As all of America knows by now, Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA, was assassinated on September 10th. Over the course of his career, 31-year-old Charlie changed countless minds. “Charlie Kirk was many things,” said PRI President Steven Mosher. “He was a patriot who was not afraid to speak the truth. He was a bridge to the younger generations. And most importantly, for us at PRI, he was an unapologetic voice for the unborn.” Losing Charlie is a huge blow to the American conservative movement, and has left many asking the question: How do we move forward?
Kirk was a staunch believer in dialogue between people of opposing views, and was known for saying, “Violence is the tool of those who cannot argue and convince with reason. When discourse ends, violence begins.” A true American, Charlie Kirk was also a defender of traditional values and Constitutional rights. He defended the sanctity of life countless times during his “Prove Me Wrong” appearances on college campuses. He was patient in delivering his answers, even as students across the nation brought him the same questions and flawed arguments over and over again.
In the hours following his murder, fear and despair permeated social media. Hundreds of thousands of Americans watched Charlie killed for holding beliefs that we share. As liberals celebrated the death of this good, Christian man on TikTok and other platforms, we were first shocked, and then angry.
In those hours, it would be untruthful to say there was no temptation to retreat from the public sphere. Watching Charlie Kirk get assassinated made all of us hold our spouses and children a little tighter. But, as many conservative and pro-life leaders have now come out and announced, retreat is not an option.
“The Left’s goal with Charlie Kirk’s assassination was to restore their stranglehold on America’s college campuses,” posted Kristin Mercer Hawkins, President of Students for Life. “We will NOT let that happen. Students for Life is back on campuses today, and I’ll be back soon.”
Liberals, as well as satan and his demons, would like nothing more if we gave up the fight. If we became only an online presence, easily blocked and ignored. If we kept our beliefs to ourselves and turned a blind eye to the victims of leftist ideology. But we must push forward in spite of our fears, for we can’t revoke our beliefs and our faith.
Whether you are Christian, pro-life, or both, you are no stranger to hostility. When I’ve posted pro-life content online or gone door-to-door informing citizens about pro-life legislation, I’ve faced anger from the “tolerant” Left. However, the threat of persecution doesn’t mean we hide the truth or share it any less loudly.
For those of us that are Christian, Scripture reminds us that Jesus is with us when we are persecuted:
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.” [John 15:18-20]
So the answer to “How do we move forward?” is quite simple: We will keep fighting.
The Marxist Left, which has abandoned both faith and reason for madness, has no idea what they have unleashed.
Millions of young people like myself now understand that the radical Left, and the Democrat Party that they now seemingly, must be so utterly defeated that they will not rise again in our lifetimes.
We fight not just for ourselves, but for our children and the future of our nation.
And “Remember Charlie Kirk” will be our rallying cry.
