Top 6 moments from Erika Kirk's CBS interview with Bari Weiss: 'Let the Lord use it'
5. 'Brain rot'
Responding to a question from Robert Milgrim, whose daughter, Sarah, was one of two who were killed in May at the Capitol Jewish Museum shooting in Washington, D.C., Erika Kirk condemned antisemitism and reiterated her husband's support for Israel and the Jewish people.
"Will you here condemn the individuals spreading that hate and speak out clearly enough against antisemitism so we can prevent another tragedy?" Milgram asked Erika, who expressed condolences for his loss and said she was praying for him.
"Hate is hate. It's evil," she replied, adding that Charlie Kirk was always adamantly supportive of Israel.
"What healing factor comes out of hating Jewish people? What healing factor comes out of hating Christians? What healing factor comes out? Hate in general. Nothing. Nothing. Charlie always would say very clearly, 'Jew hate was brain rot.' He would always say it," she said.
"What healing factor comes out of hating Jewish people?" asked Erika Kirk, as she condemned antisemitism during a CBS News town hall. "Nothing. Charlie always would say very clearly: Jew hate was brain rot. He would always say it.”
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Erika Kirk also said all human beings are sinful and in need of a Savior.
"How could you hate the Jewish people? Why? Because you need to fulfill a conspiracy theory? People say I'm a part of conspiracy theories all the time. It's sick, and it needs to stop. We are human. No one is perfect. No Christian is perfect, no Jew is perfect, no Muslim is perfect," she said.
"We are broken, sinful humans in need of a Lord and Savior, and that's why it is so important to give your life to the Lord, because once you do that and you fully surrender to the Lord, you have no room in your heart for hate."
While she said she prays hate can be extinguished from the world, she acknowledged "we are living in enemy-occupied territory," and exhorted her listeners to guard their hearts by "reading God's Word."
"And you cannot separate the Old Testament from the New Testament. You cannot."
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to jon.brown@christianpost.com
