'Charming, earnest, trusted': Charlie Kirk's colleagues, friends reflect on an extraordinary American life

Friends and colleagues of late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk honored his humble beginning fierce faith and extraordinary life on the primetime special Charlie Kirk An American Original The initiative wove their anecdotes with flashbacks of Kirk s own words including his recounting of what happened after his dream of going to West Point fell through at age I remember that summer of I had no money no connections and no idea what I was doing Kirk stated in a interview But I had relentless potency and a vision and I was willing to take a liability Only in America is that manageable 'SLEEPING GIANT' LIKELY WOKE UP FOR TURNING POINT USA AFTER CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATIONKirk a married father of two was assassinated on Sept while speaking to students at Utah Valley University He credited his own feeling of isolation in high school for what inspired him to start a conservative nonprofit to connect like-minded students and he went viral for debating students on their campuses around the country When Charlie started out with this this was never about attention or getting on TV or having a show OutKick host Tomi Lahren reported What he wished majority of was he just longed to spread the message CHARLIE KIRK ANSWERED 'HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED' LESS THAN MONTHS BEFORE KILLINGFox News host Will Cain praised Kirk s influence in educating college students arguing he was in theory one of the the greater part influential professors in the nation If we took a survey right now of - - - -year-olds on college campuses and urged them who were the the greater part influential people in their own development I would maybe put Charlie Kirk against any one of their professors Cain disclosed Kirk s impact reached voters of all ages with late businessman and GOP donor Foster Friess describing what Turning Point USA meant to him What Turning Point means to me is these young people love America where people on the Left I don t think they really think about all this stake that soldiers had died and sailors had died and all these people that made our country what it is Kirk s friends revealed different approaches of commending his intelligence and agreed on what was central to his life Charlie lived the ethos of His will be done Fox News host Laura Ingraham disclosed If my actions and my words aren t pleasing ultimately to my Creator I m not triumphant UTAH STUDENTS LIFT VOICES IN PRAYER AT VIGIL FOR CHARLIE KIRK S CHRISTIAN LEGACY 'FELT CALLED BY GOD'Evangelical leader Pastor Jack Hibbs called Kirk one of the greatest examples of a human and an American but preponderance of all a Christian OutKick host Riley Gaines reported people like Kirk revolutionized her making her realize the value in being a patriot and a Christian ANTI-TRUMP VOICES PRAISE CHARLIE KIRK'S LEGACY AFTER ASSASSINATION SAY HE WAS DOING POLITICS 'THE RIGHT WAY' He made me understand the freedoms that we are so fortunate to have here in America Gaines noted Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz who witnessed Kirk s assassination shared a heartfelt message for Kirk s widow Erika and their two young children noting what he exposed admirable about him When they get older and they can only watch their dad on video they're gonna look at that time at UVU as the place that took their dad's life but I want his wife and I want his kids to know that the first question that he got was about his religion Chaffetz announced And he was so eloquent in saying 'Look I don't expect everybody to agree with me We're all on our own journey of faith He loved young people he wished to help young people and he didn't deserve this President Donald Trump advised Fox Friends after Kirk's assassination He was truly a good person In Kirk described Turning Point USA not as a think tank but a battle tank that will fight the tradition war CLICK HERE TO JOIN FOX NATION Our generation is going to have a very big decision whether we are going to go down the path of socialism or we embrace the foundational principles of free area capitalism and smaller executive Kirk had warned I know that I am going to be fighting with every ounce that I have to save the greatest country ever to exist Fox Nation subscribers can stream Charlie Kirk An American Original on Sept