{"id":991,"date":"2025-09-11T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:02:27","slug":"in-memory-of-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Charlie Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a campus in Utah, shocking the nation and prompting an outpouring of sympathy from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?page_id=360\">Join the fight to preserve our community by becoming a monthly donor today.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/warrens-voice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/warrens-voice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/warrens-voice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/warrens-voice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>While speaking at an event in Utah, Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA and an outspoken conservative and Christian, was shot through the neck. He was declared dead at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Kirk\u2019s death on social media, calling his longtime ally, \u201cgreat, even legendary\u201d. In a statement made from the Oval Office, the president seemed visibly upset and called for an end to political violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/trump-announces-he-will-award-charlie-kirk-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-247366725719\">announced <\/a>that he will reward Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gov. 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