{"id":2520190,"date":"2025-12-11T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirks-impact-on-faith-and-politics-makes-him-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-no-question-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:09:52","slug":"kirks-impact-on-faith-and-politics-makes-him-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-no-question-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirks-impact-on-faith-and-politics-makes-him-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-no-question-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk&#8217;s impact on faith and politics makes him Time magazine&#8217;s Person of the Year &#8216;no question&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fkirks-impact-on-faith-and-politics-makes-him-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-no-question-joe-concha%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=2520190&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>Joe Concha, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/possible-biden-pick-for-nec-scrubs-twitter-feed\/\" title=\"Possible Biden Pick for NEC Scrubs Twitter Feed\">contributing writer<\/a> for the Washington Examiner, argued that Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning point USA (TPUSA), had the most meaningful impact in the past year and should have been named Time magazine&#8217;s Person of the Year despite not being on the shortlist. Concha highlighted Kirk&#8217;s influence on faith and politics, noting that following Kirk&#8217;s assassination-the first major political assassination since the 1960s-there was a nationwide surge in interest in TPUSA chapters.He also cited increases in church attendance and Bible sales linked to young people inspired by Kirk&#8217;s message. Concha condemned the social media cruelty faced by Kirk&#8217;s widow, Erika Kirk, including inappropriate remarks from media figures, and emphasized Kirk&#8217;s legacy of promoting family, faith, and lasting values. Erika Kirk defended TPUSA from conspiracy theories surrounding her husband&#8217;s death and announced plans for a memorial museum at the organization. Additionally, bipartisan efforts were highlighted as governors addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-woman-charged-for-threatening-to-shoot-trump-and-his-teenage-son-in-the-face-in-emails-to-school\/\" title=\"Chicago woman charged for threatening to shoot Trump and his son in emails to school.\">rising political violence<\/a>, attributing some responsibility to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-calls-biden-ftc-nominee-not-aggressive-enough-on-big-tech\/\" title=\"Blackburn Calls Biden FTC Nominee \u2018Not Aggressive Enough\u2019 on Big Tech\">social media algorithms<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kirk&rsquo;s impact on faith and politics makes him Time magazine&rsquo;s Person of the Year &lsquo;no question&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2441882\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributing writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> rebuked the &ldquo;cruelty&rdquo; Erika Kirk has faced in the wake of the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk, saying the late <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3908749\/tpusa-mounts-pressure-campaign-indiana-republicans-opposed-redistricting\/\">Turning Point USA<\/a> co-founder had the biggest impact of anyone this year.<\/p>\n<p>Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3911965\/time-magazine-2025-person-of-the-year-charlie-kirk\/\"> <\/a>that he wrote an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3911965\/time-magazine-2025-person-of-the-year-charlie-kirk\/\">opinion piece <\/a>in the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> explaining why Charlie Kirk should have been <em>Time<\/em> magazine&rsquo;s Person of the Year, even though he was not on the short list for the award.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3915155\/new-york-spend-millions-helping-people-cope-collective-trauma\/\">New York to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >spend millions helping people cope<\/a> with &#8216;collective trauma&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3915036\/counterterrorism-office-finds-alarming-terrorism-ties-afghan-airlift-evacuees\/\">US admitted 18,000 known and suspected terrorists from Afghanistan in 2021: Official<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3915104\/bondi-orders-fbi-launch-cash-reward-system-reporting-alleged-domestic-terrorists\/\">Bondi orders FBI to launch &#8216;cash reward&#8217; system for reporting alleged domestic terrorists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He said the award is given to an individual who has had the most significant impact on history and represented the year the most. As such, Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s death has sparked a drastic uptick in TPUSA chapter requests nationwide, with his death being the first major political assassination since the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kirk was, I should say, and is the most Googled name of the year, even surpassing President Trump, who rightly won the award in 2024 for winning back the presidency,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;Listen to this, guys: per Fox, faith leaders report a 15% rise in church attendance as young people inspired by Charlie Kirk turn to Christianity, unquote. Bible sales also skyrocketed in the month where Charlie was murdered, 36% increase there when compared to the same time a year ago.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3276330&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=edae3f32a9a27c1a2d598f9367e5f94e\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;So Charlie always said, &lsquo;Get married, have children, build a legacy, pass down your values, pursue the eternal, seek true joy.&rsquo; That&rsquo;s what he often preached, and even in death, so many people are taking that to heart. He is your person of the year, no question,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Concha noted how &ldquo;toxic&rdquo; social media has been toward Erika Kirk, citing how former MSNBC anchor Joy Reid laughed about Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3910430\/jd-vance-english-common-lanuguage-us-reasonable\/\">JD Vance<\/a> possibly leaving his wife for Erika Kirk to establish &ldquo;a white supremacist kind of couple.&rdquo; He suggested an indicator for the current culture was the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and how the alleged shooter, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3902686\/luigi-mangione-lawyers-ask-block-evidence-unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-trial\/\">Luigi Mangione<\/a>, gained a fanbase online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/3909053\/liberal-students-learned-nothing-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\"><strong>LIBERAL COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARNED THE WRONG LESSONS FROM CHARLIE KIRK&rsquo;S ASSASSINATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erika Kirk defended TPUSA on Wednesday against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3913692\/erika-kirk-sends-message-conspiracy-theorists-stop\/\">rumors that her husband was killed by someone other than the suspect in custody<\/a>, Tyler Robinson. She also announced that TPUSA is building &ldquo;the most beautiful memorial for my husband at Turning Point USA,&rdquo; with a &ldquo;museum-style&rdquo; homage.<\/p>\n<p>Govs. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Spencer Cox (R-UT) made a joint appearance to address the rising political violence on Tuesday evening. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3913182\/shapiro-cox-push-warning-on-political-violence\/\">Both governors blamed social media companies<\/a> for creating algorithms that have created political division.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk&#8217;s faith and political impact make him clear Person of Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2520191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25253691178788.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5250,52093,10384,5894,46638],"class_list":["post-2520190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-faith","tag-joe-concha","tag-kirk","tag-politics","tag-time-person-of-the-year"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25253691178788.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520190","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520194,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520190\/revisions\/2520194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}