Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, made her first public comments on Friday after he was shot and killed on Wednesday.

"He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband," Erika Kirk said. "My husband laid down his life for me, for our nation, for our children."

"The evildoers responsible for my husband's assassination have no idea what they've done," she said. "They killed Charlie because he preached a message of patriotism, faith, and God's merciful love."

Kirk pledged to continue Charlie's work touring campuses to speak with American students, and said the podcast and show he had started would go on.

"The movement my husband build will not die. It won't. I refuse to let that happen," she said. "It will become stronger, bolder, louder and greater than ever.

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