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In the recording, the mother of two can be heard discussing with her staff the success of a TPUSA event and the strong sales of associated merchandise. She then appeared to dismiss her husband's death during the discussion while emphasizing harmony between staff.

Erika Kirk also recently came under fire for including an alleged pedophile pastor in her ongoing Faith Tour.

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[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 51 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Look, this is gross. I'm no TPUSA apologist, nor am I a fan of the Kirks. But I've had major tragedies happen in my life and had to continue work and put on a brace face.

People compartmentalize. People throw themselves into work/causes to separate themselves from the grief.

There is no wrong way to grieve, and it feels twelve types of misogynistic to be like "this woman isn't an inconsolable sobbing wreck every minute since her husband died!? She must be a sociopath."

Her politics are despicable, but that doesn't mean she's the physical embodiment of Satan himself, and nothing is gained by policing how other people grieve.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 48 points 5 days ago

When your work becomes how to drive profit from the death of someone, anyone, then you are a monster, full stop. I'm not asking her to grieve her shitbag husband. I didn't. I can't expect her to. However, when I threw a Charlie Kirk is Dead house party that night, I didn't charge a cover at the door, either.

[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 26 points 5 days ago

She's just a grifter, that's it. It feels pretty clear she cares more about her business, success, and wealth more than Charlie... but that's totally fair because I can empathize with not liking Charlie Kirk.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

It would be beyond the line for me I guess, if it weren’t for the way his death was weaponized. There’s enough composure to try to market it, for the right to use it as an opportunity to go after people’s jobs and as a propaganda move to go after the Left.

Fighting fire with fire is dangerous, but sometimes necessary.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

“Had to work” would mean continuing a job. She started a new job where she flies around the country making money off her dead husband while spreading hate. That’s fucked up.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I honestly don't care whether she grieves for her husband or not. It's not my business. We like to have this idea that the "sanctity of marriage" exists but the reality is that the institution has long been used for a variety of practical purposes. Politics, diplomacy, finance, immigration, bearding, and wedlock. A lot of people think they marry for love and find it's not what they expected several years later. I certainly can't blame anyone for not being sad that Charlie Kirk died.

The more interesting thing is the schism growing amongst MAGA influencers. Candace Owens clearly released this with the intention of damaging Erika Kirk's reputation amongst their base. And while I normally don't care about influencer drama, when it comes to MAGA that influencer drama ends up influencing the POTUS and fucking us all over.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago

His death couldn't have worked out better for her

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 32 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That does not sound like a grieving widow.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 10 points 5 days ago

Don't think they're capable of feelings like that.

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago

Grieving is not required when someone close to you dies. It's just the lying that she's grieving to promote her hateful grift.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

she was until, she saw how one can MILK the situation.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The best afterlife gift to your grifter husband: grifting off of his death.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

It is poetic.

[–] fprawn@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

At no point did she appear in the slightest to be sad or grieving in any way. I don't understand why anyone would need further evidence.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 7 points 5 days ago

They deserved each other

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I hope she gets ass cancer.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago

Just another scam artist

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe "under fire" isn't the best phrasing for this given the situation.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Imagine calling Charlie Kirk's death the event of the century lmfao come on

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

i expect nothing less from a grifter family. trump would do the same if anyone of his children died. charlie probably expects her do it any ways, and he wouldve probably celebrated too if erika died. cadance owen sounded alarm that it likely(implied) was a targeted hit, apparently she was best friends with kirk and said his aipac/israeli donor was pressuring kirk to drop the anti-semitism thing hes got going on with tucker carlson, and kirk did not like that.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

I just wonder if she's on some good drugs