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US President Donald Trump praised conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a “great American hero” and “the martyr” during a speech to tens of thousands of mourners in a memorial service in Arizona.

Trump was the main spokesman for the crowded event on Sunday, who witnessed senior officials of his administration, including Vice President JD Vance, and praises Kirk’s political legacy after being shot on September 10.

“He was assassinated because he had courageously, he lived boldly and brilliantly argued,” Trump said to the crowd at the State Pharm Stadium near Phoenix.

Kirk’s wife, Erika, gave a tearful speech in which she said she forgave her alleged husband’s killer.

She said: “My husband, Charlie, wanted to save the youth, just like the person who took his life,” adding: “I forgive him because what Christ did. The answer to hatred is not hatred.”

Tens of thousands of people for hours outside the field before the event, with some camps even the night before to secure their place. Many people have worked to make America great again (Maga), and other things that carry a Trump brand, red, white and blue fashion.

Inside the field, mood and atmosphere likened a loud political gathering with music in advance of the Christian bands that prompted to stand from the crowd from about 100,000.

Among the list of speakers are members of Kirk, Turn Point Usa, which focuses on conservative activity in universities, well -known figures in the conservative movement, Trump administration officials and those who said they had been formed through Kirk’s work and the right of the right -wing Christian world.

They emphasized the need to continue the 31 -year -old activity and stressed his deep faith throughout the five -hour service. Kirk, who was discussing students at a university in Utah when he was shot dead from the near surface, was repeatedly described as a martyr.

Other speakers said they believed that his death would increase the revitalization of the conservative moment in America, which is already in a strong position given Trump’s grip of the White House and the Republican control of Congress.

“On the day Charlie died, the angels cried, but those tears turned into fire in our hearts,” said Stephen Miller, the White House Vice President, said. “Our enemies cannot understand our strength.”

Within the positions of State Farm, Kirk was recorded as a activist for freedom of expression and a group of youth votes for Trump. “Not only helped Charlie, he has made a big difference, and I promise you,” said Susi Wales, White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wells.

“We will not be here without it,” said Vice President GD Vans for the crowd, which sometimes broke out to a chanting from the “United States of America, USA”.

He added, “We got it from here,” while discussing Kerk’s political legacy.

Vans was one of several major personalities from the Trump administration who spoke on the stage, with others, including Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, Minister of War, Beit Higseth and Minister Heath Robert Kennedy Junior.

Kirk’s wife, Erika, who was sometimes tears when she described her relationship and pledged to continue her husband’s work. It was called the new CEO of Turning Point Usa after his death.

“I saw the wound that ended his life,” she said. “I felt everything he expected to feel. I was shocked. I felt terrifying, and a level of heart pain that I did not know exist.

“In the past ten days after the assassination of Charlie, we haven’t seen violence. We haven’t seen riots. I haven’t seen a revolution. Instead, we have always seen what my husband prayed in this country, and we saw a revival,” Kirk said to the crowd.

Then she said that she forgave the killer of her alleged husband, 22 -year -old Tyler Robinson. Kirk said: “This man, this young man, forgive him. I forgive him because he was what Christ did and this is what Charlie will do.”

There was a noisy reception when President Trump took the stage after Erika Kirk. He repeatedly praised Charlie Kerk, while sometimes he resorted to the usual political conversation points, including the crime in American cities and his predecessor Joe Biden.

“He is now a martyr for the freedom of America,” Trump said. “I know I am talking about everyone here today when I say that none of us will not forget Charlie.

Then the president said that he does not agree to Kirk on one thing. He said some laughter: “He did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best for them.” “This is where I disagree with Charlie. I hate my own and I do not want what is better for them.”

Trump also attacked what he called the “radical left” and blamed the left for violence in the country.

At the end of his title, which Kirk described as “large of his generation”, Trump joined the theater by Erika Kirk and the husband’s husband with the crowd’s clap.

The deep partisan event reflected how Kirk’s death put the extremist political divisions in America, while blaming many on the left to calm political violence.

The Trump administration is seeking a campaign on what it calls the “radical left”, which in turn prompted accusations of transcending the government and claiming that Kirk’s death is used as an excuse to intrude on civil freedoms.

Robinson, from He was accused of killing KirkHe faces the death penalty, but the motivation behind the killing was not revealed by officials.

Kirk was eighteen years old when he participated in the founding of Turning Point Usa, a student organization that focused on spreading conservative ideas in universities.

He would have discussed universities and became known for his combat style, as he invited students to ascend to the microphone and challenge his view of the right -wing Christian world in front of the Baying audience.

Sections of these exchanges built large followers – more than 5 million followers on X and 7 meters on Tiktok – helped him fill out youth vote for President Trump.

While activating the young conservatives, his statements about issues such as race and crime routinely prompted an angry liberal reaction. He was a strong supporter of weapons rights, who was very opposed to abortion, criticizing the rights of transgender people and strengthening false claims about Covid-19.