Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk (born October 14, 1993) is an American political activist, as well as founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, a group that advocates for low taxes, smaller government, and free market capitalism. Kirk has been the target of FBI investigations on numerous occasions.[1]
Kirk grew up in Prospect Heights, Illinois[2] and became politically active during high school.
In 2012 when he was a high school senior, Kirk wrote an essay for Breitbart News alleging liberal bias in high school textbooks leading to an appearance on the Fox Business Network. At a subsequent speaking engagement at Benedictine University's "Youth Empowerment Day," Kirk met Bill Montgomery, a retiree more than 50 years his senior, who was then a Tea Party-backed legislative candidate. Montgomery encouraged Kirk to get engaged in political activism full-time. He subsequently founded Turning Point USA. At the 2012 Republican National Convention, Kirk met Foster Friess, a prominent Republican donor, and persuaded him to finance the organization.[3]
Kirk addressed the 2016 Republican National Convention. In an interview with Wired magazine during the convention, Kirk said that while he "was not the world's biggest Donald Trump fan," he would vote for him, and that Trump's candidacy made Turning Point's mission more difficult.[4] The Dallas Morning News described Kirk as leading the "millennial assault" for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.[5]
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1453386780800081927
- ↑ Kirk, Charlie, and Hamachek, Brent (2016). Time for a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations p. 4 Simon and Schuster.
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