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for sale sunset Christine Quinn I had a sharp reaction after seeing it Erica Kirk (née Frantzoff) attended the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner before the shootings broke out, causing the annual event to be canceled.
“Erika Kirk left the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in tears (saying), ‘I just want to go home,'” said Quinn, 37 X Footage of Kirk, 37, being escorted away by security officials from the event on Saturday, April 25. “Girl…you really never come home.”
Kirk attended correspondents’ dinner as Fox News guest, CNN reporter claims She left the venue in tears Amid gunfire. During dinner, President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, first lady Melania Trump Other members of Trump’s cabinet were escorted out after gunfire rang out outside the ballroom.
“The Washington Secret Service and law enforcement had an outstanding night and did an outstanding job. They acted quickly and bravely,” Donald, 79, wrote in a statement via his Truth Social platform. He and his wife are safe. “The shooter has been apprehended and I recommend that we ‘let the show go on,’ however, we will be fully guided by law enforcement. They will make a decision very soon. Regardless of that decision, tonight’s circumstances will be very different than planned and we will simply have to do it again.”
Weijia JiangThe WHCA president subsequently announced that the dinner would be rescheduled for later this month.
“Law enforcement asked us to leave the scene. … (The president) wanted to emphasize that no one was injured,” Jiang said in a statement late Saturday. “Cabinet and the First Lady, everyone is safe. I said earlier tonight that journalism is a public service because when there is an emergency, we run toward the crisis, not from it… I see all of you reporting, and that’s what we do. Thank God, everyone is safe, and thank you for coming together tonight.”
Kirk, for her part, has not spoken publicly about her participation in WHCD, nor did she tearfully plead to leave. erica’s husband, the late conservative commentator Charlie KirkShot to death during a speech in September 2025. He was 31 years old at the time.
Charlie was the founder of Turning Point USA and is survived by Erica and their two children. Erica has since been elected CEO of the organization. When Erika took over her husband’s company and made numerous public appearances, she was criticized Apparently, it was too fast to move on.
Erika Kirk canceled her appearance at Turning Point America with Vice President J.D. Vance due to alleged security threats. Kirk, 37, was scheduled to headline the political group’s University of Georgia event on Tuesday, April 14, alongside Vance, 41, but she confirmed her withdrawal via X that evening. “I’m very much looking forward to it (…)
“Grief has no linear blueprint. One day you fall to the floor shouting the name of Jesus in between labored breaths,” Erica wrote on Instagram in October 2025. “The next day, you’re playing in the living room with the kids, surrounded by family photos, and you feel an intense feeling that you can only try to define as a sacred, bittersweet joy.”
Erica also recently canceled her turning point show Admitted to the University of Georgia due to alleged safety concerns.
“The specific threats were directed at her and her ability to travel to and from events,” one source said Exclusive story US Weekly Early April. “Her security team felt they couldn’t protect her life, so you can imagine for a mother of two who had just lost her husband, she felt she had to take the advice of her security team.”