NewsPublished: Jul. 07, 2026, 2:13 p.m.Erika Kirk, widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, addresses a Turning Point USA event entitled "Build the Red Wall" at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 17, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesErika 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