On Sunday afternoon I went to the ongoing vigil and memorial for Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. I donned my most patriotic outfit and set out to see how folks in Arizona were mourning Kirk.
There were hundreds of people there, and I think it's been pretty steady over the last few days — a friend went earlier Sunday morning and reported similar crowds. I saw families, people of all ages, and a fairly diverse group of folks represented. Most were wearing MAGA gear, or were otherwise dressed in some iteration of red, white, and blue. Many were carrying flowers as they made their way from the overflow parking lot to the memorial, which spread out across the fences in front of the two main TPUSA buildings.
A man with a giant wooden cross that he had ma