Hillsdale College to Award Honorary Degrees to Charlie Kirk and Wife, Erika
The memorial featured prominent leaders, including Donald Trump, with over 95,000 attendees and a livestream peak of 600,000 viewers, highlighting Kirk's enduring influence.
- On Sunday, a memorial at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona honored Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University.
- After the shooting, Turning Point USA framed Charlie Kirk's legacy and named Erika Kirk to lead the organization, authorities said.
- Erika Kirk delivered a 27-minute address and forgave the suspect, while Dr. Ben Carson gave a four-minute tribute and Vice President JD Vance shared his testimony of renewed faith.
- Turning Point USA reported a surge past 62,000 new student inquiries this past week after the YouTube livestream hit more than 600,000 concurrent viewers.
- Sinclair Broadcast Group chose not to air the service on ABC affiliates and moved coverage to YouTube, citing violent threats and fears of copycat shooters, authorities said.
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An important lesson in how to fight Trump
As happens often, the Trump administration overreached, this time after the brutal killing of Charlie Kirk.A political assassination is something we all condemn. It was an opportunity for any president to bring the country together, and even have his opponents in agreement with him on at least that one issue, condemning violence.Instead, Trump, as well as JD Vance and Stephen Miller, went for revenge and retribution, threatening to prosecute non…
News Network Under Fire For Scrapping Charlie Kirk Tribute
A national tribute to Charlie Kirk was not carried by one of the country’s largest broadcast distributors, putting the company in the crosshairs of conservatives who questioned the executives’ decision to stay silent on an event featuring President Donald Trump and some of the biggest names in his administration. Sinclair Broadcast Group, which carries ABC to hundreds of local stations across the U.S., nixed coverage of Sunday night’s touching f…
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