For prominent Republicans, the two main reactions to the assassination of Charlie Kirk have been a resolve to continue his conservative political organizing work and, for some, a push to blame — in the words of President Trump — "radical-left lunatics."

The contrasting views were most notably on display at the close of Kirk's memorial service in a stadium filled to capacity in Arizona on Sunday, where Kirk's widow, Erika, gave an emotional remembrance grounded in the faith of her husband, who "wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life."

"On the cross, our savior said: 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,'" Kirk said. "That man — that young man — I forgive him. I forgive him because it's what Christ did. And it's what Charlie would do."

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