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Trump goes against Charlie Kirk's grieving widow's call to forgive 'assassin' at memorial https://mol.im/a/15121073

Trump delivered a fiery 45-minute eulogy to the late conservative activist, 31, who was fatally shot on September 10 while debating students at the Utah Valley University college campus.

In Trump's speech - delivered to a crowd of 60,000 inside State Farm Stadium in Arizona and tens of thousands more tuning in virtually - Trump revealed the key component of Kirk's message that he disagreed with.

'He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them,' Trump said of Kirk.

'That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them.

'I'm sorry. I am sorry, Erika, but now Erika can talk to me, and the whole group, and maybe they can convince me that that's not right, but I can't stand my opponent.'

Moments before Trump's admission, Erika had stunned the crowd by publicly offering forgiveness to her husband's killer.