White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Monday that Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk reached out to her the day before his assassination to send a children’s book to her one-year-old son.
Turning Point USA Frontlines White House correspondent Monica Paige was in the new media seat for the briefing, and asked Leavitt for her favorite memory of Kirk.
“Charlie was a great guy, and he was, of course, a very influential person in the conservative movement, in the MAGA movement,” Leavitt responded. “He was so helpful to the president during the campaign and to all of us who worked on that campaign, that historic campaign. I myself had many great memories going on Charlie’s amazing podcast and his show.”
Leavitt added that Kirk frequently passed along “words of encouragemen