Samuel's Tribute to Charlie Kirk: How One Voice Inspired a Generation to Stand for Truth

[00:02] Charlie Kirk was the voice of my

[00:04] generation.

[00:07] I've seen plenty of guys my age

[00:10] scrolling on TikTok, watching all of his

[00:12] videos, talking about it, arguing about

[00:14] it.

[00:16] Um, even people that you would never

[00:18] expect to be interested in politics, to

[00:20] be interested in anything in like

[00:22] intellectual debate, they'd be watching

[00:25] his videos because he was such a great

[00:27] communicator.

[00:30] He'd be able to connect and empathize

[00:32] with anyone. No matter what side of the

[00:35] field you came from, whether you were

[00:36] center right, center left, far right,

[00:39] far left, he could connect with you. He

[00:41] could empathize with you. He could see

[00:43] where you're coming from and he could

[00:45] show you

[00:46] some kind of truth that and you would

[00:49] these guys would leave the conversation

[00:51] learning something or being left better

[00:53] off than they were when they started.

[00:56] There's not many people that can do that

[00:57] as well as he could.

[01:00] You know, there's also not many people

[01:03] that can rally up

[01:06] so many young guys my age like he could.

[01:22] >> And he's dead.

[01:26] He died on the 10th of September.

[01:29] That's yesterday for me. I remember I

[01:33] was at my Christian school.

[01:36] We were setting up for chapel. I was

[01:38] leading chapel worship. I'm walking into

[01:41] the building, the gym where we have our

[01:43] worship.

[01:45] And someone goes and says, "Samuel,

[01:47] Samuel." So, what is it? Charlie Coke's

[01:51] dead.

[01:56] I don't know how to process that.

[01:59] What do you mean he's dead?

[02:02] I thought these these kind of people are

[02:03] like untouchable.

[02:05] And then instantly my mind goes to when

[02:09] Donald Trump got shot and he goes, "God

[02:12] saved my life." You know, Charlie Kirk

[02:14] even went up and said, "God saved Donald

[02:16] Trump's life to serve his purpose." And

[02:18] I'm thinking, why didn't God save Donald

[02:20] why didn't God save Charlie Kirk's life?

[02:22] You saved Donald Trump's life. Why not

[02:25] Charlie Kirk's life? Donald Trump is

[02:27] like almost 80. Charlie Kirk died at 31.

[02:31] All that is rushing through my head. I'm

[02:33] thinking about that

[02:37] and I get up and I sing and I'm

[02:40] talking about the goodness of God and

[02:42] talking about how he's always run his

[02:43] goodness is always running after us and

[02:45] thinking

[02:47] where is that love for Charlie Kirk

[02:48] right now? You know,

[02:51] and I have to say that day the enemy

[02:53] won.

[02:56] There were so many people at my school,

[02:57] and you know, anyone who goes to school,

[02:59] you've you've seen it as well. There

[03:01] were people rejoicing. There were people

[03:03] celebrating.

[03:05] There were people making fun of him

[03:06] getting shot,

[03:09] making fun of of a husband, a father, a

[03:12] follower of Christ's death. And some of

[03:15] these people claim Christianity as well.

[03:18] It's the most disgusting thing I think

[03:21] I've I've ever seen in my in my lifetime

[03:25] in person. And people quoting the Bible

[03:28] saying never mourn the wicked

[03:31] >> about

[03:33] celebrating his death. I've never seen

[03:35] anything like it.

[03:38] >> But I'll tell you what, the enemy is not

[03:39] going to win.

[03:40] >> We're not going to let it we're not

[03:42] going to let the enemy win.

[03:45] So, I saw that darkness.

[03:48] I saw that despair. I've never seen

[03:50] anything like it. The amount of hatred,

[03:52] man, it's outrageous. It shows how dark

[03:55] our culture is. But I saw that. But I

[03:58] also saw this. I saw what Charlie K

[04:00] fought for.

[04:04] Saw all these young men rally up,

[04:07] including myself, rally up around. And

[04:10] we all supporting him. We're all talking

[04:12] about what a great influence he's had on

[04:14] our lives. We're talking about the

[04:15] videos that we loved seeing him in. We

[04:18] talked about the the information we got

[04:20] from him. The fact that he's in

[04:21] influenced us in such a positive light.

[04:26] And I saw unity.

[04:30] So, whoever that killer is and whoever

[04:32] is is motivated to to en enjoy seeing

[04:36] this, whoever's happy to see this, I'll

[04:38] tell you something. You have lost.

[04:41] You have lost this fight already. You

[04:43] have lost the battle. You have lost the

[04:45] war. We have We have defeated you.

[04:49] Whoever tried to kill Charlie Kirk,

[04:52] whoever killed him and tried to silence

[04:53] him, you haven't silenced him.

[04:57] >> Cuz his values are going to live on in

[04:59] people like me and they're going to live

[05:01] on in the young people of this

[05:03] generation that are standing up for

[05:05] what's right. You will never silence us.

[05:09] You can throw as many bullets as you

[05:11] want, but you're not going to silence

[05:13] the truth ever. The truth sets people

[05:17] free and the truth always prevails. And

[05:20] what he thought fought for was truth was

[05:23] justice was freedom. And those things

[05:27] will never be overcome by evil, no

[05:29] matter how many bullets you throw at it.

[05:34] And I'll tell you what, this has only

[05:35] made a million Charlie Kirks. You take

[05:37] out one, you've made a million because

[05:40] you've emboldened people.

[05:43] Whoever you are that wanted to see this

[05:45] happen, you've now emboldened people

[05:47] like me to want to stand up for what's

[05:50] right, for want to to speak up against

[05:52] this silencing tactic. There's so much

[05:56] censoring going on

[05:58] and we've just allowed ourselves to be

[06:00] silenced, us people that are trying to

[06:02] stand up for what's right. We've allowed

[06:04] them to speak down to us. We've allowed

[06:06] them to talk bad about innocent people

[06:08] like Charlie Kirk and we haven't st

[06:11] stood up against it. But here's what's

[06:13] going to happen now. What has happened

[06:16] has emboldened us to say we will stand

[06:17] up against it. We will stand up for

[06:19] what's right and we're not going to let

[06:20] this sort of thing slide.

[06:25] If I hear someone talk bad about him,

[06:27] I'm not going to let that slide. I'm

[06:28] going to challenge that.

[06:31] We're going to challenge people that

[06:33] that talk down about godly values, that

[06:35] talk down about Christian values,

[06:37] because guess what? They're wrong. And

[06:39] we have a right to tell them they're

[06:40] wrong. And we don't have to be quiet. We

[06:42] don't have to be afraid of what people

[06:44] think because the majority

[06:47] stand for common sense.

[06:50] That's the truth. The majority needs to

[06:52] speak up. The young people need of this

[06:54] generation need to speak up.

[06:58] Charlie K was a man of God.

[07:01] very admirable

[07:03] and he's inspired a generation. He's

[07:06] inspired me

[07:08] and he's won. He's won the battle that

[07:10] he set out to do. And whatever's

[07:13] whatever the reason God has allowed this

[07:14] to happen, God has got a plan for this.

[07:18] God works all things out for the good of

[07:21] those who love him.

[07:23] And Charlie is in heaven rejoicing with

[07:26] his savior right now. And this is our

[07:28] duty today. My duty when I wake up for

[07:31] school tomorrow and I'm probably I've

[07:34] already said things. I'm probably going

[07:35] to get barges about standing up for him.

[07:38] My duty is to do what's right and that's

[07:41] what I'm going to do because that's what

[07:42] Charlie Ko did and that's what Jesus

[07:44] commands us to do every day.