{"id":2526248,"date":"2025-12-29T15:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tpusa-movement-only-getting-bigger-with-erika-kirks-leadership-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:10:39","slug":"tpusa-movement-only-getting-bigger-with-erika-kirks-leadership-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tpusa-movement-only-getting-bigger-with-erika-kirks-leadership-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"TPUSA movement &#8216;only getting bigger&#8217; with Erika Kirk&#8217;s leadership: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftpusa-movement-only-getting-bigger-with-erika-kirks-leadership-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2526248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington Examiner&#8217;s Joe Concha praised Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk for stepping into leadership after the september killing of her husband and TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk, calling the assassination &#8220;the top story&#8221; of the year and condemning social-media users who celebrated it. Concha told Fox&#8217;s The Faulkner Focus that the outrage and online celebrations could worsen political violence, but he said TPUSA is growing &#8211; noting more than 130,000 new chapter requests sence Charlie&#8217;s death &#8211; and said the organization is &#8220;only getting bigger.&#8221; He defended kirk&#8217;s public role while mourning, calling her &#8220;unbelievable&#8221; for continuing the work her husband began and saying she prays for those who wish her harm. The piece also notes TPUSA&#8217;s recent AmericaFest (Dec. 18-21), where Erika Kirk endorsed JD Vance for 2028 and said the group will work to ensure President trump has Congressional support, and mentions TPUSA&#8217;s efforts to target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">young women<\/a> voters ahead of 2028.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">TPUSA movement &lsquo;only getting bigger&rsquo; with Erika Kirk&rsquo;s leadership: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450117\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s Joe Concha commended Turning Point USA CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3919151\/tpusa-americafest-post-charlie-kirk-death\/\">Erika Kirk<\/a> for her three months of leadership amid the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-to-release-book-about-antisemitism-at-ivy-league-schools\/\" title=\"Stefanik to release book about antisemitism at Ivy League schools\">moral rot&#038;rdquo<\/a>; being shared online.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk is continuing the work of her late husband, Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of TPUSA, after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3802009\/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-turning-point-usa-founder-legacy\/\">he was shot and killed during a Utah college event in September<\/a>. Concha said he considers the assassination &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bbc-execs-resign-for-trump-hoax-when-will-us-media-resign\/\" title=\"BBC Execs Resign For Trump Hoax. When Will US Media Resign?\">top story&#038;rdquo<\/a>; of the year and &ldquo;one of the more disgusting stories that we&rsquo;ve ever had to cover in our lifetime,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >citing social media users<\/a> on sites like BlueSky celebrating the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4363578\/jan-6-pipe-bomb-suspect-fights-doj-delay-evidence\/\">Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect fights DOJ delay in turning over evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4363620\/democrats-stop-ice-working-local-police-nationwide\/\">Democrats move to stop ICE from working with local police nationwide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4363765\/ice-fbi-agents-investigating-suspected-minnesota-fraud-sites\/\">ICE joins FBI agents in investigating suspected Minnesota fraud sites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha also predicted that these celebrations will make <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3805967\/charlie-kirk-murder-nation-divided-political-violence\/\">political violence in the nation worse<\/a> &ldquo;before it gets better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But here&rsquo;s the good news, as you said: not just a couple of new chapters have been requested around the country for Turning Point USA. We&rsquo;re talking more than 130,000 since Charlie&rsquo;s death, and what it shows is that this movement by TPUSA is only getting bigger and stronger, and whatever goal of silencing Charlie was, well, it ain&rsquo;t working,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Faulkner Focus<\/em>, guest-hosted by Julie Banderas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He [Charlie] started this movement 13 years ago, and it&rsquo;s only going to get bigger and larger, and Erika Kirk, God bless her because you&rsquo;re a parent of children, I&rsquo;m a parent of children, I couldn&rsquo;t imagine her having to pick herself up and raise these children while mourning her husband,&rdquo; Concha said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just an incredible, incredible woman, and she prays for the people that want her dead. That&rsquo;s the most amazing part,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3297918&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=960747336e702e1aca87197ca6174dda\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha said Kirk would not be blamed if she decided to take several months off after her husband&rsquo;s death. He noted how some media personalities have criticized her for appearing &ldquo;on television too much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, if this is the way she will get through it, by building what Charlie started, good for her,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4356859\/amber-rose-defends-nicki-minaj-after-americafest-backlash\/\"><strong>AMBER ROSE DEFENDS NICKI MINAJ AFTER AMERICAFEST BACKLASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TPUSA recently held its annual AmericaFest from Dec. 18 through Dec. 21, during which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3927081\/erika-kirk-vance-president-2028-americafest\/\">Kirk endorsed Vice President JD Vance as the Republican Party&rsquo;s 2028 presidential nominee<\/a>. She also said TPUSA would work to ensure President Donald Trump &ldquo;has Congress for all four years&rdquo; of his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s Ross O&rsquo;Keefe previewed how <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4255621\/erika-kirk-young-women-2028-ross-okeefe\/\">TPUSA will seek to win over young women voters<\/a> ahead of the 2028 election, citing how the organization did &ldquo;a good job&rdquo; winning young male voters in 2024. He added that Vance, should he be the GOP&rsquo;s 2028 nominee, would be &ldquo;a very tough opponent&rdquo; if he manages to win over some support from young women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TPUSA grows under Erika Kirk&#8217;s leadership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2526249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25355682576964.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38229,35297,63117,52093,21547],"class_list":["post-2526248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campus-activism","tag-conservative-movement","tag-erika-kirk","tag-joe-concha","tag-tpusa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25355682576964.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526252,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526248\/revisions\/2526252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2526249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}