Vice President JD Vance hailed Charlie Kirk as a “joyful warrior for our country” as a guest host on the slain conservative activist’s podcast on Monday.
Paying tribute to Kirk, the veep introduced himself to an online audience that swelled to nearly 750,000 by saying: “I’m filling in for a person who cannot be filled in for.”
“We owe something to Charlie. He was a joyful warrior for our country. He loved America,” Vance said. “He devoted himself tirelessly to making our country a better place.”
Vance discussed Kirk’s conservative legacy for about two hours with a cast of MAGA A-listers and Trump administration officials including Tucker Carlson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and hardline policy maven Stephen Miller.
Echoing remarks of President Trump, Vance avoided any hint of an olive