Charlie Kirk’s widow vows husband’s mission will continue

The wife of the conservative activist killed Charlie Kirk on Friday said that her husband was a good man who wanted us to remember his courage and his faith and swore that his movement would continue.

Speaking for the first time publicly since her husband was fatally killed on Wednesday at the University of Utah Valley, Erika Kirk called the managers of her death.

“The criminals responsible for the assassination of my husband have no idea what they did,” she said. “They killed Charlie because he preached a message of patriotism, faith and merciful love of God.”

“If you thought my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea,” she continued. “You have no idea what you have just unleashed throughout this country and this world. You have no idea. You have no idea of ​​the fire you have ignited in this woman. The cries of this widow resonate in the world as a battle cry.”

Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally killed in the neck with a rifle taken from a roof during the event at the University of Orem.

Authorities believe that the suspect, a 22 -year -old Utah resident, said alone, said Utah Spencer Cox governor.

Erika Kirk spoke of video with the title “The beloved wife of Charlie Kirk, Ms. Erika Kirk addresses the nation”, which was shown on the social media pages of Turning Point USA, the group that her husband co-founded.

She thanked the agents of the application of laws whose efforts led to the arrest of the suspect and to the first speakers who, according to her, worked heroically to try to save the life of her husband.

She said that Charlie Kirk “was the perfect father … the perfect husband.”

“I will never have the words to describe the loss that I feel in my heart,” she said. “I honestly have no idea what it means. I know that God does, but I don’t do it.”

The suspect in the murder, Tyler Robinson, was arrested Friday in Washington County.

Robinson’s father contacted a family friend who contacted the Sheriff’s Bureau of the County of Washington, who then informed other officials, according to two senior officials of the survey law application.

The sheriff’s office contacted the Sheriff of the County of Utah, where the murder occurred, and Robinson went and was arrested, said the commissioner of the Ministry of Public Security of Utah, beautiful Mason.

Mason said he thought that the investigators would have found Robinson that he had not even been returned.

“I have no idea what his state of mind was, why he went,” said Mason. “What I can talk about is that I am convinced that the process we use, the tracks we develop and the information that happened – we would have apprehended it.”

Kirk’s murder met with a furious conviction, notably by President Donald Trump. The assassination triggered questions about the nature of political discourse, including online where some who did not agree with Kirk celebrated his murder, and others on the right called for “civil war”.

Trump said on Thursday that he would be attributed posthumously to Kirk the Presidential Liberty Medal.

Erika Kirk thanked Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and the second Lady Usha Vance on Friday on Friday. She said JD Vance was a dear friend of her husband. Charlie Kirk was a nearby Trump ally and he played an influential role in the increase in vance in national politics.

Charlie Kirk was the father of two young children. His wife said that Thursday evening, their 3 -year -old daughter asked: “Where’s Dad?”

“How do you say to a 3-year-old child? She is 3 years old,” she said. “I said baby, Dad loves you so much. Do not worry, he is on a work trip with Jesus so that he can afford your blueberry budget. ”

She said that Turning Point USA and the Charlie Kirk podcast and the podcast would continue, and that an autumn tour on the campus will continue. She said that her heart was with her husband’s employees “who lost a friend and a mentor”.

“My husband’s mission will not end, not even for a moment,” said Erika Kirk.