
Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
I did find Erika's post-shooting behavior to be a bit bizarre, but I chalked it up to her putting on a brave face so she could continue Charlie's movement. I thought, "Yeah, she doesn't seem as broken up about this as I'd expect, but she realizes that this is a huge moment for TPUSA, so she can't just go into hiding and let it wither away. Charlie would have wanted it this way."
But now I don't know what to say. Some of these criticisms are valid. Why wear leather pants like that at all? She shouldn't want to look sexy in any way at this point. She's supposed to have the role of "good Christian widow in mourning over the recent murder of her husband". When she dresses for events, she should never go for "hot" -- at least not until a reasonable amount of time has passed since Charlie's death.
The hug is less of a big deal to me. Some women are just clueless regarding how being overly touchy can give off the wrong signals. In fact, about 25 years ago, I had to have a talk with a female friend whom I witnessed being too touchy with some of her male friends. I saw her do it to a dude whom I knew 100% she had zero interest, and I told her she probably shouldn't touch the guy the way she did, or he'd get the wrong idea. Her answer to me was, "Oh, trust me... I see him like a brother. He knows that." I replied, "You see him like a brother, but are you sure he sees you like a sister? Because from what I can see, he's into you, and the way you touch him is giving him the wrong idea." She told me I was crazy, but a week later she called me in a panic telling me that I was right, and that he had just professed his love to her. "I had no idea that I was doing this... I touch everyone like this, even my girlfriends. I feel like such a dumbass", she said.
Anyway, Erika might have just hugged JD like this because she saw him as a platonic substitute for Charlie -- a male in her life who seemed to provide her comfort. It was obviously subconscious, because there's no way she's putting her hand in his hair like that during a public hug if she knows that it will get people talking.
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......
There is something to all of this, and it just hasn't fully developed yet.
Vance is probably feeling the pressure regarding having a Hindi wife. Many are making it about race, but I don't think it's that. Vance isn't so much worried about satisfying the white supremacists. They're not very large in number, even if they're loud. Interracial relationships are no big deal anymore, except to racial purists. The problem is the religion thing. He sees it as a liability in the 2028 primary if he is Catholic and his wife isn't any form of Christian. That might make it tough to win the Christian vote. The religious right voters will ask themselves how important Vance's faith is to him, if he married into a completely different faith.
While white supremacists are not a big portion of the GOP, religious Christians are. He needs them to win the primary.
So, yes, this might be the beginning of the end for him and Usha, as he's setting the stage for why they have to part (religious incompatibility). Whether he moves on to Erika Kirk at that point is in question. If it looks like something already in the works before Charlie's body was cold, it could backfire badly.