Vigils were held around the world for slain free speech advocate and Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk, offering a poignant demonstration that the power of his ideas reached far beyond America’s borders, and that good people around the world can unite in mourning for a young husband and father.
Madrid, Spain’s vigil for Charlie Kirk began within hours of his murder and grew steadily on Thursday, with a rally outside the U.S. Embassy where the participants chanted Kirk’s name, then observed a moment of silence in his memory:
On Thursday, the conservative Vox party – which is increasingly popular with Spanish youth – held a vigil and rally with speakers from Europe and the United States, including Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, who hailed Kirk as “America’s best and brightest young leader.”
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In South Korea, conservative youth leaders established two memorials for Kirk: one in front of the statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Incheon, and one in front of the Sungnyemun Gate in Seoul.
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Kirk visited South Korea and Japan the week before he was murdered. He said of his time at the Build Up Korea 2025 Forum: “I didn’t even