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

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

Legislation enforcement is treating the huge occasion at a Tremendous Bowl stage on the subject 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 informed TMZ Sunday morning. “This designation is reserved for occasions of the best nationwide significance and allows the federal authorities to supply the complete vary of legislation enforcement and safety assets essential to assist native officers in guaranteeing a secure and profitable occasion.”

Seating inside State Farm Stadium rapidly reached capability, based on The New York Instances. The stadium can accommodate greater than 63,000 individuals and might be expanded to suit an extra 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 shops and stations, together with Fox Information, CNN, NewsNation, ABC Information, and CBS Information.

Additionally anticipated to talk are White Home Chief of Employees Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secret of Well being and Human Providers Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secret of Battle Pete Hegseth, Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, White Home Deputy Chief of Employees 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 passed off 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 won’t 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 exhibiting individuals 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 be able to see under.

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