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The assassin who murdered my friend Charlie Kirk I thought he was silent on my generation. Instead, he woke us up.
When I was in my fourth grade, I started a podcast from my bedroom with just a cheap mic and dreams. At that age, most kids were worried about minor leagues or video games. I was worried if anyone agreed to attend my show. My first big guest was Charlie Kirk, a rising Conservative leader.
I remember nervously typing my first message into him: “Hey, this is Brian! Thanks, Mr. Kirk!!!” His response came quickly: “Call me Charlie haha.” In short, this is Charlie- modest, approachable and encouraging. Over the years, he has not only become a person I look up to, but also a mentor and ultimately a friend. He poured into me what every young man needed to hear: “You are so awesome! Stay hustle and focus. Where you are going.”
These are not only praises of abandonment. Charlie brought them out. He believes in young people, especially the young people of my generation. Even if culture tells us that we are indifferent, obsessed with screens and lost direction, he sees our potential. He knew that if someone believed in us, challenged us and gave us a chance, we might be a A generation of warriors, Don’t quit smoking.
First lady Melania Trump expressed condolences to the Kirk family as American turnaround founder Charlie Kirk left his wife Erika, a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son. (Charlie Kirk via Instagram)
In his critics’ view, Charlie’s “crime” is simple: Civil discourse. That was his catchphrase. He’s gone University Campus Not because it’s easy, but because it’s difficult. He stood in front of hostile crowds, spent hours of problems and established something rare in American life – the belief that disagreement is not division, that this speech is not violence, and that courage is infectious.
He once told me something I would never forget: “The civil discourse was the day when it was extinct, and the civil war began.” That was not an exaggeration. He understands our profound knowledge in history: If Americans lose the ability to talk across differentiation, then choice is confusion.
Sadly, we are moving towards that day. For more than a decade, Charlie, the leftist, was a villain – painted him as “Hitler Jr.”, demonizing him because he dared to bring conservative ideas to campus, ridiculed him for speaking to young people who should have been “owned” by the progressive movement.
But Charlie would never want his legacy to be defined by pain or revenge. He modeled something better: courage, faith, and perseverance. Even in the most chaotic election cycle, Charlie makes time for what matters most when the news cycle never stops and the demands for his time never relax. He closed the phone on Sunday. He went to church with his wife and children. He practiced what he said – Faith first, family. He reminds us that politics is temporary, but eternal is not.
That’s it Charlie Kirk I know. Not only Fox News’ fighter. Not only the radicals who built the movement. But husbands, fathers, friends, mentors and people of faith, they think America is worth saving.
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Charlie is a beacon of hope for a walk. He showed my generation that courage was not a lack of fear, but a decision to speak. He proves that a person with faith can change culture. He proves that there are still voices in the United States willing to risk their risk for the truth.
Vigil held after Charlie Kirk’s assassination: “We must heal”
Now the responsibility belongs to us. If you admire Charlie, it is not by retreating to silence but by courage to respect him. If you disagree with him, respect him by faith rather than smear. If you love him, make his legacy come true by making America talk again.
Before the assassination, Charlie Kirk spoke at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. (Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Because that’s what he wants. He is not just defending freedom of speech. He lived. He not only demands courage. He embodies it. And he not only trusts my generation. He invested in us.
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Charlie once told me: “The left may have all the money in the world, but they will never let me work.” He kept his promise until the end. Now we have to keep working – beyond, beyond, beyond and express our silence culture that wants to close off.
May his memory not only inspire us, but also inspire us to act. Because if Charlie Kirk teaches me anything, it is that a conversation can change life, and a brave enough conversation can change a country.
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