President delivers mix of eulogy and campaign speech while JD Vance calls Kirk ‘martyr for the Christian faith’
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, says she forgives man accused of murder
Vance puts Charlie Kirk’s Christian faith front and center – with an eye on 2028
Donald Trump told a crowd of thousands that he “hates” his opponents at a public memorial to honor the rightwing youth organizer Charlie Kirk, even after Kirk’s widow said she forgives the man charged with fatally shooting her husband during an event at a Utah college.
Tens of thousands gathered at the event in Arizona on Sunday, with the president giving the last of more than two dozen speeches, after emotional remarks from Kirk’s widow, Erika, and eulogies from the vice-president, JD Vance, four cabinet members and other senior White House officials, a reflection of the murdered activist’s deep imprint on the president’s Make America Great Again (Maga) movement.
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