{"id":617,"date":"2026-09-14T22:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/?p=617"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:15:16","slug":"turning-point-usa-issue-statement-as-charlie-kirk-statue-vandalized-days-after-being-erected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point USA issue statement as Charlie Kirk statue vandalized days after being erected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The red paint looked like blood. It dripped across Charlie Kirk\u2019s bronze face just days after the statue was unveiled, as if someone wanted to kill his memory a second time. Turning Point USA called it \u201cdiabolical.\u201d His widow, Erika, called it something else: a challenge. And when vandals crossed out the name of Jes\u2026\u00a0<strong>Continues\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t just deface metal; they aimed at a man\u2019s legacy and a family\u2019s grief. Red streaks across Charlie Kirk\u2019s face, his name smeared, and the word \u201cJesus\u201d violently crossed out beside him turned a memorial into a battlefield. Turning Point USA vowed to restore everything and hunt for those responsible, calling the attack exactly what they believe it is: an act of hatred, not a prank.<\/p>\n<p>But the response that cut deepest came from his widow. Erika refused to speak in whispers. She reminded the world that a bullet didn\u2019t silence her husband, and spray paint wouldn\u2019t either. To her, every attempt to erase Charlie only forces his supporters to stand taller, dig in deeper, believe harder. By closing with Scripture and defiance, she turned vandalism into testimony\u2014and grief into a public vow not to back down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The red paint looked like blood. It dripped across Charlie Kirk\u2019s bronze face just days after the statue was unveiled, as if someone wanted to kill his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iliridanews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}