Charlie Kirk’s spouse, Erika Kirk (née Frantzve), broke her silence following the dying of her husband at age 31.
“Charlie liked life. He liked his life, he liked America, he liked nature which all the time helped him nearer to God,” Erika, 36, mentioned in a stay stream by way of Charlie’s X on Friday, September 12. “He liked the Chicago Cubs and my goodness did he love the Oregon Geese.”
Erika added that Charlie additionally had a number of love for his household and his function as a husband and father. (The couple share two youngsters: one son and one daughter.)
“Most of all Charlie liked his youngsters and he liked me with all of his coronary heart and I knew that on a regular basis. He made certain I knew that on a regular basis,” she continued. “On a regular basis he would ask me, ‘How can I serve you higher? How can I be a greater husband? How can I be a greater father?’ … He was a such a superb man. He nonetheless is such a superb man. He was the proper father. He was the proper husband.”
She continued, “Right here me after I say this: no person is ever too younger to know the gospel. No one. No one is ever too younger to get entangled with saving this lovely nation This nation, my husband liked and nonetheless loves and no person is ever to previous both, there’s no age restrict. I do know my husband remains to be right here. He’s watching over us. I don’t keep in mind the final time I slept. I couldn’t sleep final night time.”
She then addressed her late husband straight. “Charlie child, Charlie I promise I’ll by no means let your legacy die child I gained’t,” she mentioned. “Oh, Charlie I really like you. I really like you child. Relaxation within the arms of our lord as he blankets you with the phrases I do know your coronary heart all the time strives to listen to. Nicely finished my good and trustworthy servant.”
She additionally famous the problem of navigating Charlie’s dying as a mom, recalling chatting with the pair’s daughter, Gigi, the night time prior. “After I bought dwelling final night time Gigi, our daughter, simply bumped into my arms and I talked to her and she or he mentioned, ‘Mommy i miss you’ and I mentioned I miss you too child and she or he goes, ‘The place’s daddy?’ How do you inform a 3 12 months previous? She’s 3. And I mentioned, ‘Daddy loves you a lot child he’s on a piece journey with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry price range.’”
Charlie was shot throughout a talking occasion for his American Comeback Tour at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, September 10. Preliminary experiences indicated that he was in essential situation, however his activist group, Turning Level USA, later confirmed that Charlie had died.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we, the Turning Level USA management crew, write to inform you that early this afternoon, Charlie went to his everlasting reward with Jesus Christ in Heaven,” the group mentioned in a press release to staff and supporters on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump additionally confirmed the information by way of his app, Fact Social, writing, “The Nice, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is lifeless. Nobody understood or had the Coronary heart of the Youth in the US of America higher than Charlie. He was liked and admired by ALL, particularly me, and now, he’s not with us. Melania and my Sympathies exit to his lovely spouse Erika, and household. Charlie, we love you!”
Trump, 79, additionally mentioned he had ordered for all American flags to be lowered to half-mast in Charlie’s honor by way of Sunday, September 14, at 6 p.m.
Charlie cofounded Turning Level USA, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative politics on highschool and faculty campuses, in 2012 when he was 18. He went on to change into some of the influential conservative activists in the US and developed shut relationships with members of Trump’s circle.
In 2021, Charlie married Erika, a former Miss Arizona USA. The couple went on to welcome a daughter in August 2022 and a son in Could 2024.
Hollywood stars are talking out to mourn the dying of controversial conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Information broke on Wednesday, September 10, that Kirk was shot and killed throughout a talking engagement in Utah. He was 31. “The Nice, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is lifeless,” President Donald Trump wrote by way of his Fact Social platform. “No […]
Earlier this 12 months, Erika shared a tribute for her husband on the 4th of July, saying that she was “particularly grateful” for him on patriotic holidays like Independence Day.
“I really like how a lot he loves this nation. He believes that the freedoms we have a good time as we speak are value defending day by day,” she wrote alongside a video of Charlie taking part in with their children on the seaside. “And when you could not agree with each phrase he says, I hope you possibly can nonetheless be stirred by the truth that he can say them. That we are able to all converse. That this land, though imperfect in some methods and ideal in others, is stitched collectively by a Structure that superbly protects our voice, our worship, our properties, and our hope. That alone is one thing value celebrating.”
She continued, “So as we speak, I thank God for freedom. I thank God for the present of this nation. And I thank God for a husband who, day in and day trip, provides every thing he has to defend it. Glad Birthday, America. Could we by no means take you as a right. I really like you @charliekirk1776.”
