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| |name = Charlie Kirk | |||
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| | caption = Kirk at the ] (CPAC) in 2017 | |||
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| | occupation = political activist, writer | |||
| | years_active = 2012–present | |||
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| '''Charlie Kirk''' (born October 14, 1993) is an American political activist and the founder and executive director of ], an advocacy group for young conservatives. In 2016, he worked with the ] to attract the ] vote. | |||
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| He is the co-author of ''Time For a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations'' (], 2016). | |||
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| In 2018, the conservative website ] ranked Kirk as the seventh most influential Republican under the age of 30.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 30, 2018 |title=Newsmax's 30 Most Influential Republicans Under 30 |url=https://www.newsmax.com/bestlists/30-under-30-influential-republicans/2018/01/30/id/840225/ |work=Newsmax }}</ref> | |||
| ==Early life== | |||
| 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> Kirk attended ] in ], where he was captain of the varsity men's basketball team and an ].<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}}</ref> | |||
| Kirk became politically active during high school. In his junior year of school in 2010, Kirk volunteered for the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Illinois Republican ] (to whom his family bears no relation).<ref name="perfect-storm">{{cite news|title=Perfect storm launches 19-year-old Wheeling native into political punditry | |||
| |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130429/news/704299942/|work=Daily Herald|date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, as a high school senior, Kirk launched the political student organization "SOS Liberty," which he described as an "international distress call for help" related to "Washington's massive debts and deficits."<ref>{{cite news |date=June 1, 2012 |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 |agency=Fox News }}</ref> On May 21, 2012, Kirk and his fellow leaders at SOS Liberty appeared on '']''.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 21, 2012 |title=SOS Liberty on Fox & Friends |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF5C8QxvJfQ |agency=YouTube }}</ref> | |||
| Kirk was accepted to ] but instead chose to enroll in general education classes at ] in ] as he founded Turning Point USA.<ref name="perfect-storm"/> | |||
| ==Political activism== | |||
| ] (CPAC).]] | |||
| In 2012 when he was a high school senior, Kirk wrote an essay for ] about alleged liberal bias in high school textbooks that led to an appearance on the ]. At a subsequent speaking engagement at ]'s "Youth Empowerment Day," Kirk met Bill Montgomery, a retiree more than 50 years his senior, who was then a ]-backed legislative candidate. Montgomery encouraged Kirk to get engaged in political activism full-time. He subsequently founded Turning Point USA, a "grass-roots organization to rival liberal groups such as ]." At the ], Kirk met ], a prominent Republican donor, and persuaded him to finance the organization.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|title=This Boy Wonder Is Building the Conservative MoveOn.org in an Illinois Garage|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150507/NEWS02/150509859/this-boy-wonder-is-building-a-conservative-moveon-org-in-a-lemont-garage|agency=Bloomberg News|date=May 7, 2015}}</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|date=March 25, 2015|work=The Atlantic}}</ref> | |||
| Kirk addressed the ]. In an interview with '']'' during the convention, Kirk 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.<ref name="Wired RNC">{{cite news|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/|work=Wired|date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| 70 days before the ], "Kirk was asked to join the inner circle of the Trump campaign," where "he worked directly with ]], ]], and ] to attract the millennial vote."<ref>{{cite news |date=February 2, 2017 |title=Kirk, Hamachek of Turning Point USA Sell Out Heartland Institute for Talk |url=https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/kirk-hamachek-of-turning-point-usa-sell-out-heartland-institute-for-talk?source=policybot |agency=The Heartland Institute }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 16, 2016 |title=60 days with Don Trump Jr. |url=https://www.turningpoint.news/on-working-with-donald-trump-jr/ |agency=Turning Point USA }}</ref> '']'' described Kirk as leading the "millennial assault" for ]'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|date=November 11, 2016|work=Dallas Morning News}}</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 Simon & Schuster 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|publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref> | |||
| On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump tweeted in praise of Kirk and Turning Point USA amid controversy surrounding the organization.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 22, 2017 |title=Trump praises conservative group one day after report alleging racial bias |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/366163-trump-praises-conservative-group-one-day-after-reports-of |work=The Hill }}</ref> | |||
| ==Books== | |||
| *{{cite book |date=2016 |title=Time For a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations |url= |location= |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page= |isbn=9781682612477 |author-link= }} | |||
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