Charlie Kerk often said that he gave up the university to devote his life to dialogue and confrontation of ideas. “If you want to stand out, don’t go to college. Worked for me » repeated in concentrations. On September 10, 2025, at the age of 31, he fell dead exactly in this field he had chosen: on a campus of the Utah USAcontrasting with students. Was the first stop of the famous autumn tour of the well -known activist in Campus and sitting under a tent with letters «The American Comeback».
31 -year -old activist Charlie Kerk was shining in this environment. It was unique in turning youthful dissatisfaction into political energy, forming a movement with national appeal. His assassination, at a time when political violence in the US is escalating, again highlighted the question of the future of American democracy.
There was a controversial personality. His “Turning Point” played a decisive role in Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office and his rhetoric was highly aggressive, sometimes toxic, mainly against the Left. Existed Warm supporter of gun ownership and conservative values and war of trans people.
As he answered public questions, a bullet hit him in the throat. Students panicked and scattered. Kerk was rushed to the hospital. Shocking shots from murder They were rapidly released on social media. In the White House corridors, staff remained shocked, watching the latest developments on their mobile phones and computers.
Cautious images
Another angle of the shot to Charlie Kirk. The left is always killed. pic.twitter.com/WFsXEEBBZG
– Iron (@gordosuporavit) September 10, 2025
To 16:40, Donald Trump announced the death of Kerk on Truth Social: “No one,” wrote, “He did not understand or had the heart of the US youth better than Charlie.” Kirk leaves behind the Wife of Erika Frantze and two young children, 3 and 1 years old.
In recent years, the perspective of a political murder in public space and in the light of day has haunted a country divided by anger and passions. Elected officials were discussing such possible backstage. Time.
When it finally happened, it was made with creepy accuracy: A scene at university, a microphone, a shot. Where will it drive now? It is a dark question without obvious answers.
Kirk was one of the most powerful and provocative figures of the American right, Tireless defender of Trump’s youthful “army”.
For his fans, he was a defender of freedom of expression in hostile territory.
For its critics, a provocative young man who took advantage of the poison of the time. The size and excitement of his audiences testified to his position in the conservative political arena. ‘The most influential voice of my generation’, As Trump’s adviser and family friend, Alex Brasevic says.
THE Economist He reminds him that in one of his favorite debates with students, a woman asked him why he had come to her university, implying that she had no place in a place where the liberal and leftist ideas prevail. He responded disarmingly: “When people stop talking, violence comes.”
Kerk attended Harper College for a while in Palatine, Illinoi, but quit them to follow conservative activism, a decision that later became a pride.
In a decade, it was already a star of the conservative space – initially trusted Trump Junior who eventually won the confidence of his father. Kirk was also extremely close to Jay Di Vanceplaying a decisive role in his pre -election campaign for the Senate in Ohio in 2022 and pressing Trump to choose him as his vice president in 2024. And Trump heard him.
Kerk and his political organization, Turning Point Actionthey played a decisive role in the return of Trump to the White House. For example, the group invested millions of dollars in a voter mobilization program in Arizona, a crucial key that Trump again won by Joe Biden.
As part of the initiative «Chase the Vote»the organization’s executives cultivated relationships with specific voters throughout the campaign to ensure that they would vote. Efforts included urge for early vote, transfer of voters to polls and assistance with the sending of letter votes.
The CNN He reported last year that Turning Point’s attempt helped secure themselves over 125,000 votes in Arizona, according to a person who knew the operation of the team. Trump won the state with about 187,000 votes.