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[ Applause ]

My name is Stacey Sheridan.

Eight years ago, I met Charlie in a crowded ballroom

in West Palm Beach at a David Horowitz Freedom Center event.

We spoke briefly, we exchanged cards,

and I thought nothing of it.

What ultimately made me want to join Charlie's cause

and Charlie's team because he began a quest

to hire me after meeting me.

I was reluctant at first, but it was his naive audaciousness

to change the world that ultimately sold me.

It was the best decision I've ever made

and I've never looked back.

Yes, technically, Charlie was my boss,

but it really never felt that way.

Far more than my boss, I felt like he was my little brother.

So the guys that went before me spoke about him as a boss

and a leader, I'm going to speak about him

from my heart as a family member.

In 2022, my husband Mike became sick with cancer.

Two years later, that cancer took his life.

Throughout those two years, Charlie called me consistently

to ask how he could help us.

At one point, he had critical medication

and an oxygen machine sent to my doorstep without my knowledge.

I still to this day have no idea how he made that happen.

But that was Charlie.

He did the right thing.

There was no limit to how far he'd go to help a friend.

He wasn't looking for publicity or credit.

He did it because that's what a leader does.

That's what a friend does.

And that's what a Christian is supposed to do.

Sometimes I would express guilt to Charlie

that I couldn't do my job at 100%.

Charlie's response every single time was family first.

When Mike ultimately passed away,

Charlie and the entire team were there for us yet again.

They helped my daughter, Grace, through the unbearable tragedy

of losing her father on her ninth birthday.

But Charlie's help didn't stop there.

This January, I lost my home in the Pacific Palisades fire.

Charlie's response was very clear and very direct.

This is a sign you and Grace belong in Arizona now.

Within a few months, we moved here and Charlie

and Erica welcomed us into their family.

While enduring our various tragedies,

my daughter Grace would ask me at least once a day,

"Why would God do this to us, Mom?"

My honest and only answer was, "Someday, we will look

at each other and instantly know why all of this had to happen,

and it will be for something far greater

than we can ever imagine."

In my first conversation with Grace after Charlie's death,

Grace said to me through tears over the phone, "Mom,

this is the answer to my question.

This is our wife.

Now we can be there for Erica and Gigi at Mac,

the way they were there for us."

[ Applause ]

Looking back today, it's so clear to me that Grace was right.

I know for certain that my late husband Mike, Charlie,

and God were guiding us here for this very moment in time.

It was always written.

Erica, Grace and I will support you and your babies the way you

and Charlie were there for us in our darkest days.

Charlie, we will miss your words of wisdom,

your high-pitched laugh, it was kind of awkward,

and the way your voice would always soften when you spoke

to Erica and your children.

And I promise we're going to make TPUSA so big

that it reaches you in heaven.

[ Applause ]

Everything Charlie prayed for in

his life, a restoration of faith,

a rebirth of patriotism is coming to fruition in his death.

And right now he is beaming at us from heaven.

The fact that we pulled this off in seven days is a miracle

that only Charlie Kirk can deliver, by the way.

So in Charlie's words, let's get to work, everybody.

We have a country to save.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]