Erika Kirk finds stunning inspiration from Rachel Maddow on anti-ICE protests

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Turning Level USA CEO Erika Kirk took shock inspiration from feedback made by liberal MS NOW host Rachel Maddow, drawing a parallel between the continued anti-ICE protests and the revival that has taken place following her husband's assassination.

Talking on the kickoff to TPUSA Religion's inaugural Make Heaven Crowded tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Kirk cited an change Maddow had with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel earlier this month she stated was shared in a gaggle chat with "The Charlie Kirk Present" workers.

"I can not even imagine saying their names in a church," Kirk jokingly informed the gang at LA's Harvest Church.

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Turning Level USA CEO Erika Kirk speaks on the kickoff of the "Make Heaven Crowded" tour in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Screenshot/Turning Level USA)

Within the change, Kimmel requested Maddow whether or not she believed something would come from the protests which have erupted in opposition to the Trump administration, to which Maddow firmly responded, "Sure, I do."

"In political science phrases, there's what's known as the ‘3.5% Rule,’ which is that in case you take a look at the authoritarian regimes of assorted varieties all around the world over the past century, upon getting 3.5% of a inhabitants protesting nonviolently in opposition to a dictator or an authoritarian, that's primarily an unstoppable pressure that they can not oppose, and that precludes them from consolidating dictatorial energy."

"It isn't that a lot bigger a quantity than what we're already seeing within the streets in opposition to Trump," Maddow added.

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MS NOW host Rachel Maddow invoked the "3.5% Rule" concerning the long-lasting impression she believes the protests in opposition to the Trump administration can have. (Randy Holmes/Disney through Getty Photographs)

Kirk shared her personal takeaway from that change.

"It was attention-grabbing as a result of he requested her the query, ‘Do you assume these protests are serving to?’ Personally, I don't. I believe it is demonic. However I understood the sentiment of what she stated," Kirk stated.

"She was mainly saying that when you will have 3.5% of the inhabitants protesting peacefully, and also you're in nonviolent protest mode, it is extremely arduous for that to go unnoticed. And it's extremely arduous for that to be tucked again in. It simply sort of sparks one thing," she continued. "And I assumed to myself — Charlie, in a method, in a wholesome method… he believed deeply within the energy of a trustworthy few that may stand up and stand for Christ, stand for the church, stand for what's good and what's lovely on this world, and battle in opposition to evil. And it solely simply takes a small proportion, 3.5%."

Kirk then pointed to the main turnout at her husband's memorial service , which crammed a complete stadium of Christians of each denomination, saying, "All of us got here collectively."

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Erika Kirk pointed to her husband's memorial service as proof that Charlie Kirk ignited a motion amongst Christians. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Photographs)

"It didn't matter in case you have been Baptist. It didn't matter in case you have been – I do not know, give me one other one – Pentecostal, Catholic, it did not matter. You have been all there below the banner of Christ. That was necessary," Kirk stated. "And I say that as a result of I would like this —because of this this tour exists. It is unifying. It is making an attempt to tug collectively that collective of three.5%. And also you confirmed the distinction of when 3.5% of this nation rises up and prays for this nation and is in revival in comparison with the opposite aspect of what they assume can change this nation however really destroy it. The view of that's hanging. It is hanging. And Charlie knew that."

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"And I simply need us — I simply need us to know and notice that the hearth of the Holy Spirit will not be purported to be contained throughout the 4 partitions of the church. It isn't," she went on to say. "If we need to proceed the wildfire of this revival throughout the nation, our mission is easy. It is at all times been easy. It is at all times been easy. Carry folks to Jesus. Make heaven crowded. Quite simple."

Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox Information Digital. Story ideas might be despatched to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.