Turning Point’s donors and allies recommit to the group after Charlie Kirk’s death

Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona on October 17, 2024. Olivier Touron/AFP/Getty Images

Doug Deason, a Republican donor in Dallas, awoke Thursday to a long text chain from fellow contributors to Turning Point USA, the conservative organization Charlie Kirk led.

One person in the thread announced plans to double their contributions to the group and asked the others if they were ready to help build up the organization.

“Every one of us said, ‘Yes, I’m in,’” Deason said.

In the hours since Kirk’s death Wednesday after a shooting at a campus event, his allies have vowed to channel their grief and anger into developing a new, younger generation of conservat