US EditionErika Kirk: Viral Charlie Clips Lack Context, Late Husband "Shouldn't Be Deteriorated to Two Sentences"
Erika Kirk defended her late husband’s organization amid threats and criticized conspiracy theories promoted by Candace Owens, whose podcast episode reached over 1.5 million views.
- On Wednesday, Erika Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, rebuffed conspiracy theorists on Fox News Channel's Outnumbered and pleaded for privacy to protect her husband's burial site.
- On her podcast, Owens alleged that Erika's behavior was suspicious, suggesting she dismissed inconsistencies about Charlie Kirk's murder and accused her of 'Meghan Markle syndrome,' all while promoting conspiracy theories.
- Kirk said the speculation amounts to a mind virus and defended her handpicked staff, noting TPUSA staff and her family have faced kidnapping and death threats.
- Sen. John Fetterman defended Erika Kirk and denounced attacks as dehumanizing, while Deon Joseph and Nathan Livingstone publicly criticized Owens for exploiting the tragedy.
- September 10's killing prompted ongoing legal proceedings, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who is due in court on January 16.
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Candace Owens Is the conservative movement’s Frankenstein monster
This past week, Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, to meet with Candace Owens, a podcaster who has become the premier purveyor of conspiracy theories about her husband’s murder. If the summit was meant to persuade Owens to back off her paranoid and fantastical speculations, it failed. On Thursday, Owens had on her show a man who claimed to have seen Erika Kirk at an army base the day before Kirk’s assassination, …
Who's Afraid Of Antisemitic Conspiracist Candace Owens? It's A Long List
Long-simmering feuds among right-wing influencers reached a boiling point this week when Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika used an appearance on Fox News to denounce people she said were “making hundreds of thousands of dollars” by pushing conspiracy theories about her husband’s killing. Her plea for those individuals “to stop,” obviously intended for her husband's former colleague, the popular streamer Candace Owens, triggere…
MAGA infighting among Charlie Kirk’s allies 'growing increasingly ugly'
After Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10, his widow, Erika Kirk, became the organization's new leader. Many MAGA Republicans were quick to blame liberals, progressives and Democrats for the murder — even though countless Democrats, from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) to former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, wholeheartedly condemned it. But MAGA figures also attacked each other.In an article publ…
'Ugly': MAGA's 'biggest weakness' revealed as movement grapples with civil war
After Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10, his widow, Erika Kirk, became the organization's new leader. Many MAGA Republicans were quick to blame liberals, progressives and Democrats for the killing — even though countless Democrats, from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Ne...
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