He posted on X:
I was just a kid when it happened, but I remember how 9/11 changed everything about America.
23 years ago today, nearly 3,000 people died in the deadliest attack on American soil in our history. For a moment America was united. Sadly, so much has been squandered in endless wars, a loss of our basic American freedoms, and terrible decisions.
We will never forget the lives lost, the bravery of the first responders that day, or the America we are working everyday to restore.
Kirk’s reflection on the meaning of 9/11 came amid a presidential campaign in which the opposition candidate, former President Donald Trump, had nearly been assassinated.
Kirk, 31, noted the decline in national unity since September 11, 2001 — ascribing it not to one political side or the other, but to bad policy decisions, poor foreign policy, and suppression of civil liberties at home.
He closed with a positive message about a better future, rooted in the shared traditions and ideals of the past: “the America we are working everyday to restore.”
Tributes have poured out from around the country in praise of Kirk — who, while strident in his own opinions, always gave those who disagreed with him an opportunity to be heard.
The assassin is still at large as of this writing.
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