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https://www.salon.com/2026/09/08/why-erika-kirk-failed-as-turning-point-usas-leader/
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https://www.salon.com/2026/09/08/why-erika-kirk-failed-as-turning-point-usas-leader/
RetrogradeLlama
Perhaps because she had no qualifications for the job other than being related to the dead founder?
Up next: Darline Graham.
YouEatYellowSnow
Why would the incels want to listen to a woman?
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
Charlie KKKirkKKK died a year ago and NOTHING of value was lost.
Blunderwriter
Yeah, no shit, stay in your lane Erica...crochet...make meals for the kids...and never, never ever speak to a man so disrespectfully as to think YOU have power over him!!
Even after he's been dead for a year...or a dozen...
Guffaw eyeroll...what was she THINKing!!?
invaderjak
Woman fails to lead misogynist organization, to the surprise of no one.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
It's her fault, really. She was just never willing to stick her neck out like Charlie. He was really willing to bleed for his organization, to really take the shot when it mattered most.
TheVampireDante
Just a shot in the dork here, but it's because she's a self-centred grifter that's trying to bang her way up the foolchain.
cjorl
Butters, you never shoot a guy in the dork!
stonecoldstevebuschemi
WelcometoDillDell
Hilariously, I forgot about her
RevRagnarok
I was gonna feel bad for her, but... ya know...
VitaminJay
a: She's a clown-shoe Pick Me. b: Fascists believe a woman's place is the kitchen and/or bedroom, and will never be part of the 'In group'.
ChopOnBrother2021
Like that lady can cook. Bitch, get out of the kitchen before you burn this place down.
ilovetraveler
Shocking https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dHRxcWttbmxzNjRtZ2phMmgycmJ0OGZxcWZ2a2lvcWs4anRueHFnNCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/IN3Z3YCyBjhdpmNJsf/200w.webp
MassiveCollisionY
She just needs another grieving tour. One more should do it!
nothingunused
With even more fireworks, makeup and shiny pants!
CaptCrobar
The right hate women, unless they are shaking their tits at them they dont give a shit about women.
RevRagnarok
They seem to also enjoy when they're too young to even have tits. 🤬🤮
kleinbotl
I mean all the misogyny of the right aside, simply being married to someone doesn't qualify you for their job and it's weird that anyone would think otherwise
gumblemuntz
Right. Not if you're their SISTER, then by all means...
Zeeall
Nepotism sucks, who could have thought.
Eleshar24
She failed to clinch that sweet, sweet vice-presidential wiener instead of that brown heathen, right?
richardstinks
Face too big.
UncleMartha
For somebody who was married to charlie kirk, that's really saying something.
unsolicitedperspective
Kirks face was too small for the front of his head. It always bugged me.
Excludos
Next up, a colored person failing to lead the KKK
Cebrail
This article is very biased. Despite describing Charlie as a racist, a bully, a pretend-debater and Erika as a lying soulless cow (with different words), they never once point out that not only has Charlie Kirk not said a single racist shitty thing in a year, but Erika has done amazing work destroying TPUSA, demonstrating again and again that it's values are bullshit and that she was never the 'tradwife' she tried to pretend to be, nor happy in a submissive role.
Otomasoteraph
So, crying on demand isn't really effective?
UncleMartha
Not to the "fuck your feelings" crowd, no. Unless Trump cries (he never would), then they'd all be lachrymose AF.
OhIfIMust
sometimesarobot
Was it all the glitter
spoonman8562
cause she's a fucking clown
InTangier
She doesn't carry the flame
WillUleimi
I mean, so was Charlie.
DirkOrion
*was fucking a clown, too
invaderjak
Maybe she should stare angrily into a camera again
RevRagnarok
7hatsBollocks
Such a try hard, pick me, little little bitch. Lol
sawyer42
Never forget the drive by cry 🤯
Seventytonsofmettle
She married one also.
Navrodel
I believe Turning Point USA was ejected from any relevance in right-wing circles when the one running it was shot by a right-wing extremist at the stochastic prompting of another right-wing pundit because Kirk didn't blindly support the right-wing pedo ring enough.
But the missus Kirk turning it into a pity party for a grieving widow and then failing to provide a fraction of the smug superiority of her dead husband probably didn't help.
Good riddance either way.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
thomn8r
I wish I had the skills to do a Macklemore "Grift Shop" parody
SecretAgentSuperBooger
MSGinSC
Because she has the personality of a sandpaper handjob, maybe?
BrickSprickly
Bravo
BastardMan1977
I mean, so did CK. But you're absolutely correct
BuddhasBodyguard
"personality of a sandpaper handjob." This is my new favorite put-down. THANK YOU.
3nd3rwiggin
Same
apairofpetducks
That's never stopped them from following someone before
Ididntcomehereforthis
Can't imagine why....
kirmokum
the organization was always a joke and a scam.
sagejosh0
She took the joke too seriously
slopwizard
Why they had to specify "even on the right" hahaha
BrickSprickly
Yep just a grift machine
khora
The entire point was to groom Charlie Kirk to be a presidential nominee.
FlatPlutoSociety
Unfortunately, not really. The public face of TPUSA was just Ben Shapiro style rage bait and debate me bro shit, but the organization was really good at raising money, linking donors with people in power, and putting young nationalist-style conservatives in politically useful positions. Kirk was basically a very effective middleman and a lot of people who owe their positions to him are going to be causing problems for us for a long time.
eddy3000
Now do heritage foundation
kirmokum
it was always a joke and a scam in that it never had the populist support it pretended to have and was always a method of party money from angry white people.
rgraz65
This is the biggest issue. Everyone knows he shifted from Libertarian to Conservative Christian in order to draw in the big donors. And you really don't have to debate well when you can edit the tape of the debate and make it seem like you won the debate. He was dunked on by Dean Withers, and tried to put out a edit where it seems he won, but Dean had someone tape it for him in it's entirety. The public ones he relied on location and a crowd that was filled with his supporters.
FlatPlutoSociety
Exactly. Wow, what an intellectual titan, he was able to gish gallop over a bunch of 19-year-olds who all looked like they were on the verge of a panic attack at all times.
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
Because she's a woman who is trying to lead a group that believes that women don't have any role in society other than being in the kitchen.
sombradeamigo1742
woah hey! they also believe women should be used for popping out babies
wadatahmydamie
I too read the article
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
I didn't need to read the article to know that and it's something you should of mentioned. Links are to justify your post not clarify what you posted.
wadatahmydamie
Should have.*
Skuggen
Is it because the right is mainly composed of people who could never accept a woman leading them?
Imadethisaccounttopost
This, this exactly.
This is what happens when you found and nurture a group deeply rooted in misogyny.
revasseur
No, the far right are sheep and they'll follow whomever shakes the hate stick. They'd follow a trans gay black atheist as long as that person espouses hating trans, gays, blacks, and atheists. There are women Republican celebrities who go on about how women should be at home in the kitchen and shouldn't be allowed to vote. They follow immigrants who support their anti immigration stance. And gay Republicans shouting anti-gay nonsense. They will follow anyone who tells them what they want to hear
revasseur
If Erika Kirk is floundering, it's probably just because she doesn't have the right kind of charisma.
socraticmeathead
miked854
This seems more like a mascot or recruiting position. You'd think a blonde in leather pants would do.
wadatahmydamie
A mascot can’t be CEO, unfortunately for her. If Vance weren’t VP, he’d have kept on taking her to his crunchy cushion fort
miked854
No, I mean Turning Point is a mascit/recruiting organization. Your figurehead isnt leading a movement, just getting attention for a larger ecosystem
LordHavelock
That, and she's just a mediocre money manager; doesn't even have the chuzpta for the grift.
wadatahmydamie
Kind of the thesis of the article, yeah
Thekindofkindlyman
GravyEducation
Fox reports on your comment: woke feminist brandishes "she-sis" online. How does that effect your kids?
killergrooves85
I don’t think it’s all of it. She came out making his funeral look like Wrestlemania and that made her into a joke and showed how cynical she was.
But it’s 95% because she’s a woman. Religious political Gen Z freaks HATE women. But if she came out looking gorgeous and acting demure instead of a “girl boss” (which religious Gen Z males hate), she might’ve steered away from the rocks. But Turning Point couldn’t survive both of its founders dying. The first died from covid.
BHPaperstacks
Here is the thing. They would have been fine with it if she wasnt such an obvious scum sucking piece of shit. They will accept that kind of shit from Trump, but someone fresh out the gate like that you have to deliver at least some, of what could feasibly be considered, wins a
against the libs. It doesnt help that MAGA cant just claim how much better they would do while insisting how terrible everything the Dems do is since they're in power and fucking everything up in record time.
torisenblack
I mean, the happy smiling party girl routine the day after "her tragic loss" was a bit much for anyone to stomach.
JustHereForTheMemes0321
Yes
TheVampireDante
She's too old for most of them to be interested in.
Grimlinnan
TP has Trump taste 13 or below.
twfx
Survey says…
SprinklesMckitten
Charlie Kirk's brand was already pretty weak considering several of us didn't know who he was and only saw his meme recycled for other memes
ThisNameIsMaybeTaken
Every time it got recycled, his face got smaller.
2774
Be honest - hordes of TP gonna have rarely, if ever, even had a conversation with a woman.
LeftRightThere
I’m sure they have mansplained something a time or two
Clayman8
But she did everything correctly!?
She got her husband killed, did the surgeries, became turbo racist and biggoted! Surely the leopards wouldnt eat HER face?! /s
marsilies
I don't think she BECAME turbo racist and bigoted. Maybe she became more vocal after succeeding Charlie Kirk in the bigoted mouthpiece role though.
FourScoreAndSevenBeersAgo
She's also shit at what she does. Let's not forget that. But also she's a woman, yes.
AnythingMuchShorter
It has to mostly be because of being a woman. Trump is proof that being absolute shit at your job is not a deal breaker for them.
FourScoreAndSevenBeersAgo
It's both. The right doesn't like her because she's a woman, the middle doesn't like her because she's shit at what she does.
beeeeeeerkaaaaa
Disagree. She's exceptionally good at crocodile tears. And demon eyes.
TargaryenLoyalist
If she were good at crocodile tears she'd have more people convinced they're sincere.
beeeeeeerkaaaaa
. This is the definition of crocodile tears:
"False, insincere display of sorrow or grief"
She's great at that.
TargaryenLoyalist
Yes, but the point of them is to inspire sympathy, so if you are transparently faking them then you’re not good at it.
FourScoreAndSevenBeersAgo
Disagree with #1, agree with #2. She is absolutely dog shit at crocodile tears.
beeeeeeerkaaaaa
Wrong on #1. This is the definition:
"False, insincere display of sorrow or grief"
FourScoreAndSevenBeersAgo
Well, to be fair, crocodile tears are MEANT to convince people by said tear-ee, they just don't because they're bad at it. If crocodile tears were meant to look insincere, she would be good at it. So she's bad at crocodile tears. I see where the mix up happened though, dude!
Skuggen
Oh sure, but being shit at what you do is normally a plus, on the right.
ZackWester
well there is been shit and been so shit even the rights tell you to F off. correction you are shit at the thing you supposed to do like if you are the gov of agriculture the trumpers dont care that you are shit at agriculture but if you are shit at I say the art of Gifting then there be problem.
CandiAlchemi
I just thought the same. The Article points out her hypocrisy of promoting female submission while being a female CEO herself, but honestly, on the right, that kind of inconsistency is normally not a disqualifying factor. Often actually the opposite, because it shows them the person talking lives their beloved "rules for thee, not for me" motto successfully, something they admire. But I guess that sentiment doesn't extend to women in those circles.
Kbantar
The right values power above truth, integrity, literally everything. And the greatest show of power is the ability and intention to break rules and laws without suffering consequences. That's my take on MAGA. Does that make sense or is it just a weird misinterpretation of mine?
CandiAlchemi
Jup that's pretty spot on
thedudeman519
Nah that sounds about right.
For MAGA things like rules, laws or social norms are merely ways to keep *others* in line
They are not beholden to them. It's one of the reasons that shooting in the Walmart parking lot has some MAGAs upset.
"stand your ground laws" got the charger dropped against a black woman that shot a white man
Now they're all scared and saying "so we can just shoot people who yell at us ?" Which is a purposeful misrepresentation of what happened.