Erika Kirk Delivers Commencement Address at Hillsdale College Following Charlie Kirk's Murder, Shares Honeymoon Story

[00:00] Moments ago, Erica Kirk delivered the

[00:02] commencement address at Hillsdale

[00:04] College in Michigan. The school

[00:06] conferred honorary degrees on the

[00:08] Turning Point USA CEO as well as her

[00:11] murdered husband, Charlie. Here's some

[00:13] of what she told the class of 2026.

[00:16] >> It's an honor to be here. It's an honor

[00:18] to accept the degrees that I'll be

[00:21] receiving later on behalf of myself and

[00:23] and Charlie. Um,

[00:27] on a lighter note, uh, yesterday was my

[00:31] wedding anniversary and I couldn't help

[00:34] but think of a funny story to share with

[00:38] you through um, obviously a lot of pain,

[00:42] but um,

[00:45] when we got married and we went to our

[00:47] honeymoon the next day, we decided for

[00:50] our honeymoon that it would be a

[00:51] disconnected honeymoon, meaning no

[00:53] computers, no cell phones,

[00:55] just being able to pour into each other,

[00:57] plan out what our family life would look

[00:59] like, what type of parents we want to

[01:01] be, what type of spouse we want to be.

[01:04] So, really just pour into each other.

[01:05] And so, again, no phones. But at the

[01:08] time, Charlie's assistant gave Charlie a

[01:11] bat phone for emergencies. So, there was

[01:14] only emergency phone numbers on this

[01:16] phone, nothing else. So, when we arrive,

[01:20] we go straight to the gym because that's

[01:22] what we did. And

[01:26] I'm on one side of the gym, Charlie's on

[01:28] the other. And then all of a sudden, I

[01:30] was thinking, he pulled out the bat

[01:32] phone and I was like, "Okay, maybe he's

[01:34] going to put on some music." He loved

[01:35] classic rock. I was like, "Maybe he's

[01:36] going to put on some music." So, I'm on

[01:39] the treadmill. He's over in the weights.

[01:41] And all of a sudden, I hear Dr. Arm's

[01:43] voice coming from the side of the room.

[01:47] And so, I walk over to him and I was

[01:49] like, "Baby, what what are you listening

[01:51] to?" He goes, "I know." He was like, "I

[01:53] I'm almost done." He's like, "I I have

[01:55] to finish just a few more lectures from

[01:58] Dr. Arn. I have a few more certificates

[02:00] I have to get for my online courses at

[02:02] Hillsdale. We're almost there. I can't

[02:04] skip him." I was like, "Baby, you do

[02:05] what you got to do. I'm here for it."

[02:06] But I enjoyed it because I was learning

[02:07] about Church Hill, too, when he was

[02:09] working out. I was working out. It was a

[02:10] great little bonding moment. But every

[02:12] time Charlie finished a Hillsdale

[02:15] program, he would online he would

[02:19] screenshot the certificate of completion

[02:22] and he would send them to me every time.

[02:24] I know he'd sent them to the team as

[02:25] well. I believe he also sent them to you

[02:28] every time he did them. He was very

[02:30] proud of them and and he had every right

[02:33] to be.

[02:35] >> Dr. Arn of Hillsdale College where she

[02:38] was speaking.

[02:39] Charlie will be missed.

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