributed to Gen Z being known as one of the most right-leaning generations in recent memory. While speaking on the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday, Kirk was shot and killed .

Once seen as being on the political “fringe,” he helped bring conservative, America First populism to the mainstream among young voters, bringing many voter who didn’t feel like they belonged in the Democratic Party into the fold as Republicans by speaking at universities, a key source of what he described as “liberal indoctrination.”

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