US EditionTurning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk
Erika Kirk, new CEO of Turning Point USA, opened the sold-out AmericaFest 2025 with 60+ conservative speakers and endorsed VP JD Vance for 2028, with 30,000 expected attendees.
- This year, Erika Kirk assumed leadership of Turning Point USA and led the Phoenix conference, the first since Charlie Kirk's death.
- To close the gender gap, Turning Point USA has expanded outreach to young women through programming like the Young Women's Leadership Summit, promoting traditional family roles.
- Erika Kirk's example resonated with young women attendees, inspiring remarks like `If Erika can do it, I can do it`, while memorializing Charlie Kirk boosted women's involvement and promises to grow the organization 10 times greater.
- The gathering on Thursday produced sharp disputes as Erika Kirk confronted conspiracy claims from Candace Owens, who alleged Israeli involvement and later said they spoke for four-and-a-half hours Monday.
- Critics warn the outreach risks alienating many working women, saying the traditional-wives message excludes them and observers see this dispute foreshadowing Republican Party schisms ahead of midterm elections.
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Turning Point USA Installs Replica of Tent Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed for Annual Convention
Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in SeptemberNordin Catic/Getty; Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Charlie Kirk poses at The Cambridge Union on May 19, 2025 in CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM., A crowd watches as Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah.NEED TO KNOWTurning Point USA (TPUSA)'s America Fest conference features a recreation of the booth in whi…
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Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point USA: ‘If Erika can do it, I can do it’
PHOENIX — Camdyn Glover used to be a quiet conservative. She worried what her teachers would think or if she would lose friends over her convictions. But she said something changed when Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September, and she started crying in her classroom at Indiana University while other students cheered and clapped. “We can’t be silenced,” Glover decided. Now she’s visiting Phoenix with her parents and brothers for this year’s Tu…
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