‘We’re going to celebrate the life of a great man,’ said Trump. He has blamed the ‘radical left’ for the activist’s assassination last week
US President Donald Trump and prominent members of his “Make America Great Again” (Maga) movement were paying tribute on Sunday to Charlie Kirk, praising the slain political conservative activist as a singular force whose work they must now advance.
“Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus,” said the Reverend Rob McCoy, Kirk’s pastor.
Kirk’s assassination during a September 10 appearance at a Utah university campus has become a singular moment for the modern-day conservative movement. It has also set off a fierce debate about violence, decency and free speech in an era of deep political division.
The shooting has stirred fear among some Americans that Trump is trying to harness outrage over the killing as justification to suppress the voices of his critics and political opponents.
