{"id":2485259,"date":"2025-09-11T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/untold-story-charlie-kirk-once-protected-a-family-with-newborn-from-dire-danger-after-police-were-defunded\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:54:41","slug":"untold-story-charlie-kirk-once-protected-a-family-with-newborn-from-dire-danger-after-police-were-defunded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/untold-story-charlie-kirk-once-protected-a-family-with-newborn-from-dire-danger-after-police-were-defunded\/","title":{"rendered":"Untold Story: Charlie Kirk Once Protected a Family With Newborn from Dire Danger After Police Were Defunded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funtold-story-charlie-kirk-once-protected-a-family-with-newborn-from-dire-danger-after-police-were-defunded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was tragically assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University. No suspect is currently in custody, though two individuals have been detained and released.Following his death, many, including Turning Point employee Benny Johnson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mamas-majority-casey-desantis-seeks-to-boost-her-husband-to-victory-in-2024\/\" title=\"Casey DeSantis aims to propel her husband to win in 2024.\">shared heartfelt stories<\/a> about Kirk&#8217;s character.Johnson revealed that Kirk once offered him and his family shelter during a risky time when their home in Washington, D.C. was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fire-damaged amid local violence<\/a>. Kirk&#8217;s generosity and dedication to the American family deeply impacted Johnson, who credited Kirk with inspiring him personally and professionally. Kirk leaves behind a wife and two children, and his legacy as a passionate advocate for family and the American dream has been widely mourned.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s death on Wednesday, stories poured out about the legendary Turning Point USA founder &mdash; including from another prominent Turning Point employee, who says Kirk housed him when he needed it most.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, 31, was assassinated at Utah Valley University at an event for the conservative organization.<\/p>\n<p>As of 11 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, nobody is in custody for the killing yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-got-suspected-shooter-fbi-dir-kash-patel-makes-announcement-nation\/\">Two people have been detained<\/a> and released by authorities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-video-shows-man-handcuffs-dragged-away-police-following-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\">including one at the scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk&rsquo;s death elicited an outpouring of sympathetic stories from those around him, including Benny Johnson, who joined Turning Point after stints with TheBlaze, the Daily Caller, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Fox News, Johnson talked about how Kirk gave him a place to live after violence on his street forced his family from his house.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Kirk, Johnson said on Laura Ingraham&rsquo;s show, was &ldquo;someone who cared so deeply about family, the American family, and the American child.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He devoted his entire life to it well before he had children. He inspired me to have children and was constantly asking me when am I going to have babies after I got married, constantly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And he followed through on his commitment to the American family by helping out Johnson&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tech-entrepreneur-wife-die-snowstorm-disaster-leave-behind-three-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wife and kids<\/a> in a difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, Benny said, &ldquo;provided something that I will never forget&rdquo; when he opened up his home to a needy Johnson, which he said was &ldquo;a story that I&rsquo;ve never told anyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-dead-including-nine-children-in-unprecedented-new-york-city-apartment-fire\/\" title=\"19 Dead, ... Nine Children, In \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 New York City Apartment Fire\">horrific fire<\/a> on my block in Washington, D.C., right after a mass shooting when D.C. defunded their police,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We had just brought home our newborn baby, and the lives of my wife and my newborn child [were] under threat, and we felt horribly vulnerable, and we felt truly like we had nowhere to go.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And Charlie Kirk allowed me, my wife and my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-forced-joe-biden-to-drop-out-how-did-they-do-it\/\" title=\"Democrats Forced Joe Biden To Drop Out. How Did They Do It?\">family &#038;mdash<\/a>; my young family &mdash; to stay at his condo here in Florida and to search for a new home. To have refuge and shelter when my home had been horribly fire-damaged and when bullets rang out on my block that could have struck my family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And Charlie was there for us,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-benny-johnson-travels-delaware-discovers-biden-see-every-time-goes-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson<\/a> continued. &ldquo;And he never asked for anything in return.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is why, in fact, I live in Florida. My family has quintupled since then, in children and in blessings, and it&rsquo;s because of Charlie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have never told this story publicly before:<\/p>\n<p>When my own family faced real danger, my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-ida-slams-louisiana-causes-widespread-damage-and-power-outages\/\" title=\"Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana, Causes Widespread Damage And Power Outages\">home damaged<\/a> by fire, bullets flying on our block, my infant child and wife under threat, Charlie Kirk literally gave us his house to stay in as long as we needed as we searched for a new&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f775Ayif9K\">pic.twitter.com\/f775Ayif9K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1965938667710464268?\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Johnson went on to say that you could &ldquo;extrapolate that to tens of, if not hundreds of millions of, young lives who Charlie has affected,&rdquo; adding that he was &ldquo;perhaps the single most effective spokesperson for the American dream.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kirk leaves behind a wife and two children. 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As of 11 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, no arrests have been made; two individuals were briefly detained and then released<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2485260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michael-Featured-Image-109.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44291,63124,63125,63123,63122],"class_list":["post-2485259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-family-protection","tag-newborn-safety","tag-police-defunding","tag-untold-story"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michael-Featured-Image-109.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485263,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485259\/revisions\/2485263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}