Nicki Minaj caused confusion at the TPUSA event when she called Vice President JD Vance an “assassin.” Erika Kirk reacted calmly to the faux pas.
US Vice President JD Vance is an “assassin” – rapper Nicki Minaj caused a stir with this statement during a conversation with Erika Kirk. The musician attended a “Turning Point USA” event on Sunday, December 21, 2025 and called Vance “Assassin.”
Confusing statements about JD Vance
The rapper performed on stage at “TPUSA’s AmericaFest” and then spoke with Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow. She offered some praise for the current US government, and the wife of the deceased asked her about her entry into politics, as “TMZ” reports.
First, she heated up the audience by advising young men not to become the “new scum” – “Newscum”, a reference to California Governor Gavin Newsom. Instead, everyone should take an example from the “handsome” and “charming” President Donald Trump.
However, the 43-year-old then confused people with another statement: “And there are great role models like the assassin JD Vance.” A sentence that did not fit with the previous praises. The artist fell silent and buried her face in her hands, the audience clearly puzzled.
How did Erika Kirk react to the incident?
Even the widow of the late Charlie Kirk couldn’t clearly understand the rapper’s sentence. The activist and Trump supporter was killed in September 2025 while giving a speech at a US university.
However, his wife reacted calmly. She said she’d “heard everything under the sun” and laughed along with Nicki Minaj about the faux pas.
In the conversation that followed, the two women got along well. Calm in the commonality of regularly facing anger on social media, they talked about ignoring haters.