Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika speaks publicly for the first time since his death | Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, made her first public statements since her husband was shot and killed. Charlie Kirk was a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, an organization Erika Kirk said would continue her husband’s movement.
Speaking from the office where Mr Kirk hosted his podcast, Erika Kirk said her husband loved America, nature and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
“But most of all, Charlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart,” Ms Kirk said.
She had a pointed message for “the evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination”, though she did not specifically name the alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, who law enforcement officials believe acted alone.
“You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife,” Ms Kirk said.
“The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.”
She thanked Donald Trump, saying through tears that her husband loved the US president, and vowed to keep her husband’s work alive, continuing his campus tour, radio show, and podcast.Mr Kirk was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party and an influential conservative voice among younger Americans.
The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was taken into custody on Thursday night local time, after his family notified police that Mr Robinson had “implied that he had committed” the murder, police said.
Security camera images, some previously released to the public, and evidence gathered from the suspect’s profile on the chat and streaming platform Discord also helped investigators link him to the crime, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said.
