Charlie Kirk memorial service set to take place in Arizona stadium
ReutersA memorial ceremony for the right -wing activist Charlie Kirk will be held at the State Farm Stadium in Arizona, a place that can sit more than 60,000 people on September 21st.
Turning Point Usa, the organization founded by Kirk, made the announcement on social media and invited the people to celebrate their “extraordinary life and permanent heritage”.
31 -year -old Kirk was shot on Wednesday during an open -air -speaking event in Utah. The suspect killer Tyler Robinson was arrested on Thursday night after surrendering to the police.
President Donald Trump is expected to attend the commemoration ceremony with Vice President JD Vance and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio.
Before going to Israel on Saturday, Rubio said he would return time for Kirk’s monument and remember him as a “great young man.”
“I admired everything he said and what he said on the campuses, and again a tremendous effect on young people,” he said.
Arizona points to an important place for Kirk – the place of Turning Point Usa’s headquarters and the place where they live with two children before the death of his wife and wife.
Early on Saturday, Kirk’s widow’s wife Erika promised to keep the first public words alive after her husband’s death.
Live from Turning Point Usa’s headquarters, 36 -year -old Miss Kirk addressed what he calls “Evil Doers” responsible for his husband’s death.
“You have no idea of the fire you fire in this spouse, the screams of this widow will echo like a war scream around the world.” He said.
“They should all know: If you think that my husband’s duty is strong without any idea, you have no idea what you have revealed in this country and in this world.”
In an later Instagram post, Ms. Kirk reiterated these comments and published the videos and photos of her husband sitting on her open coffin and kissing her hand.
Kirk was shot while hosting one of his signature, and proved that there was false debates at Utah Valley University, while receiving a question about weapons violence and transsexual people in the United States.
Tyler Robinson was detained on September 12 and told BBC’s US partner CBS News, and is held in Utah district prison without bail.
It is expected to appear the first court next week and will be accused here.
Kirk was a controversial figure in the US political discourse and was greeted by many as the future of American conservatism. young conservatives that provide energy.
Mobilizing the youth vote, Trump was an instrumental organizer in the maga coalition and returned to the White House for a second period.
After Kirk’s death, Trump explained to him that he would call him the medal of freedom of freedom after his death – the highest civil honor – the “giant and freedom champion of the generation”.
