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Rest in peace to my friend and mentor David Horowitz, who has just passed away. A fearless truth-teller, David was a titan in the battle of ideas and a warrior for Western civilization.
David grew up on the hard Left and remained a committed Marxist into his 30s. But he had the rare courage to question everything, and ultimately reject the radicalism of his youth to become one of the most influential conservative thinkers of our time.
Without David Horowitz, I’m not sure Turning Point USA would exist. David was a lifelong crusader and maverick for the conservative cause. A former communist turned fierce anti-left advocate, he dedicated his life to confronting the ideologies he once embraced.
Over 90% of our earliest major donors were introduced at a David Horowitz event—thanks to his warm endorsements and generous introductions. His support opened doors that would have otherwise remained closed.
David always believed in me and in Turning Point USA. He saw our campus movement as a rebirth of freedom—the kind of revival he long hoped to see. We spoke often by phone, and he remained a trusted teacher and mentor throughout my journey.
David understood the Left—not just its surface slogans, but its underlying motivations, its tactics, and most importantly, how to effectively confront and defeat it. His life was a testament to courage, intellectual clarity, and unwavering moral conviction. He showed that truth—once found—demands action, no matter the personal cost.
His David Horowitz Freedom Center was a launchpad for so many voices on the Right—including mine. In 2014, he invited me to speak at his Restoration Weekend, one of the first big breaks of my career. He believed in young leaders long before the world did.
Twenty-five years ago, David mentored a high school student named Stephen Miller. He supported him through Duke, through the Senate, and into the Trump White House. Today, Stephen is one of the most impactful architects of America First immigration policy. A legend thanks to David’s mentorship.
As Politico wrote, “If you want to understand the immigration policies [Trump] has put into place, you have to also understand Horowitz.” David’s fingerprints are all over the populist revival of the last decade.
David saw the Left clearly—and early. His books Indoctrination U and One Party Classroom were prophetic, exposing the rot on college campuses years before most conservatives dared to speak up. They helped inspire my own book The College Scam and much of Turning Point USA’s campus strategy.
But David didn’t just write. He debated. He showed up. He walked into hostile auditoriums and faced down Marxist professors, Islamist apologists, and race hustlers—armed only with truth, moral clarity, and a sharp tongue.
Back in 1999, David called out the Left’s weaponization of civil rights and its growing hatred of white people—a topic so radioactive that most conservatives avoided it for two more decades. He said what others were afraid to even whisper.
He published over 50 books, debated thousands, mentored dozens, and shaped the ideological terrain we now fight on. His final book was published in 2023—at the age of 84. He worked until his last breath.
David Horowitz was a lion. A fighter. A father of modern conservatism. He was a teacher to me, a mentor, and a friend. Turning Point USA will continue its successful movement in your honor, and thanks to your help. We miss you David, god bless you. Thank you.
Charlie Kirk is the Founder and CEO of Turning Point USA and the host of The Charlie Kirk Show.
A fitting tribute from one great activist to tgrandparents! modern, successful RIGHT activists along with Dennis Prager! RIP David Horowitz & I encourage Front Page Mag to keep a tab labeled David Horowitz & expose his books & works in rotation for future folks & update his profile to mention his passing & how he passed- per Wikipedia, cancer that has taken a parent & grandparent of mine! The globalists have killed a lot of people & he was at the top of their lists! They were sending him bad vibes for years!
Thank you, Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk IS the future Messager that we need. His college campus crusade is unmatched, and the most hated, but there he is in The Den of Communist Hell unafraid to take on his college detractors. His Youtube videos rarely show clips of praise but of confrontation with students taught to Hate by the Culture of Hate and Anti-Americanism. The Students take: “A man of Reason.”
Like David Horowitz, a man with so much knowledge/Ammunition to take on the battles on college campuses, Kirk has his college tours that drive the Administrations, professors, and their (D)upes, into a frenzy. (Kirk came to the University of NM and there was the mob outside. I missed that one, but I did see him at Legacy Church and got to say five of my “What do ‘We the People’ want?” The ballroom was on the middle floor of the Student Union, but Kirk comes out on the balcony of the third floor to greet the protesters who were shouting like the psychotics they are. They tried but failed to stop his visit. At the Tomi Lahren visit, the mob broke into the building and pulled the fire alarm, kicked holes in the walls, pushed Police, and after twenty minutes, the police escorted her out while we were held hostage for an hour with the mob trying to break in, and surely, many people would have been hurt. Girls were crying hysterically. No arrests, no $$$ for damages. The pro-Hamas mob took over the Union last May, $40,000 in damages, sixteen arrests, all cases dismissed, and the Union director said in our meeting, “We took care of it (damages) internally.” THEY’RE FOR THE MOBS!)
WHAT DO “WE THE PEOPLE” WANT? (By Steve Chavez)
1. “WE” want Jobs not Mobs.
3. “WE” want Journalists not Propagandists.
9. “WE” want our Founding Articles not the Rules for Radicals.
11. “WE” want Family and Friend Unions not Political Exclusions.
12. “WE” want Educators not Indoctrinators.
13. “WE” want Guiltless Wealth Accumulation not Forced Wealth Distribution.
19. “WE” want Workers not Freeloaders.
20. “WE” want Flag Wavers not Flag Desecrators.
24. “WE” want ALL Colors United not Divided.
25. “WE” want Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for ALL.
(DAVID AND FPM gave me the Ammunition to write like that. Democrats hate my list, so I just tell them to read them backwards: “We want Mobs not Jobs.” Fits perfectly.
“I’m Hispanic and I was born a Democrat. Ten seconds after being born, the (D)octor branded my bottom Left Cheek with a BIG (D). It’s really BIG now! When we left the hospital, they handed my mother my birth certificate and voter registration filled out for Life. Three months later I voted in my first election…. straight (D). —- Blacks are leaving The Plantation. Native Americans are leaving The Reservation. Hispanics like me are leaving El Rancho Grande, but Democrats need not worry because when we die, we’ll be voting for Democrats again.” SC
More Ammunition for CK inspired by the Free Thinkers and Professionals at FPM.
“MLK’S DREAM turned into his worst NIGHTMARE now that people are Hired, Appointed, and Elected based ONLY on the Color of their Skin, their LGBTQ+WXYZ Status, being a First, a DEI Agenda, their Political Affiliation, Gender, and NOT the Content of their Qualifications.” SC
“DEMOCRATS are addicting everyone to FREEBIES, as addictive as Heroin, so when we all become JUNKIES, we have to vote for Them in order to GET OUR FIX!” SC
“MILLIONS take Pride in those who are coming out of the Closet while those same millions make others run into one!”
(Now it’s Trump supporters, MAGAS, Conservatives, Pro-Lifers, Jews, etc… who are hiding in Closet due to Fear, Intimidation, and Retaliation! Try wearing a MAGA hat at any university. The professors will lower your grades, and the students will even attack you!)
“MILLIONS are still watching Black and White TVs so they only see the World as Black and White. Those same millions are constantly playing with the knobs trying to take the White Part out!” SC
(There is a War on Whites, Whiteness, White Privilege… and they’re getting away with it.)
“BEWARE of the Person with the Never-Ending Smile, for when you turn your back, they show their FANGED TEETH!”
(I wrote that for Obama, Michelle, Oprah, Ellen, and added Kamala who actually has a psychotic illness called Smile Mask Syndrome which is smiling while talking about a serious issue. She realizes it but too late. These people are very scary… and evil.)
Excellent writing sir. Great quotes that I will save and send.
May David rest in eternal peace. I’m very saddened by his loss, but enlightened by his words, intellect and honest love for our nation and its values. May God embrace him as he embraced religious liberty.
The loss of DH is a tough one. RIP
Baruch Dayan Haemet. May God welcomes him in his paradise. A warrior’s rest. David has left a world that is no longer fit to live in. A world he fought like a lion to save from evil… But evil has been the strongest, for even today the hope that animated us has been extinguished. Farewell then, dear friend, In God’s sphere or garden, you will no doubt know that peace and serenity that none of us has managed to achieve… We’ll find each other again, since death is only a step towards another life… So this is just un au revoir…
Thérèse