As more than 100,000 people gathered at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to pay tribute to the conservative activist who was killed on a Utah university campus on 10 September, seemingly the entire pantheon of President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement was present to honour Kirk’s memory. The event also seemed to place Kirk’s Christian nationalist ideological message at the very heart of Republican politics.
As he left Washington to attend the ceremony, Trump told reporters that Kirk “had a tremendous influence. He had a hold on youth because they loved him, they respected him”.
“Our whole administration is here, but not just because we loved Charlie as a friend … but because we know we wouldn’t be here without him,” Vice President JD Vance said.
Donald Trump speaks during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP)
The event reflected the fusion of right-wing ideology with the evangelical Christian faith that Kirk epitomised. Right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson told Fox News – which provided live coverage all day from Glendale – that Kirk was a “true martyr in the true Christian sense”. Johnson also said that Kirk’s critics “wanted a funeral … and what they got was a spiritual awakening and a revival”.
As the service got underway, Elon Musk – also in attendance – posted on X that “Charlie was murdered by the Dark for showing people the Light”. Speaker after speaker embraced that imagery, arguing that Kirk was in the vanguard of a battle between good and evil, with nothing less than the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
Hegseth described Kirk as “a citizen who wore the biblical armour of a soldier”.
Erika Kirk wipes away tears as she speaks about her slain husband (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP)But moments later, Trump branded Kirk’s killer a “radicalised, cold-blooded monster”. He said he disagreed with Kirk’s philosophy of loving even your opponent. “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 and I don’t want the best for them,” he said, while apologising to Mrs Kirk and indicating he was open to efforts to change his mind.
Kirk envisioned Christian nationalism at the centre of American life, with the church instructing the public on who to marry, how to manage their finances, and who to vote for.
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Trump and Vance are also trying to galvanise Republican voters, urging them to deliver the party a massive win in next year’s mid-term elections in honour of Kirk’s memory.
From Arizona, the word went out on Sunday that even more radical faith-based change is needed in America, and Kirk’s followers fervently believe that his legacy will be the deliverance of it.
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