Charlie Kirk’s legacy of grace triumphs over hate: His bravery is what America needs most
By Miranda Devine
Published Sep. 21, 2025
Updated Sep. 22, 2025, 6:36 a.m. ET
Beautiful, gracious, courageous, and good Erika Kirk gave the most powerful, bravest speech we will ever witness at the memorial service for her husband in a packed stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
We see clearly why Charlie Kirk chose her to be his wife.
“My husband Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life.
“On the Cross, our Savior said: ‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.’ ”
Looking up at a giant image of her husband overhead, through sobs and swallowed anger, Erika Kirk said: “That young man, I forgive him.”
The crowd rose to its feet and roared its admiration for the widow standing in front of them in a white pantsuit, her long, blond hair shining like a Viking warrior woman.
“I forgive him because it is what Christ did,” she said. “It is what Charlie would do.
“The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the Gospel is love and always love. Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.”
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