{"id":2648236,"date":"2026-08-22T08:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turning-point-usa-to-return-to-the-scene-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-on-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:54:54","slug":"turning-point-usa-to-return-to-the-scene-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-on-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turning-point-usa-to-return-to-the-scene-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-on-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point USA to Return to the Scene of Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Assassination on Anniversary"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fturning-point-usa-to-return-to-the-scene-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-on-anniversary%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=2648236&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>Turning Point USA (TPUSA) plans to hold an event at Utah Valley University on September 10th to honor the legacy of founder Charlie Kirk, who was tragically shot at a UVU event. The gathering will feature speakers like Glenn beck and Frank Turek. Kirk, a prominent cultural and political influencer, is compared to Thomas Paine for his role in shaping American societal values and advocating for faith and liberty. he emphasized courage in faith and fought against socialist ideas, advocating for a return to divine laws and traditional values. Kirk&#8217;s influence extends through social media and public speeches, urging Americans to stand on eternal truths and uphold civilization. His work continues to inspire and shape cultural and political discourse in the United States.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA plans to return to Utah Valley University in Orem on the anniversary of founder Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination to hold what promises to be a powerful event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembering his life. Honoring his legacy,\u201d TPUSA posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin us 9\/10 at the UCCU Center on the campus of UVU with Glenn Beck, Frank Turek, and more as we reflect on Charlie Kirk\u2019s extraordinary impact,\u201d the post further stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/number-times-god-jesus-christ-bible-america-mentioned-kirks-memorial-truly-remarkable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turek<\/a> is a well-known Christian apologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nShch2bljgY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who was with Kirk<\/a> when he was shot at the UVU event. Beck has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cpc-9c_voyk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">staple<\/a> at Turning Point\u2019s annual AmericaFest events in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Remembering his life. Honoring his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Join us 9\/10 at the UCCU Center on the campus of UVU with Glenn Beck, Frank Turek, and more as we reflect on Charlie Kirk\u2019s extraordinary impact: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DbKZifYSDz\">https:\/\/t.co\/DbKZifYSDz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFZr465FKZ\">pic.twitter.com\/kFZr465FKZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPUSA\/status\/2090861529893908710?\">August 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I noticed at a Turning Point headquarters open house that I attended in March that multiple speakers referred specifically to Sept. 10, or 9\/10, so that date is something that is very much in their thinking and vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>I argued in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hearing-wraps-remember-charlie-kirk-modern-day-thomas-paine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> earlier this summer and in the 2026 edition of my book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0H6GH4VPN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Hold These Truths<\/a>,\u201d that Charlie Kirk was a Thomas Paine for our time.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he was a cultural leader outside of government who truly shifted American society back toward liberty, and in his case, back toward God.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DOltKv7jw88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> just months before he died, \u201cIf I\u2019m to be known for anything, I want to be known for being courageous for my faith.\u201d I contended that he, like Paine and other cultural leaders I wrote about, such as Frederick Douglass, Julia Ward Howe, and Frank Capra, helped shape the political dialogue of their historical eras.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to witness some of his work through Turning Point USA as a reporter for The Western Journal covering CPAC. I interviewed him multiple times there, and I remember him being surrounded by college-aged students wearing swag with messages like \u201cSocialism Sucks\u201d and \u201cBig Government Sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I spoke to him specifically on the subject of socialism for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millennials-favorable-view-socialism-will-play-prominently-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news story <\/a>that I wrote in early 2020, following the release of a poll showing that seven in 10 millennials would be inclined to vote for a socialist candidate.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that it was the result of years of indoctrination taking place on college campuses \u2014 but, he added, students can often be turned away from socialism simply by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/charlie-kirk-identifies-two-questions-govt-turn-millennials-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asking them<\/a> two questions. First, do you trust the government? And if not, why do you want to make it bigger?<\/p>\n<p>In my book and in a recent Western Journal podcast, I argued that Kirk was like Paine in terms of his cultural influence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0PHL8YkayPs?si=Ni-zT_5P4ZQ71gJi&#038;start=280\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many people might not realize that Paine, in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1776-paine-common-sense-pamphlet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Sense<\/a>,\u201d which was published in January 1776, cited the Bible multiple times in his argument about why the American colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding being governed by a king, he wrote, \u201cAs the exalting one man so greatly above the rest cannot be justified on the equal rights of nature, so neither can it be defended on the authority of Scripture; for the will of the Almighty, as declared by Gideon and the prophet Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by kings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pamphleteer advocated that, instead of being subject to the arbitrary whims of royal decree, the colonists should be subject to God and His eternal laws. \u201cBut where, say some, is the king of America? I tell you, Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of Britain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter [creating a new government for America]; let it be brought forth based on divine law, the Word of God [the Bible]; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other,\u201d Paine wrote, six months before colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommon Sense\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/blog\/thomas-paine-the-original-publishing-viral-superstar-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold 125,000 copies<\/a> in the first three months after its release and 500,000 by the end of the Revolutionary War. For a nation of no more than four million at the time, those are some pretty impressive numbers. The pamphlet is still in print to this day.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s parlance, we would call that going viral, which is what Kirk also did with millions of social media followers and \u201cThe Charlie Kirk Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-turning-point-usa-announces-erika-kirk-new-ceo-chair-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TPUSA<\/a> d a clip last month of Kirk exhorting that we should follow \u201cGod\u2019s commands against the culture, not in consistency with the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Build for eternity, not just today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWoESunTAU\">pic.twitter.com\/FWoESunTAU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPUSA\/status\/2075311542544093417?\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo stand, in my opinion, on eternal truths, fight for the country, fight for our civilization, and then also understand that you, especially as men, but women as well, you are obligated to do difficult and hard things.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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