Hours after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a talking occasion in Utah on Wednesday (September 10), his buddy Savannah Chrisley took to social media to share her heartbreak.
The Turning Level USA founder was shot within the neck on Wednesday whereas talking at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah, as a part of his “American Comeback Tour” collection, an occasion Savannah revealed she was imagined to be part of in October.
“I’m numb. I can’t imagine I’m even writing these phrases,” the The Chrisleys: Again to Actuality star wrote on TikTok. “Charlie Kirk modified my life…he introduced me into the Turning Level household this previous yr, and I used to be imagined to be standing subsequent to him at each faculty this October. As an alternative, I sit right here with a damaged coronary heart, devastated past phrases.”
Within the accompanying video, Savannah mentioned she grew to become buddies with Kirk over the previous two years after he supported her marketing campaign to free her dad and mom, Todd and Julie Chrisley, from jail. Todd and Julie had been convicted of financial institution and tax fraud in 2022 and sentenced to a mixed 19 years in federal jail. President Donald Trump pardoned them again in Might.
@savannahchrisleyI am numb. I can’t imagine I’m even writing these phrases. Charlie Kirk modified my life…he introduced me into the Turning Level household this previous yr, and I used to be imagined to be standing subsequent to him at each faculty this October. As an alternative, I sit right here with a damaged coronary heart, devastated past phrases. Charlie wasn’t only a chief or a voice for the youth…he was a believer in Christ. His religion anchored the whole lot he did. And I do know with certainty that whereas we’ve misplaced him right here, he’s now preventing for us all in heaven, standing boldly earlier than the Lord, simply as he did right here on earth. He believed in me and in my household when the world turned its again. He noticed potential, he spoke life into us, and he jogged my memory that God nonetheless had a plan even after I couldn’t see it myself. That type of perception modifications you eternally. Take politics out of it…Charlie was a younger man, a husband, and a father. He had a lot life left to dwell. My coronary heart aches for Erika and their youngsters. No phrases will ever be sufficient to fill the house his love as soon as held. Charlie…you modified America. You modified me. You modified my household. Relaxation straightforward, my buddy. Heaven has gained a warrior ❤️♬ unique sound – SavannahFChrisley
“At the moment’s been a troublesome day,” an emotional Savannah mentioned within the video, per Us Weekly. “The previous two and a half years of my life have been a number of the hardest years I’ve ever needed to endure, however in these two and a half years, I’ve met so many individuals nice folks and lifelong buddies, and a type of those who introduced me into their world was Charlie Kirk.”
She went on to say how Kirk “gave me a voice as a lady, made me really feel like I had the facility to point out up on this world.”
Savannah additionally shared her condolences for Kirk’s spouse, Erika Frantzve, with whom he shared two younger youngsters. “I’m really grieving for his spouse, Erica,” the Chrisley Is aware of Greatest alum acknowledged. “One of many kindest, most loving human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure of realizing.”
After revealing she was “imagined to be sitting subsequent to Charlie each weekend in October,” as a part of his faculty campus tour, Savannah concluded, “Pray for Charlie. Pray for his dad and mom, his youngsters, his complete household. Erica, my coronary heart is with you. I like you.”
Within the caption of the publish, she famous how Kirk “believed in me and in my household when the world turned its again,” including, “He noticed potential, he spoke life into us, and he jogged my memory that God nonetheless had a plan even after I couldn’t see it myself.”
“Charlie…you modified America. You modified me. You modified my household. Relaxation straightforward, my buddy. Heaven has gained a warrior,” she concluded.