Speaking to a packed State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which seats as many as 73,000 for “mega events,” Trump said Kirk was assassinated “by a radicalized, cold-blooded monster for speaking the truth that was in his heart.”

“He was violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice, for God, country, for reason, and for common sense,” Trump stated. “He was assassinated because he lived bravely, he led boldly, and he argued brilliantly, without apology. He did what was right for our nation.”

Trump called Kirk a “martyr for American freedom” and likened his legacy to those of the greatest “patriots” who ever walked the nation.

“I know I speak for everyone here today when I say that none of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk, and neither now will history because while Charlie has been reunited with his creator in heaven, his voice on Earth will echo through the generations, and his name will live forever in the eternal chronicle of America’s greatest patriots,” Trump continued.

Trump also shared a message for Mrs. Erika Kirk, Kirk’s widow, who said moments earlier that her husband had been trying to save young men, like the very one charged with his assassination, Tyler Robinson.

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