The assassination of Charlie Kirk has a deep impact on the young people of Arizona

The assassination of the founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, has an increased impact on the young people of Arizona, where its organization has its registered office.

The location of the headquarters of Tpusa, as well as its political arm, Turning Point, led the group to play a disproportionate role in the state of the Grand Canyon, which was considered very competitive in 2024.

An analysis of Fox News voters revealed that 48% of people aged 18 to 29 voted for President Donald Trump in Arizona, former vice-president Kamala Harris won only demography with 51%. Overall, Trump won the state with more than 52% of the vote.

Turning Point USA indicates that the campus chapter requires an increase of more than 32,000 after Kirk’s assassination

The founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, speaks during a campaign rally for the presidential candidate of the time, Donald Trump, in Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, in Arizona. (Rebecca Noble / Getty Images)

The State also has several major universities, including the Arizona State University, the University of Arizona in Tucson, the Northern Arizona University and the University of the Grand Canyon, a private Christian institution in West Phoenix.

The Republicans of the Arizona State Collège University and Tpusa are organizing a large vigil for Kirk on Monday evening. A source familiar with the event told Fox News Digital that she already had thousands of people registered to attend.

Jordan Oveson and Chandler Buchanan, both 23 years old, told Fox News Digital outside the Hansen mortuary chapel in Phoenix, where Kirk’s body is held on Saturday that Kirk had a major impact on generation Z.

“He really wanted to say a lot for me, helping young people find their voice and talking about faith and politics. And I have the impression that many young people have trouble understanding how they believe, and I have the impression that Charlie Kirk really helped a lot of people, and in particular young people, realize and find what they believe and find their voice for that,” said Buchanan.

“ Sleeping Giant ” probably woke up for turning point USA after the assassination of Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk’s coffin is removed from the Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on September 11, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Eric Thayer / Getty Images)

“I did not know too much on him until he came to the University of the Grand Canyon last year and that we talked to all of us, and I heard things that he said as if he brings all this through God and by his faith. And I come from a Christian college, so I already believed in this, but that made me appear more deeply in what we are as people and our freedom,” said. “

Buchanan said that the tragedy could “bring a lot closer to people from God, and that will help many people find how they really believe”.

TPUSA has seen 37,000 new chapter requests from the Wednesday shooting, and the group already has around 900 colleges and 1,200 high school chapters. There is also an increase in job applications and volunteers.

“I personally received hundreds of offers to work for us, or to work for free, or to help, however,” Tpusa spokesman Andrew Kolvet told Fox News Digital.

Anti-Trump voices rent the heritage of Charlie Kirk after the assassination, say he was doing politics “the right way”

Erika Kirk cries on her late husband Charlie’s Casket. The CEO of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, was killed on September 10, 2025, during an event at Utah Valley University. (@ Mrserikakirk / Instagram)

The celebration of Kirk’s life is scheduled for Sunday at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and Trump said that he was planning to attend. The hotels immediately around the stadium have already sold for the event weekend.

His wife, Erika Kirk, in her first public remarks since her husband’s assassination, called on people to get involved in the Christian faith by joining a “Bible Church” and to get involved in Turning Point USA as a means of honoring the heritage of the militant killed.

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“To all those who listen to this evening through America this evening, the movement that my husband has built will not die,” she said. “It won’t do it. I refuse to let it happen. Nobody will never forget the name of my husband. And I will make sure that will become stronger. More daring. Better and more than ever. My husband’s mission will not end. Not even for a moment.”

Amanda Macias of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.