This April Erika Kirk was taping an episode of her Christian podcast, Midweek Rise Up. Her special guest that day was her husband of four years, Charlie— the conservative wunderkind who had helped Donald Trump secure the youth vote in the 2024 election. An Arizona beauty pageant winner with flaxen waist-length hair, blue eyes, and a Bible-based streetwear brand (Proclaim) who bore Charlie two blond children—the 36-year-old was alluring in her embodiment of the conservative ideals he promoted on college tours.
“I love how much he loves this country,” she captioned her Fourth of July Instagram this year. She posted a video montage of her handsome husband on the beach, in a suit, playing with their blond children in matching American-flag-themed clothing. Another frame depicted