Erika Kirk: “The Internet In This World Has Dehumanized Us, And I Pray That God Saves Us From That”
Erika Kirk has a message for people who sought to justify the assassination of her late husband, Charlie Kirk: “Tell that to my 3-year-old daughter.” Watch a CBS News town hall with Kirk, moderated by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. “The internet in this world has dehumanized us. And I pray that God saves us from that,” Kirk said.
BARI WEISS, CBS NEWS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Erika, one of the most alarming things about Charlie’s murder was the way that some people in this country reacted to it. ERIKA KIRK: Yeah. WEISS: And not just online. This was kind of, this was an idea that you encountered a lot. And the idea was this, they kind of justified it. They basically said that because Charlie said or believed things that they believed were controversial or even hateful, that he somehow had it coming. What do you say to people who justified his death? KIRK: You’re sick. He’s a human being. You think he deserved that? Tell that to my three-year-old daughter. [PAUSE] KIRK: You wanna watch in high res the video of my husband being murdered and laugh and say he deserves it? There’s something very sick in your soul and I pray that God saves you. I pray because that is what is so wrong. The internet in this world has dehumanized us. And I pray that God saves us from that.
