Vice President Vance’s aircraft, Air Drive Two, will transport Charlie Kirk’s casket from Utah to Arizona, a day after the conservative activist was assassinated throughout an look at a college.
A supply acquainted advised The Hill that Vance and second woman Usha Vance will meet with Kirk’s household and shut buddies in Salt Lake Metropolis earlier than the journey.
The casket, together with Kirk’s household and buddies, will then be flown to Phoenix aboard Air Drive Two, the supply mentioned. Turning Level USA, which Kirk co-founded, is headquartered in Phoenix.
Kirk, a number one voice within the MAGA motion, was shot within the neck Wednesday at Utah Valley College whereas talking to a big crowd throughout an occasion billed as “The American Comeback Tour.”
The Vances have been initially slated to go to New York Metropolis to attend the twenty fourth anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist assaults however traveled to Utah as a substitute. However these plans have been canceled, and so they as a substitute flew to Utah to be with Kirk’s household.
Vance wrote a candid and emotional put up on social platform X Wednesday night time about his relationship with Kirk, beginning when the Turning Level USA co-founder reached out to him in 2017 after an look on Fox Information. The vp mentioned he was one of many first individuals he referred to as about operating for his Ohio Senate seat in 2021 and mentioned Kirk advocated for him to be Trump’s operating mate.
“Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him,” Vance mentioned. “I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years.”
President Trump earlier Thursday introduced he would posthumously award Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
