A messenger for faith, family and country is increasingly unwelcome in an America that once uplifted all three.
Turning Point co-founder Charlie Kirk paid for being such a messenger with his life Wednesday.
Ironically, his assassination at a university event in Utah and the martyrdom that he is likely to achieve because of his death could broaden the reach of his message and brand of conservatism and traditional Christian values.
Since Kirk’s killer is still at large, no motive can be established for his murder. But those who oppose what he stood for have previously turned to political violence to silence the messengers.
Two assassination attempts on then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2024 are the most prominent recent incidents, but a targeted attack on then-House Majority White Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and others at a 2017 practice for the Congressional Baseball Game and a planned assassination of United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are among others.