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Lauren Gambino in Glendale, Arizona

Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, says she forgives man accused of murder

man in suit hugs woman in white suit as she looks down crying
Erika Kirk with Donald Trump at the service. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

During an emotional address at his public memorial in Glendale, Arizona, the widow of rightwing youth organizer Charlie Kirk said she forgives the man charged with killing her husband.

“My husband, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life,” Erika Kirk said, before an at-capacity crowd. “That man, that young man – I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do.”

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