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Conservative readers woke up this week to a sobering but necessary piece of history: Savory Fund co-founder Andrew K. Smith released what is being billed as Charlie Kirk’s final, recorded conversation — a calm, substantive interview filmed the morning Kirk was assassinated. Fox Nation is debuting the special, “Charlie Kirk: The Last Interview,” and Smith has said the sit-down was an hour before Kirk took the stage at Utah Valley University, making the tape both poignant and painfully immediate.
What stunned people was how ordinary and uplifting the conversation felt — not a bloodless political tract, but a founder-to-founder talk about entrepreneurship, leadership, and the responsibilities of mentoring young people. Kirk talked about the value of the journey, the importance of strong values in business, and even praised innovators like Elon Musk as models for grit and time management. Those themes are exactly the kind of optimistic, pro-American message that built Turning Point USA’s following.
Andrew Smith has been candid about how emotional the release has been, and how unexpected the public reaction turned out to be when footage from a private, apolitical conversation suddenly became a national touchstone. Smith posted the interview clip on social platforms and reflected publicly on the moment he learned Kirk had been shot, underscoring the human cost behind every headline. For patriots who value character and the encouragement of young entrepreneurs, Smith did the right thing by preserving and sharing Charlie’s final words.
Of course, predictable elements of the left’s media class erupted in cruelty and reflexive cynicism — a handful of public figures rushed to condemn Kirk even as the nation mourned, and some went so far as to make callous comments that cost them jobs or public standing. That reaction revealed everything that is morally bankrupt about the modern cultural left: the quick, gleeful piling on when a conservative dies, and the utter failure to practice basic decency. Americans should expect better from elites who claim to preach compassion.
On the policy and political front, the fallout has been swift and unmistakable: President Trump announced he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and conservative leaders have rallied to memorialize a man who devoted his life to reviving free-market patriotism on college campuses. A massive public memorial has been scheduled, and the nation has watched as the right harnesses grief into renewed resolve to protect free speech and campus diversity of thought.
If there is one sober lesson from this tragedy, it is that the institutions charged with protecting speech and campus life have been asleep at the wheel. From the breakdowns of physical security to the poisonous leftist campus culture that treats conservative students as acceptable targets for harassment, accountability is long overdue. Law enforcement deserves full support to bring perpetrators to justice, and universities must prove they can keep students and speakers safe while restoring a culture of civil debate.
So let’s be clear: Andrew Smith’s decision to share Charlie Kirk’s last interview wasn’t a stunt — it was an act of preservation for a movement that refuses to back down. Conservatives should watch the footage, remember the message of optimism and work ethic Kirk preached, and turn sorrow into action: defend free speech, demand accountability from hostile institutions, and rebuild the culture that made leaders like Kirk possible in the first place. The last thing the left wants is for patriots to stop fighting; we won’t.
