This article, authored by Harold Hutchison is republished under the Creative Commons “CC BY-NC-ND” license with permission from The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Erika Kirk forgave her husband’s alleged assassin Sunday during a speech at the memorial service for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, saying he would not respond with hatred.
The accused assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested by police on the evening of Sept. 11, roughly 33 hours after Kirk was fatally shot while taking part in a “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University.
In the midst of an emotional speech, Erika Kirk recounted the Biblical account of Jesus Christ on the cross forgiving those who crucified him.
“On the cross, our Savior said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,’” Mrs. Kirk said, choking up with emotion. “That man, that young man… I forgive him.”
The audience erupted in applause and emotion for approximately 45 seconds as Erika Kirk broke down in tears.
“I forgive him because it is what Christ did,” Mrs. Kirk 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 all. Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.”
Prior to forgiving the assassin, Mrs. Kirk told a capacity crowd that filled up State Farm Stadium why Charlie Kirk went to the college campuses.
“Charlie passionately wanted to reach and save the lost boys of the west, the young men who feel like they have no direction, no purpose, no faith and no reason to live. The men wasting their lives on distractions and the men consumed with resentment, anger and hate,” Erika Kirk said, choking up at times. “Charlie wanted to help them. He wanted them to have a home with Turning Point USA, and when he went onto campus, he was looking to show them a better path and, a better life that was right there for the taking. He wanted to show them now. My husband, Charlie, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life.”
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Oh Jesus! Now we are at the “What would Charlie do?” phase?
What he always did…. Punk young college kids in a fake “Debate” that was loaded against the kids from the gitgo.
Forgive him for what now exactly? Its funny over on iw’s, aj is doing the modern day monty python sketch of the magic bullet that has no exit wound…lmao. You can see that people are mostly no longer swallowing their rubbish, there were just over 100k at the stadium and over 610k watching live, thats less than .2pc of the us population. Those live numbers dont show how many were international or not, so its probably even less than that. Id love to say the pajeet had a brass neck but he has no neck at all. Maybe he should ask his fake idf girlfriend for some assistance. Diversity is a strength after all and trumpstein is fighting against it while employing it…lmao. The US is so screwed. Not to worry folks, at least jisrael will get its billions to fight against the boogie men they invented which translates as ethnic cleansing to the human race who do have a conscience. Isint a coincidence that charlie and jfk have magic bullets. i wonder where you can get those magic bullets with no exit wounds….lol.
Very admirable.
Unfortunately, forgiving these people, turning the other cheek, being the better person is exactly what got Christians to where we are now. Muslims and the left have become so emboldened because there are no repercussions to their actions and violence-they murder someone and they get let off. They persecute people, they are cheered on by the MSM.
If she wishes to forgive a person who murdered her husband, who denied their children of a father, who destroyed their lives, then that is up to her. I wouldn’t. And I think he should get the death sentence and the fruit he was with, who apparently knew what he was planning and did nothing to stop it, should be jailed.
Forgiveness and accountability are two different things.