The memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday began with somber remembrances and anecdotes from friends before turning more explicitly to politics and vows to crush enemies of Kirk’s conservative movement.

Tens of thousands of mourners packed a football stadium near Phoenix — and spilled into an overflow arena nearby — for the event, during which President Donald Trump and many members of his administration eulogized Kirk. Some vowed that his death would only strengthen his efforts to bring young people to the political right.

The service took place nearly two weeks after Kirk, 31, was assassinated while holding an event on a college campus in Utah. A 22-year-old man who prosecutors said had decried Kirk’s “hatred” has been charged in his death.

Many speakers invoked Christianity and

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