A memorial for late Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk is seen at Utah Valley University on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. Kirk was assassinated during a free-speech debate on the campus on Sept. 10.
A memorial for Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot last Wednesday in Utah, is planned for Thursday evening at the West Virginia Capitol in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
A memorial for late Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk is seen at Utah Valley University on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. Kirk was assassinated during a free-speech debate on the campus on Sept. 10.
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Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, according to The Associated Press. He was assassinated while speaking at an on-campus event on free speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey, Sen. T. Kevan Bartlett, R-Kanawha, and Delegate Jonathan Pinson, R-Mason, will join other invited local representatives and pastors, as well as Turning Point USA representatives for Thursday's memorial and vigil.
Morrisey will deliver a keynote address, and the other guests will share words of remembrance with a "challenge," according to a news release from the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Pinson said Tuesday the event's "challenge" is to carry on Kirk's work.
"We're challenging [vigil attendees]," Pinson said Tuesday, "to continue [Kirk's] life mission in a civic fashion robed in civility and discussion rather than violence."
Kirk held controversial beliefs about many topics including the Civil Rights Act, which he called, "a huge mistake;" what he called the "China virus," referring to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; gun control; and unsubstantiated claims about 2020 election fraud, among many other topics. But he tried to put forth his ideas in respectful debates with those who disagreed with him.
“Charlie Kirk’s life reminds us that one person with conviction can influence a generation,†Pinson said in the release. “This event is about more than looking back; it is a call to each of us to stand with courage for the values that matter most.
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