Erika Kirk Skips Turning Point USA Event in Georgia After Receiving ‘Serious Threats’

Kirk said she is taking the security team’s advice ‘extremely seriously’ after what her family has been through.

Erika Kirk speaks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Erika Kirk skipped a Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia on April 14 after receiving “some very serious threats,” event organizers said.

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet was explaining why he filled in for Kirk, widow of the late conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, at the event featuring Vice President JD Vance.