埃丽卡·柯克的出席是在她丈夫在犹他谷大学遇袭身亡数月之后，其丈夫被追授自由勋章
作者：雷切尔·沃尔夫
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月24日 美国东部时间下午2:29
[埃丽卡·柯克]，转折点美国创始人查理·柯克的遗孀，将作为总统[唐纳德·特朗普]的嘉宾出席周二晚间的国情咨文演讲。
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特在X平台（原推特）的一篇帖子中证实柯克的出席，称其为”特朗普总统的特邀嘉宾之一”，该帖子还包含了《每日连线》首先报道这一消息的文章。
《每日连线》周二报道称，总统在演讲中预计将重申美国是”上帝之下的一个国家”，并呼吁国会”坚决反对针对我们同胞的[政治暴力]”。该报道指出，这一呼吁是在多年政治暴力之后提出的，其中包括查理·柯克的遇刺事件。特朗普对这一波政治暴力并不陌生，他于2024年7月在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒的一次竞选集会上遇袭。
埃丽卡·柯克，被暗杀的保守派评论员查理·柯克的遗孀，在华盛顿特区白宫举行的仪式上，从美国总统唐纳德·特朗普手中接过追授给查理·柯克的自由勋章，2025年10月14日。(凯文·拉马尔克/路透社)
特朗普政府官员在查理·柯克9月在犹他谷大学辩论活动中遇刺后团结在埃丽卡·柯克周围。查理·柯克的灵柩由空军二号从犹他州运抵其家乡亚利桑那州，副总统[JD·万斯]护送灵柩登上飞机。后来，第二夫人乌莎·万斯被看到握着埃丽卡的手，一同离开空军二号。
2025年9月21日，在亚利桑那州为查理·柯克举行的追悼会上，包括总统和副总统在内的几名特朗普政府官员出席。在追悼会上的讲话中，特朗普称查理·柯克是”美国自由的烈士”。
唐纳德·特朗普总统在2025年9月21日亚利桑那州查理·柯克的追悼会上，与遗孀埃丽卡一同登台。(埃里克·塞耶/盖蒂图片社)
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查理·柯克遇刺一个多月后，在他32岁生日当天，他被追授自由勋章。埃丽卡·柯克代表已故丈夫从特朗普手中接过这枚勋章。她说，总统授予查理国家最高平民荣誉，给了她已故丈夫”他能得到的最好生日礼物”。
“查理一直钦佩您对自由的执着，这也是你们俩共同的信念。所以谢谢您，”埃丽卡在活动中对特朗普说。”您对我们家庭的支持以及查理毕生致力于的事业，我将永远珍视。”
埃丽卡·柯克还感谢副总统和第二夫人，称他们的友谊是”难以置信的鼓励”。
查理·柯克遇刺时31岁，留下妻子和两个年幼的孩子——一个儿子和一个女儿。
雷切尔·沃尔夫是福克斯新闻数字版和福克斯商业频道的突发新闻撰稿人。
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Erika Kirk to be Trump’s guest at State of the Union
Erika Kirk’s attendance comes months after her husband was killed at Utah Valley University and posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom
By Rachel Wolf
Fox News
Published February 24, 2026 2:29pm EST
[Erika Kirk], widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, will be President [Donald Trump]’s guest at Tuesday night’s State of the Union.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Kirk’s attendance as “one of President Trump’s special guests” in a post on X that included the Daily Wire article first reporting the announcement.
During his speech, the president will reportedly affirm that America is “one nation under God” and will call on Congress to “firmly reject [political violence] against our fellow citizens,” the Daily Wire reported on Tuesday. The Daily Wire said the call comes after years of political violence, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Trump is no stranger to this wave of political violence, as he was shot during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., in July 2024.
Erika Kirk, wife of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, receives the Medal of Freedom posthumously awarded to Charlie Kirk by U.S. President Donald Trump during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2025.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Trump administration officials rallied around Erika Kirk after her husband’s assassination in September during a debate event at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk’s casket was flown from Utah to his home state of Arizona aboard Air Force Two and Vice President [JD Vance] escorted the casket as it was carried onto the plane. Later, second lady Usha Vance was seen holding Erika’s hand as they departed Air Force Two.
Several members of the Trump administration, including the president and vice president, took part in a memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona on Sept. 21, 2025, just 11 days after the outspoken conservative icon was killed. During his address at the memorial service, Trump called Charlie Kirk a “martyr for American freedom.”
President Donald Trump joined Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, on stage at the Turning Point USA founder’s memorial service in Arizona on Sept. 21, 2025.(Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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A little more than a month after his assassination, Charlie Kirk was posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday. Erika Kirk accepted the medal from Trump on behalf of her late husband. She said that in awarding Charlie with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the president had given her late husband “the best birthday gift he could ever have.”
“Charlie always admired your commitment to freedom, and that’s something that both of you shared. So thank you,” Erika Kirk said to Trump during the event. “Your support of our family and the work that Charlie devoted his life to will be something I cherish forever.”
With supporters gathered along the route, Erika Kirk waves as a motorcade brings the body of her husband, Charlie Kirk, to Hansen Mortuary Chapel in Phoenix on Sept. 11, 2025.(Diannie Chavez/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Erika Kirk also thanked the vice president and second lady, saying that their friendship had been an “unbelievable encouragement.”
Charlie Kirk was 31 when he was killed and left behind his wife and two young children — a son and a daughter.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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