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Vanessa Esguerra

Is Erika Kirk feuding with Druski over a parody skit?

Druski’s skit, ‘How Conservative Women in America Act,’ went viral for parodying Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk. The overly joyous ‘grieving woman’ stunt by Druski offended many conservatives, who defended Kirk online. Even Kirk herself is allegedly beefing with Druski and has threatened to sue him over the act—but are the girls really fighting?

Below Druski’s skit, Erika Kirk commented, “Druski, this is sick. You fully dressed up as me, copied my look, my voice, my mannerisms, and turned me into a joke for millions of people… This is racist, humiliating, and you know exactly what you’re doing.”

Druski supposedly replied, “I never even said your name in this video.”

Druski and Erika Kirk allegedly feuds online
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Needless to say, Druski cosplaying a widowed white woman while breakdancing on stage isn’t racist. It’s nothing deep. If this exchange were real, it would’ve made comedy gold.

But it never happened, and checking the original post debunks that this viral exchange ever took place. There are many fabricated online conversations between Druski and Erika Kirk that are going viral, and yet none of them took place.

Another false claim is that Erika Kirk tagged Elon Musk. She wrote, “Fix your damn AI. That is NOT me.”

Erika Kirk asks Elon Musk to 'fix' his AI after Druski skit
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Upon checking Erika Kirk’s account, no such tweet has been written. It would be worth the laugh if she did melt down on Elon Musk about Grok, but it never happened.

Did JD and Usha Vance comment on Kirk’s feud with Druski?

Second Lady Usha Vance is a relatively tame online figure. But she supposedly weighed in on the Druski-Kirk feud on an X post.

The confused second lady tweeted, “Thought I seen my husband in a skit for a second.”

Second Lady Usha Vance comments on Druski skit
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Vice President JD Vance has been memed to oblivion. A target of internet memes himself, Vance allegedly stepped up in defense of Erika Kirk.

Vance wrote, “Druski’s skit is no longer just ‘a joke’ when children in Erika’s family are seeing it and thinking it is really her, and when members of my own family, including my wife, initially thought it was me because of how close the look was.”

JD Vance 'condemns' Druski's skit
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Doesn’t the Vance family have more important matters to weigh on? The truth is, they do—and they didn’t really comment on the Druski skit either. Although JD and Usha Vance are close family friends with Erika Kirk, the couple never publicly condemned Druski’s skit.

The real concern is that these made-up posts garnered tens of thousands in reactions. Unlike X, Facebook doesn’t have a notes function that can be used to correct misinformation.

Did anyone from the GOP comment on Druski’s skit?

Only Sen. Ted Cruz made a brief comment about the situation. He replied that the skit was “beneath contempt” on X.

It’s a remark that earned Cruz a chuckle from many X users. One wrote in reply, “You gonna cry?”

It’s just a joke

Cruz’s defense of Kirk falls flat—after all, Druski’s skit merely exaggerates Erika Kirk’s public appearances. Moreover, Kirk herself is now the CEO of Turning Point USA and has become a political actor. If JD Vance can take a joke, so should she—especially if it’s not humor in poor taste.

Kirk isn’t being mocked for her age, gender, race, or sexual orientation—most of which are used by right-leaning comedians to turn minorities into their punchlines. Instead, she’s being parodied for her extensive public appearances after her husband died.

As right-wing podcaster Brad Polumbo puts it, “How can anyone on the Right really argue, in that context, that a comedian mocking a widow is somehow beyond the pale… without being totally hypocritical?”

It’s just a joke—one devoid of historical oppression or actual discrimination. In the corner of the internet, Druski’s skit is a ‘dark joke’ at best.

(featured image: Druski)

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