Without naming names, President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk to sue her detractors.
Trump was speaking at the White House Easter lunch, where Kirk was in attendance, when he made the remarks.
“I think you should sue him,” he said. “They’re so jealous of Erika. I said you ought to sue. You’re not allowed to say this — you have to be nicer. Sue their ass off.”
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just said Erika Kirk should SUE the people who keep defaming her
“Sue their A*S OFF!”
“I think you should SUE ‘EM! I told her, you ought to SUE some of these people.”
“They’re so JEALOUS of Erika.” pic.twitter.com/AFrmcrLqd9
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 1, 2026
Most people believe that when the president said “him,” he meant comedian Druski, a comedian who recently published a skit ruthlessly and needlessly mocking Kirk.
Some also believe he meant Candace Owens as well. Owens is a deeply antisemitic commentator who’s been diabolically inhuman in persecuting Kirk, defending the killer of Kirk’s husband, and even accusing Kirk herself of being the real killer.
Indeed, Owens appeared to take Trump’s remarks personally.
Listen to what she said in response to them on Wednesday:
👨⚖️⚖️ Candace Owens Reacts to Trump Telling Erika to Sue Critics
“Most of us welcome a lawsuit because then they would be required to give us the information that we’re asking for.” pic.twitter.com/c9J3sLeLYn
— CANDACE (@candaceoshow) April 1, 2026
As heard above, she accused Trump of being Jewish…
“He’s like fully Jewish now,” she said. “I think, you know, like, he’s just like all of the Israelis —Â sue if your feelings are hurt. Sue, sue.”
She also suggested he was ruining Holy Week.
“What a way to honor Holy Week,” she said sarcastically. “Sue them, sue them. Everybody’s just jealous of you. There’s something that’s just so middle school about this.”
Owens also seemed to say she would welcome a lawsuit.
“You’re going to sue us for knowing that they’re lying about everything [and] for keeping track of their lies?” she said. “By the way, I would like to keep reminding you that most of us welcome a lawsuit because then they would be required to give us the information that we’re asking for.”
As for Druski, whose real name is Drew Desbordes, rumors began circulating in late March that Kirk had sent him a cease-and-desist letter over his skit. However, a representative for the comedian told Newsweek that the rumors are false.
“Any claim that a cease and desist was issued to Druski is absolutely false,” they said.
Druski’s skit did, however, attract massive backlash from the right, though it also garnered massive support from the hateful left.
“Ask yourself. Would you find it funny, if you were being mocked?” one critic tweeted. “You’re mocking a widow, who lost her husband in a horrific way, and you’re exploiting it for content. I guarantee it, if it was reversed, you would be angry and crying racism. It’s only funny till it happens to you. What goes around, comes around. You get what you give.”
See more backlash below:
The tolerant party. Making fun of a widow. Sick.
— votered (@mtnbikeguy46) March 30, 2026
What a piece of shit. This isn’t funny it’s fkn disturbing. Mocking a recent widow doesn’t equate to comedy anywhere 💀
— Ben_Carmona (@ben_carmona1) March 30, 2026
Racist, talentless, shock jock wannabe. What kind of soulless, morally bankrupt, monster does this to a widow. I hope your family can know her pain soon.
— Andrew Walther (@nmber1280z) March 30, 2026
Twice you’ve done white face, and now this time you are mocking a widow. Hope all the money is worth burning in hell.
— Unredacted Vault (@UnredactedVault) March 31, 2026
“He put on heavy makeup, a wig, and spent two minutes straight mocking Erika Kirk — the widow whose husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated in cold blood just months ago,” a final critic wrote.
“A man is dead. His wife is grieving. And this is what you chose to turn into a comedy sketch? That’s not edgy. That’s not funny. That’s punching down on a widow who just buried her husband. Some lines shouldn’t be crossed, even for likes. This was one of them,” they added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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