The Kirk Effect: On the Ground

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participates in an interview with Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA 2025 Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, July 12, 2025. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour)

You read yesterday about the “Charlie Kirk Effect,” bringing high attendance to churches across America in the wake of Kirk’s tragic assassination. Your Survival Guy wondered if you’ve seen the Charlie Kirk effect in your life. You responded, saying:

You asked to comment to you about the Charlie Kirk effect. I did not know that much about Charlie prior to his death, but it appears to me he was a very good person and family man. This is a video I saw this week, and it said so much to me about who he was and was not.

Action Line: The truth about Charlie Kirk isn’t going to be revealed in the soundbite reactions of the legacy media, but in stories of the people who really knew Kirk and were affected by his life personally.