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Vance, Trump Jr.'s plans to bolster Charlie Kirk's 'political legacy' revealed: 'Help grow it' https://ift.tt/cvFzIAJ

Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr. will attend events in the coming months for Turning Point USA, the influential conservative youth organization co-founded by their close friend, the late Charlie Kirk.

The news, first reported by Axios, was confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning by a source close to both the vice president and Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump.

Kirk, the co-founder of the politically potent conservative youth organization, close ally and outside advisor to the president and vice president and media star, was shot and killed earlier this month while speaking at a college campus event at Utah Valley University.

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The source close to both Vance and Trump Jr. said they "were so personally close to Charlie that they are determined to do right by him and continue to work closely with Turning Point."

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Vance accompanied Kirk's widow Erika on Air Force two to transport Charlie Kirk's body from Utah back to their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona.

A few days later, the vice president guest-hosted Kirk's highly popular podcast. 

Both Vance and Trump Jr., as well as the president, also spoke at Kirk's memorial service in Arizona.

"I would expect to see both of them turn up at TPUSA events over the next several months and long after that," the source said of Vance and Trump Jr. "They understand that Turning Point is now Charlie's political legacy, and they both want to help grow it to be bigger and more influential than ever."

Turning Point USA’s political arm was successful in driving up the youth vote for Trump and Republicans in last year’s election, when the GOP won back the White House and control of the Senate and held onto its House majority. 

And Trump’s political team wants to make sure Turning Point USA, now under the leadership of Erika Kirk, remains well funded and politically potent ahead of next year’s midterm elections.



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