In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination, by September 16th, there had been over 54,000 requests to form new chapters of Turning Point USA on college and high school campuses across America. Political commentator Benny Johnson announced on X.com:
BREAKING: Turning Point USA is the fastest-growing political organization in the entire world.
TPUSA has received over 54,000 new chapter requests nationwide.
Charlie Kirk’s life goal was 20,000 chapters. It’s more than DOUBLED now.
They tried to silence Charlie. They only… pic.twitter.com/9jHsqUfPZT
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 17, 2025
The previous day, on the Charlie Kirk Show, guest hosts discussed the surge in chapter requests, which at that point had climbed to 40,000. Watch:
TPUSA has received over 40,000 chapter requests pic.twitter.com/wbWv9M37PV
— Turning Point Action (@TPAction_) September 16, 2025
If more of the Charlie Kirk Effect is to get kids and college students thinking about their future and engaging them in politics, he’d likely approve of that legacy. Surely Kirk’s wife and colleagues at Turning Point USA are working hard to make him proud and carry on where he left off.
