Erika Kirk, the widow of activist Charlie Kirk, withdrew from a Turning Point USA tour talk with Vice President JD Vance at the University of Georgia, following threats on her life Tuesday night.
Vance and Kirk were set to highlight the talk when, two hours before the event, “some very serious threats in her direction” arose, according to Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet, who stepped in for Kirk.
“I know that she did get some threats,” Vance told an audience of University of Georgia students. “I was a little worried that we were going to have to cancel the event because Erika was not going to come, and she was very worried about it.”
While there was talk of canceling the Athens, Georgia, event altogether, Vance spoke with his Secret Service detail and decided to proceed.
Vance told Kirk to “do what she needs to do for her and her family.” Kirk lost her husband, Turning Point USA
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