"Rubio delivered poignant remarks woven with his signature wit, passion for American and Christian values, and his heightened awareness and understanding of our nation's role on the world stage. His leadership skills were on full display.
Rubio began his speech with an anecdote about how a woman who
"And I remember thinking back then — I'm gonna admit to you guys, I was a little skeptical. I said, 'College campuses, you're gonna do that? Why don't you start somewhere easier, like, for example, communist Cuba?"' he said, lightening the mood in the room. Of course, he said, his skepticism was eventually proven wrong.
The secretary also emphasized something that has become a major talking point in recent weeks: the fact that many of us — Rubio said he included himself in this — tend to isolate ourselves from people with whom we disagree, but Kirk sought those people out "to engage peacefully, respectfully." He cited an example that made the news in recent days. Tim O'Brien covered it for us yesterday: CNN's Van Jones confessed that Kirk reached out to him the day before his murder and told him he wanted to have a dialogue.
Unfortunately, that moment never came. Jones said he didn't even get a chance to respond."
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