Vice President J.D. Vance honored Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s legacy by saying on Wednesday that he would not be vice president without his activism.
Vance traveled to Howell, Michigan, to visit a precision metal stamping facility and “deliver remarks” on President Donald Trump’s tax cuts for working families and businesses. The vice president credited Kirk and Turning Point USA for “creating a movement” that made it possible for President Donald Trump and Vance to win the 2024 election.
“We love these kids and we love the organization that was founded by Charlie Kirk. And I know I speak for all of the kids behind me, all of the great TPUSA members and also the alums that over the past ten years, Turning Point USA has not just been an organization, it has been the fountain of a movement all across the United States of America,” Vance said. “If you look at just the youth vote in 2024 and how much young voters shifted from Democrat to Republican from 2020 to 2024, Charlie Kirk created a movement and that movement made Donald J. Trump the President of the United States and it made me the Vice President of the United States. I would not be here without Charlie.”
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While former Vice President Kamala Harris won the youth vote, every age group showed a notable shift toward Trump in the 2024 election in comparison to 2020. Among those ages 18 to 29, 56% of men and 40% of women voted for Trump, a jump from the 41% and 33% who supported the president in 2020, according to Tufts Now.
Vance organized for Kirk’s casket to be flown from Utah to Arizona on Air Force Two and guest hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Monday. During the episode, Vance eviscerated the idea that political violence is a “both sides” issue and called for American conservatives to fight for their cause and against those who want to silence them.
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