J.D. Vance pays tribute to Charlie Kirk from his White House office, calling Kirk a key conservative organizer who helped elect Trump and mentored young activists through TPUSA. Vance credits Kirk's influence on the current administration's personnel decisions.
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Hey, everybody. J.D. vance here live from my office in the White House complex, and filling in for somebody who cannot be filled in for. But I'm going to try to do my best. My dear friend, the great Charlie Kirk. The last several days have been extremely hard for our country. They've been hard for me, hard for my family, hard for the countless people in this building who knew and loved Charlie Kirk. And, of course, they've been hardest, most of all for his darling wife, Erica, and their two beautiful children. The thing is, every single person into this building, we owe something to Charlie. He was a joyful warrior for our country. He loved America. He devoted himself tirelessly to making our country a better place. He was a critical part of getting Donald Trump elected as president, getting me elected as vice president. And so much of our success over the last seven months is due to his efforts, his staffing, his support, and his friendship. I don't think that I'm alone in saying that Charlie was the smartest political operative I ever met. Everyone knew him as this fearless debater, this guy who would take the conservative message into hostile places and inspire younger generations to have courage. One thing that's hit a lot of those young Americans over the last week was how Charlie was there for them when others were not, when they were afraid to speak their minds, when they were afraid of what a professor would say, when they were afraid that they would be shouted down by their peers. Charlie was there showing them that they could be courageous and that they could be bold. Charlie was a visionary. He was a luminary. He brought together people. He didn't just teach people how to speak. He. He didn't just teach people what to say. He didn't just teach people they could actually speak their mind on campus. He created a whole social network for an entire generation of young people. I know people who met their husband, who met their wife, who met the best man at their wedding at a TPUSA event. Because, as you guys all know, it's not just about speaking our mind. It's about making friends along the way and creating that support network that won an election and that staffed the current federal government.
