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Rattled Erika Kirk rushed out of White House Correspondents’ Dinner after shooting: ‘I just want to go home’

Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk was abruptly rushed out, visibly shaken and in tears, from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an eyewitness told The Post. “I just want to go home. I just want to go home,” she reportedly said. Erika Kirk getting rushed out of the

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Rattled Erika Kirk rushed out of White House Correspondents’ Dinner after shooting: ‘I just want to go home’Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk was abruptly rushed out, visibly shaken and in tears, from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an eyewitness told The Post. “I just want to go home. I just want to go home,” she reportedly said. Erika Kirk getting rushed out of the
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