Charlie Kerk moved from a university leakage to building a political movement of $ 92 million a year with a direct line by President Trump by 31

The conservative activist was talking to a microphone at the University of Utah Valley, sitting under a white tent decorated with slogans “American return” and “proving that I am wrong”, when he was shot.

The attack comes just days after The beginning of the trial From a man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump – Kirk’s arrival was so vast that it was the president who announced his death.

“Charlie Kerk Kirk, and even legendary, died, Social truthHe later added that he was asking all American flags across the United States to avoid in half of the mast until Sunday evening.

He emphasized the authority that Kirk collected at this short time. At only 31 years old, it was already a political force with a direct line of the White House and a $ 100 million movement per year behind it. Trump attributed him to mobilize the youth’s vote, which prompted his victory in 2024, and was hosting him repeatedly in Mar Lajo and the Oval Office.

Kirk came out of the college to establish Turning Point Usa in just 18 years

She was born in 1993 to the mother of a consultant and father of an architect in the Armington Heights suburb of Chicago, Kirk grew up in a conservative family with dreams of joining the army. When he was a teenager, the eagle scout was put his attention in West Point, the American Military Academy who trained officers.

In the 2015 letter to the conservative forum of the Silicon Valley, he said that entering the army was “1 dream in life, but implicitly that he was rejected because he was a white man.

But this refusal has become a moment of slipping that launched his political career. Instead of joining the army, Kirk began overcoming politics – volunteers in the Republican Senate Campaign in Illinois Mark Kirk (no relationship) while still in high school.

Then he wrote his first opinion article for the oath Breitbart Against what he called “indoctrination” of liberal textbooks, which led to his first media appearance on Fox Business channel at the age of 17.

From there, the links of speaking began to intervene, and so Kerk met with his teacher and future founder, Bill Montgomery, who convinced him of leakage from college and going to activity. Together, they participated in the founding of Turning Point Usa in 2012, when Kirk was only 18 years old.

What started as a sanctuary of the university campus that was operated in a snow game in a right -wing force. With the support of Republican donors such as Foster Fais and Home Depot Participant founder, Bernard Marcus, Kerk built a turning point in one of the fastest growing non -profit organizations in America.

Political power with millions of followers

Today, the turning point He says It has a presence in more than 3,500 university campus in high schools in the country – and its revenues, for each Tax depositsIt increased from $ 4.3 million in 2016 to $ 81.7 million in 2023. When combining its political arm, this number, this number tops 92 million dollars.

Just as it has increased, non -profit, so it is also concentrated. In the mid -twenties, he became the youngest speaker at the Republican National Congress in 2016, and only two years later, he achieved the “30 Under 30” list.

By the age of thirty, he became a familiar name in the conservative circles, which is impossible to ignore it despite the frequent reaction. It was celebrated and criticized for accusations of spreading conspiracy theories on Covid-19, climate change, 2020 elections, as well as the Trans.

But his impact was unnoticed: through social media, he had huge followers with more than 8 million followers on Tijook, 8.9 million in Instagram5 million on x And 3.8 million on YouTube.

The Charlie Kirk Show also built a great follower – some Reports He suggested downloading between 500,000 and 750,000 times every day – and is constantly planning at the top Spotify and apple. Meanwhile, many books bearing his name, including the best sales in 2020 “Maga” and many speaking manifestations, helped to consolidate his position as one of the highest conservative activists in America.

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