Video courtesy by TURNING POINT USA
Erica Kirk, widow of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, delivered an emotional address Thursday evening pledging to expand her husband's political movement and declaring that his killers "have no idea what they just have unleashed." Speaking from her husband's Phoenix studio, she vowed that Turning Point USA would become "stronger, bolder, louder, and greater than ever" following his death at a Utah campus event.
"The movement my husband built will not die," Kirk said in remarks that alternated between grief and defiance. "I refuse to let that happen." She announced that all of Turning Point USA's planned activities would continue, including upcoming campus tours and the organization's America Fest conference scheduled for December in Phoenix. Kirk also urged young Americans to join or start campus chapters and to become involved in "Bible-believing" churches, framing the struggle as spiritual warfare.
The widow's address came hours after authorities arrested Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah man, in connection with her husband's Sept. 10 assassination at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot while speaking to supporters as part of his "American Comeback Tour." Robinson was turned in by his father, ending a two-day manhunt that drew national attention and a $100,000 FBI reward.
Throughout her remarks, Erica Kirk referenced her husband's Christian faith and their young family, describing how she told their 3-year-old daughter that "daddy is on a work trip with Jesus." She thanked political leaders including President Trump and Vice President Vance for their support, telling Trump directly that "my husband loved you" and expressing gratitude to law enforcement for capturing the suspect. The address underscored the continuing impact of political violence on American discourse as Kirk's organization prepares to carry forward his conservative youth activism.
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