Erika Kirk delivered an emotional tribute to her late husband, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, throughout a memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday. Speaking earlier than a big crowd, she mirrored on her marriage, her Christian religion, and her dedication to carrying on his work.

Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10 at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged in reference to the killing. While acknowledging her heartbreak, Erika Kirk emphasised forgiveness, even for the accused.

“Charlie wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life,” she mentioned. “Our Savior said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ That young man…I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it’s what Charlie would do.”

Erika Kirk Forgives Charlie Kirk’s Accused Killer

Her eulogy started with one among her husband’s favourite scriptures, Isaiah 6:8: “Here I am, Lord. Send me.” She remembered as soon as warning him concerning the verse’s gravity. “God will take you up on that,” she instructed him. “And He did.”

Erika described the devastating second she seen her husband’s physique.

“I looked directly at my husband’s murdered body. Saw the wound that ended his life. I felt shock, horror, and a level of heartache I didn’t even know existed,” she mentioned. Yet she discovered solace in believing he didn’t endure. “I saw on his lips the faintest smile… it told me Charlie didn’t suffer.”

She additionally revealed a personal ritual that sustained their marriage throughout his frequent journey. “Every Saturday, Charlie wrote me a love note. He never missed one,” she mentioned. The letters expressed gratitude and all the time ended with a query: “‘Please let me know how I can better serve you as a husband.’”

Faith, Erika pressured, outlined Charlie’s life. He journaled each day, as soon as writing: “Every time you make a decision, it puts a mark on your soul.”

Concluding her remarks, Erika introduced she is going to succeed her husband as CEO of Turning Point USA. “Everything Charlie built through his vision and hard work, we will make ten times greater,” she mentioned. “No assassin will ever stop us from defending those rights.”