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2026-01-05
In the wake of his shocking assassination, video clips of Kirk's life and work have zoomed across the internet. But one has been shared more than others: his 3-year-old daughter, with a bow in her hair, hop-skipping across the Fox News studio floor to hug her dad. Kirk was filling in as a guest anchor on "Fox & Friends"--the very show on which the president would later honor Kirk's commitment to marriage and family.
In many ways, Kirk was an anomaly: brilliant, charismatic and already the bold leader of an immensely powerful political movement by the time he'd turned 30. He never went to college. He'd earned the ear of political strategists, presidents and--perhaps most impressive--Generation Z. His events on college campuses--informal debates under a canvas tent--were about as low-tech as they were wildly popular.
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