Charlie Kirk's wife 'prayed to God' she was pregnant when he died
Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said she had been 'praying to God' she was pregnant when her husband was shot and killed in September.Erika was speaking with Megyn Kelly during a live on-stage interview in Arizona on Friday when she revealed how her longing for a larger family sparked the revelation. 'I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered,' Erika told Kelly during a tour stop in Glendale'You told me this in private - How many kids did you want to have?' Megyn asked.'We wanted to have four,' Erika responded.'Oh, wow,' Megyn replied. 'I thought of that once. Whether it was meant to be or whether we'd get news like that.'Erika continued: 'I was like, oh, goodness, that was going to be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe.'Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and one of the most visible conservative activists in the country, was shot and killed in September while speaking to students at Utah Valley University in Orem. Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, tearfully revealed how she had been 'praying to God' she was pregnant when her husband was shot and killed in September Erika revealed her private longing during a live on-stage interview with Megyn Kelly in Arizona on Friday Erika together with her husband, Charlie, had two children together but the couple wanted fourShe then urged young women not to wait to start having children. 'When I see young couples, I tell them, "Please, don't put it off." Especially if you're a young woman. Don't put it off, you can always have a career, you can always, you know, go back to work. You can never just go back to having children. And they grow so fast and so quickly,' she urged.'I was praying. Both of us were. We were just excited to just expand our family.' Kelly told her, 'Thank God you have the two. Thank God.''A boy and girl. I know,' Erika said, adding that one day they will understand their father's public role. Kelly said, 'One day they'll find out they're Charlie Kirk's children and they'll know what that means,' drawing applause from the crowd.Friday’s interview marked one of Erika Kirk’s most personal public comments since her husband’s assassination. Charlie Kirk is seen hosting an event at Utah Valley University where he talked to a large crowd just minutes before he was fatally shot The pair had been married for four years, getting engaged two years after their first meeting President Donald Trump embraces Erika Kirk at a memorial for Charlie Kirk in SeptemberPolice arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson for Charlie Kirk's murder. Authorities say turned himself in shortly after the shooting.The killing prompted swift reactions across the conservative movement. Kirk's memorial service, held at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, drew President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and a wide range of Republican officials and influencers.At the service Kirk’s widow Erika took to the stage at his memorial service to deliver powerful remarks on his life and legacy, even astonishingly forgiving his alleged assassin Tyler Robinson in her moving speech.Charlie Kirk 'wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,' Erika said at her husband's memorial. 'I forgive him,' she said as the crowd erupted in applause.'I forgive him because it's what Christ did. The answer to hate is not hate.' The couple had two children - a one-year-old boy and three-year-old girl Megyn Kelly spoke to Erika Kirk in Glendale, Arizona in a conversation recorded on FridayKirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012 and built it into the most prominent conservative youth organization in the country. Trump praised him as one of the 'key reasons' he won reelection.But Kirk's prominence also brought criticism. He attacked gay and transgender rights, frequently engaged in high-profile cultural disputes, and amplified Trump's false claims that former Vice President Kamala Harris encouraged migrants to enter the US illegally. He also drew condemnation for calling George Floyd a 'scumbag,' remarks that fueled accusations he inflamed racial tensions for political gain.
