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The situation is symptomatic for the Christian right universe: On October 27, two competing campus events will take place that both claim the legacy of Charlie Kirk who had an outsize impact on young conservatives in the United States.
One at Louisiana State University organized by the late activist’s advocacy organization “Turning Point USA”, and one at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville by 19-year-old Brylin Hollyhand, hailed as Kirk’s “protégé.
So, who is the real heir to Kirk’s legacy? His widow Erika who now runs his organization or the rising star among conservative youth?
Hollyhand who calls himself “the internet’s youngest voice of reason”, lost no time to announce a ten-stop campus tour “to be bolder than ever”, eight days after Kirk was killed while speaking to supporters at Utah Valley University.
His tour would be sponsored by “Turning Point USA”, Hollyhand declared on his website, and a continuation of the legacy of Kirk whom the young activist looked up to as his mentor.
But that might have been too much. Hollyhand triggered the fury of “Make America Great Again” world at a promotional video filmed from a private jet as he flew to his first campus speaking event
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