The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a tragedy and part of a horrifying wave of political violence in America.

Kirk was a husband and father of two small children. He was revered by numerous conservative college students. One could be hard-pressed to name many conservative political personalities in America who were more well-known or popular on the right, especially among younger people.

When I first heard the news, I was shocked. This is a person who was not a family member, relative, close, personal friend, or anyone whom I knew personally. Yet, I was psychologically depleted by the news of his assassination. Perhaps some of my deep emotional state was related to the fact that Kirk’s death coincided with the death of my own mother, who also passed away on Sept. 10, decades earlier.

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