"Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin set out last Thursday to answer the million-dollar question on the American right: Who will be the next Charlie Kirk? You, Youngkin said. All of you. The Republican politician was addressing a packed auditorium at Virginia Tech, the university where Charlie Kirk, the MAGA youth leader and a key ally in Donald Trump's victory in the last U.S. elections thanks to his ability to attract young voters, had been scheduled to speak."
"You will have a leader that's extraordinary, Youngkin added. Erika Kirk has demonstrated that she not only has the courage of a lion, but she has the heart of a saint. The activist's widow and mother of their two children has emerged as an influential figure in U.S. politics after her husband's murder. But particularly since the memorial held last Sunday in honor of Kirk, who was killed at age 31."
"The event was somewhere between a Republican rally and religious service, and drew 100,000 people, spread across two stadiums in Glendale, Arizona. At the memorial an extraordinary collision of religion and politics Charlie Kirk was celebrated as a martyr by Trump and much of his Cabinet. Attendees at the memorial service honoring Charlie Kirk (in the background, in an image projected on a screen) last Sunday at the Cardinals stadium in Glendale, Arizona."
Glenn Youngkin addressed a packed Virginia Tech auditorium and urged attendees to become successors to Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk had been scheduled to speak but was fatally shot during a debate in Utah Valley on September 10. Erika Kirk, his widow and mother of their two children, has emerged as an influential conservative figure and has been praised for courage and compassion. A memorial in Glendale drew roughly 100,000 people across two stadiums and blended political rallying with religious observance. Former President Trump and much of his Cabinet framed Kirk as a martyr. Erika Kirk publicly forgave the alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, citing Christian forgiveness. Court records and relatives indicate Robinson had recently embraced leftist views and told his partner he was tired of the hate he believed Kirk spread.
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