Charlie Kirk's wife, Erika, on Friday delivered her first public remarks since the right-wing activist and close ally of US President Donald Trump was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University (UVU) on Wednesday, and said she "won't let his legacy die".
Speaking from the office where her husband hosted his podcast, she said he loved America, nature and the Chicago Cubs.
"But most of all, Charlie loved his children, and he loved me with all of his heart," she said in her tearful address.
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She also sent a pointed message to "the evildoers responsible for my husband's assassination" without naming Tyler Robinson, who is in custody for killing the 31-year-old activist.
"You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry," Erika, who met Charlie Kirk in 2018 and married him in 2021, said.
She also thanked Mr Trump, saying that her husband loved the president, and vowed to keep her husband's work alive, continuing his campus tour, radio show and podcast.
"You supported him so well, as did he for you," she told Mr Trump.
Erika, who shares a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son with Charlie Kirk, also shared a story about their daughter, when she ran into her arms the night before.
"'Where's daddy?'" her daughter asked her.
"What do you tell a three-year-old?" Ms Kirk said.
"'Baby, daddy loves you so much. Don't you worry. He's on a work trip with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget," she told her.
In a message to her late husband, she said, "I promise I will never let your legacy die".
She vowed to make his movement the "biggest thing this nation has ever seen".
"In a world filled with chaos, doubt and uncertainty, my husband's voice will remain," she said.
