President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will address the crowd, along with several other big names from the worlds of politics and media.
And of course, Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, will be the guest of honor.
Charlie Kirk (R) and his wife Erika Lane Frantzve (L) on stage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
But today, the New York Times published her first in-depth interview since the murder.
The 36-year-old mother of two revealed that she wears the St. Michael icon that medics tore from Charlie’s body as they attempted to stop the bleeding.
The medal is still stained with his blood, and Erika says she wears it as a reminder of her husband’s mission.
View of a makeshift memorial for right-wing activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk outside of their headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
Erika also revealed that the sheriff who spoke with her after Charlie’s death urged her not to view the body. She insisted on doing so, however.
“With all due respect, I want to see what they did to my husband,” she said.
Erika recalls that she kissed her husband one final time. She describes his “semi-open eyes” and “Mona Lisa-like half-smile” as if “he’d died happy.”
“Like Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven,” she tells the Times.
Erika Kirk says she won’t push for death penalty for husband’s killer
CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Erika also told the Times that she is not actively pushing for the death penalty for her husband’s shooter.
“I’ll be honest. I told our lawyer, I want the government to decide this,” Erika said.
“I do not want that man’s blood on my ledger. Because when I get to heaven, and Jesus is like: ‘Uh, eye for an eye? Is that how we do it?’ And that keeps me from being in heaven, from being in heaven, from being with Charlie?” she added.
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