A man listens during a worship song before the start of a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
Floyd’s death in 2020 set off a chain reaction of violent protests causing at least hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in cities like Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle, many of which were egged on by elected Democrats preaching a message of defunding the police.
What was left after the violent 2020 summer was a massive increase in the number of murders, dealing a disproportionate blow to Black Americans, Fox News Digital previously reported.
"Let’s be blunt: when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, conservatives didn’t riot, loot, or torch cities," RNC surrogate and attorney Mehek Cooke told Fox News Digital. "As Erika said we gathered, we prayed, and we embraced revival. That’s the difference between the Right and the Left — and it’s clear as day. Conservatives don’t respond with destruction, because our movement is fueled by faith, not rage."
"Contrast that with the left’s response to George Floyd in 2020: riots tore through cities, billions in damage, businesses burned, and neighborhoods never recovered. From Baltimore to Portland, ‘justice’ is weaponized as a twisted justification for violence."
CHARLIE KIRK'S BOLD LEGACY LIVES ON AND WILL SHAPE AMERICA FOR YEARS TO COME
Many locals and students returning to campus on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, stopped by a memorial at Utah Valley University to pay their respects to conservative influencer Charlie Kirk (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect charged in Charlie Kirk's murder, was much like the other young men that her husband encountered, Erika Kirk said at the memorial service.
Charlie Kirk "wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life," she told the massive crowd at State Farm Stadium.
"Our Savior said, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.' That young man… I forgive him," Erika Kirk said, drawing a standing ovation. "I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it's what Charlie would do."
Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton and Joshua Q. Nelson contributed to this report
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