"On Sunday night, President Donald Trump eulogized far-right conservative activist Charlie Kirk, describing him as a "martyr" and blaming his assassination on the "radical left." Minutes before, Kirk's wife had offered a very different address, saying that her husband would have forgiven his killer. "The answer to hate is not hate," Erika Kirk said. "The answer, we know from the Gospel, is love and always love.""
"Feeling the need to contradict the grieving widow, Trump told the gathered mourners and viewers at home that, unlike Kirk, "I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them." The bizarre, five-hour-long spectacle didn't come as a surprise to Caroline Stout. In fact it felt like a fitting end to Kirk's bombastic political career, which was largely defined by his work with his ultra-right-wing political group Turning Point USA."
President Donald Trump eulogized far-right activist Charlie Kirk as a "martyr" and blamed the assassination on the "radical left." Erika Kirk said her husband would have forgiven his killer and urged that "the answer to hate is not hate" and that "the answer, we know from the Gospel, is love and always love." Trump publicly contradicted that sentiment, declaring, "I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them," during a five-hour memorial. Former Turning Point USA staffer Caroline Stout described the spectacle as fitting to Kirk's bombastic career and recalled meeting Kirk in 2014, noting his emphasis on dynamic personalities over policy.
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