I want to begin by expressing my profound gratitude to my good friend Steve Robinson at The Maine Wire for his eloquent tribute to the late Charlie Kirk.
Titled, Charlie Kirk’s Martyrdom Should Spark a New Conservative Boldness, Steve’s eulogy is a call to action. I encourage you to read the piece in its entirety and share it with others in your circle of influence.
Here are the concluding paragraphs:
What we’re witnessing now is the death of the political movement that built its foundation on this poisonous ground of nihilism and moral relativism. The ugly truth has been laid bare. Normal Americans are horrified by what they’ve seen from some of their colleagues and neighbors. Failing to defeat him in intellectual discourse, they murdered him. Now, his martyrdom has so brightly illuminated the dark cultural sickness infecting the left that it will inevitably wither.
The time for caring what these degenerate leftists think is over. The time to reassert conservative values and conservative power has begun. This project must start with lovingly shepherding and coaching a generation of young men and women who just witnessed an intellectual icon and role model savagely murdered. They will be angry. They should be angry. If you’re not angry or deeply saddened, reflect on how you’ve become so divorced from the human experience that your soul has forgotten how to shudder. But only peaceful expressions of our political values and virtues, expressions that come from love and not anger, will save this country from the demons who want to tear it apart.
Today, we mourn.
Tomorrow, we win.
I would also highly recommend that you read Ted Cohen’s September 11th commentary in The Maine Wire: “Assassinated Conservative Charlie Kirk Visited Maine in August, Warned State Had Become ‘Unrecognizable.’”
Here’s an excerpt that hit home for me:
Kirk said he had driven through South Portland and Lewiston, among other places, during his visit.
“Your state is unrecognizable from even 10 or 20 years ago,” he said “And it’s a problem. You’re seeing an increase in crime; we’re also becoming a nation of strangers.”
“You guys are then a petri dish for the worst ideas that are sent around the country – men in female sports, mass migration – and I think there is a silent majority of Mainers who want to see this state reclaimed back, for those of you who love this state, built a family in the state and who believe in normal Maine values, not the values of Mogadishu.”
“And by the way we shouldn’t be afraid to say that. You are being replaced because people have been too polite for far too long.”
“I remain optimistic that with the proper organization, the proper candidates, the proper message, that this state can come back into alignment.”
Rest assured that our team at Maine First Project is more committed than ever to restoring Maine to The Way Life Should Be.
Thanks for all you do every day to accelerate that restoration.
As Steve Robinson put it:
Today, we mourn.
Tomorrow, we win.
Best Regards,
Hon. Lawrence Lockman
Maine House of Representatives, 2012-2020
Co-Founder & President
Maine First Project