Charlie Kirk was a force with young conservatives, boosting GOP and Trump

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It was the height of the Obama era when Charlie Kirk, an 18-year-old college student, founded an organization designed to push back against the overwhelming liberal bent of college campuses. In an episode posted on Sunday, he featured a conversation with conservative media personality Steve Deace at a church in Arizona, the headquarters of his organization. Politics Shooting of Charlie Kirk was ‘political assassination,’ Utah governor says Videos shared on social media show a seated Kirk speaking through a microphone; a loud pop is heard and he suddenly falls back, blood gushing from his neck. In recent years, Kirk extended his operation beyond college campuses with the creation of high school political chapters. Kirk started his media career as a radio host, the traditional route for the emergence of conservative media voices.