Erika Kirk Responds to Heckler During Turning Point USA Conference: ‘I Pray That You Find’ Happiness

Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) publicly responded after being heckled in the middle of her speech at the Turning Point USA’s Women’s Leadership Summit.

Kirk, 37, spoke at the annual conference on Friday, June 5, where she was quickly interrupted by an attendee shouting that the Turning Point CEO allegedly “protects pedophiles” in now-viral social media footage.

After appearing to make a perplexed face, Kirk addressed the unidentified heckler.

“It’s important to remember that happiness comes and goes,” she stated. “I pray that you find it.”

Fellow attendees subsequently shouted that they loved and supported Kirk.

“I love you too,” she responded to her supporters. “That’s an important moment because that just showed duty to faithfulness gives life meaning, and we must pray for our enemies and those who do not feel like their lives have meaning, and that’s a perfect example of that. You pray for your enemies, you pray for those who persecute you. That’s not the enemy, we know who the real enemy is. God bless you, thank you.”

Erika was named the CEO of Turning Point, which late husband Charlie Kirk previously founded, after his assassination in 2025. He was 31, and is survived by Erika and their two children.

“There will be a day 10 to 15 years from now when my children will look back on this season of life that us three are going through, and they won’t remember it fully because they’re so young,” Erika later said in her speech on Friday, referring to her kids. “They will see everything, they will see how the world talked about their father, their mother [and] even themselves. They will be able to read every headline, every accusation, every lie.”

Erika continued, “My prayer is that their focus isn’t on all that noise, but rather on how their mother showed up and how she handled it.”

In the wake of Charlie’s death, Erika has faced numerous accusations and criticism about her background and beliefs. She’s vehemently denied every claim.

“There is a serious epidemic of dehumanization plaguing this country,” she said in a social media video published in April. “The most unthinkable tragedies have now become commonplace in our daily headlines, yet the media finds a way to conveniently explain away violence. This is what we’re up against. … In Romans chapter 12, verse 21, it says, ‘Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.’ This is why my husband created Turning Point USA, Sd, we can have civil discourse and debate and open dialogue because when we stop talking to each other, bad things happen.”

Erika concluded at the time, “I am choosing to fight for America for my children, your children and our humanity. We all need to do our part, and by the grace of God, we will succeed and America will remain what she was always called to be: A shining city on a hill, a light to the world.”