Nicki Minaj takes stage with Erika Kirk, praises Trump and mocks Newsom
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- Rapper Nicki Minaj surprised attendees at Turning Point USA’s Phoenix convention, praising President Trump and criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- The rapper, who previously criticized Trump, called the president a “role model” while mocking the California Democrat’s advocacy for trans youth protections.
Fireworks lit the stage and the audience roared as pop star Nicki Minaj walked out hand-in-hand with Erika Kirk Sunday in a surprise appearance at Turning Point USA’s annual convention in Phoenix.
“I love this woman; she is an amazing woman,” said Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, who headed the right-wing student organization until he was killed in September. “Words are words, but I know her heart.”
Minaj, who has surprised some fans in recent months by embracing the MAGA movement, praised President Trump and mocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” Minaj said. “I don’t know if he even knows this but he has given so many people hope that there is a chance to beat the bad guys and to win and to do it with your head held high.”
Minaj then read some of her former social media posts mocking Newsom, calling him “Newscum” and “Gavie-poo.”
“Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids, haha, not even a trans adult would run on that,” she said. “Normal adults wake up and think they want to see healthy, safe, happy kids — not Gav.”
Minaj then urged boys to “be boys.”
“There is nothing wrong with being a boy,” she said. “How about that? How powerful is that? How profound is that? Boys will be boys and there is nothing wrong with that.”
Minaj praised Turning Point USA, saying the organization is encouraging youth to connect with God.
“There has been a lack of that in our media, in our everyday conversations,” she said. “Christians have been being persecuted right here in our country in different ways.”
Minaj drew attention from the Trump administration in November, when she publicly backed the president’s assertions that Christians face persecution in Nigeria, a claim the Nigerian government has disputed.
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