00:00It's the heart-wrenching moment Charlie Kirk's widow whispers her final goodbye to her slain
00:04husband in his casket. I love you. God bless you. She shared her unimaginable grief in a video diary
00:13that included showing his casket being placed in the hearse for its final journey. Today,
00:1936-year-old Erica is being compared with another young widow, Jackie Kennedy, who famously returned
00:25to Washington still wearing the suit covered in JFK's blood following his assassination in 1963.
00:33Erica also stood next to her late husband's empty chair in the studio where he recorded his popular
00:39podcast. She spoke about the heartbreaking moment she had to tell their three-year-old daughter Gigi
00:45that her father was never coming back. She goes, where's daddy? What do you tell a three-year-old?
00:52She's three. I said, baby, daddy loves you so much. Don't you worry. He's on a work trip with
01:03Jesus. Choking back tears, she said she was taking on Kirk's political movement, Turning Point USA.
01:11The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.
01:16Arizona. Erica is no stranger to the spotlight. She is a former Miss Arizona competing in the
01:22Miss USA pageant in 2012. She also appeared on a dating show in 2019, season three of Bravo TV's
01:34Summer House. America, she's beautiful and she happens to be religious. I think you're a bright
01:39light in a very dark place. Now fate has pushed Erica into political prominence at a pivotal moment
01:45in America.
