“Today America is a nation in grief and a nation in shock, and a nation in mourning,” President Trump said, calling Charlie Kirk “One of the brightest lights of our time.”

“He died what was right for our nation,” Trump said. “Our greatest evangelist for liberty became immortal.”

President Trump called Charlie Kirk one of the country’s greatest patriots. REUTERS

“He’s a martyr now,” the president added. “None of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk. And neither now will history.”

“He will live for ever in the chronicle of America’s greatest patriots.”

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