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Political activist and influencer Charlie Kirk might be gone, but one thing is clear: his message did not die with him. Since Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University one week ago, Turning Point USA has experienced nearly twentyfold growth.
Andrew Kolvet, a longtime friend of Charlie Kirk and executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show at TPUSA, made that announcement on the show yesterday: "Erika got up and spoke to the world; that was like our Pentecost, where all of a sudden we were filled with courage. We're probably at 40,000, maybe more, chapter requests to start new chapters."
Kolvet has also spoken on Fox News recently about the outpouring of love and support that TPUSA and the Kirk family have received since Charlie's murder, saying, "I've been incredibly uplifted and encouraged by the support that we've seen. We've seen the impact that Charlie was having across the world."
In that same interview, he pointed to all this as an example of Charlie Kirk's leadership, saying, "The organization that he built, the family that he built, the team members that surrounded him—he has the best team, and they're still working extraordinarily hard."
Kolvet added that the entire Turning Point USA staff will continue working to move forward even stronger than they were before and says that's what Kirk would have wanted them to do.
Kirk's funeral is set to be held this Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.