Turning Point co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 10, 2025, while at an event at Utah Valley University. After the conservative commentator's death, his widow, Erika Kirk, became the new CEO of the organization Charlie founded to spread conservative ideas among young adults. Since Charlie's death, Erika has made appearances at the White House and with President Donald Trump and even shared a viral hug with Vice President JD Vance .

Erika made speeches at the aforementioned events, but the first televised interview she gave since Charlie's death, with Fox News' Jesse Watters, aired on November 5, 2025. In her interview with Watters ( X ), Erika recalled her last moments with her husband's body after she insisted on seeing it. "He had this smirk on his fac

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