Only weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on a university campus in Utah, the organization he co-founded continued his planned “American Comeback Tour” two hours north at Utah State University.

In place of Kirk, Turning Point USA booked a panel of Republican, Latter-day Saint politicians to take the stage at the Logan campus Tuesday night.

They include Utah’s Gov. Spencer Cox, Arizona U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, Utah’s former Rep. Jason Chaffetz — now a commentator on Fox News — and Sen. Mike Lee, a close ally of Kirk’s.

The Utah senator appeared on Kirk’s podcast one week before his slaying just miles from Lee’s home.

“I want to thank you for the work that you’re doing on campuses across the country,” Lee told Kirk, “and for your interest in visiting Utah nex

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