{"id":2603435,"date":"2026-05-16T07:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-opens-up-about-phone-call-to-erika-kirk-rips-into-her-critics-whats-wrong-with-people\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:27:37","slug":"john-fetterman-opens-up-about-phone-call-to-erika-kirk-rips-into-her-critics-whats-wrong-with-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-opens-up-about-phone-call-to-erika-kirk-rips-into-her-critics-whats-wrong-with-people\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fetterman Opens Up About Phone Call to Erika Kirk, Rips Into Her Critics: &#8216;What&#8217;s Wrong With People?&#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\">36<\/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%2Fjohn-fetterman-opens-up-about-phone-call-to-erika-kirk-rips-into-her-critics-whats-wrong-with-people%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=2603435&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>After an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, reports said Pennsylvania Sen.John Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treated-like-sht-kamala-harris-reportedly-heads-abusive-work-environment\/\" title=\"\u2018Treated Like Sh*t\u2019: Kamala Harris Reportedly Heads \u2018Abusive\u2019 Work Environment\">personally reached<\/a> out to erika Kirk (wife of charlie Kirk, who was killed in september 2025) to make sure she was okay.<\/p>\n<p>In comments to Fox News, Fetterman said he apologized, noting that Erika was understandably \u201cfrantic\u201d after her husband\u2019s assassination and describing the call as a \u201cvery personal\u201d interaction. He added that he was heartbroken by the fact that she had to endure further political violence less than a year after Charlie\u2019s death, and he criticized people who attacked her online.<\/p>\n<p>The interview also touched on other political topics-such as Fetterman\u2019s views on President Donald Trump\u2019s position on Iran and the idea that China should pressure Tehran-but the most prominent remarks where those about his call with erika Kirk.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the cutthroat world of hyperpartisan American politics, it\u2019s rare to see much warmth emanate across the ideological aisles.<\/p>\n<p>So many observers were somewhat surprised that after the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner assassination attempt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/john-fetterman-made-emotional-apology-erika-kirk-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> surfaced that Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman had personally reached out and called Erika Kirk to make sure she was okay after the April incident.<\/p>\n<p>(For the somehow unaware, Erika\u2019s husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated by a shooter in September 2025.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Charlie Kirk Show\u201d executive producer Andrew Kolvet said that Fetterman was \u201cpretty emotional\u201d on the call with Erika, but didn\u2019t offer too many other details.<\/p>\n<p>And until now, little was publicly known about what was actually said during that call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fetterman-defends-erika-kirks-emotional-response-whca-dinner-shooting-whats-wrong-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> spoke to Fetterman about that call in a piece published Thursday, and the outspoken lawmaker offered a bit more insight into what happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expressed how sorry I am,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cShe was frantic, understandably, after her husband was assassinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cHow triggering that must have been for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman would go on to call the phone conversation a \u201cvery <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >personal human interaction<\/a>,\u201d and said his \u201cheart breaks\u201d for Kirk after she had to live through more political violence less than a year following Charlie\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s more biting words were reserved for the people who saw fit to attack Kirk about her situation.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about those online attacks against Kirk, Fetterman said, \u201cIt blows. People attack a widow. I mean what\u2019s wrong with people? That\u2019s bonkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman also spoke to Fox News on myriad other topics, including the lawmaker\u2019s support for President Donald Trump\u2019s war in Iran, and even going so far as to suggest that China should help pressure Tehran, even if it hurts a bit economically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think China should feel that pain,\u201d Fetterman told the outlet. \u201cI think that\u2019s entirely appropriate. Why can\u2019t China demand that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not? Unless they want to create Iran as a nuclear power, and that would be incredibly dangerous for the whole world peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, it was Fetterman\u2019s comments about Erika Kirk \u2014 not Iran or China \u2014 that struck the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-group-reveres-black-panther-party-in-new-lesson-plan\/\" title=\"Education Group Reveres Black Panther Party In New Lesson Plan\">personal note<\/a> during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, when Kolvet was revealing the earliest details about the call, he was doing so alongside Glenn Beck. And the two men had nothing but praise for the Democrat, despite the lack of details at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Beck d the video clip on X, which you can watch for yourself below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKolvet?\">@AndrewKolvet<\/a> tells me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman?\">@JohnFetterman<\/a> reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsErikaKirk?\">@MrsErikaKirk<\/a> and apologized after the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner Shooting:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was pretty emotional, and he just apologized for whatever he could. He didn\u2019t need to\u2026 It was after everything happened. 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