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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 ]