The Erika Kirk conspiracies are getting out of control
And who among us had Afroman being crowned King of Free Speech in 2026?
You’re here because you’re watching politics get body-slammed by digital culture and content creators. I’m here because I’m the only one who can guide you through it.
The plot … it’s lost … has anyone seen it?
Imagine exactly six months ago being told that all of the dominant internet theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination would revolve around his wife. For months, the only person who would go near Erika with a critical lens was Candace Owens — resulting in Erika meeting with Candace face-to-face in December to get the (very imaginative) podcast host to stop talking about her.
Well, it’s March and we’ve learned “stop” is not a part of Candace’s vocabulary (along with many, many other words). The difference now is that widow-skeptic sentiment has taken root among the masses. Amateur sleuths of all stripes, with all beliefs, on all platforms are making rulings in the court of public opinion based on any receipts they can find.
MOST POPULAR — “Erika Kirk is an intelligence asset.”
Candace Owens’ “Bride of Chucky Charlie” series has generated 21,625,078 views on YouTube, with one more still to come.
Digging into Erika’s family, her upbringing, past romantic relationships1
Questions her defense contractor mother, Lori, especially as relates to:
Various murky LLCs and charities they opened
A 2017 documentary featuring Erika and a former CIA director2
Hammers Erika’s lack of professional experience before meeting Charlie, but relative ease in getting a job at TPUSA
Etc.3
But it’s not just her anymore: Copycat investigators have popped up to pour through business filings and archived website edits to see what they can find.
Leah of “The Leah Files” posted the 14th installment of her TikTok investigation into TPUSA, a “behavior assessment” with 1.3M views4
Builds a case for Erika being an asset “whose lies have more of a pattern”
Calls “bullshit” on Erika recognizing Charlie in an airport on a 2018 Israel trip
Categorizes the TPUSA job interview in Arizona being followed by getting her real estate license in NYC as proof “she’s living a lie”
Posits that Erika’s initial connections “told her a lot about Charlie Kirk, and she learned about a target.”
BIGGEST REACH — “Erika Kirk went shopping the morning after.”
A kid named Markos Bitsakakis comes out of nowhere with two videos — “Exposing Erika Kirk” and “The Downfall of Erika Kirk” — and 45.2M views between them.
When the first one opened with, “About a year ago, I was brutally canceled off the internet for having a billionaire father and political connections,” I knew we were in for a treat.
Part 1: 8.5 minute explainer framing Charlie as a billionaire-controlled Manchurian candidate of sorts who had to be killed off when he started “defecting” … no mention where any of his information is from
Part 2: Sharing a receipt from an anonymous ALO Yoga employee, purportedly revealing Erika spent $1,043 at the store the morning after Charlie’s death
“It’s gym clothes! You’re not gonna wear gym clothes to the wake!”
My first thought was, well, anyone could’ve photoshopped this. The second was, is it possible one of the many people who work for her could have done this to help? Well … Elizabeth McCoy — events director at TPUSA and wife of Charlie’s chief of staff — took to Instagram to say she made the purchase while Erika remained at the hospital.
IN REAL LIFE
What are the concrete objectives here? “Exposing” someone, vaguely, does not tend to qualify in my book. So, I’m not really sure where these investigations are going outside of becoming a lucrative side hustle for more creators every day. But it’s not like Erika’s well-known strangeness isn’t having an effect on its own.
The TPUSA chapter at the University of Arkansas decided to disaffiliate from the national organization less than a week after CEO Erika’s very awkward visit to the state to announce the org’s expansion into high schools. The group’s leader, Dino Fantegrossi, said:
“It feels we have become consumed with metrics, creating viral cultural moments, and generally chasing relevance …”
Definitely feels like shade!
REMINDER: I’m chatting with Charlie Sabgir at 1PM ET tomorrow right here on Substack. Don’t miss it!
AFROMAN OF THE PEOPLE
If the existence of this trial evaded my awareness, as someone who is paid to be online, I am certain you have no idea what I’m about to show you. Disclaimer: very, very NSFW.
