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DAVID MARCUS: Erika Kirk is the mother squabbling conservatives need

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21.12.2025

Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman reports from Phoenix, Ariz., covering the growing crowd, their reasons for attending and the highlights of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 on ‘Fox Report.’

PHOENIX, Ariz. – While it is true that Erika Kirk is head of one of the nation’s leading conservative groups, at one point this weekend at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, she made it clear that she holds an even more important title: mother.

After two days of infighting at the conference between some of its top stars, Kirk smiled on stage Friday night and said, "Well, say what you want about AmFest, but it's definitely not boring. Feels like a Thanksgiving dinner where your family's hashing out the family business."

This is the best and most positive way to look at the squabbling in Phoenix between Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and other right-wing celebrities. It has been mostly over Israel, and it was a sideshow few attendees expected or particularly wanted.

Brent, in his 50s and from Oklahoma City, came to AmFest with his two sons.

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"I was in there the night Ben and Tucker went at each other, at one point, I told my wife, I’m going out for some air, I just felt like I needed to escape to the real world, you know?" he told me over a smoke.

I did know. 

Along with sniping over Israel and antisemitism, the question of

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