Tribute to Charlie Kirk | Trump salutes a “giant of his generation”

(Glendale) Donald Trump welcomed Charlie Kirk’s memory on Sunday, “a giant of his generation” murdered on September 10, during a tribute ceremony to this figure in the American right in a top stadium in Arizona.

“Less than two weeks ago, our country was being torn from one of the greatest spirits of our time, a giant of its generation and above all a husband, a father, a son, a Christian and a devoted patriot,” said the American president near Phoenix, in the southwest of the country.

Inside the State Farm Stadium of Glendale filled with around 64,000 people according to the police crowns a crowd dressed in the colors of the American flag, many sporting caps “Make America Great Again” (Maga, returning its greatness to America) of the “Freedom” (Liberté) or “Charlie” t-shirts.

“Charlie Kirk led us here, Charlie Kirk led us to the promised land,” the far -right influencer Jack Posobiec told the tribune, comparing him to Moses.

“Charlie’s death was not just a murder. The real word to describe what Charlie has done is a sacrifice, “he said.

“I want to thank Charlie for his sacrifice,” said Ben Carson, Minister during Donald Trump’s first term.

The American president must also speak, thus his vice-president. His widow Erika Kirk, who takes up the torch at the head of her youth organization Turning Point USA, will also be addressed to the audience.

Erika Kirk, said “forgive” her murderer, in a discourse with very religious accents during a tribute ceremony in an Archical stadium in Arizona.

“My husband Charlie wanted to save young men, like the one who took his life,” said Erika Kirk in front of an assistance of more than 60,000 people, including President Donald Trump, at the Glendale State Farm Stadium, Arizona (South West).

“This man, this young man, I forgive him,” she said, the voice strangled by sobs.

“I forgive him because that’s what Christ did and what Charlie would have done. The response to hatred is not hatred, ”she added.

The assassination on September 10 of Charlie Kirk, 31, a bullet in the neck, while he was hosting a debate on a university campus in UTAH, in the west of the country, rekindled the deep American political fractures.

Charlie Kirk used his millions of subscribers on social networks and his interventions in universities to defend Donald Trump and disseminate his nationalist, Christian and traditionalist ideas with youth.

“Generation” Charlie

“Charlie gave me the courage to defend on the campus what I think,” said Jeremy Schlotman, a 21 -year -old biology student, taking a photo of one of Charlie’s portraits and his widow Erika Kirk arranged in the alleys of the stadium.

He notably quotes his opposition to the participation of transgender people in sports competitions: “I was too afraid to speak about it openly,” says this young Catholic who joined the organization founded by Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, just after his assassination.

The student claims to forgive the murderer and does not wish to feed the debates that tear the country. “Kill one, and a thousand others will get up,” he says. “The killer has just created a generation of new Charlie. We are all Charlie Kirk now ”.

Before the speech of personalities, Christian rock groups succeeded each other on the scene, singing songs in homage to God or Christ, sometimes taken up in chorus by the audience.

“For such a young man, he did a great job,” said Donald Trump before he left for Arizona.

“Ten years ago, these universities were dangerous places for the conservatives. But now the conservatives are trendy, ”he said.

“Inner terrorism”

Monica Mirelez, a 44 -year -old Texan who led a dozen hours to be there, told AFP to see Charlie Kirk “like a martyr for Christ. »»

“He was the perfect example of what we should do as Christians, be courageous and make our voice heard. It is so sad that he was silenced, “said this nurse of Mexican origin who adhered” 100 % “to her anti -avoly speech and against illegal immigration.

His alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, 22, explained his act with his relatives by the “hatred” conveyed according to him by Charlie Kirk, revealed the local authorities.

Even before the identification or arrest of the alleged murderer, the American president called Charlie Kirk as “martyr of truth and freedom” and accused the rhetoric of the “radical left”.

The White House expressed this week its intention to repress what it describes as “interior terrorism” on the left following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Donald Trump then announced to classify as “terrorist” organization the “anti -fas” movement, which brings together far left groups claiming to be anti -fascism, without explaining the legal consequences of this decision.