In a jaw-dropping moment that has taken the internet by storm, Erika Kirk compares JD Vance to her late husband, Charlie Kirk, during a high-profile public appearance. In this emotional and controversial on-stage tribute, Erika candidly expresses how she sees qualities in JD Vance that remind her of Charlie, sparking immediate buzz and debate among viewers. The shocking comparison has sent ripples through the political and social spheres, with many questioning the implications of her word
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00:00But I do see some similarities of my husband in J.D. and Vice President J.D. Vance. I do. No.
00:09But I do see some similarities of my husband in J.D. and Vice President J.D. Vance. I do.
00:18And that's why I am so blessed to be able to introduce him tonight. He's an amazing man.
00:24I am tremendously blessed and honored tonight to be able to introduce to you a very, very dear friend and his wife.
00:44They are incredible.
00:50And I see no one will ever replace my husband.
00:55No.
00:56But I do see some similarities of my husband in J.D. and Vice President J.D. Vance. I do.
01:05And that's why I am so blessed to be able to introduce him tonight.
01:11He's an amazing man.
01:12So please help me welcome to the stage Vice President J.D. Vance.
01:24Love you guys too.
01:27Oh, it's hard not to cry after watching that.
01:31I haven't seen that portion of him saying that video since that day happened.
01:38But Charlie, when he came onto campus, he loved to immerse himself in the culture of the campus that he was in.
01:50And so, from word on the street, you guys have a chant out there.
01:58I hear it's a good one.
02:01It's hotty toddy.
02:02I love it.
02:20I love it.
02:22But it's a tremendous honor and blessing to be on stage today.
02:27And this is what Turning Point USA is all about.
02:32This is what the future of our country is all about.
02:36And I want to thank you all also on a personal level for all of your prayers and all of your support,
02:43not only for our family, but for the Turning Point USA family, which includes all of you,
02:47especially those that are students, a part of the Turning Point USA chapter at Ole Miss.
02:51So, I love you guys.
02:53Truly, this whole, you guys have no idea how helpful it is to have all of you in my life
03:07because you helped me feel even more deeply connected to my husband.
03:12And I thank you for that.
03:14I thank all of you for that.
03:21And I say that also because you guys are the heartbeat of Turning Point USA.
03:29You're the heartbeat of this organization.
03:31And every time we were at an event, especially one that Charlie was speaking at,
03:38he would always ask beforehand, he would always ask Mikey or the team.
03:42He'd say, who in the audience is a Turning Point USA chapter leader or a chapter member?
03:50And whenever there was a student there, he would stop everything before the event and he would sit down with them.
03:57He would ask you what your name is, what you're studying, what is the issues that are going on on campus.
04:06He would take the time to make sure that you guys knew he was investing into you, into your chapter, into your school,
04:14because that was a pulse point for him.
04:19And being on campus right now for me is a spiritual reclaiming of territory.
04:31And let me explain that because there is a lot of symbolism in today.
04:36Today, it's Wednesday, seven weeks, and the more that I am coming to grips with the permanency of this nightmare,
04:49the more that I'm starting to realize and witness that the enemy, he doesn't want you.
04:56He wants your territory.
04:57He wants your influence.
04:59And when our team asked my dear friend, Vice President J.D. Vance, to speak today,
05:09I really prayed on it because obviously it's a very emotional, emotional day.
05:15But I could just hear Charlie in my heart.
05:21I could just hear him say, go reclaim that territory, babe.
05:27Go.
05:29The battle's already won.
05:31God's love conquers.
05:34And that's why I'm here today.
05:36I'm here because this moment, it can either be your breaking point or your wake-up call.
05:41Essentially, essentially your turning point, if you will.
05:45And at this moment, every single one of us has a choice to make whether we stand for freedom
05:54or we're just going to fall for everything else.
05:59But I want to encourage you, especially the students here, find your voice.
06:05You are the courageous generation.
06:08That's what you are.
06:09All of you, Gen Z, you are the courageous generation.
06:16Hear me when I say that.
06:17My husband believed that to his core.
06:20That's why he went on campuses.
06:22That's why he was trying to reach you.
06:26You are the courageous generation.
06:28Own it.
06:30Make him proud.
06:32And students beyond Ole Miss, if you are pursuing a chapter on your campus, harness this amazing
06:43opportunity to advocate for something that you truly believe in and express it in the most
06:51articulate way of what exactly you're advocating for.
06:54You're advocating for America.
06:56You're advocating for freedom of speech.
07:00Because our chapters on high school campuses, I love it.
07:03Charlie was so excited when he named the programs for high schools.
07:08He said, we're going to name it Club America.
07:11Because he goes, who could hate that name?
07:13It's the perfect name, Club America.
07:16And he loved it.
07:17Who could be against it?
07:20And I want you to know that if you are trying to start a chapter, I'm with you.
07:24We're with you.
07:25Charlie's with you.
07:26You have an arsenal of Turning Point USA staff members that are with you.
07:32But I also, what I've been able to sit back and witness is the leaders that have stepped
07:41up to ensure that chapters can happen.
07:48For example, I don't know if you guys saw what happened earlier this week with Governor
07:52Ron DeSantis, which is amazing.
07:55I want to give him a massive shout out because he said, we're announcing a partnership with
08:01Turning Point USA.
08:01We want to say, we want to make sure that all high schools in Florida, anybody in a high
08:06school that wants to start a Club America chapter, will be able to do that.
08:11There will be no impediments to that and certainly no discrimination.
08:18That's amazing.
08:28And then also, Governor Youngkin.
08:31I want to thank him as well.
08:33He donated generously to Turning Point USA to support new Turning Point USA chapters all
08:39over the Commonwealth of Virginia.
08:42How powerful is that?
08:43So when I heard that, I just looked up, I was like, all right, Charlie, two down, 48 to go.
08:59I see you.
09:00But Club America and Turning Point USA chapters.
09:06If you're wondering what those values are, it's life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
09:10And that's what our country was founded on.
09:12And when you succeed in establishing that chapter, I want to commend you because that experience will leave a mark on you that will influence every choice that you make for the rest of your life and generations to come.
09:26Earn your voice.
09:29Earn your voice.
09:30Charlie loved the word earn.
09:32Earn your voice.
09:34This is about your legacy.
09:36Each one of you in this room, everyone watching, when you earn your voice and you stand up for what is right, that is a part of your legacy, your family's legacy, just as much as it is part of Charlie's legacy.
09:51Don't forget that.
09:53Don't ever forget that.
09:54Because if there's one thing I've learned, especially being with Charlie for the past seven years, it's that the hope we're looking for is not found in Washington.
10:07It's not found in media.
10:11It's right here.
10:13All of you.
10:14This is the hope.
10:17And he saw that.
10:20It's in stadiums like this.
10:25Charlie had a visual in his head.
10:27He loved the on-campus events.
10:30But for the night events, he had, he would send Tyler pictures and the team pictures of, I want our chapter events to look like this.
10:40And he sent a picture of one of the largest football, college football stadiums in the country, packed.
10:48That was his vision.
10:50And that's what makes all of this so powerful because your generation is living at a crossroads.
11:02And you are living in one of the most defining moments in American history.
11:07And we are all witnessing, in real time, the battle that is raging for the soul of your generation.
11:18Again, your generation.
11:19This is far more than political, and you will hear the world and the culture, for that matter, pressure you and say, go with the flow.
11:31Don't ruffle feathers.
11:32Don't say that.
11:33Don't say that.
11:34Don't say that.
11:35Don't say that.
11:36Don't say that.
11:37Don't say that.
11:38Don't say that.
11:39Don't say that.
11:40You might offend someone.
11:41You might lose some friends if you wear a red hat, if you go to a Turning Point USA chapter event.
11:44Don't say that.
11:45Don't say that.
11:46Don't say that.
11:47Don't say that.
11:48Don't say that.
11:49Don't say that.
11:50Don't say that.
11:51Don't say that.
11:52Don't say that.
11:53Don't say that.
11:54Don't say that.
11:55Don't say that.
11:56Don't say that.
11:57Don't say that.
11:58Now when I hear that, if you're worried about losing a friend, you might.
12:10I lost my friend.
12:12I lost my best friend.
12:16And if you're nervous about standing up for the truth, the assassination of my husband
12:23puts into perspective all those fears.
12:30It really does.
12:32Because my husband never went with the flow.
12:35He swam in the streams of significance.
12:40And Charlie knew so deeply to his core that comfort doesn't change the world.
12:49And you cannot influence the world when you look like it.
12:56The enemy of truth doesn't need to destroy a nation overnight.
13:01He just needs to convince people that truth no longer matters.
13:07And the enemy thrives when Christians don't speak up.
13:11When citizens don't vote.
13:13When students don't think for themselves.
13:18But in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 11 it says, have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds
13:23of darkness but rather expose them.
13:28That's what it means to live as salt and light.
13:31To bring flavor to a world gone bland and clarity to a world that lost its way and it's lost
13:37in confusion because Christians are called to go into the public space to correct error with
13:44truth and that's what my husband did.
13:48When he would sit there with his microphone.
13:51I got to watch this evolve over the years.
13:56At first he would hold the microphone the whole time.
14:00He would listen.
14:03When his ears went on he would put the microphone down and he wasn't listening he was hearing.
14:11He was absorbing what the students were saying and what they were asking.
14:16He was engaging.
14:19He was calm.
14:21He wasn't combative.
14:22He never insulted.
14:25He just wanted you to think.
14:26Again, like I said, he never told you what to say.
14:29He just wanted to challenge you so that what your convictions were you actually understood
14:35why you had them rather than they being talking points because your professor told you so or
14:39your friend told you so.
14:42He wanted the best of you because he demanded the best of himself.
14:50And Charlie would say this all the time.
14:54The rights don't come from the government they come from God.
14:59And he knew what every founding father knew and almost nearly almost every university has
15:07forgotten that you cannot have freedom without virtue and you cannot have virtue without God.
15:14And that's what makes this nation so different.
15:16That's what makes it worth defending as a courageous generation.
15:22And another thing that Charlie used to say all the time is that it does not take skill
15:26to be courageous.
15:28It takes a choice to be courageous.
15:31And now is the time to make that choice.
15:37Either you sit on the sidelines.
15:38I mean, I don't know what else can wake you up.
15:41I really don't know what else could stir that fire within you to get involved or to use your
15:48voice or to make a difference.
15:50If you're looking for another sign, I have no idea what to tell you.
15:58I just want to encourage you, though, that, yes, this is about America.
16:09And, yes, my husband would say saving Western civilization, that's true on both fronts.
16:18But deeper than that, this is about your soul.
16:21Because the fight for freedom starts within, inside of each and every one of you.
16:28So, again, please, stand firm against the wickedness of the devil and the schemes of man.
16:41Be alert because his tactics are so clever.
16:45What he'll do is he will find one thing.
16:48He will find fear.
16:49He'll find disappointment.
16:50He will find one thing, and he will wedge it in between you and the Lord, and he will make it grow.
16:56He will make it grow so much that you lose sight.
17:01It becomes this, almost like an eclipse, where the truth is hidden behind it.
17:09And, yes, the light's still there, but you can't see it anymore.
17:14That's the enemy's tactic.
17:16And the bottom line is that the enemy doesn't need to change your theology.
17:20He just needs to change your vision.
17:23And if he can get in your head and blur your vision and distort your vision, he'll do whatever he can.
17:34But what the enemy forgets, though, is that the presence of a shadow is proof that there is light.
17:43He forgets that.
17:46And Charlie's murder might seem like we're standing in a shadow, as if death was the victory meant for the enemy.
17:52But looking around in this arena, you are proof that this light of truth burns so brightly.
18:02So brightly.
18:03The Lord is calling you to rise.
18:17Please hear me when I say that courageously.
18:19He is.
18:22Do not be afraid.
18:23It is so easy to be afraid.
18:25But we are commanded to not be afraid.
18:27And when you take that stand, it will encourage and inspire someone else to do the same.
18:40Whether that is someone in your circle, whether that's a family member, whether that's someone you never even met before because they saw you posting something on social media.
18:51You can't change a nation if you're enslaved to fear.
18:58And you can't call out corruption if you're still chained to comfort.
19:06And you can't stand for truth if you first do not kneel before the Lord.
19:10And I know I keep saying it, but I'm trying to drive home a point with you all being labeled as the courageous generation.
19:35Because this generation will decide if America remembers who she is or if she'll forget.
19:47And I believe with all my heart that God placed you here now at Ole Miss.
19:54Not by accident, but by assignment.
19:57There is no mistake that you are here in this stadium and arena today.
20:02No mistake.
20:03God doesn't make mistakes.
20:06It doesn't make mistakes.
20:09And when being on this campus, I think of 18-year-old Charlie, who would always say,
20:18you know, when I started this, I had no money, no connections, and I had no idea what I was doing.
20:27But what he did know what he was doing was that he was obeying the Lord.
20:32He was obeying what the Lord had placed inside of his heart.
20:35To fight for.
20:38He did.
20:39And he persevered.
20:40And he persevered.
20:51He persevered.
20:52And look what he left us.
20:55Look what he left us with.
20:58He didn't leave us empty-handed.
21:00He built a machine.
21:02And all of you are a part of that.
21:05Again, the heartbeat of Turning Point USA.
21:10That's what happens when you obey the Lord.
21:12A movement like this, it becomes unstoppable.
21:18It becomes the revival that it is.
21:20And I just want this to be the generation that says, we will not apologize for loving our country first.
21:34We will not be silent about our faith.
21:37We will not back down when the world tells us to kneel.
21:41We will not be silent about our faith.
21:42Because we bow only to the King of Kings.
21:45and it's from him that we rise
22:01I personally still believe in America
22:06I still believe in her founding
22:11I still believe in her future
22:13I don't care if people think it sounds crazy
22:16but I still believe that our nation can heal
22:18but we can't save a country
22:22that we're too afraid to defend
22:23we can't
22:26on a more personal note
22:37when we first moved into our home
22:40inside of our bedroom
22:43I had on the side wall
22:46when you walk in
22:47it was above the bookshelves
22:49it says
22:49on two framed pieces of paper
22:54it says
22:55they will be known
22:56by the boldness of their faith
22:58and when I hung that
23:02as many women can attest to this
23:04when you hang things
23:05you see them all the time
23:06you just kind of go about your life
23:07and so
23:09being in the position that I am now
23:13it took me a while
23:15to even just make it back into our bedroom
23:17I used to
23:18sprint from the opening door
23:22into the bathroom
23:22and sprint out
23:23I was not ready to walk into our bedroom yet
23:24and
23:26when I was finally able to sleep in our bed
23:29for the first time
23:30I slept on his side of the bed
23:33and I noticed
23:35because he had to sleep a certain way
23:37on his side
23:38facing
23:39the outside of the bed
23:42because he
23:42he had a bad back
23:43I'm sure most of you
23:44didn't know that
23:45but he had a really bad back
23:46anyways so
23:47it's also why he wore compression socks
23:50socks too
23:51I know a lot of people are like
23:52why did he wear compression socks
23:54circulation
23:55anyways so
23:57he
23:58he would sleep that direction
24:00and so
24:01I found myself sleeping that direction as well
24:04and when I
24:04woke up
24:06for the past
24:08several nights
24:09that I've
24:09been able to be in there
24:10I saw that the first thing I'd see
24:14is that
24:15on the wall
24:18they will be known by the boldness of their faith
24:20and I thought to myself
24:22he saw that every single morning he woke up
24:24I didn't
24:25because I'm on the other side of the bed
24:26so I'm facing the window
24:27but he saw that every single morning
24:30and then I
24:31I thought to myself
24:32because when I go to the office
24:35I
24:36I
24:36I will never sit in his office chair
24:39so I sit
24:39there's like a couch on the side
24:41when you walk in
24:41and I sit on the couch
24:42and on
24:44his desk
24:46flanked between
24:49the Bible verse of
24:52Micah
24:52chapter 6 verse 3
24:54it all kind of
24:57came together for me
24:59so he sees us on the wall
25:01and then he sees on his desk
25:03these three questions
25:05that he would ask himself
25:06every single day
25:08and it would be
25:12what is something I can do
25:14for someone today
25:15the second one was
25:18what is something I can do
25:19to add value
25:20to the world today
25:21and the third was
25:24how can I honor God today
25:26those were the three questions
25:28combined with the words he saw
25:30every single morning
25:31so to me
25:33seeing that
25:37seeing on his desk
25:38that was him suited up
25:40with the armor of the Lord
25:43every day
25:44that was his combination
25:46and what I'm realizing
25:50with that is
25:51those were the action points
25:54of how to have courage
25:57because you can ask me
26:00well how do I get
26:00how do I become courageous
26:02ask yourself those three questions
26:06every single day
26:07and I promise you
26:09you will get courage
26:13you will
26:15because
26:17what death
26:20amplifies even more
26:22is that
26:23you only get one life
26:25just one
26:27that's it
26:28it's an eternal life
26:30so that's why you have to live
26:34like it matters
26:34but
26:35I want to remind you
26:37that God has created you
26:38for greatness
26:39not for
26:42something that's lifeless
26:45just greatness
26:46and the question
26:48isn't how long
26:50you're going to live
26:51it's what are you going to do
26:54with your life
26:54in the time that the Lord
26:55has blessed you with
26:56what are you going to do
26:58with that
26:59that's the question
27:01and when you get
27:10to the end of your life
27:11will the Lord be proud
27:17of what you stood for
27:18will you be able to say
27:23that you
27:24ran the race
27:25that you fought
27:26the good fight
27:27or will you realize
27:31that you wasted
27:31your time
27:32that the Lord
27:32has blessed you with
27:33chasing after things
27:34that didn't even matter
27:35hold that into perspective
27:38and remember
27:42being the courageous
27:44generation that you are
27:46stand up for the truth
27:49defend life
27:51love your family
27:54fearlessly
27:55love your spouse
27:58fearlessly
27:59love this country
28:03defend her
28:04defend her
28:07and serve our God
28:09and don't think that
28:11it's someone else's role
28:13to do it
28:14you do it
28:15you do it
28:19do it for Charlie
28:22do it for Charlie
28:25and I am tremendously
28:43blessed and honored
28:45tonight to be able
28:47to introduce
28:48to you
28:49a very
28:53very dear friend
28:54and his wife
28:57they
29:01are incredible
29:04and I see
29:07no one will ever
29:09replace my husband
29:10no
29:12but I do see
29:13some similarities
29:14of my husband
29:16in JD
29:17and Vice President
29:19JD Vance
29:19I do
29:20and that's why
29:22I'm so blessed
29:23to be able to
29:25introduce him tonight
29:26because
29:29he understands
29:32the fight
29:35that we're up against
29:36and he can articulate
29:38that
29:38in a way
29:40that transcends
29:44race
29:45that transcends
29:48demographic backgrounds
29:50he's an amazing man
29:54so please
29:54help me welcome
29:55to the stage
29:56Vice President
29:57JD Vance
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