Charlie Kirk, my buddy, my sparring companion, – Latest News
Yesterday, my buddy and political sparring companion, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University.
He left us on the younger age of 31 years previous.
Like you, I’m in complete shock and totally heartbroken proper now.
Screenshot of David Rubin and Charlie Kirk on The Rubin Report. The Rubin Report
I first met Charlie in 2017 at a Horowitz Freedom Center occasion in Palm Beach.
At the time, we have been on reverse sides of the political aisle and spent our early conversations attempting to determine one another out.
Could we really trust somebody on the opposite facet of the political aisle?
We each put our reservations apart, which led to a decade of respectful, highly effective and vital conversations — on and off digicam.
What began as spirited disagreements on politics, tradition, faith and activism changed into a significant friendship and a turning level, pardon the pun, in my profession.
Together, we went on to do dozens of faculty campus occasions the place we each relished in discussing our variations — not solely with one another, however with the massive crowds of faculty college students as effectively.
Bomb threats have been usually referred to as in, fire alarms usually pulled, in an effort to finish our talks earlier than they even started.
Students (normally masked) would say unimaginably horrible issues to us, throw issues at us, and attempt to block the doorways so different people wouldn’t be capable to hear us converse.
Charlie at all times stood tall, undeterred and dedicated to participating with people truthfully and immediately.
He even instituted a rule I’ve utilized in all of my public occasions since then: If you disagree with us you get to talk first during the Question and Answer phase.
Charlie Kirk sitting down in an interview performed by David Rubin on The Rubin Report. The Rubin Report
Charlie was a good man.
A principled man.
He stood up for what he believed in and by no means give up, no matter how laborious the struggle.
Fighting for what he believed in was his job, but in addition his pastime.
From spending numerous days and nights in swing counties, to debating on faculty campuses, to rallying the youth towards more ethical and accountable values, his influence was each tireless and simple.
It’s on us now to proceed what Charlie began — to hold ahead the mission he devoted his life to: bringing more freedom and prosperity to this nation and serving to all of us return to a more virtuous and flourishing nation.
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The query all of us should ask ourselves is that this: What sort of nation can we wish to stay in?
A rustic the place we are able to debate our variations with respect, conviction and love — or a nation that drifts farther from fact and replaces it with violence?
I do know which one Charlie was combating for.
As George Orwell so properly warned, “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
Charlie leaves behind a legacy of love for nation, braveness, conviction and an unwavering dedication to fact.
He additionally leaves behind his beloved spouse, kids, and a motion that can endlessly really feel his absence.
I’ll miss you my buddy, and I sit up for debating no matter little we nonetheless disagreed on after we meet on the opposite facet.
Dave Rubin is a political commentator and host of “The Dave Rubin Report.”
