President Donald Trump used his speech at the memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sunday at 63,400-seat State Farm Stadium in Arizona, to continue obscuring Kirk’s long record of hateful and bigoted comments and views. Other speakers were also a part of the process of using what was billed as a memorial service instead as a political rally for the right.

“He was a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose. He did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best for them,” Trump said. “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie, I hate my opponent.”

Hate was central to Kirk’s career as a political organizer for the right and as a political pundit. From his platform, Kirk preached bigotry against multiple groups of Americans. He struck out against transgender pe

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