Tens of thousands fill arena for memorial to assassinated activist
Later, through tears, Erika Kirk stated the prayer that was said to be said on the cross by Jesus Christ: “Dad, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”
Then his voice fell into a whisper and said from his husband’s assassin: “That man. That young man. I forgive him.”
Charlie Kirk was one of the most important maga sounds and media figures in the USA.Credit: AP
Trump spoke last in the five -hour monument and praised Kirk as a ısi the most brilliant lights of the generation killed by a “radicalized, cold -blooded monster”.
“Now a martyr for America, freedom for America,” he said. “None of us will not forget Charlie Kirk, and now it’s not history.”
At the end of his speech, Trump addressed the country’s complex response to the assassination of Kirk, which is the conservatives who rejected his death and even seek revenge for celebrating his death. The Trump administration also pointed out a pressure that he thought he had provoked violence against left -wing activists.
“In American politics, no party has a monopoly on people who have been uncomfortable or misleaded in American politics,” Trump said.
“However, there is a part that believes that our political community is monopolized in real, good and virtue, and at the same time concludes that they have monopolies in power, thought and speech.
“Such persecution… It is the ultimate consequence of such thought. If speech is violence, some must conclude that violence is right to stop speaking.”
At the end of his speech, Trump invited Erika Kirk to the stage; He hugged his head while listening to his shoulder and comforted him.
Previously, the White House Deputy Chief of General Staff Stephen Miller said that the tears on the crowd, the tears of the angels on the death of Kirk, turned into a burning fire with honest anger that our enemies cannot understand or understand.
Stephen Miller Deputy General Manager of White House speaks at the conservative activist Charlie Kirk monument.Credit: AP
Maga Foes said, “You are nothing. You are evil, jealous, you are jealous, hate. You can’t do anything. You can’t create anything. You can’t create anything.”
“We are the builders. We are the creators. We are the ones who removed humanity. Did you think that you could kill Charlie Kirk? You immortalized him.
“You have no idea of the dragon you wake up with.
Kirk’s close friend, Vance, drew attention to the success of the young activist and created a conservative Juggernaut on campus, media and election campaigns.
Vice President JD Vance said that Charlie Kirk changed the course of American history.Credit: AP
“Charlie Kirk from this desert built a movement, Vance Vance said. “He transformed the face of conservatism in our time and changed the course of American history.”
The Vice President also thanked Kirk with the success of the Trump administration with the success of the young voters with the young voters. “We know we won’t be here without it.”
As Kirk did in his life and work, the ceremony seized religion and politics. Started with the commentary amazing Grace – He liked the Kirk instrument – and a maga rally atmosphere was combined with a Hillsong service.
“Charlie looked at politics as the ramp of Jesus, Rob said Rob McCoy, the priest of Tpusa Faith’s co -chairman. “He knew that all of you would be rowing in the flow of freedom and that he would come to his source, and this Lord.”
Supporters join the Commemoration Service on Sunday.Credit: AP
The monument was likened to a Super Bowl or a presidential funeral.Credit: Bloomberg
Mikey McCoy, the Chief of General Staff of Kirk, quoted the 19th century Danish theologian Søren Kierkegaard: “Tirana is dead and the rule is over. The martyr died and the rule has just begun.”
Lower-right activist Jack Posobiec said that Kirk’s assassination has revealed an ugliness and evil to be overcome by love and prayer.
“We will never let the left, the media or democrats forget the name Charlie Kirk,” he said.
Jack Posobiec is on the stage to talk.Credit: AP
A Arizona State Trooper passes through a large cross in front of the Commemoration Service.Credit: Bloomberg
Standing applause was common. At various times, the crowded members stood up and raised their arms to the sky, thanked God or Jesus.
On the front, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Internal Security Secretary Tulsi Gabbard, including Elon Musk, were among the most prominent politicians, media figures, media figures and business leaders.
Trump flew from Washington and landed in a nearby Air Force Base while the monument continued. Just before 13:00 (05:00 aest), the arena entered to cheer and applause and sat behind a bullet -proof shield.
Elon Musk and Trump.Credit: AP
He sat next to Dana White Trump, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Later, the billionaire Tesla General Manager Elon Musk, who was sitting next to Trump, was stuck hands and chatted on the stage while hegseth talked.
The meeting re -revived a friendship between the two men after the magnificent falling in the White House position.
Outside, long and chaotic lines waiting to clean up security caused mass confusion as people waited as they strangled the heat of the arizona. There was no sign or information about which lines they would join, where they lead, or whether people would expect to go in.
A man in the crowd raises his arms.Credit: AP
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