Charlie Kirk S Widow Erika Addresses Supporters In First Public

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 17, 2025, 10:59 PM

charlie kirk s widow erika addresses supporters in first public

Charlie Kirk’s heartbroken widow said her husband sacrificed his life for his country and family – and that the “evildoers” who publicly assassinated the conservative activist have only fanned the flames of his patriotic... A teary-eyed Erika Frantzve Kirk, wife of the slain founder of Turning Point USA, addressed mourners for the first time Friday in a live-streamed speech from her husband’s Arizona podcast studio just two days... “My husband laid down his life for me, for our nation, for our children,” Erika said as she stood behind a podium bearing a sign of her late husband’s face with the text: “May... “Now and for all eternity, he will stand at his savior’s side wearing the glorious crown of a martyr.” The bereaved wife – wearing an emerald green shirt, white blazer, and silver cross – paused several times to catch her breath, wipe away tears and speak directly to her departed husband during her... Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, made her first public remarks since her husband's death.

Erika Kirk, the widow of the late Charlie Kirk, gave an emotional tribute to her husband and declared that his mission will not end at Turning Point USA's headquarters Friday. It was her first public statement since her husband's assassination on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. "To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die," Kirk said. "It won't. I refuse to let that happen. … No one will ever forget my husband's name.

And I will make sure of it. It will become stronger. Bolder. Louder and greater than ever. My husband's mission will not end. Not even for a moment.

"My husband's voice will remain, and it will ring out louder and more clearly than ever. And his wisdom will endure." She delivered a steely message to the "evildoers responsible" for her husband's death, proclaiming that they "have no idea what they have done." Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s widow said on Friday her husband’s “mission” would be more powerful than ever before in her first statement after his killing. Watch Erika Kirk’s remarks in the video player above. In a livestreamed speech, Erika Kirk thanked President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and supporters who had “shown their love” for her husband.

Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of Trump. READ MORE: How Charlie Kirk helped shape a conservative force for a new generation PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gave her first public address Friday since her husband was shot and killed during an event at a Utah college campus... Erika Kirk condemned “those responsible” for Charlie Kirk’s death. “My husband laid his life down for me, his nation, his children, and showed the true and covenantal love,” Erika Kirk said. She described Charlie Kirk as family-focused and wanted what was best for the country.

The two were married for four years and have a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son. Bernd Debusmann Jr and Mike WendlingBBC News Born in a suburb of Chicago in 1993, Charlie Kirk got started early in conservative politics, first penning an essay for right-wing Breitbart News at the age of 18, accusing schools of spreading "propaganda"... He caught the eye of Bill Montgomery, a retired businessman and Tea Party activist more than 50 years his senior, who took Kirk under his wing. In 2012 – around the midpoint of Barack Obama's presidency – the pair founded Turning Point USA, a group which focused on conservative activism on college campuses, spreading rapidly along with Kirk's social media... The group tapped into online media and spread a slickly packaged style of conservatism to young people.

It won him a speaking place, aged 22, at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Mrs. Erika Kirk Addresses The Nation After Her Husband’s Assassination@TPUSA @MrsErikaKirk pic.twitter.com/55Gvxtbc7G PHOENIX, Arizona — Erika Kirk, widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, delivered a tearful address Friday night, vowing to continue her husband’s mission and warning those responsible for his death that they have... Speaking from her late husband’s podcast studio in Phoenix, Erika Kirk addressed the nation just two days after he was fatally shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University. The event was part of his “American Comeback Tour,” organized by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth movement he founded.

“If you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea ... you have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country ... and this world. You have no idea,” she said during her statement. Kirk, 36, described her husband as a devoted father, a man of deep faith and a patriot. The couple has two young children: a 3-year-old daughter and a year-old son.

Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah. "You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry," said Erika Kirk, the wife of slain... Just days after a gunman shot and killed Kirk at a Utah university, Erika Kirk said she would continue Charlie Kirk's political activism through his Turning Point USA organization. "To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die. It won't, I refuse to let that happen ... All of us will refuse to let that happen," Erika Kirk said.

"No one will ever forget my husband's name, and I will make sure of it." White House officials and lawmakers are expected to gather at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for a 6 p.m. prayer vigil in remembrance of Kirk. According to a press release about the vigil, those expected to give remarks include House Speaker Mike Johnson, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, White House Director of National Security Tulsi Gabbard, and Health... Kennedy Jr. On Monday, Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, traveled to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and accept a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for her late husband.

To the reporters in the Oval Office, the president described Erika, now the CEO of Turning Point USA, in a characteristically meandering way. “A very special lady who I unfortunately have seen a lot of on television recently, for the wrong reasons,” he said. “Who Charlie said is the greatest of anybody he ever knew—best friends and best everything.” On Friday, Fox Nation—the streaming arm of the right-wing network—aired all three episodes of a docuseries that takes a closer look at Kirk as she continues her transformation from MAGA WAG to conservative power... She gives host Jesse Watters a tour of the Turning Point USA compound in Phoenix, Arizona, pausing to show off the studio where Charlie proposed back in 2020. The pair drops in on volunteers from nearby colleges who are furiously writing thank-you notes in response to the messages of support in the wake of Charlie’s death.

The special gives viewers a front-row seat to a woman—and an organization—in a state of raw and complex grief. When Charlie Kirk was killed during an event at Utah Valley University in September, he was in the middle of a nationwide tour of colleges—giving speeches and doing Q&A sessions—and his fellow right-wing commentators... The Fox cameras were also there when Erika took the stage at the University of Mississippi alongside JD Vance on October 29, in her first public speech since Charlie’s memorial on September 21. Afterward, photos that showed the vice president embracing the recent widow, who was wearing tight leather pants, caused a stir online. Kirk’s comments about Vance during her speech fueled the speculation. “No one will ever replace my husband,” she said.

“But I do see some similarities of my husband in JD.” But in conversation with Fox News’s Watters backstage, Erika Kirk was full of appreciation for the vice president and his wife, Usha Vance. “The way they treated me…it was so humanized,” she said. Kirk also confirmed she intends to continue Charlie’s work of engaging young people in conservative politics. “I want to fulfill all of his wildest dreams for this organization and more,” she said. “He left me a blueprint and all of his journals, but more so that I was a vault for literally everything.

He shared everything with me—his vision, his dreams.”

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