Tyler Bowyer Explains Why Erika Kirk Endorsed JD Vance So Far Ahead Of 2028

Turning Point USA COO Tyler Bowyer said Erika Kirk’s early endorsement of Vice President JD Vance for 2028 seeks to unite Republicans and create chaos for Democrats.

“She did run that one by me,” Bowyer told the Daily Caller’s Reagan Reese. “We’ve been captaining this ship for the JD Vance 28 campaign.”

Bowyer said the endorsement shows broad conservative consensus rather than just Turning Point’s position.

“That’s not just us. That’s the virtual feeling of everyone,” he said. “In almost every poll, he’s up 50 points. It’s silly to consider anything else.”

Erika Kirk, who now leads Turning Point USA following her husband Charlie’s assassination, endorsed Vance during her AmericaFest speech Thursday in Phoenix. (RELATED: Trump Predicts Who Will Replace Him In 2028)

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio supported that sentiment in a Vanity Fair interview published Dec. 17, saying he would be “one of the first people to support” Vance if the vice president runs.

Recent polling supports Vance’s frontrunner status. A November New Hampshire survey showed him leading the GOP field with 57% support, with Rubio trailing at 9%. An Emerson College poll from June found Vance at 46% among Republican primary voters.

Bowyer pointed to 2024 as a model for early party unity.

“We were super clear, the party, the people were super clear: we want Trump back. And we had that early,” he said. “Then they had to figure out the whole Biden-Kamala thing, and that didn’t work out too well for them.”

He predicted Democrats will face similar turmoil in 2028 if Republicans consolidate behind Vance now.

“We just got to get behind our guy, JD Vance, and then just propel this rocket ship straight forward,” Bowyer said.