“No one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!” he wrote.
Prayed she was pregnant
For Erika – Kirk’s wife since 2021 – the tragedy unfolded in her home, in the empty space left behind by a man who was not only a political voice, but a husband, father, and a partner to build their future.
The conversation was somber and intimate, revealing not just her grief, but the devastating reality that her family’s future had been abruptly and irrevocably altered.
Erika went on to share that she and Kirk, already parents to a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son, had always wished for a larger family.
“I was praying, both of us were, we were really excited to just expand our family,” the new Chairman and CEO of Turning Point USA said. “We wanted to have four.”
But when her husband was killed, that dream died with him.
“And I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered. I was like, ‘Oh goodness, that would be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe,’” a teary-eyed Erika shared.
