4 key moments from Turning Point USA's Faith Forward Pastors' Summit
2. 'How sinister is it that they’re going after a widow?'
Frank Turek, the Christian apologist and president of CrossExamined.org, who was with Charlie Kirk when he was shot at Utah Valley University in Orem, recounted the moments leading to the shooting.
“On September 10th, we drove into Utah Valley University and Charlie got some footage on his phone from a bridge above us, a building above us, and about an hour before we were supposed to be there, it looked full,” he said. “Thousands of people. And I said, 'Charlie, I don’t like this place. There are too many buildings.'"
Turek said Kirk’s response wasn’t at all surprising.
“He just shrugged it off because he knew in order to love people, he couldn't be completely secure,” he said.
Turek later condemned the wave of conspiracy theories about Kirk’s widow in the wake of her husband's murder, including those from podcaster and former TPUSA affiliate Candace Owens, calling such allegations “demonic” and suggesting those who espouse such views would be deserving of death under the Law of Moses.
“It's absolutely demonic that people are going after [Erika Kirk],” he said. “... If we lived in the old covenant, what God can do with such people. Exodus 22:22 says anyone who oppresses the widow or the fatherless, God says, ‘I will let you down until you with the sword.’
He added, "Deuteronomy 19 says if you falsely accuse someone of a crime and you’re found out, you get the penalty of the crime."
“So, if you falsely accuse someone of murder and you're found out, you're the one executed. That would shut down the internet!” he added.
Using his speech to compare such allegations with human depravity and original sin, Turek urged attendees at the summit to stand up for truth — and the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
“How sinister is it that they’re going after a widow and the legacy that her husband built?” he said. “We're not gonna allow that to succeed, are we?”
Ian M. Giatti is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ian.giatti@christianpost.com.
