Charlie Kirk became well known and helped build his organization Turning Point USA by coming on to college campuses to present views that some students and, often, the people running the colleges did not want aired. In doing so, he helped advance the exercise of free speech at colleges. It was at one of his campus events at which he was discussing and debating issues that Kirk was murdered last week. If Texas Governor Greg Abbott wanted to honor Kirk, an appropriate action may be to find ways...
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Censorship & Foreign Hands Behind It
RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins the DDGeopolitics podcast to discuss the Charlie Kirk killing, along with the crackdown on free speech in America and the foreign influence at...
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