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| |name = Charlie Kirk | |||
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| | caption = Kirk at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2017 | |||
| | birth_name = Charles Kirk | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|14}} | |||
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| | occupation = Political operative | |||
| | years_active = 2012-present | |||
| | organization = Turning Point USA | |||
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| '''Charles Kirk''' (born October 14, 1993) is an American activist and the founder and executive director of ], an advocacy group for young conservatives. | |||
| ==Early life and education== | |||
| Born in ], Kirk was raised in nearby ].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kirk, Charlie, and Hamachek, Brent|title=Time for a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=838mDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22charlie+kirk%22+%22PRospect+heights%22&source=bl&ots=hj6VPuzx8q&sig=zaJYp1kUnpHy4Moz09-a4yNOpPY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3w4bwiqHYAhUmxlQKHW9dB_oQ6AEIQjAG#v=onepage&q=%22charlie%20kirk%22%20%22PRospect%20heights%22&f=false|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2016|page=4}}</ref> Although not active in politics, his parents were conservative, and his father, Robert W. Kirk, was the project architect manager for ] in New York.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://washingtonbabylon.com/meet-charlie-kirk-the-professorwatchlist-keeper-just-another-brick-in-the-wall/|title=Meet Charlie Kirk, the ProfessorWatchlist Keeper: Just another brick in the wall.|last=Garriga|first=Melissa|date=2016-12-06|newspaper=Washington Babylon|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}}</ref> In 7th grade, he was a volunteer for then-representative ] (to whom he is not related). While attending ] in ], he worked on Kirk's Senate campaign.<ref name="Sakai"/><ref name="Wheeling">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161130/news/161139969/|title=Wheeling High graduate behind conservative "Professor Watchlist"|work=Daily Herald|date=November 30, 2016|accessdate=December 23, 2017}}</reF> He also founded SOS Liberty, a student awareness organization he described as an "international distress call for help" related to "Washington’s massive debts and deficits." An Eagle Scout and an athlete, he hoped to go to West Point but was rejected,<ref name = "Sakai">{{cite news|last1=Sakai|first1=Betty|title=Turning Point USA National Student Movement|url=http://www.theconservativeforum.com/speakers/charlie-kirk|accessdate=6 October 2017|work=Conservative Forum|date=September 8, 2015}}</ref> claiming, without offering evidence, that his West Point slot was taken by a person "of a different gender and persuasion."<ref name = "Sakai_2">{{cite news|last1=Sakai|first1=Betty|title=Turning Point USA National Student Movement|url=http://www.theconservativeforum.com/speakers/charlie-kirk|accessdate=24 November 2017|work=Conservative Forum|date=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Kirk was accepted to ], but chose not to attend. He later enrolled in ], a community college in ] .<ref name="Daily Herald">{{cite news|last1=Lester|first1=Kerry|title=Wheeling High graduate behind conservative 'Professor Watchlist''|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161130/news/161139969/|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=Daily Herald|date=November 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Daily Herald 2">{{cite news|last1=Valade|first1=Paul|title=Perfect storm launches 19-year-old Wheeling native into political punditry | |||
| |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130429/news/704299942/|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=Daily Herald|date=April 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name="fox money high school">{{cite news|last1=Kirk|first1=Charlie|title=A high school student's message for Washington|url=http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/06/01/high-school-student-message-for-washington.html|accessdate=11 April 2017|work=Fox|date=June 1, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| In 2012 Kirk wrote an essay for ] that led to an appearance on ]. At a speaking engagement at ]'s "Youth Empowerment Day," Kirk met Bill Montgomery, a retiree 50 years his senior, who was then a ]-backed legislative candidate. Montgomery encouraged Kirk to skip Baylor and focus instead on a political career. He enrolled at a comprehensive community college, and subsequently founded Turning Point USA, a "grass-roots organization to rival liberal groups such as ]." At the 2012 Republican National Convention, Kirk met ], a prominent Republican donor, and persuaded him to finance the organization. Kirk continued to live with his parents until 2015. <ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|last1=Bykowitz|first1=Julie|title=This Boy Wonder Is Building the Conservative MoveOn.org in an Illinois Garage|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-07/conservative-boy-wonder|accessdate=11 April 2017|work=Bloomberg|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Kirk joined the Trump Campaign 70 days prior to the 2016 election. In an interview with '']'' at the Republican National Convention, he said that while he "was not the world's biggest Donald Trump fan," he would vote for him, and that Trump's candidacy made Turning Point's mission to "spread the conservative message in high schools and college campuses" more difficult. Kirk spoke at the convention.<ref name="Wired RNC">{{cite news|last1=Lapowsky|first1=Issey|title=At the Republican Convention, Millennials Search for Signs of the Future|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/07/republican-convention-millennials-search-signs-future/|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=Wired|date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> He led the "millennial assault" during ]'s 2016 presidential campaign.<ref name="DMN">{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2016/11/11/two-young-dallas-guns-helped-deliver-white-house-trump|title=How two Dallas young guns helped deliver the White House to Trump|last1=Hall|first1=Cheryl|date=November 11, 2016|work=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="atlantic">{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/the-21-year-old-becoming-a-major-player-in-conservative-politics/451110/|title=The 21-Year-Old Becoming a Major Player in Conservative Politics|last1=Nelson|first1=Rebecca|date=March 25, 2015|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
| As of November 2016, Turning Point USA reported chapters at over 1,000 college and high-school campuses.<ref name="NY Mag">{{cite news|last1=Paiella|first1=Gabriella|title=This Conservative College Group Is Keeping a Watch List of Left-Leaning Professors Across America|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/turning-point-usa-launches-professor-watchlist.html|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=New York Magazine|date=November 22, 2016}}</ref> Kirk was the "driving force" behind the organization's ], a website that identifies professors that "discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom." Professor Watchlist has been widely criticized. The '']'' wrote that it was "a threat to academic freedom,"<ref name="NYT watchlist">{{cite news|last1=Mele|first1=Christopher|title=Professor Watchlist Is Seen as Threat to Academic Freedom|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/professor-watchlist-is-seen-as-threat-to-academic-freedom.html|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=The New York Times|date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> while '']'' wrote simply that it was "a sign of the stupidity of the post truth era."<ref name="Salon">{{cite web|last1=McClennan|first1=Sofia A.|title=Academic witch hunts are back: The new McCarthyism, a sign of the stupidity of the post-truth era|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/12/04/academic-witch-hunts-are-back-the-new-mccarthyism-a-sign-of-the-stupidity-of-the-post-truth-era/|website=Salon|publisher=Salon|accessdate=12 April 2017|date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| Kirk is the co-author of ''Time For a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations,'' published by ] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Time for A Turning Point|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Time-for-a-Turning-Point/Charlie-Kirk/9781682612477|website=simonandschuster.com|publisher=Simon and Schuster|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
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