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Erika Kirk gives emotional first remarks after Charlie Kirk assassination: ‘My husband laid down his life for me, for our nation, for our children’
- On Wednesday, Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
- Turning Point USA, which helped mobilize voters for President Donald Trump in 2024, was on the first stop of its American Comeback Tour when Kirk was killed.
- Speaking from her late husband's studio, Erika Kirk delivered a primetime address Friday, thanking President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, and vowed the podcast and mission would continue.
- Authorities arrested the suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, who faces aggravated murder charges, while Kirk's casket was escorted to Phoenix, Arizona by Vice President JD Vance; President Donald Trump will attend the funeral and award the Medal of Freedom.
- The killing is being treated as a political assassination, and Erika Kirk pledged to expand Turning Point USA with campus tours and a December America Fest in Phoenix.
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Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, weeps over his casket in emotional photos: ‘You have no idea’
Charlie Kirk's grieving widow shared a series of pictures of herself weeping over her slain husband’s casket in her first social media post since the conservative commentator was assassinated.
Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika posts video diary as his body is returned home
Erika Kirk, wife of murdered political activist Charlie Kirk, posted an emotional video diary to social media as her husband’s body was returned to his hometown. Clips posted to Instagram on late on Friday show a grieving Erika crying over Charlie’s casket, before documenting her journey, past American flags flown at half mast, to the airport. Kirk was accompanied by JD and Usha Vance as the casket was carried on to Air Force Two in a military s…
"You have no idea what fire you've lit," warns the widow of the ultraconservative influencer killed on an American campus. She expressed herself in a video posted on social media.
The movement my husband built will not die - Charlie Kirk's widow
Erika, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has described her husband’s killer as an “evil-doer.” She said Charlie’s killers have no idea what they have done, as his movement will not die. Charlie Kirk was shot dead in Utah on Wednesday during an outdoor programme. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation named 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as Charlie’s shooter. In a live video, Erika described her late husband as the perfect f…
Standing by his empty chair, Charlie Kirk's widow - Erika Kirk - gave her first statement since the conservative influencer's murder. "If you thought my husband's mission was powerful before, you have no idea, you have no idea what you have unleashed on this entire country and this world," Erika Kirk said, addressing the "evildoers" responsible for her husband's murder. "You have no idea what fire you have lit inside this woman, this woman's scr…
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