[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E859]
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                       APPRECIATING CHARLIE KIRK

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 2025

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, with the abysmal 
assassination of American Patriot Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, 
this tragedy inspired South Carolina Poet Tony Pichoff of Hopkins, 
South Carolina, with his heartfelt poem of Turning Point:

                             Turning Point

     On this twenty-fourth eve of 9/11,
     One of Satan's minions
     Sent your faithful soul to Heaven.
     And in so doing,
     Sowed the seeds
     Of their undoing,
     On the road to reckoning and ruin.
     In this epic battle
     For the very soul of America,
     Never yielding
     To the terror of
     Those who seek to silence, you,
     The disarming bearer of
     God's good news.
     Wielding intellectual weapons
     Of well reasoned wisdom
     With calm confidence
     And articulate precision
     That did mortally threaten
     To undo the institution
     Insidiously dedicated
     To undermining our constitution.
     An unholy breeding ground
     Of hatred and division
     Infecting our very youth
     With lies disguised as truth.
     Administered via ``higher learning's''
     Spiritual circumcision.
     In obedience to God,
     Upon these battle grounds
     You bravely trod,
     And did not do so in vain.
     For even in your very death,
     You delivered victory again!
     And just as the attack on 9/11
     Our national resolve did anoint,
     Your MAGA martyrdom
     Marks THIS historic turning point.
     And when 45 became 47,
     Just as certainly as then we knew,
     The tide continues to turn in our favor
     Now confirmed by you.
     As challenging as it may be,
     While we mourn we must also see,
     That it is through those like you
     We shall remain the indomitable land of the Free.

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