'He was leading people': GOP's Scott Jennings remembers 'influential' Charlie Krik on-air
GOP strategist Scott Jennings remembered the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday after Kirk was shot dead while speaking at an event on the Utah Valley University campus.
Kirk was shot in the neck from about 200 yards away, according to CNN. He was seated under a tent when the shot was fired. Police have not yet arrested the gunman, according to reports.
Jennings joined CNN's "The Arena" with Kasie Hunt to discuss the shooting.
"Charlie was one of the most unique and special people in the conservative movement today," Jennings said. "The organization he was able to build and the people he was able to organize were just so large and powerful. He was able to get people involved in politics that otherwise wouldn't have been."
Kirk, 31, was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization with chapters across the U.S. Kirk would regularly draw thousands of people to his events.
"He inspired all these kids to be involved in their country," Jennings said. "Unequivocally a good legacy."
"It's been said that he had his finger on the pulse of the MAGA movement, but what's also true is that he was incredibly influential in that when an issue was emerging, something was happening and people were sorting out their own views on it...Charlie was one of the first people they turned to," he added.
"It wasn't that he was just reflecting people, he was leading people," Jennings continued.