A 26-year-old Texas man faces a third-degree felony charge after allegedly threatening to bomb an upcoming Turning Point USA event in San Antonio and kill the conservative organization's CEO, Erika Kirk, in a string of online posts and an email.
Jacob Wenske was charged with making a terroristic threat involving public fear of serious bodily injury or public disruption, Fox News Digital reported. The charge stems from posts Wenske allegedly made in response to a local newspaper's Facebook promotion of the TPUSA Women's Leadership Summit, scheduled for June 5, 7 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk.
The threats allegedly targeted Kirk by name and promised violence against every speaker at the event. They come as Kirk continues to lead the organization her late husband co-founded, and as she faces what TPUSA describes as a sustained wave of threats since taking the helm.
The investigation began after a local newspaper published a Facebook post promoting the Women's Leadership Summit. Wenske allegedly replied directly to that post with the words: "I know exactly where to bomb." In the same thread, he allegedly added: "I can't wait to be the valet for her escort."
But the most explicit threat came in a subsequent email, where Wenske allegedly wrote: "Death to Erika Kirk and every single speaker there!! America will live on without those scum on this earth. Every Christian nationalist shall perish in the bombing that will take place at every single Turning Point rally and event."
Those alleged statements, reported by San Antonio's KSAT-TV, form the basis of the felony charge filed in Bexar County. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office provided Wenske's booking photo. Fox News Digital reported it reached out to the sheriff's office for comment.
This is not the first time Erika Kirk has been forced to reckon with direct threats. In April, she canceled a planned appearance at a TPUSA event at the University of Georgia after receiving what the organization called "very serious threats." No details about those threats have been made public.
Kirk took over leadership of Turning Point USA after the death of her husband, Charlie Kirk, who was publicly assassinated at a TPUSA event in Utah last year. The killing shook the conservative movement and thrust Erika Kirk into a leadership role shadowed by grief and danger.
Since then, the threats have not stopped. Kirk has faced ongoing hostility from public figures and anonymous agitators alike. Some of the harassment has played out in full public view, including ugly personal attacks from media personalities that have only raised the temperature around her.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk also spawned a disturbing secondary phenomenon. TPUSA was forced to publicly condemn a TikTok trend that exploited audio from the killing, a reminder that the threat landscape extends well beyond direct messages and emails.
Despite the charge against Wenske and the broader pattern of threats, Turning Point USA says it will not cancel the San Antonio event. More than 2,500 women are expected to attend the summit, with Kirk slated as the keynote speaker.
TPUSA spokesperson Matt Shupe told Fox News Digital:
"The safety of our attendees, speakers, and staff is always our top priority. All TPUSA events include enhanced, multi-layered security measures enforced by both private security and local police. We refuse to let threats silence us. We look forward to a successful and inspiring gathering June 5, 7 in San Antonio for 2,500+ ladies attending the Women's Leadership Summit!"
The statement is defiant, and it needs to be. The organization is operating under conditions that would give any event planner pause. Private security, local police, and a venue on one of San Antonio's most visible stretches of real estate, all marshaled because a woman dared to continue her husband's work.
Under Texas law, a third-degree felony carries serious consequences. The specific statute was not identified in available reporting, but the charge description, making a terroristic threat involving public fear of serious bodily injury or public disruption, signals that prosecutors view the alleged conduct as more than idle talk.
Whether Wenske has been formally arrested, posted bond, or retained counsel remains unclear. No case number or docket information has been made public. Those details matter, because the gap between a charge and a conviction is wide, and the legal process will determine whether the alleged posts meet the evidentiary bar for a felony threat under Texas criminal law.
What is already clear is the content of the alleged messages. Promising a bombing at "every single Turning Point rally and event" is not political speech. It is not protest. If the allegations hold, it is a direct threat of mass violence against a named individual and a named organization.
Erika Kirk's situation illustrates a grim reality for conservative leaders in public life. Since her husband's death, she has navigated not only personal loss but a relentless stream of hostility. She was present at the White House Correspondents' Dinner earlier this year when a gunman opened fire outside the ballroom, an incident that underscored how close the threat of violence has followed her.
Through it all, Kirk has continued to lead TPUSA's operations and speak publicly. That decision has drawn both bipartisan support from some quarters and vicious criticism from others.
The Wenske case now adds a criminal dimension to a threat environment that has been building for months. It is one thing for trolls to hurl insults from behind anonymous accounts. It is another when someone allegedly names a target, names a venue, and describes a method of attack in writing.
Law enforcement in Bexar County took the threat seriously enough to file a felony charge. That is the right call. The question now is whether the legal system follows through with the same seriousness, and whether the broader culture that treats threats against conservative figures as background noise will take notice.
Several details remain unresolved. Fox News Digital did not report the dates of the alleged posts or the email, nor the date the charge was filed. The local newspaper that published the original Facebook promotion was not named. And the specifics of the "very serious threats" that forced Kirk to cancel her University of Georgia appearance in April remain undisclosed.
Those gaps matter for the full picture. But the core facts are stark enough on their own: a man allegedly threatened to bomb an event attended by more than 2,500 people and to kill the woman running it. He now faces a felony charge.
When threats like these are directed at progressive figures, the national press treats them as a crisis. When the target is a conservative widow carrying on her murdered husband's mission, the silence is instructive. The law, at least in Bexar County, does not appear to share that double standard.
