Things were seriously heading off the rails.
Then â in the middle of all this â Charlie Kirk reached out.
He invited me to come on his show to talk with him. He wrote:
âHey, Van, I mean it, Iâd love to have you on my show to have a respectful conversation about crime and race. I would be a gentleman as I know you would be as well. We can disagree about the issues agreeably.â
Unfortunately, before I could even respond, Charlie Kirk was killed â seemingly assassinated for the words heâs spoken, though the killerâs exact motives are still being investigated.