Reflecting on Charlie's Memorial Service: A Day of Unity, Forgiveness, and Spiritual Impact

[00:00] Being at the memorial service for

[00:02] Charlie yesterday was one of the most

[00:04] impactful, meaningful days, moments of

[00:07] my life. I I've never experienced

[00:09] anything like that. It was spiritual.

[00:13] It was political. It was It was deeply

[00:17] meaningful. Like deeply deeply

[00:19] meaningful. and we're going to show you

[00:20] some of the speeches of course, but just

[00:22] to be there and I was just I was right

[00:23] up front with all with all the usual

[00:26] cast of characters uh and just looking

[00:28] in people's eyes and saying hello to

[00:30] people and you know there were tears,

[00:32] there were laughs, there was pain, there

[00:34] was joy. It was it was extraordinary.

[00:36] And there were about a 100,000 people

[00:38] that packed the stadium. And on the way

[00:42] there uh we I took a car with uh with

[00:44] Sage Steel and a couple other people and

[00:45] we were on the way and and to get you

[00:47] know what was equivalent of just maybe

[00:49] five or six miles. It took us about two

[00:51] and a half hours. There were people

[00:52] walking down the highway in the Phoenix

[00:55] 90 plus degree heat. I mean it was just

[00:58] an absolutely incredible day. So let's

[01:00] let's just dive right in. the memorial

[01:01] yesterday, as I said, in Phoenix. It was

[01:03] it was it was extraordinary. It was

[01:05] extraordinary. And I and I know you know

[01:06] that cuz I know that most of you

[01:08] probably at least watched a portion and

[01:10] it was viewed by millions and millions

[01:12] of people, but to be in that room was

[01:16] incredible. Elon Musk also showed up and

[01:19] uh well, here's a nice moment. He was

[01:21] like the foot or two in front of us and

[01:23] uh that somebody just threw a camera

[01:25] right in his face and and he had this to

[01:26] say.

[01:27] Why was he killed?

[01:31] He was he was he was killed because his

[01:34] words made a difference because he was

[01:38] showing people the light

[01:41] and he was killed by the dark.

[01:43] Thank you, sir.

[01:44] Yeah, it's kind of simple. It kind of

[01:46] sounds like it could have been a line

[01:48] out of Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or

[01:50] something, but it's true. He was showing

[01:52] people the light. He was fighting for

[01:54] what he believed in. He was not a bigot.

[01:56] He was not a racist. He was not any of

[01:58] those things. That did not mean you had

[02:00] to agree with him on everything

[02:02] philosophically or politically. But he

[02:05] was going and doing the thing, as I keep

[02:07] saying, he was doing the thing that we

[02:09] all say we're supposed to do. You're

[02:10] supposed to reach out to the other side.

[02:12] You're supposed to break bread with

[02:12] people you don't like. Blah blah blah

[02:14] blah blah. He was doing that more than

[02:16] anyone. And I include myself in that.

[02:19] And I'm someone that is in the same line

[02:20] of work that tries to do that, right?

[02:23] and and I have no problem fully

[02:25] admitting that he did it better than

[02:27] anyone else. There's just no doubt about

[02:29] that. So, it was great to see Elon

[02:30] there. And then really, as it pertains

[02:31] to Elon, uh this picture has gone mega

[02:34] viral cuz this was really important. And

[02:35] I think when you talk about forgiveness,

[02:37] when you talk about bringing a tent

[02:39] together, uh take a look at this

[02:40] picture. This was up in the box and the

[02:42] crowd went wild when they saw this.

[02:44] There's a little video of it also going

[02:46] around. Uh but there is Trump and Elon

[02:48] and they shook hands and they nodded at

[02:50] each other and Elon posted the picture

[02:53] and said for Charlie meaning let's put

[02:56] some of this stuff aside. Yeah, we

[02:58] burned real hot. We said some things

[03:00] about each other that we probably

[03:01] shouldn't have said. Uh but if they can

[03:04] come back together, wouldn't that be

[03:06] guys, wouldn't that be it? Wouldn't that

[03:08] be the great legacy of Charlie Kirk is

[03:11] that he was able to get people that

[03:14] maybe were buddies that had a falling

[03:16] out or maybe always were kind of on

[03:18] opposite sides but didn't really hate

[03:20] each other. Whatever it is, if the

[03:21] legacy is we we're all a little bit

[03:23] better right now because of Charlie,

[03:25] then Charlie it was a life well worth

[03:29] living, which it undoubtedly was.

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