Donald Trump Jr. used the beginning of his speech at the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas to honor the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and frame the choice for voters across the country as common sense vs. extremism. Trump Jr. said the energy in the arena is what the radical left fears, and the MAGA movement is one they have tried to destroy for over a decade. “One year ago today, my good friend Charlie Kirk was cut down by an assassin’s bullet. He had already inspired hundreds of thousands of young people to take up the cause of liberty and to fight for it. He wasn’t afraid to go anywhere to fight for faith, family, freedom, and patriotism,” he said of Kirk.
“Charlie loved this country more than anything. He understood that the future of Western civilization was on the line in 2024 and beyond. Charlie was good. He represented the light. The killer who put a bullet in his neck in cold blood and the leftists who laughed and mocked his murder — they represent the darkness that we are all up against,” Trump Jr. continued. He told the crowd that together they will honor Charlie by carrying his torch to save this nation we all love so dearly. Charlie cared about “faith, family, free speech, and opportunity for all,” said Trump Jr., who continued that he also believed young men and women should be able to live a good life without being forced to kneel to the latest woke leftist ideology. Pivoting to the contrast message, he said the left does not want conversation — they want obedience.
