Radio host Steve Deace has spent the past few days in absolute horror over conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination, contending some of the responses he’s seen come from “the bowels of hell.”
The popular host said he’s still in shock by what unfolded, as he mourns for Kirk’s widow, Erika, and the couple’s two small children.
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“I’ve sobbed more this week probably than I have the night of my conversion,” he said. “But those were different kinds of tears. I think I’m outta tears — and then I think about those two little kids, particularly his son, who’s going to have no memories at all that he’ll be able to recall his entire life of his interactions with his dad.”
Deace said the entire situation is “surreal” and called the loss “incalculable,” proclaiming that the “enemy knew right where to hit us.”
“Charlie was just such a towering figure,” Deace said. “The last text I got from him was on Tuesday and he told me, ‘You are a good and dear friend.’ And I would imagine there are literally hundreds of people in our business and movement who have received those kinds of texts from him.”
Deace said one of the things that made Kirk so effective was his willingness to go “where the seekers were.” He believes this is why Kirk became such a target, especially for forces of evil seeking to stop the truth from reaching hearts and minds.
“He was reaching the kinds of new people that were generational men that were maybe just new husbands and fathers, or not yet that,” Deace said. “And that’s the cornerstone, that’s headship and that resets the board of generations in a family line.”
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The radio host noted Kirk successfully convinced him and many others that it was possible to reach America’s young generation.
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