Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, withdrew from a major Turning Point USA event this week after receiving “very serious threats” to her life.

Kirk, who became CEO of Turning Point USA following her husband’s assassination in September 2025, had been scheduled to appear Tuesday at an event in Georgia alongside Vice President JD Vance. However, she did not attend.

Addressing the audience, Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet said Kirk withdrew “because she has received some very serious threats in her direction.” He described her absence as “a terrible reflection on the state of reality and the state of the country,” adding that far-left extremists had made “part-time jobs out of attacking Erika.”