Vance Defends Erika Kirk After Threats Force Event Exit

UPDATED: Vance Slams Erika Kirk's 'Disgusting' Critics After Threats Force Her to Back Out of TPUSA Event

VP Vance defends Erika Kirk after threats force her to skip TPUSA event, condemning critics…

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By Jennifer Van Laar

UPDATED 12:00 AM EDT, April 15, 2026

Mary Margaret Olohan from Daily Wire reports that the threats Erika Kirk received, leading her to cancel an appearance in Athens, Georgia, were related to her individual travel plans and not the venue itself.

NEW: Regarding the threats to Erika Kirk that prevented her from attending today’s event with Vice President Vance, a TPUSA official tells me that their security had been monitoring the situation in the days leading up to today’s event.

People were doxxing her travel location and trying to track her arrival and departure, I’m told, and there were multiple direct threats against Erika specifically. This ultimately led to her security’s assessment that they couldn’t guarantee her safety.

“The event venue itself was fine, especially once VP was on site, but it was the travel portion that was of chief concern,” the official tells Daily Wire. “Her children are one parent away from being orphans, and so we take security’s assessments and advice seriously…