Conservative activist Charlie Kirk had potential to become the next Rush Limbaugh before his death in a Utah campus shooting, says close friend Andy Surabian.
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AclosefriendandcolleagueofCharlieKirksaystheconservativeleaderandmediastar“wasoneofone”anddoubtshe’lleverbereplaced.
Askedaboutavoidintheconservativemovement,AndySurabian,who’satoppoliticaladvisortobothVicePresidentJDVanceandDonaldTrumpJr.,toldFoxNewsDigitalthatKirk“inspiredagenerationofyoungconservativeswhohavethepotentialtogrowintobeingsomebodylikeCharlieKirk.”
Kirk,whowasshotandkilledWednesdayduringacollegecampuseventinUtah,wasatopconservativeactivist,culturewarriorandmediarockstarformillionsofMAGAandright-wingfollowers.
AcrucialallytoPresidentDonaldTrump,VanceandDonaldTrumpJr.,KirktransformedtheTurningPointUSAconservativeyouthorganizationthatheco-foundedatage18intoaninfluentialpoliticalpowerhouseandavoterturnoutmachineforTrumpinlastyear’spresidentialelection.
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