Dennis Prager's Reaction to Charlie Kirk’s Memorial

So Dennis, we're sitting here today on the day of the memorial of Charlie Kirk. I came here cuz I wanted to sit with you knowing that it is very likely that if you could, you would have been on that stage speaking in memory of Charlie. But sadly, you couldn't. And so the world still wants to hear what you have to say and maybe what you would have said if you were on stage. >> Well, I think you're right. I think I I would have been invited. Erica knew of uh our friendship and how much I had touched Charlie's life. As I mentioned earlier, he claimed to have listened to more of my talks and courses than than probably anyone else. And he might be right. and he's dedicated his last book to me and I was very moved by that. I did record something for them, but it was without video and I'm not even sure she ever got to hear it. And in it, I commented on something I mentioned to you at the beginning when my friend from high school, Rabbi Joseph Tosskin, told me, and he's officiated at I'm sure at least a hundred funerals. What he does is he speaks to the friends and and the widow or widowerower and the children. And he was particularly moved when he would meet the children of the person who died. And they would each tell him that they believe that they were the most loved of the children. And that's what Charlie's friends think. We were all the closest friend that he had. And you heard at the memorial that that's what people felt. That's what Charlie was able to achieve which is a very great accomplishment. And where I would have spoken about his courage, but not just courage, his knowledge. I mean, I would watch him respond to all these students who threw everything they had at him. and his his responses were so so excellent and so knowledgebased. I couldn't get over how much he knew and how much he retained. Anyway, it was it was all very remarkable. >> Pretty amazing to see almost the entire cabinet, the vice president, the president all gathered in one place. Right. What is most remarkable is even I and I'm not sure Charlie knew how big his impact was. There's a saying among the uh timber workers in Oregon, you never know the height of a tree until it falls. And that's the case with Charlie. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for your wisdom. I'll share with you that I have received hundreds and hundreds of text messages saying that you should have been on that stage and you would have been if you could have. >> Yeah. >> And uh I'm glad I got to sit with you here today. Being with you today was really a a great honor and I know that many many people wanted to hear from you. So it's a >> great pleasure to be here. >> Being with you is an honor and a joy. You have really enabled Prageru to have the impact it has had. [Music]