Colorado State University says 7,419 people were in attendance at a Turning Point USA event on the campus on Thursday. It was originally supposed to be an event that featured Charlie Kirk, but the conservative activist was shot and killed in Utah eight days ago during his campus tour. In the wake of the assassination, the group he helped create turned the event into a vigil for Kirk.

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A Democratic group that counters Turning Point's messaging held their own event on CSU's campus in Fort Collins shortly afterwards that they called "For Free Speech, Against Political Violence."

Turning Point USA's event was held at Canvas Stadium and lasted about an hour. Attendees packed into the east stands, many wearing hats displaying their support for President Donald Trump.

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A stage was

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