Riley Gaines on Charlie Kirk's Assassination: His Death Inspired Ten Thousand New Charlie Kirks Across America

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[00:00] TRIBUTES TO CHARLIE.

[00:02] MATT FINN, THANKS VERY MUCH.

[00:04] CHARLIE KIRK'S FAMILY AND

[00:05] SUPPORTERS ARE FACING THEIR

[00:07] FIRST SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES

[00:09] WITHOUT HIM TODAY.

[00:10] THIS AS PUBLIC MEMORIAL

[00:12] SERVICES DETAILS HAVE BEEN

[00:13] RELEASED.

[00:14] CHRISTINA COLEMAN IS LIVE NOW

[00:15] WITH THE LATEST.

[00:17] HI, CHRISTINA.

[00:17] >> HI, MIKE.

[00:18] STUDENT SUPPORTERS AND NATIONAL

[00:19] LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE

[00:21] COUNTRY, INCLUDING PRESIDENT

[00:22] DONALD TRUMP WILL HONOR CHARLIE

[00:23] KIRK AT A MASSIVE PUBLIC

[00:25] MEMORIAL SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY AT

[00:27] STATE FARM STADIUM IN GLENDALE,

[00:29] ARIZONA AND TAKE A LOOK AT

[00:30] THIS.

[00:30] HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT TURNING

[00:32] POINT USA'S HEADQUARTERS IN

[00:34] PHOENIX WHERE THOUSANDS OF

[00:36] SUPPORTERS HAVE SHOWN UP TO PAY

[00:38] TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE KIRK,

[00:39] LEAVING FLOWERS AND LOTS OF

[00:41] CARDS.

[00:42] SINCE HIS WIDOW ERIKA SPOKE OUT

[00:44] ABOUT HIS ASSASSINATION AND

[00:45] VOWED TO CONTINUE HIS WORK,

[00:47] TURNING POINT USA HAS RECEIVED

[00:49] AT LEAST 18,000 NEW CHAPTER

[00:52] REQUESTS.

[00:52] >> THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT

[00:53] WANT TO PRAY TOGETHER AND REACH

[00:55] TOWARDS JESUS IN THIS REALLY

[00:57] PAINFUL MOMENT.

[00:58] >> HIS LEGACY IS THAT WE HAVE

[00:59] TO BE COURAGEOUS IN OUR FAITH.

[01:01] WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR TRUTH.

[01:05] >> ERIKA KIRK SPOKE PUBLICLY

[01:07] FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER

[01:08] HUSBAND'S ASSASSINATION FRIDAY

[01:10] EVENING THROUGH TEARS, SHE

[01:11] EXPRESSED HER DEEP LOVE FOR

[01:13] HIM.

[01:13] SHE SAYS HE WILL BE REMEMBERED

[01:14] FOR HIS COURAGE AND HIS FAITH

[01:16] AND DESCRIBED KIRK AS THE

[01:17] PERFECT HUSBAND AND FATHER.

[01:18] SHE ALSO SHARED A VERY

[01:20] EMOTIONAL MOMENT, DESCRIBING

[01:22] WHAT SHE TOLD HER YOUNG

[01:23] DAUGHTER WHEN SHE ASKED WHERE

[01:25] HER FATHER WAS FOLLOWING HIS

[01:28] DEATH.

[01:28] >> SHE GOES, WHERE IS DADDY?

[01:32] WHAT DO YOU TELL A 3-YEAR-OLD?

[01:36] SHE'S THREE.

[01:39] I SAID, BABY, DADDY LOVES YOU

[01:40] SO MUCH.

[01:41] DOESN'T YOU WORRY,'S ON A WORK

[01:44] TRIP WITH JESUS AND SO HE CAN

[01:46] AFFORD YOUR BLUEBERRY BUDGET.

[01:49] >> SO HEARTBREAKING THERE.

[01:50] ALSO, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS

[01:52] INCREDIBLY POWERFUL IMAGE.

[01:54] YOU SEE KIRK'S WIDOW ERIKA

[01:57] HOLDING UP THE CROSS NECKLACE

[02:01] CHARLIE USED TO WEAR, AND HE

[02:05] WORE IT WHILE THEY WERE DATING

[02:06] AND EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T A

[02:08] JEWELRY GUY, HE WORE IT.

[02:09] >> HE PUT THAT CROSS ON AND

[02:11] NEVER TOOK IT OFF AGAIN UNTIL

[02:13] HE WAS--

[02:14] UNTIL HE WAS ASSASSINATED AND

[02:17] THE PEOPLE CARING FOR HIM

[02:18] RIPPED IT OFF AS THEY TRIED TO

[02:20] SAVE HIS LIFE AND ERIKA HAS IT

[02:24] ON HER AT ALL TIMES NOW.

[02:26] >> SO TOUCHING, ALL OF THIS.

[02:28] IT'S JUST A LOT TO PROCESS

[02:30] FOLLOWING KIRK'S ASSASSINATION.

[02:31] ALSO, A PRAYER VIGIL WILL BE

[02:33] HELD IN HONOR OF CHARLIE KIRK

[02:35] TONIGHT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

[02:36] IN WASHINGTON DC.

[02:37] HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON AND

[02:39] A NUMBER OF TRUMP

[02:40] ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL

[02:41] SHARE REMARKS AT THIS EVENT,

[02:43] MIKE.

[02:43] MIKE: CHRISTINA COLEMAN.

[02:45] THANKS VERY MUCH.

[02:45] FOR MORE ON THE LEGACY OF

[02:47] CHARLIE KIRK, LET'S BRING IN

[02:53] GAINES FOR GIRLS HOST, RILEY

[02:55] GAINES, TURNING POINT USA.

[02:59] WELCOME.

[02:59] >> THANKS, IT'S GOOD TO BE ON

[03:00] WITH YOU.

[03:01] MIKE: YOU'RE A YOUNG

[03:02] CONSERVATIVE.

[03:03] WHAT WAS CHARLIE'S IMPACT ON

[03:04] YOU AS A MENTOR AND ALSO TO THE

[03:06] BROADER CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT?

[03:07] >> WELL, TRUTHFULLY I DON'T

[03:08] THINK HIS IMPACT CAN BE

[03:11] OVERSTATED.

[03:12] WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THE YOUNGER

[03:14] GENERATION, I THINK TO PUT IT

[03:15] PRETTY PLAINLY, HONESTLY, IS

[03:18] CHARLIE KIRK AND TURNING POINT

[03:20] USA IS WHAT MADE MAGA COOL

[03:22] AGAIN.

[03:23] OF COURSE, WE'RE LIVING IN

[03:24] 2025, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT

[03:27] POLITICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL

[03:30] CLIMATE THAN 2020 AND WE

[03:33] LARGELY HAVE PEOPLE LIKE

[03:34] CHARLIE KIRK TO THANK FOR THAT.

[03:36] IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM, I

[03:38] WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEND

[03:40] TIME WITH HIM, IF YOU ASKED HIS

[03:43] MISSION, THE FIRST TIME MAGA

[03:45] VOTERS TURNED OUT

[03:47] OVERWHELMINGLY FOR DONALD TRUMP

[03:48] IN THE 2024 CAMPAIGN IN

[03:54] NOVEMBER, TO TURN THEM INTO

[03:55] LIFE LONG CONSERVATIVES AND

[03:56] THAT'S EXACTLY THE TRAJECTORY

[03:58] HE WAS ON AND I'M EXCITED TO

[04:00] SEE THAT TURNING POINT WILL

[04:01] CONTINUE ON.

[04:02] IT WAS POWERFUL LISTENING TO

[04:03] ERIKA KIRK AND HER REMARKS THE

[04:06] OTHER DAY SPEAK TO.

[04:09] LOOK, THE MOVEMENT WILL NOT

[04:10] DIE, TO HEAR HER SAY SOMETHING

[04:12] TO THE EFFECT, THIS WIDOW'S

[04:15] BATTLE CRY WILL ECHO ACROSS THE

[04:16] GLOBE, I CAN'T IMAGINE THOSE

[04:18] WORDS HAVING TO COME OUT OF HER

[04:19] MOUTH AND HAVING TO DESCRIBE

[04:21] HERSELF AS A WIDOW, BUT HOW

[04:23] POWERFUL TO HEAR HER SAY THAT

[04:24] AND I CAN TELL YOU INTERNALLY

[04:26] WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT TURNING

[04:27] POINT.

[04:28] DONATIONS LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN

[04:29] BEFORE.

[04:30] WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE INQUIRING

[04:32] ABOUT STARTING A CHAPTER BOTH

[04:35] AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

[04:36] AGE LEVEL.

[04:37] I JUST GOT BACK FROM CHURCH AND

[04:39] MIKE, HOW POWERFUL TO BE THERE.

[04:40] THERE WERE NO PARKING SPOTS

[04:42] AVAILABLE.

[04:43] THERE WERE NO EMPTY SEATS.

[04:44] PEOPLE WERE WAITING IN THE

[04:45] LOBBY FOR THE NEXT SERVICE,

[04:47] REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL AND

[04:49] AGAIN, ERIKA DESCRIBED HER

[04:50] HUSBAND, THE FATHER OF HER

[04:52] CHILDREN, AS A MARTYR AND

[04:54] THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I BELIEVE

[04:56] HE'S DIED AS.

[04:57] MIKE: CHARLIE'S COURAGE OF

[04:58] BEING WILLING TO DEBATE ANYONE,

[05:00] BEING WILLING TO TAKE A

[05:02] QUESTION FROM ANYONE, WHAT

[05:04] ABOUT THAT?

[05:05] >> WELL, IT SPEAKS TO, NUMBER

[05:07] ONE, WHAT HE WAS KILLED FOR.

[05:09] AGAIN, LET'S BE VERY, VERY,

[05:11] VERY CLEAR.

[05:12] THE OTHER SIDE SAW HIM AS A

[05:14] THREAT BECAUSE--

[05:15] I MEAN, THINK ABOUT HIS DEBATE

[05:17] FORMAT.

[05:18] ALL HE DID WAS SIT AT A TABLE

[05:19] AND SAY PROVE ME WRONG.

[05:20] THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T.

[05:21] THEY KNEW THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE

[05:23] WORDS OR THE INTELLECT OR THE

[05:25] KNOWLEDGE OR RATIONALE OR

[05:28] REASONABILITY TO PROVE HIM

[05:29] WRONG, WHAT DID THEY DO?

[05:31] THEY PREMATURELY ENDED HIS

[05:33] LIFE.

[05:33] A LOT OF PEOPLE MYSELF

[05:35] INCLUDED, TRUTHFULLY CREDIT

[05:36] MYSELF TO FINDING MY VOICE TO

[05:38] CHARLIE KIRK.

[05:39] I BELIEVE HIS DEATH, AGAIN, HAS

[05:41] INSPIRED 10,000, IF NOT MORE

[05:44] CHARLIE KIRKS ACROSS THE NATION

[05:45] TO HOPEFULLY ENGAGE IN THE SAME

[05:47] FORMAT AND DEBATE STYLE AND

[05:49] INTELLECT AND CRITICAL THINKING

[05:51] THAT HE DID, WHICH IS MERELY

[05:53] CIVIL DISCOURSE AND THE TRUTH.

[05:55] THAT'S HOW YOU COMBAT THE EVIL

[05:57] THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST, WHICH I

[05:59] DON'T USE THAT WORD LIGHTLY, TO

[06:02] SAY THAT THIS IS EVIL.

[06:05] I TRUTHFULLY, I MEAN IT'S

[06:06] SPIRITUAL ACTUALLY.

[06:07] WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT SATAN DOES,

[06:10] HE DISTORTS, MANIPULATES,

[06:11] DECEIVES, HE IS THE FATHER OF

[06:12] LIES AND HOW DO WE COMBAT THOSE

[06:14] LIES?

[06:14] WE DO THAT WITH THE TRUTH AND

[06:16] THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT CHARLIE

[06:17] KIRK DID AND I IMAGINE WE WILL

[06:19] SEE A REVIVAL AMONGST YOUNG

[06:20] PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THAT SAME

[06:22] FORMAT.

[06:23] MIKE: DO YOU WORRY AFTER HE WAS

[06:25] ASSASSINATED ON A COLLEGE

[06:26] CAMPUS, THAT OTHER

[06:27] CONSERVATIVES WILL BE RELUCTANT

[06:29] TO GO ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES DUE

[06:32] TO SECURITY CONCERNS?

[06:33] >> YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE

[06:35] THERE'S A LEVEL OF APPREHENSION

[06:37] THAT WE WILL SEE FROM YOUR

[06:39] EVERYDAY PERSON BECAUSE, I

[06:40] MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, WE'VE

[06:42] BEEN THE SILENT MAJORITY FOR A

[06:43] LONG TIME IT'S BECAUSE WE

[06:45] FEARED FOR THINGS LIKE THIS,

[06:46] THINGS LIKE, I MEAN,

[06:48] RETALIATION, EMOTIONAL

[06:50] BLACKMAIL, AND NOW WE HAVE TO,

[06:51] I MEAN, PHYSICALLY FEAR FOR OUR

[06:53] LIVES, OUR SAFETY.

[06:54] WE'RE BEING PUT IN HARM'S WAY

[06:56] FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

[06:57] THAT BEING SAID, I FEEL MORE

[06:59] HOPEFUL AT THIS POINT THAN I

[07:01] DID PRIOR.

[07:02] I MEAN, THIS TIME, EVEN JUST

[07:04] LAST WEEK.

[07:05] WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE MATT

[07:07] WALSH, BEN SHAPIRO, MEGYN

[07:12] KELLY, OTHER FANTASTIC

[07:13] CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL

[07:15] COMMENTATORS TO SAY, LOOK,

[07:16] WE'LL PICK UP THE MICROPHONE

[07:18] WHERE CHARLIE LEFT IT.

[07:19] I THINK DOING THAT IS GIVING

[07:21] COURAGE TO OTHERS.

[07:22] TURN POINT ANNOUNCED THEY'LL

[07:25] CONTINUE WITH THE COLLEGE TOUR

[07:26] AND CONTINUE WITH THE STOPS AND

[07:28] CONTINUE PUTTING PEOPLE IN

[07:29] COLLEGE COMPASSES AND INSERTING

[07:31] THEM INTO THE BELLY OF THE

[07:34] BEAST, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT

[07:35] THESE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

[07:36] ARE, WHICH IS IRONIC, REALLY.

[07:38] CONTINUE TO PUT THESE PEOPLE IN

[07:39] THE BELLY OF THE BEAST THAT'S

[07:40] WHERE THE MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE

[07:42] HEARD AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

[07:43] CHARLIE WOULD WANT.

[07:44] I HAVE TO IMAGINE, AGAIN,

[07:45] ESPECIALLY COMING FROM JUST SIT

[07:47] DOWN TO DO THIS INTERVIEW

[07:49] FOLLOWING CHURCH, I HAVE TO

[07:51] IMAGINE THAT CHARLIE IS LOOKING

[07:52] DOWN RIGHT NOW WITH THE BIGGEST

[07:54] SMILE ON HIS FACE, TO SEE THE

[07:57] REVIVAL THAT HIS DEATH, AGAIN,

[08:00] HIS ASSASSINATION, HAS STARTED

[08:01] AMONGST CHRISTIANS AND AMONGST

[08:03] CONSERVATIVES.

[08:04] MIKE: RILEY, I KNOW THIS IS A

[08:06] SPECIAL TIME TO YOU, DUE TO

[08:07] DELIVER A BABY SOON.

[08:08] GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

[08:10] DURING THIS SPECIA