Kirk praised as US martyr at memorial where religion and politics merged

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : The event at State Farm Stadium outside Phoenix drew some of the most powerful political and religious voices in the country, led by President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Kirk's widow Erika and many others.
47% : Many of those who spoke to Reuters at the event said Kirk had died for the cause of religious and political freedom.
35% : " Warford was referring to the assassination of Democratic President John F. Kennedy in 1963, the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and the attacks on US targets in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR US CONSERVATIVES The melding of religiosity and speechifying at the memorial reinforced the perception that Kirk's shooting death was a galvanizing moment for US conservatives.
26% : Investigators say he told his romantic partner in text messages that he had killed Kirk because he had "enough of his hate." Juan Rivera, a 25-year-old self-employed social media content creator who voted for Trump in last year's election, lined up early this morning but returned to his hotel room without entering the stadium.

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