This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs the presidential campaign entered its final stages, a fresh-faced Republican activist named Charlie Kirk stepped into the spotlight at a closed-door gathering of leading conservatives and shared his delight about an impact of the coronavirus pandemic: the disruption of America’s universities. So many campuses had closed, he said, that up to a half-million left-leaning students probably would not vote.“So, please keep the campuses closed,” Kirk, 26, said in August as the audience cheered, according to video of the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs the presidential campaign entered its final stages, a fresh-faced Republican activist named Charlie Kirk stepped into the spotlight at a closed-door gathering of leading conservatives and shared his delight about an impact of the coronavirus pandemic: the disruption of America’s universities. So many campuses had closed, he said, that up to a half-million left-leaning students probably would not vote.“So, please keep the campuses closed,” Kirk, 26, said in August as the audience cheered, according to video of the...WW…