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The Assassination of Charlie Kirk: 'He could have been President'

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Show Notes

A single gunshot silences one of America's most influential conservative voices. Charlie Kirk, the conservative firebrand and MAGA influencer, was shot dead at a university event in Utah.

Germania Poleo Rodriguez is joined by campaigner Jack Anderton to discuss Charlie Kirk's meteoric rise to power; his influential role in the MAGA movement and Donald Trump's election victory; and what his assassination means for politics on both sides of the Atlantic.

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