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Erika Kirk, the chief executive of Turning Point USA and the widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, called it \__QUOTE1__ironic\__QUOTE1__ that so many women voted for Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election at the 2025 DealBook Summit.\n\nShe noted that career-driven women in New York \__QUOTE1__almost look to the government as a form of replacement\__QUOTE1__ for family, expressing concern that this reliance could lead young women in the city to “put off having a family or a marriage.\__QUOTE1__\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview with @sorkinsays, Kirk urged more conversation as a means to bridge political differences and said she was concerned about divisions within the Republican Party.
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What do you make of mom Donnie here in New York? And the reason I rank is, he was somebody who really actually was able to persuade the younger voter. I mean, he really captured in better obviously on the complete opposite end, if you will, of where char someone like Charlie would have been. Mhmm. You know, it's so interesting because I lived in Manhattan for a while and I loved this city. I'm going to come at this from a female voter because a high percentage of his voters were female. I think there's a tendency, especially when you live in a city like Manhattan, where, again, you are so career driven, and you almost look to the government as a form of replacement for certain things, relation relationship wise even. So you see things a little bit differently. What I don't wanna have happen is women, young women in the tier, look to the government as a solution to put off having a family or a marriage because you're relying on the government to support you instead of being united with a husband where you can support yourself and your husband can support, and you can guys all combine together. But I just find it so ironic and so interesting that a heavy percentage of the individuals that voted for him were female.
