Winston Churchill nailed it when he told the British Parliament in 1943: “Democracy thrives only when free speech, free elections, and free institutions stand tall.”

But here’s the bitter truth: the moment someone speaks and is silenced – permanently – that isn’t democracy. It’s tyranny.

On Wednesday, Charlie Kirk – the co-founder of Turning Point USA and an unapologetic voice in conservative youth politics – was assassinated while exercising his most basic democratic right: speaking freely on a college campus.

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