{"id":2597069,"date":"2026-04-30T10:38:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-on-erika-kirk-let-her-try-to-move-on-with-her-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:41:23","slug":"joe-concha-on-erika-kirk-let-her-try-to-move-on-with-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-on-erika-kirk-let-her-try-to-move-on-with-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Concha on Erika Kirk: &#8216;Let her try to move on with her life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fjoe-concha-on-erika-kirk-let-her-try-to-move-on-with-her-life%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=2597069&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>Joe Concha, a *Washington Examiner* columnist, said Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk makes \u201ca great point\u201d that the U.S. has become unrecognizable amid political violence, and he also criticized personal attacks directed at her. Concha argued that current political rhetoric functions as permission for violence, citing Kirk\u2019s claims that such hostility contributed to the events that followed the September 2025 assassination of her husband, political activist Charlie Kirk.  <\/p>\n<p>Kirk spoke about the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner shooting in Washington, D.C., where gunfire cut the event short and President Donald Trump and other VIPs were evacuated. Federal agents tackled the alleged shooter,Cole Allen,who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >faces charges including attempted assassination<\/a>; at least one Secret Service agent was injured but not seriously. Kirk said she was shaken and later described wanting to \u201cgo home,\u201d while also lamenting how violence and threats have become normalized, including media responses that she felt blamed others or treated attempts on Trump as routine.  <\/p>\n<p>Concha further contended that the dinner should have been a secure setting given major political attendance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-scientist-blasts-fauci-as-a-serial-liar-slams-ex-biden-pandemic-adviser-as-an-empty-head-dolt\/\" title=\"Top Scientist Blasts Fauci As A \u2018Serial Liar,\u2019 Slams Ex-Biden Pandemic Adviser As An \u2018Empty Head,\u2019 \u2018Dolt\u2019\">criticized remarks<\/a> he linked to TV host jimmy Kimmel,calling the comments cruel and inappropriate,and urging that Kirk be allowed to move on.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha <\/a>said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turning-point-usa\/\">Turning Point USA<\/a> CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/erika-kirk\/\">Erika Kirk <\/a>has a \u201cgreat point\u201d that the United States has become unrecognizable in the wake of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/political-violence\/\">political violence <\/a>and highlighted personal attacks against her.<\/p>\n<p>Concha called the political rhetoric \u201ca permission slip for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/violence\/\">violence<\/a>\u201d on Thursday on <em>Fox &#038; Friends First<\/em>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4549140\/joe-concha-erika-kirk-try-move-on\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Joe Concha on Erika Kirk: \u2018Let her try to move on with her life\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4549010\/trump-comey-dirty-cop-86-47-means-kill-president-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump calls Comey a \u2018dirty cop\u2019 and says \u201986 47\u2032 means \u2018kill President Trump\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4547917\/gavin-newsom-mocks-trump-passport\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Newsom seemingly mocks Trump passport with \u2018BEST LICENSE EVER MADE\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s husband, political activist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>, was assassinated in September 2025 while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. Since then, she has faced allegations that she planned her husband\u2019s murder and criticism that she cannot handle running TPUSA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIf you want the personification of a person who has been through utter hell over the last nine months, it\u2019s Erika Kirk,\u201d Concha said.<\/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=3504400&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=346156580af4a79176dba034b6eed8d3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kirk spoke out on Wednesday about the shooting that happened at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/a> The Saturday event was cut short when gunfire rang out in the Washington Hilton and President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, among other political VIPs, was evacuated.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\">Secret Service<\/a> agents tackled the gunman, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544489\/cole-allen-faces-charges-attempt-to-assassinate-trump\/\">Cole Allen<\/a>, 31. No serious injuries were reported, but one agent was shot on his bulletproof vest and is recovering. Allen was charged with trying to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rawsalerts\/status\/2048226501875704280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2048226501875704280%7Ctwgr%5E2dfacde923bc1fa30c930e76007830b7d727b05b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fturnto10.com%2Fnews%2Fnation-world%2Fi-just-want-to-go-home-erika-kirk-seen-crying-after-shots-fired-at-white-house-dinner-backstage-evacuated-shooter-shooting-guns-violence-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-president-donald-trump-vice-president-jd-vance-secret-service\">A clip from the event <\/a>shows Kirk in tears leaving the dinner, saying, \u201cI just want to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk spoke out about the dinner on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrsErikaKirk\/status\/2049516650211516848?s=20\"><em>The Charlie Kirk Show.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ff6Cf7P8ze\">https:\/\/t.co\/ff6Cf7P8ze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erika Kirk (@MrsErikaKirk) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsErikaKirk\/status\/2049516650211516848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur country has become unrecognizable,\u201d Kirk said. \u201cThese people have perverted the truth to the point that they motivated the murder of my husband. They\u2019ve continuously tried to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-assassination-attempt\/\">assassinate the president.<\/a> And anyone who stands in their way is labeled hateful, racist, fascist, and every other trigger word that is grossly dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that this is so normalized that this happened just on Saturday night, and already you see in some parts of [the] media blaming Trump for his own assassination attempts against him or just in general just being apathetic about this as if this is a new normal,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Concha argued that the WHCA dinner should be one of the safest places for people to be because the president and vice president attended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity was almost the equivalent of your average 7-11, where anybody can walk in and out,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>During the podcast episode, Kirk also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-panel-votes-overwhelmingly-against-brainstorm-cell-therapeutics-experimental-als-treatment\/\" title=\"FDA panel rejects BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics&#039; ALS treatment.\">criticized comments made<\/a> by late-night talk show host <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> about the first lady looking like an \u201cexpectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4548390\/erika-kirk-whcd-radicalization\/\"><strong>ERIKA KIRK SAYS ALLEGED WHCD GUNMAN\u2019S RADICILIZATION MIRRORS \u2018WHAT GOT MY HUSBAND KILLED\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood for her for also calling out Jimmy Kimmel for the sick person that he is, for rooting for the death of Donald Trump to make <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\">Melania Trump<\/a> a glowing widow, for what? Cheap laughs,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive the woman some peace and just let her try to move on with her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Concha: US is unrecognizable; rhetoric is \u201cpermission slip\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2597070,"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\/2026\/04\/kirkpic.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36238,63117,52093,40441,33295],"class_list":["post-2597069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-celebrity-news","tag-erika-kirk","tag-joe-concha","tag-legal-commentary","tag-media-criticism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kirkpic.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597069","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\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597069"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597073,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597069\/revisions\/2597073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}