Erika Kirk comforted a stranger Tuesday during the second day of a weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing her conservative activist husband Charlie Kirk.
Denae Branch, who had lined up with friends at midnight to get some of the few public seats in the courtroom, told The Associated Press she teared up during the hearing, and Erika Kirk reached over to offer her a tissue.
“She doesn’t know if I’m Team Erika or not, yet she handed me a tissue, and I lost it,” Branch said during the lunch recess. “She didn’t know if I was a friend or not, and she showed love.”
According to the report, Branch said she observed Erika Kirk crying at times during the proceeding and fidgeting with her bracelet. Seeing Kirk’s widow get emotional made Branch emotional, too, she said.
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