Megyn Kelly Reflects on Charlie Kirk's Memorial Service and His Extraordinary Legacy at 31

[00:00] It was incredible. It was incredible.

[00:02] That's how much of a mark Charlie made,

[00:05] not just on our country, but on our

[00:06] government in particular, at age 31. Ask

[00:09] yourself what you were doing at age 31.

[00:12] When I was 31, I hadn't even gotten into

[00:14] television yet. I was still practicing

[00:16] law. I mean, it's amazing to me the

[00:19] amount that he accomplished in his 31

[00:21] years. Really, from 18 to 31, Charlie

[00:24] worked non-stop, and it was a labor of

[00:26] love. And he wasn't trying to get to

[00:28] know these people because he wanted

[00:30] access to power and to feel special. He

[00:32] was doing it because it was his life's

[00:34] calling. And he really truly cared about

[00:36] changing this country for the better. I

[00:38] mean, I think you could accurately say

[00:40] about saving this country. That's why it

[00:44] was his life's work that brought him

[00:46] into the circles of power. Um, and it

[00:49] was great to hear some of the stories of

[00:51] people who when he was starting Turning

[00:53] Point and he needed that first 50,000

[00:56] bucks to get things going, how he went

[00:59] to this one potential donor and pitched

[01:01] her and she said, "Come back when you

[01:02] have the first half." And 2 days later,

[01:04] he called. He had found it. He's 18. I

[01:07] mean, truly, if somebody and Charlie

[01:08] didn't have any connections, he didn't

[01:09] come from a wealthy family. If somebody

[01:12] said to you at 18, "See if you can go

[01:13] get go raise $50,000 in two days, could

[01:17] you have done it?" I couldn't have done

[01:19] it. We were just like Charlie. We didn't

[01:21] have any like connections to anybody in

[01:23] power. We didn't even know any like

[01:25] doctors or lawyers really. Um never mind

[01:29] politicians or people who actually were

[01:30] at the seat of government. So Charlie

[01:33] somehow managed to find these names that

[01:35] had potentially big pockets and one by

[01:38] one called I mean that was one of the

[01:40] main takeaways I had. All these people

[01:42] who had been contacted by an by an

[01:45] unafraid Charlie who he was not afraid

[01:48] about reaching out even when he was

[01:50] young to people he didn't know to try to

[01:52] ask for help building his mission. And

[01:53] that was part of the same spirit he used

[01:55] in reaching across the aisle to speak to

[01:59] people he disagreed with or who

[02:00] disagreed with him as part of his

[02:02] mission, too. I mean, it's very clear

[02:05] that Charlie's death is far bigger than

[02:08] politics.

[02:09] His funeral is going to be remembered as

[02:12] I mean, one of the most impactful

[02:14] spiritual events in American history.

[02:17] Um, you won't be surprised to learn the

[02:19] left wasn't feeling it. I mean, I'll

[02:22] just tell you something. Like, when I

[02:23] walked in, the the moment I was

[02:24] overwhelmed. I walked in that stadium

[02:26] and I brought my two oldest children

[02:28] with me. Um, they're almost 16 and 14,

[02:32] my my oldest son and my daughter. And we

[02:34] walk into the stadium and there were so

[02:37] many people in the stands. Everyone was

[02:39] dressed in red, white, and blue. It was

[02:41] so heartening. And that's exactly what

[02:43] Charlie would have wanted. That was a

[02:44] great call by his team. and all these

[02:46] people who had watched the show or

[02:48] watched Charlie on this show or watched

[02:49] me on Charlie's show who you know knew

[02:51] me or whatever

[02:53] the the love that was outpoured just

[02:57] over me and my children was as we walked

[03:00] in. I couldn't believe it. I was so

[03:01] moved by it. People yell, "I love you."

[03:04] And I yelled back, "I love you." And I

[03:07] meant that. And I think we were all

[03:09] having a shared moment of grieving. You

[03:11] know, it wasn't that wasn't about the

[03:12] Megan Kelly show. That was about I think

[03:15] our relationship with Charlie, our

[03:17] coverage of Charlie. People feel

[03:19] grateful for someone who's not frankly

[03:23] just one of the out there

[03:25] dumping all over him and totally

[03:27] willfully misunderstanding his legacy.

[03:30] and and we were seated

[03:33] for the proceedings and every time I

[03:35] looked at the crowd and I I saw the

[03:38] 70,000 people inside that building and

[03:41] then there was an overflow with tens of

[03:42] thousands more that's what made me get

[03:46] near tears like just seeing the

[03:48] outpouring of people like the regular

[03:49] folks and I sent out a tweet about this

[03:52] but it was like people who were like I

[03:55] saw one woman with a severe limp another

[03:57] guy who had a cane elderly people, tons

[04:00] of young people, of course, but like

[04:02] really elderly people. It was, you know,

[04:04] in the '9s yesterday in Arizona, people

[04:07] who were super overweight,

[04:10] didn't matter, old, young, whatever,

[04:12] they all flocked, pregnant women, very

[04:15] pregnant, they all flocked to this

[04:17] event. They waited in line since 2 or 3

[04:19] in the morning. Some of them, they did

[04:21] not matter. They did not care about

[04:23] their own comfort or how I mean, I

[04:26] complain about, "Oh, wow. Is it a long

[04:27] walk? How long might I have to stand?"

[04:29] Imagine if you're carrying around an

[04:30] extra 100 pounds. I I was so impressed

[04:34] by those people. They knew they'd be

[04:36] physically uncomfortable. They didn't

[04:37] care. They wanted to go there to honor

[04:40] him, to to pay homage to his life, to

[04:45] mourn his death, to be with their fellow

[04:47] Americans in shared grief and worship.

[04:51] We did that too yesterday.

[04:54] And it was it was beautiful. It was much

[04:56] more than a memorial. It was a gathering

[04:59] of faith and reconnection with God and

[05:02] each other. And this was not about the

[05:04] radical left. This was about us. This is

[05:07] about team sanity. People of faith who

[05:11] believe in a loving God who don't have

[05:14] it figured out why he took Charlie from

[05:16] us, but understand there's a higher

[05:18] purpose that we're just too mortal to

[05:19] fully understand right now. People who

[05:21] looked at Erica Kirk and felt like they

[05:23] wanted to drop to their knees. We were

[05:25] so floored by her strength and what she

[05:28] did. Not the haters and what they said

[05:30] online. Forget them. This isn't about

[05:32] them. This is about those of us who were

[05:33] there and watched it on TV and saw clips

[05:36] because they cared enough to take time

[05:37] out of their busy day and watch them and

[05:40] felt that stirring inside that reminded

[05:42] us this life here is about something

[05:44] greater than us. It's about something

[05:47] greater than us.

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