By Randy DeSoto | Commentary, Western Journal
Outkick founder Clay Travis and businessman Kyle Matthews posted separately on social media that all the boys at their children’s schools were wearing suits Thursday in honor of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University while he was engaging in a question-and-answer session with students at a TPUSA event.
Travis, who lives in Nashville, Tennessee, posted on X, “My two oldest sons wore coats & ties to school today — something they normally hate to do — today in honor of Charlie Kirk. The entire school is doing it. I’m not sure most people realize, even yet, how much he connected with young boys & young men & how crushed these kids are.”
Matthews, who is a real estate developer in Nashville, posted, “Last night my oldest son said to me ‘Dad, me and all my friends are going to wear a coat & tie to school tomorrow.’”
“At drop off today I realized the entire school was doing it, when effectively every student was wearing a coat and tie. What I found remarkable was they wore a coat and tie not because the school forced them to, or recommended it, but the student body decided to on their own, out of respect for [Charlie Kirk].”
“Admittedly, I did not know much about Charlie Kirk, but he clearly has had a profound impact on young American men. It appears he really connected with them, and they are very, very sad about what happened.”
He concluded, “And while we don’t know who the killer is or the motive, I would bet my dollar that what drove the killer to commit the murder of Charlie Kirk was to ‘shut him up,’ but in the process only created 1,000X more Charlie Kirks. Godspeed Charlie, and my heart aches for his wife and two young children.”
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