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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared "Charlie Kirk Day" to honor the slain activist.

Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal.

His assassination spurred increased interest in local Turning Point chapters among Utah students.

SALT LAKE CITY — Several hundred young Utahns, most clad in their Sunday best, filled the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday to celebrate the life of Charlie Kirk on what would have been his 32nd birthday.

Student speakers and politicians promised to continue the mission of Kirk, the conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder, who was assassinated just over a month earlier while speaking to students at Utah Valley University.

Kirk's death has prompted an outpouring of interest in

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