Charlie Kirk awarded Medal of Freedom, Trump hails him as a 'martyr for truth and freedom'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Trump, 79, also used the sombre ceremony at the White House to vow to redouble his crackdown on what he calls radical left-wing groups that he launched following Kirk's shooting.
67% : Father-of-two Kirk was shot dead on a Utah college campus in September, sparking a wave of grief among conservatives and promises of a clampdown from Trump that has seen National Guard troops sent to several Democrat-run cities.
50% : * Kirk's widow Erika thanked Trump.
50% : "In the wake of Charlie's assassination, our country must have absolutely no tolerance for this radical left violence, extremism and terror," Trump told an audience of the country's conservative elite.
50% : Kirk's widow Erika thanked Trump for flying back from a Middle East peace trip for the medal ceremony, which fell on what would have been her late husband's 32nd birthday.
36% : Handing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk's tearful widow, Trump compared the 31-year-old conservative to Socrates, Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.

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