Erika Kirk, the widow of assassinated conservative leader Charlie Kirk, said during an emotional memorial service for her husband on Sunday that she forgives the man accused of killing him, stressing that love, not hate, must be the answer and vowed to continue his legacy with Turning Point USA.
“I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do,” Kirk told mourners at the service, held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. “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.”
Kirk recalled that her husband’s deepest mission was reaching young men who felt lost, angry, and without purpose.
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