Colorado Springs bikers ride to remember Charlie Kirk
Brian Snyder
On Sunday, a half-dozen bikers in Colorado Springs gathered to ride in remembrance of Charlie Kirk, joining tens of thousands of attendees at the conservative activist’s funeral the same day.
The ride, organized by Wyatt Wulfestieg, a Colorado Springs resident and Christian biker, was meant to serve as a local memorial for the late Kirk, who was assassinated in what is being considered a political attack on Sept. 10.
Bikers gathered at a Safeway in southern Colorado Springs and looped up Academy, then back down Nevada, according to the event details provided by Wulfestieg.
Wulfestieg has only known of Kirk’s activism since his assassination, he said, but the tragedy has introduced him to an organization that he feels represents his beliefs: Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Wulfestieg says he wants to join the organization and take classes about its message.
“Since his assassination, I’ve been looking into him a whole lot, and it seems like he was quite a bit different than a lot of people out there doing what he was doing,” Wulfestieg said.
Another attendee, Dave Brukiewa, has known of Kirk’s platform for years and has followed him for a reason that all attendees seemed to admire: his Christian values.
“Charlie, to me, seemed to be a man who was able to navigate very difficult conversations with grace and made it look simple. I think the reason he made it look simple is because everything was centered on the gospel,” Brukiewa said.
