ORLANDO, Fla. — Brandon Ludwig, State Chairman of Florida Young Republicans, joined Scott Anez on Orlando’s Morning News to discuss the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
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Kirk was shot and killed while visiting Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on the first stop of his American Comeback Tour.
Ludwig praised Kirk’s activism, and heralded him as “one of the biggest contributors to the massive rightward shift we saw in Gen Z.”
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“Turning Point really brought conservative ideas, conservative values to the next generation, and he made it accessible,” said Ludwig.
Ludwig discussed Kirk’s accomplishments, including founding Turning Point USA (a nonprofit aimed at “build[ing] the most organized, active, and powerful conservative grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses across the country”), at the age of eighteen. It has since grown to encompass over 3,500 schools.
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“Charlie had the impact that he did empower young conservatives on college campuses, people like me who were afraid to speak up, he empowered those people,” said Ludwig, “and I think you’re [going to] see a lot more of that, instead. These people are more fired up, probably now than ever before, and I think this incident is going to have a lasting impact.”
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