Erika Kirk

I am so grateful that Charlie had me involved in literally as much as possible with Turning Point USA, TPUSA Faith, other programs within the Turning Point USA umbrella.

So much so to that to the point when everything happened,

I didn't, there was a 0% learning curve here.

So I didn't walk into the office for the first time being like, wow, this is, what is this place?

There's six buildings.

But before all of this, I used to take the kids to the office pretty much daily.

Sometimes since, because like Gigi would have dance class and stuff like that.

Every other day, whatever.

But I would bring them in because I wanted them to see daddy doing his radio show.

I wanted them to be able to see running around the offices having fun and making friends with some of the employees because they would give them gifts.

Like it was a family and it still is a family.

And that's the way that the organization is always operated.

And so when it came to the moments after everything happened, I didn't look at the room and say, Hudson, who are you?

I didn't.

I knew all of them by name.

I know a vast majority of our staff by name.

I know their families.

I know their backgrounds.

I know what programs they're working on.

I'm going to be doing something kind of like a lunch with your department style thing because I