Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, says she forgives man accused of murder | Charlie Kirk shooting
Arizona, Glendale’deki public monument during an emotional address, right -wing youth organizer Charlie Kirk, said he forgave the man accused of killing her husband.
“My husband wanted to save the young men who took his life, Kir Kirk said before a crowd of capacity. “That man, that young man – I forgive him. I forgive him because that’s what Christ did, and that’s what Charlie did.”
The stadium stood up with applause.
Prosecutors 22 -year -old Tyler Robinson’u on September 10 at the Utah Valley University (UVU) deadly Charlie Kirk’u hit. Robinson of Utah may face a death penalty if he is convicted.
Authorities said that Robinson had a message to his partner after shooting that Kirk had enough of his “hatred”. In an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, Erika Kirk said that the suspect asked if he wanted to see if he had encountered a death penalty.
HE attracted attention: Im I will be honest. I told our lawyer, I want the government to decide it. I don’t want this man’s blood in my penance.
“Because when I go to heaven and Jesus, ‘Oh, [an] Eye for the eye? Are we doing this like this? ‘And does this prevent me from being in heaven and being with Charlie? “
In his words at the State Farm Stadium, Erika Kirk promised to continue as the newly appointed leader of the group founded by her husband.
“The answer to hatred is not hate,” he said. “The answer we know from the Bible is love and always love – love for our enemies and my love for those who persecute us.”
Kirk was shot and killed in the first stance on the university campus tour. His death led to a violent political debate about the power of words, kindness, increasing violence and free speech.
Many of the leading conservative Kirk tried to accuse him on the left for the assassination. Many speakers, including the president, demonstrated the democrats, and the elected officials and party leaders condemned the murder, but accused them of violent accusation.
Orum I hate my competitors and I don’t want the best for them, Don Donald Trump said in his words in the monument. The president added: “I’m sorry Erika.”
The murder of Kirk was the last political violence aimed at republicans and democrats in recent years.
Hours of service, Trump’s Make America Again (MAGA) movement, several members of the movement, Kirk’s close personal friend of the vice president JD Vance, including statements.
