Report Links 26-Year-Old's Alleged Plot Against Erika Kirk to Anti-Christian Extremism
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Report Links 26-Year-Old's Alleged Plot Against Erika Kirk to Anti-Christian Extremism
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Summary
A new NCRI report says anti-Christian extremism and an online “assassination culture” may have helped drive the alleged plot against Erika Kirk after Jacob Wenske, 26, was charged in late May over a bomb threat targeting a Turning Point USA event.
Court records cited in the report say Wenske emailed TPUSA that he was targeting Kirk, other speakers and “Christian nationalists,” while also posting threats on social media.
NCRI analyst Travis Hawley said foreign influence operations and anti-Western narratives on social platforms can create a “permission structure” that normalizes political violence and speeds radicalization.
Threats against officials are already climbing: U.S. Capitol Police recorded a 58% rise in threats against members of Congress from 2024 to 2025, with overall threats nearly doubling since 2020.
The case comes nine months after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah Valley University event, underscoring broader concern that online extremism and protest networks are feeding real-world violence.