Jeanie Beaman, the Target employee who was targeted by a crazed leftist for wearing a shirt supporting Turning Point USA founder and free speech martyr Charlie Kirk, received a standing ovation from tens of thousands of attendees at Turning Point USA's 2025 AmericaFest conference on Saturday.
Beaman was welcomed on stage by Jack Posobiec and Benny Johnson, causing the AmericaFest crowd of tens of thousands to burst into applause.
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Additional footage from the moment Beaman took the stage at the AmericaFest conference at Turning Point USA shows the huge crowd that greeted her.
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Asked what Charlie Kirk's life meant to her, Beaman said, “It meant I could stand up for freedom. In a way, I did. I stand up for my rights, and that's why I watched him.”
“Because I love the way he stood and stood up for God. And I love the way he talked to the students,” Beaman continued.
“Like everyone else, I just loved him,” she added.
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Beaman also thanked AmericaFest attendees for their applause and donations.
“When your GiveSendGo came out and all this happened, I reached out to Erica Kirk, told her about it, and Erica said, 'Jack, I want her to be at AmFest,'” Posobiec said.
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“Such a precious moment with the sweet Jeanie Beaman at AmFest 2025,” Erica Kirk said in an X post on Saturday, sharing video of her conversation with Beaman backstage.
“Thank you for being part of my Charlie's legacy. I love your courage. God bless you,” she added.
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Like Breitbart news reporteda woman named Michele Ponce, an employee of Enloe Health in Chico, California, posted a video last week of her harassing Beaman for wearing a shirt supporting Charlie Kirk while she was working her shift at Target.
In the video, Ponce insulted Beaman and threatened to approach a Target manager about her outfit. However, the Target employee remained polite throughout the horrific ordeal and told Ponce to “have a nice day” before leaving.
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The video went viral on social media, where Ponce received significant backlash.
Meanwhile, Fundraising GiveSendGo was created for Beaman in the hope that she would “be able to afford a much-needed vacation” and find time to “relax, rejuvenate and just forget about the ugliness.”
As of Saturday evening, donations had reached $273,575.
Due to overwhelming support, GiveSendGo's fundraising goal has been updated to $300,000.
“Maybe we can give her a vacation and a pension!” the fundraising description said in an update.
Turning Point USA is holding its annual year-end conference in Phoenix, Arizona—the organization's first AmericaFest since the horrific murder of its founder Charlie Kirk on September 10th.
The conference attracted more than 30,000 attendees, many of whom were attending for the first time, making this year's AmericaFest the largest conference in Turning Point USA history.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her Facebook and X in @ARmastrangeloand further Instagram.
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