Whether the assassin knew it or not, there was more riding on his actions at the Utah Valley University than merely the inchoate hatred of a confused young man who could not tolerate the arguments of Charlie Kirk. The turnout at Kirk’s memorial service in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday should leave no intelligent person in any doubt that he had a profound impact on America, from those in the highest offices to ordinary young people who suddenly found purpose.

From President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the reclusive but powerful Chief of Staff Suzy Wiles, Pete Hegseth Tulsi Gabbard, and the entire cabinet to youthful colleagues in the Turning Point USA movement he founded and thousands of young people in the stadium, he was a phenomenon whom many did not acknowledge or realise. But some forces did figure out what he really was on about and decided he needed to go.

Because as every speaker outlined, Kirk not only had the charisma to eloquently speak of a great America built on family values and faith in Jesus but he was an even more formidable political organiser as he realised that getting the right people into the right places was the first step. From a Republican Congresswoman from Florida to Rubio and Wiles, so many spoke of how Kirk’s Turning Point USA was the turning point in many election campaigns, beginning with Trump’s.

Every single political speaker recounted how Kirk inspired them to go out there and win, with the reassurance that he would throw his entire tireless organisation of young volunteers into........

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