Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Charlie Kirk: 'He inspired me as a young voice'

What do you take from Charlie Kirk, the communicator? So many things, just by watching him and by being around him. But I think most of all, standing firm in your convictions and picking a fight, especially when you know you have the facts and the truth on your side, but doing it with a smile. And that's something Charlie did so brilliantly and well. He would go to these campus reform events and he would say to the crowd, if you disagree with me, come to the front of the line. And I find myself doing that in the briefing room, you know, picking on the reporters, whom I know very much disagree with me and with the president. But as long as you believe in what you're saying and you have conviction in it and you have truth in the facts on your side, it makes it a lot easier to say it. And that's what Charlie did for a living. And I know he inspired me as a young voice for President Trump. Now, like you said behind the White House podium, and, you know, before every briefing, I always pray to Jesus Christ, and Charlie was so outspoken with his faith, and I will continue to be in honor of him, but I'll also think of Charlie and just how brilliantly he was able to combat the lies with facts and to do it with a smile.