Tens of thousands of people gathered on Sunday in Arizona for a memorial service in honor of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed in Utah at the beginning of this month during a campus event.
The event took place in the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and instead Dozens of dozens From officials from the Trump administration, the GOP legislator and prominent conservatives as well as thousands of supporters. speaker Reflected on Kirk’s life And legacy and the way forward at a point of increased tensions.
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Trump leans into politics
While most speakers on Sunday on Kirk’s legacy, his faith and the movement he built up concentrated, President Trump Didn’t shy away From the political divisions that have been tightened in a certain way since Kirk’s death.
“He didn’t hate his opponents, he wanted the best for her,” said Trump. “I didn’t agree to Charlie there. I hate my opponents and I don’t want the best for her. I’m sorry.”
Trump found at one point that Kirk described his political rivals as “Die Linke” and added that he preferred the term “radical left” or “radical lunatics”.
The president’s comments often turned into political territory, which resembled a campaign speech. Trump spoke about plans for an announcement on autism on Monday. He claimed that the democrats “like dogs cheated” in the 2020 elections, which Trump lost. He mocked the former President Biden. And he bragged the tariffs that he has imposed since taking office.
Kirk’s death has triggered A renewed discussion About rising political violence and calls for some legislators to lower the temperature. However, these efforts have already exchanged themselves as a Trump administration threatens to threaten In speech, it regarded as hater -filled and democrats argue Kirk’s death Shouldn’t obscure The inflammatory things he said.
Vice President Vance recognized the increased tensions during his comments.
“After his death we saw some of the worst parts of humanity,” said Vance. “We saw how people slandered him. We observed how people justify their murder and celebrate his death. I know that this did this [me] Angry, as it made you irate. But in these moments it is simple to see only the worst in our fellow human beings. “
Erika Kirk enters into the national spotlight
Erika Kirk has become a well -known name in the days since her husband was killed at Utah Valley University, and her comments on Sunday were her most vital appearance so far.
Kirk dabbed tears from his eyes through her comments and collapsed at one point when she said She awarded the suspect who shot and killed her husband.
She spoke in detail about her husband’s mission and how religion was of central importance for her family.
“I love you Charlie, baby. And I will make you proud,” said Kirk at the end of her approximately 25-minute speech and deserved delightful applause.
And she swore to continue her husband’s work on what concentrated her to convince youthful men like those who killed Charlie Kirk.
The turning point USA Board elected last week To make Erika Kirk the next CEO of the organization that her husband founded.
“The world needs the turning point in the USA. It needs a group that will show young people from the path of misery and sin,” said Kirk and Schwor that the campus events would continue. (*5*)
“And so I promise you today, every part of our work is getting bigger,” said Kirk.
Trump Administration well represented
The White House flew two aircraft full of employees, legislators and administrative officers from Charlie Kirk’s monument and reflected how closely the founder of the turning point, the USA was intertwined with the Trump administration.
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, Director of the National Secret Services Tulsi Gabbard, Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary for Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The chief of staff of the White House, Susie Wiles, who rarely makes public comments, held a tiny but emotional address.
“Our entire administration is here,” said Vance. “Not only because we love Charlie as a friend, even though we did it, but because we know that we weren’t here without him.”
The deputy chief of staff of the White House, Stephen Miller, warned political enemies that they had aroused a movement that they could not understand and that Kirk would “immortalize”.
“You thought you could kill Charlie Kirk? You made him immortal,” added Miller. “You have immortalized Charlie Kirk and now millions will continue his legacy.”
Sergio Gor, a long -time Trump adjutant, said Kirk was “everything Trump” and “embodied Maga”.
“Charlie embodied the spirit of Maga. Always fought for America and never drove back,” said Gor, the former director of the presidential staff, who has since been classified as an ambassador in India.
And Gabard said that Kirk’s legacy was a reflection of the importance of freedom of speech and free debate, which at a time when the government is exposed to setbacks from left, and the right to punish the speech that she does not like after Kirk’s death.
“Freedom of speech is a basis of our Democratic Republic. We have to protect everything, because without it we will be lost,” said Gabard. “Charlie knew that. He lived it.”
Spokesman emphasize Kirk’s belief, spiritual struggle
Kirks Faith was central to his life, and spokesman for spokesman on Sunday called this and next framed as a spiritual struggle.
President Trump said Kirk was a “martyr”. The former moderator of Fox News, Tucker Carlson, said Kirk “had the gospel in the country”. The spokesman for the Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet, called Kirk a “prophet”.
Jack Posobiec, a right -wing commentator, asked the participants to “attract God’s full armor and to face evil in high places and the spiritual war”.
And the conservative commentator Benny Johnson described a biblical hint to suggest that the Trump government had given God the power to “lead the sword for the horror of evil men”.
“We would like to thank the administration for being here and that this divine mission of the sword has fulfilled evil,” added Johnson.
Monument combines factions of conservative movements
The event on Sunday showed a number of guests who were probably not in the same room at another meeting, perhaps from the Republican National Congress.
Carlson, the former moderator of Fox News, who at times criticized the Trump government’s foreign policy, was one of those who spoke about his relationship with Kirk.
Posobiec, a marginal figure that was in the center of the “Pizzagate” Spirak theory, also received a speaking slot.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, was present And was seen at a point that was in a private suite during the monument. After his bitter Fallout with the white house of Trump, Musk had raised a up-to-date political party to establish a up-to-date political party.
Dana White, the CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was also present and discovered next to Trump.
And Bombard, the director of the National Secret Service and former Democrat, also had a speaking slot.
“It’s like an old revival of the time, isn’t it?” Said Trump.
