Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.”
Kirk’s comments on an episode of The Megyn Kelly Show that was released on Monday were not unexpected.
Her late husband, Charlie Kirk, was an early advocate of Vance during Donald Trump’s vice presidential selection process in 2024, and the two remained close friends until Kirk’s assassination in Utah in September.
But the promise of the group’s backing is a critical acquisition for Vance’s hypothetical future presidential campaign. While Vance remains the most obvious apparent heir to Trump’s MAGA movement, other prominent Republicans have been making subtle moves to position themselves as candidates in 2028.
I really don’t understand why they would focus on elevating Vance. He’s never really been a part of their movement, and the base has always known this.
They’d be orders of magnitude pushing a Tucker Carlson/ Candice Owens ticket, which, as a leftist, should be your greatest fear. Tucker Carlson has been able to keep an outsider status with the arms length he’s always kept with the administrations once they are in office. Candice Owens has one of the most popular podcasts in the country. Both have extremely wide reach.
And most importantly, they’ve kept outsider status. And the US is still starving for change, and has been belligerently electing whomever represents that since 2008. Whoever gets to claim that mantle wins the election. And both Tucker Carlson and Candice Owens are far more capable political actors than Vance could ever be. Vance’s only role in the campaign was securing the Silicon Valley oligarch bag. It was the price of admission.
He’s part of the Dark Enlightenment movement, progenitors of Project 2025.