Charlie Kirk Memorial Crowd Surpasses Expectations –See Dwell Video as Spouse Erika, Trump, Vance Communicate

With some attendees tenting out Friday night time, Turning Level USA was anticipating 100,000 or so folks, however on Sunday instructed CNN that greater than 200,000 had registered on the location. That is the identical quantity the Glendale Police Division instructed the outlet they have been anticipating.

Legislation enforcement is treating the huge occasion at a Tremendous Bowl stage in the case of safety. “The Division of Homeland Safety has designated the upcoming funeral and memorial service as a Particular Occasion Evaluation Ranking (SEAR) Stage 1 occasion,” a DHS Senior Official instructed TMZ Sunday morning. “This designation is reserved for occasions of the very best nationwide significance and allows the federal authorities to supply the complete vary of legislation enforcement and safety sources essential to help native officers in guaranteeing a secure and profitable occasion.”

Seating inside State Farm Stadium shortly reached capability, based on The New York Instances. The stadium can accommodate greater than 63,000 folks and will be expanded to suit a further 10,000. Overflow venue Desert Diamond Enviornment’s capability is round 19,000, per CNN, which means greater than half of the anticipated attendees wouldn’t get a seat inside both facility.

The high-security occasion (livestreamed above through TMZ) had an enormous lineup of key political figures from the Trump Administration, together with President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. It’s being livestreamed through a number of retailers and stations, together with Fox Information, CNN, NewsNation, ABC Information, and CBS Information.

Additionally anticipated to talk are White Home Chief of Workers Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secret of Well being and Human Providers Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secret of Warfare Pete Hegseth, Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, White Home Deputy Chief of Workers Stephen Miller, Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, and Sergio Gor, Trump’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to India.

The deadly capturing of Charlie Kirk occurred throughout signature debate format at Utah Valley College on September 10, which noticed him seated on a stage as college students spoke to him from a microphone positioned in entrance of him. He was debating with one pupil about gun violence when he was shot and killed.

Two days later, Tyler Robinson, 22, was recognized because the suspected shooter. He was taken into custody on September 11 and has been charged on a number of counts, together with aggravated homicide, for Kirk’s dying. The prosecution has said its intention to pursue the dying penalty.

After his dying, Kirk’s spouse Erika was elected to switch him as CEO of TPUSA, vowing that the “motion my husband constructed is not going to die.” She was additionally amongst these anticipated to talk at Sunday’s service.

An sudden arrival, coming in shortly after 2 p.m. ET, was Elon Musk, who reportedly arrived to cheers. Musk had a really public falling out with the Trump administration after his controversial tenure as head of DOGE (Division of Authorities Effectivity), however CNN notes that Kirk had been working to reconcile the 2 after their fallout hit social media in June.

Musk posted to X from the stadium, “Charlie was murdered by the Darkish for displaying folks the Gentle.” He additionally shared a brief clip of the capability crowd on the stadium, saying he was “honored to be right here.”

Musk then proceeded to share tweets from others about Kirk, which you’ll see beneath.

The service additionally seems to have fulfilled Kirk’s reported want to see Musk and Trump reconcile their variations, with TMZ sharing video footage of the 2 sitting collectively in a luxurious suite. The boys sat subsequent to at least one one other and talked, and at one level even shook arms. It’s not clear what they could have been speaking about, and if it will change issues between the duo going ahead.