GLENDALE, Ariz.—In a profound act of grace that echoed through a sea of tens of thousands of mourners, Erika Kirk, widow of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, publicly forgave her husband’s assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, during Sunday’s memorial service at State Farm Stadium.
“I forgive him,” she said, invoking Jesus Christ’s words from the cross, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”
The 5.5-hour ceremony titled “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” drew over 100,000 attendees to honor the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, slained on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. Andrew Kolvet, spokesman for Turning Point USA and executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” shared that early numbers tally over 100 million livestreams