Erika Kirk will lead her late husband’s organization. Here’s what to know about her

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Erika and Charlie Kirk pictured at the Turning Point USA Inaugural Eve Ball in Washington, D.C. in January. Evidence paints complicated picture The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has unleashed a frenzy of recrimination — and finger-pointing. Turning Point USA, which Charlie Kirk founded in 2012, advocates for conservative activism at high schools and colleges. Erika Kirk, née Frantzve, grew up in Scottsdale, Ariz., in a Catholic family, raised by her mom after her parents’ divorce. Erika Kirk said after her husband’s death that the movement he built “will not die.”“I refuse to let that happen.