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Erica Kirk She said she still supports the Second Amendment, despite her husband, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, being shot and killed earlier this year.
37 year old widow She further said that she believed her late husband’s death “was not a gun problem.” Kirk made these comments the new York Times’ At the DealBook conference on Wednesday she blamed political divisions for motivating her husband’s killer.
He said, “What I’ve realized through all this is that you can have individuals who will always resort to violence.” “And what I fear is that we live in an era where they think violence is the solution because they don’t want to hear a different point of view,” she said.
He added, “This is not a gun problem, this is a human—deeply human—problem.” “It’s a soul problem.”
He also reiterated his support for second AmendmentEven though her husband was killed in an act of gun violence.
Charlie Kirk was murdered on September 10 on the campus of Utah Valley University while he was debating his cause with students. American withdrawal Travel
Influencers and Podcasters He was shot in the neck and killed while answering a question about gun violence.
A student asked, “Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?”
Kirk responded, “Is mass violence being counted or not?”
Seconds later, the influencer was shot.
A massive manhunt was launched to find his killer, resulting in the arrest of a 22-year-old man tyler robinsonThe 22-year-old man has not yet entered a plea to the aggravated murder charge,
Erica Kirk Publicly forgave her husband’s murderer at her husband’s memorial. speaking in new York Times incident, she explained that she did so to ensure that she was not “tied to evil”.
“It’s not because you’re weak, it’s not because you think what the killer did was right,” Kirk explained. “It’s quite the opposite. Forgiveness is… For those of you who have been wronged, you know what it feels like to forgive someone.
“And in a way, where it frees you from the poison, and it enables you to think clearly and enjoy a moment where your heart is free and you’re not bound to evil.”
Donald Trump, who was one of 90,000 people who attended Kirk’s memorial event, said that, unlike the Turning Point USA founder or his wife, he “Hate” your opponents,
He joked, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Erica. But now Erica can talk to me and the whole group, and maybe they can convince me it’s not right, but I can’t stand my rival.”
Trump too Blamed “radical leftist” politics What led to Kirk’s death, although the ideology of the person responsible for shooting the podcaster remains unknown.
Erica Kirk became CEO of her husband’s organization, which has seen an increase in membership since his death.
More than 54,000 students contacted Turning Point USA A week after Kirk’s murder, in hopes of joining a right-wing activist group.