‘Heartbroken’ Ben Shapiro Mourns Charlie Kirk: ‘I Weep for My Country’
A “heartbroken” Ben Shapiro mourned Charlie Kirk and recalled the first time he met the young activist in a post on social media shortly after Kirk was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
“Like all of you, I am utterly stunned and heartbroken and sick to my soul today. It is unimaginable to write these words. I met Charlie Kirk when he was 18 years old, a young man so eager and determined that I immediately turned to a friend and said, ‘That kid is going to be the head of the RNC one day,'” began Shapiro. “Charlie became even bigger and more important than that. It was a privilege to watch this principled man stand up for his beliefs and create the single most important conservative political organization in America.”
But more importantly, Charlie was a good man, a man who believed in right and wrong, who stood by his Biblical values. All of us will miss him, and I can’t imagine the pain of his beautiful young family, and we must all pray for them. And we must pick up the baton where Charlie left it, fighting for the things he believed in so passionately. And we must fight for a better America – an America where good people can speak truth and debate passionately without fear of a bullet. I weep for Charlie’s family, and I weep for my country today. Most of all, I weep for Charlie.
Shapiro and Kirk are both famous for their appearances on predominantly liberal college campuses around the country. The former joined the latter on his show on Tuesday, one day before Kirk was gunned down in cold blood.
Kirk was 31 years old at the time of his death, and is survived by his wife and two children.
