Tyler Bowyer Explains Why Erika Kirk Endorsed JD Vance So Far Ahead Of 2028
Tyler Bowyer, chief operating officer of Turning Point USA, said Erika Kirk’s early support for Vice President JD Vance for 2028 is intended to unite Republicans and create chaos for Democrats.
“I ran it,” Bowyer told Reagan Reese of the Daily Caller. “We are ordering this ship for the JD Vance 28 campaign.”
Bowyer said the endorsement shows a broad conservative consensus rather than just Turning Point’s position.
“It’s not just us. It’s everyone’s virtual feeling,” he said. “In almost all polls he is up 50 points. It’s stupid to consider anything else.”
Erika Kirk, who now runs Turning Point USA after her husband Charlie’s assassination, supported Vance during his AmericaFest speech Thursday in Phoenix. (RELATED: Trump predicts who will replace him in 2028)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio supported that sentiment in a Vanity Fair interview published Dec. 17, saying he would be “one of the first people to support” Vance if the vice president ran.
Recent polling supports Vance’s front-runner status. A New Hampshire survey from November showed him leading the GOP field with 57% support, with Rubio trailing at 9%. A June Emerson College poll found Vance at 46 percent among Republican primary voters.
Bowyer cited 2024 as a model for early party unity.
“We’ve been very clear, the party, the people have been very clear: We want Trump back. And we got him very early,” he said. “Then they had to figure out the whole Biden-Kamala thing, and it didn’t work out very well for them.”
He predicted Democrats would face similar turmoil in 2028 if Republicans now consolidate behind Vance.
“We just have to get behind our guy, JD Vance, and then propel that rocket straight forward,” Bowyer said.
