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.”

Wearing all white, and choking back tears as she slowly approached the podium on stage to applause, she told the crowd of more than 70,000 — with an estimated 130,000 more outside — “God bless all of

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