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Laura: Charlie Kirk had the drive to fight for what he believed in

Fox News host Laura Ingraham reflects on the impact Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk had on the lives of young Americans on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

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Faith, family and country.Saying you hold them dear or posting anonymously online when you’re fired up — that’s fine. But Charlie Kirk took it to the next level. He didn’t just talk. He acted. He had the guts, drive and focus to go out there day after day, night after night and fight for what he believed. The threats to his personal safety were well known, but he wouldn’t stop.

Being in public, in settings large and small — especially on college campuses — was essential to Charlie’s power and reach. He chatted up conservatives and debated liberals. When Charlie was involved, conservatism felt fun and exciting again.

On Wednesday, an assassin’s bullet robbed us of his voice and robbed his family of a father and husband. The only solace in this gut-wrenching moment is that he died doing what he loved and what God put him on this Earth to do. Among the millions of young people he inspired, we hope in time there will be new voices who will take up his mantle. 

Charlie would have wanted that.

CHARLIE KIRK DIED AS HE LIVED: BOLD, UNASHAMED AND ANCHORED IN FAITH

Because of his traditional views and his growing following online and on campus, the hard left despised him. Charlie was a direct threat to progressives’ stranglehold on young minds. Charlie was traditional and pragmatic, but he was also eternally optimistic about America. 

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham. (lauraingraham.com)

Charlie’s enthusiasm for the future was infectious. If you started watching his video debates and appearances on Fox or listening to his podcast, you were hooked whether you agreed with him or not. You got why he connected.