The annual AmericaFest conference hosted by Turning Point USA, intended as a tribute to its late founder Charlie Kirk, instead exposed deepening rifts within the conservative movement. High-profile commentators Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson clashed publicly, with Shapiro criticizing Carlson for giving a platform to controversial figures and Carlson mocking Shapiro's calls for denouncement. The event highlighted growing uncertainty over the future leadership of the right, as figures like JD Vance and Marjorie Taylor Greene emerge as potential successors to Donald Trump. Amid these tensions, Turning Point's new CEO Erika Kirk endorsed Vance for a future presidential run, while calling for unity in the wake of her husband's death.