{"id":108573,"date":"2025-10-29T10:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/riley-gaines-praises-to-erika-kirk-before-ole-miss-turning-point-event-she-is-a-force-108573"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:39:06","slug":"riley-gaines-praises-to-erika-kirk-before-ole-miss-turning-point-event-she-is-a-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/riley-gaines-praises-to-erika-kirk-before-ole-miss-turning-point-event-she-is-a-force-108573","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines praises to Erika Kirk before Ole Miss Turning Point event: &#8216;She is a force&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Erika Kirk will join Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JD Vance<\/a> at Ole Miss. on Wednesday at Turning Point USA&#8217;s event on campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/media\/charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk&#8217;s husband, Charlie<\/a>, founded the organization in 2012 \u2014 he was assassinated while debating at Utah Valley University last month.<\/p>\n<p>Erika has made two public appearances since her husband&#8217;s death, one being his memorial in Glendale, Arizona, and the other earlier this month when Kirk was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><i><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p>She will make her third in Oxford alongside Vance, who, along with his wife, Usha, flew with Erika and her husband&#8217;s casket from Utah to Arizona after his death.<\/p>\n<p>Riley Gaines spoke highly of Erika in a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/fox-and-friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve known her for a while. I think most people know her\u2026know her as Charlie&#8217;s wife. She is a force, she is beautiful, she is strong, she is confident, she is compassionate, as we saw at Charlie&#8217;s memorial, and she&#8217;s faith-driven,&#8221; Gaines said. &#8220;I&#8217;m so excited for her in this moment to continue to lead Turning Point and to see the impact she has, especially among my generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/doctor-physical-therapy-explains-cam-skattebos-gruesome-ankle-injury-recovery-outlook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY EXPLAINS CAM SKATTEBO\u2019S GRUESOME ANKLE INJURY AND RECOVERY OUTLOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jd-vance-hold-qa-ole-miss-turning-point-usa-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current Turning Point USA tour<\/a> has turned into an in memoriam for Kirk, but Gaines said the unfortunate circumstances are leading her to be excited about the event&#8217;s outcome and TPUSA&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How tragic, of course, the situation and the circumstances that ultimately led us here, but I feel so hopeful, I feel so inspired,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have seen so, so many people, but I think especially young kids of Generation Z, inquiring about how to get involved. I&#8217;m excited to see the turnout tonight, I imagine it will be spectacular.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the event is free, but participants are required to register in advance before attending, with students receiving priority entry. Attendants will also go through what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/28\/ole-miss-to-host-j-d-vance-erika-kirk-for-turning-point-usa-event\/86926554007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>organizers described<\/u><\/a> as &#8220;TSA-style screening and magnetometer checks&#8221; once the doors open at 3 p.m. CT. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/riley-gaines-praises-erika-kirk-before-ole-miss-turning-point-event-she-force\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/riley-gaines-praises-erika-kirk-before-ole-miss-turning-point-event-she-force <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erika Kirk will join Vice President JD Vance at Ole Miss. on Wednesday at Turning Point USA&#8217;s event on campus. 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