Overview

• Roughly 63,000 people gathered at State Farm Stadium in Arizona for the hours-long service attended by President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and senior officials under heightened security with armored glass at the lectern.
• Speakers framed Charlie Kirk as a symbol for the movement using religious and combative language, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likening him to Jesus and Stephen Miller declaring opponents had "awakened a dragon."
• Commentator Benny Johnson urged the crowd to "swing the sword" and spoke of generating "millions" of activists, rhetoric reported as echoing replacement-theory themes.
• Erika Kirk delivered an emotional address, said she forgives the shooter and affirmed she has taken over Turning Point USA with a vow to continue its mission.
• The criminal case against the arrested suspect remains active, with prosecutors pursuing capital charges and no confirmed motive publicly disclosed.