Kirk’s memorial took place this weekend just gone, featuring speeches from the likes of Trump, JD Vance, and Donald Trump Jr. Other notable figures including Elon Musk were in attendance.
“I know I speak for everyone here today when I say that none of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk, and neither now will history,” President Trump said.
Yet it was Kirk’s widow, Erika, who gave the most passionate speech. The grieving wife and mother-of-two solemnly took the stage amidst pyrotechnics and blaring music prior to insisting that she had forgiven the “young man” who shot her husband dead.
Estimates from certain sources claim over 100,000 people attended the service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, nearly double the stadium’s official capacity. Meanwhile, thousands