Who was Charlie Kirk?
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CHARLIE KIRK, PEOPLE TRYING TO
PROCESS HIS DEATH HERE. SENIOR
WHITE HOUSE AND POLITICAL
CORRESPONDENT ED O'KEEFE JOINS
US AS WE WATCH THIS VIDEO. ED,
THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT HE WAS
SHOT. BLOOD WAS THEN SEEN
POURING FROM THE SIDE OF HIS
HEAD, FROM HIS NECK. AND NOW
THIS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS WE'RE
NOW MORE THAN AN HOUR SINCE THIS
HAPPENED. AND THE CONCERN AND
THE PRAYERS EXPRESSED BY
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ESPECIALLY
CAME QUICKLY. WE'VE SEEN
SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS
AS WELL CONDEMN POLITICAL
VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS
IS YET ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE
EXAMPLE OF IT. AND I THINK,
MORRIS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE
PROBABLY MANY PEOPLE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW WHO DON'T NECESSARILY
KNOW WHO CHARLIE KIRK IS, ARE
NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK HE'S
BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS, BECAUSE IN OUR
INCREASINGLY DIGITAL AND DIVIDED
WORLD, HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
SERVED UP TO THEM IN THEIR
ALGORITHM AND IN THEIR FEEDS.
AND HE IS A 31 YEAR OLD FROM THE
CHICAGO SUBURBS. AS YOU SAID,
FOUNDED THIS GROUP, TURNING
POINT USA, BACK IN 2012,
INSPIRED BY THE TEA PARTY
MOVEMENT. AND HE VERY QUICKLY