HOUSTON (CW39) - Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, spoke for the first time since her husband's assassination Thursday. She spoke for almost 17 minutes in a Turning Point USA video, Charlie's media company, vowing to carry on his mission.

She thanked law enforcement for capturing suspect Tyler Robinson and the public for support. Especially allies President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.

Vance arrived in Arizona Thursday night with Kirk's casket on Air Force 2. Calling her late husband a man who “laid down his life for me, for our nation, for our children,” she urged young people to stay strong in their faith, join campus chapters, and continue building the movement he started. Kirk also leaves behind the couple's three-year-old daughter.

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