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Al Jazeera
Politics
Lyndal Rowlands

Donald Trump to Rebecca Dunn: Who said what at Charlie Kirk’s memorial?

US President Donald Trump speaks onstage during a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, United States on Sunday [Daniel Cole/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump and his supporters have paid tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Arizona with speeches laden with religious and patriotic themes.

Trump described the cofounder of the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA as a martyr. Other speakers compared Kirk’s legacy to Jesus, Moses, George Washington and American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, in stark contrast to critics who say he held racist, Islamophobic and misogynistic positions in life.

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