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WASHINGTONuErika Kirk will attend the State of the Union on Tuesday
evening as a special guest of President Donald Trump, The Daily Wire
can first report.

Kirk will be present in the audience as the president delivers an
address that will mention both Erika Kirk and her late husband, Turning
Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September while speaking at Utah Valley University.

KirkAs assassination rocked the world, prompting what many recognized
as a spiritual awakening throughout the United States. During his
remarks, Trump will highlight the otremendous revival of faith,
Christianity, and belief in God in our countryo since KirkAs death, a
White House official shared.

The president will also affirm that America is oone nation under God,o
and, referencing the wave of political violence that has shocked
Americans over the last few years, Trump will call on all members of
Congress to ofirmly reject political violence against our fellow
citizens.o

Charlie Kirk left behind his wife and two young children, a daughter
and a son. Erika Kirk has since taken over Turning Point USA, as her
husband wished, urging Americans across the nation to live as her
husband encouraged and to draw closer to Jesus Christ.

During a massive memorial service for Charlie Kirk in September, top
members of the Trump administration went to Arizona to eulogize their
departed friend and to stand with his family. Both the president and
Vice President JD Vance spoke at the service, where Trump called Erika
KirkAs response to the tragedy both obeautifulo and ostrong.o

Erika Kirk, as she spoke about her husband to the estimated 100,000
attendees, emotionally forgave her husbandAs killer.

oThat young man, that young man,o she said. oOn the cross, our savior
said, aFather, forgive them, for they know not what they do.A That man,
that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ
did, and is what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The
answer we know, from the Gospel, is love and always love.o

A month later, Trump had Erika Kirk at the White House again to
posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Since her husbandAs death she has continued to represent TPUSA, her
husband, and their political and religious values on the world stage,
despite aggressive smear campaigns from online commentators. She has
been repeatedly distinguished by the Trump administration, including by
the president, Vice President JD Vance, and Second Lady Usha Vance.

oPresident Trump has been a source of strength for Erika, constantly
checking in with her over the last five months, and Erika is incredibly honored to be invited by the president to attend tonightAs State of the Union,o Turning Point USA spokesman Matt Shupe told The Daily Wire.
oErika has been thrust into an enormously important role by fate and
tragedy and because Charlie chose her should the horrible moment ever
come, and she has risen to the occasion with grace, dignity, and a lot
of hard work.o

As evidence of Erika KirkAs hard work, Shupe pointed to the explosive
growth that TPUSA has experienced in the aftermath of the
assassination, to TPUSAAs oAll-American Halftime showo that garnered
over 50 million viewers, and the omost ambitious spring and summer tour
season in TPUSAAs historyo ahead of them.

oHer leadership has been incredible to witness,o he said. oNo one
should ever be asked to do what she has done under the circumstances,
but she is an inspiration to the whole TPUSA family, the nation, and to
young people everywhere.o


A gunman identified by authorities as Tyler Robinson has been charged
with shooting Kirk in the neck and killing him on September 10, 2025,
just as Kirk was answering questions on transgender shooters. Robinson
lived with his otransgender partner,o a man named Lance Twiggs, who is attempting to transition to a transgender female.

TrumpAs State of the Union address will focus on ending the political
violence that has plagued the country in recent years.

That attack came only weeks after trans-identifying shooter Robin
Westman killed Catholic schoolchildren in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
during a church shooting. And that attack came just two years after
another in which a trans-identifying killer targeted Christian school
children in Nashville.

Earlier this month, another transgender-identifying attacker in Canada
opened fire on a rural school in British Columbia, killing nine and
injuring dozens, and only last week, yet another man who identifies as
a woman opened fire at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island.

These instances of transgender violence do not include the politically motivated attacks on the president himself.

Ahead of the 2024 election season, a gunman attempted to kill President
Trump as he spoke in Butler, Pennsylvania, narrowly missing the
presidentAs head and grazing his ear with a bullet. Soon afterward, authorities arrested another gunman in Florida attempting to kill the president at his golf course. And on Sunday, the Secret Service shot
and killed a man who entered Mar-a-Lago carrying a gun after breaking
through the security perimeter.

oIn the middle of the night while most Americans were asleep, the
United States Secret Service acted quickly and decisively to neutralize
a crazy person, armed with a gun and a gas canister, who intruded
President TrumpAs home,o White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
said on Sunday.

oFederal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and
protect all Americans,o she added, hitting at Democrats for shutting
down the Department of Homeland Security. oItAs shameful and reckless
that Democrats have chosen to shut down their Department.o

On Monday, the president addressed the Mar-A-Lago shooting, saying at
an event at the White House: oI donAt know how long IAll be around. Got
a lot of people gunning for me.o

oYou know, if you read about all these crazy shooters, they donAt go
after non-consequential presidents,o he added jokingly, referring to
former presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. oSo maybe I want
to be a little less consequential? Can we hold it back a little bit,
please? Can this be a normal presidency for a little while?o

[I, for one, cannot wait to see how the Dems makes fools of themselves
this year!]
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Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.

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