Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s wife, kicked off Turning Point USA’s “This Is the Turning Point" campus tour at the University of Mississippi and was joined by Vice President JD Vance.

Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has drawn renewed scrutiny after a video of her emotional embrace with Vice President J.D. Vance at a Turning Point USA event went viral this week,

Hundreds of Ole Miss students braved rain for hours in line to see VP JD Vance and Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA event honoring the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Thousands packed The Pavilion at Ole Miss Wednesday night to hear Vance and Kirk. The Democrats’ “counter-event” across campus drew roughly 100 and featured “Drag Bingo” after the event.

At the time of Charlie Kirk’s death, Turning Point USA had pulled in close to $400 million over 12 years and Kirk had amassed millions of followers.

Fox News host Jesse Watters conducted an exclusive interview with Erika Kirk, the new Turning Point USA CEO and widow of assassinated founder Charlie Kirk, that will air on Nov. 5.

Online users said the alleged honor for the Turning Point USA CEO stood as "an unforgettable moment that captured hearts across the world."