Following the tragic passing of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, his widow, Erika Kirk is continuing his legacy.
Kirk was shot in the neck on Wednesday, September 10, during a debate event while speaking before a large crowd at Utah Valley University (UVU).
His alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, has since been arrested and “faces single counts of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, and violent offense in the presence of a child, along with two counts each of obstruction of justice and witness tampering,”
Charlie Kirk and Erika shared two children, a daughter, 2, and a son, just 16 months old.
The widowed mother of two addressed the nation days following her husband’s passing, thanking the emergency services who had done everything to save Charlie. She then extended her gratitude to Vice President JD Vance and his wife for bringing Charlie’s coffin home.
She also thanked President Donald Trump, whom Charlie Kirk supported and admired.
“The Charlie Kirk Show is not going anywhere,” Erika Kirk said. “My husband’s voice will live on. The show will go on. We will have rotating hosts, rotating casts, rotating people coming on. It is going to be continually the north star of the conservative movement, of the voice of the youth, of the voice of the base, and that will not end.”
She then announced her plans of continuing Charlie’s tour through college campuses nationwide, named the “American Comeback Tour.”
“We’ll never be silenced,” Erika continued. “That’s why continuing his platform in a beautiful, honorable way will reinforce that he will never be silenced. My husband’s voice will go on.”
Turning Point USA is believed to be the “largest Conservative student movement” in the US with groups at more than 3,000 universities and high schools, and Erika Kirk said it is moving “full steam ahead.”
At her late husband’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona, Erika gave a heartfelt speech. She recalled seeing Charlie Kirk at the hospital after his death and sharing her decision to forgive his killer.
“My husband, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life. That man, that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did and it is what Charlie would do,” Erika Kirk said.
“The answer to hate is not hate,” she added. “The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love. Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.”
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President Nick Daniels of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association warned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party that the ongoing government shutdown is posing serious safety risks in U.S. airspace.
The NATCA, which represents more than 10,800 certified air traffic controllers nationwide, has repeatedly called on Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to end the shutdown — now on track to become the longest in American history.
The House approved a clean CR a month ago, but Democrats have blocked it more than a dozen times, insisting on tying the measure to their partisan legislative demands.
Daniels emphasized that air traffic controllers are unfairly shouldering the weight of the shutdown, with thousands now working exhausting six-day, 10-hour shifts amid an existing shortage of 3,800 personnel.
As essential workers, controllers are required to remain on the job, yet many are facing severe financial strain. They received partial paychecks for pre-shutdown work on October 14, followed by $0 paychecks on October 28 and in the pay periods since — leaving many with more than 120 hours of unpaid labor.
“And that’s why we’re saying, end the shutdown immediately. It’s not like we’re sitting here talking about an aviation issue. We’re talking, I understand the fears, the frustrations of the American people. We want to do an amazing job on their behalf, and we are. We’re showing up to work every day, the best way that we can to get through this crisis. But this isn’t something that we asked for. We didn’t want to put ourselves in the middle of it,” he added.
“Yet here we are, the rope in the tug of war game that we didn’t ask for at all. And we should not be used as political pawns in any way, shape or form for these shutdowns,” Daniels noted further.
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Air traffic controllers have become a focal point in the government shutdown standoff, as flight delays and cancellations ripple across more than 20 U.S. airports.He went even further, effectively insulting the intelligence of his own voters by insisting the shutdown is the GOP’s fault because Republicans “control everything.” In reality, that’s flatly untrue — Senate Republicans can’t pass a clean continuing resolution without 60 votes.