Mourning for Charlie Kirk becomes gun

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Lerato Khumalo

In the Kennedy Center, a man with a brittle voice stands on the microphone in front of a picture by Charlie Kirk. It is Robert F. Kennedy, the nephew of the shot President John F. Kennedy, after whom this place is named. With his slogan “Make America Healthy Again”, RFK, as a minister in the Trump cabinet, is now actually responsible for the health of the American people. But when memory of Charlie Kirk, he also swears on the Holy Battle, which in doubt is apparently to be led until death.

“Charlie gave his life so that we do not have to suffer those fates that are worse than death,” says Kennedy. Now the task is to “step in to fill the gap and to win this struggle for our country, for God and for our families.” Then RFK speaks of the fact that the only consolation is sometimes to be able to die in your own boots. “We can die in the fight for these things,” said Kennedy.

This rhetoric is exceeded by a woman who is one of the sharpest agitators in the Maga cosmos. Kari Lake, a former television presenter, represents Trump’s most vehemently vial and also claims for her own choice of election. It also comes from Arizona, like Charlie Kirk. “This is a struggle between good and evil. I wish we could make compromises, but you can’t compromise with evil,” she says.

The fight is far from over. Lake whips the mourners: “If you are really ready to get up and fight, it will be much more difficult.” She calls, “You will try to wipe you out.” It only becomes easier when you meet the almighty in heaven. “But by then we have to be ready for the fight.”