Turning Point USA

President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and CEO and board chair of Turning Point USA, to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, according to the academy’s official website. The Board of Visitors is charged with inquiring into the academy’s morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs and academic methods, giving it an advisory oversight role over how Air Force officers are trained. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, an Air Force Academy graduate who chairs the board, said he encouraged Kirk’s selection and called her "the right person to fill Charlie’s place" and continue his work at the academy. Charlie Kirk had previously been tapped by Trump for the same board before he was assassinated in September, and the move is already drawing attention online from those who see it as further blurring the line between partisan activism and military education governance.