Takeeways key to Charlie Kirk commemorative service

Tens of thousands of people packed the state farm stadium in Arizona on Sunday to pay tribute to Charlie Kirk, who was acclaimed as “martyr” by President Donald Trump and other main conservative figures.

“I know that I speak for everyone here when I say that none of us will forget Charlie Kirk, and not now the story,” Trump said.

Kirk, 31, was a deadly shot on September 10 while talking at the University of Utah Valley for his tour The American Comeback, which invited students on university campuses to discuss calmer issues.

After founding Turning Point uses at 18, Kirk became one of the most prominent conservative voices in the country. But some of his comments on armed violence, LGBTQ problems, race and more often caused criticism of liberals and others.

In Sunday’s public memorial service, administration officials considered him a “warrior” for the Maga Movement and his wife, Erika, said he died with “incomplete work but not with pending issues.”

Here are the key conclusions.

Conservatives commemorate Kirk as ‘martyr’ and ‘Guerrero’

Kirk was lionized by several speakers as a modern martyr, many using the word in the context of his Christian faith.

“Charlie Kirk is now a martyr. His power will only grow,” said conservative commentator Benny Johnson in energetic comments. “Evil thought there would be a funeral today, God has created a revival here in this house at this time,” Johnson added.

Vice President JD Vance, a close friend of Kirk who escorted his coffin to Arizona in Air Force Dos, said: “We must remember that he is a hero for the United States of America. And he is a martyr of the Christian faith.”

President Trump described Kirk as a martyr for “American freedom.”

Others praised Kirk as a “Maga Warrior”, and Florida’s congresswoman, Anna Paulina Luna, compared it to George Washington, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

The mixed policy and religion service, since the day began with hours of Christian music before the program began. Many in the crowd were worshiping with their hands in the air.

The speakers buy that Kirk’s movement will continue

The personnel of the White House Personnel, Stephen Miller, in some of the most heated comments of the program, said that Kirk’s death created a “fire in our hearts.”

Miller criticized an unidentified enemy and told the crowd: “They cannot imagine what they have aroused. They cannot conceive the army that have emerged in all of us because we defend what is good, which is virtuous, what is noble.”

Trump praised Kirk’s organization as a “giant of American politics” who believed that “it will be bigger and better than ever.”

Trump and several administration officials saw the program in a suite behind Bulletproof Glass, and almost all his cabinet sat in the first row.

Vance said: “Now our entire administration is here, but not only because we love Charlie as a friend, although we did it, but because we know we would not be here without him. Charlie built an organization that restructured the balance of our policy.”

Erika Kirk says she forgives the alleged shooter in emotional speech

Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, in emotional comments, revealed that she forgives the alleged shooter, who has been accused of her murder.

“That young man, I forgive him,” he said while containing the tears, with the crowd jumping at his feet in a standing ovation.

Tyler Robinson, 22, was accused of a series of crimes for allegedly killing Charlie Kirk, including aggravated murder.

“The response to hatred is not hate,” he said in the commemorative service.

She also reported the moments in which she saw her husband’s body after being killed, saying that she experienced “a level or pain that she didn’t even know that it existed.”

When he saw his body, he said he saw the “mild smile” on his lips, telling him that he “did not suffer” and that there was no “fear” or “agony” when he died.

“While Charlie died too early, he was also ready to die. There was nothing that he was postponing,” he said.

Erika Kirk said that taking charge of Turning Point USA is not something that she takes light, after being recently chosen to replace her husband as CEO, but that she and her husband share the same mission.

She said that campus events will continue, emphasizing the need for debate and the importance of the first amendment. “No murderer will stop us for defending those rights,” he said.

President Trump gave final comments, called Kirk ‘Immortal’

To finish comments for the commemorative service, President Donald Trump said that Charlie Kirk, whom he described as “our greatest evangelist for American freedom,” is now “immortal.”

He stressed that Kirk was someone who had a “good heart” and was a “great American hero” who had the “will to fight, fight, fight”, a phrase that has become a scream of meeting for Trump’s supporters since the attempt to attempted murder in July 2024.

The president said that Kirk was a “missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose”, but that he differ with the conservative activist at a point, specifically that Kirk “did not hate his opponents.”

“That’s where I don’t agree with Charlie. I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them,” Trump said.

Trump also continued to blame “the left” for political violence in the United States, called the alleged shooter a “radicalized cold -blooded monster” and reiterated his direction to the Department of Justice to investigate groups that claims to contribute to political violence.

Throughout his speech, Trump deviated from talking about the conservative activist several times. His comments about Kirk were briefly interrupted when he discussed an upcoming announcement about autism, his rates policy and complaints about the 2020 elections. He also added that “violence comes largely from the left.”

When Trump closed the program, he invited Erika Kirk to return to the stage and the two hugged.