NY Post
GLENDALE, Arizona — Erika Kirk revealed that she forgives the man who killed her husband Charlie and preached unity and peace in a stunning, searing speech that left mourners speechless and crying on Sunday.
“He wanted to save young men. Just like the one who took his life,” Kirk’s widow said through tears, speaking behind the presidential seal on stage at State Farm Stadium.
She added: “I forgive him because it was what Christ did. And what Charlie would do.”
“The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love. Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us,” Erika continued.
She added that she wouldn’t push for the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, the man charged with his fatal shooting, telling the New York Times: “I do not want that man’s blood on my ledger.
“Because when I get to heaven, and Jesus is like: ‘Uh, eye for an eye? Is that how we do it?’ And that keeps me from being in heaven, from being with Charlie?”
Erika and President Trump shared a warm embrace from the stage following the commander-in-chief’s rousing eulogy in which he called Kirk “a great American hero,” and pledged to the couple that their two young children would grow up in a world where their father was revered.
Erika added: “I forgive him because it was what Christ did. And what Charlie would do.
Very nice job reporting.