MINNEAPOLIS — Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated Wednesday in Utah, had been scheduled to continue his American Comeback Tour at the University of Minnesota. The two-hour event was planned for the 2,700-seat Norhrop Auditorium the evening of September 22, a Monday. The same as elsewhere on the tour, the Northrop event was promoted as “a candid conversation about conservative values, followed by a live Q&A.” Kirk a gifted debater, was calling his QA’s “Prove Me Wrong” with ideological challengers. Admission was to be free. Kirk was shot at a 3,000-seat outdoor amphitheater in Orem, Utah, apparently from a rooftop 200 yards away. The bullet struck his neck in mid-sentence. Kirk, age 31, was instrumental in organizing young voters for Trump in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 elections.
Kirk. Taking his Turning Point USA campaign on the road again.
The tour
September 10: Utah Valley University in Orem. September 18: Colorado State University in Fort Collins. September 22: University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. September 24: Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. September 30: Utah State University in Logan. October 7: Montana State University in Bozeman. Ocyober 9: University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. October 21: Indiana University in Bloomington. October 27: Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. October 9: University of Mississippi in Oxford.