Erika Kirk <\/b><\/a>(n\u00e9e Frantzve) publicly responded after being heckled in the middle of her speech at the Turning Point USA\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Summit.<\/p>\n Kirk, 37, spoke at the annual conference on Friday, June 5, where she was quickly interrupted by an attendee shouting that the Turning Point CEO allegedly \u201cprotects pedophiles\u201d in now-viral social media footage<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n After appearing to make a perplexed face, Kirk addressed the unidentified heckler.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that happiness comes and goes,\u201d she stated. \u201cI pray that you find it.\u201d<\/p>\n Fellow attendees subsequently shouted that they loved and supported Kirk.<\/p>\n \u201cI love you too,\u201d she responded to her supporters. \u201cThat\u2019s an important moment because that just showed duty to faithfulness gives life meaning, and we must pray for our enemies and those who do not feel like their lives have meaning, and that\u2019s a perfect example of that. You pray for your enemies, you pray for those who persecute you. That\u2019s not the enemy, we know who the real enemy is. God bless you, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n Erika was named the CEO of Turning Point<\/a>, which late husband Charlie Kirk<\/b> previously founded, after his assassination in 2025. He was 31, and is survived by Erika and their two children.<\/p>\n \u201cThere will be a day 10 to 15 years from now when my children will look back on this season of life that us three are going through, and they won\u2019t remember it fully because they\u2019re so young,\u201d Erika later said in her speech<\/span><\/a> on Friday, referring to her kids. \u201cThey will see everything, they will see how the world talked about their father, their mother [and] even themselves. They will be able to read every headline, every accusation, every lie.\u201d<\/p>\n Erika continued, \u201cMy prayer is that their focus isn\u2019t on all that noise, but rather on how their mother showed up and how she handled it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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