• AMERICA • AFTER • CHARLIE •
Once on a podcast, Kirk was asked how he would like to be remembered. “You mean if I die?!” Kirk asked, at fi rst incredulous. “I want to be remembered for courage for my faith,” he said. “The most important thing is my faith.”
news identifying the most faithful, church-attending demographic in the nation. Boomers or millennials, perhaps?
No, it was Gen Zs, who were spend- ing on average nearly two Sundays a month in church — signifi cantly more than any other demographic. Barna called its fi ndings historic. All of which explains why Ro-
driguez tells Newsmax he now be- lieves the nation is headed for “an American revival, renewal, and awakening like arguably we have never seen before.” Ken Blackwell, a former Ohio
secretary of state who now serves at the American First Policy Institute as chairman of its Election Integ- rity initiative, tells Newsmax the newfound faith journey that many young Americans have embarked upon shows that “God’s power that raised Jesus from the dead is still at work, and it’s working in the hearts of these young people.”
strength of his political operation in the swing states of Arizona and Pennsylvania that he told Wiles to invest the campaign’s resources elsewhere. Those two states, he told her, are already a lock — and events would prove him right. Democratic strategists assume
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the political pendulum will swing left in 2026, since in the post-World War II era, the party out of power has typically gained seats, with the president’s party losing an average of about 27 in the House during mid- term elections. That would give Democrats con- trol of the House and permit them to
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HE TRIGGERED GOP SURGE So confi dent was Kirk in the
gin up their next impeachment cru- sade against Trump. But those assuming such a sweep
might want to reconsider: As Erika Kirk predicted, the energy and vol- unteers fl owing into conservative groups in the wake of the assassina- tion are simply off the charts. While it’s true that midterms
tend to be a referendum on the par- ty in power, the pent-up frustration of Gen Zs who grew up being told what to think by the forces of politi- cal correctness may bring some big surprises. The Hill recently reported that
the Kirk assassination “is having a galvanizing eff ect on the conser- vative movement as both parties prepare for next year’s midterm elections.” Blackwell believes Republicans
will buck the trend, maintain con- trol of both chambers of Congress, and even expand their margin in the House. “Charlie was already fi ring
up that engagement and commit- ment,” says Blackwell, “and his death will fi re it up even more.”
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HE REVIVED TRUMP’S MOVEMENT
Flash back to 2021, and the MAGA movement seemed shrouded in doubt and uncertainty. COVID-19 was still wreaking
havoc, Trump was out of the White House, and President Joe Biden and his allies were busy getting every tax- payer dollar they could muster into the coff ers of progressive causes. The left, meanwhile, wanted
Trump’s blood for the mob that had swept into the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, and rumors were fl ying around
the nation’s capital that Trump would be legally targeted by the new administration. In the months that followed and
the raid on Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, those rumors proved true. But throughout the turmoil and
lawfare, Kirk’s loyalty to Trump never wavered. Instead, he rolled up his shirtsleeves and elevated his ac- tivism to a whole new level. Throughout four years of
Trump’s absence and Biden’s de- cline, Kirk continued his forays into enemy territory, setting up tents and tables at hostile universities, and in- viting all comers to have an honest and open dialogue. Julia Pierce, a longtime TPUSA
member, told the BBC that Kirk re- stored the confi dence that Gen Zs needed to make up their minds for themselves. “It used to be that for young peo-
ple, it was cool to be a Democrat,” she said. “But he made it cool to be a Trump supporter, and to wear the MAGA hat, and live your life with traditional family values.” Today, no one can say for sure if
common sense, traditional values will make a long-term, generational comeback in America as Kirk always dreamed. But if they do, historians won’t be able to write that story without a chapter on him. Once on a podcast, Kirk was
asked how he would like to be re- membered. “You mean if I die ” Kirk asked, at fi rst incredulous. “I want to be remembered for
courage for my faith,” he said. “The most important thing is my faith.” If Charlie Kirk were here today,
he might say: “Let’s get to work. We’ve got a country to save.”
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