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Vice President JD Vance will visit Salt Lake City to honor Charlie Kirk Thursday.

Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University Wednesday; Vance shared a heartfelt tribute online.

President Donald Trump plans to award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.

SALT LAKE CITY — Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance landed in Salt Lake City to pay respects to Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Air Force Two landed at the Utah National Guard's Roland R. Wright Air Base in Salt Lake City at about 2:23 p.m. on Thursday afternoon after departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

In a long post on social media, the vice president described a yearslong friendship with Kirk tha

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