A drone view shows people gathering to pay tribute to slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at the headquarters of Turning Point USA, ahead of a memorial service for him which is to be held on September 21, in Phoenix, Arizona, US, September 20, 2025. — Reuters
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It is expected that a commemorative service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday is expected to drag a large crowd at a football stadium in Arizona, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Venice and other prominent mega -coalition will pay tribute to the deceased Conservative activist.
Organizers said they expect them to fill the state farm stadium in Glendel, with a capacity of more than 73,000, and according to Kirk’s lawyer group spokesman, Andrew Collite, arranged overflow space in the nearby field.
With the death of Trump as a result of Kirk’s death, security will be very tough due to the ongoing political turmoil. A senior Homeland Security Department said the service was given a high level security rating of the agency, which is specific to “highest national importance events” like the super bowl.
Kirk, 31, was killed by a bullet during a campus event in Utah on September 10. The 22 -year -old suspect has been accused of murder, and investigators say he told his romantic partner in text messages that he had killed Kirk because he “has a lot of hatred.”
The murder has raised concerns about the growing frequency of US political violence across the ideological spectrum, while discrimination has also been deepened. Trump, a close ally of Kirk, has cited the murder in expanding the demand for crackdown on his political opponents, including left -wing organizations, in which he accused the shooting, though officials said the gunman had worked alone.
The fire started last week about Kirk’s murder only when Disney’s ABC network suddenly came out of the air after expressing his anger at the talk show host Jimmy Kamil on Monday night. Only hours after the Federal Communication Commission’s Trump head, Brandon Car, the company’s decision came, threatening to use his agency to punish the network on chemical comments.
Kamil’s suspension has raised objections to civil rights groups, Democrats and television and film writers, saying the Trump administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to stop critical media by violating the protection of the US Constitution’s free speech.
Sunday’s service, the roster of the speakers, titled “A legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk”, shows Kirk’s influence as the leader of the country’s largest conservative youth organization.
In addition to Trump and Venus, who were personally close to Kirk, senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pate Hegisith and Secretary of Health and Human Services, will address Robert Kennedy. Kirk’s widow, Erica, who was selected as chief executive of the turning point last week, is also scheduled to make a speech.
According to a White House source, Trump intended to cast Kirk as a martyr for the conservative movement and highlight his heritage as a cultural and political force. It was expected to use this moment to pull a line between the death of Kirk again and the leftist extremism. Sources declined to say whether the president would urge supporters to remain peaceful or his tone would be united or fighter.
Kirk, who had widely followed his boyfriend of social media, radio shows and campus tour, when he often invited skeptical students to discuss it, was given the relief of young voters for Trump’s purpose in 2024.
The 25 -year -old Republican state lawmaker in Montana, Brexiton Mitchell, jumped into his friend’s Ford F -150 pickup truck on Tuesday and launched a 17 -hour campaign toward Phoenix to attend Sunday.
Mitchell said it was Kirk that encouraged him to speak as a young conservative. He arranged a gun at his high school in 2018 in response to other students protesting against gun violence after the Parkland School firing in Florida.
Mitchell said, “He is the boy who has compiled the tone, set the steps for what he has done in politics in his life,” Mitchell said, Mitchell said, who joined the Ambassador of the Turning Point in 2019 and met several times with Kirk.