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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Those with local Turning Point USA ties who knew Charlie Kirk said Thursday they, along with the rest of the nation, are still in complete shock.

“I can speak for other young people like myself. The whole nation was in a state of shock yesterday,” said Claire Gorlich, a founding member of the Unofficial Turning Point USA Chapter at Saint Mary’s College.

Gorlich says Kirk led the young conservative movement across college campuses and she was inspired to follow in his footsteps when she began her freshman year at Saint Mary’s.

“I went through the ringer trying to get this club approved on campus for months and months,” she said. “It was an ongoing fight bet

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