Erika Kirk admitted she couldn’t believe she was invoking the names of MS NOW host Rachel Maddow and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel during a speech in Los Angeles.
Launching the “Make Heaven Crowded” tour on Wednesday, the Turning Point USA CEO and widow of Charlie Kirk, told the crowd at Harvest Church about the exchange between Maddow and Kimmel that she found interesting, making a connection between protests and revival.
“I can’t even believe I’m saying their names in a church,” Kirk quipped.
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Maddow and Kimmel had been discussing the ongoing anti-ICE protests when Maddow contended that the activism against the Trump administration would make a long-term difference.
“In political science terms, there’s what’s called the ‘3.5% Rule,’ which is that if you look at the authoritarian regimes of various kinds all over the world over the last century, once you have 3.5% of a population protesting nonviolently against a dictator or an authoritarian, that is essentially an unstoppable force that they can’t oppose, and that precludes them from consolidating dictatorial power,” Maddow said.
“It’s not that much larger a number than what we’re already seeing in the streets against Trump,” she added.
(Video Credit: Jimmy Kimmel)
“It was interesting because he asked her the question, ‘Do you think these protests are helping?’ Personally, I do not. I think it’s demonic. But I understood the sentiment of what she said,” Kirk said during her speech Wednesday as she brought up the exchange.
“She was basically saying that when you have 3.5% of the population protesting peacefully, and you’re in nonviolent protest mode, it is very hard for that to go unnoticed. And it’s very hard for that to be tucked back in. It just kind of sparks something,” she explained.
“And I thought to myself — Charlie, in a way, in a healthy way… he believed deeply in the power of a faithful few that would rise up and stand for Christ, stand for the church, stand for what’s good and what’s beautiful in this world, and fight against evil. And it only just takes a small percentage, 3.5%,” Kirk continued.
“All of us came together,” she noted, recounting how many poured out to attend her husband’s memorial service.
“It did not matter if you were a Baptist. It did not matter if you were – I don’t know, give me another one – Pentecostal, Catholic, it didn’t matter. You were all there under the banner of Christ. That was important,” Kirk said.
“And I say that because I want this — this is why this tour exists. It’s unifying. It’s trying to pull together that collective of 3.5%. And you showed the difference of when 3.5% of this nation rises up and prays for this nation and is in revival compared to the other side of what they think can change this nation, but actually destroy it,” she continued.
“The view of that is striking. It’s striking. And Charlie knew that,” she added.
“And I just want us — I just want us to understand and realize that the fire of the Holy Spirit is not supposed to be contained within the four walls of the church. It’s not,” Kirk contended. “If we want to continue the wildfire of this revival across the nation, our mission is simple. It’s always been simple. It’s always been simple. Bring people to Jesus. Make heaven crowded. Very simple.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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