Colleagues of Charlie Kirk praised Vice President JD Vance’s response to the assassination, sharing details on Kirk’s web show about the flight aboard Air Force Two that carried the late 31-year-old and his wife, Erika, back to Phoenix.
Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, said Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance traveled to Salt Lake City and joined the return flight, with the vice president spending “most of his time” with Erika. “I mean, just class act,” Kolvet said. “[Vance] hugged us all.”
Tyler Bowyer, the Chief Operating Officer of Turning Point USA, added the vice president is “genuinely interested in individuals,” and offered a “warm touch,” ensuring Kirk was honored the way he deserved, Fox News reported.
“It’s never going to be forgotten by this team,” Bowyer said. “It’s never going to be forgotten by the conservative movement, [and by] the entire Turning Point family. That is such a testament to our vice president’s character, because it’s just as easy to say, ‘I can’t.’” Kolvet said Vance was extremely close with Kirk and is grieving privately, understanding it is “not his moment.”
“JD is hurting too,” Kolvet said. “JD loved Charlie as a brother and as a friend. They talked … probably on text almost every day, if not every day. JD was strong. He understood the moment was probably not his moment to grieve.
“He’s grieving in private. He was there, and he was strong. Usha was strong. I just, I love him for it. There’s a lot to love about JD, but that was a really amazing, really amazing moment,” Kolvet added, per Fox.
