Prayers, tributes to “Almighty God” and the calls to “handle the sword against evil”: for his farewell to Charlie Kirk, murdered on September 10, the American right celebrated the memory of the pro-trump influencer with summits of religious fervor.
“Less than two weeks ago, our country was torn from one of the best spirits of our time, a giant of his generation and, above all, a husband, a father, a son, a dedicated Christian and a patriot,” said President Donald Trump in front of more than 60,000 people during a ceremony in Glendale, Arizona.
“He is a martyr,” dead “for American freedom,” the Republican billionaire launched, facing the crowd dressed in the colors of the US flag, many sports caps “make America great” (magician, returning his greatness to the United States), “freedom” (freedom) or “charlie” t -shirts.
“I forgive it”
At the end of this tax that lasted more than five hours, the US president led Erika Kirk in her arms, Charlie Kirk’s widow, who had preceded him in the gallery. The American, who takes care of her husband’s torch to the head of her youth organization Turning Point USA, said “forgive” his murderer.
“This man, this young man, forgive him,” he announced, the voice strangled by sob, raising the emotion and applause of the audience. “I forgive him because that is what Christ did and what Charlie would have done. The response to hatred is not hate,” he said.
“The evil murderer who took us to Charlie to wait for us to have funerals today and instead we had a rebirth in the celebration of Charlie Kirk and Jesus Christ,” said Vice President JD Vance, of whom he was very close.
Charlie Kirk, 31, was killed on September 10 of a bullet on her neck, while organizing a debate on a university campus in Utah, in the west of the country, a drama that revived the deep US political fractures.
“We are all Charlie Kirk”
Charlie Kirk used her millions of subscribers on social networks and their interventions in universities to defend Donald Trump and disseminate her nationalist, Christian and traditionalist ideas with youth.
His alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, 22, explained his act with his relatives for the “hatred” transmitted according to Charlie Kirk, revealed the authorities of Utah, who requested the death penalty against him.
“Charlie gave me the courage to defend what I think,” said Jeremy Schlotman, a 21 -year -old student on the site, citing in particular his opposition to the participation of transgender people in sports competitions.
“The murderer has just created a generation of New Charlie. We are all Charlie Kirk now,” says this young Catholic who joined Turning Point uses just after his murder.
After driving more than twelve hours from Texas, Monica Mirelez agreed with all her being. “I see it as a martyr of Christ,” said AFP, this 44 -year -old nurse who saw the videos of the Instagram activist daily. “It’s so sad that it has been silenced,” he laments. “It’s like losing a brother.”
His passionate speeches, against abortion and anti-immigration, seduced this pious American, of Mexican origin. “He defended the biblical principles, against the LGBTQ community,” he appreciates. “It earned him a lot of hate, but I think he was misunderstood.”
“I think he was trying to spread the truth and love,” he said, forgetting that Charlie Kirk has greatly contributed to misinformation to try to make believe that 2020’s presidential elections had been stolen from Donald Trump.
The White House expressed this week to suppress what he describes as “interior terrorism” on the left after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Then, Donald Trump announced to classify as a “terrorist” the “anti -fed” movement, which brings together extreme left groups that claim to be anti -fascism, without explaining the legal consequences of this decision.
Source: BFM TV
