Ben Shapiro Live at AmericaFest 2024

[00:00:00] [Music] [00:00:36] oh can you [00:00:39] see by the da [00:00:43] early light or so [00:00:47] proudly we [00:00:49] H at the [00:00:52] Twilight [00:00:54] lastly who spr stripes and bright stars [00:01:00] through [00:01:03] the fight all [00:01:06] the parts we [00:01:09] was were so [00:01:12] gly [00:01:15] straight in the Rocky trade [00:01:19] glare the bombs bursting in [00:01:24] air gave proof through the night [00:01:30] that our flag was still [00:01:35] there oh say do that stars [00:01:41] spangle be [00:01:44] the [00:01:48] way for the [00:01:50] land of the [00:01:56] free in the home of the [00:02:03] glory to [00:02:12] [Applause] [00:02:20] God the Republican Party seemed to have [00:02:23] died Joe Biden Joe Biden Joe Biden Joe [00:02:27] Biden will become the 46th president of [00:02:31] the United States we did it we did it [00:02:34] Joe you're going to be the next [00:02:36] president of the United [00:02:39] States this year's election was quote [00:02:42] the most secure the most secure the most [00:02:46] secure the most secure the most secure [00:02:48] the most secure in the history of the [00:02:50] country don't dare call them protest [00:02:53] insurrections domestic terrorist for [00:02:56] conservatives November 2020 wasn't just [00:02:59] a lost it was a reckoning the media sees [00:03:03] the moment the left's messaging was [00:03:05] clear winning wasn't enough they wanted [00:03:07] to erase conservatism the Republican [00:03:10] party and Donald Trump entirely the [00:03:12] decision could cost the former president [00:03:14] hundreds of millions of dollars and [00:03:16] potentially Wipe Out the family business [00:03:19] in New York the message is clear no one [00:03:23] is safe [00:03:30] let's rewind the clock to January 7th [00:03:38] 2021 while many groups and many people [00:03:41] were fleeing Trump Turning Point stood [00:03:44] firm we never wavered in our support of [00:03:48] Donald J Trump and I've already said he [00:03:51] has my support he runs again in 2024 I [00:03:53] know Donald Trump was a phenomenal [00:03:54] president I know that he fulfilled his [00:03:56] promises and I know he would do it again [00:03:58] want to thank our friend Charlie Kirk [00:04:01] for everything that he's done to build [00:04:03] turning point it's incredible what he's [00:04:05] done in a very short period of time into [00:04:07] one of the most powerful Grassroots [00:04:10] organizations in the entire nation [00:04:13] through thick and thin we stood by [00:04:16] Donald Trump we put our heads down and [00:04:19] got to work to carry the conservative [00:04:21] movement out of one of its lowest [00:04:22] moments in history we were attacked by [00:04:25] the media antifa violent protesters and [00:04:30] even lost donors and millions of dollars [00:04:33] because of our unwavering support [00:04:35] determined to never lose again Turning [00:04:38] Point quietly built a Grassroots Army [00:04:42] online and on the ground that wouldn't [00:04:45] just stop the left but empower the right [00:04:47] to win elections and take back America [00:04:51] we invested in growing our college and [00:04:53] high school field programs to bring [00:04:55] conservative ideas to the Next [00:04:58] Generation we Reg [00:05:00] tens of thousands of new voters and [00:05:02] delivered the youth vote in record [00:05:04] numbers I did 25 campus stops this last [00:05:07] semester and I saw something happening [00:05:09] both with men and women it's important [00:05:10] to note is the younger generation has [00:05:12] voted the most Republican and [00:05:14] conservative since 2004 young men are [00:05:17] the most conserved they've been in [00:05:18] nearly 50 years we're drawing 3 4 5,000 [00:05:21] people we would register 5600 700 [00:05:24] firsttime voters and Charlie Kirk is [00:05:26] helping he's got his army of young [00:05:28] people these are young patus he's a [00:05:31] young patus we hosted the largest events [00:05:35] in the conservative movement all focused [00:05:37] on training and mobilizing Americans of [00:05:40] all ages we invested in Outreach to [00:05:43] young women spearheading a realignment [00:05:47] in the culture and persuading thousands [00:05:49] of women to vote for conservative values [00:05:52] Turning Point invested in Black and [00:05:55] Hispanic communities through blexit [00:05:57] driving historic gains in minority [00:06:00] support we train tens of thousands of [00:06:03] pastors and church leaders to speak [00:06:05] boldly and encourage their congregations [00:06:08] to vote and I stand before you tonight [00:06:11] thanks to the power of prayer and the [00:06:14] grace of almighty [00:06:17] God online Turning Point owns the [00:06:20] internet influencing millions of Minds [00:06:23] every day through viral content [00:06:26] documentaries podcasts and shows when [00:06:30] the right loses they get organized they [00:06:34] fund and they create insanely effective [00:06:38] organizations like Turning Point USA she [00:06:41] sees Charlie Kirk on her social media [00:06:43] all the time but couldn't name a single [00:06:46] leftwing political influencer we didn't [00:06:48] stop there turning point worked [00:06:50] tirelessly to hold the Republican Party [00:06:52] accountable kicking out failed leaders [00:06:55] like Ron McDaniel putting young Turning [00:06:57] Point activists into party leadership [00:07:00] roles and hosting our own version of the [00:07:03] RNC winter meeting we built the unity [00:07:07] party moving more independent voters to [00:07:09] the right and expanding Trump's base you [00:07:13] are living through a once in a [00:07:15] generation realignment everybody where [00:07:17] it is no longer Republican versus [00:07:20] Democrat we get Tulsi gabed and Bobby [00:07:23] Kennedy they get Liz Cheney we get Elon [00:07:26] Musk they get Adam kininger you can have [00:07:30] the warmongers of a generation prior [00:07:33] while we diversify deepen and strengthen [00:07:37] our movement to include people that [00:07:40] otherwise would never have been part of [00:07:41] the Republican party it's time for us to [00:07:44] engage we legal and where appropriate in [00:07:47] voting month to get our low propensity [00:07:49] voters in 2024 so that we could beat the [00:07:53] Democrats at their own [00:07:55] game it was a winning night 12 years in [00:07:59] the [00:08:00] making Donald Trump will become the 47th [00:08:05] president of the United States [00:08:07] everything was just coming through me [00:08:08] from not just how hard the President [00:08:10] worked but how hard we worked we [00:08:11] traveled the country non-stop didn't see [00:08:12] my family did events in every corner [00:08:15] president was facing 700 years in [00:08:16] federal prison they tried to take his [00:08:17] business Empire away from him and then [00:08:19] of course he got shot and nearly shot [00:08:21] again at the gulf course there was this [00:08:23] kind of feeling is like are are is this [00:08:25] possible are we going to do this just [00:08:27] overwhelmed in that moment still it's [00:08:29] still really hasn't set in to be honest [00:08:31] I hear some words here from you Charlie [00:08:33] you put all this together my man let's [00:08:34] hear it I I am just humbled by God God's [00:08:37] Great from college campuses to Urban [00:08:40] voting lines a sizable shift red from [00:08:43] one of the most reliably blue voting [00:08:44] blocks spread across the country they [00:08:46] register voters we quietly hired well [00:08:48] over 1,000 full-time people across all [00:08:50] the Battleground States in Arizona [00:08:52] Wisconsin partially in Michigan and [00:08:54] Pennsylvania they've made Maga [00:08:55] mainstream on campus there's still a lot [00:08:57] of people wearing Maga hats bagah hats [00:09:00] given to them by turning point USA one [00:09:02] young man who actually told me he was on [00:09:04] the fence but it was Charlie Kirk and [00:09:05] turning point USA who have been in and [00:09:07] around this campus sharing the message [00:09:09] of Donald Trump that ultimately pushed [00:09:11] him over we were laughing at them it was [00:09:13] laughing like oh Elon Musk and Charlie [00:09:15] Kirk their packs don't know what they're [00:09:17] doing we thought that they were were [00:09:18] idiots it turned out we were the idiots [00:09:20] we woke up in a body bag you do have to [00:09:23] give credit to Turning Point and the [00:09:24] Republicans thiss year they've had a [00:09:26] really good ground game I want to [00:09:28] congratulate my friend Charlie Kirk for [00:09:31] mobilizing students on more than [00:09:34] 1,500 high school and college campuses [00:09:38] all across the country [00:09:41] amazing frankly this was I believe the [00:09:44] greatest political movement there's [00:09:47] never been anything like this in this [00:09:48] country and maybe be we overcame [00:09:51] obstacles that nobody thought possible [00:09:54] this will truly be the Golden Age of [00:09:57] America that's what we have to have [00:10:01] this is a magnificent victory for the [00:10:03] American people make America great [00:10:08] again Turning Point made the largest [00:10:11] ground game investment in the history of [00:10:14] the conservative movement it was an [00:10:16] election unlike anyone any of us have [00:10:19] ever covered a life unlike any we've [00:10:21] ever covered we won thank a massive [00:10:26] gamble in the eyes of those looking on [00:10:28] very few believe we could pull it off [00:10:31] Donald Trump's strategy is not a way to [00:10:33] win an election but we execute it with [00:10:36] Relentless intensity effort and [00:10:39] commitment winning was the only option [00:10:42] but I want to thank Charlie he's an [00:10:43] incredible guy his Spirit his love of [00:10:45] this country he's done an amazing job we [00:10:47] hire 1,000 plus full-time ballot chasing [00:10:50] staff mobilized thousands of volunteers [00:10:54] and even deployed staff from other [00:10:56] programs to the front lines to chase [00:10:58] ballot [00:10:59] in Arizona Turning Point chased more [00:11:02] than [00:11:04] 220,000 ballots well over the margin of [00:11:07] victory in Wisconsin we chased another [00:11:11] 60,000 ballots that carry Trump across [00:11:14] the Finish Line our immense ballot Chase [00:11:17] effort also helped flip Nevada Georgia [00:11:20] Pennsylvania and Michigan since 20120 [00:11:24] Turning Point has added over 500,000 New [00:11:28] Gen Z conserv ative voters to the [00:11:30] electorate young men are now more [00:11:32] conservative than they have been in 50 [00:11:35] years you can make the case we would [00:11:37] have lost without turning points ground [00:11:39] gain and massive investments in [00:11:41] Grassroots activism our work doesn't [00:11:44] stop here turning point and Charlie are [00:11:47] determined more than ever to build a [00:11:50] machine that will never lose again now [00:11:53] is the time to invest even more to push [00:11:56] forward even harder not relax to get [00:11:59] together will ensure this generation and [00:12:01] the ones to come are stronger than ever [00:12:07] [Applause] [00:12:26] before it's inauguration [00:12:29] for the 47th president of the United [00:12:32] States first time ever the 47th [00:12:35] president of the United States of [00:12:38] America after years of uncertainty and [00:12:42] division Democrats and the mainstream [00:12:43] media expect us to believe that Joe [00:12:45] Biden made a miracle people said [00:12:49] America ofal but one and one movement [00:12:53] was not done the energy and fight in my [00:12:56] heart and soul I pledge to our like [00:12:59] everything was slipping away we were [00:13:02] getting to work Donald Trump refuses to [00:13:05] accept this fake pathetic mutilated [00:13:08] version of the American the greatest [00:13:10] country the world has ever known when [00:13:12] the right loses they get organize they [00:13:16] fund and they create insanely effective [00:13:19] organizations like Turning Point USA we [00:13:22] had one more shot we either win our [00:13:26] country back or lose [00:13:31] forever this story has a happy ending [00:13:35] let's start at the beginning you are [00:13:38] about to begin The Greatest Adventure of [00:13:41] your life the biggest political Phoenix [00:13:45] From the Ashes story [00:13:47] ever I am officially running for [00:13:51] president of the United States [00:13:53] transformation from businessmen to [00:13:54] reality TV St we can now project the [00:13:57] winner of the presidential race Donald [00:13:59] Trump wins the [00:14:01] presidency we've been through so much [00:14:04] together this is a guy who has had Arrow [00:14:07] thrown at him Democrats and try to put [00:14:09] him in jail [00:14:11] bankrupted we overcame obstacles that [00:14:14] nobody thought possible subject at [00:14:16] Russia investigation two impeachments [00:14:18] two assassination attempts 91 [00:14:21] indictments uh convictions There is [00:14:23] almost nothing that hasn't been thrown [00:14:26] at this former [00:14:27] president for the past 9 years we have [00:14:30] been fighting against the most Sinister [00:14:32] and corrupt forces on earth when they [00:14:34] couldn't beat him they tried to bankrupt [00:14:36] when that didn't work they tried to put [00:14:38] him in federal [00:14:40] prison when that didn't work they even [00:14:43] tried to kill him justed to kill [00:14:45] President Trump many people have told me [00:14:48] that God spared my life for a [00:14:54] reason and that reason was to save our [00:14:57] country and to restore your America to [00:15:00] Greatness together we will write the [00:15:02] next chapter of the Great American [00:15:06] story Donald Trump accepted his third [00:15:09] Republican Presidential nomination days [00:15:11] after the f c take his life President [00:15:14] Biden has just announced that he is [00:15:16] ending his reelection bid to become the [00:15:19] Democratic nominee you think about all [00:15:21] the times the media wrote the obituary [00:15:23] of Donald Trump's political career and [00:15:26] everybody was wrong this is the [00:15:29] presidential [00:15:30] ring we together are going to register [00:15:34] new voters Chase ballad vote early we [00:15:37] are going to do the work to save America [00:15:41] president Trump will win the state of [00:15:42] Pennsylvania winner of Michigan and just [00:15:45] a few electoral votes away now from [00:15:47] clinching to7 we will take back our [00:15:50] country we are now projecting and we [00:15:52] will make that the next president of the [00:15:54] United States America is great again [00:16:00] America's comeback starts right now [00:16:04] Donald Trump Donald Trum returning to [00:16:06] the White House as the 47th president of [00:16:08] the United States his comeback Victory [00:16:11] unlike anything we have ever seen in [00:16:13] American history it was the most [00:16:15] successful citizen Revolt the people [00:16:18] defeated the when history looks back on [00:16:20] Donald Trump he will be one of the [00:16:21] greatest leaders this world forever be [00:16:23] remembered as the day the American [00:16:25] people regained control of their country [00:16:29] Republicans will pull off a political [00:16:31] Trifecta controlling the house the [00:16:34] Senate and the White House I am with you [00:16:38] I will fight for you and I will win for [00:16:41] you president Trump is putting together [00:16:44] a brilliant cabinet of fantastic America [00:16:47] First Fighters with you at my side we're [00:16:51] going to unlock America's glorious [00:16:53] Destiny demolish the Deep State this [00:16:56] will truly be the golden age of [00:17:02] America our best days are yet to come [00:17:12] [Applause] [00:17:17] [Music] [00:17:24] [Music] [00:17:32] the single most effective organizer of [00:17:35] conservatives in the United States one [00:17:37] of the most formidable voices in [00:17:39] politics for decades to come you have [00:17:41] been on the ground and your team has [00:17:43] been unreal at Turning Point USA what [00:17:45] makes this movement different is that [00:17:47] you are here as a Grassroots response to [00:17:51] the top- down Revolution happening in [00:17:53] this country we are going to have so [00:17:55] much here at America Fest you know you [00:17:57] are part of something bigger than [00:17:59] yourself my whole point is to try to [00:18:01] push the boundaries of discussion and we [00:18:02] beat the most powerful thing ever to [00:18:05] exist in the history of the world our [00:18:08] planet Turning Point action worked and I [00:18:09] think it might have made a decisive [00:18:11] difference in many of these things this [00:18:12] is only the beginning [00:18:18] [Applause] [00:18:27] [Applause] [00:18:45] [Applause] [00:18:52] [Applause] [00:18:55] you [00:19:09] [Applause] [00:19:11] welcome to America Fest [00:19:13] [Applause] [00:19:24] everybody [00:19:26] you thank you [00:19:30] thank you thank you everybody the real [00:19:32] thank you is the Turning Point team that [00:19:34] worked their tail off this last year [00:19:35] that's who you should be applaud [00:19:38] him by the way I like this Touch look at [00:19:40] all these students that we have at [00:19:41] turning point you look at [00:19:43] this I like [00:19:48] that they helped win the election [00:19:51] everybody young people move by 30 points [00:19:53] this election cycle I'll tell you [00:19:57] what the kids are all right welcome [00:20:00] everybody it feels good to win back our [00:20:07] country I I'll tell you th this has been [00:20:11] a difficult and challenging year in so [00:20:13] many different ways and we have to think [00:20:15] back to where we were as the video said [00:20:17] in January of [00:20:20] 2021 January 7th of [00:20:22] 20121 they said the Maga movement was [00:20:25] dead they said that Donald Trump will [00:20:29] never have a political future Joe Biden [00:20:31] was coming in and putting people in [00:20:33] prison for going into the Capitol [00:20:35] retunda and praying Joe Biden was [00:20:38] mandating the vaccine keeping the Border [00:20:41] completely and totally wide open we were [00:20:44] seeing our country disappear and vanish [00:20:46] from us but here's where you come in for [00:20:49] every single one of you in this audience [00:20:51] that never waver that always had the [00:20:54] president's back that continued to [00:20:57] support him you got guys are the [00:20:59] beginning portion of the greatest [00:21:02] political comeback in American [00:21:11] history look at what we are up against [00:21:14] because it defies any sort of human [00:21:17] reason from the lawfare they try to put [00:21:19] Donald Trump in prison for 700 years [00:21:22] every major tech company banned Donald [00:21:25] Trump from their platform Donald Trump [00:21:27] was banned from Facebook he was banned [00:21:30] from Google he was banned from Pinterest [00:21:33] because he's like a big Pinterest [00:21:35] guy he was banned from Spotify he [00:21:38] couldn't even listen to Phantom of the [00:21:40] Opera they did everything they could to [00:21:43] make him disappear but there was a [00:21:45] problem is that you could put Donald [00:21:47] Trump on in Exile at maral [00:21:50] Lago but you can't make 75 80 million [00:21:54] people disappear [00:22:00] is that they can make him as if okay [00:22:02] we're going to try to solve this problem [00:22:04] but what are you going to do with the [00:22:06] people of this country and that's where [00:22:08] all of you that continue to do the work [00:22:11] you entered we entered front stage and [00:22:14] it was difficult we were told that this [00:22:17] was never going to happen that the [00:22:20] Democrat Party was immovable for all of [00:22:22] you on campuses that continue to fight [00:22:25] for conservative causes that were graded [00:22:27] differently kicked out of class that [00:22:28] were smeared that were slandered it was [00:22:30] as if there was no immediate hope but [00:22:33] you guys had faith and faith not just [00:22:37] that we could take back our country and [00:22:38] if we are honest with [00:22:40] ourselves we cannot take credit for what [00:22:42] happened on November [00:22:45] 5th the person or more [00:22:48] importantly who deserves credit is God [00:22:51] Almighty for saving this country and [00:22:54] giving [00:22:56] us four years of Donald [00:23:12] we didn't earn it we were we worked out [00:23:15] of obedience but we were inches away [00:23:17] from a Civil [00:23:19] War and Donald Trump just so happened to [00:23:22] turn his head at a specific time to look [00:23:24] at a PowerPoint I mean I've been do a [00:23:27] lot of magar Alles how many of Maga [00:23:28] rallies does he do a PowerPoint [00:23:31] presentation and he just happened to [00:23:33] turn his head at that specific moment [00:23:35] and that Bullet whizzed by and grazed [00:23:36] his ear and by the grace of God that we [00:23:40] did not earn and we did not deserve his [00:23:42] life was spared on July 13th in Butler [00:23:48] Pennsylvania he had every reason to play [00:23:51] it safe after that he had every reason [00:23:53] to just kind of take it easy he had [00:23:55] every reason not to continue to campaign [00:23:58] to to say that I'm just going to kind of [00:24:00] hope for the best he did more events he [00:24:02] said I'm going to go do outdoor events [00:24:04] forget it we're not going to let the bad [00:24:05] guys win and you could tell who a person [00:24:08] is in a moment of [00:24:10] Crisis you see our leaders talk a big [00:24:13] game but anytime they actually feel the [00:24:15] pressure they fold and we saw who Donald [00:24:18] Trump actually is in that moment when he [00:24:21] fell to the floor and he rose he spoke [00:24:22] to all of us at a fundamental level at a [00:24:24] level that we can't even put into words [00:24:26] when he ascended and he said fight fight [00:24:29] fight it was an Anthem it was a Clarion [00:24:32] call for all of [00:24:34] us that regardless of what you are up [00:24:37] against this is a guy who did not need [00:24:38] to be doing this you know that Donald [00:24:40] Trump could have cut a deal Donald Trump [00:24:42] could have cut a deal the final warning [00:24:44] shot was when they raided maralago in [00:24:47] August of [00:24:49] 2022 that was the warning shot like hey [00:24:52] you better not do this thing Run for the [00:24:54] presidency cut a deal golf for the rest [00:24:56] of your life or else we're going to put [00:24:57] you in Federal prison and Donald Trump [00:25:00] had a choice do I do the easy thing or [00:25:03] the right thing and if there is one [00:25:06] thing that you teach your child it's you [00:25:10] must do the right thing even if it is [00:25:13] the challenging thing he knew what he [00:25:14] was signing up for to be indicted by [00:25:17] Fanny Willis by Alvin Bragg the show [00:25:20] trial in New York 700 years in federal [00:25:24] prison he could have just cut a deal [00:25:25] guys I'm not running for the presidency [00:25:27] keep me out of jail and every single [00:25:30] gutless wonder politician of the last 40 [00:25:33] years would have cut that [00:25:35] deal they tried to take his business [00:25:37] Empire from him they did everything they [00:25:40] could to cut him off but there's [00:25:41] something that drives this man that is [00:25:44] different and it's why all of you are [00:25:46] here it is a love of the beautiful [00:25:49] things it's a love of our home a place [00:25:53] that we inherited that we were sick and [00:25:54] tired of seeing abused to see our board [00:25:58] wide open to see our kids transed in [00:26:00] classrooms to see our beloved Homeland [00:26:04] become a Dumping Ground for the third [00:26:06] world to see our taxpayer dollars being [00:26:08] sent to Ukraine while our Southern [00:26:10] border remains wide open Donald Trump [00:26:13] loved his Nation so much so that he put [00:26:17] all of his business Empire on the line [00:26:20] so that he would go and take a bullet [00:26:22] for you to save America for your kids [00:26:24] and [00:26:26] grandkids and [00:26:28] more than that I want you to understand [00:26:31] the cultural reversal that we all live [00:26:34] through because it was repeated now I'm [00:26:37] going to ask somebody can somebody throw [00:26:38] me your Maga hat here for a sec who [00:26:40] wants to there you go okay 90 volunteers [00:26:43] thank you guys look at [00:26:45] this who remembers back in [00:26:48] 2016 if you wore this hat on the streets [00:26:52] of New York it was open hunting season [00:26:55] if you wore this in [00:26:57] 2021 they would come after you and yet I [00:27:00] saw something [00:27:02] fundamental it's fundamentally different [00:27:03] and something change and it goes to show [00:27:06] that the good guys can win if we push [00:27:08] hard enough it goes to show that we can [00:27:11] turn the symbols where they are trying [00:27:14] to ostracize us into symbols of Victory [00:27:18] when I went to college campuses this [00:27:19] last cycle we ordered a couple hundred [00:27:22] magah hats all of a sudden all the kids [00:27:24] wanted them we started passing them out [00:27:26] and said okay we'll do a couple thousand [00:27:27] I go to the University of Georgia I'm [00:27:29] handing out 5,000 of these [00:27:33] things this magga hat that all of you [00:27:36] guys own went from a symbol of those [00:27:41] people are terrible [00:27:42] Nazis to the [00:27:45] coolest most desirable thing that one [00:27:49] can wear in American [00:27:53] politics and that didn't happen [00:27:55] overnight who whose magah hat is this [00:27:57] there you go [00:27:58] that happened because we refused to [00:28:01] accept the names they would call us and [00:28:04] we kept on wearing the Hat we refus like [00:28:07] okay you're going to call me a racist I [00:28:09] don't care what else do you have I'm [00:28:11] going to keep wearing the Hat it became [00:28:12] a symbol of strength it became a symbol [00:28:15] of resolve it became a symbol of grit it [00:28:18] became a symbol of American masculinity [00:28:22] coming back into our [00:28:26] culture it became a [00:28:29] that American greatness is what we [00:28:31] demand that we deserve that we are not [00:28:33] going to apologize for being the [00:28:35] greatest nation never to exist in the [00:28:37] history of the world that we are going [00:28:39] to have a mass deportation effort and [00:28:42] that we're going to take back our [00:28:47] nation that hat then represented [00:28:50] something even more president Trump the [00:28:52] greatest deal maker that politics has [00:28:54] ever [00:28:55] seen he brokered quite a deal over the [00:28:58] summer he said okay Democrats you guys [00:29:01] get Liz Cheney and Adam [00:29:05] kininger we get Bobby Kennedy and tulsy [00:29:10] gabard let's make a [00:29:14] deal and that hat all of a sudden [00:29:17] represented not just common sense but it [00:29:20] represented people of all sorts of [00:29:21] different political stripes and [00:29:23] backgrounds that were coming together [00:29:26] with their sphere of focus and influence [00:29:28] maybe you are a parents right Advocate [00:29:30] maybe you are here as a second amendment [00:29:32] Enthusiast maybe you are a school board [00:29:34] member maybe you are a pastor maybe you [00:29:37] are a make America healthy again [00:29:42] Advocate whatever focus group that you [00:29:45] have as long as we can agree on the big [00:29:47] stuff the country's collapsing things [00:29:50] are a Miss we need to combine forces and [00:29:53] defeat the incumbent regime welcome [00:29:56] aboard we are going to make America [00:29:58] Amica great again [00:30:04] and and what we witnessed on November [00:30:07] the 5th being this great comeback [00:30:12] story was also the result of the hard [00:30:15] work that all of you guys did in the [00:30:17] Grassroots for those of you that chased [00:30:20] ballots for those of you that registered [00:30:22] voters for those of you that gave [00:30:24] powerful sermons on the Sundays before [00:30:26] the election for those of that showed up [00:30:28] at Republican meetings at 7:00 a.m. to [00:30:31] make sure that everyone had the yard [00:30:32] signs that they need this is your [00:30:35] Victory you see it is easy just to say [00:30:39] that it's just one candidate versus [00:30:40] another what it really is is an one Army [00:30:43] of activists versus another Army of [00:30:45] activists and guess what we were [00:30:47] outspent but we outworked them this [00:30:50] election [00:30:53] cycle because we wanted it more kamla [00:30:57] Harris had a billion do and hey by the [00:30:59] way where did that a bil where did that [00:31:01] billion dollars go CH she sent it to [00:31:04] [Applause] [00:31:06] China she sent it to zinski he's got [00:31:09] enough [00:31:12] money a [00:31:14] billion to do [00:31:16] what and yet we were outspent we know [00:31:19] it we knew that we were up against the [00:31:21] most powerful well-funded machine in [00:31:24] American political history and it was a [00:31:26] machine [00:31:28] versus a [00:31:29] movement and the movement were people [00:31:31] many of us in this room yeah that were [00:31:33] not an was not an oligarch not a [00:31:35] billionaire but you could knock on a [00:31:37] thousand doors you could Chase 100 [00:31:39] ballots in this state of [00:31:42] Arizona which I as you know care deeply [00:31:45] and passionately about we we made a [00:31:49] promise we said we are going to invest [00:31:52] the greatest Ground Force Arizona has [00:31:53] ever seen we hired well over a thousand [00:31:56] full-time people here on the ground in [00:31:57] Arizona at Turning Point action and I [00:32:00] can say now Arizona was the best [00:32:02] performing swing state of the 2024 [00:32:07] election we chased over [00:32:10] 200,000 low propensity ballots here in [00:32:13] the state of Arizona and in fact when I [00:32:15] was you know Mr President can we have [00:32:17] you at this event can we you know try to [00:32:19] get you and he said Charlie I will only [00:32:21] come under one circumstance it is called [00:32:24] a tribute to Arizona to honor the great [00:32:27] people of Arizona that gave me my [00:32:29] greatest Victory ever in Arizona and [00:32:31] brought State 48 back to [00:32:35] Greatness and that happened because of [00:32:37] the hard work and the grit the resolve [00:32:39] of all of you in this room and it goes [00:32:42] to show that things can change it goes [00:32:45] to show that we can improve this country [00:32:47] that we don't have to accept the premise [00:32:50] but then it brings us to today's time [00:32:52] because we must simultaneously look at [00:32:54] the past what we've been through the [00:32:56] present which is celebration and giving [00:32:58] glory to God for what was given but also [00:33:01] the future because if we let our guard [00:33:04] down and act as if that everything is [00:33:07] fine the the transformation of the [00:33:10] Republican party is not yet complete you [00:33:12] see for those of you that follow me on [00:33:14] social media you know that I've been [00:33:16] very outspoken the last week saying the [00:33:18] following very simple it's not radical [00:33:21] it's not revolutionary I think it's [00:33:22] reasonable which is this if you are a [00:33:25] republican from a deep red state [00:33:29] and you voted for Joe Biden's [00:33:32] nominees and you're giving Donald Trump [00:33:34] a hard time about his nominees we will [00:33:37] primary you and remove you from office [00:33:45] immediately and for all of those red [00:33:48] state senators out there let this be a [00:33:51] warning to you that the 20,000 people [00:33:54] here at America Fest and the 1 million [00:33:56] people here that are watching online and [00:33:59] the millions of people that will see [00:34:00] these clips we are not going to take a [00:34:04] Republican party that gets in the way of [00:34:06] the will of the people we want a [00:34:08] Republican [00:34:10] party that fights to win and for every [00:34:13] US senator out there you must confirm [00:34:16] Pete Heth Tulsi gabard cash Patel Bobby [00:34:20] Kennedy Pam Bondi and Trump's entire [00:34:23] cabinet or you will face a primary [00:34:26] Challenger immediately [00:34:34] because we want a Republican party that [00:34:36] is as conservative as its voters we want [00:34:40] a Republican party that is responsive to [00:34:42] all of you we want a Republican party [00:34:45] that actually listens to what you want [00:34:47] not a Republican party that goes to the [00:34:49] DC and becomes something completely and [00:34:51] totally different and look at the power [00:34:53] that you have in just the last 24 hours [00:34:56] we did something that we never would [00:34:58] have been able to do before they were [00:35:00] trying to do this ridiculous sick and [00:35:02] twisted and concocted [00:35:05] 1,500 page Democrat boond doggle [00:35:08] giveaway continuing [00:35:12] resolution under old circumstances that [00:35:15] thing just would have [00:35:17] passed but there's new [00:35:21] voices and we took the social media Elon [00:35:24] Musk took the social media many of you [00:35:26] took to social media and the president [00:35:28] took the lead and said no we're not [00:35:30] going to give Congress a 74% pay raise [00:35:33] while Americans are being crushed by [00:35:35] inflation we're not going to send more [00:35:37] money to Ukraine we're not going to have [00:35:39] this boond doggle of biolabs being spent [00:35:42] overseas we're not going to have [00:35:44] immunity for January 6 committee and [00:35:47] what you did and I want to show the [00:35:48] power that you have is that you [00:35:51] everybody in this room and everyone [00:35:52] watching online you defeated the [00:35:54] Washington insiders in hours everybody [00:35:57] and that CR is dead it is dead and you [00:36:01] did [00:36:04] that and it is going to be a Relentless [00:36:07] fight now the new CR that they have went [00:36:10] from, 1500 pages to now it's like four [00:36:12] or five [00:36:13] pages and president Trump is going to [00:36:15] get what he's asked for which is a clean [00:36:17] slate a debt sealing increase so that we [00:36:19] can actually get the biggest baddest and [00:36:22] best border bill in the history of our [00:36:25] country as the first piece of [00:36:26] legislation for president Donald [00:36:29] Trump the top [00:36:33] priority but it is only [00:36:35] going to improve if we stay engaged in [00:36:38] the Grassroots if we continue to knock [00:36:41] on doors take over local precin [00:36:43] committees to start turning point USA [00:36:45] high school and college chapters and I [00:36:47] just got a brag on our high school [00:36:49] chapters and said this briefly in the [00:36:51] video everybody [00:36:53] but young men are the most conservative [00:36:56] they have been in over 50 [00:37:01] years 50 [00:37:03] years think about that now a reporter [00:37:08] asked me they said Charlie can you try [00:37:09] to explain this phenomenon I said yeah [00:37:12] it's very simple young men want to be [00:37:15] part of a political movement that [00:37:17] doesn't hate [00:37:19] them in fact Let Me Go a step further [00:37:22] that thinks they're essential to a [00:37:25] future of a [00:37:26] country that we need strong men and [00:37:29] strong women that we're sick and tired [00:37:32] of hearing about toxic masculinity when [00:37:35] we are drowning in toxic [00:37:40] femininity when we become a feelings [00:37:43] based culture you can't say that you [00:37:45] can't do that you're going to offend [00:37:48] somebody and who is the most overtly [00:37:51] masculine political figure of the last [00:37:54] 100 years no I it's not Tim Walls stop [00:37:57] it okay that's not [00:37:59] [Applause] [00:38:02] true [00:38:05] no of course it's the man who would [00:38:08] never apologize for America that stands [00:38:10] proudly for our tradition and our [00:38:13] history that doesn't care about what [00:38:15] sensibilities he offends that calls [00:38:17] Justin Trudeau Governor the guy that [00:38:19] just [00:38:21] said and in many ways this was an [00:38:24] election that was more about culture [00:38:26] than it was about about politics that it [00:38:29] was about who are we as a people what [00:38:32] are we doing to the Next Generation to [00:38:35] say that you have to be taught diversity [00:38:37] Equity inclusion and critical race [00:38:38] theory that you have to be under this [00:38:40] transgenderism nonsense as a side note [00:38:43] by the way as one of the first things [00:38:45] that I hope this new Administration does [00:38:48] we need to end the medical mutilation of [00:38:51] our children called gender affirming [00:38:53] care in this country immediately [00:39:02] and also say no men in women's sports [00:39:17] ever but understand that was a [00:39:20] controversial thing to say 3 or 4 years [00:39:22] ago it took a little bit of a I don't [00:39:24] care energy a little bit of a masculine [00:39:27] on the shoulder to say no actually [00:39:29] you're not going to have some dude in my [00:39:31] locker room change with my [00:39:33] daughter and I'm not going to allow that [00:39:35] to happen you see they wanted us to be [00:39:38] quiet and Afraid and silent and [00:39:40] subservient they wanted us to cower into [00:39:43] our corner but the conservative movement [00:39:45] has changed fundamentally I hope you [00:39:46] guys understand this and we can't lose [00:39:48] it we must lean into it we call the [00:39:50] shots not the media not the oligarchs [00:39:53] not Washington DC and our assets are so [00:39:56] simple the media like say oh there's [00:39:57] radical they're revolutionary here's our [00:39:59] ask we want a border we want our kids to [00:40:02] have to learn Reading Writing arithmetic [00:40:04] and not graphic pornography at the age [00:40:06] of 11 we want our founding documents to [00:40:09] matter much more than Federal registry [00:40:11] and bureaucracies we believe the [00:40:13] Constitution is the law of the land we [00:40:15] believe in three branches not four we [00:40:18] also believe I know this is so radical [00:40:20] for them to understand that when you [00:40:22] appropriate money American citizens are [00:40:24] first not ukrainians wow like like what [00:40:27] a [00:40:29] concept and you add all of that together [00:40:33] they are the radicals and they have been [00:40:35] the radicals for quite some time and the [00:40:38] final point I'll make is this is the the [00:40:42] the remarkable power and [00:40:44] potency of the truth tellers in this [00:40:47] room you see we have grown up in a time [00:40:49] where we say the media is the worse the [00:40:51] media is this and in fact president [00:40:53] Trump said that at his first ever Maga [00:40:55] rally do you know where his first ever [00:40:56] Maga rally was in this building this [00:40:59] building was the first ever Maga rally [00:41:01] did you know that [00:41:03] and the only feedback I have for [00:41:05] President Trump is he says the media is [00:41:07] this the media is that guys we are the [00:41:09] media now not them their power is fading [00:41:14] and waning no one reads their stuff [00:41:17] their subscriptions are going down like [00:41:19] CNN has less views than Hallmark movie [00:41:24] reruns which again it's Christmas a lot [00:41:26] of people watch Mar during Christmas [00:41:27] anyway that separate issue or It [00:41:30] lifetime I don't know I get them both [00:41:31] confused whatever and they they are [00:41:33] increasingly irrelevant and what is [00:41:36] relevant is the democratization and the [00:41:38] decentralization and I said it when it [00:41:40] happened when Elon Musk bought Twitter I [00:41:43] believe it was the most important [00:41:45] singular purchase since the Louis [00:41:47] Louisiana Purchase for this country I [00:41:49] truly believe [00:41:53] that and look at the Clause set motion [00:41:56] that happened since Elon Musk bought [00:41:58] Twitter it gave us the ability to speak [00:42:00] our mind think about all the things that [00:42:02] would have just happened without our [00:42:04] ability to challenge it we were able to [00:42:05] call out the BS on the southern border [00:42:07] we were able to talk about the transing [00:42:09] of our kids we were able to talk about [00:42:11] what they're actually teaching in our [00:42:12] schools we were able to actually talk [00:42:14] about like hey um KLA Harris can't speak [00:42:18] in [00:42:20] sentences let's watch this clip simple [00:42:23] basic things and we joke around I do not [00:42:25] think that we would have been able ble [00:42:27] to expose the American people to how Joe [00:42:29] Biden was brain damaged if it wasn't for [00:42:31] Twitter or X cuz the media wasn't doing [00:42:33] their job by the way the media should [00:42:36] all immediately lose their governmen [00:42:38] issued licenses day one for the [00:42:40] malpractice they did for covering for [00:42:43] Joe Biden [00:42:47] senility we are in the driver's seat and [00:42:51] that comes with a lot of [00:42:53] obligation we are the cultural Force we [00:42:55] are ascendant the bad guys are scattered [00:42:59] confused and Afraid and they will be [00:43:00] back and the posture should not be one [00:43:03] that oh we won and that we're the [00:43:05] greatest now we're indestructible no [00:43:06] it's the opposite it should be one of [00:43:09] humility that we are actually in charge [00:43:12] and we didn't earn it but we have an [00:43:14] obligation to deliver that we have an [00:43:17] opportunity that we may never happen [00:43:19] again it is a once in many lifetimes [00:43:22] opportunity to fill the government with [00:43:24] change makers I believe the four years [00:43:26] of Exile [00:43:27] is the ultimate Romans 122 verse that [00:43:31] God will use all things all things for [00:43:35] good for those who love him when we got [00:43:37] displaced from power in [00:43:39] 2020 how many of you guys said boy 2020 [00:43:44] this is the worst thing that happened we [00:43:46] lost our country we were trying to see [00:43:48] what what was what was the takeaway here [00:43:50] it felt as if it was so unjust which it [00:43:52] was and it was so much lying and so much [00:43:54] manipulation but God knew what he was [00:43:56] doing what he was doing is he was [00:43:58] putting our movement in a temporary [00:44:01] state of Exile where we could become [00:44:02] stronger we could become better where we [00:44:04] could turn the we could separate the [00:44:06] frauds from the real people we could see [00:44:08] who people really were where we could [00:44:10] expand our ranks we had to desire it [00:44:13] more when our back was against the wall [00:44:14] if we would have won in 2020 the second [00:44:16] term I don't know if it would have been [00:44:18] that great it would have just kind of [00:44:20] been a little bit of Co okay that's fine [00:44:22] and the second term is Almost Never As [00:44:24] Good As the First and now we almost get [00:44:25] two first terms and the second one we [00:44:27] have a team that is ready to change the [00:44:30] world and bring America back to [00:44:35] Greatness I will close with this soak in [00:44:39] this conference everybody this is the [00:44:40] first major turning point conference [00:44:42] where we can just celebrate what has [00:44:44] been done but [00:44:46] also we got to keep our eyes on these [00:44:48] students they're going to go nuts these [00:44:50] next couple days I tell you but also go [00:44:55] start a turning point you a state [00:44:56] college chapter go start a turning point [00:44:57] USA High School chapter go start a [00:44:59] turning point USA 5c school go find out [00:45:02] how your church can get involved sign up [00:45:04] and become an activist America Fest is [00:45:06] the starting point for us to take [00:45:09] America to Greater Heights in 2025 [00:45:12] remember how lost we felt a year ago [00:45:15] remember how directional we felt and [00:45:18] instead of saying we've won everything I [00:45:20] could take it easy instead is that God [00:45:22] gave us a reprieve so that we can reload [00:45:26] that we can lean in and that we can make [00:45:30] the conservative movement stronger than [00:45:31] ever before and that's the resources [00:45:33] you're going to see in the exhibit hall [00:45:35] there will be people here that could [00:45:36] change your life future jobs future [00:45:38] friends maybe future spouses you never [00:45:40] know hear that a [00:45:42] lot but have that posture of activism [00:45:45] and action we have a slate of speakers [00:45:47] that is the greatest in the entire [00:45:49] country I mean this is unbelievable we [00:45:50] have here it's going to be four days of [00:45:53] energy and enthusiasm and you guys help [00:45:56] make it possible [00:45:57] this is the greatest country ever to [00:45:59] exist in the history of the world and I [00:46:00] could say wow there was a debate is God [00:46:03] done with this country and now I can say [00:46:05] confidently no God is not done with [00:46:08] America and our best days are ahead God [00:46:11] bless you guys thank you so much [00:46:22] [Applause] [00:46:29] w [00:46:32] [Applause] [00:46:39] [Music] [00:46:45] [Applause] [00:46:45] [Music] [00:46:48] [Applause] [00:46:49] [Music] [00:46:51] [Applause] [00:46:59] [Music] [00:47:10] he is co-founder and editor emeritus of [00:47:12] the daily wire you're followed by [00:47:14] millions of people online you're a [00:47:16] breath of fresh air in the talk radio [00:47:17] world busy time for you the moment [00:47:20] without further do Mr Ben Spirit [00:47:22] politics is all the stuff that we do on [00:47:24] the surface values that's the stuff that [00:47:26] add actually life is made of there's an [00:47:28] understandable Universe there are duties [00:47:30] that we have and we have Liberty to go [00:47:32] and do those things that's why we have [00:47:33] Liberty the people who built America [00:47:35] that's still there and it lives in all [00:47:37] of us and it turns out that defending [00:47:39] the better culture requires brave people [00:47:41] on the front lines who are willing to do [00:47:43] bad things in the night to protect their [00:47:45] civilization and in America there is a [00:47:47] philosophy of life that ought to win [00:47:48] that philosophy is in fact to make [00:47:50] America great again [00:48:03] guys let [00:48:09] go than I appreciate it thank you [00:48:13] guys thank you hey how's it going [00:48:17] guys hey how are you thank you so [00:48:24] much WoW [00:48:27] thank [00:48:28] you [00:48:30] wow I have to say that's a hell of an [00:48:35] entrance I [00:48:38] mean first off I I have a feeling I'm [00:48:41] never going to get a WWE entrance that's [00:48:43] as good as it's going to [00:48:45] [Applause] [00:48:46] get well guys before I dive in got a [00:48:49] little surprise announcement you're [00:48:50] hearing it here first we are really [00:48:52] proud to be teaming with Charlie and [00:48:54] turning point on a new documentary it's [00:48:57] called identity crisis is inspired by [00:48:59] our groundbreaking documentary at Daily [00:49:01] wire from our very own Matt Walsh will [00:49:03] be here a little bit later called what [00:49:04] is a [00:49:08] woman this new film digs even deeper the [00:49:10] documentary is going to Premiere [00:49:12] exclusively on X Friday January 10th [00:49:15] 2025 I want to reach as many human [00:49:17] beings as possible because people need [00:49:19] to hear the message it will stream on [00:49:20] next for a couple of days and it'll be [00:49:22] over at Daily wi plus starting on [00:49:24] January 13th here is the first exclusive [00:49:26] exclusive look at the trailer for [00:49:28] identity [00:49:32] [Music] [00:49:35] crisis I've often said that gender [00:49:37] affirming care is Health Care it is [00:49:39] mental health care and it can actually [00:49:41] be suicide prevention of [00:49:43] care I think I'm going to um take some [00:49:46] medicine so I can kind of like transform [00:49:49] into a boy get surgery after the surgery [00:49:53] I didn't really feel any better when it [00:49:55] stopped being a thing for adults and it [00:49:58] started to be a let's teach this to kids [00:50:00] total lie manipulation it's gaslighting [00:50:03] please stop he's a boy not a girl how [00:50:05] can she do this to my son what they're [00:50:07] talking about is hormonal therapy or sex [00:50:10] reassignment surgery on children I [00:50:13] thought fixing me externally would fix [00:50:16] me internally but of course I was wrong [00:50:19] the fact that the state thinks that [00:50:20] they're more important and have a better [00:50:22] say in what happens to your child over [00:50:24] the actual parents opinion is egregious [00:50:26] blockers surgeries big money makers for [00:50:29] hospitals for Physicians all I want to [00:50:31] do is hold my [00:50:33] son are you asking me to lie to parents [00:50:37] and he said yes this is an [00:50:40] weaponized use of a parent sympathy and [00:50:43] caring and concern by the left to [00:50:45] destroy your child let's tell kids that [00:50:48] maybe they can be the opposite sex maybe [00:50:51] they actually are the opposite sex it is [00:50:53] an evil thing to tell children that [00:50:56] happiness lies on the other side of [00:50:58] puberty blockers or double momies the [00:51:01] left so badly wants to blur these lines [00:51:03] that's a five alarmed [00:51:05] fire it's [00:51:08] [Music] [00:51:08] [Applause] [00:51:09] [Music] [00:51:17] criminal well I couldn't be more excited [00:51:20] to be here today because the Golden Age [00:51:23] of America is just beginning [00:51:28] man I got to tell you you for the past [00:51:30] few years I've been in a bad mood and if [00:51:32] you've watched my show I'm usually in a [00:51:33] bad [00:51:34] mood but I'm in a pretty in good mood [00:51:38] right [00:51:38] now now this is all happening because [00:51:41] president Trump is a force he is a [00:51:44] historic Force he is the historic force [00:51:47] of our age he was the man standing [00:51:49] between the United States and stagnation [00:51:52] and surrender and president Trump stood [00:51:54] and he was indicted and stood and he was [00:51:58] shot and he stood and America stood with [00:52:01] him we stood with [00:52:05] him you see in America I really believe [00:52:09] that America right now is divided [00:52:10] between what I like to call the Lions [00:52:11] and the Scavengers lions are people who [00:52:14] want to build things people who are [00:52:15] productive people like the people in [00:52:17] this room people who believe they have [00:52:19] the power to choose and to act in the [00:52:21] world and that they have duties in this [00:52:23] world duties given to them by God duty [00:52:26] to family to community to Country and to [00:52:28] themselves to be the best that they can [00:52:30] be Lions believe that Merit ought to [00:52:32] Triumph and then there are the [00:52:34] Scavengers and they've been in charge [00:52:36] for a while the Scavengers believe that [00:52:39] if you fail it's probably somebody [00:52:40] else's fault they believe that all the [00:52:43] systems that allow for success for merit [00:52:45] to thrive that those systems are broken [00:52:47] and must be wholly destroyed well they [00:52:50] were on the rise for nearly four years [00:52:52] they were on the rise and now the [00:52:55] Scavengers are on the run they're in [00:52:57] Retreat and that is thanks to you that [00:52:59] is thanks to president [00:53:02] Trump and that's also thanks to Charlie [00:53:05] Kirk and turning point we've done such [00:53:07] extraordinary extraordinary [00:53:09] work I actually met Charlie Kirk when he [00:53:12] was 18 years old he's younger than many [00:53:14] of the people who are currently in this [00:53:15] room and Charlie was going around a [00:53:17] conference in Florida in Palm Beach [00:53:19] Florida looking for donors for turning [00:53:21] point I remember turning to my business [00:53:23] partner Jeremy boring and saying that [00:53:24] guy is going to be the head of the RNC [00:53:26] one day [00:53:27] and instead Charlie built his own RNC [00:53:30] it's [00:53:33] astonishing so I want to talk today a [00:53:35] little bit about why I am so hopeful the [00:53:38] reason that I'm hopeful is because [00:53:40] Donald Trump and the American people are [00:53:42] about to make our economy Dynamic [00:53:45] again Donald Trump and the American [00:53:47] people are about to make America's [00:53:49] position in the world unquestioned again [00:53:53] and Donald Trump is about to make the [00:53:54] American dream possible again with the [00:53:57] American [00:54:01] people so let's talk about the economy [00:54:04] for a second there's a whole school of [00:54:05] thought out there that just wants to [00:54:07] punish success that believes that [00:54:08] Innovation is a sin that believes that [00:54:10] people like Elon Musk by building [00:54:13] Rockets is doing something deeply wrong [00:54:15] that Elon Musk by building Tesla is [00:54:16] doing something deeply wrong he has [00:54:18] committed the great sin which is to earn [00:54:21] his great sin is that he created great [00:54:23] companies that is a huge sin in their [00:54:25] view but here's the thing businesses [00:54:27] hate that sort of thing so you end up [00:54:28] with stagnation you end up with [00:54:29] inflation you end up with lack of [00:54:31] creativity all of that is about to end [00:54:34] president Trump is a businessman which [00:54:36] means there's only one thing in life we [00:54:38] all know this that President Trump cares [00:54:39] about there is only one thing winning [00:54:42] that is all he cares about a lot of [00:54:45] people think he cares about that's wrong [00:54:46] he cares about one thing winning and he [00:54:47] cares about winning for the American [00:54:49] people that means unleashing the power [00:54:51] of free markets free markets have been [00:54:54] maligned in this country theyve been [00:54:56] treated as something wrong as sort of a [00:54:58] man-made system that's jiggered in order [00:55:00] to harm certain people at the expense of [00:55:02] others and that is false free markets [00:55:04] are Merit free markets are Justice free [00:55:07] markets are Innovation and they are [00:55:08] dynamism free markets are what's going [00:55:11] to make all these young people Rich one [00:55:12] day that's what free markets are going [00:55:14] to [00:55:17] do the Scavengers believe that it's the [00:55:20] government's job to establish Cosmic [00:55:22] Justice that because all human beings [00:55:24] are created equal before God but not [00:55:25] we're not all equal in our qualities [00:55:27] right I'm not going to be playing LeBron [00:55:28] James in basketball anytime soon and by [00:55:30] the same token I've read more books than [00:55:32] LeBron James which is to say more than [00:55:34] one [00:55:36] book that because of that the Scavengers [00:55:38] believe that Cosmic Justice must be [00:55:40] established from above the outcome [00:55:42] should be the same for everyone that is [00:55:43] truly unjust it is tyranny it is evil it [00:55:46] requires discrimination and it requires [00:55:48] cruelty free markets say the opposite [00:55:50] they say that you get to invest in [00:55:52] yourself that you get to take those [00:55:54] risks that you rise or fall on your own [00:55:57] Merit they also say that you have to do [00:55:59] something for someone else before you [00:56:00] get anything else in return I've said [00:56:02] before that free markets are a form of [00:56:04] forc altruism and that's right nothing [00:56:05] is owed to you you're not just given [00:56:07] things in a free market you produce you [00:56:09] make things life gets better and one of [00:56:12] the magical things about free markets [00:56:14] free markets are the opposite of [00:56:16] socialism and stagnation that the left [00:56:18] likes to talk about socialists Like [00:56:20] Bernie Sanders at AOC career useless [00:56:22] people absolutely useless leeches on the [00:56:24] ass of society these people [00:56:27] they can turn gold into sand they can [00:56:29] turn Prosperity into failure free [00:56:31] markets turn sand almost literally into [00:56:33] gold imagine the fact that everything on [00:56:36] planet Earth everything in your cell [00:56:37] phone everything in your computer [00:56:38] everything in Elon musk's Rockets has [00:56:39] been present on planet Earth since the [00:56:42] cavemen every single element has been [00:56:43] present on planet Earth since the C what [00:56:45] changed Innovation changed dynamism [00:56:48] changed because of innovation because [00:56:49] you got to keep what you made cuz you [00:56:51] got to sell it cuz you got to exchange [00:56:53] it these are the principles of freedom [00:56:55] and liberty because you you owned your [00:56:56] labor and you owned the product of your [00:56:58] mind you were able to actually create [00:57:01] you can take the same sand that's been [00:57:02] on planet Earth for all of human [00:57:04] existence and you can turn that into the [00:57:06] superconductors that power the military [00:57:09] equipment that powers the American [00:57:10] Military the greatest military on the [00:57:12] face of the Earth you can do that [00:57:14] because of free markets and Donald Trump [00:57:16] is going to make free markets great [00:57:17] again Donald Trump likes capitalism [00:57:20] Donald Trump is not afraid of business [00:57:22] success Donald Trump is a businessman [00:57:24] you can see businessmen everywhere are [00:57:25] excited about this I talk with a lot of [00:57:27] tech Founders you know the people [00:57:28] actually found the big companies in Tech [00:57:30] and what they say is this is a new [00:57:32] founding it's a business founding you're [00:57:34] going to see an explosion of business in [00:57:35] this country like nothing I've seen in [00:57:37] my lifetime and then there is foreign [00:57:40] policy president Trump is going to make [00:57:42] America strong in the world again I had [00:57:46] president Trump on a couple of weeks [00:57:48] before the election on my shelf and we [00:57:49] were talking about foreign policy and he [00:57:51] said that his foreign policy is pretty [00:57:53] obviously peace through strength pretty [00:57:56] clearly and I'll tell you what he meant [00:57:58] by that in a moment but he summed it up [00:58:00] pretty well in a story so I threw a [00:58:01] fundraiser for president Trump down at [00:58:03] Trump derell in Florida fairly early on [00:58:05] in the election cycle and he and I had a [00:58:07] chance to chat and he was talking about [00:58:09] Joe Biden now I I don't mean to spoiler [00:58:12] any spoiler alert here president Trump [00:58:14] does not like Joe [00:58:16] Biden just going to put that out there [00:58:18] he he he thinks he's not just a bad [00:58:20] president that he's not a particularly [00:58:21] wonderful although I will say I think [00:58:23] that Joe Biden probably voted for Donald [00:58:24] Trump [00:58:28] and and by the way I know that Joe Biden [00:58:32] voted for Donald Trump there is no [00:58:34] question you see them hanging out there [00:58:35] is no question she voted for Donald [00:58:37] Trump okay but what president Trump said [00:58:41] we were talking about foreign policy and [00:58:42] the war in Ukraine came up and he said [00:58:44] Ben Ben you want to know why why [00:58:47] Vladimir never invaded Ukraine when I [00:58:49] was President you want to know and I [00:58:52] said yes Mr President he said well [00:58:54] because I talked to Vladimir on I said [00:58:56] Vlad Vlad if you Vlad if you go into [00:58:59] Ukraine I'm going to bomb the out [00:59:01] of [00:59:05] you and president Trump continued the [00:59:07] story he said and Vladimir said back to [00:59:08] me no you w Mr President and I said well [00:59:11] I [00:59:14] might and then president Trump said [00:59:16] quite correctly if there is a 5% chance [00:59:19] that that is going to happen you don't [00:59:21] do the thing this is the thing that [00:59:23] President Trump knows because he is a [00:59:25] man who is credible on foreign policy [00:59:28] he's not like our current dead president [00:59:30] usually maybe he'll end up on a dollar [00:59:31] bill or something because usually [00:59:33] actually be act actually dead to get on [00:59:34] a dollar bill Joe Biden has been dead [00:59:36] for a while so he might make it onto a [00:59:38] dollar at some point in any case our [00:59:40] currently dead President says things [00:59:42] like don't and then the rest of the [00:59:44] world just [00:59:45] does right meanwhile president Trump [00:59:48] says that and the rest of the world goes [00:59:50] oo I don't know this could get [00:59:53] ugly when we talk about President [00:59:55] Trump's foreign policy it is not [00:59:56] isolationism he believes in an America [00:59:58] First foreign policy and here's what I [01:00:00] think that he means pretty clearly from [01:00:02] his foreign policy in his first term he [01:00:03] means three things one America's [01:00:05] interests are first now this should be [01:00:08] obvious America's interests are [01:00:09] Paramount [01:00:14] obviously this should be a truism [01:00:16] American citizens come first right we're [01:00:18] Americans we come first this is America [01:00:20] welcome to America right America First [01:00:22] does not mean that America has no [01:00:23] interests in the rest of the world I can [01:00:25] name off interest America has in the [01:00:26] rest of the world we have an interest [01:00:27] for example in seeing that Mexico [01:00:29] doesn't ship a bunch of fentel up [01:00:30] through our border we have an interest [01:00:32] in making sure that China doesn't take [01:00:34] control of the trade routes through the [01:00:35] Taiwan straight through which 92% of [01:00:37] world shipping goes we have an interest [01:00:39] in ensuring that China doesn't ship the [01:00:41] precursors for fentanyl over to Mexico [01:00:44] we have an interest in ensuring that [01:00:45] Iran doesn't threaten American Allies we [01:00:47] have an interest in all of those things [01:00:49] now that brings us to point two [01:00:51] America's interests have to be carefully [01:00:53] calibrated to our investments in them [01:00:55] okay that does doesn't mean that every [01:00:56] solution is the same so there are lots [01:00:59] of bad things happening all over the [01:01:00] world at all times if America only has a [01:01:02] minor interest in a thing happening on [01:01:04] another side of the world we ought not [01:01:06] get involved in that thing conversely if [01:01:09] we do have an interest in the other side [01:01:12] of the world or close to home then not [01:01:14] only ought we have to get involved we [01:01:15] ought to do it in the most efficient [01:01:17] possible manner which brings us to point [01:01:19] number three when America's interests [01:01:22] are on the table all measures and means [01:01:24] necessary to achieve those interests are [01:01:26] on the table that is why president Trump [01:01:29] has been hyper consistent in his [01:01:31] application of foreign policy contrary [01:01:34] to popular leftwing opinion that he's [01:01:35] sort of throwing darts at a board or [01:01:37] something that is not true at all [01:01:39] president Trump wants America's allies [01:01:41] to be strong enough to stand on their [01:01:42] own president Trump wants to make sure [01:01:45] that America's enemies are in [01:01:46] Retreat why because anything else [01:01:48] wouldn't be America winning and [01:01:50] president Trump wants America to win [01:02:00] and then there's the American dream now [01:02:02] the American dream has sort of been [01:02:04] perverted in the United States over the [01:02:06] course of the last few decades but I [01:02:08] think it's a pretty obvious Dream It's a [01:02:10] dream to get married to have kids to be [01:02:14] able to live in a community that [01:02:15] worships the god that you love to be [01:02:18] able to build a business that you want [01:02:19] to build and make that business [01:02:20] successful and hire other people to give [01:02:22] charity to stand up for your country [01:02:25] these are all the things that are [01:02:26] elements of the American dream they were [01:02:28] always the American dream and yet we [01:02:30] were told that the American dream is [01:02:31] weird we were told that all of this was [01:02:34] weird I've never seen a bigger political [01:02:36] misstep than the entire Democrat media [01:02:39] Human Centipede declaring that JD van [01:02:42] was [01:02:43] weird okay I can the vice [01:02:45] president-elect is the least weird [01:02:47] person I have ever personally [01:02:49] met that is the most bizarre statement [01:02:52] they trotted out the human inflatable [01:02:54] Tim Walls to flail his arms like he's in [01:02:57] a car lot off the side of a freeway and [01:03:00] pretend that it was masculinity when [01:03:01] apparently he has no bones in his [01:03:04] wrists and somehow he wasn't weird they [01:03:08] tried it out Doug mhof who you know may [01:03:12] or may not have assaulted some [01:03:13] ex-girlfriends a a question that the [01:03:15] media were totally uninterested in [01:03:16] investigating of course they tried out [01:03:18] Doug mhof I have personal irritation [01:03:20] with Doug ghof of everybody in the Biden [01:03:22] orbit I hate Doug ghof the most right [01:03:23] just as a Jew he drives me up he me up a [01:03:26] wall he drives me up a [01:03:27] wall Doug mhof represents Judaism like [01:03:30] Osama Bin Laden represents Christianity [01:03:34] okay in any case they tried out these [01:03:36] guys and they're like this is the new [01:03:39] masculinity and JD Vance that weirdo [01:03:41] with his picture of perfect family and [01:03:43] his beautiful wife and his nice kids [01:03:45] living in a nice house having grown up [01:03:47] in really really horrifying [01:03:48] circumstances you should read his great [01:03:50] book Hill bology and and and then having [01:03:53] built companies gone to Yale law school [01:03:55] served in the like he is the apotheosis [01:03:57] of what the American dream looks like [01:03:59] the vice president the elect and [01:04:00] somebody they're like that guy's weird [01:04:01] here's the thing we are now in the [01:04:02] middle of a Normy Revolution okay [01:04:05] because it turns out a lot of us are [01:04:06] normies a lot of us just want a quiet [01:04:09] good life where we build things and we [01:04:11] get to engage in the greatest economy in [01:04:13] the history of the world and we get to [01:04:14] live secure in our own place of [01:04:16] residence we don't have to worry about [01:04:18] walking out on the street and being [01:04:19] physically assaulted by someone okay [01:04:22] these are all very very normal desires [01:04:24] and very normal dreams and that's the [01:04:25] American dream and the left had lost it [01:04:28] in so many ways the left had lost it in [01:04:30] so many ways now I I remember I was in [01:04:33] Los Angeles I grew up in La I was in Los [01:04:35] Angeles fairly recently I left LA [01:04:37] because La has turned into a complete [01:04:38] dung Heap it's just horrifying and I [01:04:40] went back we went out with some friends [01:04:42] I go down the street with my wife and we [01:04:45] have our 24/7 security which we need [01:04:47] unfortunately and on the other side of [01:04:49] the street our friends go they go about [01:04:51] three cars down a car pulls up right in [01:04:53] front of them three guys jump out of the [01:04:54] car and immediately Rob immediately Rob [01:04:58] my friend and his wife okay this [01:05:00] happened like in a very nice area of Los [01:05:02] Angeles this is not normal so the left [01:05:04] kept saying about Donald Trump he's not [01:05:06] normal here's the thing the America he [01:05:08] stands for is normal the America he [01:05:11] stands for is good the America he stands [01:05:14] for is great because it is [01:05:20] good so that's why I'm in a good mood [01:05:23] because we're actually winning but [01:05:24] here's the thing winning Ires constant [01:05:26] work you know one of the questions that [01:05:28] my business partner and I constantly ask [01:05:29] ourselves when it comes to the success [01:05:31] of daily wire and thank God it's been [01:05:32] unbelievably successful one of the [01:05:34] questions that Jeremy boring and Caleb [01:05:35] Robinson and I we all ask ourselves is [01:05:37] are we good at this or is everyone else [01:05:38] just not very good at this and the same [01:05:40] question should be asked in politics on [01:05:42] a constant basis are we really good at [01:05:44] this or are the other guys just really [01:05:46] crappy at this now let's be real the [01:05:48] other guys are super crappy at this okay [01:05:51] they literally ran a corpse and then [01:05:53] when it turned out that everybody found [01:05:55] out he was was a corpse cuz he died on [01:05:57] stage with President Trump they then [01:05:59] decided to swap him out for a potato of [01:06:02] a [01:06:03] human a person who is physically [01:06:06] incapable of uttering coherent [01:06:09] sentences and so I think the question we [01:06:11] have to ask ourselves is how do we [01:06:14] retain the momentum and the answer is we [01:06:16] do the right things we do all the things [01:06:18] that President Trump has already [01:06:19] promised he's going to do and here's the [01:06:21] thing I think that he's going to do all [01:06:22] those things because president Trump [01:06:24] keeps his promises now I've talked about [01:06:26] this before my [01:06:28] Evolution now I have evolved on [01:06:30] President Trump as many people in this [01:06:32] room know in 2016 I didn't vote for [01:06:34] either candidate because I didn't know [01:06:35] if president Trump was going to be [01:06:36] conservative and I said at the time I [01:06:38] doubted that he would and then right [01:06:40] away he nominated Justice Gorsuch and I [01:06:42] put on a Maga hat like one month into [01:06:44] his [01:06:45] presidency and then in 2020 obviously I [01:06:48] backed him and I supported him and I [01:06:49] voted for him and in 2024 I backed him I [01:06:53] gave money to his campaign I fundraised [01:06:55] for him I campaigned in Six States I [01:06:57] went with him personally to an October [01:07:00] 7th tribute right I do all and that's [01:07:02] not because I'm doing anything great [01:07:03] it's because he is doing something great [01:07:06] and if we back him and if he does the [01:07:08] right things which I think he will I [01:07:09] believe he will I actually know he will [01:07:11] if he does those things then he is [01:07:12] totally correct America will be great [01:07:14] again the Great American comeback is on [01:07:16] a new golden age is just [01:07:20] beginning all righty [01:07:23] so okay so now for we have like 16 [01:07:26] minutes 16 minutes of fun let's do some [01:07:28] Q&A cuz it's more fun there's some [01:07:31] microphones wandering the [01:07:33] room I love you [01:07:36] man thank you I appreciate [01:07:38] [Applause] [01:07:38] [Music] [01:07:45] it [01:07:47] okay hi Ben I appreciate all the work [01:07:50] you've done with the daily wire and [01:07:51] everything you're a great guy Ben look [01:07:53] at this guy great person so [01:07:56] um my question for you is when you talk [01:07:59] about Trump's and his economy policy I [01:08:02] think the biggest thing that I hear all [01:08:03] my friends and everyone talking about is [01:08:05] tariffs so if if what Trump says on [01:08:08] tariffs really is so true you know want [01:08:10] 60% on China and just 20% base the the [01:08:14] biggest I can think of in point I'm [01:08:15] research is from 1828 when they passed [01:08:17] 50% tariff policy so do you think [01:08:20] Trump's right in his tariff policy and [01:08:22] if so why hasn't any president proposed [01:08:23] something similar Okay so he's asking [01:08:25] about Donald Trump's tariff policy [01:08:27] here's what I think I'm going to go back [01:08:28] to my original statement about Donald [01:08:29] Trump and the economy Donald Trump cares [01:08:31] about one thing and that is winning okay [01:08:33] what that means is that if tariffs are [01:08:35] in fact inflationary if they are in fact [01:08:36] a problem then he is not going to do [01:08:38] them but the tariffs are really designed [01:08:40] not because tariffs are like fun and [01:08:42] games tariffs are designed for president [01:08:43] Trump as leverage there is no one in the [01:08:45] history of American politics who has [01:08:47] used leverage better than president [01:08:49] Trump right he uses tariffs as a way of [01:08:51] threatening countries to do what he [01:08:53] wants so I'll give you a story won't [01:08:55] give you the source on this story [01:08:56] because I don't want to betray [01:08:57] confidence but it's a great story so I'm [01:08:58] going to tell it anyway okay so this is [01:09:01] a story i' never heard anywh before [01:09:02] here's the story president Trump is [01:09:03] meeting with Justin Trudeau okay who may [01:09:06] or may not be Fidel Castro's son in any [01:09:09] case by the way he's totally Fidel [01:09:11] Castro son anyway he's meeting with [01:09:13] Justin Trudeau apparently during the [01:09:15] first Administration and he is asking [01:09:17] for a bunch of things right for for [01:09:19] Canada to do and Trudeau doesn't want to [01:09:21] give all them so Trump says to his [01:09:22] people bring bring Justin here bring [01:09:24] Justin to me so apparently they sit [01:09:26] across from one another and Trudeau is [01:09:29] talking with with the president and and [01:09:30] president Trump says Justin I want you [01:09:32] to tell me if there were one thing I [01:09:34] could do tomorrow to completely wreck [01:09:36] the Canadian economy what would it be [01:09:39] and Trudeau goes well I mean Mr [01:09:41] President there are a lot of things [01:09:42] you're a very powerful country but you [01:09:43] know if you tear uped our cars it would [01:09:45] be really really bad and Trump goes [01:09:46] Justin I want to teach you a lesson the [01:09:48] first thing not to do in a negotiation [01:09:50] is answer the question if you could do [01:09:52] one thing to destroy me [01:09:56] what would it [01:09:56] [Applause] [01:09:58] be so of course pres and president from [01:10:01] I don't care about Canada I only care [01:10:02] about America America so I'm going to [01:10:06] tear off all your cars unless you give [01:10:07] me what you want he got what he wanted [01:10:10] okay that's how I think president from [01:10:11] thinks about [01:10:19] tariffs hey hey Ben super easy fun [01:10:23] question after your review of wicked and [01:10:25] hearing you were a musical theater [01:10:27] Enthusiast as well I got to know what [01:10:29] your favorite musical theater [01:10:30] performance is well I'm sorry this [01:10:33] thought the last part of the question [01:10:34] what's your favorite like musical [01:10:35] theater performance oh was my favorite [01:10:37] musical theater performance man guys I'm [01:10:39] straight I'm just going to put that out [01:10:41] there right [01:10:42] now I have four kids as proof of this [01:10:45] fact okay but my favorite musical [01:10:48] theater performance uh so I will say the [01:10:51] most brilliant musical ever written is [01:10:52] Sweeny Todd my personal favorite musical [01:10:53] is 1776 every year when I was a kid I [01:10:56] dressed up as John Adams from the [01:10:57] musical 1776 for the parents in the room [01:11:00] uh you for Halloween not just on a daily [01:11:01] basis uh for for all the for all the [01:11:03] parents in the room if you want to show [01:11:04] your kids something super patriotic for [01:11:06] July 4th go show them the original [01:11:08] musical of 1776 it's [01:11:10] terrific hey hey Ben um I'm [01:11:14] from I'm from Western PA near Butler [01:11:17] what was your first reaction when you [01:11:19] heard Trump was shot oh man so I mean my [01:11:22] first reaction is it it was actually on [01:11:24] a Shabbat I was Saturday for me so I [01:11:26] couldn't actually check the news so my [01:11:27] security came to me and they said the [01:11:28] president's been shot and I said well is [01:11:31] he alive right I mean you got lead with [01:11:33] the news right lead with he's alive but [01:11:35] he's been shot my first reaction was [01:11:38] that God clearly wanted Donald Trump to [01:11:39] be president I'm I'm dead serious [01:11:42] because there's no way to watch that tap [01:11:45] there's just no way and see what [01:11:48] happened and see how close we came to [01:11:50] the president's brains being splattered [01:11:52] on a stage on national television and [01:11:54] not think that God physically reached [01:11:57] his hand down into the world and took [01:11:58] president Trump's head and [01:12:00] went that was legitimately my third [01:12:02] first off I was [01:12:04] actually it scared the hell out of me [01:12:07] but in a certain way it was sort of [01:12:08] comforting because when you see an open [01:12:10] Miracle which is what I actually think [01:12:11] that was there's no way that chout [01:12:13] should have missed when I see and and [01:12:15] that's you know obviously it's a tragedy [01:12:17] there are people who are killed and our [01:12:18] condolences go to the families and we [01:12:20] give money to the families okay but when [01:12:22] you see something like that an open [01:12:24] Miracle like that the first thing that [01:12:26] you have to think is God's hand is [01:12:28] present in the world and for whatever [01:12:30] reason God's hand is on Donald [01:12:39] Trump so I actually have a much more [01:12:42] difficult question unfortunately with [01:12:44] President Trump coming in how do you [01:12:45] think he'll support Israel's war against [01:12:49] Hezbollah and all their enemies and how [01:12:51] do you think that will go okay so I [01:12:53] think that President Trump when it comes [01:12:54] to the war that Israel is currently [01:12:56] waging against heah waging against Hamas [01:12:58] as I say president Trump's metric is [01:13:00] winning okay and because he wants [01:13:03] America's allies to win and Israel is an [01:13:04] American Ally I think that he will stop [01:13:06] slow walking Aid to the Israelis they [01:13:08] can finish the war and finish it fast [01:13:09] he's expressed this many times over this [01:13:12] by the way would be the proper solution [01:13:13] given that Kamas is an evil terrorist [01:13:14] group that is currently holding four [01:13:16] American citizens hostage andah has [01:13:18] killed literally hundreds of American [01:13:19] citizens and Iran has killed thousands [01:13:21] of American citizens now I don't think [01:13:23] that President Trump wants heavy [01:13:24] involvement in the Middle East in fact I [01:13:25] know he doesn't but this is the [01:13:27] beautiful thing about having strong [01:13:28] allies when you actually allow them to [01:13:30] do the things they have to do they win [01:13:33] and what Israel is doing right now is [01:13:35] winning and that is a good thing it is a [01:13:37] good thing for the world that Israel is [01:13:42] winning I have a kind of controversial [01:13:45] question uh who do you believe the [01:13:47] greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all [01:13:49] time is I'm sorry the greatest pound per [01:13:52] F pound per pound fighter of all time [01:13:56] wow the greatest for boxer of all timeo [01:13:58] um [01:14:00] h i mean strong case for Sugar Ray [01:14:06] Leonard Strong case for I Rocky Mariano [01:14:09] obviously it's undefeated record but he [01:14:10] didn't really fight that many great [01:14:11] Fighters um but you know I'm not sure [01:14:13] how many people are into boxing Arcana [01:14:14] so we'll leave it at [01:14:17] that hey um so my name is Sam um one [01:14:21] issue that I'm seeing here that I don't [01:14:23] think is getting enough attention is uh [01:14:25] the fact that India and Pakistan and [01:14:26] various other countries like that are [01:14:28] getting billions and billions of dollars [01:14:31] from scamming Americans through Robo [01:14:33] calls and scam calls and I really don't [01:14:35] think it's getting enough attention and [01:14:36] what can we do about that well I mean I [01:14:39] think first of all when it comes to you [01:14:40] know powers like India certainly we can [01:14:42] use economic leverage to get a Crackdown [01:14:44] on those sorts of activities and I would [01:14:45] hope that the president does a lot of [01:14:47] those things I think that he will I also [01:14:49] think that when it comes to you know the [01:14:50] intelligence Community there are things [01:14:51] the intelligence Community can do in [01:14:53] gathering information about the [01:14:54] criminals who are currently perpetrating [01:14:55] this sort of stuff which is why for [01:14:57] example telsey gabard should be approved [01:14:58] as [01:15:05] dni hello Mr Shapiro my name is Ian [01:15:08] O'Neal um first of all I want to thank [01:15:11] Mr Kirk and you because I used to be [01:15:13] deep blue in my ideology and I used to [01:15:16] be a self-proclaimed socialist well [01:15:18] thank [01:15:23] you and my main question to you Mr [01:15:26] Shapiro is do you believe that [01:15:29] Generation Z will be the great next [01:15:32] greatest generation of the United States [01:15:34] of America so we're going to find out [01:15:38] whether Generation Z will be the next [01:15:39] greatest Generation I Got to hand it to [01:15:40] my boys and Millennials we we showed up [01:15:42] this election cycle show up but yes I [01:15:46] think that there is a backlash and it's [01:15:47] coming strong inside Generation Z I [01:15:49] think right now you're seeing a radical [01:15:51] polarization inside Generation Z it's [01:15:52] incredibly polarized you're either [01:15:53] seeing blue-haired woke lib or you're [01:15:55] seeing Rock ribbed magah hated [01:15:58] Republicans a lot of that tends to be [01:16:00] gender gapped but I do think that as the [01:16:02] left continues to follow this pathway [01:16:04] into nothingness and as people get older [01:16:05] and as they start to get married and [01:16:07] start to pursue actual purpose in the [01:16:08] world they will become more conservative [01:16:10] so I think there's every opportunity to [01:16:11] do that thanks to organization's leg [01:16:13] turning point and the hard work that the [01:16:14] people in this room have [01:16:16] done I want to get to that question but [01:16:18] there's a girl over here who really [01:16:19] wants to ask a question so hey how do [01:16:23] you feel about them possibly [01:16:25] implementing Bible teachings in public [01:16:27] schools as a Jew oh okay so the question [01:16:30] was how do I feel about people [01:16:32] implementing Bible teaching in schools [01:16:34] as a Jew I think it's great I think they [01:16:36] should uh you know [01:16:41] so the Bible is the seminal document of [01:16:44] Western Civilization you literally [01:16:45] cannot be literate without knowing the [01:16:47] Bible the fact that everyone is treating [01:16:49] the Bible as just sort of another [01:16:51] document or as just a religious text [01:16:52] misses the entire point which is that [01:16:54] all of America is built on biblical [01:16:56] values all of [01:17:04] it hi um I was just very curious uh [01:17:07] given your stance on sending money to [01:17:09] like Eastern Europe with Ukraine why are [01:17:11] you such a proponent for sending money [01:17:13] to the Middle East uh so I the truth is [01:17:16] that I'm very much in favor of sending [01:17:17] money where I think it will be useful so [01:17:19] the big problem with sending money to [01:17:20] Ukraine right now is that the Europeans [01:17:22] really should be paying their Freight [01:17:23] and also that you have to have an offer [01:17:25] in Ukraine I'm actually not a proponent [01:17:27] for example of completely cutting off [01:17:28] Ukraine if it means Vladimir Putin [01:17:30] walking through ke and actually [01:17:32] president Trump has said something very [01:17:33] similar what he wants is for the [01:17:34] Europeans to actually pay their Freight [01:17:36] he wants the Europeans to up their [01:17:37] spending when it comes to the situation [01:17:40] in the Middle East I've said a thousand [01:17:42] times and I will continue to say Israel [01:17:43] should get off American Aid as soon as [01:17:45] humanly possible they're in the middle [01:17:47] of an existential War right now and so [01:17:49] now would be a particularly poor time to [01:17:50] do it given the fact that President [01:17:52] Biden has slow walked the aid but having [01:17:55] talked not only to American legislators [01:17:57] but also to a number of members of the [01:17:59] Israeli government the only thing I say [01:18:00] to them is it is good for you and it is [01:18:02] much better for America for you to get [01:18:03] the hell off of American Aid stop being [01:18:05] on American Aid I really believe that [01:18:08] America needs to stop giving as much Aid [01:18:10] all over the world to a wide variety of [01:18:19] places oh sorry yeah you go and then [01:18:21] we'll get this so my my name is Kaiser [01:18:24] Williams and I've been told that my [01:18:27] first name is offensive and that I [01:18:29] should be called by my midal name do you [01:18:32] take offense to my first name why would [01:18:34] I possibly take offense to your middle [01:18:35] your your first name I me it be it'll be [01:18:38] a real irony if it turns out your middle [01:18:39] name is Hitler or [01:18:41] something but it's but no I fig I [01:18:43] figured not like that's so stupid there [01:18:46] are so many there's so many great names [01:18:48] to take offense at like for example [01:18:49] cardi [01:18:50] bardi B backyard again [01:18:55] yeah she staying right there okay so the [01:18:58] question was who's going to be a [01:18:59] democratic nominee in 2028 um I I don't [01:19:03] know man that bench is looking real thin [01:19:06] I not the the Democratic nominee in 2020 [01:19:09] I guess uh the Democratic nominee in [01:19:10] 2028 uh so well let's see who do they [01:19:13] have they have the mayor of a small town [01:19:15] who is getting likes Chucho Chu PE Bo [01:19:17] judge uh they have comma might not go [01:19:19] away she's talking about running again [01:19:20] which God [01:19:21] willing you know I will donate to that [01:19:25] primary campaign I would love to see her [01:19:26] try um there's been some talk about JB [01:19:30] pritzker who has to be lowered into the [01:19:31] Illinois capital by [01:19:32] crane there's been some talk about the [01:19:35] generalist kend doall that is Gavin Nome [01:19:37] in California uh again this [01:19:42] is and of course there is the somewhat [01:19:46] routinely wasted appearing bartender AOC [01:19:49] so it's not it's not like an amazing [01:19:51] it's not an amazing bench is I guess [01:19:53] what I'm saying right now I no idea but [01:19:55] none of them look particularly [01:19:57] good hi Ben my name is Grace hosm monic [01:20:00] and I want to thank you personally for [01:20:02] making me a conserve I was a socialist [01:20:05] and an atheist for 10 years and because [01:20:08] of you the people of day wire I became a [01:20:11] Christian and a [01:20:18] conservative my question my question for [01:20:21] you Ben is are you concerned like I am [01:20:24] that the pendulum will swing in kind in [01:20:27] 2028 the Democrats will come back [01:20:30] stronger harder and better than they [01:20:32] were in 2024 so yes I mean the answer is [01:20:35] yes and I think that everyone in the [01:20:37] room should be worried about that which [01:20:38] is why we should work hard to make sure [01:20:39] it doesn't happen right I I tend to be a [01:20:42] warrior and sometimes worry is the first [01:20:45] step at actually planning for the [01:20:47] countermeasure okay the best counter [01:20:49] measure is going to be success I don't [01:20:51] think it's going to happen because I [01:20:52] think president Trump is going to have [01:20:53] an incredibly successful presidency but [01:20:54] that does mean a few things it means for [01:20:56] example that Congress has to be on the [01:20:58] same page as the president it does mean [01:21:00] that Republicans and the president need [01:21:01] to work in concert with one another [01:21:02] because they have an incredibly slim [01:21:04] majority in the house and as I've said [01:21:06] before when it comes to politics you [01:21:08] know politics is not just a matter of [01:21:09] sort of sheer willpower you actually [01:21:11] have to have some give and some take and [01:21:13] it gets pretty ugly sometimes there's a [01:21:15] lot of sausage that has to be made okay [01:21:17] but I do think that this is going to be [01:21:18] a really successful presidency and that [01:21:20] will be the best comeback to the [01:21:21] possibility of a democratic Resurgence I [01:21:23] think they suck at everything and I I do [01:21:25] trust they will continue to suck at most [01:21:29] things this will be the last [01:21:33] question sorry she's been waiting this [01:21:35] will be the last question as well hi Ben [01:21:38] my name is Rachel I am from the blue [01:21:41] state of Maine I've been a fan of you [01:21:43] for a long time so this is a dream come [01:21:45] true to ask this question and say hello [01:21:48] um my question to you is as you know um [01:21:51] New England was one of those few places [01:21:53] in the country [01:21:55] that stayed blue this election so how [01:21:58] can we make New England Great [01:22:02] again so number one number one New [01:22:06] Hampshire came very very close to [01:22:07] turning red that was a very that that [01:22:08] state came very close to turning red [01:22:10] however what I will say is that in deep [01:22:12] blue States right I was from a deep blue [01:22:13] State I was from California and then I [01:22:15] left because it was terrible and I went [01:22:16] to Florida which is an amazing State and [01:22:18] so if you are in a purple State I think [01:22:20] that you can turn that state red if [01:22:22] you're in a blue leaning State like [01:22:24] irginia I think there's a possibility [01:22:25] that from time to time it'll turn red I [01:22:27] think if you're in a deep blue State you [01:22:29] should get your ass out of there and [01:22:30] move to a red [01:22:31] State and the reason I and the reason I [01:22:34] the reason I say that is because here's [01:22:36] some good news you want a piece of good [01:22:37] news here's a piece of really good news [01:22:38] Okay so they screwed up the 2020 census [01:22:41] hey they really did they actually [01:22:42] screwed this up the Biden Administration [01:22:43] acknowledged they screw up the 2020 [01:22:44] census if they had done the 2020 census [01:22:46] properly that would have meant that [01:22:48] electoral votes would have shifted from [01:22:50] New York Connecticut Illinois California [01:22:53] to Florida Texas in Arizona which means [01:22:55] if they had done the census properly in [01:22:57] 2020 Trump would have won without [01:22:58] winning any of the blue wall states that [01:23:01] means by 2030 Republicans are in a [01:23:03] commanding Electoral College position so [01:23:06] come on down it's great okay so I just [01:23:08] want to finish with this note guys the [01:23:10] future of the country is not just [01:23:12] president Trump the future of the [01:23:14] country is in this room it's on both [01:23:15] sides of me it's these young people here [01:23:18] it's the people who are in the audience [01:23:19] who are building the businesses and [01:23:20] creating the educational institutions [01:23:22] that are building the social fabric of [01:23:24] the country [01:23:25] the future of the country is beginning [01:23:27] right now and 100 years from now people [01:23:29] are going to look back to this [01:23:30] inflection point in American history and [01:23:31] they're going to say wow president Trump [01:23:33] was right not just about his own [01:23:35] candidacy but about the American people [01:23:36] the American people we we kickass the [01:23:39] American people are so great and we are [01:23:40] making the country great again thanks so [01:23:42] much [01:23:45] guys thank you I appreciate it thank you [01:23:52] [Applause] [01:23:53] [Music] [01:24:09] former Secretary of Housing and Urban [01:24:11] Development former presidential [01:24:13] candidate all of this wise advice that [01:24:16] you're giving is so [01:24:18] refreshing an American hero Dr Carson [01:24:21] everybody I want to thank you all for [01:24:23] being here and for being involved we are [01:24:26] one nation under God We Are One