Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s killing
A year since his assassination, the movement Kirk started is reckoning with the void he left behind - and a revolution that eats its own As Charlie Kirk’s family, friends, and colleagues barreled through the sky to Utah, one staffer kept throwing up in her mouth. Each time she quietly swallowed. She did not want to add to the distress of the others sitting in deathly silence on the jet –…
A year has passed since Charlie Kirk's assassination, and the movement he began is grappling with the void left in its wake. As Kirk's family, friends, and colleagues ascended to Utah, one staff member heaved with nausea. She refused to contribute to the sorrow of those in silent shock, particularly Kirk's 36-year-old widow, Erika.
Turning Point USA, the ultraconservative activist organization founded by Kirk in Phoenix, Arizona, holds strong Christian beliefs. Many members also subscribe to the notion that Satan and his agents vie for power on Earth. Earlier that fateful day on September 10, 2025, it appeared these forces had convinced an enraged young man to perch on a roof at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was addressing a gathering of 3,000 attendees armed with a rifle.
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