If I say “fake tears” somebody will scream “fake news” so let’s not start there. But something occurred here because it is on tape. Not saying that this is a hill to die on, because it’s not. But in this video you will clearly see Erika Kirk squirt something into her eyes — tears? The substance that some actors use to get the waterworks going before a dramatic scene? Or maybe just Visine? Maybe she just needs to get the red out? What we do know is that Kirk did tear up that night. This was when she introduced J.D. Vance to the crowd and she was teary-eyed in doing so. Which begs the real question: why does she feel she has to present this image of mourning widowhood, dialed up to 11?
Erika Kirk squirting tears in her eyes before going on stage. pic.twitter.com/iwReHZLR43
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Certain things are well known about Frau Kirk:
- She’s not hurting financially;
- She can probably afford any number of doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, etc., and they can prescribe her what she needs;
- She is certainly entitled to medication or anything that will make it easier to get through life after the blunt truma of a murdered husband;
- So she’s probably taking whatever she needs — or taking nothing at all and has processed the worst of her grief. People do that. Thank God people are able to do that or none of us would ever continue on after a tragic loss.
But I think it’s pretty clear that processed grief doesn’t play out as theatrical enough, so she chooses to do something with eye drops, whatever she was doing in that clip. I think it’s for theatrical effect.
And for how long? Another six months? A year? Three years? Even women who have suffered devastating losses move on in their lives. Look at Jacqueline Kennedy. She remarried, she moved along. She, too, was a young woman when she lost her husband. I don’t think anybody sane would have expected a woman of Jackie O’s youth and accomplishment to just fritter away and do nothing with the rest of her life.
And I don’t think anybody expects Erika Kirk to remain frozen, like a fly in amber, and never move on from her mourning.
I’m wondering if this is her idea or if she’s being encouraged to do it? Because either way, it’s a really bad idea. But it is one that makes perfect sense because politics is theater these days. The game show host in the Oval Office has seen to that.
She could easily afford an acting coach to teach her how to cry on cue. Hell, most of us could if for some reason we needed to (say, getting involved in community theater for fun, and it IS fun) do so. I’m sure some hard core conservative actor (there are some) could recommend someone who’d sign an NDA and could be trusted.
It’s really not that hard for most people. Most of us have experiences in our past that evoke powerful emotions (both good memories and bad ones) that can be harnessed, albeit it might take coaching to learn how. Both to turn on the waterworks and turn them off again. Of course, this gal is a sort of Stepford Wife or perhaps borderline sociopath and devoid of actual emotion. Or maybe she was tired of being a blonde and blue trophy of her P.O.S. husband and realized she was as smart or smarter than him.
It remains to be seen if she can keep TPUSA as active as it became in recruiting young conservatives and getting them to vote. And more importantly getting out the conservative vote in general. I gather a lot of movers and shakers (not Trump who of course can’t be bothered with pesky details) are apparently concerned about that. So reading this article gets me extra cynical. If the powers-that-be don’t think Erika can maintain the political machine Charlie built she’d get shoved aside and she knows it.
As you say she and the kids will be okay. They’ll still have a nice house and other stuff and enough money not to have any real worries. But it’s clear she wants the power and money her husband had attained to keep flowing, and growing. If that means pulling shit like using some kind of eye drops to walk out on stage shedding some tears after an introduction that lionized her late hubby then by golly that’s what she’ll do!
there was something wierd going on with her and VP Vance as well. strange
She’s a lot smarter and more grounded in reality than her late husband. Does anyone think a beauty pageant contestant married that repulsive, insufferable schmuck for love?
I don’t think she lusts for Beardo McWeirdo (although it’s made for some hilarious Facebook memes)…but I’m pretty sure she’s lusted for power all along. She’ll milk this “devoted widow” gig as long as she can.
ugly charlie kirk