(NewsNation) — Justice for slain conservative political activist Charlie Kirk won’t come from a courtroom but through a “religious revival” and an influx in Turning Point USA members, according to political commentator Megyn Kelly.
“(Justice) can’t be found in a courtroom,” she said on NewsNation’s “Batya!” hosted by Batya Ungar-Sargon. “Something will happen there, but it can only be found in the religious revival that people are feeling right now … the 54,000 applications for new Turning Point chapters that they say they’ve gotten from college and high school students alike.”
Kelly said Kirk’s death has the potential to be a lightning rod moment for conservatism.
“If (Kirk) exponentially increases — especially young people’s relationship with God and their faith — he will consider his life well lived. He said it himself, he wishes to be remembered for ‘courage to my faith.’”
Kirk, who was a close friend of Kelly, was fatally shot on a Utah college campus while speaking to a crowd.
Authorities have said the 22-year-old Utah man accused in last week’s fatal shooting of Kirk planned for at least a week before firing a single shot at the conservative activist from a rooftop on a college campus.
Tyler Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and other crimes. He appeared briefly on Tuesday before a judge by video from jail. He remains jailed without bond and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Robinson is believed to have targeted Kirk based on the activist’s political expression.