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To my great fellow Americans, I am
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filled with grief and anger at the
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heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on
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a college campus in Utah. Charlie
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inspired millions, and tonight all who
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knew him and loved him are united in
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shock and horror. Charlie was a patriot
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who devoted his life to the cause of
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open debate and the country that he
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loved so much, the United States of
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America. He fought for liberty,
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democracy, justice, and the American
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people. He’s a martyr for truth and
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freedom. And there’s never been anyone
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who was so respected by youth.
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Charlie was also a man of deep, deep
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faith. And we take comfort in the
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knowledge that he is now at peace with
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God in heaven. Our prayers are with his
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wife Erica, the two young beloved
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children, and his entire family who he
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loved more than anything in the world.
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We ask God to watch over them in this
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terrible hour of heartache and pain.
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This is a dark moment for America.
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Charlie Kirk traveled the nation
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joyfully engaging with everyone
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interested in good faith debate. His
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mission was to bring young people into
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the political process, which he did
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better than anybody ever, to share his
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love of country and to spread the simple
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words of common sense. On campuses
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nationwide, he championed his ideas with
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courage, logic, humor, and grace. It’s
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long past time for all Americans and the
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media to confront the fact that violence
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and murder are the tragic consequence of
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demonizing those with whom you disagree
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day after day, year after year in the
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most hateful and despicable way
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possible. For years, those on the
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radical left have compared wonderful
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Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the
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world’s worst mass murderers and
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criminals. This kind of rhetoric is
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directly responsible for the terrorism
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that we’re seeing in our country today,
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and it must stop right now.
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My administration will find each and
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every one of those who contributed to
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this atrocity and to other political
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violence, including the organizations
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that fund it and support it, as well as
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those who go after our judges, law
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enforcement officials, and everyone else
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who brings order to our country. From
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the attack on my life in Butler,
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Pennsylvania last year, which killed a
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husband and father, to the attacks on
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ICE agents, to the vicious murder of a
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healthc care executive in the streets of
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New York, to the shooting of House
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Majority Leader Steve Scaliz and three
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others. Radical left political violence
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has hurt too many innocent people and
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taken too many lives. Tonight, I ask all
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Americans to commit themselves to the
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American values for which Charlie Kirk
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lived and died. The values of free
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speech, citizenship, the rule of law,
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and the patriotic devotion and love of
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God. Charlie was the best of America,
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and the monster who attacked him was
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attacking our whole country. An assassin
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tried to silence him with a bullet, but
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he failed. Because together we will
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ensure that his voice, his message, and
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his legacy will live on for countless
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generations to come. Today, because of
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this heinous act, Charlie’s voice has
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become bigger and grander than ever
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before,
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and it’s not even close. May God bless
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his memory. May God watch over his
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family, and may God bless the United
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States of America. Thank you.

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