Erika Kirk says she sees ‘similarities’ between her late husband and JD Vance: ‘No one can replace Charlie but…’

Erika Kirk, widow of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk , made an emotional return to the public stage on Wednesday as she joined vice president JD Vance at a Turning Point USA campus event at the University of Mississippi. It was Erika's first time speaking at the conservative event, since Charlie's assassination seven weeks earlier at Utah Valley University by a fatal sniper shot. Speaking to nearly 10,000 students, Erika talked about courage in the face of tragedy and shared that she had invited Vance to speak at the event. “When our team asked my dear friend, Vice President JD Vance, to speak today, I really prayed on it because, obviously, it’s a very emotional, emotional day,” she said. “But I could just hear Charlie in my heart. I could just hear him say, ‘Go reclaim that ter