Tearful Erika Kirk says she forgives Charlie’s ‘assassin’ Tyler Robinson in devastating farewell at memorial

Erika Kirk revealed she has forgiven her late husband’s suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, during her heartbreaking tribute to her late husband at his memorial service.

In a powerful moment before tens of thousands of supporters, Erika addressed Robinson, who is accused of shooting Charlie Kirk in the throat earlier this month. 

The mother-of-two told the crowd her late husband would have wanted her to forgive his murderer.

‘He [Charlie] wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,’ Erika said with applause from the audience.

‘That man, that young man, I forgive him,’ Erika said while breaking into tears.

Members of the crowd were in tears as Erika gave a powerful and moving tribute to the father of her two children.

Days after she was announced as the CEO of his conservative grassroots organization, Turning Point USA, she vowed to carry on the movement in his honor. 

At the start of her speech, Erika was seen mouthing ‘I love you’ to Charlie before addressing the memorial audience. 

The devastated widow described the moment she saw her husband’s dead body. Kirk tearfully said that she experienced a ‘level of heartbreak she didn’t even knew existed.’

‘I felt shock, I felt horror,’ Erika told the audience before ‘but even in death I could see the man that I love.’

‘Even if Charlie had been shot in the operating room, nothing could have been done.’

The audience broke out in to massive applause after Erika said Charlie joined his savior, Jesus Christ, in paradise. 

Erika also gave thanks to Second Lady Usha Vance for comforting her in the moments following Kirk’s murder. 

‘We didn’t see violence, we didn’t see rioting,’ Erika. ‘We didn’t see revolution. Instead we saw what my husband always prayed we would see in this country. We saw revival!’

With tears streaming across her face, she praised Americans for turning towards the church for the first time in decades following her husband’s death. 

Even though Charlie died too early, he was ready to die,’ Erika continued. ‘Charlie died with incomplete work, but not unfinished business.’

She went on to reveal that throughout their marriage Charlie would write her love notes with the question: ‘How can I better serve you as a husband?’

‘I was Charlie’s confidant,’ Erika said with sadness in her voice.

‘My marriage with Charlie was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I know it was the best for him as well. He wanted everyone to experience that joy.’ 

Erika went on to claim Charlie wanted to save ‘the lost boys of the west’ by encouraging them all to experience marriage and build a family.

The new Turning Point USA CEO was meant with a standing ovation, with shouts of ‘we love you’ upon entering the State Farm Stadium. 

Tens of thousands of supporters gathered in State Farm Stadium to praise the legacy of the conservative activist after his assassination earlier this month. 

In an interview with The New York Times published hours before the memorial, Erika  said she wants the government to decide what happens to Tyler Robinson.

‘I’ve had people ask, ‘Do you feel anger toward this man? Like, do you want to seek the death penalty?’ I’ll be honest. I told our lawyer, I want the government to decide this,’ Erika said.

She went on to say she does not want anything to do with the decision because it could create unwanted guilt, especially when it comes to her Christian faith. 

‘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 continued. 

Speaking for the first time since her emotional speech just two days after her partner died, Erika revealed the exact moment she heard he’d been shot. 

She had planned on traveling with him from Arizona to Utah that day, but she had to be with her mother who was undergoing medical treatment, Erika said. 

President Donald Trump took the stage after Erika and revealed one of Charlie’s last pleas to him was to ‘save Chicago’.

‘One of the last things he [Charlie Kirk] said to me is: “Please sir, save Chicago” – we’re going to do that, we’re going to save Chicago,’ Trump said

‘Charles James Kirk was heinously murdered by a radicalized leftist for speaking the truth that was in his heart,’ the president added. 

‘He was violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice, for God, touched for reason and for common sense. He was assassinated because he lived bravely.

‘He lived boldly, and he argued brilliantly without apology. He did what was right for our nation.’