Watch enough Fox News clips from 2014 and you will come across a video of a besuited, gawky 20-year-old delivering a fluent diatribe against regulation, the minimum wage and the indolent youth.
This is Charlie Kirk. He looks like a frat boy at his aunt’s second wedding but he speaks with the conviction and range of a seasoned politician. In the clip, he wins over the anchor, Stuart Varney, within a few swift sentences. “I find this fascinating,” Varney beams, “Charlie Kirk come back and see us again real soon!”.
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