Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) promised supporters she will not be silent as she carries on her late husband Charlie Kirk’s legacy.
“He knew that evil wins when good people stay silent,” Erika, 36, said at Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards on Thursday, November 6. “For the rest of my life, I will make sure that I don’t stay silent. I’ll keep speaking the truth no matter the cost. I pray that all of you do too, for Charlie.”
During the show, Erika was honored with the first-ever Charlie Kirk Legacy Award in honor of the life of her husband. According to Fox, the award honors individuals who embody Charlie’s mission of faith, family and free speech.
Fox News host Jesse Watters, country singer Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany Aldean, presented the trophy to Erika, who was recently named the new CEO of Turning Point USA.
“Charlie would always tell myself and others that America is worth fighting for. It is and always will be,” Erika shared in her speech. “I’ll never forget the time where somebody told him, ‘I appreciate what you’re saying, I just don’t really like how you’re saying it. I don’t like your delivery, and I think you could reach more people if you changed that.’”
Erika — who shared a daughter, 3, and son, 17 months, with Charlie — recalled the smirk her husband would show when faced with the feedback.
“He would say, ‘You’re missing the point. It’s not how I’m saying it that’s upsetting people. It’s the fact that I’m saying the truth that’s upsetting people,’” Erika recalled. “I watched him pour every ounce of himself into the students, into raising up the most courageous generation and inspiring so many people to stand firm in faith and love this country.”
On September 10, Charlie was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, as part of his American Comeback Tour. He was 31.
The conservative commentator and head of Turning Point USA was honored with a public memorial at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium on September 21.
In her first TV interview since Charlie’s death, Erika said her daughter has been asking questions about what happened to her dad.
“My daughter continues to ask, but it’s really sweet because I keep explaining to her a few things,” Erika shared on the November 5 episode of Jesse Watters Primetime. “I said, ‘If ever you want to talk to Daddy, you just look up to the sky and start talking to him — he can hear you.’”
She added through tears, “I told her, ‘Daddy is in heaven.’ She goes, ‘You think I could go sometime?’ I said, ‘Baby, we will all go one day.’”
In Thursday’s speech, Erika delivered a call to action for all viewers and attendees at the Patriot Awards.
“What are you leaving behind for your children? What are you standing for for your family? Will you be proud of that when you get to heaven and stand before the Lord?” she asked. “Just think on that and pray on that.”
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