Thousands gathered into Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium Thursday evening to remember the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

In the first official event hosted by Turning Point USA—the youth advocacy group Kirk founded—since Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last week, supporters, students, and free speech advocates littered a crowd dotted with red hats. Many wore USA-themed clothing; some waved American flags.

“I didn’t always agree with the man, but I respected what he was doing and I just felt like it was a loss,” said Duane Ahnsen, standing on the edge of the stadium’s mezzanine, a black t-shirt contrasting his long grey beard. “He was a man trying to do his best to create dialogue. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter red, blue, conservative or liber

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