TEMPE, Ariz.—Cell phone lights glowed like thousands of candles across the bleachers during a vigil celebrating Charlie Kirk, founder of one of the nation’s most influential conservative youth movements.
On Sept. 15, the Desert Financial Arena at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona, roared with chants of “USA!” and “Charlie!” as the crowd gathered to honor the memory of their mentor, hero, and friend.“I have to say, my heart is broken. But it’s so cool to see that Charlie affected so many lives around the world,” said Chris Gaffrey, college enterprise director at Turning Point USA, which Kirk co-founded at ASU more than a decade ago.
