A grieving Erika Kirk held up a cross to supporters upon arriving in Arizona on Thursday, images show.

Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance accompanied Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk’s casket as it was transported to Phoenix, Arizona, aboard Air Force Two on Thursday alongside Kirk’s family. Images show the second lady holding hands with Kirk’s widow, Erika — both dressed in all black — as they descended the stairs of Air Force Two that day.

Other images circulating on social media show Erika holding up a cross to a crowd of mourning supporters. Many on social media have claimed she is holding up a rosary. However, her late husband was not a Catholic but evangelical Christian, and many commenters suggest that this is not a rosary but Charlie Kirk’s necklace.

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