‘We have a country to save’: Kirk’s Turning Point USA names new CEO
Conservative icon Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated at a free speech event at a Utah school only a week ago, co-founded Turning Point USA, an organization that specifically confronted radical leftists on college campuses and challenged them to speak their minds, listen and then consider their extremist attitudes.
The organization, which had several thousand chapters before the assassination, allegedly carried out by a leftist under the influence of the transgender ideology, has had interest expressed in starting not just hundreds or thousands, but tens of thousands more, and now has confirmed it will continue.
Under the leadership of Kirk’s widow, Erika.
The Turning Point Board has unanimously elected Erika Kirk as the new CEO and Chair of the Board.
In prior discussions, Charlie expressed to multiple executives that this is what he wanted in the event of his death. pic.twitter.com/PazORgiHWP
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) September 18, 2025
The group announced:
“In Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote that mankind is to be tested by God. Today we are facing such a test, yet we also know that God has prepared us with everything we need to overcome this ordeal.
“It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie’s side. Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like this one. He worked tirelessly to ensure Turning Point USA was built to survive even the greatest tests. And now it is our great pride to announce Erika Kirk as the new CEO and Chair of the Board for Turning Point USA.”
The statement continued, “All of us at Turning Point USA have a special role in carrying Charlie Kirk’s mantle and completing his vision of bringing us all closer to our Lord and fostering a prosperous country for generations to come. As Charlie always said, ‘We have a country to save.’ We will not surrender or kneel before evil. We will carry on. The attempt to destroy Charlie’s work will become our chance to make it more powerful and enduring than ever before.
“May God Bleses Erika, the Kirk family, and the entire team at Turning Point USA.
Signed by Doug De Groote, Mike Miller, Tom Sodeika and David Engelhardt.