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[00:00:00] [Music] [00:00:10] two thousand minutes [00:00:11] [Music] [00:00:33] thank you [00:00:49] everybody [00:01:00] [Music] [00:01:16] information [00:01:19] [Music] [00:02:07] thank you [00:02:09] [Music] [00:02:27] foreign [00:02:29] [Music] [00:02:43] [Music] [00:03:29] thank you [00:03:30] [Music] [00:03:32] bleachers I'm sure you saw one of these [00:03:35] little Flyers here yeah you guys see [00:03:37] these here cool awesome so if you look [00:03:40] if you text HS tour to 7 1776 you guys [00:03:47] have a chance to win some free Beats [00:03:49] headphones like these ones right here [00:03:52] so make sure I'm telling you text HS [00:03:56] tour to [00:03:58] 7-1776 to win a free pair of Beats [00:04:01] headphones like these here we're also [00:04:04] giving out free tpusa merch and a gift [00:04:07] card to another winner too so make sure [00:04:10] you text that number we could have two [00:04:12] winners here it's gonna be huge [00:04:14] [Music] [00:04:33] all right [00:04:38] up [00:04:42] assertive [00:04:43] [Music] [00:04:49] same line is being fed to women today [00:04:53] that you must be like a man to be [00:04:55] successful [00:04:57] modern breakfast is literally the worst [00:05:00] deal ever I want out [00:05:05] the left they couldn't fill up 2500 [00:05:08] women in a room because they can't tell [00:05:10] you one of them [00:05:12] it's true men built the world but women [00:05:16] raised it [00:05:21] they are the ones who have decided that [00:05:24] the old way of doing things is dead [00:05:29] we are not the same conservative women [00:05:32] anymore [00:05:39] with a young proud and energetic [00:05:43] Patriots of Turning Point [00:05:47] 5 000 young conservative students in a [00:05:51] room together saying I love America I'm [00:05:55] willing to do something about it [00:05:57] [Music] [00:06:12] if you're going to speak the truth they [00:06:15] will attack you [00:06:17] they are the invading Force they're the [00:06:21] ones that have taken over our [00:06:22] institutions but in times like these [00:06:25] it's not enough to just be right on the [00:06:27] issues you've got to be willing to stand [00:06:29] up when it's not easy [00:06:31] [Applause] [00:06:32] [Music] [00:06:34] [Applause] [00:06:38] you are the generation that is going to [00:06:41] stand up and save American Freedom [00:06:44] [Music] [00:06:53] We Are One movement one people one [00:06:57] family and one glorious American Nation [00:07:00] [Applause] [00:07:20] thank you foreign [00:07:27] [Music] [00:07:47] [Music] [00:07:51] thank you [00:08:06] [Music] [00:08:16] [Music] [00:08:27] [Music] [00:08:32] thank you [00:08:37] um let me pull out my handy dandy notes [00:08:40] alrighty and first off I want to thank a [00:08:43] couple people that are here I know you [00:08:44] see some people in t-shirts these are [00:08:47] our awesome Turning Point staff that [00:08:48] have come to help us with this event [00:08:49] today and we're super thankful to have [00:08:51] them and we want to thank you guys for [00:08:53] coming out so give yourself a pat on the [00:08:55] back and a round of applause because you [00:08:56] guys are great and we're really thankful [00:08:57] for the turnout today [00:09:01] alrighty and just let you know we also [00:09:04] have our awesome regional coordinator [00:09:05] here stormy can you wave your hand she's [00:09:07] been awesome in helping coordinate this [00:09:10] event helping um our chapter presidents [00:09:12] get to different events across the [00:09:14] country and she has been awesome so just [00:09:17] to let you know [00:09:18] um we have a couple really awesome [00:09:20] events coming up you've got a flyer [00:09:22] girls [00:09:23] um young women's leadership Summits [00:09:25] coming up and that's going to be [00:09:26] absolutely awesome it's different um [00:09:28] conservative women from across the [00:09:30] country are all going to meet together [00:09:31] and come to this event here's some [00:09:32] really incredible speakers learn things [00:09:34] meet new friends it's gonna be super fun [00:09:37] um we also one unique to Texas coming up [00:09:39] that's going to be our keep Texas free [00:09:41] Summit that is actually here in Houston [00:09:43] Downtown April 22nd which unfortunately [00:09:46] for us Juniors and seniors is prom but [00:09:49] for you sophomores and freshmen that's a [00:09:52] super cool event meet a couple other [00:09:53] Turning Point people from around the [00:09:54] state of Texas should be really really [00:09:56] fun [00:09:58] all righty and thank you all so much for [00:10:01] joining us and please join me in a word [00:10:03] of Prayer [00:10:04] dear Lord thank you so much for this day [00:10:06] that you've given us and thank you for [00:10:08] raising your son on [00:10:10] um from the dead and saving us from our [00:10:12] sins even though we don't deserve it and [00:10:14] we know we can see our nation just turn [00:10:16] its back on you Lord and just through [00:10:18] all the horrible things that are [00:10:19] happening just the devastating effects [00:10:21] of that and please just help turning [00:10:23] point in this school and Christians [00:10:25] across the country just to rise up and [00:10:26] stand for what they believe in stand for [00:10:28] what the Bible says and please just give [00:10:30] us the courage to face that because [00:10:31] these people are they can be fear they [00:10:34] can be a scary sometimes and it's it's [00:10:37] difficult to go and stand up for what we [00:10:38] believe in because but it is so [00:10:40] important so please help us as a turning [00:10:41] point just give us courage and strength [00:10:43] and knowledge to go um [00:10:46] fight these really important battles for [00:10:48] our nation thank you so much for our [00:10:49] speakers today and this awesome teams [00:10:51] has put it together and for this awesome [00:10:52] Turning Point chapter in your name we [00:10:54] pray amen [00:10:55] alrighty and with that I would like to [00:10:58] welcome up a really awesome speaker [00:10:59] Isabel Brown she's super cool an author [00:11:02] a conservative influencer and we are [00:11:04] really really excited to have her today [00:11:05] so come on up Isabel everybody give her [00:11:07] a round of applause [00:11:09] welcome to Turning Point USA's proudly [00:11:12] hosted 2023 event the made in America [00:11:16] Tour [00:11:17] welcome to Turning Point USA's proudly [00:11:20] hosted 2023 event the made in America [00:11:23] Tour joining us on stage tonight Isabel [00:11:27] Brown and when you boldly stand for [00:11:30] truth they will feel inspired to do [00:11:32] exactly the same thing if every single [00:11:35] one of us fights on the front lines in [00:11:37] this culture War we will win [00:11:40] [Applause] [00:11:46] welcoming to the stage Isabel Brown my [00:11:49] name sounds so cool when you say it like [00:11:51] that Isabel Brown I might have to start [00:11:53] voice acting Legacy how are you today on [00:11:56] this beautiful Monday [00:11:59] there's some good enthusiasm some of you [00:12:01] have yet to cheer because you're still [00:12:03] stuffing your mouth with free pizza [00:12:04] which low-key is the absolute best way [00:12:07] to the heart of Generation Z that [00:12:09] doesn't go away when you go to college [00:12:11] by the way so take advantage of that my [00:12:13] name is Isabel Brown and it may not look [00:12:16] like it because 25 hits you really fast [00:12:19] but just a few years ago I was sitting [00:12:22] in high school bleachers very similar to [00:12:24] yours at a Catholic High School in [00:12:26] Denver Colorado called Mullen High [00:12:29] School really confused about what the [00:12:33] trajectory of my life was going to look [00:12:35] like what I was called to do from God [00:12:37] and what it would mean to serve others [00:12:41] in the world but in particular in our [00:12:44] country that was barreling head straight [00:12:46] into chaos and confusion I started [00:12:49] college in the fall of 2015. right [00:12:53] caught up in the midst of the most [00:12:55] controversial presidential election of [00:12:57] our time in the mid list of cancel [00:12:59] culture coming onto the scene with [00:13:02] antifa on the rise across the country [00:13:04] and found myself in the middle of what [00:13:07] we often refer to with Turning Point USA [00:13:09] and in the conservative political world [00:13:12] a culture War have you guys heard of [00:13:14] that before I never anticipated that [00:13:17] myself who had no interest in working in [00:13:20] politics or going on Fox news or putting [00:13:24] videos about what I think about my [00:13:25] opinions or my faith on Instagram and on [00:13:27] Tick Tock for a living I never thought [00:13:30] that myself who instead was interested [00:13:33] in pursuing the objective truth of [00:13:36] Science and eventually becoming a [00:13:38] surgeon would find myself the number one [00:13:40] Target on my college campus at Colorado [00:13:43] State University with labels like white [00:13:46] supremacist or racist or transphobic or [00:13:50] homophobic or Nazi Barbie which I got [00:13:54] quite a bit on my big Public University [00:13:57] campus I never ever thought that people [00:14:00] would dox my address to the one bedroom [00:14:02] apartment where I live just off campus [00:14:05] while I was studying classes like [00:14:07] organic chemistry and Physiology and [00:14:10] human gross anatomy I never thought that [00:14:13] I would be on the receiving end of death [00:14:15] threats of people threatening to harm me [00:14:17] or hurt me and need to make friends with [00:14:20] my campus police department because I [00:14:23] started doing the one thing that culture [00:14:26] encourages us at Jen's ears never to do [00:14:29] and that is seek the truth to pursue the [00:14:33] truth and encourage more of our peers to [00:14:35] do exactly the same thing I started [00:14:38] noticing that there was a bias on my [00:14:40] campus just after the 2016 presidential [00:14:43] election in fact the day after I showed [00:14:45] up to my first class of the day which [00:14:47] was Spanish medical terminology hardly a [00:14:52] confusing subject or a politically [00:14:54] charged subject and my professor to [00:14:56] Colorado State University's class showed [00:14:58] up 20 minutes late wearing head to toe [00:15:02] all black and a black lace veil draped [00:15:05] over her face sobbing her eyes out [00:15:08] in her words America was dead [00:15:13] the freedom that we knew in America was [00:15:16] forever gone because a bunch of [00:15:18] middle-aged white apparently racist men [00:15:21] in Middle America had ruined America for [00:15:25] us for my generation for Generation Z I [00:15:28] know I'm a little bit older than you but [00:15:29] believe it or not we are the same [00:15:31] generation I was born in 1997. [00:15:34] and my college campus and all of a [00:15:36] sudden I discovered the World As We Knew [00:15:38] It spinning around us didn't know what [00:15:40] to do with Generation Z we were an [00:15:43] anomaly we were someone who had yet to [00:15:46] be figured out but everyone in my life [00:15:49] from my college professors to my school [00:15:51] administration to my old high school [00:15:53] teachers who were frustrated when I [00:15:55] started posting on social media was [00:15:57] convinced that Generation Z was going to [00:16:00] be the end of America of course we know [00:16:04] that that's not true and I could spend [00:16:06] hours and hours talking to you about all [00:16:08] of the things that our generation is [00:16:10] doing right unfortunately we don't have [00:16:12] a ton of time during your guys's lunch [00:16:14] break but this tour is the made in [00:16:17] America Tour you might not consider [00:16:20] yourself particularly interested in [00:16:23] politics or wanting to identify one side [00:16:26] or the either with a political party or [00:16:28] on the political Spectrum you might not [00:16:30] really even care about how government [00:16:33] works or American history or how you [00:16:36] might fit into all of that but I can [00:16:38] tell you what you do care about and that [00:16:40] is culture the culture that we [00:16:43] experience each and every day that makes [00:16:44] up our reality in America today and what [00:16:48] I love to remind people our parents and [00:16:50] grandparents age when I have the [00:16:51] privilege of speaking to them across the [00:16:53] country as a part of my job is that [00:16:55] reality and culture today in America [00:16:58] looks fundamentally different from what [00:17:01] it did for our parents when they were in [00:17:03] high school or your teachers when they [00:17:05] were in high school or even our [00:17:06] grandparents when they were in their [00:17:08] early and mid-20s figuring out what they [00:17:10] wanted to do with the rest of their [00:17:11] lives the truth is today in 2023 America [00:17:15] we live in the upside down any stranger [00:17:18] things fans in the house I'm seeing some [00:17:20] nodding heads how are we having to wait [00:17:22] until 2025 by the way for the next [00:17:25] season blows my mind we live in the [00:17:28] upside down similar to The Stranger [00:17:30] Things Universe where Up Is Down and [00:17:33] Down is up and right is left and left is [00:17:36] right where men are women and women are [00:17:40] men where all of a sudden it's more [00:17:43] moral for us to throw away the [00:17:46] foundation of judeo-christian values [00:17:48] that made the West great and instead had [00:17:52] full force into Anarchy and [00:17:55] totalitarianism which essentially means [00:17:57] one person in charge and we're being [00:18:00] okay with that even communism which [00:18:03] sounds so insane when you're thinking [00:18:06] about this from the lens of your high [00:18:08] school classes and your apus history [00:18:10] textbooks but there are many some would [00:18:12] even say a majority today in America who [00:18:16] would prefer that everything we know [00:18:18] about reality be upside down and things [00:18:22] have gotten so confusing that a recent [00:18:24] study just came out about our generation [00:18:26] that found only 16 percent of Generation [00:18:30] Z would consider themselves proud to be [00:18:33] be an American [00:18:35] 16 percent you may not even fall into [00:18:39] that sixteen percent and honestly it's [00:18:42] hard to blame you because in America [00:18:44] today we don't like to admit it but our [00:18:47] culture has gone so far upside down that [00:18:51] who we are as Christians as proud [00:18:53] Americans as Defenders of free speech [00:18:56] and Entrepreneurship and forging your [00:18:59] own path to create your own American [00:19:01] dream that is the very definition of [00:19:04] what it means to be counter-cultural in [00:19:07] America today if you want to fit in [00:19:09] you'll agree that men are women and [00:19:12] women are men that a biological male can [00:19:16] compete with women in NCAA swimming [00:19:19] pools [00:19:20] that if you dare to say anything that is [00:19:24] rooted in objective reality you're [00:19:26] bigoted you are outdated you're no [00:19:28] longer welcome in American society if [00:19:31] you say that you want to get married [00:19:33] when you're very young or have a lot of [00:19:35] kids you're really old school and have [00:19:37] nothing to do with the culture of Our [00:19:39] Generation or the values of Our [00:19:40] Generation if you dare to say you [00:19:43] support freedom of speech you are evil [00:19:46] on most of America's college campuses [00:19:48] and in our young 20s and young adult [00:19:50] years [00:19:51] high school and what you all are [00:19:53] experiencing right now is the very [00:19:56] epicenter of this culture war that we [00:19:58] are living in day by day minute by [00:20:01] minute in the United States and it might [00:20:03] not always feel like that when you're [00:20:05] sitting in your classes here at Legacy [00:20:07] prep you likely are very very fortunate [00:20:09] to have opportunities to speak your mind [00:20:11] to challenge your perspectives to [00:20:13] broaden your horizons which is what [00:20:15] education is supposed to be all about [00:20:17] and most of our peers as we know in high [00:20:20] school and college aren't getting that [00:20:21] experience they're becoming [00:20:23] indoctrinated instead of educated but [00:20:26] High School I think we all can admit is [00:20:28] really really hard right I'm seeing some [00:20:32] nodding heads High School is tough and I [00:20:35] will be the first to admit to you I [00:20:38] hated high school and that's hard to say [00:20:41] because I think in America we glorify [00:20:43] the high school and college experience [00:20:45] so much to be the best time of your life [00:20:47] right you're going to look back on this [00:20:49] chapter and it's going to be the best [00:20:50] memories that you ever had and that's [00:20:52] not always true in high school and in [00:20:55] college in the next several years of [00:20:57] your life it's likely that you are going [00:20:58] to have every single one of your ideas [00:21:01] and values challenged you are going to [00:21:04] have to answer for yourself what it [00:21:06] means to be made in America what it [00:21:09] means to be an American what it means to [00:21:11] be a Christian what it means to believe [00:21:13] in objective truth not just in your High [00:21:16] School classrooms but on your college [00:21:18] campuses in your first job on your Tick [00:21:21] Tock for you pages and everywhere in [00:21:23] between [00:21:24] the incredible thing is even as the [00:21:26] world only continues to get crazier [00:21:29] which we biblically believe is going to [00:21:31] happen gen Z is courageously changing [00:21:35] culture From the Inside Out defying the [00:21:38] odds of what it means to be made in [00:21:40] America and redefining the objective [00:21:43] truth that we seem to Value more than [00:21:46] people give us credit for we're doing [00:21:48] that through education because we're not [00:21:50] just pursuing four-year degrees in [00:21:52] underwater lesbian basket weaving which [00:21:55] many people think is a great use of our [00:21:57] time and tuition dollars we're doing [00:21:59] that through dating by rejecting hookup [00:22:02] culture and the lies that you need to be [00:22:04] dating multiple people all at the same [00:22:06] time in order to be fulfilled and [00:22:09] instead pursuing engagement and marriage [00:22:12] and starting families we're doing that [00:22:13] through entrepreneurship and not [00:22:15] climbing a silly corporate ladder that's [00:22:17] going to not make us a lot of money and [00:22:19] probably not make us very happy working [00:22:22] in Corporate America but instead 60 two [00:22:25] percent of us as a generation are [00:22:26] starting our own businesses and forging [00:22:28] our own path America whether you believe [00:22:31] it or not needs your leadership right [00:22:34] now at 14 15 16 17 or 18 years old [00:22:39] seniors in particular you as a young [00:22:42] adult in America have so much more [00:22:44] influence and impact than you imagine [00:22:46] and I want to take a few of your [00:22:48] questions here in just a second but I [00:22:50] want to ask you a question first [00:22:52] can you describe for me feel free to [00:22:55] just yell it out what the people who [00:22:58] wrote the Declaration of Independence [00:23:00] looked like [00:23:02] old what else white what else [00:23:06] men old white men ancient white men [00:23:10] right wrinkly geriatrics sagging [00:23:14] powdered white wigs couldn't possibly be [00:23:18] interested in culture or understand [00:23:20] culture old white men right and I think [00:23:24] we think that because of the [00:23:25] illustrations in our apus history [00:23:27] textbooks and the statues that we see in [00:23:29] Washington DC but in reality on July 4th [00:23:32] 1776 our founding fathers and mothers [00:23:36] the people who built this crazy [00:23:38] experiment we call America the people [00:23:40] who defined for the first place what it [00:23:42] meant to be made in America were your [00:23:45] age or just a little bit older than you [00:23:48] on July 4th 1776 James Monroe was 18 [00:23:52] years old Aaron Burr was 20. John [00:23:56] Marshall was 20. before becoming the [00:23:58] absolute star of a Broadway Smash Hit [00:24:00] musical Alexander Hamilton was only 21 [00:24:03] years old on July 4th 1776 6. Betsy Ross [00:24:08] who so famously created our flag was 24. [00:24:11] James Madison was 25 Thomas Jefferson [00:24:13] who wrote the Declaration of [00:24:15] Independence was only 33 years old on [00:24:18] July 4th 1776. there are going to be [00:24:22] countless people in your life who tell [00:24:24] you that you're too young or don't have [00:24:26] enough life experience to shape what it [00:24:29] means to be made in America to impact [00:24:31] American culture and to courageously run [00:24:34] after the pursuit of objective truth but [00:24:37] even before America was a country even [00:24:40] before we had founding documents our [00:24:44] nation has always relied on people our [00:24:47] age your age some even younger than you [00:24:50] courageously speaking up for truth and [00:24:52] Liberty and the same applies to each one [00:24:55] of us today I want to take as many of [00:24:57] your questions as possible and maximize [00:24:58] our time so if you have some questions I [00:25:00] don't know if we have a mic beautiful [00:25:02] right down here in the front no question [00:25:04] is off limits we can talk about whatever [00:25:06] you got guys want [00:25:07] but I remember high school was a time [00:25:10] where it feels awkward to ask all of the [00:25:12] questions you really want to so I'm [00:25:14] going to just say it up front anything [00:25:15] is on the table ask away [00:25:20] anything [00:25:22] truly [00:25:24] how about one of these courageous young [00:25:26] men somebody want to go first [00:25:30] okay give it a second [00:25:33] I I got a question Isabel okay [00:25:36] um so I was reading an article from [00:25:38] Washington Post and it said a majority [00:25:39] of Jen's ears would rather not drive [00:25:42] like they don't care if they get their [00:25:43] driver's license or not yeah why do you [00:25:45] think that is [00:25:47] you know I don't know I haven't seen [00:25:49] that one [00:25:50] um I'll tell you guys something I'm not [00:25:52] really publicly telling the world right [00:25:53] now I'm writing a book about gen Z and [00:25:55] culture and politics and what that's all [00:25:57] going to mean in the future we are a [00:25:59] very headstrong independent generation [00:26:01] and I don't know why we would not want [00:26:04] to drive you would think that would take [00:26:06] away our independence and we're doing [00:26:07] everything to hold on to that so send me [00:26:09] that article I'll research it do you [00:26:11] guys drive do you like driving I loved [00:26:13] driving when I was in high school so I [00:26:14] don't know why we wouldn't do that [00:26:21] um and say your name I'd love to meet [00:26:22] you guys hi I'm serenity [00:26:25] so I've been [00:26:27] taking some psychology classes and [00:26:29] reading that there is a rise in anxiety [00:26:32] in our gen generation that could be [00:26:34] leading to that [00:26:36] um [00:26:37] uh lack of inclination to drive yeah and [00:26:42] just the anxiety of of [00:26:44] so much that happens I know uh I have [00:26:47] relatives so my cousin is not [00:26:50] comfortable with driving fully or has in [00:26:53] the past been afraid to drive and [00:26:57] uh yeah it's just the anxiety is higher [00:27:01] than it has been in yeah that's actually [00:27:04] not even just isolated to anxiety and [00:27:06] I'm really glad you brought up the [00:27:08] Mental Health crisis that we're all [00:27:09] dealing with thank you for that [00:27:10] perspective on driving generally with [00:27:13] regard to that I will just say if you [00:27:15] guys at all are struggling at home with [00:27:17] anxiety with depression with anything [00:27:19] more seriously than that that's not [00:27:22] abnormal in high school it is the most [00:27:25] tempting thing in the entire world to [00:27:27] think that it's only you going through [00:27:29] anything that you're going through being [00:27:30] lonely being anxious being depressed [00:27:33] being confused about what you want to do [00:27:35] with your life having a crisis of faith [00:27:37] in reality any one of us who work for [00:27:39] turning point we're all young fun people [00:27:41] God I may just sound a hundred there [00:27:43] sorry everybody but we can tell you when [00:27:45] we were in high school every single one [00:27:47] of us dealt with those things too so [00:27:49] know that you are never alone and there [00:27:51] are always people who are sharing those [00:27:53] experiences with you we're doing [00:27:54] everything we can on the content [00:27:56] creation side of things with my friends [00:27:57] that I work with to end suicide within [00:28:01] gen Z there's a whole campaign going on [00:28:03] right now that gen Z will be suicide [00:28:04] free and to combat the Mental Health [00:28:06] crisis any way we can so I'm always a [00:28:08] resource if you guys need me okay hi I'm [00:28:11] Aubry [00:28:12] um what can we do as high schoolers to [00:28:14] make a difference in politics and to our [00:28:16] peers around us great question raise [00:28:18] your hand if you think genuinely you [00:28:20] will make zero difference at all in [00:28:21] American politics as one person it's a [00:28:24] pretty common feeling and I used to feel [00:28:26] exactly the same way gen Z though is [00:28:28] already the driving force of what the [00:28:30] future of politics is going to look like [00:28:32] in America [00:28:33] 52 percent of us that are registered to [00:28:37] vote are registering as Independents so [00:28:39] right now in Washington DC where I used [00:28:41] to work I used to work for the U.S [00:28:43] Senate and the White House under the [00:28:44] Trump Administration people are freaking [00:28:47] out about Generation Z because we're [00:28:50] doing the one thing that everyone in [00:28:52] America suggests we shouldn't do and [00:28:54] that is dare to think for ourselves dare [00:28:56] to think critically be naturally [00:28:58] skeptical and be a group of people to be [00:29:01] won over we don't want empty promises on [00:29:03] campaign Trails anymore we don't want to [00:29:05] just be somebody who casts a ballot [00:29:07] every couple years and then doesn't do [00:29:09] anything else about it there are a [00:29:11] million ways that you can make a [00:29:12] difference and our generation is already [00:29:14] proving that uh get involved with your [00:29:16] Turning Point USA chapter or another [00:29:18] organization that shares your values [00:29:19] start a protest for something going on [00:29:22] in your community and contact the local [00:29:24] news about it start posting on social [00:29:26] media if you had asked me when I started [00:29:28] this journey right after my college [00:29:29] graduation in 2019 if I would have the [00:29:32] opportunity to have 20 million people [00:29:35] look at a video across platforms that's [00:29:37] 30 seconds long about something going on [00:29:39] in politics I would have thought you [00:29:40] were crazy but the truth is social media [00:29:43] and independent content creation and us [00:29:45] sharing our values is infinitely more [00:29:48] impactful than any of the cable news [00:29:50] networks that your parents throw on in [00:29:52] the background so it can be something as [00:29:53] simple as raising your hand in class and [00:29:56] challenging something that your college [00:29:57] professor might say hosting a club [00:30:00] meeting or organization on campus or [00:30:02] posting things on social media you never [00:30:04] know what that impact might look like hi [00:30:07] I was wondering what it means to be [00:30:09] registered registered as independent I [00:30:12] would ask your teachers more about that [00:30:14] we don't have a ton of time to talk [00:30:15] about like voter stuff and we're not [00:30:16] really supposed to because we're a [00:30:17] non-profit organization but you guys can [00:30:20] ask all of your Civics teachers and [00:30:21] history teachers about that and I'm sure [00:30:23] they can help you get started in the [00:30:24] right path but basically it just means [00:30:26] not for either political party you can [00:30:28] vote for anybody that you choose you can [00:30:30] when you're registered the other way too [00:30:32] but it's a longer story [00:30:33] oh no [00:30:36] hi my name is Sebastian Sebastian so my [00:30:39] question I think the term wokeness and [00:30:42] woke has thrown around quite a bit today [00:30:44] yeah um and we heard uh well I heard a [00:30:47] few other people who were there too at [00:30:48] Charlie Kirk's event a couple weeks ago [00:30:49] we heard his definition of wokeness but [00:30:52] I just wanted to ask you how would you [00:30:53] define the term woke it's a great [00:30:55] question and honestly is a completely [00:30:58] subjective answer depending on who [00:31:00] you're going to ask [00:31:02] I would say it's the most ironic [00:31:04] definition of our time because those [00:31:06] that would call themselves woke think [00:31:09] that they're completely eyes wide open [00:31:11] to all of the social justice injustices [00:31:13] that are happening in society they think [00:31:15] that they're causing progression in [00:31:17] society in reality if you call yourself [00:31:19] woke today your head is buried your head [00:31:22] is in the sand your eyes and ears are [00:31:23] completely closed to what's going on [00:31:25] around you and you've bought into a [00:31:27] mainstream lie about what it means to [00:31:30] live in 2023 America [00:31:32] uh hi I'm Jake a question for um when [00:31:37] somebody says that like they were [00:31:39] biologically a male but they changed to [00:31:42] a female uh like how should we go about [00:31:44] like do we accept them do we like how do [00:31:47] we go about that being Christians [00:31:49] there's some Giggles it's a hard [00:31:51] question to ask because honestly this [00:31:53] type of question never would have been [00:31:55] on anybody's radar when I was in high [00:31:57] school when I graduated in 2015 but now [00:32:00] it's so normal 20 of Our Generation [00:32:03] self-identifies as lgbtq plus 20 that's [00:32:07] one in five so if you count the people [00:32:09] sitting around you one in five chances [00:32:11] are in our generation are dealing with [00:32:13] questions like this every single day [00:32:15] there is a way to show love to someone [00:32:20] and to love someone without endorsing [00:32:23] their lifestyle or how they are choosing [00:32:26] to live their life and as Christians we [00:32:28] are called to love everyone including [00:32:30] loving our enemies but loving people [00:32:32] starts with telling them the truth and [00:32:34] not giving in to the lies of society [00:32:36] it's an incredibly difficult journey to [00:32:38] walk right now with our generation that [00:32:40] I think we're still trying to figure out [00:32:41] but ultimately it's not supposed to be [00:32:44] easy and I don't know how much of an [00:32:47] experience you guys have had rubbing up [00:32:49] with Christian values in a society [00:32:52] that's rejecting everything we believe [00:32:54] in from a Christian values perspective [00:32:56] but the gospel does not say that you are [00:32:59] going to be beloved or that you're going [00:33:01] to have a million friends or 5 million [00:33:04] followers on Tick Tock or have every job [00:33:06] opportunity available to you or even [00:33:08] that it's always going to feel good to [00:33:10] be a Christian in fact the gospel [00:33:12] repeatedly says over and over and over [00:33:14] again that if you do there to tell truth [00:33:17] to a world that's rejecting the very [00:33:19] concept of Truth and we believe as [00:33:21] Christians truth has a name right and [00:33:23] that name is Jesus Christ you will be [00:33:27] hated [00:33:28] hate it you'll be persecuted your safety [00:33:32] might be threatened I experienced that [00:33:34] on college campuses all the time you [00:33:35] probably saw the story of a young woman [00:33:38] named Riley who was punched and [00:33:40] repeatedly assaulted this week at San [00:33:43] Francisco State University at one of our [00:33:45] events you might lose your job you might [00:33:47] have friends or family members choose [00:33:50] not to have a relationship with you [00:33:51] anymore you'll probably get an F in a [00:33:53] college class at one point or another if [00:33:55] you say that God is the creator of the [00:33:57] universe that's the world that we live [00:33:59] in today and I don't say that to scare [00:34:01] you or freak you out or make you feel [00:34:03] like you have to be submissive to the [00:34:05] demands of cancel culture and the world [00:34:07] and the woke group of people that's [00:34:09] trying to cancel out everything that we [00:34:11] believe in as Christians I say that to [00:34:12] empower you because instead of seeking [00:34:15] the approval of the world which is an [00:34:17] incredibly temporary finite amount of [00:34:19] time we have the luxury of knowing this [00:34:22] world is not our home the next world is [00:34:24] life goes extremely fast and the demands [00:34:27] of culture change every five minutes but [00:34:30] the demands of God and what we believe [00:34:33] in and truth and sharing that truth with [00:34:35] the world never changes and I say that [00:34:38] to empower you to encourage you to know [00:34:40] that no matter what the world throws at [00:34:42] you take it as a sign that you're going [00:34:44] in the right direction because if this [00:34:46] world loved you you probably aren't [00:34:47] walking in truth I think we have a [00:34:49] couple more minutes okay [00:34:51] hi my name is C Rizzy [00:34:54] um how incredible is Trump how [00:34:57] incredible is Trump we are a non-profit [00:35:00] organization so I can't really talk [00:35:01] about candidates right now during this [00:35:03] speech you can come look at all my stuff [00:35:05] on social media later uh but I did work [00:35:07] in the Trump White House from a [00:35:09] government and policy perspective it was [00:35:11] an incredible experience [00:35:12] thank you [00:35:18] hi my name is Ellie hi Ellie and I just [00:35:20] wanted to know your thoughts on the [00:35:22] willow project oh great question if you [00:35:25] guys don't know do you know what the [00:35:26] willow project is raise your hand if you [00:35:27] don't know [00:35:29] most people don't the willow project is [00:35:31] an extremely controversial area of [00:35:34] environmentalism right now where [00:35:36] essentially there's all this land up in [00:35:38] Alaska that they're contemplating [00:35:39] whether or not to do development on and [00:35:41] to drill for oil and gas on this is like [00:35:43] a PhD level discussion that I don't have [00:35:46] time to really go into in this question [00:35:48] and answer but if you're looking for a [00:35:50] more conservative point of view on the [00:35:52] willow project and why some of the [00:35:53] concerns with it are really misfounded [00:35:56] and miseducated check out the American [00:35:58] conservation Coalition that's an [00:36:00] organization that's a non-profit it was [00:36:02] started by my friend Benji but they [00:36:04] provide environmental policies and [00:36:06] solutions that are very pro-environment [00:36:09] it's very non-partisan but from a more [00:36:11] conservative point of view and they have [00:36:12] a lot of really great resources on the [00:36:14] willow project [00:36:15] uh hi Isabel uh my name is Kai hi Kai uh [00:36:19] my first quick question is um how's your [00:36:21] day going how is my day going it's [00:36:23] fantastic thank you uh and then my [00:36:26] second question is uh what made you have [00:36:28] this like drive and passion to like join [00:36:31] TP USA and like work in the white house [00:36:33] and all that stuff [00:36:34] oh we're just doing the million dollar [00:36:36] questions today okay I'll totally level [00:36:39] with you when I was in high school I had [00:36:41] literally like no friends like none okay [00:36:43] I was super weird I had horrible acne I [00:36:47] got along with people's parents way [00:36:49] better than I got along with them my mom [00:36:51] forced me to join speech and debate [00:36:53] competitive speech and debate when I was [00:36:54] a junior and I already had no friends so [00:36:58] it was really really embarrassing that [00:37:00] my mom was forcing me to show up to a [00:37:02] random High School cafeteria and wear a [00:37:04] suit and practice all of these speeches [00:37:06] about Cambodian rice production and its [00:37:09] impact on global GDP or the Constitution [00:37:12] and all of these random things that no [00:37:15] people my age were talking about and I [00:37:17] learned and discovered about three weeks [00:37:19] into speech and debate that if I really [00:37:20] tried I could probably be pretty good at [00:37:23] it and it ended up being my absolute [00:37:25] favorite thing that I did in high school [00:37:27] and it taught me and forced me to have [00:37:29] to research 360 degrees of any issue I [00:37:32] had to understand both perspectives both [00:37:35] sides and be able to defend them because [00:37:37] I never knew what I was going to have to [00:37:39] defend until I got into a debate round [00:37:41] and was told what side I would have to [00:37:43] pick and I ended up going to Nationals a [00:37:45] few times for speech and debate for the [00:37:47] state of Colorado and was always [00:37:49] personally interested in politics but [00:37:51] didn't want to pursue it as a career [00:37:52] basically long story short I literally [00:37:54] wrote a book about my college experience [00:37:56] that talks about why I got into all of [00:37:58] this it's called front lines if you want [00:38:00] to check it out but I was in the midst [00:38:02] of organic chemistry and anatomy and [00:38:05] cellular biology and was spending a lot [00:38:07] more time talking about my professor's [00:38:09] political opinions and why the First [00:38:11] Amendment needed to be Rewritten and why [00:38:13] the Constitution was the worst document [00:38:15] of all time apparently then learning [00:38:17] objective truth and learning science and [00:38:19] I knew statistically in a campus of 33 [00:38:22] 000 people there had to be other people [00:38:24] who agreed with me and I wasn't alone in [00:38:26] my values so I started a TP USA chapter [00:38:29] a lot like this one on my college campus [00:38:31] hosted a few big speakers like Charlie [00:38:33] Kirk and Candace Owens her first ever [00:38:36] speaking event on a college campus [00:38:37] Dennis Prager who later would become my [00:38:40] boss at prageru got violently attacked [00:38:42] by antifa this is the like 30 000 foot [00:38:45] level of the story but discovered our [00:38:47] generation is really hungry for dialogue [00:38:49] and really hungry to challenge our [00:38:51] perspectives and overwhelmingly in [00:38:53] culture from entertainment to education [00:38:55] to social media to Broadcast News and [00:38:58] journalism to politics and even in many [00:39:00] aspects the church the left controls [00:39:03] every aspect of culture and we're [00:39:05] looking for something to be [00:39:06] counter-cultural to challenge The [00:39:08] Narrative to be a little bit punk rock [00:39:10] turns out the most punk rock [00:39:11] counter-cultural cool thing you can do [00:39:13] in 2023 America is to be a Traditional [00:39:17] Values conservative who knew so I fell [00:39:19] in love with that and fell in love with [00:39:21] advocacy for my generation started doing [00:39:23] that on social media and here I am a few [00:39:25] years later [00:39:27] cool thank you guys so much if you ever [00:39:29] have any questions feel free to reach [00:39:31] out to me on social media [00:39:34] don't back down even when culture starts [00:39:37] throwing everything at you loves [00:39:39] spending some time with you today [00:39:42] [Music] [00:39:44] you want to come up here [00:39:46] we have some announcements apparently [00:39:48] run run Kristen run [00:39:52] all right guys let's give it up one more [00:39:54] time for Isabel one more time [00:39:59] awesome thanks so much so again guys one [00:40:01] more time make sure you text HS tour to [00:40:05] 7-1776 for a shot to win some Beats [00:40:08] headphones they're pretty neat got red [00:40:11] white and blue on them yeah I mean you [00:40:14] got yeah there we go yeah America yeah [00:40:16] and we're also giving away tpusa merch [00:40:18] and gift cards so make sure you text [00:40:20] that number thanks guys [00:40:25] it's hard [00:40:27] [Music] 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