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(NewsNation) — Vice President JD Vance was a peculiar impermanent astatine the "This Is the Turning Point Tour" lawsuit astatine Ole Miss connected Wednesday alongside Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, successful a wide-ranging discussion.
The event, which came adjacent weeks aft the assassination of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, saw Vance and Erika Kirk talk connected Charlie's bequest and the aboriginal of the state for conservatives.
The caller circuit replaces the "American Comeback Tour" arsenic TPUSA's assemblage speaking programme aft Kirk was shot and killed astatine the archetypal halt successful September.
Vance besides fielded questions astir galore of the important issues facing America today, including immigration, pro-Israeli policies, pro-life policies and law freedoms.
'You are the aboriginal of Charlie Kirk's legacy': Vance
Vance began his remarks by pointing retired that students crossed the state volition beryllium the ones who transportation Kirk's values connected arsenic helium did successful his ain life.
"Charlie wanted each of you, immoderate beingness way you chose, immoderate vocation you chose, immoderate you yet did for a living," said Vance.
"Charlie wanted you, much than anything, to put successful the things that were worthy having to physique a beingness that was worthy building, and that started with the astir important proposal helium ever gave you was autumn successful love, get joined and commencement a family."
Vance besides pointed retired that Charlie's accent connected escaped code is what's going to assistance students thrive to woody with struggle respectfully and rationally successful the future.
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"Charlie lived and died for the basal rule that we ought to beryllium capable to speech astir our differences," helium stated. "We ought to beryllium capable to statement them, and we ought to person religion that the champion mode to marque definite the champion ideas triumph is to really person a discussion."
‘Make him proud’: Erika Kirk to students
Erika Kirk made it wide that students connected campuses and their ideas were the heartbeat of what made Turning Point USA special, and what Charlie was passionate astir the most.
"I privation to promote you, particularly the students here, to find your voice," she said. "You are the courageous generation."
"All of you, Gen Z, you are the courageous generation. Hear maine erstwhile I accidental that. My hubby believed that to his core. That's wherefore helium went connected campuses. That's wherefore helium was trying to scope you."
Erika Kirk added that each clip Turning Point had an event, 1 that Charlie Kirk was speaking at, helium specifically recovered who successful the assemblage was a Turning Point USA section person oregon a section member.
"Whenever determination was a pupil there, helium would halt everything earlier the lawsuit and helium would beryllium down with them," she acknowledged.
"He would instrumentality the clip to marque definite that you guys knew helium was investing into you, successful your chapter, successful your school, due to the fact that that was a pulse constituent for him."
Legal migration successful US a analyzable manner: Vance
Since President Trump took office, migration betterment has been 1 of the policies astatine the forefront. But what astir ineligible immigration?
A pupil asked Vance connected the subject, to which the vice president said: "Legal migration is complicated, due to the fact that we fto successful astir a cardinal ineligible immigrants into the United States of America each azygous year, and I deliberation the grounds is beauteous wide that a batch of those immigrants are really undercutting the wages of American workers."
"It's 1 of the reasons wherefore the President of the United States and a batch of america successful the medication person encouraged H-1B reform," Vance added.
As for the authorities shutdown, Vance was adamant the Democrats are astatine responsibility for the situation.
"I cognize that I'm partisan, I cognize I person an R adjacent to my name, but I consciousness beauteous damn bully saying the shutdown is the Democrats' responsibility due to the fact that we voted again and again to open," said Vance.
