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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.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Her husband getting a hole through the neck was the event of the century for her too?

Looks like I have something in common with Erika Kuck.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

I think Trump's death has 'event of the century' locked in for me — but hey, at least there's proof she's a fucking ghoul.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

If this is true and indicative of anything other than just going through the processing of it [1] I wonder if that's how she was able to forgive the shooter so quickly.

[1] Grief can be a very weird thing and the reactions you have can surprise you - giggling does not necessarily mean she was truly ecstatic over the murder of her husband. I'm willing to give a lot of grace here - processing something like this is not something one does in the most rational and stepwise of ways. As others have pointed out, it can seem truly surreal, especially at first.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

She had him killed.

He found out about her trafficking kids.

[–] king_comrade@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ok my tinfoil hat is on, please continue

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The conspiracy is that her evangelical group helped traffickers children out of Romanian villages.

Nobody has really verified it.

[–] king_comrade@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's wack, where do the allegations originate? Is it like, decently plausible?

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

It’s hard to know if it’s credible. I choose to believe it is. ;)

Info

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

JD had him killed so he could slink in. It benefitted them both. She got more rich and more famous, deified by proxy.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

When someone points out something I normally care very strongly about, but also absolutely can't do anything, my reaction is brief euphoria, including giggling sometimes.

This makes it so that I sometimes giggle at inappropriate times.

Basically, just hearing about the situation charges me up to do something about it, but that tension is released before I can do anything, because it's literally impossible to do something. This is the same psychological mechanism that powers most jokes, it just isn't triggered as often by real events, because real events aren't engineered to "hit right."

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 4 hours ago

I giggled too. Sounds like I at least have something in common with her then.

Usha Vance and Melania will be exactly the same when their respective retirement plans finally die.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 hours ago

To be fair to her, I would also be celebrating the death of Charlie. But obviously I'm not.

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 21 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

The list of articles at the end is just Candace Owens talking about other conspiracy theories. This isn't news, why are you wasting peoples time with this? And why are people upvoting this?

[–] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, the article ain’t great, however, the tapes she leaked and the general sentiment are crazy.

Hasan did a segment on it yesterday and hearing her actually giggling with excitement and telling staff they’re not getting any time off and that Charlie is up in heaven wanting them to work harder was something else.

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Agreed. This is just Candace Owens trash.

[–] eletes@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Very likely they're just reading the lemmy headline, upvoting and moving on without opening thread or link. Just the nature of link aggregator sites

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

+1

Also, information hygiene on Lemmy is awful. Posters don’t check sources or click through to original sources. They repost tabloids without even blinking. And mods do basically no policing of that; not even a suggestion in the postings rules.

(And I don’t mean to single out OP or the community here. That’s just kinda how Lemmy is at the moment).

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago

Are you trying to say 'theblast.com' is not hard hitting journalism?

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 157 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

It’s not this audio that exposed her as a psychopath, it’s every singe public appearance she’s made since his death. Without skipping a beat she capitalized on her husband’s assassination immediately after it happened. Organizing events, “fundraisers”, podcasts, hook ups with the vice president, twitter beef with other grifters doing the same, etc, etc.

I’m never going to tell anyone how to grieve but you can’t convince me someone this excited about her husband’s public execution is grieving

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 20 points 8 hours ago

Shitbag man has shitbag wife. More at 11.

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 38 points 10 hours ago

Honestly, how am I supposed to see anyone who willingly married Charlie Kirk as anything but a vile human being. She could be dressed in all black until her dying day having taken a vow of silence in the wake of his passing, and her reputation would still deserve the Eva Braun treatment in my book. Her husband was a horrible person and any honoring of his death is the honoring of a piece of garbage. I cannot determine how another person is feeling, but I don't care how the wife of Charlie Kirk is feeling because I already know all the relevant facts about her. She's the wife of Charlie Kirk and that's enough.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I hate that this stupid Inside Edition drama gets more coverage and shares and attention than the fascist takeover of our country. This same article is being shared all over Lemmy and Reddit.

Armed thugs are killing people in the street and raiders are carrying sacks of YOUR taxpayer money out the backdoor, but yeah, let's all gasp that bad woman is actually in fact, bad.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah. We have other shit to deal with right now.

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I bet he had some fat life insurance.

Wouldn't be surprised if she put a hit on him.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 82 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Conservatives completely lack empathy, but she seems to completely lack all emotions.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 46 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Giggling about her husband's death is a sign of emotion.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 2 points 4 hours ago

Her giggling about her husband kirking the bucket is the most relatable thing she has ever done.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

To be fair, I giggled at his death too

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That could have been the "cha-ching" of the grift

[–] manxu@piefed.social 10 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 39 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

My theory, Charlie wasn't always great to her and she is happy he is gone but not willing to admit that his misogyny actually hurt her at times.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 46 points 11 hours ago

That's a very charitable interpretation.

But then she runs right to ‘JD Vance’. She’s a grifter

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[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 55 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

People grieve their own way. Being excited about how much money you are going to make from the memorial for your dead husband is not a normal reaction. It could be a mental retreat as a coping mechanism. It really could be. However, the way conservative identities act when they aren’t in mourning, highly suggests this isn’t a coping mechanism, just naked exploitation of other peoples sympathy.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about this. People grieve in their own way. Some people throw themselves into work to avoid thinking about tragedy. Some people get drunk or high. Some people perform grief in an outlandish, over-the-top way because they want to be the main character.

We don't know if maybe she was happy and excited at this moment, and then once she was off the conference call the reality hit her again and she was sobbing uncontrollably.

But, here's the thing. Most people don't try to monetize the death of a loved one, and as a result they're not in the spotlight during their period of grief. Most people step back from the world and grieve in private, where there aren't as many people judging them for how well or poorly they're dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Erika Kirk brought this spotlight on herself by trying to monetize the death of her husband. And if people's harsh criticism of what she's doing means that the next person doesn't try to monetize the death of a loved one, that's probably a good thing.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I love when bad people start stabbing each other in the back. We should encourage much more of this.

"Hey Erika? You gonna take that from Candace? I wouldn't, but if you want to look weak, and have nobody give you any more Charlie Kirk money, then walk away. I wouldn't let her diss me like that, though."

Hey MAGAs, everybody take sides!

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Well, I guess I wasn’t the only person giggling over his impromptu fountain cosplay.

[–] Balldowern@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Why is a grieving widow giving interviews ? Wouldn't a grieving widow....idk be busy grieving ?

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Everyone grieves differently. Erika is at the merchandising and pyrotechnics phase.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

The “Lookit all the attention I’m getting” phase.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

EriKa KirK is more terrible than her dead husband.

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[–] allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 hours ago

So you're telling me she's as despicable as her dead husband? COLOUR ME SHOCKED!

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