A woman lighting a candle at a makeshift memorial for Kirk outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. — Zehbrauskas/The New York Times
AFTER Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist, was fatally shot, two thoughts occurred to Edward Padron, a 67-year-old locksmith in Brownsville, Texas. One was immediate, one was slower to rise.
A long-time conservative, Padron said he first assumed “a hate crime against a Republican” had just happened.
