GLENDALE, Ariz. – (TNS) President Donald Trump and top Republicans mourned Charlie Kirk on Sunday and galvanized young conservatives at the memorial service ahead of next year’s crucial midterm elections.

Held in a packed football stadium with the highest level of security, Republican officials paid homage to the 31-year-old activist, his deep Christian faith and his young family — while leaning on the occasion to energize the same populist voters who helped propel Trump to his second term in the White House.

“Charlie’s murder was not just an attack on one man or one movement. It was an attack on our entire nation,” Trump said, calling him a “martyr.”

“It was an assault on our most sacred liberties and God-given rights. The gun was pointed at him, but the bullet was aimed at all of us.

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