00:00Today, we're here to honor and remember a fearless
00:04warrior for liberty, beloved leader who
00:06galvanized the next generation like nobody
00:10I've ever seen before, and an American patriot of
00:14the deepest conviction, the finest quality, and
00:17the highest caliber, the late, great Charlie Kirk.
00:21Five weeks ago, our nation was robbed of this
00:31extraordinary champion.
00:33He was a champion in every way.
00:35I got to know him so well.
00:37He didn't like losing.
00:41And he was able to fight people that were enemies,
00:44and he didn't necessarily love those enemies so much.
00:47You know, I heard he loved his enemies, and I said,
00:50wait a minute, is that the same Charlie that I know?
00:54I'm not sure, but I didn't want to get into it.
00:58But it was a horrible, heinous, demonic act of
01:02murder.
01:03He was assassinated in the prime of his life for
01:06boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith, and
01:10relentlessly fighting for a better and stronger America.
01:14He loved this country.
01:15And that's why this afternoon, it's my privilege to
01:18award Charles James Kirk, our nation's highest
01:23civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
01:30Any more, you hear those sirens going off?
01:32That's good.
01:32That's a good sound.
01:34That means they either got the bad guy or they're
01:36going to stop the bad guy.
01:38You didn't hear that sound because nobody wanted to
01:41do anything.
01:43Nobody, listen to the beauty of that sound.
01:47Today, we're here to honor and remember a fearless
01:50warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who
01:53galvanized the next generation like nobody I've
01:57ever seen before, and an American patriot of the
02:00deepest conviction, the finest quality, and the
02:03highest caliber, the late, great Charlie Kirk.
02:08Five weeks ago, our nation was robbed of this
02:18extraordinary champion.
02:20He was a champion in every way.
02:21I got to know him so well.
02:23He didn't like losing.
02:27And he was able to fight people that were enemies.
02:31And he didn't necessarily love those enemies so much.
02:33You know, I heard he loved his enemies.
02:36And I said, wait a minute.
02:37Is that the same Charlie that I know?
02:40I'm not sure.
02:40But I didn't want to get into it.
02:44But it was a horrible, heinous, demonic act of
02:48murder.
02:49He was assassinated in the prime of his life for
02:52boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith and
02:56relentlessly fighting for a better and stronger America.
03:00He loved this country, and that's why this afternoon, it's
03:03my privilege to posthumously award Charles James Kirk,
03:08our nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential
03:12Medal of Freedom.
03:16Anymore, you hear those sirens going off?
03:18That's good.
03:18That's a good sound.
03:20That means they either got the bad guy or they're going to
03:23stop the bad guy.
03:24You didn't hear that sound because nobody wanted to do
03:27anything.
03:29Nobody, listen to the beauty of that sound.
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