White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took a tough last-minute question from an audience member at a Turning Point event with Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, on Thursday.
Erika Waring, 65, was dropping her mother Margaret, 88, at the entrance of Wilmslow Railway Station in Cheshire on August 21, 2025, when staff asked her to move on.
Erika Kirk was seen embracing the mother of Iryna Zarutska, who was slain by a career criminal onboard a North Carolina train, at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
The firebrand podcaster recalled her friendship with Kirk on her latest episode in a moment that many viewed as a slight on Erika, a frequent target of her attacks.