It’s not often that Democrats exhibit the ability to reach across the political aisle and show true, human empathy for someone with different beliefs than themselves.
In fact, Democrat Sen. John Fetterman might be a lone exception.
After the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last month, he personally reached out to Erika Kirk, who was extremely upset after losing her husband in a tragic assassination months prior.
The shooting appeared to have re-awoken terrible memories for Erika.
You might remember this video going viral that night:
This SO heartbreaking.
Erika Kirk is seen being evacuated moments after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting – in tears.
“I just want to go home”
She DOES NOT deserve this trauma.
💔 💔
Pray for her 🙏 pic.twitter.com/JcyZbPQTjz
— JJ🕊️ (@jesseyjay94) April 26, 2026
Sen. Fetterman was concerned, so he went out of his way to call Erika Kirk and see how she was doing.
Recently, Fetterman shared the details of that call with Erika during a recent interview with Fox News:
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said his “heart breaks” for Erika Kirk after she had to live through the White House Correspondents’ Dinner assassination attempt not even a year following her husband’s murder.
The Pennsylvania Democrat described their exchange as a “very personal human interaction” amid the chaos of the shooting as he recalled to Fox News Digital a conversation he had with the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“How triggering that must have been for her,” Fetterman said.
“I expressed how sorry I am,” he detailed of the moment. “She was frantic, understandably, after her husband was assassinated.”
Fetterman expressed his frustration over online attacks targeting Kirk following the shooting after a video went viral that showed her leaving the hotel in tears and pleading: “I just want to go home.”
“It blows,” he said. “People attack a widow. I mean what’s wrong with people? That’s bonkers.”
ADVERTISEMENTKirk’s husband was assassinated in September during one of his famous college outreach events on the campus of Utah Valley University.
The first time we heard about Sen. Fetterman’s call with Erika Kirk was from TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet.
He spoke about it with Glenn Beck, and the two praised Sen. Fetterman’s empathy.
Listen here:
.@AndrewKolvet tells me @JohnFetterman reached out to @MrsErikaKirk and apologized after the White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting:
“He was pretty emotional, and he just apologized for whatever he could. He didn't need to… It was after everything happened. An emotional… pic.twitter.com/FP6Q1HSsPP
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) April 28, 2026
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