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[00:00:00] my radio show, podcast, and social [00:00:02] media. Said differently, I visit college [00:00:05] campuses so you don't have to. [00:00:09] [Applause] [00:00:10] We're talking to so many voters that [00:00:13] know it is time for change. They know [00:00:15] that something is wrong. America's [00:00:17] future is a series of choices. [00:00:21] Our current state of slow motion [00:00:25] national decline is a choice. Today is [00:00:30] our 2-year-old's birthday. [00:00:34] And I look at my daughter and that is my [00:00:36] why. For those that are parents, you [00:00:38] know exactly what I mean. [00:00:40] >> There is no mountain that stands tall as [00:00:44] your faithfulness. [00:00:50] There is no river that runs wide as your [00:00:54] goodness. [00:00:55] [Music] [00:01:08] man. Charlie, uh, I I remember when we [00:01:12] were starting these out and [00:01:13] >> it was that like that, [00:01:14] >> you know, it was like this. It was like [00:01:16] it was like your average [00:01:17] >> three rows. [00:01:18] >> It was like your average political [00:01:19] meeting where there was like 12 people [00:01:20] in a room and uh, this is this is [00:01:23] awesome. [00:01:27] This, in my personal opinion, was the [00:01:29] most over-the-top Trump event that I've [00:01:32] ever covered. This is the number one [00:01:34] boots on the ground operation in the [00:01:35] country. We're working directly in [00:01:37] harmony with the Trump campaign. It's [00:01:38] been vetted. It's been cleared. It's [00:01:39] been blessed, as you could see there. [00:01:41] And we're going to try to win this [00:01:42] thing. No guarantees. It's what we do [00:01:43] that matters. [00:01:44] >> Mr. President, I can tell you this room [00:01:46] is 100% with you, and we have your back. [00:01:48] God bless you. We really do. Thank you. [00:01:55] [Music] [00:01:58] [Applause] [00:01:59] [Music] [00:02:02] As you know, we are heading on campus [00:02:05] here momentarily at the University of [00:02:07] South Florida, throwing it down with the [00:02:10] students. It's going to be a lot of fun. [00:02:12] Uh we are excited to continue this [00:02:14] cultural movement that we have started [00:02:16] at Turning Point USA. More high school [00:02:18] chapters, more college chapters. And [00:02:21] disagreement is not just welcome. It is [00:02:23] invited. We want to have those tough [00:02:25] conversations. That's what it's all [00:02:26] about. [00:02:28] [Applause] [00:02:29] [Music] [00:02:29] [Applause] [00:02:33] [Music] [00:02:35] [Applause] [00:02:36] [Music] [00:02:38] [Applause] [00:02:39] [Music] [00:02:49] because you're not supposed to be [00:02:51] involved in this. You're supposed to [00:02:52] just kind of be on the vote for me every [00:02:54] four years, give me more political power [00:02:56] and stay out of my business. And what [00:02:58] has happened is we are seeing an [00:02:59] explosion in citizen participation. [00:03:03] There is nothing [00:03:06] else. [00:03:07] [Applause] [00:03:12] All of my days [00:03:15] your mercy follow me. [00:03:22] Oh, there is nothing [00:03:26] else I'll ever need. Knock on that extra [00:03:30] door. Go that extra mile. talk to that [00:03:32] extra friend because throughout voting [00:03:35] month and culminating on the 5th of [00:03:38] November, I believe it will go down as a [00:03:40] day that people remember, as a day that [00:03:43] is written about in history books, as [00:03:46] the final battle from the golden [00:03:48] escalator on down from defeating Hillary [00:03:50] Clinton, from the nonsense of 2020, from [00:03:53] Butler, Pennsylvania, November 5th, it [00:03:55] all culminates where we restore the [00:03:58] promise that the founders gave us. and [00:04:00] they said, "Hey, if the people want it, [00:04:03] the people get it, and we the people [00:04:05] take back America. God bless Arizona." [00:04:08] And thank you so much. [00:04:11] [Music] [00:04:18] Every day, the American people demand [00:04:21] certain accomplishments and victories. [00:04:24] Disagreement is what keeps a movement [00:04:26] alive, keeps a movement fun. Here in [00:04:29] this country, we are a country of [00:04:31] flourishing. We're a country of [00:04:32] risk-taking. We're a country of [00:04:34] building. We will achieve American [00:04:37] greatness. And we are just getting [00:04:39] started. [00:04:40] >> All my days [00:04:43] your mercy follow me. [00:04:49] [Music] [00:04:54] [Music] [00:05:34] [Music] [00:06:19] [Music] [00:06:26] Every day there's a battle for your mind [00:06:28] raging. Information coming from every [00:06:30] angle with the will to deceive. Fear [00:06:33] not. You found the place for truth. the [00:06:36] voice of a generation that still has the [00:06:38] will to believe in the greatest country [00:06:40] in the history of the world. This is the [00:06:43] Charlie Kirk show. Buckle up. Here we [00:06:48] go. [00:06:50] >> Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly and I am [00:06:52] honored to be sitting in Charlie Kirk's [00:06:54] studio hosting the Charlie Kirk show. [00:06:56] We're simal casting it out right now for [00:06:58] our listeners on the Megan Kelly show [00:07:00] and we're all so honored to be a part of [00:07:02] this. um traveled out to Arizona last [00:07:05] night and just stepping foot in the [00:07:08] state. I mean, you can't go more than a [00:07:10] hundred feet without seeing something to [00:07:12] honor Charlie, especially here at the [00:07:15] headquarters of Turning Point where you [00:07:17] pull up and it is like something the [00:07:20] only thing that I can compare to it is [00:07:22] after Princess Diana died where you see [00:07:24] the teddy bears and the balloons and the [00:07:27] signage lining just the entire campus [00:07:31] outside of this building. I mean, [00:07:32] there's an incredible outpouring around [00:07:34] the world for him, and I'm so honored to [00:07:38] be sitting here in the studio. I'm here [00:07:40] uh right now with Andrew Kulovit. He's [00:07:42] Charlie's executive producer. Andrew, [00:07:44] thank you so much for inviting me. [00:07:46] >> Oh, thank you for making the journey and [00:07:48] the trip. I know it's no small task. And [00:07:52] you honor Charlie. Charlie would be so [00:07:53] honored. And you were one of his dearest [00:07:57] friends in this whole crazy media and [00:07:59] conservative space. and he would [00:08:02] absolutely I I started making calls [00:08:05] probably within 36 hours and I knew [00:08:10] exactly who to call and you were [00:08:13] absolutely one of those people and so [00:08:15] thank you for making this work. [00:08:17] >> Thank you. I just I feel like the one [00:08:20] thing I can say about me and Charlie is, [00:08:22] you know, I think you once described it [00:08:24] as the weird chemistry he and I had [00:08:26] together on the air, you know, because I [00:08:29] I absolutely loved talking to him. I [00:08:32] can't think of somebody I wanted to talk [00:08:34] to more ever when I saw it was a Charlie [00:08:36] Kirk day on the show. I knew it was [00:08:38] going to be a great program. I knew he [00:08:40] was going to bring something different [00:08:41] than what we would hear from everybody [00:08:43] else. And one of the things that I knew [00:08:46] I'd get from Charlie was humor. [00:08:48] >> Yes. [00:08:48] >> Always made me laugh. [00:08:49] >> That's an underappreciated quality of [00:08:51] Charlie. And I'm I don't want to give [00:08:53] away where we're going with this show. [00:08:55] If you want to, that's fine. You're [00:08:57] driving today. But the people closest to [00:09:00] him, the people in this building, they [00:09:02] all have many stories about how Charlie [00:09:05] just made them, you know, kill over [00:09:07] laughing just because he was really [00:09:10] funny. He had a very dry sense of humor [00:09:12] and it was very Charlie. There was there [00:09:14] I don't know how you could really [00:09:16] describe it. They're going to have to [00:09:17] tell you themselves. But yeah, and that [00:09:19] came through in interviews with you. It [00:09:21] didn't come through with everybody, [00:09:22] >> but with you, he had you guys had this [00:09:25] this rapport. And I remember always [00:09:27] texting back and forth with your team [00:09:29] cuz you're on the air with him and he's [00:09:31] on the air with you and we would be [00:09:32] like, "Oh, this is great. Oh my gosh, [00:09:34] this is amazing." And I remember you [00:09:36] going on Shawn Ryan's show and he was [00:09:37] like, "Who should I interview?" And a [00:09:39] lot of people sent me this clip. I don't [00:09:41] know if I ever told you that, but I saw [00:09:42] it and you were like, "You should have [00:09:44] Charlie Kirk on." It never happened. And [00:09:46] that's fine. I met Sean a couple times [00:09:48] and we were always kind of talking about [00:09:50] maybe whatever, [00:09:51] >> but the fact that you were [00:09:53] >> I just knew I because I felt like for [00:09:56] the first couple years that Charlie and [00:09:57] I were talking, it wasn't by no means [00:09:59] was it that Charlie was undiscovered. He [00:10:01] he had been discovered and he had [00:10:03] already built this massive organization. [00:10:05] But [00:10:06] >> in more traditional Republican circles, [00:10:08] he wasn't as well known. And in some [00:10:10] circles, not as well understood. [00:10:12] >> You know, they the establishment. [00:10:14] >> Yeah. They thought he was fringy. And I [00:10:17] would tell all my friends in that lane, [00:10:19] "No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You got to [00:10:20] listen to him. He's hugely important to [00:10:23] the future of the Republican party and [00:10:24] the country." [00:10:25] >> And they would listen. You know, I mean, [00:10:27] more and more he was gaining friends [00:10:28] even among that wing, of course. But you [00:10:30] know, in the beginning, people threat [00:10:32] feel threatened by somebody who's coming [00:10:34] up in their lane. They don't want to [00:10:35] lose their positions. Is he going to [00:10:37] take over the Republican party and then [00:10:39] Charlie just by sheer force of will and [00:10:41] personality and goodness won them over. [00:10:44] It was to know him truly was to love [00:10:46] him. And you're going to see that. I [00:10:48] think re very rarely, [00:10:51] you know, people that work with a very [00:10:53] demanding, hard-driving person, which [00:10:55] Charlie was. There's no doubt you very [00:10:58] rarely do you couple that with the more [00:11:01] time you spend with him the more you [00:11:02] love him. [00:11:03] >> And everybody in this building and [00:11:05] turning point staff will have the same [00:11:07] exact reaction. It he was endearing [00:11:12] in the most amazing way and I I had told [00:11:15] so many people this actually. I'm really [00:11:17] proud that I got to before he died that [00:11:19] you just can't help but love the guy [00:11:22] because the mission, his belief, his [00:11:24] faith, and his he was generous to a [00:11:27] fault. He was loyal to a fault, and he [00:11:29] was trustworthy. [00:11:31] >> And he would never ever spill the beans. [00:11:34] He wouldn't gossip. [00:11:35] >> I've never heard him say a negative word [00:11:37] about anybody. No. Even on the air, we, [00:11:38] you know, he'd come on, we'd be talking [00:11:40] about who's in the news. And half our [00:11:41] friends are always in the news because [00:11:42] they say controversial things, what have [00:11:44] you. And so you always got to, you know, [00:11:46] treat it gingerly when you're going to [00:11:48] talk about something like that. But [00:11:48] Charlie was always, he would always say, [00:11:50] I'm just never gonna say anything bad [00:11:51] about that person. He would own it, you [00:11:53] know, like I don't care whether they're [00:11:54] in the news or not. I'm not going to do [00:11:56] that. [00:11:56] >> Yeah. Even if he disagreed with them [00:11:57] privately, you know, a lot of our [00:11:59] friends would say things that would, you [00:12:02] know, cause a big stir and there was [00:12:04] pressure. You got to condemn this. You [00:12:06] got to call this person out. You got to [00:12:07] do this. And Charlie was like, "No, [00:12:08] >> no, he never did." And honestly, I'm I'm [00:12:11] now trying to live by that example. I [00:12:13] I'm not going to lose my generally [00:12:15] cynical mofo nature. That's technically [00:12:18] not a swear. I just want I want want [00:12:20] that clear. We don't swear on the show. [00:12:22] Seven words. I know. Um yeah. No, poor [00:12:24] Charlie. I would subject him to my potty [00:12:25] mouth and he was such a good sport about [00:12:27] it. [00:12:28] >> But no, we are we are on his show now. [00:12:30] We will be good. Um so I'm not going to [00:12:33] lose that. But I am, it gave me pause to [00:12:36] think about not not being too quick to [00:12:39] condemn people who we like and who [00:12:42] deserve the benefit of the doubt. [00:12:43] >> And well, in this moment, I know there's [00:12:45] a lot of people online. I we hear you. [00:12:48] Uh that are saying different things and [00:12:50] that are they're processing their guilt [00:12:53] in the way that [00:12:54] >> their grief [00:12:55] >> their grief their grief. Thank you. And [00:12:57] they're they're mourning in the way that [00:12:59] they know how. And it's going to come [00:13:00] out in a thousand different ways. And we [00:13:02] are trying to give everybody space to do [00:13:05] that. Obviously, I personally, Andrew [00:13:07] Kulvette, would do it one way, but other [00:13:10] people are going to do it another way. [00:13:11] And we're we really do have to honor [00:13:14] Charlie in that way and say Charlie was [00:13:16] a master of collecting people. [00:13:18] >> He was. Yep. [00:13:19] >> And there is a reason for that. [00:13:21] >> I couldn't agree with you more. I mean, [00:13:22] I have always tried to not choose a side [00:13:25] within Republican politics to try to [00:13:27] keep the door open to everybody. He made [00:13:29] me look like an amateur at that because [00:13:31] there wasn't any you look at like [00:13:33] >> you America Fest, you look at the [00:13:34] student action summit, you look at any [00:13:36] event that Charlie put on, [00:13:38] >> you'd have everybody from all [00:13:39] ideological wings of the party. He [00:13:41] managed to hold this coalition together [00:13:44] >> in a way few can. I mean, few other than [00:13:46] Donald Trump can. [00:13:47] >> No, for real. And I think, you know, and [00:13:50] I've said this before, but I just want [00:13:52] everybody to keep hearing it, that [00:13:55] Charlie looked at the virtues, the roles [00:13:58] that one could play in society. And he [00:14:02] was borrowing this from the Greeks and [00:14:04] others, but being a statesman, being a [00:14:06] philosopher, being a theologian are the [00:14:09] highest callings. And he told me one [00:14:11] some of the deepest conversations that [00:14:12] we had before he died saying, you know, [00:14:16] everybody can be everybody can open a [00:14:18] stream and say crazy things, but not [00:14:20] everybody can be a statesman. Not [00:14:22] everybody can be a coalition builder. [00:14:24] It's really hard to build. And he was [00:14:26] very proud that we had built something [00:14:29] that he had built something that was is [00:14:32] an institution that's going to outlive [00:14:34] him with friends that of of all [00:14:37] different parts of the party that love [00:14:40] him and that admire him. And so we had [00:14:44] I'm not kidding. We talked for hours [00:14:45] about this on a few different occasions [00:14:47] about why that was the highest calling. [00:14:50] And I could tell he was working that out [00:14:52] with me. and not just working that out, [00:14:54] but what I've learned just since Charlie [00:14:57] died is working to be the person. I did [00:15:00] not realize how much work Charlie put [00:15:03] into these campus appearances and honing [00:15:07] his game and making sure he was at the [00:15:09] at the peak in terms of his ability to [00:15:11] have these exchanges. [00:15:12] >> He disciplined his body to do it from he [00:15:15] was a biohacker. He was religious about [00:15:18] sleep. He didn't put uh poisons into his [00:15:21] body. He he really understood that he [00:15:24] had to get the most out of himself. And [00:15:26] he found time to do the most bizarre [00:15:28] things. I I I he [00:15:31] journaled. He he read books. He listened [00:15:34] to books on tapes. He found ways to [00:15:35] maximize every single second. [00:15:38] >> I think one of the services you and [00:15:41] Erica could when everyone's feeling [00:15:44] better provide for his fans would be to [00:15:46] put together a list of what Charlie [00:15:47] read. I feel like everybody would want [00:15:49] to see that. just the best you can [00:15:51] cobble it together. Just go to his [00:15:52] bookcase, [00:15:53] >> go to his, you know, Kindle, whatever. [00:15:55] Because [00:15:57] >> I think people would love to know what [00:15:58] influenced him. He influenced them. What [00:16:01] influenced him? We We've got news to [00:16:02] make. We're going to take a quick break. [00:16:04] We'll come back and we'll make it. Don't [00:16:05] go away. [00:16:09] [Music] [00:16:25] So, I'm a Canadian. Um, don't hold that [00:16:28] against me. [00:16:30] I'm so happy to be here. Pastor Tommy, [00:16:33] you're an idol for me. Um, in the best [00:16:35] way. I don't mean in a a negative way. [00:16:38] Um, and um, it's just a a privilege to [00:16:41] be here. Um, yeah, I I my dad's a pastor [00:16:43] in Canada. um he just turned his church [00:16:46] over after, you know, decades of of [00:16:48] amazing service. Um [00:16:51] I went to Bible college in Portland, [00:16:53] Oregon. Um youth pastored for my dad for [00:16:55] a couple years. Then I moved to New York [00:16:57] and I was a part of a church there. Um [00:16:59] when I was in New York, I had this idea, [00:17:01] what if we made Bible college cheap or [00:17:03] affordable rather, but but you know, but [00:17:06] awesome. And uh and not woke. Um, one of [00:17:09] the concerns that I've had with a lot of [00:17:11] Bible colleges is that uh it trends very [00:17:14] liberal and progressive. Um, and so we [00:17:18] created this platform called Theosu and [00:17:21] it's like 10 bucks a month. We have um [00:17:24] hundreds of of trainers on there that [00:17:28] teach. We're we're conservative. We're [00:17:31] unapologetically [00:17:33] um theologically conservative and we all [00:17:37] uh believe in the gifts and the power of [00:17:39] the Holy Spirit. I'm I'm a I'm a die in [00:17:41] the bull Pentecostal. I'm sorry, but it [00:17:43] is what it is. You don't have to [00:17:44] apologize. This is what I love about [00:17:46] Freedom Night. We have we have five [00:17:48] point Calvinists and swinging from the [00:17:49] chandelier Pentecostals and totally we [00:17:51] all love Jesus here. And Nathan, so why [00:17:55] is it that the church the last decade [00:17:57] especially has become so woke? Define [00:18:00] the term. Where does it come from and [00:18:02] why is it happening? [00:18:04] >> Yeah. So defining woke I guess is is is [00:18:07] a that's like juggling um eight balls. [00:18:11] But I think um it's not something that's [00:18:15] happened in the last 10 years. It's [00:18:17] probably something that's happened in [00:18:18] the last 150 years. Um, it began with [00:18:21] the Enlightenment and and people [00:18:22] questioning um the word the way that [00:18:25] Satan did and um and then kind of [00:18:29] twisting it the way that Satan did and [00:18:31] sort of removing all of its power. You [00:18:34] know, doubting the miracles um you know, [00:18:37] you end up with when you start to tear [00:18:39] the miracles out of the Bible, you end [00:18:40] up with just the maps. Um and um and the [00:18:44] maps aren't all that helpful. And uh and [00:18:47] so uh and then I think there's a major [00:18:50] shift in the church about 40 years ago, [00:18:54] maybe 30 years ago with the seeker [00:18:56] sensitive movement, which I think [00:18:57] started in a good place where it was we [00:18:59] want to reach more people. Um but my [00:19:02] dad's generation, my dad was a [00:19:04] 17-year-old when he met Jesus, uh [00:19:06] through a teen challenge, uh coffee [00:19:08] house, and he was a drugged out hippie. [00:19:12] Yeah. and and he got uh he got he you [00:19:16] know filled with the Holy Spirit and he [00:19:19] went to a Pentecostal church and and he [00:19:21] got super involved there and his life [00:19:23] just completely changed and he [00:19:24] experienced Jesus. You know, it's one [00:19:26] thing to know about Jesus, it's another [00:19:28] thing to experience Jesus. And um so the [00:19:31] the church that my dad was raised in was [00:19:33] a church where like how do we get God to [00:19:35] come to church? But it's almost like it [00:19:38] switched a number of years ago where it [00:19:40] was how do we get people to come to [00:19:41] church? And for me, I think that has [00:19:45] been um a Trojan horse because when [00:19:48] you're thinking when all you're thinking [00:19:51] about is how do I please this person in [00:19:53] the pew and not how do I please the [00:19:56] Lord, you're going to have problems. Um [00:19:58] and it's a giant setup, you know, for [00:20:01] inviting all kinds of bad doctrines. [00:20:04] >> Yeah. I I would the the best way to [00:20:05] explain woke to your friends is call [00:20:08] something unfair or unjust until you [00:20:10] control it. [00:20:12] >> So call something racist till you're in [00:20:13] charge. Right. [00:20:14] >> So call something sexist till you're in [00:20:16] charge. Right. [00:20:17] >> And it's a means to power. [00:20:19] >> Totally. [00:20:19] >> So wokeism is a lot of things in [00:20:22] particular. [00:20:23] >> One though that you've really been able [00:20:25] to pinpoint Nathan brilliantly is [00:20:28] deconstructionism. [00:20:30] So deconstructionism everybody is [00:20:32] unfortunately growing in a lot of [00:20:34] seminaries. Uh it's this idea that we [00:20:37] need to take apart the essence of the [00:20:39] word of God that we need to ask did God [00:20:42] really say that? Is that really what the [00:20:45] word says? Basically challenging [00:20:48] biblical authority and scriptural [00:20:50] inherency using the same analytical [00:20:52] tools that they use on American history [00:20:56] that they use on American founding [00:20:58] documents. So what for example we don't [00:21:01] like the 1619 project right we don't [00:21:03] like CRT and we you know we fought [00:21:05] against that but those same analytical [00:21:07] tools are now used in Christian schools [00:21:11] explain more Nathan. Yeah. Yeah, that's [00:21:13] really good. Um, [00:21:16] those are really good. It's taking [00:21:18] notes. Um, [00:21:21] >> yeah, essentially, uh, you know, Marxism [00:21:24] kind of comes in and people buy into [00:21:26] that. Um, you know, there's everything [00:21:28] is about power and everything is about [00:21:30] these power plays. And so we have people [00:21:33] that are that are swimming in this [00:21:34] stuff. They come into our churches and [00:21:36] so when they read the Bible, they don't [00:21:38] they're not reading the Bible [00:21:52] Welcome back everyone. I'm Megan Kelly [00:21:54] sitting in on the car the Charlie Kirk [00:21:55] show and it's my honor to be here out in [00:21:58] Phoenix, Arizona with his team and we're [00:22:00] simal casting for our audience on [00:22:01] SiriusXM as well. Um, I'm here with his [00:22:04] like top lieutenants and they've been [00:22:07] through so much over the past week and [00:22:08] they know Charlie so well. We thought [00:22:10] it'd be great to bring some of these [00:22:12] guys in and talk about some of their [00:22:14] memories of Charlie, which we're going [00:22:15] to do. This is Blake Nef. Uh, he's What [00:22:18] will you describe what you did for [00:22:19] Charlie? [00:22:19] >> Uh, I was a producer. Uh, you know, [00:22:22] helped get guests for the show, but also [00:22:24] especially talking points, researching [00:22:26] issues, you know, what do we want to say [00:22:28] about this? And he would come to me, [00:22:29] Blake, you what do we think about this [00:22:31] issue? And you know, Charlie is a busy [00:22:33] guy, so sometimes it was my job to go [00:22:35] and read the 400page book about [00:22:36] something so I can give him a 10-page [00:22:39] digest of it later. [00:22:40] >> Yeah. Aren't you Didn't he call you his [00:22:41] secret weapon? [00:22:43] >> I'm told that. He didn't tell that to my [00:22:45] >> I'll accept it. [00:22:46] >> I heard he called you his secret weapon. [00:22:47] And then there's Mikey McCoy. How you [00:22:49] doing, Mikey? [00:22:49] >> Good. [00:22:50] >> All right. Tell us what you did for [00:22:51] Charlie. [00:22:51] >> Yeah, I was his chief of staff. Worked [00:22:52] for him almost six years. Um, yeah. [00:22:55] Organized his life. [00:22:56] >> So, he took you out of your cradle. [00:22:57] >> He he plucked me out. Saved me from [00:22:59] going to college. [00:23:00] >> He did, right? [00:23:01] He said, "I don't want you to go to [00:23:02] college. I want you to come work for [00:23:04] me." So, [00:23:04] >> best decision I made. Um, yeah. So, with [00:23:08] him for six years, I his Swiss Army [00:23:10] knife, if a problem would arise, I'd go [00:23:12] and solve it for him. Kept his life [00:23:13] organized and traveled with him [00:23:15] everywhere. And [00:23:15] >> it's he was always so complimentary of [00:23:17] his team, Andrew. I mean, whenever you [00:23:18] give him a compliment, he would give it [00:23:19] back to you guys. He never took the [00:23:21] compliment directly. [00:23:22] >> Um, and now there's a question about [00:23:25] who's going to lead the team going [00:23:26] forward and who's going to lead this [00:23:27] enormously important organization. Um, [00:23:30] and I understand you have some news on [00:23:32] that front. [00:23:34] >> Yeah. Um, since everything has happened, [00:23:37] I think the number one question is what [00:23:39] is going to happen with Turning Point? [00:23:41] What is going to happen next? And um I'm [00:23:44] pleased to be able to announce with you [00:23:46] and I think it's appropriate [00:23:49] because of who you are and who this [00:23:51] person is that the Turning Point board [00:23:53] has unanimously selected Erica Kirk as [00:23:57] the new CEO and chair of the board. And [00:24:01] not only is that amazing in and of [00:24:03] itself, but I can assure you, Megan, [00:24:05] that Charlie told me personally, and he [00:24:08] told others, he probably told Mikey, [00:24:10] that if anything ever happened to him, [00:24:12] that this is exactly what he wanted. [00:24:14] >> Wow. I have the chills. It had to be, [00:24:17] right? I mean, there's just I don't [00:24:19] think anybody would accept a leader of [00:24:22] the organization who they didn't feel [00:24:25] completely understood, Charlie, and [00:24:27] would be 100% dedicated to fulfilling [00:24:29] his vision for where this group is [00:24:31] going. [00:24:32] >> Well, and let me just add one more [00:24:33] thing, and I want Mikey to chime in here [00:24:35] as well, but in the immediate hours [00:24:40] afterwards, Erica got a call from [00:24:42] somebody very important. leave that [00:24:44] vague out of privacy, but she got a call [00:24:48] from somebody very important and the [00:24:50] question was, [00:24:52] "What do you know?" Sort of asking how [00:24:56] much of what's going on behind the [00:24:58] scenes and with the relationship, like [00:25:00] what do you know? And her reply back was [00:25:03] everything. [00:25:05] >> I know everything. [00:25:06] >> That's good. [00:25:07] You can tell um the [00:25:11] bits of the two of them, you know, and [00:25:13] showing like the clips that you guys [00:25:15] have released show first of all their [00:25:18] immense intense love story, which has [00:25:20] been so uplifting to everybody who's [00:25:22] ever felt love or wanted to in their [00:25:24] lives. [00:25:25] >> And we pulled this one that you guys ran [00:25:26] because it's so touching. It's um S 17 [00:25:30] and it's her when they were engaged [00:25:32] sitting on this set, I think. Let's [00:25:35] watch it. [00:25:36] Yeah. [00:25:37] >> I'm not going to be able to focus [00:25:38] sitting this close to him. [00:25:40] >> Hi. [00:25:41] >> You ready? [00:25:46] >> What? [00:25:48] >> Hello. [00:25:48] >> Hello. [00:25:51] I'm not going to be able to focus [00:25:52] looking right at you. [00:25:54] >> I'm just going to be staring at you. [00:25:56] >> Hello. [00:25:59] >> Wow. [00:26:00] >> Ready, Terl? [00:26:01] >> Hold on. [00:26:03] >> We're rolling. [00:26:03] >> We're not. [00:26:04] >> All right. All right, you'll be [00:26:05] switching. All right, I'll count it [00:26:07] down. [00:26:07] >> Wait, I'm kind of nervous, you guys. [00:26:10] >> She's nervous, which is why we must get [00:26:12] going. [00:26:14] >> All right, we ready? [00:26:15] >> No. [00:26:15] >> Yes, sir. [00:26:15] >> Okay. Three, two, one. Hey, everybody. [00:26:20] Welcome to this episode of the Charlie [00:26:22] Kirk show. [00:26:23] >> You're going to have to do it again. [00:26:24] >> Introduce yourself. [00:26:25] >> Is that what you're going to say? [00:26:30] [Music] [00:26:32] Hey everybody, welcome to this episode [00:26:35] of the Charlie Kirk show. [00:26:36] >> You're so [00:26:38] >> I'm engaged. [00:26:41] >> Would you like to introduce yourself or [00:26:43] should I introduce you? [00:26:46] >> This is important. [00:26:49] >> How would you like me to start? All [00:26:52] right, we'll try it again. Hey [00:26:54] everybody, welcome to this episode of [00:26:56] the Charlie Kirk Show. Joining me is the [00:26:58] most special guest, [00:27:00] my fiance, Erica. [00:27:03] Welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show. [00:27:06] >> Wow. I don't know about you guys, but I [00:27:09] was holding it together just fine up [00:27:10] until that. [00:27:12] >> Their love story was something. [00:27:13] >> Yeah. Um Charlie knew how good Erica [00:27:16] was. We know how good Erica was. And [00:27:18] when she made her address the other [00:27:19] night, right next to this chair, I think [00:27:21] the whole nation found out how good [00:27:23] Erica was. [00:27:24] >> The amount of strength that that took. [00:27:26] She She's our Khesi. She's our [00:27:28] retribution. She's our [00:27:29] >> The memes are already flowing. [00:27:31] >> Yeah. Right. Well, there's more on her. [00:27:33] And what's happening next here next? [00:27:35] Don't go away. [00:27:37] [Music] [00:27:48] >> Word of God. They're problematizing the [00:27:50] Bible. And then we start to realize, [00:27:53] I'll give you a great example. Um, and [00:27:56] every deconstructing influencer that I [00:27:59] follow on Instagram, because I follow [00:28:01] them to learn, you know, what they're [00:28:03] saying and stuff, they all basically do [00:28:06] the same thing. They love hippie Jesus. [00:28:10] Um, and they hate the Apostle Paul and [00:28:14] uh, so it's so, you know what I mean? [00:28:15] >> It's really interest. No, that's Keep [00:28:17] going. [00:28:17] >> Yeah. So their version of Jesus and and [00:28:20] they kind of collapse Jesus too because [00:28:22] the truth of the matter is that if you [00:28:23] read Jesus in the book of John, I mean [00:28:24] he'll cut you. He'll pull the [00:28:25] switchblade out. You know what I mean? [00:28:27] He's like he's not always carrying a [00:28:29] lamb, you know, like he he he, you know, [00:28:32] he'll pour some [00:28:33] >> whip literally to Exactly. He'll he'll [00:28:36] Exactly. He he pours a little crowd [00:28:37] thinner out every now and then, you [00:28:39] know, and people walk away. You know, [00:28:41] the rich young ruler, he's like, you [00:28:42] know, he's like, "How do I how do Well, [00:28:44] you you know, money has a control on [00:28:45] your life and you're going to need to [00:28:47] get rid of it and he just walks away. I [00:28:48] mean, today's pastor, if I was a pastor [00:28:50] today, I'd chase him and invite him to a [00:28:52] Kingdom Builder's breakfast, you know. [00:28:54] Um, [00:28:55] Jesus, [00:28:57] we're having John Maxwell next Sunday. [00:28:59] Come, you know. Um, I love John Maxwell, [00:29:02] by the way. I'm just saying like Jesus [00:29:05] just let these people walk, you know. [00:29:07] Um, so um, [00:29:10] >> so, so my thought is is you can't pit, [00:29:13] you know, scripture against scripture. [00:29:15] And Jesus, [00:29:17] they have these collapsed 2D versions of [00:29:20] Jesus that that, you know, the Jesus [00:29:22] that calls you to deny yourself and pick [00:29:24] up your cross and follow him doesn't [00:29:25] exist. It's just Jesus that's that's [00:29:28] this socialist Jesus. Um, you know, and [00:29:31] and they they they say these every [00:29:33] everything is through their their their [00:29:35] their Marxist binaries, you know. So [00:29:37] Jesus did this for these types of [00:29:38] people. Jesus did this for these types [00:29:40] of people. Um, and and then pitting [00:29:42] Jesus against against the rest of [00:29:44] scripture. And this is how you know [00:29:45] Jesus is the savior of the world because [00:29:47] everyone wants to claim him. [00:29:50] >> The communists want him. Even the [00:29:51] Muslims want him, [00:29:53] >> right? [00:29:53] >> Everyone wants Jesus. [00:29:54] >> Yeah. [00:29:55] >> Mind you, we don't want any of their [00:29:56] stuff. We don't want Muhammad. Like, we [00:29:58] don't want Marks. [00:29:59] >> We're good. We got Jesus. [00:30:00] >> Yeah. [00:30:02] >> But they know there's something about [00:30:03] Jesus that is special, unique, [00:30:06] extraordinary, transcendent, and divine. [00:30:08] And that's a very important thing. [00:30:10] Almost every sinister movement in the [00:30:12] history of the planet has tried to claim [00:30:14] Jesus as their own. [00:30:16] >> Yeah. [00:30:16] >> And that's because there's something [00:30:17] there. Now, but Nathan, let's go a step [00:30:19] deeper. How does deconstructionism [00:30:22] manifest? How can people start to spot [00:30:24] it when when either may maybe in a [00:30:27] Christian podcast or in a sermon? I can [00:30:29] give an example and then you can. Well, [00:30:31] they'll start to be like, well, we don't [00:30:33] really need the Old Testament to [00:30:35] understand the New Testament. That's a [00:30:37] that's a phenomenon that might be [00:30:38] growing. or they'll try to apply modern [00:30:42] secular humanist worldview [00:30:45] onto scripture. And if you listen [00:30:48] carefully, you'll realize that they're [00:30:49] imposing their own modern values over [00:30:52] scripture, not submitting to God's God's [00:30:55] word. [00:30:55] >> Absolutely. [00:30:55] >> Yeah. 100%. Like I said, like the first [00:30:59] thing for me, I when somebody starts to [00:31:01] pit Jesus against Paul, right there, you [00:31:04] have a deconstructionist. They all do [00:31:05] it. It's their favorite thing to do. [00:31:07] um they like to make Jesus out to be, [00:31:10] for example, there was this one lady I [00:31:12] followed on Twitter and she believed [00:31:14] that Jesus came, you know, to he's an he [00:31:17] was there to to to liberate people um [00:31:20] and to free people from oppression. That [00:31:22] was the big thing. And so I began to [00:31:24] just ask her more questions, you know, [00:31:26] like if Jesus was was a liberator and he [00:31:29] was against oppression, um he didn't do [00:31:32] a very good job, did he? [00:31:35] You know what I mean? like and and as I [00:31:37] began to question her more more about [00:31:39] this, you know, for example, like uh she [00:31:42] would make this claim like Jesus [00:31:43] elevated, you know, women. And I'm like, [00:31:45] he he certainly did. He certainly [00:31:47] elevated women. But I just said like, [00:31:49] well, you know, Judas disappeared. You [00:31:53] know, that was a great chance for Jesus [00:31:55] to make women an apostle and he didn't. [00:31:58] Um so, so don't you have a bone to pick [00:32:00] with him? And she, yeah, actually I do [00:32:02] have a bone to pick with him about that. [00:32:03] You know, so it's like, [00:32:04] >> but do you see, let me interrupt, that's [00:32:06] her thinking she's better than Jesus. [00:32:10] >> And at that moment, the whole game gets [00:32:12] exposed. [00:32:13] >> Yeah. [00:32:13] >> Cuz she's imposing other morality on top [00:32:16] of the scripture. [00:32:17] >> And that's the kicker. [00:32:18] >> Yeah. Yeah. Totally. Demanding that [00:32:19] Jesus be this oppressor that would that [00:32:22] would meet her modern criteria. And so, [00:32:25] you know, I believe that women can [00:32:26] preach and lead and pastor and all that, [00:32:28] but I'm just saying though that like [00:32:30] using using Jesus as your women's lib, [00:32:34] it he doesn't go far enough for you. If [00:32:36] he's overthrowing government, he doesn't [00:32:37] go far enough for you. If he's there to, [00:32:40] you know, to prioritize the the poor, [00:32:41] you know, for example, a Marxist will [00:32:44] always prioritize somebody who is poor [00:32:47] over somebody who's rich. The rich are [00:32:48] automatically evil and the poor are [00:32:50] automatically a problem. Well, Jesus [00:32:52] doesn't do that. Um, you know, and even [00:32:54] the book of Proverbs, it's like, you [00:32:56] know, justice has to be equal. You don't [00:32:58] give favoritism to the rich. You don't [00:33:00] give [00:33:01] >> Exactly. Um, so all that to say, there's [00:33:04] a lot of ways that you can you can point [00:33:06] it out, but I think the first [00:33:16] [Music] [00:33:22] movement will not be silenced. You're [00:33:25] listening to the Charlie Kirk Show. [00:33:28] >> Welcome back everyone. And I'm Megan [00:33:29] Kelly sitting in Charlie's studio with [00:33:32] some of his dear friends and staffers. [00:33:34] And uh I don't know you guys, today has [00:33:37] a different feel for me. I've been [00:33:38] listening all week with JD, the vice [00:33:40] president, uh with the guys from Daily [00:33:42] Wire, who I love, with Glenn, and of [00:33:44] course, we've been covering everything [00:33:45] about Charlie since, you know, last week [00:33:48] on my own show. And just being with you [00:33:50] all, I feel better. I don't know. Like [00:33:53] today just seems like we're able to [00:33:55] laugh a little. Like it's not that [00:33:57] people aren't in grieving, but it's a [00:33:59] sign of mental well-being that you can [00:34:01] find a way to like chuckle here and [00:34:03] there. You know, I I had my first laugh [00:34:06] actually the other day when my friend [00:34:09] reminded me of my favorite exchange with [00:34:11] Charlie. It was very funny and it was [00:34:13] actually it it arose out of a time when [00:34:15] Charlie was in trouble with the left for [00:34:17] having said something that they thought [00:34:18] was terrible and I knew wasn't terrible [00:34:20] and it was part of his courage and [00:34:22] saying something that everybody believes [00:34:24] but they would never say it out loud. It [00:34:26] was about how they were so focused on [00:34:28] hiring women and black pilots and [00:34:30] minority pilots and going from 3% to 50, [00:34:34] right? Was it a 50 that we were going to [00:34:37] have to worry about who the hell was [00:34:38] flying the planes because it was like [00:34:40] what do you mean? There's black people [00:34:41] are only 13% of the population. How are [00:34:43] we going to have 50% of them being [00:34:44] pilots? Anyway, so Charlie said that and [00:34:47] then everybody said he was a racist, [00:34:48] which was Oh, sorry. Sorry. [00:34:50] Which was bull. It happened. Never mind. [00:34:52] Force I have it. Um, and hold on. Let me [00:34:55] find it here. He came on my show January [00:34:57] 2024 and made the following point as [00:35:00] only Charlie could. S 22. [00:35:03] >> DEI invites unh wholesome thinking. And [00:35:07] I said, I don't. And I was saying in the [00:35:09] clip, that's not who I am. That's not [00:35:11] what I believe. But what it does is it [00:35:14] makes us worse versions of of ourselves. [00:35:16] Megan, that's the whole point of what I [00:35:18] was saying is that I now look at [00:35:20] everything through a hyper racialized [00:35:23] diversity quota lens because of their [00:35:26] massive insistence to try to hit these [00:35:29] ridiculous racial hiring quotas. 3 to 4% [00:35:33] of current pilots are blacks right now. [00:35:36] 3 to 4%. And now now they want to say [00:35:39] this is just a hiring class of [00:35:40] candidates. Are there enough candidates [00:35:42] to fill the 50% quota? And the other [00:35:45] question should be asked is why is it a [00:35:47] problem? Let's just ask the premise. Why [00:35:49] is it a problem that 81% are white? And [00:35:52] I just I love the Axios guy. White males [00:35:55] are dominating the cockpit. [00:35:57] >> Yeah, those pesky safe flights are [00:35:59] dominating our society. Megan, you know, [00:36:01] all those, you know, all those 25 years [00:36:04] of commercial airliners that have kept [00:36:07] on, I mean, dominating as as if like the [00:36:09] white male is like oppressing us with, [00:36:13] you know, their beautiful landings [00:36:16] through turbulence and storms, [00:36:19] >> you know, just because he said that at [00:36:20] the end. Uh, I think one of a great [00:36:22] little Charlie thing, every time a plane [00:36:24] took off, he would say, "Lord bless this [00:36:26] flight." Right as it began to [00:36:28] accelerate. And then when I joined, I [00:36:30] would add Lord Bless this landing [00:36:31] because I find that a pretty important [00:36:33] part of [00:36:33] >> that help. So tell us something about [00:36:34] Charlie that we don't know. [00:36:36] >> Oh man. [00:36:37] >> Who's got one of those? Blake Mikey. [00:36:40] >> We also have two we have two new guest [00:36:42] stars here. Want to tell everybody we [00:36:43] have Daisy Phelps. Uh and we have Emma [00:36:46] Kate Bartles. And Emma Kate, you did [00:36:48] Charlie social media. And Daisy, you [00:36:50] seem like you did everything. [00:36:51] >> Media director. I just kind of just have [00:36:53] explained it as podcast media, digital [00:36:56] media, sponsorship media. whatever [00:36:58] Charlie said [00:36:59] >> did for Charlie and now will continue [00:37:01] doing for Erica and for Turning Point. [00:37:04] >> We're all in it. [00:37:04] >> Sorry. Yeah. What were you gonna say? [00:37:06] >> So, one of the things Mikey and I agreed [00:37:08] we were really happy he got to do. Uh, [00:37:10] you know, one of the things about [00:37:11] Charlie is he was so famous. He had no [00:37:13] anonymity anymore in America. And he [00:37:15] actually really liked going out on [00:37:16] walks. And so, we were actually in Asia [00:37:20] just the weekend before this happened. [00:37:23] And we were in Seoul. And I'd been there [00:37:25] a little bit early. I was going to a [00:37:27] wedding for a friend of mine and so when [00:37:29] he got in I was like Charlie the best [00:37:31] way to understand the city just kind of [00:37:32] walk around and see how it's different [00:37:34] and so you know we were there he got in [00:37:36] on a Friday and so I think uh Saturday [00:37:39] morning I he just got up extremely early [00:37:42] 5:30 a.m. and he just started walking [00:37:43] around the streets of Seoul. And for [00:37:45] once he got to just wander a city and he [00:37:48] was just for most of the people there he [00:37:50] was just kind of this this foreigner [00:37:51] wandering around their city. [00:37:52] >> He's tall for American standard. He [00:37:54] would draw everyone's gaze. He would [00:37:56] draw everyone's gaze but you know for [00:37:57] once he could just wander a city as a [00:37:59] traveler and he really liked to do that. [00:38:01] >> I didn't realize what a big walker he [00:38:03] was. [00:38:03] >> Big walker. My version of tourism is you [00:38:06] stop at a cafe, you eat, you keep [00:38:07] walking, you stop, you shop. Charlie's [00:38:10] is you just walk walk. And it was 90 [00:38:12] degrees, 90% humidity. We're sweating [00:38:15] through our suits and we're all like, [00:38:17] "When is he when is he gonna stop [00:38:19] walking?" Finally, he stopped at a [00:38:21] coffee shop and we were like, "Okay, [00:38:22] we're going to get like 10 minutes [00:38:23] here." No. 2 minutes. 2 minutes and [00:38:25] we're back out in the heat. [00:38:27] >> But like no vices, right? Did he even [00:38:28] get the coffee or did he get the [00:38:30] midnight tea? [00:38:31] >> He got the mint tea. Classic mint tea [00:38:33] with two honeys. [00:38:35] >> Everyone's been getting now. There are [00:38:37] so many outside of HQ people leave their [00:38:39] their men majesty with two honeys. [00:38:41] >> Did you see that story Daisy of the They [00:38:43] posted it on X. Um somebody an older [00:38:47] woman a grandmother went into a [00:38:48] Starbucks and asked for that and they [00:38:50] gave it to her and they wrote loser on [00:38:53] it. [00:38:54] >> Well, her family unleashed holy you know [00:38:58] what [00:38:59] >> on the this Starbucks to the point where [00:39:01] they were temporarily closed when the [00:39:03] family went back to find accountability. [00:39:05] It's amazing though. It's like the story [00:39:06] is not about some loser who wrote loser, [00:39:08] >> right? It's about people have had it. [00:39:11] They're pushing back [00:39:12] >> Charlie style because the the [00:39:14] confrontation was actually very polite, [00:39:16] but it was like you're not going to do [00:39:17] this to us. [00:39:18] >> Well, and what's funny is we had just at [00:39:20] our student action summit in Florida, we [00:39:23] did approve me wrong, which was kind of [00:39:25] the first we done at one of our own [00:39:26] events. So, it was supposed to be more [00:39:28] light-hearted. Pretty much everyone [00:39:30] that's there loves Charlie is his [00:39:32] supporter. And so most of the questions, [00:39:35] some of them were like about the the [00:39:37] bears, the cubs, what if he likes [00:39:39] waffles or pancakes, and then what his [00:39:41] Starbucks order was because we talked [00:39:42] about it the other day, but he would [00:39:44] have these cough drops all the time, and [00:39:45] people would think they were zen. They [00:39:47] were just cough drops. He had to have [00:39:48] them for his throat, and then people [00:39:50] would ask what his Starbucks drink was, [00:39:51] and everyone was guessing in the crowd. [00:39:52] And [00:39:53] >> Emate posted that video, and people, it [00:39:55] went viral. They loved knowing what he [00:39:57] had. They just love real stories of him. [00:39:58] >> You're incredibly talented. Charlie's [00:40:00] social media is next level. So, I don't [00:40:02] know how how you manage that, but [00:40:03] through the social media right now, [00:40:05] people are reconnecting with him or [00:40:07] connecting for the first time in like a [00:40:08] really unprecedented. I've never seen [00:40:10] anything like it. [00:40:11] >> 100%. I saw a TikTok this morning of [00:40:14] somebody saying they tried to silence [00:40:16] Charlie, but I hadn't really seen his [00:40:18] videos or paid attention to them. He was [00:40:20] like, "Now I'm going down a Charlie Kirk [00:40:22] rabbit hole. I'm watching every video. [00:40:23] I'm listening to every podcast. I he was [00:40:26] like, I can't believe I'm just now [00:40:28] discovering this, but I feel so blessed [00:40:29] that there's so much on the internet [00:40:32] that even after his death, people are [00:40:34] still getting to know him and love him. [00:40:36] >> It's one of the few blessings around [00:40:38] this thing is like all the hours of [00:40:40] tape. [00:40:40] >> I think I saw the same one where he was [00:40:42] like, "You guys made me obsessed with [00:40:43] Charlie. I didn't even know him until [00:40:45] this." [00:40:45] >> Right now, speaking of obsessions, you [00:40:47] two share one and Charlie tapped into it [00:40:49] more than once. tell us [00:40:51] >> just any sort of Taylor Swift news that [00:40:53] come up, he would just be like, "Explain [00:40:55] this what's happening." And then when we [00:40:57] were in the office, when the news broke [00:40:58] about them getting engaged and Charlie [00:41:00] was so excited for them, he was like, [00:41:02] "This is amazing. More people should get [00:41:04] married and have kids. This is a great [00:41:06] example for everyone." Like, yes, [00:41:09] exactly. We're so happy for Taylor. [00:41:11] >> Well, that's I have a question for about [00:41:12] Charlie for you guys. So, I mean, he was [00:41:14] human. There were there were people who [00:41:16] would irritate him. I know because I [00:41:18] talked to him about some of those [00:41:19] people. Would he How would he handle [00:41:21] that? Like Taylor is one of them. She [00:41:23] came out and she endorsed Kamla. She [00:41:25] said it was because of Kamla's LGBTQ [00:41:27] stance of Tim Wallace actually was I [00:41:28] mean crazy statements. So how would he [00:41:31] get past that and then be had like he [00:41:34] seemed to be able to do do that with [00:41:35] everybody? I would say for the most part [00:41:37] instead of him getting irritated by [00:41:38] people in pop culture, it more so just [00:41:40] went to the side of him and he wouldn't [00:41:43] really pay attention to it till we'd be [00:41:44] like, "Hey, this is I remember one time [00:41:47] he's he's like, "What is Brat Summer?" [00:41:48] Cuz everyone's talking about it. It like [00:41:50] it didn't annoy him cuz he didn't even [00:41:51] know about it. He was just so focused on [00:41:53] what he needed to do. Yes. [00:41:55] >> Somebody [00:41:57] here is Charlie was a nerd. [00:41:58] >> Yeah. Yeah. There you go. [00:41:59] >> Which is fine. You know, I mean, Andrew [00:42:01] was telling me about how they like [00:42:03] intentionally made him not nerdy for the [00:42:05] uh prove me wrong segments, like maybe [00:42:07] maybe we won't wear the suit, you know, [00:42:09] maybe we'll wear a t-shirt. And that [00:42:11] worked, right? He gained a lot of extra [00:42:12] fans. [00:42:13] >> He he still was pretty alpha. We got I [00:42:15] think we can all agree. [00:42:16] >> Well, it's an interesting combination, [00:42:17] right? Because he was a brainiac, but he [00:42:19] was alpha. [00:42:19] >> Yeah. And he was like the ultimate [00:42:21] pinnacle example of what being a man is. [00:42:23] And so being more like Charlie, he he [00:42:26] never drink alcohol. He go to the gym. [00:42:28] He always ate healthy. He always had [00:42:30] that Starbucks order. He always took [00:42:32] care of his, you know, vocal cords with [00:42:33] his throat coats and everything. [00:42:34] >> Disciplined. [00:42:35] >> He was a disciplined alpha male. And [00:42:37] when when he had to tap into the nerdy [00:42:39] side of him to learn something, he would [00:42:41] tap into [00:42:41] >> Well, how did he So, he didn't want you [00:42:43] to cut go to college and you agreed not [00:42:45] to. [00:42:45] >> And then did he put you through college? [00:42:47] >> Yeah. Yeah. I think I learned more under [00:42:50] Charlie, but I also one of my favorite [00:42:52] stories of Charlie since we're all just [00:42:54] kind of going around. literally probably [00:42:56] my favorites. We were at the RNC and JD [00:42:58] had just come out on stage and whether [00:43:00] you guys know it or not, Charlie played [00:43:01] a role in JD being the vice president. [00:43:03] And um [00:43:05] >> he comes out on stage. Charlie was so [00:43:06] excited. He we snuck on the floor. We [00:43:09] didn't have a pass. We went to the very [00:43:10] front. It was just me and Charlie. And [00:43:12] JD says something about Joe Biden. And [00:43:14] this was right after the debate. And [00:43:16] everybody was like, "Joe's got to go. [00:43:18] Joe's got to go. Joe's got to go." And [00:43:20] Charlie turns around, looks at me in [00:43:22] this cinematic way, and he goes, [00:43:23] "Careful what you wish for." And I was [00:43:26] like, "Oh my gosh." And then the next I [00:43:28] think a couple days later, I don't even [00:43:30] remember Kla Harris's [00:43:33] >> That was crazy. [00:43:34] >> Yeah. More fundraising, more battles. [00:43:37] Yeah. More pain, [00:43:38] >> right? He Charlie was very funny and he [00:43:41] had so many funny oneliners where he [00:43:44] almost he wasn't trying to be funny but [00:43:46] it was just those quick little ones. [00:43:49] Like I can remember on Junth this year [00:43:52] he sent us a video. He said I can't [00:43:56] remember exactly what he said. He said [00:43:59] happy Junth. I'm on my way to work. Go [00:44:02] to work today. Everybody have a good [00:44:04] day. [00:44:05] >> You did not take off that national [00:44:07] holiday. We did not. We were here [00:44:08] working, but it was just those funny [00:44:10] little selfie videos he would always [00:44:13] send in our chats where most of them [00:44:15] would get posted on TikTok or stories or [00:44:17] whatever. Um, [00:44:19] >> like what? Like he would send videos of [00:44:21] himself to the team. [00:44:22] >> Just selfie videos just doing little [00:44:23] quick commentary on whatever was [00:44:25] happening or just telling a story or [00:44:28] giving updates. And it was always those [00:44:30] really short ones that I loved the most [00:44:32] cuz they were just so funny without [00:44:34] trying to be funny and people loved [00:44:35] them. [00:44:36] >> That's hilarious. So, it wasn't [00:44:37] necessarily for social media, but it was [00:44:38] like for all of you. [00:44:39] >> Yeah. And we we would post them a good [00:44:41] amount, but it was just, you know, it [00:44:43] was just kind of a little bit of [00:44:45] behindthe-scenes Charlie. [00:44:47] >> Yeah. [00:44:47] >> That, you know, people loved to see it. [00:44:50] >> A really fun behind-the-scenes Charlie. [00:44:52] So, he was a sports fan and the way he [00:44:54] would consume it had to be very intense [00:44:55] cuz he doesn't have, you know, other [00:44:57] than Saturday, you know, which he always [00:44:59] was strict about taking off, you know, [00:45:00] he didn't have the time to just lounge [00:45:03] around watching a game. So the one I'll [00:45:05] always remember is uh shortly after I [00:45:08] joined uh you know we had the world cup [00:45:10] in uh Qatar and he was all invested in [00:45:12] the US doing well and so he was watching [00:45:16] the World Cup games on his phone during [00:45:19] the show and was reacting to things in [00:45:22] the game during the segments. He'd also [00:45:24] always have the iPad with him. He always [00:45:26] had an iPad with him and he was always [00:45:28] watching sports on the side. [00:45:29] >> So the Cubs, Erica mentioned the Cubs [00:45:31] and did she say the Ducks? big duck. [00:45:33] >> We we have flag that we had in the [00:45:36] studio for a while. [00:45:37] >> Why? As [00:45:38] >> it's where his family went to college [00:45:39] and he he wanted to inherit a college [00:45:42] football team and it was his he was so [00:45:44] passionate. [00:45:44] >> He would sometimes say, you know, I I [00:45:46] just want to retire and go coach college [00:45:48] football. That was what he would say if [00:45:49] he was frustrated like I should just [00:45:50] quit and go coach college football. [00:45:52] >> Same with the Olympics and March [00:45:54] Madness. We had iPads set up all around [00:45:56] the studio. So, he would constantly know [00:45:57] what's happening in the games. Once [00:45:59] you've been president, uh, coaching a [00:46:01] sports team seems like a great thing. [00:46:02] And that was clearly in Charlie's [00:46:03] future. All right, we're going to take a [00:46:05] break. We'll be right back. Don't leave. [00:46:09] [Music] [00:46:17] [Music] [00:46:25] surge happening of Christian interest in [00:46:28] this country. The most popular music now [00:46:30] for Gen Z is Christian music. Forest [00:46:33] Frank is incred incredibly popular and [00:46:35] growing in popularity. [00:46:37] We are seeing even even more so than the [00:46:39] rapper Drake, which is very very [00:46:42] promising. And even if you listen to [00:46:44] Forest Frank's lyrics, they're actually [00:46:46] pretty biblically good. I mean, you [00:46:48] could like try to nitpick, they're way [00:46:50] better than some of the other Christian [00:46:51] music sometimes that's gotten popular. [00:46:53] Sure. [00:46:53] >> And like legit like very good like [00:46:55] submitting to God's will and his path [00:46:57] for really there's something happening [00:46:59] right now and it's a revival that is [00:47:03] really surprising a lot of the experts. [00:47:07] You see, when I was young, and you guys [00:47:08] remember this 10 years ago, we were told [00:47:10] that it's going to be a gradual decline [00:47:13] of Christianity and there's no reversing [00:47:15] it, right? That it's just this whole [00:47:17] chapter is going to close. And we saw it [00:47:20] in the numbers. If you saw the chart, [00:47:22] man, when Pastor Tommy started, it was, [00:47:24] you know, 80% of people would go to, you [00:47:26] know, church regularly and then it was [00:47:28] 70% and 60%, then it was 55. All of a [00:47:30] sudden, now this last year, first time [00:47:33] it's gone up about a point or two in the [00:47:35] last 25 years. Almost solely because of [00:47:38] Generation Z, just so we are clear. [00:47:40] Almost solely because of young people. [00:47:42] Why is this happening, Nathan? [00:47:46] I think that it's happening because [00:47:47] Jesus is good at his job. [00:47:51] [Applause] [00:47:54] He said he said that he was going to [00:47:56] build his church. Um, and I'm going to [00:47:58] give away my esquetology in a sentence [00:48:01] or two. I don't believe that Jesus is [00:48:03] coming back for a weak anemic bride. Um, [00:48:08] that's that's what I believe. I believe, [00:48:11] you know, I I don't believe that we're [00:48:12] going to need to be raptured because we [00:48:14] suck at our job and Jesus sucks at his. [00:48:18] I believe that Jesus is coming back for [00:48:20] a powerhouse, glorified church. [00:48:24] I believe that. [00:48:26] I don't think it's it's because we're [00:48:28] amazing. I think it's because he is. [00:48:30] He's he said he'll build his church. [00:48:31] He's going to build an amazing church. [00:48:32] The gates of hell won't be able to stand [00:48:35] against us. I mean, and and the picture [00:48:36] is the church raiding hell, not hell [00:48:39] coming at us, right? So, um I believe [00:48:42] that the church is going to be [00:48:43] glorified. And you know, we're not there [00:48:44] yet, but we're getting there. I mean, [00:48:46] she's on the treadmill. She's doing [00:48:47] keto, you know. [00:48:51] So, our best days are ahead. [00:48:54] What what lessons are you seeing of how [00:48:57] a pastor should conduct himself in the [00:49:02] sermons, in the messaging of what is [00:49:04] working and what is problematic as far [00:49:07] as not just growing the church, but like [00:49:09] what are you seeing on the landscape? [00:49:11] Because you deal with a lot of pastors, [00:49:12] don't you? What are your biggest [00:49:14] sticking points to try to keep this [00:49:15] revival going and some of the fault [00:49:18] lines that should be avoided? [00:49:20] So I I believe that the the the the [00:49:23] purpose of the church is to worship God, [00:49:27] equip the saints, and reach the world in [00:49:30] that order. And um as a Pentecostal, [00:49:34] I'll speak from a Pentecostal [00:49:36] ecclesiology. I believe that like um I [00:49:41] believe that if we're not priests, we're [00:49:45] going to be consumers. And one of the [00:49:48] challenges I think that the American [00:49:49] church is facing right now is that with [00:49:51] the advent of the seeker sensitive [00:49:53] movement where we're thinking about how [00:49:55] to get people to church, you can, you [00:49:57] know, you do we do a ton of advertising [00:49:59] and we essentially attract a lot of [00:50:01] consumers who are there to to to, you [00:50:03] know, to eat essentially. And when [00:50:05] you're a consumer, you know, you're [00:50:07] problematizing everything, you know, oh, [00:50:08] they didn't sing Good Father, it's my [00:50:10] favorite song, Zero Stars, you know. Um, [00:50:14] but when you're a priest, you come to [00:50:16] church and you bring the sacrifice of [00:50:18] praise. And the thing is is when there's [00:50:21] when when when you put, you know, 1 [00:50:24] Peter 2:5 says that you yourselves as [00:50:26] spiritual stones are being built up into [00:50:28] a spiritual house to be a holy [00:50:29] priesthood to offer spiritual [00:50:31] sacrifices. What kind? Acceptable ones [00:50:34] to God. So when you come to church, [00:50:36] you're not there. [00:50:52] Welcome back everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. [00:50:54] I'm sitting here on Charlie Kirk's set [00:50:56] and what an honor to be hosting his show [00:50:59] today as we simoc cast the Megan Kelly [00:51:01] show as well. And I have to tell you, [00:51:03] like we've been we've been joking in [00:51:05] between the commercial breaks. Like I [00:51:07] don't know how it's been here for you [00:51:08] guys, but this is the first I haven't [00:51:10] laughed this much in a week. [00:51:12] >> I don't know. It just feels good to talk [00:51:13] about him in a more lighthearted way [00:51:15] because that's who he was. I mean, of [00:51:17] course, the last thing Charlie would [00:51:18] have wanted was for us to be all sitting [00:51:20] around feeling sad, especially while [00:51:22] talking about him. [00:51:23] >> So, to me, this feels like an [00:51:25] appropriate way of handling grief, too. [00:51:28] Yeah. [00:51:29] >> Um I'm joined now by two additional uh [00:51:31] staffers for Charlie. Danny Phillip and [00:51:34] um [00:51:36] >> hold on Nate Walker. You're Nate and [00:51:38] you're Danny. [00:51:39] >> And uh Katherine Loccastro. [00:51:41] >> Yeah. And you did all admin. You do all [00:51:43] the Abbeby stuff. It's from the sound of [00:51:45] it like admin organiz organizing [00:51:47] everything. [00:51:48] >> Yes. [00:51:48] >> This must be so hard. I How are you [00:51:51] handling all this? [00:51:52] >> Yeah. Thank you. I mean, um, it's been [00:51:54] really special to have the team that we [00:51:56] have to lean on each other and, um, get [00:51:58] through it together. I think it [00:52:00] definitely has been incredibly busy and [00:52:02] it's kind of interesting to balance the [00:52:05] grief and the busyiness of everything, [00:52:07] but um, I think the will to work is [00:52:10] contagious and I mean, I'm just [00:52:12] following Mikey's lead and Erica's lead [00:52:14] and trying to do everything that Charlie [00:52:16] would have wanted, which is to keep [00:52:17] going and to just work harder than ever. [00:52:19] So, um, yeah, definitely busy and [00:52:22] Business is a blessing. [00:52:23] >> It is. I mean, it's it's amazing. [00:52:25] Charlie's life work is keeping everyone [00:52:26] occupied in a way that I think is good [00:52:28] and is productive. Um, so Nate, tell us [00:52:32] what what you did for Charlie. [00:52:33] >> Yeah, I was Charlie's um executive [00:52:34] assistant. Um, the day-to-day Charlie, [00:52:37] make sure he has his food, water, [00:52:39] clothes, um, all the stuff that he [00:52:41] doesn't need to think about. I uh would [00:52:43] do for him. And uh, [00:52:44] >> clothes. How'd you do clothes? [00:52:46] >> Yeah, you figure that out. You uh, it [00:52:48] was difficult. Not Not the easiest job. [00:52:50] We have the clothing racks in the [00:52:51] warehouse. [00:52:52] >> Some days I would just have to guess, [00:52:54] figure out what is Charlie going to want [00:52:55] to wear today. And uh sometimes I'd be [00:52:57] right, sometimes not. But [00:52:58] >> Well, can I ask you this is um not not [00:53:00] to take it to a darker place, but we're [00:53:03] all wearing these freedom shirts, the [00:53:05] same shirt that Charlie was wearing. [00:53:06] Yeah. [00:53:06] >> On the day he was killed. [00:53:08] >> What is there a story behind this shirt? [00:53:10] >> Yeah. So, we uh we usually bring a [00:53:12] couple shirts um to the to the campus [00:53:15] stops and uh I asked Charlie in the car. [00:53:17] I go, "Charlie, what what shirt do you [00:53:18] want to wear?" He goes, "I want to wear [00:53:19] the freedom shirt." That uh that's not [00:53:21] controversial. [00:53:22] >> What were the other options? [00:53:23] >> Oh, I can't I can't remember. [00:53:24] >> Like does he did he did he wear like the [00:53:27] one that my son has with Trump giving [00:53:29] double middle fingers? [00:53:30] >> No, no, no. Twice. Not those ones. [00:53:32] >> It would always say something never [00:53:34] surrender. Here I am. Freedom. It was he [00:53:37] he liked his short tagline. [00:53:39] >> I was actually when you guys asked if I [00:53:40] would wear this on the air, I was so [00:53:43] honored and I'm [00:53:44] >> I feel like I have such a treasure [00:53:46] having this shirt, you know? I this is [00:53:48] such a treasure now. Um Danny, what did [00:53:50] you do for for Charlie? [00:53:52] >> Um so I did like research and prep for [00:53:54] him for the show. [00:53:56] >> Oh wow. [00:53:56] >> Meetings, events. [00:53:57] >> That's a heavy lift. [00:53:58] >> Yeah. Stuff like that [00:53:59] >> because he was meticulous. [00:54:01] >> Yeah. And then it would also be like, [00:54:02] okay, 5 minutes before the event starts, [00:54:04] I need more on this. So [00:54:06] >> find more on this specific person or [00:54:08] something like that. So it was always [00:54:09] something [00:54:10] >> like what what did what was he like in [00:54:12] that in that way? What like what would [00:54:13] interest him? [00:54:15] He would be interested in the most [00:54:16] specific stuff sometimes and then [00:54:19] sometimes he wouldn't care. Um Mikey [00:54:21] probably knows about this too, but yeah, [00:54:24] he would want very specific details on [00:54:26] very specific things that really no one [00:54:29] else would think about. Yeah. [00:54:30] >> Then other times he'd just be like, I'm [00:54:32] just going to wing it. I got it covered. [00:54:35] >> And then you'd probably hear that stuff [00:54:36] actually come up in one of the Q&As's on [00:54:38] the on the Prove Me Wrong segments like, [00:54:40] oh, wait a minute. Actually, he needed [00:54:42] that. [00:54:43] >> Right. that I mean that's everyone's [00:54:45] marveling right now on the internet at [00:54:46] Charlie's depth of knowledge about [00:54:50] everything. How how can anyone here [00:54:52] explain that? How [00:54:54] >> Yeah, he was diligent as we said earlier [00:54:56] on on the show. [00:54:57] >> Was he constantly studying? [00:54:59] >> Constantly studying, reading a book, and [00:55:01] his time management was impeccable. If [00:55:03] he didn't have time to read a book, he'd [00:55:05] have Blake read a book for him, Danny [00:55:06] read a book for him, and he'd have [00:55:08] people come out and mentor him and talk [00:55:10] to him about details. and Frank Turk [00:55:12] would be here and he would pour into [00:55:13] Charlie and Charlie be taking, you know, [00:55:15] meticulous notes and study it and then [00:55:18] everything was focused towards his [00:55:19] campus tours. He wanted to give [00:55:22] knowledge that he could glean from the [00:55:23] world to all these students across [00:55:25] America. [00:55:26] >> That's an interesting question. Was it [00:55:27] was the were the campus tours the his [00:55:30] dominant focus or was it the big student [00:55:32] events or was it the show? [00:55:34] >> It was it was everything. It was [00:55:36] everything and how he was able to manage [00:55:37] it all. I I don't think anybody will [00:55:39] really know. and he was a he he slept [00:55:42] and he still was able to do normal human [00:55:44] things while managing a million tasks. [00:55:46] >> I can't imagine you trying to get him to [00:55:49] like sit down with you and go over [00:55:50] logistics when he is this, you know, [00:55:52] busy and and important. [00:55:54] >> Corelling him and Mikey was definitely a [00:55:56] challenge at times, but sometimes I [00:55:58] would say, I just need 30 seconds. I [00:56:00] have a few things I need to go over. And [00:56:01] so, [00:56:01] >> would you just send him a video on the [00:56:02] group chat? [00:56:04] >> I need you. [00:56:05] >> Yeah, that would have been helpful. But [00:56:06] you just needed a little bit of time to [00:56:08] nail things down and we had a good [00:56:10] routine. So, [00:56:10] >> you know, you seem like somebody who can [00:56:12] handle that and not everybody has those [00:56:13] executive management skills. So, just [00:56:15] meeting all of you, it's very clear you [00:56:16] had a very clear eye for talent and [00:56:19] everyone here is so young. I just feel [00:56:21] I'm so sorry that you've had such a [00:56:22] tragedy at such a young point in your [00:56:24] lives. We're going to be right back. [00:56:27] [Music] [00:56:50] acceptable sacrifice has a divine [00:56:52] response. Every single time we give God [00:56:55] what he's asked for, he always shows up [00:56:58] in fire. Right? It's amazing. So, that [00:57:02] to me is what gets me excited about the [00:57:04] church. And I'm seeing that shift and [00:57:05] and and I, you know, us Pentecostals, I [00:57:08] mean, we're we're all about the presence [00:57:09] of God, but I believe that evangelicals [00:57:11] are. I believe that Catholics are. And I [00:57:13] believe that there's a shift that's [00:57:15] going from how, you know, the cons [00:57:16] drawing consumers to let's teach people [00:57:19] to be priests. When people come in, [00:57:21] they're they're going to experience the [00:57:23] byproduct, which is the presence of God. [00:57:25] It'll wreck people. People don't need to [00:57:27] come to church to get David Gogggins. [00:57:29] They can get that on Instagram, you [00:57:30] know, like they don't need TED talks. [00:57:32] They can already get that. What people [00:57:34] need is encounter with Jesus Christ, you [00:57:37] know, and the power of the Holy Spirit. [00:57:38] >> Amen. What So I I I totally agree. I [00:57:43] actually think paradoxically that's why [00:57:45] the Catholic Church is growing because [00:57:47] in the Catholic own approach and I have [00:57:49] such great respect for Catholics. I know [00:57:51] we have some in the audience here and I [00:57:53] want us to actually dive into our [00:57:55] agreements, not our dis disagreements, [00:57:57] whatever that we all we all know those. [00:57:59] I actually think though that the reason [00:58:00] why Catholicism is growing for young [00:58:02] people especially is that there is an [00:58:04] emphasis on the holiness and the [00:58:06] experience with God and there is an an [00:58:09] an emphasis on the aesthetically and the [00:58:11] do you agree with that? [00:58:12] >> I'll tell you right now I think the most [00:58:15] beautiful thing about the Catholic [00:58:16] Church is the mass and rather the [00:58:18] Eucharist. So, Catholics don't go to [00:58:21] mass to to get uh you know a TED talk. [00:58:24] They go there to encounter Jesus through [00:58:26] communion. I think that's beautiful. Um [00:58:29] Baptists, for example, they go to church [00:58:32] to encounter Christ through the preached [00:58:34] word. John Piper says that the primary [00:58:36] way of gazing upon Christ is through his [00:58:38] words. I love that. So, when we're [00:58:40] emphasizing how do we encounter God, [00:58:43] that's when the church is winning. Um [00:58:44] and I know that we do that in different [00:58:46] ways. Um but but I think that that that [00:58:49] Catholics [00:58:50] >> what are what are some of the other [00:58:51] ways? Worship obviously singing, prayer, [00:58:54] repentance. [00:58:55] >> Absolutely. Yeah. Like exactly. So uh [00:58:58] prayer, um gathering, uh the preaching [00:59:00] of the word, communion, uh praise, [00:59:03] giving your tithes and your offerings. I [00:59:05] mean that's literally you being the [00:59:06] priest, your offering. Lord, this is a [00:59:08] symbol of my life and I'm giving it to [00:59:10] you in obedience to you. And I know that [00:59:12] when I do this, you show up in my life. [00:59:14] fires coming on the altar of my life [00:59:16] when I offer this to you. It's like [00:59:17] really holy. It's really really amazing. [00:59:19] So, um all those different ways and the [00:59:21] church is meant to facilitate worship [00:59:23] and that's I think what we're going to [00:59:25] continue to do. [00:59:26] >> What are on the horizon some of the [00:59:27] great threats to the church? We [00:59:29] obviously identify deconstructionism, [00:59:30] progressivism, wokeism. Do you think [00:59:32] they've grown in the last couple of [00:59:33] years or are they decreasing in number? [00:59:35] I I feel as if that's becoming less and [00:59:38] less fashionable. I could name at least [00:59:40] 10 major pastors in the last couple of [00:59:42] years that are coming coming in our [00:59:45] direction. I mean, we here at Freedom [00:59:46] Night thanks to Dream City Church. We've [00:59:48] been doing this since 2021. I mean, we [00:59:50] were very early adopters, but Nathan, [00:59:54] are are they increasing? Are they [00:59:55] decreasing? Like, give us a little [00:59:56] status report. [00:59:57] >> Is deconstruction increasing? Is that [00:59:59] >> or progressivism in the church? [01:00:02] >> Yeah, look, I I think that there's [01:00:04] obviously a battle. Um, and I think that [01:00:07] there's been a battle since the church's [01:00:09] inception, you know, like there was [01:00:11] there were external and internal [01:00:13] threats. Um, we had we were fighting [01:00:16] heresies for the first four 500 years of [01:00:18] church history.nosticism and and and [01:00:21] mysticism. [01:00:22] >> Absolutely. Exactly. So, um I think that [01:00:25] there's we're always going to have [01:00:26] these, you know, Jesus even said like [01:00:29] there's going to be um you know, people [01:00:32] will have itching ears and and there's [01:00:36] when Paul's talking to Timothy, he's [01:00:38] just saying, "Check your doctrine. Check [01:00:39] your doctrine. Check your doctrine. [01:00:40] Check your doctrine." So, uh there's [01:00:42] there's all kinds of people that are [01:00:44] going to be um they're going to have [01:00:46] mythologies and philosophies and they're [01:00:48] going to be trying to take power, etc. [01:00:50] So, I think that we're always going to [01:00:51] be dealing with these types of of [01:00:55] existential problems, theological [01:00:57] problems, and um it's it's it is what it [01:01:00] is. There's going to be people that are [01:01:01] going to claim to be the Messiah, and [01:01:02] they're going to be, you know, claiming [01:01:04] to, you know, like the apostles, and [01:01:06] they're going to be uh you know, when [01:01:08] Paul is writing to defend his [01:01:10] apostilhip, there's going to be people [01:01:11] that are going to be claim claim claim [01:01:13] to be this and claim to be that. So, I [01:01:16] don't think that it's deconstruction [01:01:18] isn't alarming. is on trend for what's [01:01:21] been happening the last 2,000 years. [01:01:22] That's what I would just say. [01:01:23] >> Let's close with a threat that I talk a [01:01:26] lot about that I think the church needs [01:01:27] to more educate ourselves. I'll put I'll [01:01:30] use the third person singular here like [01:01:33] the the plural. Um that we need to [01:01:35] educate ourselves better and that is [01:01:37] Islam. [01:01:38] >> And I I don't think we're quite equipped [01:01:40] and understand the spiritual [01:01:42] ramifications here. I mean if you go [01:01:45] online everyone wants to talk about [01:01:46] Israel all the time. Fine. But like, [01:01:49] okay, why don't we talk about Islam? [01:01:50] Actually, the religion of a billion [01:01:52] people that many of whom are taking over [01:01:54] the entire European continent and we're [01:01:56] about to have a Muslim mayor of New York [01:01:59] City and we have no idea what they [01:02:01] believe or what it is. And so, should [01:02:04] Christians care about this, Nathan? I [01:02:06] mean, some pastors say, "Well, they [01:02:08] believe different stuff than we [01:02:10] believe." And how should we think about [01:02:12] Islam? [01:02:14] >> Yeah. I mean, I think that it would you [01:02:18] should read how the first thousand years [01:02:21] of pastors and thinkers in the in the [01:02:23] church like the Petristics, how they [01:02:25] thought about Islam. It's actually [01:02:27] pretty shocking because Islam hasn't [01:02:29] really changed all that much. It's still [01:02:32] very militant. It's it's I think that u [01:02:36] that dismissing it as just another [01:02:38] religion is naive. It is it is [01:02:41] incredibly politically and ideologically [01:02:43] and militantly driven um in a way that [01:02:46] like for example Buddhism is just not um [01:02:49] so not all religions are the same. So [01:02:51] it's naive to kind of classify it's a [01:02:54] religion and it just goes in this [01:02:55] clause. It's like Islam is not like [01:02:57] that. It does not behave like that. [01:02:59] >> Is it a religion? [01:03:01] >> I would say that it would be naive to [01:03:03] just to compare it to Buddhism to [01:03:05] compare it to Jehovah's Witnesses. I [01:03:07] think it is a political ideology that [01:03:10] it's it's it's a religion political [01:03:12] ideology that is inseparable from those [01:03:14] two things and it's militant [01:03:16] >> and and this is the this is the most [01:03:17] important thing we as Christians we are [01:03:20] able to separate our church and state in [01:03:23] fact sometimes we want more Christians [01:03:25] to get involved in the state but there [01:03:27] is no mosque and state separation in [01:03:29] Islam [01:03:30] >> correct [01:03:30] >> it does not exist [01:03:31] >> that teaching has never existed and [01:03:34] therefore this is why so many Muslims [01:03:36] run for political office because not [01:03:39] only are they interested, they're [01:03:40] commanded to try to institute what they [01:03:42] call the ummah, which is the covering of [01:03:44] the earth. [01:03:45] >> Correct. [01:03:46] >> And there is a Islamic illiteracy that [01:03:49] we have in the west. [01:03:50] >> And honestly, shame on us as Christians [01:03:52] for not talking about this more [01:03:54] >> and at the core this is an immigration [01:03:56] issue. [01:03:56] >> Yeah. [01:03:56] >> But Nathan, I'm told by Christians, we [01:03:58] must open up our borders to all people [01:04:00] at all times, no matter what because [01:04:02] that's what Jesus would do, [01:04:03] >> right? Yeah. So, I mean, yeah. Where did [01:04:06] Jesus say that? [01:04:08] Right. [01:04:09] That's you know [01:04:12] [Applause] [01:04:15] I I think there's there's this [01:04:18] misunderstanding about uh who like [01:04:23] neighbors and families, you know. So um [01:04:27] for example, like I love Japan. [01:04:31] I love how Japanese it is. I love how [01:04:35] foreign it is, you know, like they do [01:04:37] their own thing over there and it's [01:04:40] wonderful. If you ever been there, it's [01:04:41] just like you're just it's it's like [01:04:43] it's incredible, you know, like their [01:04:45] food and the way that they organize [01:04:46] themselves on elevators and escalators [01:04:49] and you know, they're just there. So I [01:04:52] would never want to live there, but I [01:04:54] love visiting there and I appreciate [01:04:57] their culture and the cultural [01:04:58] differences, but I don't want to be [01:05:01] Japanese. I don't want to live in Japan. [01:05:02] Does that make sense? So, I think that [01:05:04] one of the issues is that people think [01:05:06] that if you don't want to be it, you [01:05:08] hate it. And and that that's one of the [01:05:11] issues is that people are like, well, [01:05:12] America needs to be everything. It's [01:05:14] like, what if America is American? You [01:05:16] know, like what? That's okay. It's why [01:05:18] do Americans have to hate their own [01:05:20] culture and destroy their own culture? [01:05:23] See, multi I'm Canadian and I understand [01:05:24] what multiculturalism is. And [01:05:26] multiculturalism is the death of the [01:05:28] dominant culture. That's exactly what it [01:05:29] is. [01:05:30] >> Exactly. Like I don't recognize my [01:05:32] hometown anymore. In fact, when I go [01:05:33] back to Canada, I don't Do you know what [01:05:35] it means to be Canadian? Nothing. It [01:05:38] means nothing to be a Canadian now. [01:05:40] Justin Trudeau, our our the you know, [01:05:42] the clown that was in there for 10 years [01:05:44] that destroyed my country. Um he called [01:05:48] Canada the first postnational [01:05:50] country. Meaning that the only thing [01:05:52] that we have in common is that we have [01:05:54] nothing in common. That's what it mean. [01:05:56] That's that's [01:05:57] >> so good. And it just destroys the social [01:06:00] fabric. Um you think that people would [01:06:02] get along but it's the exact opposite. [01:06:04] They don't get along. People don't work [01:06:06] together. People are the Hindus are [01:06:08] hating the Sikhs. The Sikhs are hating [01:06:09] the Muslims. The Muslim. It is just [01:06:11] absolute and total chaos right now in my [01:06:13] country. Nobody wants to work together. [01:06:14] So, [01:06:18] [Music] [01:06:32] [Music] [01:06:37] welcome back everyone to the Charlie [01:06:38] Kirk show. I'm Megan Kelly sitting in [01:06:40] for Charlie and simal casting now on [01:06:42] SiriusXM on the Megan Kelly show as well [01:06:45] which is perfect for me. That's perfect. [01:06:47] The two of us kind of holding hands. [01:06:48] >> Yeah. [01:06:49] >> And doing the shows together which is [01:06:50] what we did when he was with us. [01:06:52] >> Mikey, let me ask you because [01:06:54] >> there are a lot of questions in [01:06:56] conservative circles now about what's [01:06:57] going to happen with the organization [01:06:58] because Turning Point's become very [01:07:00] important to a lot of people. [01:07:01] >> Yeah. [01:07:01] >> And [01:07:03] >> I I hope there are no turf wars. I hope [01:07:06] there's nothing like no it has to go [01:07:07] this way. No, it has to go that way. I [01:07:08] think, you know, choosing Erica to be [01:07:10] Charlie's successor is the perfect way [01:07:12] to stop all that. Yeah. [01:07:13] >> Just to keep it consistent with [01:07:14] Charlie's vision, [01:07:15] >> but what are your thoughts on how you [01:07:18] keep it consistent with what Charlie [01:07:20] wanted and keep it going? [01:07:22] >> Yeah. [01:07:22] >> Without him? [01:07:23] >> Yeah. Um Erica said it the other night. [01:07:25] Um he was a he was an excellent person [01:07:29] to pick people. He loved picking people [01:07:30] and choosing talent, finding talent, and [01:07:33] acquiring talent. and he would want to [01:07:35] pluck somebody and bring them on the [01:07:36] team if they were good at a job. Um, but [01:07:39] I was telling you earlier with Erica [01:07:42] that for the first time I got a little [01:07:45] emotional two days ago because for the [01:07:47] first time when I was talking to her [01:07:48] about where the organization's going, [01:07:50] how we're going to continue Charlie's [01:07:51] legacy, how we're going to really 10x [01:07:53] this organization to become what what [01:07:56] Charlie inevitably wanted it to become. [01:07:59] I I hearing her thoughts and the way she [01:08:02] was talking and breaking things down. I [01:08:03] felt like for the first time I was [01:08:04] speaking to Charlie for the first time [01:08:06] again. Um and he told her everything. He [01:08:09] private conversations, everything. He [01:08:11] was shared with Erica. She knew [01:08:13] everything. And from the way she texts [01:08:15] to the way she talks and I I can [01:08:18] confidently say that I feel like it's [01:08:20] Charlie still leading this organization. [01:08:22] >> And we just announced it that Erica is [01:08:24] going to be the chief executive officer [01:08:26] of Turning Point USA. And for the [01:08:29] operators, for the people that helped [01:08:30] run this organization with Charlie, we [01:08:32] know we know exactly what he wanted in [01:08:34] his meetings, what he his vision was, [01:08:36] his push and the event coming on Sunday, [01:08:38] we all just keep sending quotes to each [01:08:40] other, more people, make it bigger. And [01:08:43] it's we it's he's ingrained in us. He's [01:08:45] still there. And it's just like every [01:08:48] difficult situation, every hard trial [01:08:50] that comes up, it's almost like we have [01:08:52] a blueprint that Charlie's just embedded [01:08:55] into our minds. Can the the event on [01:08:57] Sunday honoring Charlie's life, [01:09:00] >> it's going to have heads of state. I [01:09:02] mean, every administration official like [01:09:04] that place is going to be in lockdown, [01:09:06] I'm sure, first of all. But have you [01:09:07] been overwhelmed with the number of [01:09:08] responses? [01:09:09] >> It It's touching the amount of [01:09:11] responses, not just with the event, but [01:09:13] also outside of the event, the amount of [01:09:15] people messaging me, everybody on this [01:09:17] team, the organization, saying for the [01:09:20] first time in seven years, 10 years [01:09:21] ever, this is their first time going [01:09:23] back to church. and that they sat in [01:09:25] that empty seat that Charlie left in the [01:09:27] sanctuary and they turned to their [01:09:28] neighbor and they said, "Charlie brought [01:09:30] me here." And they and the other [01:09:31] messages said, "For every Sunday after [01:09:32] this, I'll go back for God, but for this [01:09:34] Sunday, I'm going for Charlie Kirk." [01:09:35] >> Oh, I love that. [01:09:36] >> And the the overpouring [01:09:39] of responses outside of this event, it's [01:09:41] beautiful. But the event specifically, [01:09:43] you're right. Every head there's heads [01:09:45] of state coming. The entire White House [01:09:48] essentially is coming. Yeah. [01:09:49] >> It's beautiful. And I I believe when Air [01:09:52] Force One lands, there's going to be a [01:09:53] lot of people that you guys will see at [01:09:55] this event. It's going to be very [01:09:56] beautiful. [01:09:56] >> Have you guys been I mean, you knew [01:09:57] Charlie so well. You knew him on a date. [01:09:59] You were getting his clothes, right? And [01:10:00] his his food. [01:10:01] >> Have you been surprised at like the [01:10:04] worldwide tributes to him, the massive [01:10:07] impact that his loss has had? [01:10:10] >> Yeah, for sure. Um you you when you're [01:10:13] with Charlie every day, he's not Charlie [01:10:15] Kirk. He's just Charlie. Um and then you [01:10:18] know something like this happens and it [01:10:20] just his reach was so big. Um it was [01:10:23] bigger than anything I think we ever [01:10:25] even realized. Um me personally [01:10:27] especially and [01:10:28] >> he was just so [01:10:29] >> you think you're working for a company [01:10:30] not necessarily a cause and then you [01:10:32] realize [01:10:33] >> it's something far more profound. [01:10:34] >> It's way bigger than um any of us and [01:10:36] it's bigger than Charlie. It's uh yeah [01:10:39] it's really cool. [01:10:40] >> Can I ask you guys like were you how did [01:10:42] you get the news last week? Were you [01:10:44] here? Yeah, we were. Me and Danny were [01:10:46] both there. [01:10:47] >> You were Oh, you were there on site with [01:10:48] him? [01:10:48] >> Uh, on site? Yeah. [01:10:50] >> Gosh, Danny. [01:10:52] >> I mean, [01:10:54] did you worry about security in advance [01:10:56] of these events? Because I know Charlie, [01:10:58] he said openly he'd been getting death [01:10:59] threats. [01:11:00] >> Yeah, we always would worry. Um, but it [01:11:03] wasn't really our job to worry. We were [01:11:05] just kind of more so focused on uh doing [01:11:07] what we had to for the team and [01:11:09] whoever's job that was. You know, [01:11:11] >> we trusted them and everything and we [01:11:12] still do. um his team did great. Um so [01:11:16] yeah, it was never really we were more [01:11:18] so just focused on doing what we needed [01:11:19] to uh for Charlie. [01:11:21] >> I have to imagine there was a level of [01:11:23] disbelief on your part too, just like [01:11:24] there was for those of us who weren't [01:11:26] there who were watching on TV. [01:11:27] >> Yeah. Yeah. Just um just kind of state [01:11:31] of shock at first. Yeah. Um [01:11:34] >> has it been helpful to come back to the [01:11:35] office and like be with each other? [01:11:37] >> Yeah, absolutely. I think leaning on [01:11:39] each other has been the most important [01:11:41] thing through all of it. Um, it's sort [01:11:44] of an unspeakable feeling that I think [01:11:46] we're all experiencing, but to be able [01:11:48] to go through it together has been very, [01:11:51] very helpful. [01:11:51] >> Do you like I I personally have been [01:11:55] surprised at how many people feel this [01:11:57] personally. I mean, people openly [01:11:59] weeping who never met Charlie and [01:12:01] actually who weren't even necessarily [01:12:03] fans. Not detractors, but not fans [01:12:05] either. And it's, I think, because of [01:12:07] the content that's being pushed out that [01:12:09] they're getting to know him. Of course, [01:12:11] the violence with which he was taken, [01:12:12] but also just the content. Do you have [01:12:15] somebody going through hours and hours [01:12:16] of Charlie tape and like refreshing it [01:12:18] for us? Like, how are we getting all [01:12:19] this new content? What feels like new? [01:12:21] >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Charlie would bank [01:12:23] hours of content. He did four hours a [01:12:25] day and then on top of that, he was [01:12:27] doing five speeches a week. [01:12:29] >> He was [01:12:29] >> he we were traveling like we were [01:12:31] supposed to be in Colorado State today. [01:12:33] We're supposed to be in Nashville [01:12:34] tomorrow. He would just bank these these [01:12:36] speeches and content. We didn't even [01:12:38] post all of them. We have so many [01:12:39] speeches that haven't even been posted [01:12:40] yet. [01:12:40] >> Who was he speaking to? [01:12:42] >> It would groups. On Friday, he was [01:12:44] supposed to be speaking at a church [01:12:45] event. Today, he was supposed to be [01:12:47] speaking to students at Colorado State. [01:12:48] And wow, when we were in Asia, he was [01:12:50] speaking to a random group of Japanese [01:12:53] people. And at the American in Korea, [01:12:57] um, but to to their point, [01:13:00] security-wise, I don't think it matters [01:13:03] what the security was. Nothing was gonna [01:13:05] stop Charlie from giving his message [01:13:07] where it needed to be. [01:13:09] >> And [01:13:10] he died too soon, but he was always [01:13:13] ready to die. Everything he did, he [01:13:16] poured into it 100%. He was always [01:13:18] dedicated to his work, dedicated to his [01:13:20] message. He knew the truth was the [01:13:22] truth. He would always say, "North is [01:13:24] north, no matter what. It's there's [01:13:26] objective truths that need to be shared [01:13:27] to the world." And he was ready to share [01:13:29] those. when I saw, you know, found out [01:13:32] that he'd been wearing a bulletproof [01:13:34] vest, I thought to myself, oh my god, [01:13:37] like I didn't I didn't even know that it [01:13:39] had gotten that bad. [01:13:40] >> Yeah. [01:13:41] >> Like in terms of the death threats, [01:13:42] because we all sadly do get death [01:13:43] threats in this in the public eye. [01:13:45] >> Yeah. [01:13:46] >> Um had it escalated prior to [01:13:49] >> last week? We've always gotten threats [01:13:51] before. Um nobody's ever really acted on [01:13:55] them like in this way, but we have [01:13:57] received stuff in the past. It's so [01:13:59] sick, right? It's like [01:14:00] >> that this should be the cost for saying [01:14:03] what you believe. [01:14:04] >> Truth. [01:14:05] >> Now, everybody wants to know what [01:14:06] Charlie would think about everything. [01:14:08] You know, I'm talking to a lot of [01:14:09] people. They say, "Well, what would [01:14:10] Charlie think about this? What would [01:14:11] Charlie think about that?" And I tried [01:14:12] desperately not to answer those [01:14:13] questions because it's just not up to me [01:14:14] to say that kind of thing. Feel like [01:14:16] Erica can say that and nobody else can [01:14:18] say that. [01:14:18] >> Exactly. [01:14:19] >> Um, but I do wonder I feel like Charlie [01:14:23] would might be happy about the Jimmy [01:14:25] Kimmel situation. [01:14:26] >> He put out a tweet. I literally I posted [01:14:29] on my story today. Jimmy Kimmel isn't [01:14:31] funny was a tweet that he posted way [01:14:34] back when. [01:14:34] >> He was right. He's not he hasn't been [01:14:37] funny for a long time. As President [01:14:40] Trump would say, yeah, [01:14:41] >> Rosy's a loser. She's been a loser for a [01:14:43] long time. As if it's like a, you know, [01:14:45] it's quantifiable exactly when she [01:14:46] became a loser. And same with Jimmy [01:14:48] Kimmel. He was once funny and he's not [01:14:50] anymore. [01:14:50] >> Not anymore. [01:14:51] >> And like President Trump with the anti [01:14:53] with the with the Antifa declaration [01:14:55] today. [01:14:55] >> I thought that was amazing. Like that [01:14:57] was a group that Charlie called a lot of [01:14:58] attention to [01:15:00] >> and obviously may have had some [01:15:02] connection to what happened last week. [01:15:04] But [01:15:04] >> what what do you make of the the Kimmel [01:15:06] termination? It's indefinite suspension. [01:15:09] >> Sweet justice. I think we were all [01:15:11] waiting for it. It's it's a shame. I [01:15:13] mean Charlie's seeing it and he's loving [01:15:15] it, but to only see his reaction to it [01:15:17] would have been priceless for all of us [01:15:19] who work so closely with him. But [01:15:21] >> yeah, we love it. Nobody thinks Jimmy [01:15:23] Kimmel's funny anymore. No. So, [01:15:25] >> and the ner I mean the nerve of that guy [01:15:27] to suggest that that this guy was was [01:15:29] MAGA. [01:15:30] >> I know like disgusting. [01:15:31] >> There was no way he was getting away [01:15:32] with that. And we're going to talk more [01:15:34] about that when Walter Kern joins me [01:15:36] next. He's got lots of thoughts. You [01:15:38] guys, I think I speak for everyone when [01:15:39] I say we are all sending you all of our [01:15:41] love, all of our support. I am of course [01:15:44] willing to do whatever whatever it takes [01:15:46] to keep Turning Point going forward in [01:15:48] as robustly and strongly as ever. And I [01:15:50] know everybody out there is feeling it [01:15:52] in terms of donations. you guys just [01:15:53] keep telling us what you need and we'll [01:15:54] all be there. [01:15:55] >> That's great. [01:15:56] >> Much love to you. [01:15:57] >> Thank you. [01:15:58] >> Uh okay, don't go away because there is [01:15:59] a lot to talk about in the actual news [01:16:02] and we will talk about Jimmy Kimmel and [01:16:04] President Obama's whining. Stay tuned. [01:16:09] [Music] [01:16:24] compatible and that's okay. [01:16:26] >> Isn't it interesting? There are 50 plus [01:16:28] Muslim majority countries and yet [01:16:30] Muslims so badly want to come here and [01:16:31] turn this into another one. It's because [01:16:33] it is a conquering ideology that [01:16:35] masquerades itself as a religion. [01:16:37] >> Correct. [01:16:38] >> And and that needs to be repeatedly [01:16:40] said. [01:16:40] >> Yeah. [01:16:41] >> And again, this is not about hating [01:16:45] individual Muslims. Literally my primary [01:16:47] care doctor here in Arizona, Zudi [01:16:49] Jasser, like the sweetest guy ever, is a [01:16:51] practicing Muslim who's trying to [01:16:52] dradicalize Islam. We all know [01:16:54] individual Muslims who we care for, we [01:16:56] minister to. We're talking about an [01:16:58] ideology, [01:16:59] >> right? [01:16:59] >> And you must be able to separate an [01:17:01] ideology from precious individuals that [01:17:03] we care about because they're always [01:17:04] going to try to conflate those two. [01:17:06] Yeah. [01:17:06] >> Right. We should care for those [01:17:07] individuals and we should minister to [01:17:09] them and we should have great [01:17:10] relationships and be neighborly and be [01:17:12] Christlike to them and we can see really [01:17:14] goodness in a lot of those people. Yeah. [01:17:15] But don't tell me that Minneapolis is [01:17:17] going in the right direction, [01:17:18] >> right? [01:17:19] >> Like, I'm sorry. That's that's that's [01:17:20] that's not true. Don't tell me that New [01:17:22] York City is going in the right [01:17:23] direction, right? That they're about to [01:17:25] have a Muslim Marxist mayor in America's [01:17:28] largest city. [01:17:29] >> And we as Christians, and we'll kind of [01:17:32] close on this, Nathan, Western [01:17:34] civilization is Christendom. [01:17:37] It is an inheritance and a birthright [01:17:39] brought to you by Christians, [01:17:40] >> right? And when we seek to establish [01:17:43] that, we seek to actually have what [01:17:44] makes us what quote unquote the dominant [01:17:47] culture. And it's not racial, it's not [01:17:49] ethnic, but it is cultural. And that's [01:17:51] what's important. And you must [01:17:53] assimilate towards that norm when you [01:17:55] come here. And immigration without [01:17:58] assimilation is an invasion. [01:18:00] >> Correct. [01:18:01] >> And we should not put up with it. [01:18:02] >> Yeah. [01:18:03] >> Nathan, final thought and then I'm going [01:18:05] to bring Lucas in for a line change [01:18:08] here. [01:18:08] >> Okay. Yeah. Geez, that was so good. [01:18:12] Yeah, I just I just I just totally [01:18:14] agree. I I I think um we have to be able [01:18:17] to separate, you know. So, who is my [01:18:18] neighbor? My neighbor is my Muslim [01:18:20] doctor and my neighbor is, you know, a [01:18:22] family, you know, that is here in from [01:18:25] Mexico and they're begging and they need [01:18:26] food and and I want to take care of them [01:18:28] and that's my Christian duty to take [01:18:30] care of them. And as a Christian, I need [01:18:32] to separate [01:18:54] said that we're being invaded. [01:18:56] >> Does he have that power? I thought that [01:18:57] was a congressionally approved. [01:18:58] >> No, that's not correct. The president of [01:18:59] the United States has an ability within [01:19:00] a 90-day emergency clause window to say [01:19:02] that we we are being invaded by a [01:19:04] special power. It's called the War [01:19:05] Powers Act of 1990 something. The War [01:19:07] Powers Act gives the president the [01:19:09] authority for 90 to 100 days to declare [01:19:10] that we are being invaded. And we have [01:19:12] been invaded, by the way, by MS-13 and [01:19:14] Trenda Aaru. It's a material fact. [01:19:16] considering okay uh one of the things [01:19:18] that's super important when we consider [01:19:19] law is the spirit of the law and [01:19:23] the the do we really believe that these [01:19:25] laws were enacted with a spirit in mind [01:19:27] of gangs being associated as arms of a [01:19:30] state [01:19:31] >> potentially [01:19:31] >> MS 13 andaga are not Venezuelan arms [01:19:34] they're not [01:19:35] >> no MS-13 is that's not correct but let [01:19:37] let me throw it back at you MS-13 is El [01:19:39] Salvadorian and and also um Venezuela [01:19:42] yeah Treneraga is Venezuela MS-13 is El [01:19:44] Salvadorian he signed Declaration of [01:19:46] Invasions against both. But let me [01:19:48] challenge you on this because you're [01:19:49] coming after this in good faith. Was the [01:19:51] First Amendment written in the spirit of [01:19:53] Facebook posts? [01:19:58] >> Can you clarify a little bit? [01:20:00] >> The First Amendment. [01:20:01] >> Yeah. [01:20:02] >> Part of the Bill of Rights ratified in [01:20:04] 1791. Was it written in the spirit that [01:20:06] it shall apply to tweets? [01:20:08] >> Uh not to private corporations. [01:20:10] >> Well, no. No. meaning like does your do [01:20:12] your free speech rights apply also to to [01:20:14] the internet? [01:20:16] >> So it applies to public squares. The [01:20:18] question that we're having now is is [01:20:19] Facebook a public square? Are Twitter [01:20:21] public square? [01:20:23] >> It's it's a separate issue. This issue [01:20:24] is that we would all agree that you have [01:20:26] a first amendment right to express [01:20:27] yourself and the government can't throw [01:20:29] you in prison regardless of where you [01:20:31] have it. Whether you write a newspaper [01:20:32] oped or whether you do a Facebook post, [01:20:34] right? [01:20:35] >> You have a first amendment right to do [01:20:36] that. The point being is you say, well, [01:20:38] the spirit of the law in 17, you know, [01:20:40] 98, it doesn't matter if a law is old. [01:20:43] It matters what moral claim is the law [01:20:45] trying to make because times sort of [01:20:48] change, but people do not. Human nature [01:20:51] goes unchanged. And so, the point being [01:20:53] is the Alien Enemies Act has been [01:20:55] invoked four times in our nation's [01:20:57] history. War of 1812, Civil War, World [01:20:59] War I, World War II, and I believe [01:21:01] totally appropriately invoked here. It's [01:21:02] it's been enjoined by the Supreme Court [01:21:04] right now. will find out its future. But [01:21:07] when you have 15 million people come [01:21:09] into your country in a span of four [01:21:10] years, that is definitionally an [01:21:13] invasion. [01:21:16] >> Um [01:21:19] I guess an invasion requires a certain [01:21:22] commitment from a state, right? It's the [01:21:24] a big difference between an invasion and [01:21:26] a and an immigration wave is whether [01:21:29] there's a state operating [01:21:30] >> or a force. The cartels, man. The [01:21:32] cartels operate like a state. The [01:21:34] cartels are the reason that a lot of [01:21:36] these people are able to make it up to [01:21:37] the border. They pay. [01:21:52] Welcome back everyone to the Charlie [01:21:54] Kirk show. I'm Megan Kelly. It's [01:21:56] completely an honor to be sitting here [01:21:58] in Charlie's studio wearing the Freedom [01:22:01] shirt and talking with Charlie's staff [01:22:03] and about how Charlie lived his life. [01:22:06] It's amazing here. Everyone is young. [01:22:10] Everyone is energetic. Everyone is, you [01:22:14] know, in a weird way upbeat. And by that [01:22:16] I mean like they're obviously in deep [01:22:19] grief, but they are finding a way to [01:22:20] laugh with one another and be with one [01:22:22] another and forge forward. And I I will [01:22:24] tell you this is the most optimistic I [01:22:26] have felt since eight days ago about the [01:22:30] future of Turning Point. I just feel [01:22:31] like these people, we are in good hands. [01:22:33] Like this organization will go forward [01:22:36] and they can do it. Not not only can [01:22:38] they do it because they knew Charlie [01:22:39] very well and they knew his vision and [01:22:40] they'd been doing it, but you can just [01:22:43] tell it's a family and they are more [01:22:45] committed now than ever to making sure [01:22:47] that that this organization stands and [01:22:49] grows and becomes even stronger than it [01:22:51] is right now. And it's going to be [01:22:53] hopefully other than logistically it's [01:22:55] going to be easy because they have the [01:22:57] support of the world right now. Um and [01:23:02] they also keep getting bits of good news [01:23:04] here and there like last night uh the [01:23:06] decision that Erica Kirk will take over [01:23:09] as the CEO of Turning Point. Just saying [01:23:11] it gives me the chills. It's exactly of [01:23:13] course what Charlie would have wanted. [01:23:14] You you know that from the tape you've [01:23:16] seen of the two of them in what was one [01:23:18] of the most beautiful love stories any [01:23:20] of us has ever witnessed. An inspiration [01:23:22] even to those of us who've been married [01:23:23] for 18 years and are already happily [01:23:25] married to do even better to try even [01:23:28] harder to make our spouse even happier. [01:23:31] Um and think of what somebody like that [01:23:35] can do at the top of this organization [01:23:37] in in the name of her husband. I mean [01:23:39] it's it's going to be something to watch [01:23:41] and participate in. They need [01:23:42] everybody's help. Um, one of the other [01:23:45] pieces of good news is that Jimmy Kimmel [01:23:48] is no longer on the air and we're [01:23:50] absolutely thrilled. We won't miss him [01:23:53] at all. And I frankly all the liberal [01:23:56] tear crying all over X is only making it [01:24:00] better. [01:24:01] What's the opposite of salt into your [01:24:03] wounds? Sugar? I don't know. Balm. I [01:24:05] like it's wonderful to see them upset. [01:24:08] I'm sorry, but it's like um Steven L. [01:24:11] Miller, who's not to be confused with [01:24:13] Steven Miller, the Trump administration [01:24:14] senior official. Stephen El Miller, he's [01:24:16] been on the show before. He's very [01:24:17] clever. He's a great Twitter follow. And [01:24:19] he tweeted out or posted on X. Um, [01:24:22] national media being more upset at Jimmy [01:24:25] Kimmel losing his show than they are at [01:24:27] Charlie Kirk losing his life is kind of [01:24:30] proving the point. I couldn't say it any [01:24:32] better than that. That's exactly it. [01:24:34] They they're so they're way more upset [01:24:36] about this news about this guy, this [01:24:39] talking head who's been such a buffoon [01:24:41] for so many years doing nothing other [01:24:42] than [01:24:44] being unkind. I'm trying not to swear. [01:24:46] It says right here on the top of my [01:24:47] packet. Reminder, no swearing because [01:24:50] I'm on Charlie's show now. He's he so [01:24:52] wholesome. Um but in any event, being [01:24:55] such a jerk for so many years, losing [01:24:58] his show, no one cares. Most normal [01:25:00] people uh don't care. Walter Kern, do [01:25:02] you care? He's my guest now. and joins [01:25:04] me via satellite. Walter, your thoughts [01:25:06] on Jimmy Kimmel and the leftist [01:25:08] meltdown. [01:25:10] >> Well, let me say something first. Uh, [01:25:12] two months ago, Charlie asked me to be [01:25:14] on this show. I had never been on it [01:25:17] before. And, uh, I said no. I was too [01:25:21] busy. I would get to him this fall. [01:25:25] Well, he's not here. And now I'm on his [01:25:28] show with him, not on Earth, which is a [01:25:32] lesson to us all. Don't put things off. [01:25:35] Don't do take take things for granted [01:25:38] and how quickly and terribly things can [01:25:40] change. So, uh I'm sorry, Mr. Kirk. [01:25:43] >> Oh, yeah. [01:25:44] >> I uh uh I'm sorry that I delayed too [01:25:49] long. Anyway, what do I think of Jimmy [01:25:52] Kimmel? [01:25:54] >> Well, I do a little show biz. I write [01:25:56] screenplays. I've had movies made in my [01:25:58] books. I've written on TV shows. Jimmy, [01:26:02] that's showbiz. You weren't funny. You [01:26:05] weren't any good. You wished death on [01:26:08] half of your audience in not so subtle [01:26:10] ways. Hey Weezy, rest in peace. You made [01:26:14] a false claim that this case had been [01:26:18] cracked and the culprit was MAGA. Other [01:26:22] words, half the US public. Now you're [01:26:26] gone and you're gone legally and I think [01:26:29] legitimately because ABC leases the [01:26:32] public airwaves in order to make money [01:26:34] and that lease comes with conditions and [01:26:37] that is that it serves the public good [01:26:39] basically. [01:26:40] >> That's right. [01:26:40] >> And it wasn't serving the public good. [01:26:42] It was it was acting on behalf of a [01:26:44] regime. It was acting on behalf of its [01:26:47] pharmaceutical advertisers that keep it, [01:26:50] you know, that keep it supported. It was [01:26:53] slanting not just the news but every [01:26:55] joke. It's not cable. Greg Gutfeld is [01:26:58] not comparable. He's on cable news. [01:27:00] Those are private wires that are laid in [01:27:02] the ground. This is the public airwaves. [01:27:04] A stage that we give people on the [01:27:06] condition that they use it with decency [01:27:09] and some sense of fairness and fair play [01:27:12] and in the interest of all of us who own [01:27:15] it. We own that station. we merely lease [01:27:18] it to FC. [01:27:19] >> And now they're finding out they [01:27:20] violated their lease that there's a new [01:27:22] sheriff in town at the FC FCC who [01:27:24] actually is going to start enforcing [01:27:26] these rules and regulations. I got to [01:27:28] take a quick break, but we're going to [01:27:29] pick it up right here when we come back [01:27:31] and I'll tell you what Jimmy Kimmel has [01:27:33] been saying in response to the news. [01:27:35] Don't go away. [01:27:38] [Music] [01:27:47] money to the cartels. The cartels are [01:27:49] using drones. They're using speedboats. [01:27:51] They're using helicopters. The cartels [01:27:53] act like a government. In fact, the [01:27:55] cartels run the Mexican government. The [01:27:56] Senate drug cartel is more powerful than [01:27:58] the Mexican drug Mexican government. [01:28:00] >> I would agree with labeling these [01:28:01] terrorist organizations. I think they [01:28:02] have the funding. They operate. They [01:28:04] have such but to there's a key [01:28:06] distinction between a government entity [01:28:09] and a terrorist organization. [01:28:11] >> Hold on. Is hold on a second. We [01:28:12] declared war on al-Qaeda. [01:28:15] >> Yeah. [01:28:15] >> What government was al-Qaeda? [01:28:18] >> Um we can declare war on terrorist [01:28:20] organizations. [01:28:21] >> No, I know. That's what I'm saying. So [01:28:23] ala if we if we signed the Alien Enemies [01:28:25] Act against al-Qaeda, it would have been [01:28:27] perfectly fair and appropriate [01:28:28] obviously. And al-Qaeda is not a [01:28:30] government. What I'm saying though is [01:28:31] that the cartels, the MS-13 and Trende [01:28:33] Aaragua, they are being supported by [01:28:35] governments. They're harboring [01:28:36] governments. Alien Enemies Act of course [01:28:38] applies to them. These are enemies here [01:28:40] on the mainland of America doing harm. [01:28:43] And Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of [01:28:45] MS-13. He was a wife beater, a child [01:28:47] abuser here illegally. He had a [01:28:49] deportation notice on his head. And now [01:28:50] he's back in his country of El Salvador [01:28:52] and we should be happy that he's home. [01:28:54] >> So [01:28:56] I can grant you that he might be all [01:28:58] these things. It does not mean that he [01:28:59] doesn't get a day in court. [01:29:00] >> But as a as a non US citizen though, [01:29:03] >> the Alien Enemies Act allow us to [01:29:05] expeditiously remove him. It's just the [01:29:07] way it works. I mean, [01:29:08] >> no, you're right. But [01:29:09] >> and now that's not the case whether that [01:29:11] was a correct invocation, right? That's [01:29:12] >> But that's irrelevant. The Supreme Court [01:29:14] has now said no more. So there will be [01:29:15] no more. But in that specific case, [01:29:17] nothing was done illegally. The only [01:29:19] argument you might have is that the [01:29:21] judge says you could deport him anywhere [01:29:23] except El Salvador. So, we should [01:29:25] probably should have just like deported [01:29:26] him to, I don't know, the Congo and [01:29:27] everyone would have been happier. [01:29:29] Hilariously, they said, "Oh, he's in a [01:29:30] foreign jail." No, he's not in a foreign [01:29:32] jail. He's an El Salvadorian in his own [01:29:35] country. He's not an American. If he [01:29:37] would have went to Gitmo, that would [01:29:38] have been a foreign jail. [01:29:40] >> Okay. Um, [01:29:44] and then, uh, let's see. [01:29:46] >> I think that's it for me. Yeah. [01:29:47] >> Thank you very much. [01:29:48] >> Uh, could I ask you for a red hat? [01:29:49] >> Yes, absolutely. Thank you. Y, thanks. [01:29:51] Great question. [01:29:53] [Music] [01:29:56] Charlie. [01:30:03] [Applause] [01:30:05] [Music] [01:30:06] [Applause] [01:30:09] >> Yes, sir. [01:30:11] >> All right. Um, [01:30:13] >> hi Charlie. My name is Gabriel and uh I [01:30:15] I'm a senior in high school and I I want [01:30:17] to tell you this. I don't know much [01:30:18] about this topic. So, I want I'm here [01:30:20] more to learn, but I also want to [01:30:22] provide a point of view. So, I wanted to [01:30:24] speak about Trump's tariff policy. So, [01:30:26] since January 20 um 2025, Trump has had [01:30:29] one of the worst presidential terms [01:30:31] concerning the economy. And there's [01:30:33] statistics to back this up. S&P has [01:30:36] dropped 8%, Dow Jones dropped 7%, the [01:30:39] Russell dropped 12%. The way I [01:30:41] understand it, tariffs are attacks that [01:30:42] are passed on to consumers. They impede [01:30:44] upon the world free trade and increase [01:30:46] the cost of imported goods. This not [01:30:48] only has tanked our economy, but is [01:30:50] actually putting small businesses across [01:30:51] America out of work. Middle class [01:30:53] Americans that voted for Trump believing [01:30:55] prices would drop are now having to [01:30:57] close down their small business because [01:30:58] they used to rely on outsourcing. Now, I [01:31:00] understand that Trump's goal with this [01:31:02] tariff policy is to bring back jobs to [01:31:03] America. However, this is an unrealistic [01:31:05] reality. Even though some corporations [01:31:07] are moving production to the US to avoid [01:31:09] tariff, in reality, most would rather [01:31:12] pass the cost on to consumers than [01:31:14] financially pay billions of dollars and [01:31:16] building new plants in America and [01:31:17] paying higher w higher wages. With all [01:31:20] of this, I wanted to ask you if you [01:31:22] could please defend Trump's tariff plan. [01:31:24] >> Sure. Uh, great. Um, first of all, the [01:31:27] market's recovering, but you're right, [01:31:28] it has gone down. The market is not a [01:31:30] necessarily good indicator of the [01:31:31] economy. We have an economy and then we [01:31:33] have a market. Half Americans don't know [01:31:35] any stocks, just for the record. Okay. [01:31:36] And that's a very important thing, [01:31:37] right? [01:31:38] >> There there's a lot of Americans that [01:31:38] have money in stocks and are losing [01:31:40] money every day because [01:31:41] >> Well, actually, okay, you're in high [01:31:43] school, so I'm just going to be like [01:31:44] super gentle. Like the market's been up [01:31:46] the last couple days, right? Markets go [01:31:48] up, markets go down. The more important [01:31:50] question, though, is what type of [01:31:51] economy is going to survive the next 40 [01:31:53] or 50 years? When we do not make our own [01:31:56] vitamin C, we don't make our own [01:31:57] antibiotics, we don't make our own drone [01:31:59] parts, and it's all made in China, we [01:32:00] should try to redomicile it. It's it's [01:32:02] it's tempting to blame this all on [01:32:04] tariffs, but there's actually no tariffs [01:32:05] that are in place right now. You know [01:32:06] that, right? [01:32:07] >> There there's there's still a 10% [01:32:09] baseline tariff. And even though there's [01:32:10] a 90-day pause, they're going to come [01:32:11] back. [01:32:12] >> That's the reality. [01:32:13] >> You you you know that better than I do, [01:32:14] right? Yeah. [01:32:15] >> Well, I I know that. That's a fact. [01:32:16] >> Oh, yeah. Sure. Okay. [01:32:17] >> There's a there's a 90-day pause on [01:32:19] >> So, again, I'm trying to be super like [01:32:20] you're in high school. It's fine. You [01:32:22] know, Trump's talking to South Korea and [01:32:24] Japan and Vietnam. We're going to get [01:32:25] massive deals with India, and we're [01:32:27] going to fix the trade imbalances. And [01:32:29] here's the core of it. Can we at least [01:32:31] agree that Trump ran on the idea of [01:32:34] tariffs? He did. [01:32:35] >> And people voted for it. Yes. [01:32:36] >> Should elected leaders do what people [01:32:38] vote for them to do? [01:32:39] >> Yes. But but I I agree that he's doing [01:32:41] what he said he would do. What I'm [01:32:43] asking you is how can you defend what [01:32:45] he's doing? Cuz because what would you [01:32:47] say to the middle class American that [01:32:48] has a small business that now has to [01:32:50] shut down their business because they [01:32:51] used to outsource to China and now they [01:32:53] can't pay due to the high tariffs. [01:32:55] >> That's my question. [01:32:56] >> Wait, they were outsourcing to China? [01:32:57] Well, most uh even though some small [01:32:59] businesses don't outsource, they get a [01:33:01] lot of their production from bing [01:33:02] companies that do make their products [01:33:04] foreign. And so now that those prices [01:33:06] are being jacked up and small, [01:33:17] [Music] [01:33:22] the voice of generations is the Charlie [01:33:24] Kirk Show. [01:33:26] Welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show, [01:33:28] which goes on just as Charlie would want [01:33:31] it to. He's got millions of fans now [01:33:34] across the world and so many who [01:33:36] listened to the show and depended on [01:33:37] Charlie to bring them the news [01:33:40] unfiltered and with his brand of [01:33:42] straight talk. And I'm honored to be [01:33:45] here doing that for him today. And a [01:33:48] shout out to the Megan Kelly show [01:33:49] listeners, too, who are listening on [01:33:50] SiriusXM and on our pod as well. Um, [01:33:54] Jimmy Kimmel wasn't sorry. Okay, we [01:33:56] played the soundbite on our show for you [01:33:58] yesterday, and I'll play it here now, [01:34:00] just for those of you who haven't heard [01:34:01] what got him indefinitely suspended. [01:34:04] He's fired. We'll see unless Disney [01:34:06] bends the knee. But right now, it's not [01:34:07] looking good for old Jimbo. Um, here's [01:34:10] what he said in ST 7. [01:34:13] We hit some new lows over the weekend [01:34:15] with the MAGA gang desperately trying to [01:34:17] characterize this kid who murdered [01:34:19] Charlie Kirk as anything other than one [01:34:21] of them and doing everything they can to [01:34:24] score political points from it. [01:34:26] >> So, he's a despicable pig. And he said [01:34:29] that when he knew that it wasn't the [01:34:31] case, the evidence had been ubiquitous [01:34:33] about this person's leftleaning and [01:34:37] commitment to left-wing ideology. We've [01:34:39] gone through it repeatedly. you all [01:34:40] know. Uh, and that all of that was out [01:34:42] before Jimmy Kimmel said that on Monday [01:34:44] night. Did he come out on the air on [01:34:45] Tuesday night and try to correct his [01:34:46] lie? No, because it was a lie. It was an [01:34:48] intentional misstatement of fact meant [01:34:51] to mislead you. It was not a mistake, as [01:34:53] some left-wing defenders are saying [01:34:55] right now on X. And his plan on [01:34:58] Wednesday was not to go out and [01:34:59] apologize that night either. His plan, [01:35:01] according to the Hollywood Reporter, was [01:35:02] to go out and claim that he was the [01:35:04] victim because it was taken out of [01:35:06] context. and he was going to give us the [01:35:07] proper context in which somehow his lie [01:35:10] about MAGA at a time when MAGA is under [01:35:13] greater threat than it's been in quite [01:35:14] some time. Um that that he jinned up [01:35:17] that hatred during such a time when MAG [01:35:19] is grieving in a way it hasn't been so [01:35:21] profoundly since I've known it. Um that [01:35:25] that he did that in a way that was just [01:35:26] simply out of context. Okay, more lies. [01:35:29] And so the station's groups uh from [01:35:31] NextStar uh and others by the way, it [01:35:34] wasn't just Nextstar went Sinclair went [01:35:37] uh to Disney and said, "We're not [01:35:39] running this show. We're not going to be [01:35:40] a part of this. Not now, not ever. We're [01:35:43] not we're no longer going to be [01:35:45] complicit in his lies." And the FCC [01:35:48] commissioner, Brandon Carr, had said [01:35:49] earlier in the day that he wasn't going [01:35:51] to tolerate this, that they have an [01:35:53] actual duty to uphold the public [01:35:55] interest on the airwaves. and Disney [01:35:57] caved as it should have. He had no [01:36:00] right. That's literally what some are [01:36:01] saying. He had a right to be out there [01:36:02] with this show. Swallwell, he's an [01:36:04] idiot. Um, he had no right and now he's [01:36:08] accurately and justly been taken off the [01:36:10] air. So, Walter, your thoughts on the [01:36:13] leftist claim that this is government [01:36:15] interference, which does make it a [01:36:17] potential free speech problem. I mean, [01:36:18] at least they have it right that when [01:36:20] the government's involved, you have a [01:36:22] potential First Amendment issue. But I [01:36:24] mean my my own thought on it is yes [01:36:25] that's right. But government actually [01:36:27] here does have a role that's that's [01:36:29] actually statutoily prescribed. [01:36:32] It absolutely does. Imagine Yellowstone [01:36:35] Park a park that belongs to the people. [01:36:37] And it grants a license to one [01:36:39] particular company to lead tours. But it [01:36:42] says, "Hey, there's two things. You [01:36:43] can't abuse the wildlife and you can't [01:36:45] be mean to the tourists." And then it [01:36:48] starts abusing the wildlife and being [01:36:49] mean to the tourists. Does the federal [01:36:52] government have a right to fire that [01:36:54] person or at least threaten them with [01:36:55] it? Absolutely. Does that company that [01:36:58] wants to keep that lease, that special [01:37:00] privilege that allows them to make [01:37:02] money, uh, have an interest in getting [01:37:04] rid of that tour guide? Absolutely. [01:37:07] That's all that happened. The rest is [01:37:09] bombast. You have a right to speak and [01:37:11] I'm sure he'll have a very popular [01:37:13] substack or or or or a streaming [01:37:15] channel, but you do not have the right [01:37:17] to a stage that belongs to the people of [01:37:20] the United States. And the broadcast [01:37:22] airwaves, as I said before, are exactly [01:37:24] that. They are a resource like water or [01:37:27] land, a set of frequencies. [01:37:29] >> You know, here's what I want to say [01:37:30] about Jimmy Kimmel or Steven Cobar for [01:37:32] that matter in the podcast lane. Of [01:37:34] course, we love it and we've now really [01:37:37] made our living in it. I mean, we we've [01:37:39] I've been over this lane for five years [01:37:41] and you're in it, too. So, we love it [01:37:43] and it's meaningful and it's the future. [01:37:45] We know that. But here's what's so [01:37:46] delicious to Jimmy Kimmel. That would [01:37:49] that's going to be horrible. Like his [01:37:52] recognizing that that's where he has [01:37:55] likely to land next is going to be a [01:37:58] fate worse than the worst possible [01:38:00] outcomes for him because he thinks he's [01:38:03] of ABC and Disney. He's used to going to [01:38:06] the theme parks and having his rear end [01:38:08] kissed. He wants to be at all the right [01:38:11] parties and he wants to be the king of [01:38:13] television. People are on television [01:38:15] think television the only thing that [01:38:16] matters. So, he's definitely going to [01:38:18] suffer, which is delicious because he's [01:38:21] been the king of enjoying everyone [01:38:24] else's cancellation for years. For [01:38:27] years. just to do a quick search for [01:38:29] what he said about Tucker when he got [01:38:31] booted from Fox uh for far less [01:38:33] controversy than what he just caused. [01:38:41] >> You there? No, there's no S, Walter. [01:38:42] That's just that's just me asking for [01:38:44] your opinion on it. [01:38:44] >> I was waiting for I thought that was the [01:38:46] big leadup. I thought that was the drum [01:38:48] roll. Listen, let's get some realism in [01:38:50] here about show business and about [01:38:52] network news and so on. Jimmy Kimmel was [01:38:56] on his way out. Trump predicted that he [01:38:58] was next after Colob Bear months ago. I [01:39:01] have a good friend who works in the very [01:39:03] small world of late night comedy [01:39:06] hosting. Okay, there everyone knew Jimmy [01:39:09] was not long for this world. So what he [01:39:12] did was he went on a suicide mission at [01:39:14] the last minute. He shot his mouth off [01:39:17] doing something that would only please [01:39:19] the partisans so that he could then pose [01:39:21] as a free speech martyr rather than a [01:39:24] sad sack toad of a bad comedian. [01:39:27] >> Yes, that's exactly right. And it's like [01:39:30] it's amazing to me because people are [01:39:31] like speaking of swallow he tweeted out [01:39:34] he's a comedian and Scott Adams [01:39:37] responded so was Roseanne. Do [01:39:39] cartoonists count? Because of course, [01:39:40] Scott Adams had Dilbert pulled from him, [01:39:43] his comic pulled after he said something [01:39:45] too controversial. Roseanne got fired [01:39:47] for a tweet. She wasn't even in her [01:39:49] lane. He was on the air for Disney. [01:39:52] Jimmy Kimmel was. And let's not forget [01:39:55] they fired I tweeted this out last [01:39:56] night, Walter. ABC the mouse fired Chris [01:39:59] Harrison who hosted the Bachelor because [01:40:03] a bachelorette was unearthed to have had [01:40:06] pictures at an antibbellum themed party [01:40:09] years ago. And he said, "Oh geez, [01:40:12] shouldn't we judge her by like the the [01:40:14] way we were at the time as opposed to [01:40:16] the way we are now?" They fired him. His [01:40:18] career never recovered. So why wouldn't [01:40:20] they get rid of Kimmel for this? Bill [01:40:23] Maher was fired from his show [01:40:26] Politically Incorrect if I'm not [01:40:28] mistaken because he said something about [01:40:31] the 911 hijackers. He said whatever else [01:40:34] they were, they weren't cowards because [01:40:35] they were willing to die for their [01:40:37] cause. Yeah. Okay. [01:40:38] >> Yep. [01:40:39] >> He got canned. He's got his butt. Sorry, [01:40:42] I almost swore. [01:40:43] >> I know. We're not allowed. No swearing. [01:40:44] It says right here on my list. [01:40:47] >> $500 the turning point for every swear [01:40:49] that comes out of my mouth. Uh, but they [01:40:51] kicked his butt off the air and that's [01:40:53] not a swear. And he came back because he [01:40:56] was talented, because he had a loyal fan [01:40:58] base and he, you know, I was on his show [01:41:00] a couple of weeks ago. Jimmy Kimmel can [01:41:02] land on his feet if he wants, but I [01:41:05] doubt he will because the the real [01:41:07] wonder of it all was that Jimmy Kimmel [01:41:09] lasted on the air for as long as he did. [01:41:12] He was the most some he had some [01:41:14] guardian angel. He didn't have to be [01:41:15] funny. He didn't have to pull ratings. [01:41:17] He didn't have to speak to half America. [01:41:20] He was allowed to insult people at will. [01:41:22] He actually campaigned on stage. Uh [01:41:27] I I just saw a clip this morning of him [01:41:28] giving a long talk to Republicans in his [01:41:31] audience about why they shouldn't vote [01:41:33] for Trump. [01:41:35] He wasn't news. He was worse than news. [01:41:38] They used him to do things that news [01:41:40] isn't allowed to do, like lie. [01:41:43] >> Yeah. Exactly. So now he's reportedly [01:41:45] very angry. This is what the the trade [01:41:48] rags are saying is that Jimmy Kimmel is [01:41:50] furious that this has happened to him as [01:41:54] though he is a passive victim who is [01:41:58] really just martyed here because he [01:42:00] didn't do anything wrong. It was just [01:42:02] taken out of context and the the mean [01:42:05] bad television executives are out to get [01:42:08] him. And meanwhile, I just have to get [01:42:09] this out. You've got people like on the [01:42:11] left like Ben Stiller and there are many [01:42:14] I could pick on, but I'm gonna pick on [01:42:15] Ben Stiller here who decided to tweet [01:42:17] out about this about Jimmy Kimmel's [01:42:19] indefinite suspension. This isn't right. [01:42:22] Okay, it's not that pointed. Whatever. [01:42:25] It's fine. This isn't right. That's his [01:42:26] belief. I We went back just to see if he [01:42:28] had said anything about Charlie. [01:42:30] Nothing. He couldn't manage this isn't [01:42:34] right about Charlie Kirk's [01:42:36] assassination. [01:42:38] But he wants us to feel bad for Jimmy [01:42:40] Kimmel. Walter, [01:42:42] >> it makes you wonder about Hollywood. [01:42:44] Aren't they in the business of amusing [01:42:46] and pleasing the American public? [01:42:48] Apparently not. For a long time now, [01:42:50] they've been curiously not in the [01:42:52] business of making money, pulling [01:42:54] ratings, being right, making good [01:42:56] movies, uh, and addressing reality in [01:42:59] those movies. They're often some Marvel [01:43:01] comic book universe. What exactly are [01:43:04] they showing solidarity with? I I don't [01:43:07] understand it. Do they do they believe [01:43:10] they are a guaranteed a future even if [01:43:12] they have the wrath? [01:43:13] >> They think they're standing up for the [01:43:15] First Amendment, which is so ironic [01:43:17] given the way they've been behaving for [01:43:19] the past six years. They're the ones who [01:43:22] back the Biden regime that censored all [01:43:24] of us on co on the Hunter Biden laptop. [01:43:28] We could go down the list. They were [01:43:29] fine with all of that. Megan, I'm I you [01:43:32] know, you may not agree with this, but [01:43:34] the public airwaves, meaning the [01:43:36] broadcast networks, which have belong to [01:43:38] all of us, were bought by the [01:43:40] pharmaceutical industry, who are 70% of [01:43:42] the advertising. They were purchased by [01:43:45] them and they were used in their behalf. [01:43:48] One of Jimmy Kimmel's bits was to make [01:43:51] fun of ivormect as horse paste and claim [01:43:54] that anybody who showed up having used [01:43:56] it at an emergency room should be [01:43:58] allowed to quote rest in peace, i.e. [01:44:00] die. Well, that drug Ivormectin was a [01:44:03] present danger to Fizer's vaccine that [01:44:06] was coming and a way of treating people [01:44:09] when there were no other real ways [01:44:12] prevaccine. [01:44:13] This guy sung for his supper for his [01:44:16] masters. It wasn't Jimmy Kimmel speaking [01:44:19] when that ugly mouth opened. It was a [01:44:23] huge industry that spoke through him. [01:44:26] And now he's acting like a free speech [01:44:28] martyr because that industry is facing [01:44:30] the loss of their right to advertise on [01:44:33] TV, which they've only had since the [01:44:35] late 90s. And so they're drumming up a [01:44:37] big First amendment case so that they [01:44:40] can go on buying the news. And that's [01:44:43] how I really feel. [01:44:44] >> It's really incredible. I mean, this is [01:44:46] the same group of people who wrote like [01:44:49] Jeff, uh, the Democratic leader in the [01:44:51] House actually wrote a letter to Fox [01:44:53] News demanding that they not let Tucker [01:44:56] Carlson air his special about the J6 [01:45:00] event and the actively like that's [01:45:03] government actively interfering where it [01:45:05] doesn't have any right. The FCC actually [01:45:07] does have a right [01:45:08] >> and that's the funny thing, Megan. The [01:45:11] government which does have a right to [01:45:12] intervene with public broadcast networks [01:45:16] took that right and extended it into [01:45:18] places during COVID and during Trump the [01:45:21] Trump era generally where it doesn't [01:45:23] belong platforms like Twitter, Facebook [01:45:26] and so on. Cable news etc. They tried to [01:45:30] be the cops in other people's towns and [01:45:34] they succeeded because they intimidated [01:45:36] management and they infiltrated it [01:45:39] frankly over at Twitter. I mean you just [01:45:42] went from the FBI to Twitter management [01:45:44] and that's documented. [01:45:46] >> True. [01:45:46] >> And and and so now they are facing the [01:45:51] worm turning. They are facing a public [01:45:54] that before Charlie's death was already [01:45:57] changing in its complexion [01:45:59] >> and now is absolutely outrage. Stand by. [01:46:02] We're going to pick it up on the [01:46:03] opposite side of this break. Uh don't go [01:46:05] away. We'll be right back. [01:46:08] [Music] [01:46:30] not mean that he doesn't get a day in [01:46:31] court. [01:46:31] >> But as a as a non US citizen though, the [01:46:34] Alien Enemies Act allow us to [01:46:36] expeditiously remove him. It's just the [01:46:38] way it works. I mean, [01:46:39] >> no, you're right. But [01:46:40] >> and now that's not the case. [01:46:41] >> Argue whether that was a correct [01:46:42] invocation, right? That's [01:46:43] >> But that's irrelevant. The Supreme Court [01:46:45] has now said no more. So there will be [01:46:46] no more. But in that specific case, [01:46:48] nothing was done illegally. The only [01:46:50] argument you might have is that the [01:46:52] judge says you could deport him anywhere [01:46:54] except El Salvador. So, we should [01:46:55] probably should have just like deported [01:46:57] him to, I don't know, the Congo and [01:46:58] everyone would have been happier. [01:47:00] Hilariously, they said, "Oh, he's in a [01:47:01] foreign jail." No, he's not in a foreign [01:47:03] jail. He's an El Salvadorian in his own [01:47:06] country. He's not an American. If he [01:47:08] would have went to Gitmo, that would [01:47:09] have been a foreign jail. [01:47:11] >> Okay. Um, [01:47:15] >> and then, uh, let's see. [01:47:17] >> I think that's it for me. Yeah. [01:47:18] >> Thank you very much. Could I ask him for [01:47:19] a red hat? [01:47:20] >> Yes, absolutely. Thank you. Yeah, [01:47:22] thanks. Great question. [01:47:24] [Music] [01:47:33] [Applause] [01:47:36] [Music] [01:47:37] [Applause] [01:47:40] Yes, sir. [01:47:42] >> All right. Um, [01:47:43] >> hi Charlie. My name is Gabriel and uh I [01:47:46] I'm a senior in high school and I I want [01:47:48] to tell you this. I don't know much [01:47:49] about this topic. So, I want I'm here [01:47:51] more to learn, but I also want to [01:47:53] provide a point of view. So, I wanted to [01:47:55] speak about Trump's tariff policy. So, [01:47:57] since January 20, um, 2025, Trump has [01:48:00] had one of the worst presidential terms [01:48:02] concerning the economy. And there's [01:48:04] statistics to back this up. S&P has [01:48:07] dropped 8%, Dow Jones dropped 7%, the [01:48:10] Russell dropped 12%. The way I [01:48:12] understand it, tariffs are attacks that [01:48:13] are passed on to consumers. They impede [01:48:15] upon the world free trade and increased [01:48:17] the cost of imported goods. This not [01:48:19] only has tanked our economy, but is [01:48:20] actually putting small businesses across [01:48:22] America out of work. Middle class [01:48:24] Americans that voted for Trump believing [01:48:26] prices would drop are now having to [01:48:28] close down their small business because [01:48:29] they used to rely on outsourcing. Now I [01:48:31] understand that Trump's goal with this [01:48:32] tariff policies to bring back jobs to [01:48:34] America. However, this is an unrealistic [01:48:36] reality. Even though some corporations [01:48:38] are moving production to the US to avoid [01:48:40] tariff, in reality, most would rather [01:48:43] pass the cost on to consumers than [01:48:45] financially pay billions of dollars and [01:48:46] building new plants in America and [01:48:48] paying higher w higher wages. With all [01:48:51] of this, I wanted to ask you if you [01:48:53] could please defend Trump's tariff plan. [01:48:55] >> Sure. Uh, great. Um, first of all, the [01:48:58] market's recovering, but you're right, [01:48:59] it has gone down. The market is not a [01:49:01] necessarily good indicator of the [01:49:02] economy. We have an economy, and then we [01:49:04] have a market. Half Americans don't know [01:49:05] any stocks, just for the record. Okay? [01:49:07] And that's a very important thing, [01:49:08] right? [01:49:08] >> There there's a lot of Americans that [01:49:09] have money in stocks and are losing [01:49:11] money every day. [01:49:12] >> Well, actually, okay, you're in high [01:49:14] school, so I'm just going to be like [01:49:15] super gentle. Like, the market's been up [01:49:17] the last couple days, right? Markets go [01:49:18] up, markets go down. The more important [01:49:20] question though is what type of economy [01:49:22] is going to survive the next 40 or 50 [01:49:24] years when we do not make our own [01:49:27] vitamin C, we don't make our own [01:49:28] antibiotics, we don't make our own drone [01:49:30] parts, and it's all made in China, we [01:49:31] should try to redomicile it. It's it's [01:49:33] it's tempting to blame this all on [01:49:35] tariffs, but there's actually no tariffs [01:49:36] that are in place right now. You know [01:49:37] that, right? [01:49:38] >> There there's there's still a 10% [01:49:40] baseline tariff, and even though there's [01:49:41] a 90-day pause, they're going to come [01:49:42] back. [01:49:43] >> That's the reality. [01:49:44] >> You you you know that better than I do, [01:49:45] right? Yeah. [01:49:46] >> Well, I I know that. That's a fact. [01:49:47] >> Oh, yeah. Sure. Okay. There's a there's [01:49:48] a 90-day pause on [01:49:50] >> So again, I'm trying to be super like [01:49:51] you're in high school. It's fine. You [01:49:53] know, Trump's talking to South Korea and [01:49:55] Japan and Vietnam. We're going to get [01:49:56] massive deals with India and we're going [01:49:58] to fix the trade imbalances. And here's [01:50:00] the core of it. Can we at least agree [01:50:02] that Trump ran on the idea of tariffs? [01:50:05] He did [01:50:06] >> and people voted for it. [01:50:07] >> Yes. [01:50:07] >> Should elected leaders do what people [01:50:09] vote for them to do? [01:50:10] >> Yes. But but I I agree that he's doing [01:50:12] what he said he would do. What I'm [01:50:14] asking you is how can you defend what [01:50:16] he's doing? Because because what would [01:50:18] you say to the middle class American [01:50:19] that has a small business that now has [01:50:21] to shut down their business because they [01:50:22] used to outsource to China and now they [01:50:24] can't pay due to the high tariffs? [01:50:26] >> That's my question. [01:50:27] >> Wait, they were outsourcing to China? [01:50:28] >> Well, most uh even though some small [01:50:30] businesses don't outsource, they get a [01:50:31] lot of their production from Bing [01:50:33] companies that do make their products [01:50:34] foreign. And so now those prices are [01:50:37] being jacked up and small [01:50:51] Welcome back to the Charlie Kirk show [01:50:53] which goes on just as Erica Kirk said it [01:50:56] would. We are all going to help. All of [01:50:59] us who love Charlie will make sure his [01:51:02] show goes on, his legacy goes on, his [01:51:04] events go on. The one of our most [01:51:08] beloved sons is gone. But his movement [01:51:10] is not gone. and it is up to all of us [01:51:13] to make sure it thrives. I hope you'll [01:51:15] all join me in supporting TPUSA. Uh [01:51:17] it'll be an honor for us all. Uh Walter, [01:51:21] where do you think this goes? Where do [01:51:22] you think all this grief and love and [01:51:26] the complicated feelings the country is [01:51:27] having right now goes? [01:51:31] Well, the history of civilization [01:51:34] suggests that true martyrs, people who [01:51:36] die for their beliefs and die when [01:51:39] enacting peaceful uh, you know, [01:51:43] strategies, they're not in war, they're [01:51:45] not in bitter conflict. Those are the [01:51:48] most influential people in history. I [01:51:50] mean, the most influential pe person in [01:51:53] western history was one of those. Um, [01:51:56] and but but we have many cases. Uh and I [01:52:00] would imagine that for the people who [01:52:02] wish to honor him and the people who are [01:52:04] touched by him and the people who are [01:52:05] just finding out about him, there will [01:52:08] be a great and deep desire to carry on [01:52:12] in his spirit. Not just in his spirit in [01:52:16] terms of politics, but in terms I think [01:52:19] we've got a bigger situation on our [01:52:21] hand. We've got a spiritual situation on [01:52:23] our hand. It's leading to a revival. [01:52:25] I've got kids who uh I'm not talking [01:52:28] about my own kids who I know in their [01:52:30] 20s, young guys sitting around in their [01:52:33] apartments drinking beer, doing their [01:52:35] first jobs, who are having deep [01:52:36] conversations and texting me, hey [01:52:38] Walter, what do you think about this [01:52:41] where it says in the Bible, I I wasn't [01:52:42] aware you guys knew there was a Bible. [01:52:45] This is happening in the last week. That [01:52:48] is a movement of the spirit and America [01:52:51] has had revivals that have determined [01:52:53] its history several times. [01:52:56] On the other side, in terms of those who [01:52:59] are hostile to it, I think they look [01:53:01] like a bunch of screaming banshees who [01:53:04] have been had the lights turned on while [01:53:06] they engaged in dark practices and [01:53:10] they're exposed. I think that this is to [01:53:13] some extent out of our hands. It's up to [01:53:17] us to hold the standards of civil [01:53:19] discourse and other values that Charlie [01:53:22] held dear even dearer than he did. He [01:53:26] was obviously the threat. What he was [01:53:29] doing, he wasn't a rabble rouser. He was [01:53:31] a debater and he was a spiritual person. [01:53:34] And that they identified as the biggest [01:53:36] threat, which is why they eliminated it. [01:53:39] That means to me that emulating his [01:53:43] behavior is the biggest threat and the [01:53:46] most powerful tool. And so I think [01:53:49] people will pick it up and I think [01:53:50] things will change because I think the [01:53:53] reestablishment of decency first of all, [01:53:56] common decency, which is all they're [01:53:58] trying to do in this ABC case, but it [01:54:00] looks like radical action. And they call [01:54:02] it fascism now because we haven't [01:54:04] observed any common decency for so long [01:54:06] in this country. It's so true. I [01:54:09] >> I think things will change for the [01:54:11] better. I really do, Megan. I cannot [01:54:13] They may get intense. They may be loud. [01:54:17] They may be fractious, [01:54:19] but I don't think that the release of a [01:54:21] spirit like his into the public mind [01:54:26] with the intensity and the drama around [01:54:29] it that surrounds his death can't help [01:54:32] but be a good thing. [01:54:34] >> Yeah. And it's it in those who don't [01:54:38] accept his goodness and let it infuse [01:54:40] them with the Holy Spirit and a renewed [01:54:42] drive to stand up for the things we know [01:54:44] are true, but instead go to the dark [01:54:47] place of mocking him or what he stood [01:54:49] for. God help them. God help them [01:54:52] because their their their future is dark [01:54:54] and it's grim and it's depressing unlike [01:54:57] what the rest of us are about to do [01:55:00] which is going to be uplifting and [01:55:01] uniting and could just save this [01:55:03] country. Walter Kern, [01:55:05] >> I feel invigorated. I feel invigorated. [01:55:07] And I was not someone watching Charlie [01:55:09] Kirk every minute. I'm a little bit old [01:55:11] for the people he was trying to address, [01:55:14] but boy, I'm not too old now. [01:55:16] >> Amen. Thanks for being here. Really [01:55:18] appreciate it. We'll talk again soon. Uh [01:55:21] I want to thank say thanks to all the [01:55:22] folks here at Turning Point. They've [01:55:24] taken such good care of me, not just [01:55:25] today, but over the years. and uh [01:55:28] encourage all of you to believe in this [01:55:29] organization and get behind Erica cuz [01:55:31] let me tell you being here I can see it. [01:55:34] Their future is bright. These are dark [01:55:36] days right now but their future is [01:55:38] bright. Going to say goodbye with the [01:55:40] following clip. SP 19. The crowd outside [01:55:43] of TPUSA. [01:55:46] [Music] [01:55:49] >> Grace, [01:55:51] how sweet [01:55:53] the sound [01:55:56] that save [01:55:59] the rich [01:56:02] like me. [01:56:07] I once [01:56:09] was lost [01:56:12] but now [01:56:15] I'm found. [01:56:18] Was blind [01:56:21] but now [01:56:24] I see. [01:56:32] Heat. [01:56:38] [Music] [01:56:44] Heat. [01:56:47] [Music]
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