Secretary of State Marco Rubio honored slain conservative leader Charlie Kirk on Sunday, remembering him as a bold and wise leader who built a movement to defend America’s values and will “matter now more than he ever has before.”
Speaking before tens of thousands gathered in Arizona to honor Kirk — including President Donald Trump, members of his Cabinet, and international media — Rubio recalled his early skepticism when first hearing Kirk’s vision of taking conservative ideas onto college campuses.
“I said, college campuses, you’re going to do that? Why don’t you start somewhere easier, like, for example, Communist Cuba?” Rubio recalled. “But my skepticism was proven wrong.”
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