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Erika Kirk - 2012 Miss USA competition owned by trump
Last edited Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:39 PM - Edit history (1)
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— Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T04:57:10.704Z
Erika Kirk competed in the 2012 Miss USA competition, which was owned by Trump.
Her talent portion for the Miss Arizona contest was performing a dribbling exhibition with two balls.
Anyone doubt she dribbled something else?
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Romania -- No Adoptions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-no-evidence-erika-020307024.html
Is there any evidence that Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk's "Romanian Angels" or "Everyday Heroes like You" ministries were accused of "snatching children only to send them straight into sex and organ trafficking networks in the United Kingdom and Israel? No, that's not true: A review of Romanian court records and media reports by Lead Stories' Romanian staff found only positive mentions of the charities' work. The charity promoted a campaign for Americans to "adopt" an orphan by sending them Christmas gifts to be delivered by U.S. military personnel stationed in Romania. It was not involved in international adoptions. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared on X on September 23, 2025, that read in part:
Users on social media only saw this title, description and thumbnail:
on Twitter
The post continued:
The "evidence" that purportedly supported the claim was a blurry snippet of an online article titled "Romanian authorities are looking into possible links between Israeli adoption agencies and an illegal global conspiracy to sell organs for transplants."
A reverse image search found this Haaretz newspaper article (archived here) published on December 12, 2001:
The article makes no mention of "Romanian Angels," or "Everyday Heroes like You," Kirk's two organizations that were not founded until a decade later. Kirk, whose maiden name is Frantzve, would have only been about 12 years old at the time.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-no-evidence-erika-020307024.html
Is there any evidence that Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk's "Romanian Angels" or "Everyday Heroes like You" ministries were accused of "snatching children only to send them straight into sex and organ trafficking networks in the United Kingdom and Israel? No, that's not true: A review of Romanian court records and media reports by Lead Stories' Romanian staff found only positive mentions of the charities' work. The charity promoted a campaign for Americans to "adopt" an orphan by sending them Christmas gifts to be delivered by U.S. military personnel stationed in Romania. It was not involved in international adoptions. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared on X on September 23, 2025, that read in part:
Users on social media only saw this title, description and thumbnail:
on Twitter
The post continued:
The "evidence" that purportedly supported the claim was a blurry snippet of an online article titled "Romanian authorities are looking into possible links between Israeli adoption agencies and an illegal global conspiracy to sell organs for transplants."
A reverse image search found this Haaretz newspaper article (archived here) published on December 12, 2001:
The article makes no mention of "Romanian Angels," or "Everyday Heroes like You," Kirk's two organizations that were not founded until a decade later. Kirk, whose maiden name is Frantzve, would have only been about 12 years old at the time.
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