Perhaps to my shame, just weeks ago I did not know who Charlie Kirk was. When he was violently and unjustly gunned down on a Utah college campus, I quickly learned that Charlie was a 31-year-old conservative Christian activist who founded an organization called Turning Point USA in 2012. As Charlie describes it, the aim of his organization is to bring an alternative conservative voice to young people and college campuses, and according to polling, Turning Point has been remarkably effective in moving the political needle among college-age voters.
Reaching out to the other side
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