Overview

• Allen posted on X on Thursday that Erika Kirk’s words “deeply affected” him and wrote, “I forgive the man who killed my father.”
• At Charlie Kirk’s Sept. 21 memorial at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, Erika Kirk publicly forgave the accused gunman in explicitly Christian terms.
• Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University; 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been charged and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.
• Allen’s father, Gerald M. Dick, died in a 1964 crash caused by a drunk driver when Allen was 11, a loss he has long discussed as shaping his faith and grief.
• The response from Allen highlights how the memorial’s message of forgiveness is influencing cultural figures beyond politics.