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Projections of red, white and blue colors were the backdrop as an estimated crowd of more than 1,000 people packed into the main conference room of The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center on Friday night to sing worship music in remembrance of the right-wing activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk, who was killed last week in Utah.

As songs continued to play in the background, Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline (R-Fort Worth) took the stage and told the audience of mostly young adults that Kirk was a "martyr" and his death would energize a new generation of conservatives.

"The life of Charlie Kirk woke up Generation Z, but the death of Charlie Kirk radicalized Generation Z," Schatzline said. "When I say radical, I don't mean violence. ... I mean this gene

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