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Erika Kirk welcomed rapper Nicki Minaj as the surprise guest for a Q&A at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest on Sunday.
The “Beez in the Trap” singer previously teamed up with the Trump White House, speaking at the United Nations in November to raise awareness about persecution against Christians in Nigeria. Rumors had grown that Minaj would make an appearance at AmericaFest, but it was not confirmed until she went on stage Sunday.
While speaking at the U.N. last month, Minaj thanked President Donald Trump for “prioritizing this issue and for his leadership on the global stage in calling for urgent action to defend Christians in Nigeria.”
Despite previously supporting Democrats like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, she has increasingly shown support for Trump lately.
Erika Kirk announced that she’ll do a question and answer session with rapper Nicki Minaj. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
On Nov. 1, Minaj posted a screenshot of a Trump Truth Social post where he said, “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria.”
She wrote, “Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God. No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion.”
Minaj continued, “We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other. Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice.”
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She thanked the “President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.”
She has also repeatedly attacked California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his stance on transgender children.
Nicki Minaj leaves the podium after speaking during the panel “Combating Religious Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria” at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Nov. 18, in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Kirk has stepped in as the chairwoman and CEO of Turning Point USA since the murder of her husband, late Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, in September.
Kirk spoke at the conservative AMFest on Thursday, telling the crowd, “Here’s what I’ve learned the most in these last three months is that my husband, he deeply mattered on a multitude of levels, so much so that it proved even more once he was assassinated, how much of a peacemaker he was and how much of a coalition builder he was.”
Erika Kirk, widow of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, speaks at Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix on Thursday. (Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)
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She added that both her husband and she would choose fight mode over flight in any situation.
“You don’t retreat,” she said. “Charlie would go wherever he needed to go, and I’m the same exact way … And you’ll learn that about me the more you get to know me. I know I’m new here, I’m new here, but you’ll learn.”
