A year after the death of Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA has expanded, even as President Donald Trump's standing with young voters has weakened, according to Reuters. The anniversary falls on Thursday, one year after Kirk was killed.
Coverage of the milestone has been broad. NPR reports that Turning Point USA is now confronting an uncertain future. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the organization plans to hold a Charlie Kirk memorial event at Utah Valley University, and that the plan has drawn objections from some students. USA Today reports that the past year also produced a heated debate over free speech. The Washington Post reports that Kirk's killing changed the lives of many people, and that six of them described how.
The material available does not detail the size of Turning Point USA's growth, the polling behind the shift among younger voters, or the specific objections raised at Utah Valley University. Those points are reported by the outlets above and are not elaborated on here.
What the anniversary coverage shows is a movement marking a year without its founder while navigating internal questions about its direction, a campus event that has become contentious, and a broader argument over speech that followed the killing.
What to watch next: how Turning Point USA's memorial event at Utah Valley University proceeds, and whether the polling gap between Trump and young voters holds in future surveys.
