A Speech for the Ages

"However, MRI testing found no lesions on my brain and my blood work came back as clean as it could for a 38-year-old who enjoys a stiff drink and an unhealthy amount of tobacco. Whatever the cause, my tongue was so lacerated that I was struggling to breathe and was later forced to undergo emergency surgery to save my tongue, my throat, and my life."

"Kirk, one of the great organizers of the modern American conservative movement, was gunned down by a dejected, villainous, evil cretin who thought violence could solve a difference of opinions. How wrong the gunman was. In the days since Kirk met his maker, the late activist's message has spread like a new gospel not only across the United States but also along the wide reaches of the collective West."

The narrator was hospitalized on the seventh floor of the recovery wing at Virginia Commonwealth University after the tongue swelled to the size of a baseball in the days after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Medical testing revealed no brain lesions and clean blood work for a 38-year-old who drinks and smokes, and doctors considered a possible seizure. Severe lacerations required emergency surgery to save the tongue, throat, and life. While slipping in and out of consciousness, the narrator’s thoughts drifted across American landscapes. Kirk’s assassination prompted widespread spread of his message across the United States and the English-speaking West, with millions seeking solace in his faith-centered leadership.

Read at The American Conservative