Women Should Rally Around Erika Kirk Instead Of Lindsay Clancy

American women far and wide are rallying together to support one of their own. This woman, they say, has suffered immensely and deserves the public’s utmost compassion. According to them, she is both a victim and a shining symbol of bravery and courage in the face of adversity.

The female these women are talking about is not Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated one year ago on Thursday. Rather, they’re referring to Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman recently on trial for killing her three young children in cold blood.

It all sounds completely ridiculous and downright evil because it is. And yet, that’s the reality we find ourselves living in.

All across the nation, these Real Housewives of TikTok and Clancy truthers are running to Clancy’s defense, demanding that she be declared innocent for a horrendous crime she doesn’t deny. They tell us that she is the real victim; that it’s actually her husband’s fault; and a host of other excuses needed to convince themselves that the woman with blood on her hands deserves to walk free.

And if you thought this diseased mentality wouldn’t find its way into our justice system, think again.

Since the case was declared a mistrial due to disagreement among the jury, three Clancy jurors — all middle-aged white women — have come forward to tell their side of the story on camera. And wouldn’t you know that one of their main objectives has been to attack the lone juror (a man) who reportedly refused to let Clancy off for her evil acts.

One of these jurors was blunt in effectively conceding that it really didn’t matter to her and the others prepared to give Clancy a pass that Clancy didn’t deny strangling her kids. Referring to the holdout juror, she said, “He had the hardest time getting over the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children.”

Don’t sweat it, folks! It’s just three innocent lives taken too soon. No biggie!

[READ: Clancy Juror Appears To Admit Jurors Used Outside Expertise To Badger Holdout]

These women are trying to make it out to be about society needing to have “compassion” and “empathy” for supposedly “struggling” females like Clancy. But if that’s what it’s really about, then where were these same women — who want us to empathize with a known killer in the name of “womanhood” — when a woman like Erika Kirk was turned into a widow because a left-wing radical took her husband’s life?

Not only is Erika having to raise two small children without their father and help lead the organization he built from the ground up, but she’s also having to do it in the face of grotesque conspiracy theories about her and Charlie’s death. Again, how many of these Clancy-supporting women have stood up to defend Erika against such despicable smears?

The questions, of course, answer themselves.

In a sane country, Clancy would’ve been convicted in no-time flat, there would be no meaningful pro-Clancy fandom, and many of these women would find great empathy for Erika in her time of need.

But America’s hold on sanity began to loosen long ago. As the country has fallen away from its Christian roots, so too have its people lost focus on what it means to uphold the true, good, and beautiful.

The Clancy-loving obsessives epitomize this decline in real time. They sympathize with Clancy but not with Erika because that’s what the pagan religion they adhere to (that is, leftism) demands of them. And as is typical with leftism, it requires taking those aforementioned attributes and turning them on their heads.

In one fell swoop, the truth has been replaced with lies (“Clancy’s innocent!”), the good has been replaced with evil (“It’s compassionate to let Clancy walk”), and the beautiful has been replaced with ugliness (“He had the hardest time getting over the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children.”)

This spiritual sickness isn’t going to be cured overnight. It’s a deeply embedded societal infection that’s going to require men and women of faith to step up and fight the battles that matter when they matter. And sometimes that starts with just saying “no” in the face of evil — even if it means standing alone.

Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood