President Donald Trump was among those who cast conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a martyr during the memorial event that was a mix of religious worship and political rally.

“He’s a martyr now for American freedom. I know I speak for everyone here today when I say that none of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk, and neither now will history,” Trump told tens of thousands of mourners at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix - where Kirk’s conservative youth movement, Turning Point USA, is headquartered.

The scale of the event and the roster of Republican leaders are on par with what Americans would see at the funeral of a former president, though Kirk was a private citizen and a political influencer who espoused polarizing views.

Republicans speaking at the memor

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