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Massive turnout for the latest Turning Point event featuring Erika Kirk and JD Vance (UGA): (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 14 OP
And half of them are refugees from Orban's government Johonny Apr 14 #1
Erika Kirk a no show at UGA TPUSA due to "threats," per Andrew Kolvet spox on stage. demmiblue Apr 14 #2
Threats of irreleVANCE Blue Owl Apr 14 #4
Nice malaise Apr 14 #6
Ooooooh! GOOD one calimary Apr 14 #11
How can one be sure in adVANCE what to expect? BattleRow Apr 14 #19
Well done, Blue Owl! Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 15 #30
Sure, Jan... Alliepoo Apr 14 #10
She's such a liar! She probably saw that the crowd could fit around her kitchen table and bailed. Scrivener7 Apr 14 #17
Or she wanted to generate sympathy for herself, and BlueKota Apr 15 #27
Or both! Scrivener7 Apr 15 #29
They must have been super serious - since SS let Vance stay on stage Ruby the Liberal Apr 15 #25
Kirby 'smart' should've had his football team in there... RT Atlanta Apr 14 #3
😂😂😂 malaise Apr 14 #5
Erika Kirk misses Turning Point event in Athens after VP JD Vance says she was threatened Dulcinea Apr 14 #7
JD Vance - aka THE CURSE Brenda Apr 14 #16
Very strange that she would not show up due to threats, but wnylib Apr 14 #20
I'm surprised they didn't paint a bullseye 🎯 Maru Kitteh Apr 15 #35
Cleverly dressed as empty seats rurallib Apr 14 #8
And now Erika has canceled completely senseandsensibility Apr 14 #9
They should have invited her understudy pfitz59 Apr 14 #12
Hey MAGA, you're free to say whatever you want. Initech Apr 14 #13
Threats because she got busted purr-rat beauty Apr 14 #14
Prove the threats. Boomerproud Apr 14 #15
This warms my heart! Scrivener7 Apr 14 #18
Seems they've MW67 Apr 14 #21
Kirk was jealous of the way Vance leered at all those open seats. n/t flvegan Apr 14 #22
Even Morning JoeScum is laughing at their crowds malaise Apr 15 #23
So the SS can keep Vance safe but not Erika? biocube Apr 15 #24
Threats and security concerns? bearsfootball516 Apr 15 #26
The vice president seemed safe enough. Iggo Apr 15 #37
Thats a small town losing high school basketball crowd. In a snowstorm. CanonRay Apr 15 #28
Ha,ha,haha 😂 Figarosmom Apr 15 #31
so there was just enough to fill the gym at my local high school for the basketball game. LOL nt Javaman Apr 15 #32
Note to Turning Point. BobTheSubgenius Apr 15 #33
Even Turning Point knows better than to Hassler Apr 15 #34
Druski ruined her shtick. Iggo Apr 15 #36
His couch was his back-up. twodogsbarking Apr 15 #38
And the tickets to get in were free. Vinca Apr 15 #39

demmiblue

(39,896 posts)
2. Erika Kirk a no show at UGA TPUSA due to "threats," per Andrew Kolvet spox on stage.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 06:01 PM
Apr 14

👀👀 Erika Kirk a no show at UGA TPUSA due to “threats,” per Andrew Kolvet spox on stage.

Matthew Boedy (@matthewboedy.bsky.social) 2026-04-14T21:50:43.234Z

Matthew Boedy (@matthewboedy.bsky.social) 2026-04-14T21:53:11.447Z


No Erika and no couch… poor JD!

calimary

(90,511 posts)
11. Ooooooh! GOOD one
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:29 PM
Apr 14

IrreleVANCE!

How do I love this? I’m all out of adjectives and I can’t count that high!

This is gonna be GOOO-OOOOOD for the 2028 campaign. Nice ‘n’ concise! Short, sweet, and it’ll fit on a bumper sticker.


(Cuz if the current trends and dynamics continue, you KNOW he’s gonna run.)

Alliepoo

(2,840 posts)
10. Sure, Jan...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:23 PM
Apr 14

She just didn’t want to go onstage w such an embarrassingly tiny turnout so she made up the threat garbage as an excuse not to show, and to stir the pot w the idiot supporters.

Scrivener7

(59,967 posts)
17. She's such a liar! She probably saw that the crowd could fit around her kitchen table and bailed.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:39 PM
Apr 14


BlueKota

(5,514 posts)
27. Or she wanted to generate sympathy for herself, and
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:34 AM
Apr 15

accuse the left of something they didn't do, to try and continue the false narrative that liberals are the villians.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,691 posts)
25. They must have been super serious - since SS let Vance stay on stage
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:44 AM
Apr 15

Or a flat out lie. Who will ever know.

RT Atlanta

(2,775 posts)
3. Kirby 'smart' should've had his football team in there...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 06:09 PM
Apr 14

those boys could use some moral guidance before they gear up for the annual summer 'arrest season'

Dulcinea

(10,242 posts)
7. Erika Kirk misses Turning Point event in Athens after VP JD Vance says she was threatened
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 06:39 PM
Apr 14

ATHENS, Ga. — Vice President JD Vance told a crowd in Athens that organizers debated canceling Tuesday’s Turning Point USA event just hours before it began due to threats directed at Erika Kirk, forcing her to miss the highly-anticipated rally.

Vance said they ultimately decided to move forward after consulting with the United States Secret Service.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/erika-kirk-misses-turning-point-event-athens-vp-jd-vance-says-she-was-threatened/85-dbcb010f-1e3b-4fea-9b9f-6a60b4417474

Brenda

(2,086 posts)
16. JD Vance - aka THE CURSE
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:43 PM
Apr 14

says what? Athens, GA used to be a very liberal college town. Home of the B52's and REM.

Don't know what it is today but doubt it's the hotbed of MAGA they were expecting.

And wait a minute, there are multiple threats against Erika but NONE against the VP of the USA?

Pathological Liars, all of them.

wnylib

(26,321 posts)
20. Very strange that she would not show up due to threats, but
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:42 PM
Apr 14

the VICE PRESIDENT shows up anyway?

If a threat was scary enough to keep her away, why would the Secret Service let the VP be there?

senseandsensibility

(25,378 posts)
9. And now Erika has canceled completely
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 06:57 PM
Apr 14

Last edited Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:19 PM - Edit history (1)

citing security concerns. I just saw that on Aaron Rupar's bluesky.

Initech

(109,061 posts)
13. Hey MAGA, you're free to say whatever you want.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:34 PM
Apr 14

But also, we're free to not care, either! Get how that works?

Javaman

(65,943 posts)
32. so there was just enough to fill the gym at my local high school for the basketball game. LOL nt
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 01:25 PM
Apr 15

Hassler

(4,947 posts)
34. Even Turning Point knows better than to
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 01:51 PM
Apr 15

Be in a room with alias JD Vance. Your career will be over, and you'll be dead within 24 hours.

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