Dec 30, 2025
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The internal conflict over the future of the Republican Party is gaining importance amid allegations of extremism
PHOENIX, Arizona - Erica Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died in September, said the party her husband founded will work to elect J.D. Kirk to be vice president. Vance in 2028 as a rift over the future of the Republican Party unfolds.
Starting the first national conference of Turning Point USA since her husband's death in September, Erika Kirk said last week that the organization she leads will "vote for my husband's friend, JD Vance, in 2028 in the strongest possible way."Vice President Vance has not yet announced that he will run for office in 2028, but the Republican race to succeed President Donald Trump is already underway.
The open night's night is also reported in Phoenix in Phoenix to Trump's Dominy Dominy Dominic Great Teat Again (Magin) to his guide.One of the greatest stars are banned, with the pod of the Hodcast MORS MORE SUPRISE calls a different statement that is "fraudulent."
The support of Erika Kirk to Vance is important, because the influence of the Turning Point and the influence of her dead husband has begun to influence the young Conservative group.But that is to be expected, as Vance and Charlie Kirk have had deep friendships in recent years.
Charlie Kirk was one of the most powerful voices - along with former Fox News reporter Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and others - who supported Trump's choice of Vance as his successor in 2024. After Kirk's death, Vance and his wife quickly canceled their plans to go to the memorial on September 11 to fly to Utah to meet his body in Phoenix.at home.
It is known to the other side of the fields, with the influencers that fights the revolving feelings of Kirk, change in the opportunities for the main idea.This week of this week is treated by Turning Point to these numbers in one place.
Some Republicans need to see public controversy to get a glimpse of the party's future beyond Trump.Others see this disruption as damaging to the Republican Party.There is a lot of controversy about who belongs to the Republican Party and which people and ideas should stay.
On Thursday, Shapiro accused other MAGA activists of raising their voices and misleading their followers with conspiracy theories with the attitude that they are "just asking questions."The statement drew applause by criticizing other prominent conservatives such as Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Stephen Bannon.
Carlson, speaking after Shapiro, said Republicans must resist pressure to "ban and condemn," and said the tendency to stigmatize people with accusations of racism is "the main reason I voted for Donald Trump."
"Carlson sparked right-wing controversy this fall after interviewing Nick Fuentes, a white scholar with anti-Semitic views, on his show.
On Thursday, Carlson said he was not anti-Semitic and that anti-Semitism was "immoral."He suggested that people should focus more on anti-white racism - which drew applause.
Shapiro, who is Jewish and has been particularly vocal about anti-Semitism on the right, declared that Carlson had "raised Nick Fuentes," reiterating his long-standing criticism of the Fuentes interview.
Shapiro also criticized Carlson and other Republicans for refusing to censure Candace Owens, the right-wing podcaster whose promotion of conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's murder has upset her widow and allies.
Authorities blamed one man for Kirk's death, but Owens made unsubstantiated claims that others were involved, suggesting, without evidence, that the murder was an inside job.Turning Point leaders have made public calls in recent weeks to shut down the wild theories, saying they cause harassment to Kirk's family and friends.
"The conservative movement is ... in danger from charlatans who claim to speak on principle but in fact trade in conspiracy and dishonesty," Shapiro said.
Some Republicans have suggested that Charlie Kirk's death left a vacuum in right-wing leadership that contributed to the party's internal warfare.He was friends with many influential people who were now at odds and was widely seen as someone who helped bridge differences between right-wing commentators on controversial issues such as Israel.
