Charlie Kirk supporter in Arizona: 'Don't let him die, Lord'

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Published September 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM EDT

On the day Charlie Kirk was killed last year, Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd went to a Phoenix church important to the conservative leader’s mission of marrying religion and politics.

We listen back to his part of the interview with supporter Scott Lovett.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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