Erika Kirk had to cancels last minute TPUSA appearance at U of Georgia over "serious threats"

Erika Kirk just had to cancel her appearance at the Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia tonight over "very serious threats."

Vice President JD Vance still showed up and delivered his planned speech like a champ. Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet confirmed it straight up: Erika Kirk, widow of our late conservative warrior Charlie Kirk, received "some very serious threats in her direction."

That's why she wasn't there in Athens, Georgia.

JD Vance admitted he was concerned the whole thing might get scrubbed. He talked to the Secret Service and told Erika to "do what she needs to do for her and her family."

No further details on the threats have been released. 

This comes after the Trump administration has stood strong with Erika following the brutal assassination of her husband Charlie Kirk during that debate event at Utah Valley University back in September.

They flew Charlie's casket home to Arizona on Air Force Two, with Vice President JD Vance right there accompanying it.

Second lady Usha Vance was seen holding Erika's hand as they stepped off the plane.President Donald Trump, Vance, and several other administration officials showed up for Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona on Sept. 21, 2025, just weeks after he was taken from us.Trump called him a "martyr for American freedom" in his remarks and later posthumously awarded Charlie the Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday. Erika accepted it on behalf of her husband with incredible strength.

And on September 18, TPUSA unanimously elected Erika Kirk as the new CEO and chair of the board. She's stepping up and carrying the torch.

The left's hate and threats aren't stopping us—they're only making the fight clearer. America First keeps moving forward.

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Ratings Crash After Brief Suspension-Induced Spike

Well, folks, it seems Jimmy Kimmel's return to the airwaves was less a triumphant comeback and more a fleeting blip. After a suspension from ABC for his inflammatory comments, Jimmy Kimmel Live! briefly spiked in viewership, only to nosedive faster than Biden on a bike. According to the numbers, Kimmel's Thursday show pulled in just 2.3 million viewers, a jaw-dropping 64% drop from the 6.5 million who tuned in for his emotional, crocodile teary Tuesday return.

The trouble started when Kimmel, never shy about his left-leaning views, falsely tied Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, to the "MAGA gang." 

Kimmel's exact words: "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it." Problem is Kimmel was full of crap as reports and the subsequent indictment confirmed Robinson's left-wing ideology, not MAGA allegiance. 

The backlash was swift. Nexstar and Sinclair pulled Kimmel's show from their 390 TV stations, and the FCC took a hard look. Disney, initially feeling the heat, benched Jimmy Kimmel Live! but they chickened out and the ban lasted for less than a week. 

Kimmel returned on September 23, 2025, with a passionate apology-free monologue that drew a crowd, 6.5 million strong. But the interest in the dweeb didn't last. By Thursday, viewership cratered, especially in the advertiser-cherished 25-54 demographic, where Kimmel lost 73% of his Tuesday audience, plummeting from 1.7 million to a measly 465,000. The younger 18-49 demo was a;lso down 73%, from 1.2 million to just 334,000.

This isn't a new trend for Kimmel, (who is also known for wearing blackface on national TV). His show has been bleeding viewers for a decade, dropping from 2.4 million in 2015 to a measly 1.6 million average in 2025, a 37% slide. Compare that to his glory days, and it's clear the late-night host's shtick isn't resonating like it used to.

Kimmel's refusal to fully apologize didn't help. Charlie Kirk's supporters, still mourning and reeling from his assassination at a Turning Point USA event on September 10, 2025, weren't buying the non-contrition. Andrew Kolvet, a Turning Point USA spokesman, said: "Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie’s assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils."

Sinclair Broadcast Group, via America Reports, signaled Kimmel’s return to their ABC stations after “thoughtful feedback,” but the damage was done. Nexstar and Sinclair only resumed airing the show on "Friday, and viewers clearly aren't rushing back. Kimmel's brief suspension might have been a wake-up call, but it seems his audience is hitting the snooze button.

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