Emotional Video Shows JD Vance Carrying Charlie Kirk’s Casket as Pastor Reflects on Their Bond

An emotional video of Vice President JD Vance helping carry Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s casket onto Air Force Two aired Thursday on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” as Kirk’s pastor Rob McCoy said the loss is “immensely painful” for Vance.

Kirk, 31, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while speaking and debating with students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Showing a clip of Vance aiding in carrying Kirk’s casket onto the plane, Fox’s Laura Ingraham asked McCoy how poignant the moment must be for Vance as she recalled the close friendship between the two.

“Immensely painful,” McCoy said. “You know, with the vice president, I think he said it publicly, but he attributes his victory to Charlie and even being the vice president. And Charlie, amazingly, Charlie would see in people things that others didn’t see. My son, for example, is chief of staff. I remember when Charlie said, ‘I want [him] to come work for me’ and then he told me what he wanted him to do. I just thought, ‘I don’t think my boy can do that.'”

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