When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: “That man… that young man… I forgive him.” That moment deeply affected me. I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: “ I forgive the man who killed my father.”
Peace be with you all.
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Dear Mr. Vice President
Early today, on a program called @AmericaNewsroom, I was being interviewed about my foundations ongoing attempts to reinvigorate the skilled trades. At the end of the interview, which I’ve attached, the anchor played a short clip of you giving a speech, wherein you posed the same question I’ve been asking for the last seventeen years: “Why do we keep encouraging our kids to borrow whatever it takes to buy an expensive four-year degree, when so many other excellent options are at their disposal?” (Or something to that effect.)
When the anchor asked for my reaction, I said, “Amen,” and then, somewhat cheekily, I invited you to give me a call, so we might discuss a new campaign in Texas, which proves that college is not in fact, the best path for the most people. In the campaign, I introduce viewers to six-figure, AI-proof jobs currently available in Texas that don’t require a four-year degree, and a host of regular Americans who who are prospering by doing them. Last month, my foundation awarded over $5 million in work ethic scholarships, to help train the next generation of skilled workers. Next year, I’d like to double that. If the campaign in Texas works, (and it will,) I’d like to take it to every state.
Wanna help?
Obviously, I thought better of sharing my number on live television, but wanted to let you know that several people in your inner circle know how to reach me, should you be inclined to do so. Howard Lutnick and I have chatted about the need for a national effort to reinvigorate the trades. He has my number. So does Linda McMahon at Education, Kelly Leoffler at the SBA, and Pete Hegseth, over at The Department of War. All of them are familiar with our efforts at mikeroweWORKS, and all believe in the importance of making a more persuasive case for the opportunities at hand. Thus, all are hereby invited to share my digits with your office, should you like to connect.
To be clear, I don’t believe the government can close America’s skills gap. This will take more than an executive order, or a traditional flight of public service announcements. Frankly, I don’t believe the gap will ever close completely, but we can narrow it dramatically, and I think you guys have a critical role to play. Not a week goes by that my foundation doesn’t hear from the leader of an essential industry, desperate to find people willing to learn a useful skill and go to work. We need to reinvigorate the trades, and we need to do it quickly. If you and your team are on a similar path, we’d be honored to collaborate.
Here's a look at what launched to today in Texas. It will grow a little more every day. https://t.co/4wAzgui6Ik
The radical left celebrates Charlie Kirk’s murder under the delusion that he commit thoughtcrimes which undermined their sacred principles of existence and coexistence.
But when you follow their fallacy to its logical conclusion, then existential denial merits a death sentence, while the act of murder is rationalized as “justice”.
This absurdity undermines the core ethics they claim to advocate
A normal person cannot rationalize this, because it is indefensible, unnatural, and psychopathic.
But communists don’t have a moral code like you or I, whether founded in God, or your creator. Their framework is the deception that whatever helps achieve communist utopia is good and everything that doesn’t is bad. But who decides? Man.
Good and evil exist to counter each other. When you have no higher power or greater standard to appeal to, you have nothing to measure evil against.
Communist utopia doesn’t exist. It cannot exist and it therefore cannot be counterbalanced. So what is evil to us is indiscernible to weak minds and can be rationalized. This is the result of putting one’s faith in man.
This path leads not to coexistence (that was never the goal anyway, it was the pitch), it leads to chaos, where the sanctity of life is sacrificed for ideology. No society can stand on such a foundation that betrays humanity.
The people who make history are the martyrs and the martyrs make believers.
You’ve only strengthen our resolve.
Take a moment each day to thank @elonmusk for having bought this platform. It is inconceivable to imagine what the world would otherwise look like. To reiterate, he deserves the @NobelPrize for having served as the ultimate defender of free speech.
You can kill a man.
For we are all mortal.
But you can never kill his Love of his Savior Jesus Christ, his love of our great Nation, the United States of America, and his love of Freedom, Truth and his undying love, confidence and belief in the young people of America.
And you can never kill his message.
America is, and always will be,
the beacon of Freedom the world over.
Charlie Kirk was our modern day Founding Father. And he helped save our country from slipping further into Godlessness, censorship, cultural falsehoods, loss of common sense, common decency and authoritarian communism.
Above all, Charlie Kirk was noble. He was a decent God fearing man. And he ultimately gave his life for the people and the country that he loved so dearly.
All of us who truly love our country will continue to serve, honor and protect the Freedoms that were earned through blood so that we American citizens and our children may always live and breath in a Free society.
Today,
Let us all pledge our allegiance again as I know Charlie would want, to this great land and continue his love of God, Family and Country.
I pledge allegiance to the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God indivisible with Liberty and Justice for All.
May Jesus Christ hold Charlie Kirk in his arms tonight and comfort his loved ones left behind. I pray for peace at this time for all Americans and for all
of God’s children everywhere.
God Bless you all.
Love,
Rob Schneider
Heavenly Father,
We lift up to You Charlie Kirk, who has been wounded. Surround him with Your healing presence and touch his body with strength and restoration. Calm his spirit, ease his pain, and grant wisdom and skill to the doctors and nurses caring for him.
Lord, protect Charlie’s loved ones with peace in this time of fear and uncertainty. Remind them that You are near, that You are the God of comfort, and that nothing is beyond Your power.
We ask for justice without vengeance, for hope without despair, and for Your mercy to shine through this darkness.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the
wickedness & snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
& do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
& all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen
As we pray for our dear friend and brother in Christ, American Patriot, Father, Husband and son, Charlie Kirk,
We know that our God is a loving God. And we must remember that vengeance is the Lord’s. Not ours.
Deuteronomy 32:35
“To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.”
May Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior bless and heal our brother Charlie, and give peace to his family and friends at this time.
This is Jeremy Wise. He was my best friend. A former SEAL, he transitioned to support CIA operations in Afghanistan. His role was to provide security for a case officer who, despite her position, was not competent to manage the desk she was assigned to. The agency’s administrative leadership, eager to groom her for an assistant director position because she was a woman, overlooked her shortcomings. While there are competent women in these roles, she was not one of them.
In her pursuit of a career-defining success, she "fell in love" with a source and disregarded essential security protocols, convinced she could reel in a big fish. The source, who had been flipped in Pakistan, exploited her negligence. Unbeknownst to Jeremy and the rest of the security team, she allowed him to bypass established safeguards. The source detonated a suicide vest as Jeremy and the team rushed to intercept him, killing seven CIA personnel.
Jeremy’s unbounded potential was lost in that moment, stolen by incompetence and vanity. I am dedicating a significant part of my career to undoing the influence of DEI initiatives that prioritize identity over capability in the corporate space. The rest of my life is devoted to cultivating and realizing the potential in others—a commitment to ensuring that, in some way, the extraordinary potential we lost in Jeremy will find life again in others.