Adam Rubenstein
Ben Shapiro: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Fight for America’s Soul
“Charlie’s Turning Point USA became the single most important conservative political organization in the country. And it grew because Charlie grew,” writes Ben Shapiro. (Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The tsunami of political violence, if left unchecked, will wash away this entire republic.
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“Hi, Mr. Shapiro, I’m Charlie Kirk.”
Charlie was 18 years old when I met him at an event at The Breakers, the rather ritzy Palm Beach hotel that served as the gathering spot for the annual David Horowitz Freedom Center donor weekend. Charlie had just started an organization called Turning Point USA, and he was pitching me on it. I’d never heard of it, of course: He had just graduated high school, and the group had its seed donors but was still in its infancy.
Charlie was eager, and he was aggressive, and he was whip-smart. His energy was almost exhausting.
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
When he walked away, I turned to my friend Jeremy Boreing and said, “That kid is going to be the head of the Republican National Committee one day.”
I was wrong. Charlie became far more important than that.
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