Charlie Kirk was an "influential figure" in his own election, President Donald Trump said at a memorial service for the Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. "None of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk, and neither now will history," Trump said. Vice President JD Vance and Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, and Cabinet officials were also among those who addressed the memorial. Friends, what a rich, spiritually enlivening experience it was to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in Phoenix, Arizona. In his comments, Trump appeared to reference Erika Kirk's comments, saying Kirk "did not hate his opponents.