Scott Hitchcock

Father to 2 amazing Kiddos, follower of Christ, Guitar Junkie, Weather Nerd, #TitanUp #Vols #GoPackGo

[Scott Hitchcock @scotttweets2]

@NHL @PredsNHL @RyanJohansen19 This is the best notification screen I've ever witnessed. I've got goose bumps just thinking about that win #Preds#StanleyCup #wewantthecup

[Scott Hitchcock @scotttweets2]

@Titans @TaylorLewan77 Happy birthday to DA BOY 💪

[Ron Slay @TheRonSlay]

Somebody at the Doe!!!!! SOMEBODY AT THE DOE!!!!! Vol Nation, ain't nobody but US!!! Boom Boom Room was wide open....🤫🤫🤫 Don't say nothing, we getting a key made right now!!! #CauseThatsAllWeKnow #GoVols 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

[Tennessee Titans @Titans]

Showtime

[Taylor Lewan @TaylorLewan77]

Jack Hughes American Hero 🥇🇺🇸🦅

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

The US men just won Olympic Gold for the first time since this moment 🇺🇸

[Lauren Thompson Boyd @laurentboyd1981]

The most terrifying detail about Noah's Ark isn't the size of the flood. It is the design of the boat.

If you look closely at the blueprints God gave Noah in Genesis 6, He was extremely specific.

He gave the exact length, width, and height. He specified the type of wood and the pitch to seal it.

In my little years, I have never thought of this, but God intentionally left out one crucial component. There was no steering wheel, no sail, and worse still, there was no engine.

Think about how scary that is.

Noah was building a massive vessel to survive a global storm, but he had zero control over it, or over where it went. He couldn't steer it away from rocks. He couldn't turn it into the waves. He couldn't aim for dry land. He was completely at the mercy of the water.

The Ark was not designed for navigation; just for floating.

Noah’s job was to be the Passenger, not the Captain.

God was the Captain.

This is a picture of your life right now.

You are trying to put a steering wheel in a boat that God can control, if you let Him…

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

The greatest Man in history... Jesus.

[Jeffery Simmons @GrindSimmons94]

#WPMOYChallenge + Jeffery Simmons

RETWEET RETWEET RETWEET

[Jeffery Simmons @GrindSimmons94]

It’s that time!! #ProBowl Voting is now live‼️

1 Repost = 1 #ProBowlVote 
#ProBowlVote  + Jeffery Simmons

[Scott Hitchcock @scotttweets2]

@NFL_DovKleiman The original ‘gunslinger’…Brett Favre #4

[Scott Hitchcock @scotttweets2]

@PredsNHL Once you see it….you just can’t unsee it 😂

[Scott Hitchcock @scotttweets2]

This was THE CHOICE. #GBO #GoVols

[Tennessee Baseball @Vol_Baseball]

The hunt continues...

[JD Vance @JDVance]

The president told me he did this on Indigenous Peoples Day in honor of you.

[KidRock @KidRock]

"I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did.” - Erika Kirk

I have never witnessed anything more powerful or moving.

[Chris Tomlin @christomlin]

So honored to lead a moment of worship at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service…Jesus was proclaimed so boldly…

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

TO MY GREAT FELLOW AMERICANS…

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

Charlie was the best of us.

[Tennessee Titans @Titans]

Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) motivational speech before we hit the road for two weeks. 🗣️

[Scott Hitchcock @scotttweets2]

@ReedTimmerUSA So sorry for your loss Reed! 🙏😢 #neverstopchasing