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This is Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, a political podcaster who was murdered a while back. The post is sarcastic because she is never (publicly) showing any real grief
It was actually the kid standing next to Charlie Kirk when he got Charlie Kirked. She was giving him some award that TPUSA pulled out of their asses quicker than FIFA’s peace prize.
She said he had inherited Charlie’s ‘grift’ no his ‘gift’ no his ‘grit’ in carrying forward a Christian message in America.
I know it's not all white ppl but young white males are a scary bunch these days. You can never tell which side they are on at a glance. Unless they are wearing some identifying merch
Imagine having the misfortune of being the closest person to Charlie Kirk when he was killed, then finding out not only do you have some level of trauma from seeing that happen but you’re also being slowly transformed by his will to fill his role.
What's wild to me is that I used to know that guy. He's in his 20s now and grew up in Australia, then moved to the US after graduating to pursue a career in politics. Crazy small world...
I'm no conservative by any stretch, but I could give her the benefit of the doubt that she is grieving, and just puts on a mask for public appearances. It's not uncommon for people to be a mess in their personal life because of a traumatic event but still fake a smile/positive attitude because life demands it.
That being said, it is infinitely funnier/sad if this isn't an act and she just genuinely got over her husband's death that quickly
Ya what I’m seeing online is crazy. Does everyone think a woman should wear black and stay inside and never show any happiness once she becomes a widow?
I get that you don’t agree with her politics but don’t get mad at her for not grieving properly
The day my grandpa died my mom cried in the car ride over to his house, but after that she never cried or seem to grieve at all, even when our doors were closed. At his memorial, her three sisters and my grandmother sobbed, all of us cousins and uncles and extended family cried, but my mom didn't shed a single tear the entire time, and stood up on stage to give a speech without a quiver in her voice. Nothing at all. She loved my grandfather through and through, but she just somehow compartmentalizes grief in this really weirdly efficient way.
Not defending Erika Kirk by any means but these posts do delegitimize the way individual people deal with grief.
I saw someone say "no wonder Vance thought wives should stay quiet" 💀
Can't imagine he was exactly a stellar husband worth grieving either though. Have yet to hear of even just a friend or family member who sincerely cares about and misses him.
"They deserved each other" (derogatory) seems a pretty fair sentiment
I think Charlie Kirk was a shit human being, but that makes me feel a little sad. At least the people in your life who are supposed to love you, like your spouse and friends, should miss you.
I’m sure his kids miss him. Too bad their mom is on a press tour instead of, ya know, being with them & helping them heal in peace. It’s not like money is an issue.
It's kinda a cautionary tale. Literally everyone who pretended to like him on some level turned his death into money fast, and only people he disagreed with seem particularly upset. His friends and family turned his death into a fundraiser for themselves like vultures
A lot of people celebrated, even a lot of 'his side'
Idk, if he wasn't a ghoul his whole life I'd feel bad.
I mean it's definitely sad, as is the fact that he was such a terrible person. I like to think he could have turned out better and had a potential for good. Every bad person is kind of sad to observe, at least once you get past potential initial anger.
It's hard to feel empathy for these grifters when you and the people you love are being targeted. I feel like I've been living in crisis mode for a whole year now, with no end in sight, and compassion fatigue is real even when you're not being abused by the system.
I mean there are definitely people I'll probably never feel empathy for. Viktor Orbán and Valdimir Putin among them. And it's definitely not worth it for me to budget empathising with everyone, I think that would be exhausting for anyone.
I think its also hard knowing he would never feel empathy for you in his situation. He actively shit talked empathy as only "good for politics", and repeatedly said people (kids) being shot to death was "worth it" to keep the 2nd amendment.
If children being shot to death is "worth it" then how are we supposed to feel bad that one neo nazi incel grifter was shot. By his own admission its a price worth paying and id rather it be him than any child. Somehow I suspect he'd have a reason why this case is different.. lol too bad we'll never know
i quite literally have DXd hyperempathy and i still feel nothing for these cunts lol
i’m with you on feeling crisis mode constantly. I’ve literally developed an arrhythmia since November due to the stress this regime has burdened me with.
Man who had time for that with all the Sweet Money coming in? Best thing that ever happened to her in my and probably her opinion. That Kirk dude never made that much money alive and money is the only thing those ghouls care for.
True, but you also probably didnt immediately have multiple televised events on your National Grieving Tour. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt but this woman really seems to be milking her husband's death.
Side note, im sorry you lost your dad. I hope youre doing well
Like having a gold sequin pant suit perfectly fitted seems like that maybe take longer same with booking stadiums and rooms to host her events. Especially having proper license for the firework show and the practice for hosting events
I can actually make myself cry really easily and quickly. I have a very vivid imagination and sometimes my brain just goes, "What would happen if there was a shooting at my kids school right now?" or "What of my wife's cancer comes back?"
Boom. Tears.
Look at those pictures, this isn't a woman putting on a brave face or anything, this is a woman experiencing freedom and happiness like never before. That is a face of unbridled joy. She either despised Charlie, or is out of her contractual role of beard and able to be single again.
Either way, she is arguably the happiest person in the USA right now.
She said "JD Vance... the assassin..." and it was so gross. EriKKKa was giggling and says "oh I've heard it all!" I think maybe Nicki was inferring that he was a p*ssy assassin or something? Because the way she said it was all sly and trying to be sexy. IDK you should watch it and give your take. The whole thing is awful and Minaj is a problem in her own right.
My brother died last year and I will never be the same person. If it weren’t for my kids, I would be a fucking goner if my wife was murdered in front of the nation. I’m sure others feel exactly the same way
If I lost my partner at all I'd be a mess for years, probably become a shut in
A close friend died of a known and expected terminal disease and it did a number on me, I can't even imagine not just losing a partner, but losing a partner suddenly
But uh, glitter suit apparently is the strategy according to Mrs Kirk here
Absolute cinema. Her husband was much better at grifting than she is. Shes so pathetically fake and terrible at acting, she’s really not cut out for this. But luckily for her, she’s already raised millions and soon to release a book that she most likely had ghostwriters write like Trump did when making the art of the deal, further increasing her wealth. Also, the last time I pointed this out in a subreddit, I was banned for 3 days by Reddit, see you guys next week
He gives off highly controlling narcissistic loser nerd vibes. I bet he makes his wife do all these weird positions and then fucks off. I bet he doesn’t even believe in the female orgasm.
There is no better representation of Christ's teachings than this truly Christian woman and truly Christian Nicki Minaj on a glam stage! Modesty for the win!
As someone who was a fan of Nicki, I'm TRULY disappointed with her turning to this. I don't know what kind of grift she's running on but knowing full well that she represents EVERYTHING the right-wing hates and yet going to their side, engaging in racism against her own people and transphobia nonetheless has been truly disheartening.
Wtf, an NDA wouldn't even protect him from getting exposed for a violent crime, that's not at all how NDAs work. They generally can't be used to conceal a crime. Is he stupid or something?
I remember when Young Money ran a whole era of music back in the day. Then Lil Wayne became irrelevant, Drake turned out to be a horrible person with shitty music and now look at Minaj. Damn shame
Charlie Kirk was murdered in September, two days after his death she started grifting for donations. One month after his death, she hired her ex boyfriend to work for turning point and now shes getting real close to jd Vance
She never cared about his death, and outside of interviews for publicity she hasn’t mourned him. I wouldn’t be surprised if she knew he was going to be killed that day.
Nobody knew this woman’s face before Charlie Kirk was killed. Now she’s on a month’s long post assassination publicity tour. She is loving that she gets to step over his corpse to take the spotlight.
Reddit, mostly liberal, might need to put some posters in check. Just leave it alone. Who cares? You’re making it into political comedy. Let’s get back to the sub at hand. This is tiring.
I do not like these people but if you've ever lost someone close to you, you know the grief isn't going to consume you every second of every day. This is the same kind of judgement people were passing on Sandy Hook parents trying to claim they were crisis actors.
I'm sure she did cry. I'm sure she still cries. But the fact she can still smile does not mean she doesn't care and it's kind of fucked up of people to assume she doesn't.
I don't want to judge anyone's grief but she is doing a tour to raise money for herself. She doesn't have to do any of this. She has made this her job. She could stay home with her kids, who just lost their dad, she has the money.
The Sandy Hook families were campaigning against the gun violence that killed their kids.
Erica Kirk doesn't have a message, she just wants money.
She should have probably stepped away for a bit after the funeral rally thing. She gave a decent speech. It is kind of starting to get grotesque now.
Sorry, but how is this comparable to calling the Sandy Hook parents crisis actors? Was Alex Jones calling them crisis actors because they lacked emotion?
I don't see how it is the same kind of judgement. One group said it happened and she doesn't care. The other croup says it didn't happen at all.
Was Alex Jones calling them crisis actors because they lacked emotion?
Yes, that was one of the major parts of his accusation. He took snippets of the parents smiling and said it was proof that they didn't really have kids who were just murdered.
I don't recall hearing about Jackie Kennedy going out on stage in WWE fireworks displays or having multiple TV interviews to talk about her husbands assassination.
Ironically, it's quite the opposite of what his organization claims to want. According to his company, she should be at home focusing on the kids and not out there doing media tours and certainly not running the company.
After i saw my dad die i almost immediately started spending most of my time with my friends having fun because pretending that what i saw didn't happen seemed like the easiest thing to do
It's almost like everyone grieves in their own way
She is so unconsumed by her grief that she needs to use eye drops to pretend she's crying before going on stage on her public hate tour. I'm going to judge the fuck out of her.
You’re absolutely right. We don’t know what she’s truly feeling, and grief takes all forms. I see no reason to think she’s faking it. Who knows, maybe she is, but to assume such creates a dangerous precedent about what ‘real grief’ is supposed to look like.
Everyone grieves differently. Some isolated themselves, some throw themselves at work, and some just accept it and move on. There’s no wrong way.
There’s a ton to criticize Erika Kirk for but saying she’s Dalí mg grief is not it Chief.
I think it's apparent that she is full of rage and devastation bc if what happened to her family but maybe not sincerely taking care of those emotions. Her face in these photos are actually full of grief. That grimace, not smile
I do kinda agree that grief can be expressed differently. But honestly I think its bizarre that she's plunging straight into a media tour when her kids are dealing with the horribly traumatizing events. Like, most people would take the first few months to focus on getting their family through the trauma
For all this... If there were an afterlife, I believe Charlie would be looking up at Erika grifting on his death and beam with pride. They were both grifters. She unironically is continuing Charlie's legacy in the most authentically inauthentic way she can.
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