President Trump: Today we're here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who galvanized the next generation like nobody I've never seen before. An American Patriot of the deepest conviction, the finest quality and the highest caliber, the late, great, Charlie Kirk.
President Trump: Erika, your love and courage have been an inspiration to all of us, and we will always be here for you, and we're always going to be here for your gorgeous, beautiful children, and we'll never forget what you family has sacrificed for our country.
President Trump: Charles James Kirk was a visionary, and one of the greatest figures of his generation; he was truly an amazing figure; in growing leaps and bounds, he knew that the fight to preserve our heritage is waged, not only on the battlefield and in the halls of power…but also in the hearts of our nation's youth, that's where Charlie rode strongest.
President Trump: Charlie never missed an opportunity to remind us of the Judeo-Christian principals of our nation's founding, or to share his deep Christian faith. In his final moments, Charlie testified to the greatness of America, and to the glory of Our Savior, with whom he now rests in Heaven
President Trump: In the days since Charlie's killing we've seen exactly why our country so dearly needed his example. We've watched legions of far-left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror, because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one. They know that they're failing. They have the devil's ideology. And they're failing, and they know it. They feel it. And they become violent. They seem to become very violent on the left. They've rammed vehicles into federal law enforcement, fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me…especially in the wake of Charlie's assassination, our country must have absolutely no tolerance for this radical-left violence, extremism, and terror. We're done with the angry mobs, and we're not gonna let our cities be unsafe. We're gonna make sure our cities are safe.
President Trump: One month after Charlie's death, we still feel the terrible shock and the pain of his loss, like just about nobody that I can think of. Charlie Kirk was one of a kind, he was unstoppable, he was like indomitable, and always will be; he's really irreplaceable…so we hold his memory in our hearts forever. Every single day of this administration we will continue to carry our the mission for which he lived…In Charlie's honor we will continue, like we have been, to Fight, Fight , Fight, and to Win, Win, Win. We're gonna win so much.
Erika Kirk: The very existence of the Presidential Medal of Freedom reminds us that the national interests of the United States has always been freedom. Our founders etched it into the Preamble of our Constitution, and those words are not relics on parchment, they are a living covenant. The blessings of liberty are not man's invention, they are God's endowment. Charlie lived for those blessings, not as abstract words, but as sacred promises.
Erika Kirk: Charlie's life was proof that freedom is not a theory, it's a testimony. He showed us that liberty begins, not in the halls of power, but in the man, of a heart surrendered to God.