Erika Kirk insisted on seeing Charlie's body after his death: ‘He was in heaven’
GLENDALE, ARIZONA: Erika Kirk, newly named chair of Turning Point USA, has opened up about the painful moments following the shooting death of her husband, Charlie Kirk.
Despite being urged to stay away, she insisted on seeing his body at the hospital, describing it as her final chance to say goodbye.
Erika Kirk says Charlie Kirk has 'Mona Lisa-like half-smile' after death
Erika, in an interview with The New York Times, remembered what followed after the shooting.
She said a sheriff urged her not to see her husband’s body because the bullet had gone through his neck.
“With all due respect, I want to see what they did to my husband,” she said, describing how she kissed him goodbye at the hospital.
“His eyes were semi-open, and he had this knowing, Mona Lisa-like half-smile. Like he’d died happy. Like Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven,” Erika said.
Erika Kirk reveal she is coping husband Charlie Kirk's death by feeling deeply
In the interview, Erika revealed how worried they were about him. Even during one dinner conversation, Erika pleaded with her husband to wear a bulletproof vest, but he declined.
After this, her friend suggested bulletproof glass, to which Charlie said, “Not yet,” Erika recalled him saying, before adding that he trusted his security team and the extra protection at the Utah Valley University event.
Erika explained how she has been coping with her husband’s death. “I’m allowing myself to feel this so deeply,” she said, adding, “without medication, without alcohol. The Lord is giving me discernment.”
