Charlie Kirk Shooting Death Sparks College Tour by Young Conservative

First on the fox – Charlie Kirk’s ball death last week which sent shock waves through the nation had an oversized impact on young conservative voters – among them, Brilyn Hollyhand, a 19 -year -old student who announced Thursday a multi -state academic tour on Thursday designed to promote conversation, debate and engage young voters to continue to rely on the heritage of Kirk.

The “One Conversation at the same time” tour, previewed exclusively at Fox News Digital, is sponsored by the non -profit organization based on Kirk, Turning Point USA, who seeks to engage young people in conservative policy. The Hollyhand tour will include stops in 10 major names of names in the wider southeast, in particular in Florida, South Carolina and Mississippi – whose undergraduate populations on average between 30,000 and 40,000 people, according to data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from data from The US News & World report.

Hollyhand, who exerts a considerable full influence in its own right – is both a podcast host and author who met Kirk in the fourth year, when Kirk appeared as a guest on his podcast – told Fox News Digital in an interview that Kirk’s death should inspire people to express themselves with other faces.

It was something in which Kirk Excellait, Hollyhand said – and something that is particularly important to continue to reduce the power of violent political actions.

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Flowers, signs and other public support messages are visible in the wake of the death of Charlie Kirk in September 2025. Kirk, 31, was shot dead while he was addressed to thousands of people at the University of Utah Valley. (Getty Images)

“If we learned something last week, you can kill a man, but you can’t kill a movement,” he said. “We are not going to be silenced. And more than ever, we have to be talked about again – and it starts on university campuses.”

Kirk, who died at 31, has differentiated from other political “influencers” because of his authenticity, said Hollyhand. He established a large presence in large part because of his collegial judgments, where he sat for hours at a table “prove the bad” to debate young face to face.

He jumped on the national scene at a time when the Republican Party had trouble attracting young voters, compared to the president of then Barack Obama and to the power of a considerable star exercised by the Democratic Party. And although Kirk’s views are shamelessly controversial, they were considered a breath of fresh well-being for many Republicans, who often felt in his place and not represented on university campuses.

“Charlie has very large shoes to fill, not only because he was a large guy with a large size of shoes,” he laughed, “but because he really inspired a generation, and it was not a simple task.”

“He made young people aware of the reason why the policy was important, and he made conservatism cool again. And so we cannot try to reproduce this, but we can carry the torch for him, and we can grasp the microphone and continue the relay race.

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Brilyn Hollyhand, president of the RNC of Youth Advisory Council Speaks during an appearance on “Here the Deal with Kellyanne” in Fox News Channel Studios on September 11, 2024 in New York. (John Lamparski / Getty Images)

Hollyhand, who met Kirk for the first time when he was in the fourth year, admitted that he was not launching into the tour without fear. The threats against him had skyrocketed in the days which followed the murder of Kirk, requiring a meeting with his security details, which demanded that they escort him to his lessons.

The threats against him were also more detailed, “mentioning explicitly (MES) walks towards lessons,” he said.

It was the first time he said he has planned to leave the political orbit completely. “I stopped for a second and got out of the room,” he said. “I thought:” What if I stop, or if I just put the microphone? What if I moved away from politics? “”

“And if I started to be a normal student again by partying and going to lessons? It would be much safer,” he said. “I wouldn’t have to walk in detail with me in class.”

“And so, when Turning Point set out to do this tour for Charlie, that’s why I do that, not because it’s easy, but because it’s difficult and because it’s terrifying.”

“It is really difficult to stand on stage and on a campus and on a microphone. But Charlie would not want us to curl up, and he would like us to be stronger than ever, and that is what the movement as a whole must understand.”

Hollyhand hopes that he can get involved and connect with his peers in the same way as Kirk did.

Panels and flowers are placed outside the USA turning point headquarters in Phoenix September 15, 2025. (Jamie Vera / Fox News)

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“There has never been a more impactful figure for generation Z and or will never be,” he said. “And we cannot try to reproduce this, but we can wear the torch for him, and we can enter the microphone and continue the relay race.

“So, to continue the life and inheritance of Charlie, I am honored to announce that I am in partnership with Turning Point USA to launch the only conversation during a tour at the time when I will speak on 10 university campus this semester, more daring and stronger than ever.”