Meaning behind Erika Kirk’s
Memorial for Charlie Kirk
At a packed service in the Arizona Cardinals’ stadium, tributes poured in for Charlie Kirk,
the 31-year-old political activist fatally shot at Utah Valley University.
He leaves behind his wife, Erika, and their two children.
Emotional Gesture
During her speech, Erika pointed her hand skyward in the American Sign Language sign for “I love you.”
It was a message to her late husband “waiting in heaven.”
Widow’s Tribute
Erika described him as a man who “did 100 per cent of what he could every day.”
She revealed she had forgiven the alleged gunman, saying: “I forgive him because it is what Christ did.
Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.”
Legacy
Announcing she would lead Turning Point USA, Erika vowed: “Every part of our work will become greater.”
Trump confirmed Kirk will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
