""He always said to me: 'If we could just figure out how to bring the Holy Spirit into a Trump rally.' Think you've done it,""
""These past 10 days after Charlie's assassination," said Kirk's wife, Erika Kirk, now his successor as CEO of Turning Point USA, "we didn't see violence. We didn't see rioting. We didn't see revolution. Instead, we saw what my husband always prayed he would see in this country. We saw revival.""
""They cannot conceive of the army that they have arisen in all of us! .... Millions will carry on his legacy. And we will devote the rest of our lives to finishing the causes for which Charlie gave his last measure of devotion.""
Kirk's memorial repeatedly invoked the word "revival," with attendees and leaders framing his assassination as galvanizing the religious right and conservative political organizers. Tens of thousands packed a Phoenix stadium as Turning Point USA reported 54,000 requests for new chapters following his death. Church attendance increased in multiple communities in the days after the killing. Erika Kirk was named CEO of Turning Point USA and publicly emphasized forgiveness for the accused, describing the response as peaceful and spiritual. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Steven Miller blamed the left and urged followers to carry on Kirk's causes, while former President Trump made sardonic remarks about Kirk's opposition tolerance.
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