Trump tells conservatives to "be brave," says he has talked to Charlie Kirk's wife: "She is absolutely devastated"

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Joel Abbott

Sep 11, 2025

From the White House this afternoon:

Kirk and his wife Erika have two young children, including a son born just last year.

Charlie Kirk / Instagram

The president also told conservatives to be brave and offered words of encouragement to his employees and coworkers in the media.

We have to be brave in life, you know, in all fairness. We have a life and we have to be brave. You know, I shouldn't probably be out here talking to you, in all fairness. But we will be brave, and we have a great country. We have radical left lunatics out there and we have to beat the hell out of 'em.


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