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Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination during a campus event at Utah Valley University in 2025.From college debates to national addresses, here are some of the most memorable moments of Kirk engaging in a free exchange of ideas during his life as a political activist:During a 2018 Politicon debate with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who previously worked for "The Young Turks," Kirk called out Piker for pushing socialist policies without being willing to "give 95% of your money away and go live on a commune" in solidarity."I live what I practice.I am a free-market capitalist," Kirk said.
"I employ people.I took a risk.
I have my own startup business.Every single day I practice what I preach.
He wants other people to contribute to what he considers to be a good idea, what he considers will make the world a better place.You have the freedom to go live as a socialist.
Go do it, Hasan.What's stopping you?"‘KIRKIVERSARY’ CHARLIE KIRK LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST ADVERTISED AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO MARK KILLINGHasan Piker and Charlie Kirk previously debated in 2018.
(Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Streamy Awards; Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)During one of his many college campus debates in 2024, Kirk was approached by a student asking if he felt "silly" debating college students while being a man in his 30s."So I vote and you vote.So I'm talking to voters of this country that will determine the future of Western civilization.
That's what I'm doing here, too," Kirk said.At another debate that same year, Kirk was confronted by a student who accused him of being a "fascist." Kirk challenged the student to name one belief he held that qualified as "fascist." The student was unable to immediately think of one."I'm such a bad fascist I let the people who disagree with me an open mic to talk to me for two hours uninterrupted.I'm an awful fascist," Kirk joked.Kirk surprised the hosts of "T...