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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Charles James "Charlie" Kirk, who died | ||||||
| 4 | on September 10, 2025 after being shot while speaking at a | ||||||
| 5 | Turning Point USA event on the campus of Utah Valley | ||||||
| 6 | University; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk, the son of Robert and Kimberly Ann | ||||||
| 8 | Kirk, was born in Arlington Heights on October 14, 1993; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk attended Wheeling High School and | ||||||
| 10 | later studied at Harper College before leaving to pursue | ||||||
| 11 | public activism; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk married Erika Lane Frantzve on May | ||||||
| 13 | 8, 2021, and he was the proud father of two children, a | ||||||
| 14 | three-year-old daughter and one-year-old son; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 | ||||||
| 16 | at the age of 18, launching the conservative advocacy group as | ||||||
| 17 | a shoestring campus effort and building it into a well-funded | ||||||
| 18 | national organization; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk later created affiliated groups, | ||||||
| 20 | including Turning Point Action and Turning Point Faith; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk hosted The Charlie Kirk Show on talk | ||||||
| 2 | radio, appeared regularly on media outlets, and addressed such | ||||||
| 3 | major political conferences as the 2022 Conservative Political | ||||||
| 4 | Action Conference (CPAC) and the 2024 Republican National | ||||||
| 5 | Convention; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk authored multiple books and toured | ||||||
| 7 | college campuses across the United States to encourage | ||||||
| 8 | political debate and free exercise of our First Amendment | ||||||
| 9 | rights; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Tragically, Charlie Kirk's life ended at the | ||||||
| 11 | young age of 31 while engaging in a debate of ideas in the | ||||||
| 12 | public square; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk is survived by his wife, children, | ||||||
| 14 | and parents; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Charles James "Charlie" Kirk and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 18 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 19 | him; and be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the family of Charlie Kirk as an expression of our | ||||||
| 2 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||