Susanna Brink was a witness to Charlie Kirk’s fierce right-wing advocacy.

Brink, 19, saw Kirk speak at two anti-abortion events in recent years, once in her home state of Texas and another in Washington D.C. She said she appreciated that Kirk advocated for causes she cared about and spoke out for the Christian faithful, even if she didn’t always agree with Kirk, who was known for a brash and polarizing style that engendered a huge following while leaving others outraged and ostracized.

News of Kirk’s shooting death at a Utah Valley University event Wednesday shook Brink, a sophomore at Wheaton College, an Evangelical Christian school about 25 miles west of Chicago. The shooter fired a single shot from a distant roof as Kirk debated with students at the campus event. Brink, her classmates

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