JD Vance to host ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ in tribute to his close friend and ally
Vice-president JD Vance will organize an edition of “The Charlie Kirk Show” Monday evening in tribute to the conservative activist who was shot by a university event last week at the age of 31.
Announcing the move on X on Sunday evening, Vance said that the organization of the show would be an honor and an opportunity to “pay tribute to my friend”. The show will be displayed at 12 noon.
Vance has already paid tribute to Kirk as a key figure in the Maga movement and has credited him with having helped him to become vice-president and present him to President Donald Trump.
Vance and his wife Usha were close to Kirk and accompanied his coffin on a flight to Phoenix, Arizona, last Thursday, one day after the shooting.
Turning point USA, the influential political group focused on young people founded by Kirk, will hold a huge commemorative service for him at the State Farm Stadium to Parner Glendale on September 21.
Police arrested and charged Tyler Robinson on Friday, 22, from UTAH, suspected of Kirk murder during a speaking event on Wednesday at the University of Utah Valley.
He faces accusations of aggravated murder, a criminal release of a firearm causing serious bodily injuries and an obstruction of justice.
Members of the Trump Administration and Congress spoke during a prayer vigil held for Kirk at Kennedy Center on Sunday evening.
The president of the room, Mike Johnson, said that the death of Kirk had thrown a “dark shadow” on Capitol Hill, qualifying his inheritance as “immeasurable”.
The white house press secretary Karoline Leavitt credited Kirk and Turning Point for helping to “feed” Trump’s victory in the 2024 elections and said that she is talking on behalf of the president saying that he “loved” Kirk.
HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called Kirk his “spiritual brother” and said that the two were on their opposition to home regulations during the cocovited pandemic.
Referring to the alleged Kirk killer, Kari Lake told the event that the colleges had become “indoctrination camps” thanks to the “most horrible brain washing campaign in the history of humanity”.
Some of the speakers have become emotional while remembering Kirk, in particular representatives Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ). The two told personal stories about the time spent with Kirk and offered prayers for his family.
The widow of Kirk, Erika, promised on Friday to continue the mission of her late husband. “If you thought my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea,” she said in a video. “You have no idea what you have just unleashed in the whole country and this world.”
Eleanor Skelly contributed.
