President Trump and several members of his cabinet spoke at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service Sunday in Arizona, honoring the conservative activist more than a week after he was killed.
More than 60,000 people packed the Arizona Cardinals’ NFL stadium outside Phoenix for the service, some of whom lined up in the early morning hours for tickets .
“Charlie was filled with a patriotic spirit from his youth, and he was an all American in everything he did,” Trump said. He added Kirk “was violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice for God, country for reason, and for common sense.”
The venue in Glendale was tightly secured. An armed man posing as law enforcement was arrested outside the stadium on Friday night, and observers inside compared the security level to a Super Bo