Where the Charlie Kirk’s assassination should have united the Right going into the 2026 midterm cycle, the exact opposite has happened. The immediate aftermath saw a debate over Kirk’s thoughts on Israel, which were trending Israel-sceptic, but were not outright anti-Zionist. Because he had shifted on this issue, this led to conspiracy theories that Israel assassinated Charlie Kirk and other outlandish tales.
The number one purveyor of these theories was Candace Owens, and this has transformed a unified right into a girlboss showdown between Erika Kirk and Candace Owens, when the momentum could have been used to go on the offensive. All this culminated in the excrement-throwing contest that was AmericaFest 2025, which the blame for ultimately falls on Erika Kirk as CEO. Instead of a pep rally with a positive vision for the forthcoming year, each speaker was lobbing grenades at other speakers, most notably a feud between Carlson and Kelly against Shapiro, with only Vice President JD Vance’s final speech to salvage an embarrassing conference. Bad leadership allowed this to happen.
Following the White House Correspondence Dinner where there was another assassination attempt against Trump, Erika Kirk was seen in tears leaving the event, which was a normal reaction for a woman. What is not a normal reaction is dressing in all black and giving a nine-minute video response to the event and her detractors on the internet, which ultimately proves her ineptitude in managing a major Conservative Inc brand.
The video starts out with her account of what happened at the WHCD, where all the reporters from opposing ecosystems were crammed in a room and getting along despite their ideological dispositions. Then she critiques the journalist for trying to record the events of the shooting for “inserting themselves in the story,” which in 2026, in the era of smartphones, is somewhat dumb.
And so during an act of shooting, these journalists are using their phones to find moments to capture for clips. They were so concerned about getting a video in a room with an active shooter that they could have accidentally and quite literally filmed themselves being shot. Many of those people have become so desensitized that fight or flight became secondary to the opportunity of putting themselves into the story, which ironically breaks the number one rule of journalism.
This is a stupid statement to rebuke journalists for something that all sides do. If anything, they were just doing their jobs. The people in Butler, PA who witnessed Trump being shot did not immediately panic either. The crowds remained in place. Because of that, America got the legendary photo of Trump standing on his feet afterwards. The argument of journalist being “desensitized” is equivalent to the matriarchal arguments against video games doing the same thing, which is false while overlooking the actual experienced violence that existed in prior centuries. If anything, the journalist not acting like George Costanza should be respected, since Costanza’s panic was unbecoming for a man.
Erika Kirk then uses the fact of the shooter being a teacher to assert the following:
And while we may have big problems with illegal immigration in this country, I have to tell you, we have an even bigger problem when it comes to the systemic indoctrination and radicalization of our own citizens. This is what got my husband killed. This is what has led to three legitimate attempts on President Trump’s life.
Much of the reason for Trump Derangement Syndrome is because he ran an ostensibly pro-white campaign in 2016 with immigration and globalism as his two most defining issues. Most Americans do not understand that the “systemic indoctrination and radicalization” is due to the equality movements of the 1960s and the coinciding Sexual Revolution. The existence of trans-shooters is downstream from sexual liberation, yet so too is mass immigration, rooted in these anti-white movements as Christopher Caldwell demonstrated in his book Age of Entitlement.
Erika makes this about both Melania Trump and herself rather than connecting the dots that her husband was connecting prior to his death. In making the issue about herself, she is ultimately inserting herself into the story, contrary to her prior statements.
Truly, having lived through quite literal hell these past seven months, if you strip someone of their humanity long enough, you will arrive at the chilling conclusion that they don’t deserve to exist at all. Every morning I wake up to a new headline lying about me. I have comedians dressing up in whiteface. I have people saying I’m not fit to be CEO. And I have Candace Owens claiming I murdered my husband.
She alludes to the comedian Duski making fun of her coming on stage to fireworks. Complaints like this would be extremely pathetic if they came from a man and are reminiscent of pastors complaining about negative social media engagement during sermons. Is Candace’s behavior disgusting? Absolutely. Owens plays the “I didn’t really say it” game to avoid outright defamation, but merely implies that Erika killed her husband. The proper response would still be to sue Candace, which former Kirk head of security Brian Harpole has recently done. A CEO should be suing Candace, not sending toothless cease and desist letters. Rather than respond publicly, let the lawyers do the talking.
That said, making up conspiracies is not the same as calling her unqualified. She has no experience running a major political organization and being the widow to Charlie Kirk does not merit her being named the CEO. Sleeping with the boss is not a qualification. There is no shortage of Charlie Kirk quotes about celebrating stay-at-home moms and encouraging family formation, especially in statements directed towards women. There is only hearsay pertaining to claims that Charlie would have wanted his wife to forego being a stay-at-home mother to be a CEO. What Kirk publicly expressed while he was alive differs from what has been stated in death.
Jason Whitlock pointed out that her lashing out will invite more mockery and that she should step away, that being the CEO requires letting this stuff roll off your back and that ultimately women are not fit for combat. He also said that her all-black attire is ammunition for Druski to make more content.
Whitlock has received much hate from other Conservatives for this, but Isaiah 3:12 calls female rulers a curse from God. Paul makes ontological arguments against female ordination in the Church, which rooting his reasoning in Creation, naturally extends the application beyond the Church setting since ontology is not limited to the Church. Conservative Inc. is rife with unqualified women who often have promiscuous pasts. The most high profile Republican congresswomen all have sex scandals. Both Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem were incompetent in their respective administration roles. Even on the Life issue, Lila Rose has made a personal fortune while the movement has lost all but two post-Roe ballot measures. Just as with the pulpit or in the military, politics is a man’s field and incompetence at the helm is costly.
In 2026, American politics is war without weapons—though increasingly the politics has become violent. It is shameful to have women in the line of fire, just as it is shameful to encourage the presence of more feminine influencers when, as Charlie espoused, we need more mothers and wives. TPUSA cannot be effective if it is going to forever live in the shadow of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, milking his image for everything its worth. They must be able to pick up the fight with a forward-looking vision. This requires new leadership.
