{"id":195465,"date":"2025-09-15T16:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=195465"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:09:14","slug":"vp-vance-administration-leaders-honor-charlie-kirks-enduring-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=195465","title":{"rendered":"VP Vance, Administration Leaders Honor Charlie Kirk\u2019s Enduring Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Today, Vice President JD Vance and senior Trump Administration officials honored the memory of Charlie Kirk by hosting a special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show live from the White House \u2014 coming together in a heartfelt tribute to the visionary conservative leader\u2019s unwavering faith, patriotism, and values that inspired the next generation of American Patriots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-195466\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n-570x320.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n-701x394.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice President Vance shared powerful reflections about his personal friendship with Kirk \u2014 and emphasized the need for truthful unity in the face of tragedy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe last several days have been extremely hard for our country, they\u2019ve been hard for me, hard for my family, hard for the countless people in this building who knew and loved Charlie Kirk \u2014 and, of course, they\u2019ve been hardest, most of all, for his darling wife, Erika, and their two beautiful children. The thing is, every single person in this building \u2014 we owe something to Charlie.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967625231352414461\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for Charlie Kirk, I would not be the Vice President of the United States.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967645677347057784\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPsalm 133 tells us, \u2018Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head.\u2019 Oh, how badly have I craved that precious ointment in recent days, and I believe we can have it \u2014 but first, first, we must tell the truth.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967651075256717434\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI really do believe that we can come together in this country. I believe we must. But unity \u2014 real unity \u2014 can be found only after climbing the mountain of truth \u2014 and there are difficult truths we must confront\u2026 While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the Far Left.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967652535679721576\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Officials from across the Trump Administration also shared their personal stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe person that really did everything they said they were going to do and more is Turning Point. He had an army of good people who were motivated and passionate and they delivered 100% \u2014 and I don\u2019t know that Charlie gets enough credit for that\u2026 it was an immeasurable help.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967645301717733687\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cCharlie was probably the primary architect of my unification with President Trump\u2026 I first met Charlie in July of 2021\u2026 He had me on his show for this very, very wide-ranging talk\u2026 By the end of that interview, I felt like I had met a spiritual soulmate, and our friendship blossomed.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967642823672598748\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cHe inspired me as a young voice for President Trump, now behind the White House podium. Before every briefing, I always pray to Jesus Christ, and Charlie was so outspoken with his faith \u2014 and I will continue to be in honor of him.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967634277434282105\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019ve known Charlie for ten years. He was a treasured friend. He made you believe more in yourself is the best way I can put that. He was your biggest cheerleader\u2026 With God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and throughout this government, to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these [Radical Left] networks and make America safe again for the American people. It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie\u2019s name.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967627728687157593\">Watch<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967627684886061110\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBefore Wednesday, Charlie Kirk was a young man inspiring young people. After he was killed, he has become a titan whose inspiration will move through eternity inspiring millions of people for decades to come.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967719868582793641\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>White House Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIt\u2019s our mission to go out there and embolden young conservatives, young Christians, most importantly, to go out there and continue to do his work because that\u2019s exactly what he\u2019d want.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1967632525016314212\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Today, Vice President JD Vance and senior Trump Administration officials honored the memory of Charlie Kirk by hosting a special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show live from the White House \u2014 coming together in a heartfelt tribute to the visionary conservative leader\u2019s unwavering faith, patriotism, and values that inspired the next generation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/546173467_122149647104723345_649416363719159469_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195467,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195465\/revisions\/195467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/195466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}