Vice President JD Vance will visit Salt Lake City on Thursday to pay his honor to Charlie Kirk’s family, which was Shot killed A day earlier, a source familiar told The Hill.
The second woman Usha Vance will join him.
Kirk, a conservative activist and a leading voice Maga movementWas Shot in the neck Talking to a large crowd at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, was billed as “The American Comeback Tour” during an event.
Wanes were Slated to travel originally The New York City to attend the 24th anniversary memorial ceremony of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He joined President Trump in Ground Zero last year, Closer For former President Biden and the then President Harris, who was the Democratic candidate for the President at that time.
Trump will watch on September 11 at Pentagon on Thursday morning and will participate in a Yencis game in New York in the evening.
Vance wrote a clear and emotional post on Wednesday night On social platform x Regarding his relationship with Kirk, when Turning Point reached him in 2017 after an appearance on USA co-founder Fox News. The Vice President said he was one of the first people he called for his Ohio Senate seat in 2021 and said that Kirk advocated being a trump -running partner.
“He was not just a thinker, he was a doer, changed big ideas in big events with thousands of activists,” Wane wrote. “And after every incident, he would give me a big hug, tell me that he was praying for me, and ask me what he can do.” You focus on Visconsin, ‘He will tell me. “Arizona is in the bag.” and it was.”
The Vice President said that he spoke with Trump at the Oval office on Wednesday and president accepted That both were “very good friends.”
“Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of man you could say and know that it will always be with him,” Vance said. “I am more than some group chat with Charlie and people have introduced me for years.”
He said, “We celebrate weddings and infants, expose each other’s chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life,” he said.
Trump late Wednesday Is called Cancer A “martyr for truth and freedom” after public assassination.
By Thursday morning, A Manhint was still running For the shooter.
