Beyond the politics, beyond the debates, there is a wife who will never again hear her husband’s voice. There are children who will grow up without their father’s guidance, his presence at birthdays, his voice cheering from the sidelines. This is the true evil of political violence. It doesn’t just take a life, it shatters entire worlds.

Erika Kirk and their children now face a future forever altered by one person’s decision to choose hatred over humanity. No political disagreement, no ideological passion, no cause can justify creating this kind of irreparable devastation. When we normalize or excuse violence in our discourse, this is what we’re really accepting—families destroyed, futures stolen, love interrupted by evil.

Pray for his family. They’ll need a strength beyond imagining for the road ahead.