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Conservatives all through the nation are set to collect in Arizona on Thursday to have a good time the life and legacy of activist Charlie Kirk at Turning Level USA’s annual AmericaFest convention.
The four-day-long occasion held on the Phoenix Conference Middle options massive names from each the Make America Nice Once more and conservative actions, together with Vice President JD Vance, who is anticipated to be the occasion’s keynote speaker on Sunday, and Erika Kirk, who’s headlining the occasion.
The convention comes because the group grapples with the September assassination of Kirk, who was gunned down at a Turning Level USA occasion at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah.
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Charlie Kirk, president and founding father of Turning Level USA, speaks throughout Turning Level’s annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 22, 2024. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP through Getty Pictures)
“At AmericaFest 2025, we collect to honor Charlie’s legacy — to proceed the mission he started and to have a good time the nation he beloved,” Turning Level USA wrote.
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Turning Level USA govt director Charlie Kirk speaks throughout AmericaFest on the Phoenix Conference Middle on Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Pictures)
The occasion — billed as a “highly effective celebration of religion, freedom, and the legacy of founder, Charlie Kirk” — supplies school college students all through the nation with the chance to listen to from among the nation’s high conservative leaders, whereas additionally assembly with over 100 organizations and receiving activism coaching for the subsequent technology of leaders.
AmericaFest is anticipated to draw over 30,000 attendees, with organizers revealing this yr is ready to see the most important turnout but. It additionally comes forward of the 2026 midterm elections, with organizers seeking to energize a brand new demographic of younger voters with the hopes of strengthening the conservative base earlier than a brand new flock of scholars heads to the polling place subsequent yr.
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Then President-elect Donald Trump speaks throughout Turning Level’s annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 22, 2024. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP through Getty Pictures)
“Charlie modified the world not simply by talking, however by listening and by pointing a misplaced technology to religion and to everlasting hope, which is in Christ,” Riley Gaines stated on “Fox & Associates” Thursday morning.
Attendees also can count on to listen to from a number of different conservative heavyweights on the convention, together with Donald Trump Jr., Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, as TurningPoint USA appears to rebuild after the tragic dying of its founder whereas staying true to its roots of facilitating conversations throughout the political aisle.
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“It’s important to counter dangerous concepts with good concepts,” Erika Kirk advised “Fox & Associates,” including, “It’s important to have that debate and dialog.”
Fox Information Digital’s Tessa Hoyos contributed to this report.
