Congress Honors Charlie Kirk with Prayer Vigil in Statuary Hall Following His Tragic Death

[01:49] Good evening. Welcome to prime time

[01:50] coverage of Right Side Broadcasting

[01:52] Network at the live desk as it's 6:00 on

[01:55] the East Coast, 3:00 on the West Coast

[01:58] for a vigil for our friend Charlie Kirk,

[02:01] a congressional vigil that will be

[02:03] taking place in addition to vigils

[02:06] across the country on the campus of

[02:08] Arizona State University tonight where

[02:11] some of his closest advisors and friends

[02:14] will be taking place in a candle lit

[02:17] vigil as well. We've seen this pop up

[02:20] across the nation if you were with us on

[02:22] Friday evening at Auburn University in

[02:24] fact with Brian Hollyand a friend of the

[02:28] network to the Jacob Roose who's been

[02:32] outstanding a chapter president here.

[02:34] It's a very personal story for all of

[02:36] us. Her involvement in an outstanding

[02:38] youth movement to save the country and

[02:42] place it into constitutional principles

[02:45] once again. And now, the Congress of the

[02:47] United States, the 119th

[02:49] edition, will be honoring this great man

[02:53] known as Charlie Kirk. Someone I'm just

[02:56] enjoying really going through the videos

[02:58] and not only the comments and the

[03:00] eulogies online throughout social media,

[03:04] but I just saw footage of my friend from

[03:06] Wheeling High School in the Chicago

[03:08] suburbs where he was captain of the

[03:10] basketball team. I never accepted the

[03:12] challenge to take him one-on-one on

[03:14] basketball because at a meek and humble

[03:17] 5'9, I could not take on the 6'5 Charlie

[03:21] Kirk when it came to basketball. He was

[03:24] quite an athlete and other amazing

[03:27] videos as well from Liberty University

[03:29] where he threw the football

[03:32] about 40 yards or so because people were

[03:34] challenging him online and he always had

[03:37] that light-hearted nature about it. most

[03:40] recently from the South Park show where

[03:43] Cartman

[03:44] teased him and of course the producers

[03:46] in turn of that cartoon with his hairdo

[03:48] on and drinking copious amounts of water

[03:51] and Charlie laughed about it and said we

[03:54] have to have smiles and just in the

[03:56] political process because it is about

[03:58] free speech but then when those things

[04:00] happen they're also noticing what you're

[04:02] doing in the culture and they got that

[04:05] spot on pretty much on what he do on a

[04:07] college campus to share not only the

[04:10] gospel but common sense principles for

[04:13] America's youth and it was a pleasure to

[04:16] be by his side in an official capacity

[04:19] from roughly 2016 to 2020 but then even

[04:23] beforehand through volunteer efforts and

[04:25] the Bruce Rer campaign in Illinois the

[04:28] last Republican governor who was very

[04:30] generous in helping start that

[04:32] organization as a private citizen to

[04:35] Bill Montgomery the late great Bill

[04:37] Montgomery from 2020 20 who was really

[04:40] the visionary who told Charlie, "No,

[04:42] don't go to college. You have to do

[04:46] this. I'll help you take it on the road

[04:48] to save this constitutional republic all

[04:53] the way up to the halls of the White

[04:55] House." In fact, I still have a story

[04:56] from our campus clash tour that went to

[04:59] Depal University, which was giving me

[05:01] such a headache. I mean, this once great

[05:03] Catholic university, the largest in

[05:05] America, you'd walk right in the front

[05:07] door of the student center and they'd

[05:10] have uh far-left

[05:13] paraphernalia to uh Islamist radical

[05:17] Islam

[05:19] paraphernalia as well to things that

[05:21] really would not mirror what you think

[05:22] would be a Catholic, let alone a

[05:24] Christian university, but let alone Paul

[05:27] Depal would do that on a regular basis

[05:30] and terrible about free speech.

[05:32] We had an incredible event at the JW

[05:36] Marriott in the city of Chicago off of

[05:38] the Depal's campus because they shut us

[05:41] down and they shut uh Milo Milo uh

[05:45] Ebilopoulos and countless other people

[05:48] who just wanted to speak way back when

[05:50] before this was all a household name

[05:53] before people knew of Turning Point USA

[05:55] at the level they now do with over

[05:58] 37,000 applications for new chap

[06:01] chapters

[06:03] being filed

[06:04] in the last several days. So, the legacy

[06:08] lives on and we honor the memory and the

[06:11] White House is doing that. In fact, when

[06:13] I go back home to Chicago, I'm going to

[06:15] bring that news article in because it

[06:17] said from Wheeling to the White House.

[06:20] It's on the front page of Chicago

[06:22] Tribune of a man who never backed down,

[06:24] who never quit, who would bend, turn,

[06:26] dip, dive, dodge, whatever it took to

[06:29] share the greatness of this nation

[06:33] peacefully and patriotically.

[06:35] to do so on college campuses, within the

[06:38] American church, in public and private

[06:40] spaces, all with a smile on his face. As

[06:43] the truest happy warrior, someone who

[06:46] exemplified grassroots humility to

[06:48] warrior spirit and persistent

[06:50] innovation, he never ever slowed down.

[06:54] And he found in each and every one of us

[06:57] things that we did not know we

[06:59] possessed.

[07:01] And that's really the timeless charm of

[07:04] Charlie that every time he said, "Man,

[07:08] congratulations. This is amazing. You've

[07:10] done extraordinary work." Now, it's

[07:12] about us. It's about this movement, and

[07:15] it's about what you're doing in your

[07:16] neck of the woods. He always had a way

[07:18] of encouraging and highlighting those

[07:21] around him

[07:24] and how they could make a difference in

[07:27] their community.

[07:29] as we honor him on this evening.

[07:32] Congress, the 119th Congress, holding a

[07:35] prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk, also at

[07:37] Arizona State University, their campus.

[07:41] That will be happening tonight. Tonight,

[07:42] I'm sure as well many others, countless

[07:45] others throughout the country, and just

[07:48] coming from a friend from the bottom of

[07:50] my heart, thank you for doing such a

[07:52] thing for this extraordinary man. And

[07:56] Mr. producer, if we could play that clip

[08:00] from the last broadcast that was in that

[08:03] lineup

[08:05] number five, the White House, honoring

[08:09] Charlie Kirk in a video, very befitting

[08:13] of the man who who he was, a family man,

[08:15] a husband and a father, a son, a brother

[08:18] first and foremost, and yes, a dear

[08:20] friend, someone who never forgot

[08:23] everyone along the way from its

[08:26] inception. ion as SOS liberty to save

[08:29] our state Illinois to Turning Point USA.

[08:32] He never forgot anyone in the process

[08:36] and his life was an immense blessing

[08:40] inspiring countless millions and the

[08:42] White House honoring him with this

[08:44] wonderful video.

[08:52] What advice do you have for me as I move

[08:55] into adulthood in order to become a more

[08:57] informed and involved citizen?

[08:59] >> Well, first of all, thank you for being

[09:01] here. And

[09:03] I have hope thanks to people like you.

[09:05] How old are you again?

[09:06] >> 13.

[09:07] >> 13. Here's a couple things I want to

[09:09] encourage you to do. Learn something new

[09:11] every single day. And focus on what it

[09:14] means to be a good person and a person

[09:16] of strong character. Aristotle said that

[09:19] courage is the ultimate virtue. But

[09:20] without it, there are no other virtues.

[09:22] If people aren't courageous, you don't

[09:23] have honesty. You don't have justice.

[09:25] You don't have beauty. You don't have

[09:26] wonder. And so, at age 13, I want you to

[09:29] commit yourself to a life of courage.

[09:31] Courage is doing the right thing when

[09:32] you don't know how it's going to work

[09:34] out. Courage is committing yourself to

[09:35] the correct course of action regardless

[09:37] of the cost associated to it. Every

[09:39] human being, I believe, is made in the

[09:41] image of the divine, is sacred, is

[09:43] unique. And if we get away from this

[09:45] principle as we have, we not only have

[09:46] moral degradation, we not only have the

[09:48] collapsing society around us, but it's

[09:50] bad for that being itself. That being

[09:52] itself is unique. That being has rights.

[09:55] And who are we to say just because we're

[09:56] older that we get to murder it? Thank

[09:59] you.

[10:01] [Music]

[10:07] >> That is the best.

[10:10] It has been very therapeutic for me to

[10:12] read through social media. And as

[10:15] Charlie, I would try to honor the

[10:18] Sabbath. He did it better than I did

[10:20] when it came to putting down these

[10:22] things we carry around. But it it's just

[10:25] so wonderful to read the personal

[10:27] testimonies. And this coming from one

[10:30] day ago with manscior Eric Bar. don't

[10:32] know of him but a Catholic priest who

[10:35] wrote this profound reflection on

[10:37] Charlie Kirk and his life and why his

[10:39] death is different from others. I found

[10:41] this reflection by Chad Praather who

[10:44] penned a paper most moving wise and

[10:47] faithfilled. Chad is an influencer and a

[10:50] great Texas patriot. I hope you find it

[10:53] the same. Also speaking on this with his

[10:56] Sunday homaly on the feast of the

[10:58] exaltation of the holy cross. This is

[11:00] about Charlie Kirk. what his life and

[11:02] death should mean to us all. The reason

[11:06] you feel Charlie's death is so deeply is

[11:09] because grief doesn't measure by its

[11:11] proximity.

[11:13] It measures itself by meaning. You do

[11:16] not have to know him personally to feel

[11:18] the sting of his absence. Because when a

[11:21] voice like this goes silent, something

[11:24] in the atmosphere shifts. The reason it

[11:28] feels heavier than so many other

[11:30] tragedies is simply because your spirit

[11:33] recognizes that this is not just about a

[11:36] man. It's about a battle. Scripture says

[11:39] eternity is written with in our hearts.

[11:43] And when someone is who carried out the

[11:45] truth with boldness is suddenly gone,

[11:49] eternity aches within us. It's like our

[11:52] souls know instinctively that the

[11:53] darkness celebrated and that strikes us

[11:56] at the very core. The reason you can't

[11:59] shake it is because psychologically we

[12:01] don't only attach ourselves to people as

[12:04] we attach ourselves to symbols. But

[12:06] Charlie became a symbol of conviction in

[12:08] a time of compromise, courage in a time

[12:11] of fear. And when a symbol is struck

[12:13] down, it rattles something primal and

[12:16] eternal inside of us. That's why even

[12:19] those who never met him feel like they

[12:21] did. There's a strange thread pulling at

[12:23] us right now. And it's not imagined.

[12:26] It's real. It's we are bound together by

[12:30] the spirit of God himself weaving into

[12:32] us a fabric that cannot be torn apart.

[12:36] This loss pulled at that very fabric of

[12:39] society. And every one of us felt the

[12:41] tug. So if you wondered why this hurt

[12:44] hits so hard and hurts so much, it's

[12:47] because your soul knows it. This is

[12:49] bigger than any news, bigger than

[12:50] politics, it's about eternity. It's

[12:53] about truth and it's about the weight of

[12:55] a man whose life carried both. Love you

[13:00] all. Signed Chad Prather, great Texas ad

[13:04] advocate, activist, influencer, and

[13:06] shared by manscior Eric Bar at his

[13:09] Sunday homaly. And I hope that that was

[13:12] the same case for you where you wherever

[13:14] you choose to worship this past weekend.

[13:17] That the people who were viciously taken

[13:20] from us last week, including Charlie,

[13:21] were remembered in some way, shape, or

[13:24] form.

[13:26] And that, as Charlie put it in Turning

[13:28] Point USA's

[13:30] remembrance video, one I've been

[13:33] watching countless times every morning,

[13:35] every night since its release,

[13:39] that you recognize as the Christian is

[13:42] bound to do, go out into society and

[13:45] correct error with truth.

[13:50] We are meant to be in the arena.

[13:53] And God knows Charlie, he was the man in

[13:56] the arena. And for us as

[14:00] student activists to staff members

[14:04] throughout this youth movement that

[14:06] inspired a nation

[14:08] felt that symbol as Chad described as

[14:12] the Goodman Senior preached about

[14:16] Charlie Kirk was Superman.

[14:19] I think this is why it strikes the heart

[14:20] of not only family and friends

[14:23] that knew him so personally,

[14:27] but the greater good, people of

[14:29] goodwill.

[14:33] Few have that ability to reach across

[14:36] the aisle,

[14:38] to reach across seemingly time and space

[14:40] into other denominations, but also into

[14:43] other religions

[14:45] and to argue on the case for natural

[14:49] law.

[14:51] to have a well-rounded understanding of

[14:54] reading and study without a formal

[14:56] college education, mind you,

[15:00] on Plato and Aristotle and Socrates.

[15:03] I don't know if I've ever witnessed

[15:04] someone use the Socratic method so

[15:07] effectively.

[15:09] And especially in those campus series,

[15:11] not even to embarrass anyone,

[15:14] some would say, "Oh, he he he talks and

[15:16] thinks so fast. He's throwing the other

[15:17] person off." No, it's he was very kind

[15:20] and generous to those who would approach

[15:22] and would often say, "Okay, you don't

[15:24] know this person like a Rashida Talib or

[15:27] any one of the squad members in the

[15:29] Congress who I'm sure sadly won't be

[15:31] there tonight." In fact, one of them was

[15:33] off spouting about how ICE continues to

[15:36] be fascist, how it's rooted in slavery

[15:39] and fascism and racism, which is false.

[15:46] And we have to continue to combat the

[15:48] falsalseness with dialogue, with

[15:51] scripture, with discussion just as

[15:54] Charlie did. But going back to that

[15:56] fact, Charlie would not belittle any

[15:59] student on campus. He'd have a

[16:00] discussion with them. He walked through

[16:01] it with them and a lot of times would

[16:04] turn their own argument on his head

[16:06] because it lit the light bulb within

[16:09] their very being, within their mind.

[16:13] And it went against the narrative of

[16:15] what a lot of these professors do on

[16:16] campus

[16:19] by by forcing these students to choose

[16:21] whether they get a good grade or can

[16:23] actually stand there and argue their

[16:25] point.

[16:27] I ask you tonight, the good viewers of

[16:29] Right Side Broadcasting Network, what do

[16:30] you think will serve people well,

[16:32] especially between the ages of 18 to 22,

[16:35] to simply write a falsehood that they

[16:37] don't believe in or simply go against

[16:38] their own ingrained opinion based on

[16:41] whatever it might be without logic and

[16:43] fact and reason, submit that for a

[16:45] better grade? Do you think that does

[16:46] them well in society when they have to

[16:47] deal with a decision whether it's a life

[16:49] or death issue or what job to choose or

[16:52] how to negotiate for a better salary

[16:54] whatever it might be in professional

[16:56] life

[16:59] and either their parents or scholarships

[17:01] or them they themselves are spending

[17:03] countless amounts of time

[17:06] trust and sacred honor and their

[17:10] livelihood

[17:11] in order to come out with

[17:14] no life skill. s in many cases that

[17:17] happens across America's campuses.

[17:21] And Charlie showed us

[17:24] that if you take the time to

[17:26] not only have passion, interest, it's

[17:29] it's amazing things that you can so many

[17:31] things you could do without

[17:33] talent with that that take no form of

[17:37] any kind of preconceived notion. In

[17:39] fact, we studied that at Turning Point

[17:41] USA because it wasn't a think tank. It

[17:43] was a battle tank. And we went into

[17:46] every campus peacefully and

[17:47] patriotically

[17:49] to talk about being on time, showing up,

[17:52] being prepared. There's a whole list of

[17:55] things that take zero talent. I'll see

[17:57] if I can find that because just another

[17:59] thing I'm reminding myself of when it

[18:02] came to the work

[18:04] and the fact that iron sharpens iron

[18:07] truly was

[18:09] a biblical movement because of the

[18:12] influence of Charlie

[18:16] and I think of the way he

[18:19] positively shaped my life and my career.

[18:22] And again, I've mentioned this on many

[18:25] occasions,

[18:26] but let's go now to United States

[18:29] Congress holding a prayer vigil for

[18:31] Charlie Kirk.

[19:12] Yeah, you're good.

[22:46] some in my home state. We had one here

[22:48] in the K at the Kennedy Center last

[22:50] night as you all know and but we felt it

[22:52] was appropriate for us to gather here in

[22:54] the nation's capital in in Statuary Hall

[22:57] to to to mark the passing of our friend

[23:00] to to share in a moment of reflection

[23:03] and a prayer together which we'll have

[23:05] in a few moments after a few of the

[23:07] leaders speak here briefly. But but I

[23:09] I've summarized in every public remark

[23:11] that I've given that I think the best

[23:13] way to honor the memory of Charlie Kirk

[23:15] is to live as he lived. And I've

[23:18] encouraged young people to do two

[23:20] things. Advance his principles and adopt

[23:24] his approach. The principles that

[23:26] Charlie stood for were faith and freedom

[23:28] and family and virtue and patriotism and

[23:30] America which he believed and we all

[23:33] believe is the greatest nation in the

[23:35] history of the world. Those are good

[23:37] principles to advance and you honor

[23:39] Charlie by doing so. You honor your

[23:42] country, but also to adopt his approach

[23:46] because Charlie was a happy warrior and

[23:47] he was not angry at anybody about any of

[23:50] those things that he was advancing. He

[23:52] never hated anyone. In fact, in

[23:55] Charlie's own words, he was motivated by

[23:57] love. He believed uh in in the words of

[24:01] scripture. He identified himself uh to

[24:04] be a Christ follower and he tried to

[24:07] model that every single day in

[24:08] everything that he did. And as I

[24:10] remarked a couple of times already this

[24:12] week, what I loved about Charlie the

[24:13] most is though even though he could win

[24:15] any debate. Uh he never held it against

[24:18] anyone on the other side of the table.

[24:19] To the contrary, he was the very first

[24:21] person to reach out a hand of friendship

[24:23] or to put his arm around the shoulder of

[24:25] someone uh who was on the complete

[24:28] opposite side of the political spectrum,

[24:30] philosophy or ideology because it was

[24:33] about the people. That's what Charlie

[24:35] represented and his legacy will go on.

[24:37] Scripture reminds us that we we we

[24:41] should not be overcome by evil but we

[24:44] should overcome evil with good. That is

[24:47] the legacy of Charlie Kirk.

[24:51] >> Amen.

[24:58] >> Well, Charlie Kirk was taken from us way

[25:02] too soon.

[25:04] So young,

[25:06] but yet you think about the impact that

[25:11] this young man had

[25:13] on this great country. And frankly, if

[25:16] you looked in the last few days,

[25:19] you can see the impact that Charlie Kirk

[25:21] had on the entire world to see the

[25:25] outpouring, as the speaker said, of love

[25:28] and truly so much love for Charlie and

[25:31] what he represented

[25:34] and for the beautiful family he left

[25:36] behind. Erica, the powerful words that

[25:39] Erica spoke the other night hopefully

[25:42] continue to show America and the world

[25:45] that Charlie's legacy will live on and

[25:48] endure. What he stood for, needs to

[25:51] endure. Because what brought Charlie to

[25:55] public life

[25:57] was really first a concern that the

[26:02] ability to go to college just to learn

[26:06] and to express your own ideas, maybe

[26:10] even ideas of disagreement with somebody

[26:12] else, with a professor. That those

[26:15] powerful ideas were being threatened on

[26:18] our campuses.

[26:20] that that was eroding, that free speech,

[26:23] that ability to debate in a civil way

[26:25] was being taken away. And he wasn't one

[26:29] of those people that just said he was

[26:31] going to complain about it. He actually

[26:32] vowed to do something about it. He

[26:35] didn't just start an organization called

[26:37] Turning Point USA.

[26:39] Charlie Kirk started a movement, a

[26:42] movement that's going to grow

[26:46] and thrive and represent those ideals

[26:50] that Charlie hopefully instilled in

[26:53] people that didn't even agree with him.

[26:56] You know,

[26:58] he was asked

[27:02] what he wanted to be remembered for. Not

[27:05] something frankly that young people

[27:06] would be asked but he was asked that

[27:09] and what he said is I want to be

[27:11] remembered for courage for my faith.

[27:16] That would be the most important thing.

[27:18] The most important thing is my faith in

[27:22] my life. And you could see it when you

[27:25] listened to him. It's what gravitated

[27:28] millions of people to Charlie Kirk. And

[27:30] it wasn't just young people on college

[27:32] campuses.

[27:34] people, seasoned veterans of political

[27:37] discourse, were drawn to that same

[27:39] message because it wasn't just about

[27:41] debating politics.

[27:43] It was about expressing your faith and

[27:46] why it's so important to be able to do

[27:48] that freely.

[27:50] And we can never live in fear. We can

[27:54] never let whatever people think drives

[27:57] them not to debate, but to try to resort

[28:01] to political violence. It can never be

[28:04] accepted as the norm in this great

[28:07] country. It goes against everything that

[28:09] our country was founded upon. In fact,

[28:12] the most powerful notion of America was

[28:16] not just that our rights are granted to

[28:18] us by God, but that you have the right

[28:23] to question your government. You have a

[28:25] right to question your leaders and then

[28:28] to do something about it. And the way

[28:30] you do something about it is you settle

[28:32] those differences at the ballot box.

[28:35] And Charlie truly believed that he led

[28:40] movements to get young people engaged in

[28:42] the political process and it truly has

[28:45] made a difference.

[28:48] And that will not end. In fact, just

[28:51] judging by the tens of thousands of

[28:54] people

[28:55] who reached out over the weekend and

[28:57] said they want to start their own tor

[28:59] turning point chapters in their colleges

[29:02] or in their high schools shows you that

[29:05] this movement will only grow and it

[29:08] needs to grow.

[29:10] But at this time, it's also important

[29:12] that we lean on our faith because we can

[29:14] all question why. Why was Charlie taken?

[29:17] Why are those two beautiful young kids

[29:20] going to grow up without their father?

[29:22] Let us vow that Erica is always going to

[29:25] have our prayers and our support that

[29:28] she's able and she will make sure those

[29:31] young kids know the power of their

[29:35] father. They will always remember

[29:37] Charlie. But when we think about our

[29:39] faith, I think about Isaiah 43. In

[29:42] Isaiah 43, the Lord says,"Do not fear,

[29:46] for I have redeemed you. I have summoned

[29:48] you by name. You are mine. When you pass

[29:52] through the waters, I will be with you.

[29:55] And when you pass through the rivers,

[29:57] they will not sweep over you. When you

[30:00] walk through the fire, you will not be

[30:03] burned. The flames will not set you

[30:06] ablaze.

[30:07] For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One

[30:11] of Israel, your Savior. God bless you,

[30:15] Charlie Kirk.

[30:15] >> Amen.

[30:27] I want to begin by offering our prayers

[30:29] to the entire Kirk family as they

[30:32] continue to grieve this unfathomable

[30:34] loss. A wife lost her husband. Two

[30:38] children lost their father. A young,

[30:41] beautiful family has been shattered. All

[30:44] because an evil coward chose violence

[30:48] over the discourse and debate Charlie so

[30:51] bravely championed. The political

[30:54] assassination that took place this past

[30:56] Wednesday was sickening. It was

[30:58] infuriating.

[31:00] It was heartbreaking.

[31:02] And unfortunately, it was a horrific

[31:04] scene that we've wis witnessed unfold

[31:06] too many times before.

[31:09] Three months ago, in my home state of

[31:11] Minnesota, another evil coward murdered

[31:14] State Representative Melissa Hortman and

[31:16] her husband Mark in their home. He also

[31:19] shot and wounded Senator John Hoffman

[31:22] and his wife Evette. Last year,

[31:25] President Trump was shot while on the

[31:27] campaign trail and another attempt to

[31:29] take his life was stopped thanks to the

[31:31] swift response of Secret Service agents.

[31:34] And eight years ago, our own majority

[31:37] leader. Steve Scaliz was shot while at

[31:40] an early morning baseball practice ahead

[31:43] of the congressional baseball game.

[31:46] Let us all be clear. There is no place

[31:50] in our country for politically motivated

[31:53] violence. None. The assassination of

[31:56] Charlie Kirk wasn't just an attack on

[31:58] one individual. It was an attack on the

[32:01] traditional values that make our

[32:03] country, this great country, great.

[32:06] Values of free speech, civil discourse,

[32:09] public debate, the ability to think

[32:11] independently and voice your opinions,

[32:13] exchange ideas, and even disagree with

[32:16] one another. but to do so without fear

[32:19] of physical retribution.

[32:22] Charlie created a movement by putting

[32:25] these values into practice on college

[32:27] campuses all across this country. The

[32:30] fact that he got killed for it and many

[32:33] Americans consequently celebrated his

[32:35] murder begs the question, how do we get

[32:38] so far away from the values our nation

[32:41] was built upon? More importantly, how do

[32:44] we get back? We live so chronically

[32:47] online these days that we forget that

[32:49] behind every idea there's a person and

[32:52] behind every person there's a family who

[32:55] loves them and a creator who instills

[32:58] into them intrinsic value.

[33:01] I firmly believe that Charlie's death

[33:03] has providentially brought us to a

[33:06] turning point. We as Americans have to

[33:09] choose. Will we continue down this path

[33:11] of reckless vitriol and hate or will we

[33:15] carry on the legacy that Charlie Kirk

[33:18] left? I want to end by thanking the Utah

[33:22] law enforcement uh and FBI Director Cash

[33:26] Patel for working around the clock to

[33:28] bring the justice, accountability, and

[33:30] closure to the Kirk family uh that the

[33:32] Kirk family deserves. And we find

[33:35] consolation in the fact that while

[33:36] America has lost a true patriot on

[33:39] Wednesday, heaven gained a saint. While

[33:43] we will see Charlie again one day,

[33:48] we will see Charlie again one day. And

[33:51] until then, let's make him proud by

[33:53] continuing the work that he started.

[34:10] Well, today we certainly mourn the

[34:12] heartbreaking loss of Charlie Kirk, but

[34:15] we're also here to celebrate the

[34:18] enduring power of his life's work.

[34:22] Charlie ignited a fire in millions of

[34:25] young Americans, including my own

[34:28] daughter.

[34:29] My own daughter got me to see

[34:34] Charlie's life through a different set

[34:36] of eyes, an eyes of a a a college

[34:40] student, 22, 21 years old, who inspired

[34:45] her. And I can remember the the the day

[34:48] that he passed, we were we were talking

[34:50] about it and, you know, she was Ryan was

[34:52] visibly upset. It it shook her to the

[34:55] core. And we were talking about it. I

[34:57] said, "I know, honey. it it'll be okay.

[34:59] It'll be okay. And she's like, "Mom, it

[35:01] will be okay." Not only did Charlie Kirk

[35:03] inspire me, but he inspired me to not

[35:07] let my conservative voice be silenced.

[35:11] Not only did he inspire my daughter, but

[35:13] he showed a lot of young Americans that

[35:17] love of country and faith and in

[35:20] freedom, those are all values that are

[35:23] worth fighting for. His example calls us

[35:26] to stand tall for the values that has

[35:29] built this republic. The freedom of

[35:31] thought, of speech, and of religion.

[35:36] Our prayers surround his wife Erica and

[35:39] their two children as we honor a true

[35:42] patriot whose light will guide

[35:44] generations to come. May the Lord bless

[35:48] those who mourn today that they may be

[35:52] comforting

[35:53] in the loving grace that only he can

[35:57] provide.

[36:04] >> The members would um like to invite

[36:06] everyone to join us in a moment of

[36:07] silence and then I'll I'll close us in a

[36:10] brief prayer. Moment of silence, please.

[36:34] Our

[36:44] heavenly father, we we come to you this

[36:46] this afternoon with a mixture of

[36:47] emotions. You know, our hearts, you are

[36:50] you are close to the brokenhearted.

[36:52] That's what scripture promises. We have

[36:54] a mixture of emotions because we're sad.

[36:56] We're so we're so deeply saddened by the

[36:59] untimely

[37:01] loss of our dear friend Charlie Kirk.

[37:04] the evil that took his life. The nation

[37:07] mourns. The nation is shaken by that.

[37:10] And we're working through that emotion.

[37:12] And at the same time, Father, we we have

[37:15] this sense of encouragement as well in

[37:18] knowing that that Charlie's voice cannot

[37:21] be silenced, that his message will go

[37:23] forward, that his legacy will grow even

[37:27] wider than it might have otherwise as he

[37:31] was martyed for the principles that he

[37:33] believed in, the principles of free

[37:36] speech and brotherly love and goodness

[37:39] and virtue.

[37:42] Father, we we lift up all those who are

[37:43] affected by this, a nation that is in

[37:46] mourning, a nation that has been shaken.

[37:49] Uh we we ask you to comfort those who

[37:52] are who are who are mourning and

[37:53] fearful.

[37:55] That you encourage us

[37:57] to stand for that goodness and that

[37:59] virtue that you remind all Americans

[38:01] that we are all our fellow countrymen.

[38:06] that that one of the great things that

[38:08] comes from our Judeo-Christian heritage

[38:10] and our civil society is this idea that

[38:12] we can disagree in an agreeable manner.

[38:15] Father, remind us of our better angels,

[38:18] as Lincoln used to say, that we can be

[38:21] better and that we can end this cycle of

[38:24] political violence and we we can

[38:26] remember those virtues again. Father, we

[38:29] pray for Erica, Charlie's young widow,

[38:33] their their two precious children. For

[38:35] the Kirk family, for everyone associated

[38:38] with Turning Point, all the employees

[38:40] and the volunteers, and all of these

[38:42] students, Father, around the country who

[38:45] are united in this cause. We pray that

[38:47] you would encourage them, encourage

[38:48] their hearts and their spirits and all

[38:50] of us as Americans to stand for those

[38:53] great things and to remember that we are

[38:55] indeed one nation under God. Father, we

[38:59] we trust and pray and believe that you

[39:01] can do all these things and you you will

[39:03] guide us through the darkness and that

[39:05] we know at the end of the day the light

[39:08] shines and the darkness cannot overcome

[39:11] it. I pray and believe all these things

[39:14] as Charlie did in Jesus name.

[39:17] >> Amen.

[39:17] >> Amen.

[39:18] >> Amen.

[39:20] >> Thank you for being with us.