“There were a thousand Charlie Kirks created yesterday. The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins.” — Glenn Beck
In a powerful address, Kirk’s widow Erika made a defiant pledge: “They killed Charlie because he preached a message of patriotism. And of God’s merciful love. You should all know this. You thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before?… You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country. In this world… You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. Cries of this widow will echo around the world…, the movement my husband built will not die… It will become stronger, bolder, louder, and greater than ever.”
I will not dignify George “Fentanyl” Floyd or his liberal allies by comparing his death to Charlie Kirk’s. But the contrast in reactions is worth noting. After Floyd died of a heart attack, leftists staged months of riots in cities across the United States, causing billions of dollars in damage and shutting down businesses. They attacked federal buildings, created so-called “CHOP” autonomous zones, and left people injured or dead, including police officers.
By contrast, when Charlie Kirk was killed, people around the world stepped up to honor his life and vowed to carry forward his legacy.
His ministry was called Turning Point, and his death itself may mark a turning point in history, a moment when people abandon the left en masse, embrace free speech, defend human rights, and return to Christian values, family, and faith while rejecting the dogmas of transgenderism, LGBTQ ideology, and woke politics.
Liberalism would be tolerable if it lived up to its name. Instead, it demands belief in contradictions: that there is no such thing as a woman yet anyone can be a woman, that men can become women and even have babies, that unborn children are not human and can be killed, and that compliance with mob pressure counts as “courage.” One of the most absurd examples is when activists cheer someone’s “bravery” for transitioning, even though everyone around them is egging them on.
Charlie Kirk did the opposite. He stood up to the mob, courageously speaking unpopular truths, and paid for it with his life. But his courage is now inspiring people around the globe.
In his video message, Steve Bannon said, “Church is overflowing today. Some people have not been to church in decades. Others, young people, have never been inside a church.” He went on to remark on how young people have picked up Charlie’s torch and are carrying it forward: “From Korea to Europe, all over the United States, and like I said, I think it’s 30,000 new chapters of Turning Point.” As of September 16, 2025, according to Real American voices, this number gad increased to 37,000.
Bannon noted that young people were calling Charlie Kirk “one of the most extraordinary leaders in our country,” and he added, “and I would argue you have to go back to the revolutionary generation to see someone that in his 20s changed the direction of this country.”
A former president of his campus’s Turning Point USA chapter said he’s “more inspired than ever to get involved politically” after Kirk’s death. Hybben met Kirk in September during his “You’re Being Brainwashed” speaking tour and was inspired by the campus visit.
Brilyn Hollyhand, a young conservative commentator and host of The Brilyn Hollyhand Show, spoke before hundreds of college students and proclaimed, “Gen-Z has been awakened after the Charlie Kirk assassination. You can kill a man but you cannot kill a movement.”
Caccialupi Lorenzo, an Italian influencer who met Kirk and supported his positions on legal versus illegal immigration, recalled: “Charlie Kirk’s wife Ericka said my husband’s voice will remain and it will ring out louder and more clearly than ever and that is what we all have to do we have to regardless of our opinion, regardless of our ideas we have to continue to express our opinions and not be afraid to do so.”
He then showed a cutaway to a clip of millions of Britons uniting to protest limits on free speech in the UK. “But the British media called them far-right extremists, but they were not far-right extremists, they were normal people like us, people who were tired of being silenced. We must continue to speak, we must continue to stand with our opinions, and we must do it also for Charlie.” He concluded by making the sign of the cross.
At a vigil for Charlie Kirk, Real America’s Voice interviewed a fourteen-year-old boy named Bryson. Asked why he attended, he said, “Charlie Kirk meant to you he was my idol like I remember watching his videos wanting to be like him like I would just see the way he would debate and he would stay calm while the left was just yelling at him and he was just so nice about it and then they hated him so much ‘cause he he knew that he knew he was right but they just didn’t want to admit it so they ended up killing him.”
Even children have been moved by Charlie’s example. A young Christian influencer, Grey Reusch, who appears to be no more than ten years old, posted: “My mom and I just watched her whole speech. It was really sad. You know the interesting thing is that she was still full of hope. In John 11, 25, Jesus said, That means Erica was crying over Charlie’s body. But that’s not the end of the story, and she knew it. Because of Jesus, death is not the final word. Charlie believed in Jesus. Truth lives on. Don’t let his courage die. Don’t let this movement die. Keep talking about Jesus, be bold, share your faith. And remind the world that he is the resurrection and the life.”