adminThe scene at State Farm Stadium in Glendale this week was nothing short of historic — tens of thousands of Americans packed into the rafters to honor Charlie Kirk, a fearless voice for young patriots and the co-founder of Turning Point USA. What should have been a somber, unifying tribute instead laid bare the ugly truth about the modern left: a coordinated chorus of contempt and celebration for a man who devoted his life to defending faith, family, and freedom.
Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking to students on September 10th, a senseless act that stunned the nation and tore a hole in the conservative movement that he helped build from the ground up. The response from civic institutions and ordinary Americans — mourning, memorials, and an outpouring of support for his wife and children — showed the depth of his impact on a generation that refused to be silenced.
At the memorial, Republican leaders and grassroots activists made it plain that Kirk’s legacy will not fade; President Trump, Vice President Vance, and other conservative figures framed his life as a call to renewed engagement and faith-driven activism. The service felt more like a revival than a political event, because Charlie’s movement was always about awakening hearts as much as winning elections.
Senator Ted Cruz, speaking in the lead-up to the service, cut through the media noise and called out the left’s poison for what it is — a politics driven by bitterness, rage, and an unmistakable malice toward those who dare to disagree. Cruz rightly defended the First Amendment even as he condemned the gleeful reactions from some on the left and warned that a culture of celebration of political violence only normalizes more of it.
We cannot let the left’s moral bankruptcy be the last word. For years conservative organizers like Kirk have been met with deplatforming, smear campaigns, and now, horrifying violence — and too many in the legacy media shrug or gaslight the public about root causes. It’s time for patriots to stop treating restraint as weakness; we must push back politically, legally, and culturally to make clear that celebrating murder, or weaponizing workplace discipline as public shaming for political speech, will not be tolerated.
Americans who love liberty should take this moment to galvanize — register voters, support campus chapters, protect free speech, and hold the institutions that enable this toxic environment accountable. Charlie Kirk lit a torch for a generation; Senate conservatives like Ted Cruz reminded us that the only sane response to hatred is organized, unapologetic faith in American ideals. We’ll honor that torch not with silence, but with a louder, prouder defense of the values he championed.
