Joe Scarborough Reveals Trump Credited Charlie Kirk for 2024 Youth Vote When Host Called To Offer Condolences

David Gilmour Sep 11th, 2025, 7:09 am

host Joe Scarborough revealed President Donald Trump credited Charlie Kirk with mobilizing the youth vote that helped secure his 2024 win during a private condolence call after the conservative activist’s assassination on Wednesday.

Kirk, who co-founded Turning Point USA and was a key architect of conservative advocacy groups on college campuses around the country, was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University.

Scarborough shared at the beginning of Thursday’s show on MSNBC that he had called Trump late Wednesday to relay his condolences, knowing that Kirk was a close ally to Trump and a friend of the pres

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