{"id":245388,"date":"2025-09-22T03:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245388\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T03:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:23:10","slug":"see-who-attended-charlie-kirks-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245388\/","title":{"rendered":"See Who Attended Charlie Kirk\u2019s Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">The list of guests at the memorial for Charlie Kirk, the young conservative activist who was a close ally of President Trump, is a who\u2019s who of the American right, led by President Trump himself and including high-ranking members of his administration, Make America Great Again influencers and far-right media personalities.<\/p>\n<p> Explore a view of the arena <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-leadin svelte-1jy2uw2\">Drag to pan over the photo, pinch to zoom.Click and drag to pan over the photo, scroll to zoom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Photos by Ashley Cai, composite image by Raj Saha<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Here are some of the prominent figures in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration officials<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Loren Elliott for The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/p>\n<ul class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\"\/>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\"\/>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with his wife, Jeanette Rubio<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with his wife, Jennifer Rauchet<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with his wife, Cheryl Hines<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, and his partner, Alexis Wilkins, a country music singer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, with her husband, Abraham Williams<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Education Secretary Linda McMahon<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, with his wife, Kathryn Burgum<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Scott Turner, secretary of Housing and Urban Development<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Attorney General Pam Bondi and her partner, John Wakefield<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump\u2019s deputy chief of staff<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Sergio Gor, White House director of personnel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Dan Bongino, deputy director of the F.B.I. and podcaster<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with his wife, Diana Zeldin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Kelly Loeffler, head of the Small Business Administration<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Kari Lake, senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current and former elected officials<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Loren Elliott for The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Patrick T. Fallon\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Matt Gaetz, former House representative<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">Loren Elliott for The New York Times<\/p>\n<ul class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Representative Lauren Boebert, Republican of Colorado<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Senator Rick Scott, Republican of Florida<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Representative Celeste Maloy, Republican of Utah<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Former Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Media personalities<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Tucker Carlson, commentator<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-label g-position-top-left svelte-1ntz1vb\">Stephen Bannon, podcaster<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\">John Locher\/Associated Press<\/p>\n<ul class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Tucker Carlson, commentator and Trump ally<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Stephen Bannon, podcaster and longtime Trump adviser<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">James O\u2019Keefe, founder of Project Veritas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\"\/>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Benny Johnson, podcaster and Turning Point USA contributor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Laura Loomer, social media agitator and influential outside adviser to Mr. Trump<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Ben Ferguson, conservative podcaster<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other notable figures<\/p>\n<ul class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Erika Kirk, Mr. Kirk\u2019s wife<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Donald Trump Jr., Mr. Trump\u2019s son<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Elon Musk, billionaire businessman who led the Department of Government Efficiency<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Ben Carson, former Housing secretary<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Kyle Rittenhouse, who was embraced by the right after fatally shooting two people during protests against police violence in 2020<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Lee Greenwood, country music singer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Riley Gaines, former collegiate swimmer who campaigned against the inclusion of trans women in women\u2019s sports<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The list of guests at the memorial for Charlie Kirk, the young conservative activist who was a close&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":245389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,130479,15916,10501,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-245388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-charlie-1993","10":"tag-kirk","11":"tag-memorial","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115245809885611180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}