“WHERE’S DADDY?” — Charlie Kirk’s 3-year-old daughter innocently asked her mother, Erika Kirk, after seeing her say she was going to pick Daddy up — only to return alone. It was a heartbreaking moment that brought millions to tears. It may take years for the little girl to understand that the father who once built sandcastles on the beach with her will never appear in her life again. Watch the full heartbreaking moment
Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on September 10, had two kids with wife Erika – a son who turned one in May, and a daughter who turned three this August.
Erika Kirk, wife of slain conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, made her first public remarks today after the 31-year-old was shot and killed on September 10. In the emotional speech, Erika – at one point – spoke about discussing what happened to Charlie with their daughter.
Charlie and Erika have two children together – a son who turned one in May, and a daughter who turned three this August. Erika recalled speaking to her daughter in the aftermath of the shooting at the Utah Valley University. When she got home, her daughter ran into her arms, Erika said, and the child asked “Where’s daddy?”.
“What do you tell a 3 year-old?,” an emotional Erika questioned during the live stream. “I said ‘baby, Daddy loves you so much, he’s on a work trip with Jesus’, so he can afford your blueberry budget” Erika said, tearing up.
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Charlie Kirk began what would be his final appearance on a college campus on Wednesday in a debate about religion.
For about eight minutes at a Utah Valley University event in Orem, Mr. Kirk engaged in a theological debate about Mormonism versus Christianity. The first audience member who took the mic told Mr. Kirk, an evangelical Christian, that Mormonism is more historically accurate than Protestantism. Mr. Kirk, who sat in a white T-shirt and black pants before a crowd of about 3,000 people, swatted a fly as he listened and prepared his response.
Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, is delivering her first public remarks in a live streamed video. With her voice breaking with emotion, she said that her husband now wears “the glorious crown of a martyr.” Addressing President Trump, she said, “Mr. President, my husband loved you. And he knows that you loved him too.”
Tyler Robinson, the man arrested on suspicion of killing Charlie Kirk, was registered to vote but had never voted in any election, according to Ryan Sullivan, the clerk and auditor for Washington County, Utah, where the suspect lived.
