One Day To The Anniversary

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And I think as I've just sitting here getting ready for the show, it strikes me that one year ago today, we were just going about our business the way that we always had, and we had no idea what the next day would entail, and that's a heavy thing to think about, I will tell you, and tomorrow is the one year anniversary of losing Charlie, and so this whole week, we have devoted to remembering him, and What his legacy means and what that means for the country and so many of the people that loved him and knew him. One of those people is Ana Polina Luna, congresswoman from Florida, who is part of Charlie's legacy as well. And she joins us right now from Dallas. She's at the RNC there. APL, it's good to see you. You are part of Charlie's legacy as well. And I wanted to start today's show off you know, you are in Congress, you're doing a great job there. Charlie was so proud of how hard you were working, how you read the whole rule book before you even got it. 00:02:26 Speaker 4: It's gotta be a long book. 00:02:27 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:02:27 Speaker 3: And he was so proud that you did the work to actually understand the way that your new job in Congress at the time worked. And he, he just, I remember him talking about that a lot. Like nobody knows what they're doing there, especially as freshmen, but you did and you've been using the rules. And anyways, he was proud of you. And I want you to know that I, Tell us about the first time you met Charlie. 00:02:47 Speaker 5: The first time I met Charlie was actually at the Young Women's Leadership Summit. And so I didn't know at the time, but he was scouting me for a position as the National Hispanic Outreach Director with Turning Point USA. And I will never forget. I'm like, this is really weird. I just went to the summit and now... Jesse Waters is reaching out and come to find out it was actually Charlie that had pitched me to Jesse's to basically see if I could do media and really fulfill the role. And I'll never forget. But literally the day before I was supposed to leave to go to medical school, Charlie called me and offered me the position. And actually, one of my most fondest memories is actually you're in the videos. Also, Tyler. But it was the day before the 2022 election. And so Barack Obama had just dropped a robocall on me for my opponent. And Charlie came down and did this massive event in Pinellas County. And we packed it out. And then the next day I won. So that was kind of the cool turning point alumni to Congress. 00:03:43 Speaker 3: I remember seeing you and your husband backstage at that event. Yes, that was great. 00:03:50 Speaker 4: We should remember, I mean, 22 was a, was a tough election year. So he was, he was very proud that he had your win as, as something to celebrate and what was otherwise a tough year. 00:03:59 Speaker 3: Yep. That was great. And so, you know, you spent a lot of time with Charlie. It's a lot of those clips that, you know, the people play, I mean, there's that famous one where he's wearing the ice hat and he's, you know, the gal comes up and says, why are you, yeah, there are only two genders. 00:04:14 Speaker 6: Yeah. 00:04:15 Speaker 3: Prove me wrong. So, but, You're in a lot of these clips and people say, you know, they say, you know, that's one of the most famous clips when Charlie says we talk because if we don't, then that's when violence happens. And so I always see you there. And I remember you guys were doing tabling. Tell us about your time with Charlie. 00:04:32 Speaker 5: Well, I remember, I mean, that was one of the first events that I had done with him. And we literally were in Portland, Oregon and really the belly of the beast. I remember this was during the quote unquote summer of love. So they had all the Antifa riots right in Portland. I was there with him. And I actually remember at that time I was asking him because, you know, people get pretty upset. And I think actually in that segment, you can see a woman like actually grabs his hat and runs away with it and just like gets really up close and directly engages with him. And I remember asking him, you know, are you at all concerned? Like, this is kind of sporty. You know, you're a young kid. But, you know, I just got out of the military. And, you know, it was just interesting to kind of see that lens of perspective, bring the dialogue to a college campus that really was stifling a lot of the speech that they should be encouraging. 00:05:15 Speaker 7: Right. 00:05:16 Speaker 5: And so I actually attribute a lot of what Charlie did to really opening up these discussions, especially for conservative and Republican leading students on pretty liberal campuses. And then I think that was also, too, when Turning Point had the professor watch list. And so it really has evolved. I think Charlie's really vision for what the organization was doing was engaging young people. But, you know, I posted this yesterday and that Charlie, I think 100 percent was going to run for president. I think he would have been president. And I think that the infrastructure that he built with Turning Point was something that could help continue his legacy of sharing, you know, the debate, sharing these ideas. And, you know, even if you don't agree, being able to have the respectful conversation, you're seeing that, especially on the left, increasingly dwindling. You're seeing kind of this rise of assassination culture. And, you know, between colleagues and conversations in the Hill and in the chamber. And I mean, even the more moderate Democrats are, you know, understanding that that's not something that is, you know, good for anyone and that they have to deal with this issue within their own party. And so all I can say is that I know, you know, this is obviously especially for the family, for Erica and for us, you know, a very sad time. But also, too, I choose to focus on a lot of the positive memories that I have with Charlie today. And, you know, some of his wit about him. But I, you know, I will never forget that time and also to how hard he worked to get President Trump reelected. 00:06:39 Speaker 3: Yeah. And that's that's really well said. I think that, you know, to to Blake's point. We think about Charlie is kind of the serious political activist and, you know, 2022 is a tough year. It was actually. a turning point year because it's when we decided to really put our weight behind the Chase the Vote project and start canvassing ballots and getting people out to the polls ourselves, low propensity people. But he was also so much fun. And that's the part that people don't know. His sense of humor was dry, but it would just have you rolling if you were in private with him. 00:07:13 Speaker 4: It was very distinct, I will say. 00:07:15 Speaker 3: Yeah, he had a very unique sense of humor, but it was so Charlie that when he was... Able to focus and just be– when you're with them in that way, have you just curling over because your stomach hurt. It would make you laugh that hard. Like the personal side, two minutes before the break here, what aspects did you witness from Charlie that maybe the world isn't aware of? 00:07:38 Speaker 5: Well, so Charlie, yes, he was like this larger than life personality, obviously a great friend, you know, husband, son, all of those things. But also, too, he just really loved politics for the sport of it. 00:07:50 Speaker 8: Right. 00:07:50 Speaker 5: So he genuinely like when we were having the drag out fight with Speaker then McCarthy for his nomination to be speaker. I remember Charlie called me. He goes, OK, tell me what's actually happening, because there is all this, you know, noise, especially on various outlets saying that the 20 of us were being obstructionist and we are preventing the house from moving forward with its business. And we had just gotten this majority and how could we be such an obstructionist? And then I explained it to him. He goes, okay, I got you. So a lot of times when these things would happen, he would call me directly to really kind of see what was happening. And then he would be calling other people as well to make sure that, you know, the advice that he was giving, the messaging that he was sharing. And then also, too, I think the counsel to the president was good, sound advice and that it wasn't being skewed in any which way. But I'll never forget, you know, he was down with me and I'll never forget that because that was the year that I won in 2022. And he was kind of almost like giggling backstage because it was such a big event. It was a really big deal for Turning Point, obviously. He also, too, by the way, worked harder than the party did to get me elected. And so when I did end up winning, it was a big deal. And of course, that night we knew that we were going to win. The energy was there. You could tell just by how much he was hyping up the crowd. Benny was there. But it was a really good, I think, grassroots team. And it really took, I think, turning point into from, you know, being pushed out by the RNC to then being embraced. 00:09:06 Speaker 3: That's such a good point. I mean, and everything happened so quickly. You know, we launched the Charlie Kirk show in 2019, nationally syndicated radio show. almost barely a year later in October of 2020, then took to Real America's Voice. It became a TV show in 2022. So everything in Charlie's life was accelerated timelines. And so he starts Turning Point and then you, but in 2022, people forget you were the first alumni to be elected as a sitting member of Congress. And that was a huge, huge breakthrough for the organizations. So let's talk about the state of the movement since we've lost Charlie. I think one of the things that people have really come to appreciate about him. He was the glue that kept so many different parts of the coalition together. When it comes to what you're seeing, I don't know, in D.C. and the the craziness up there, have you felt that loss? And do people talk about it, that this now feels different without Charlie? What's the spirit of it? 00:10:11 Speaker 5: Yeah, so I think Charlie was a coalition builder. And when I think about really how strategic it was for you know, him to be assassinated the way that it was. What I realize is that there's very few people that can kind of go in and out literally of the White House. or through the halls of Congress, and then maintain that genuine passion and association with the grassroots movement, and then be able to do what he was doing specifically with then hosting rallies, going to college campuses, and really understanding how those two are very important pieces alongside the influencers. What I've realized, though, is that there tends to be, and I think it's really ever since really his assassination, this doomer perspective. And what I would say is, Charlie, even when we were in some of the darkest times during COVID-19, or really when Biden was weaponizing and they were going after President Trump, and starting really after the 2020 election, Charlie was not the type of person that would just throw in the towel. And he was not a pessimist. He would figure out ways to to really fix the problem. And then also too, he wasn't someone that would just sit by and complain about it and then not take action. And that's why his organization, that's why his legacy, the amount of people that he recruited, identified, influenced, really, whether it was people now in office, whether it was influencers, whether it was media personalities, his legacy is still continuing today. And so what I would always tell people is, there's a group of people on the internet who It doesn't matter what you do. They're just never going to be happy. And this is not just on the right. It happens on the left as well. And you have to take yourself outside of that and think bigger, right? Think about the influence, what you have the ability to control, and how we can be good stewards of this country. And I think I'll probably end up coming back and talking about this, but we're seeing a lot happen right now about what does the United States look like 10 years from now with the rise of AI? What do we have you know, to protect. So, you know, there's privacy concerns. How can Congress affect that? Can Congress affect that? And so I think, you know, as far as legacy is concerned, the one thing Charlie always put first was God, family, and then country. And I think having those principles moving forward, keeping that in perspective and understanding that we need to think bigger than just ourselves and how we can preserve this great republic, I think is something that we should all consider. 00:12:31 Speaker 3: It's such a good point. Charlie was always a happy warrior. He was always solutions-oriented. And when you go online, it's become a repeat theme on this show, is there's so much doom and gloom, there's so much blackpilling. If people are upset about one little thing, Charlie could be upset about different things. He would privately, you know, hand-wring and get frustrated about, you know, some politician did X or some leader did Y, and then he would focus in, He would zero in on the solution and how to message through it and how to be a part of the solution. And that is something that was so critical to him. I mean, Blake, you make this point all the time. I should let you chime in here on this. 00:13:10 Speaker 4: He was such a– I was talking to Mikey about this, that Charlie– the secret to so much of it, why he's such a success, why he was such an icon to so many people. It was so basic that most of us, we can see a problem and then we complain about it on X or complain about it in person or just stew over it. And then I'm like, we, we, we spotted the problem. Why can't someone solve it? And Charlie's approach to everything was spot problem. Ask himself, okay, how is that problem fixed? And then the next key thing, he would then immediately go and try to do something about it. And he, Just that simple extra step of agency repeated hundreds, thousands of times over his life turned him into this tremendous figure. And sometimes it was a small thing. How do I make my organization grow? Sometimes it was a big thing. We mentioned 22. Oh, this election was a disappointment. Well, why was it? Oh, we apparently we we didn't have enough early voting. How do we change that? Oh, I guess I just have to build a giant early voting operation. Someone's got to do it. 00:14:08 Speaker 3: We got to get APL in Congress. So let's go to Florida and do a big rally. 100 percent. 00:14:14 Speaker 5: And, you know, the one thing that I also remember him talking about a lot is how Turning Point was going to be useful and effective in creating that brick wall right dead center in the middle of the United States to help with, you know, the 2028 election, the elections moving on forward. And I think Charlie's ability to really key into young male voters especially was incredibly important. So, look, he left an incredible legacy that some people can't even accomplish in their entire lifetime in very short years. And we have to continue that. And that means finding solutions. That means getting involved. That means helping Turning Point Action, other organizations that are actually boots on the ground. And what I would say is that his organization is still going to go forward. You guys are already doing it currently and identifying and getting good conservative members of Congress elected that really, I think, hold true to what the ideologies Charlie wanted and promoted were. But ultimately, you it's everyone's responsibility to continue that legacy. And so I choose to focus on the positive. I hope that, and I pray for Erica and the kiddos every single day, but ultimately it's going to be our responsibility to carry on forward. And I think that you'll see Even just today, there being a midterm convention kicking off today, I know that Charlie would have been here speaking. I know that he would have been at the White House for the UFC fight. And I know that he would have been doing everything that he can to ensure that people like Mamdani, something that he predicted years prior with the rise of DSA and socialism on college campuses, he called this literally back in 2018 when people thought it was crazy. I remember the initial catchphrase of socialism sucks. That was really Turning Point's main motto. And he identified it early on. And so we have the blueprint. We just need to put it into effect now of what he visioned for this country. 00:15:57 Speaker 3: Well, I know I speak for a lot of people when I say we're more confident in that because you are in the position you are, APL. You're holding it down. You're always giving a hard time to the people that stand in our way as voters and as the grassroots. And you really have become a voice for the grassroots and the base. And we appreciate you and we appreciate you making time. I know it's a busy schedule there at the RNC. So thank you for making this a priority, honoring Charlie, remembering Charlie. And you're part of his legacy. And that's a really special thing and a really powerful thing. So God bless you, APL. Keep up the good work. 00:16:31 Speaker 2: Thanks, guys. 00:16:45 Speaker 3: And it's accelerating. IRS notices and letters are up more than 85% in the last two years. 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Another man that teaches so much about why America is great is Dr. Ben Carson. He joins us now at the American Cornerstone Institute. He founded that, and he's a great American. You know him as a great doctor, but also a great political leader and a great speaker. Dr. Carson, it's so good to have you. Thank you for making the time to remember Charlie with us this week. 00:18:12 Speaker 9: Thank you, Andrew. It's always good to be with you. And thank you for keeping the organization moving forward. We appreciate it. 00:18:19 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. God bless you. And thank you for always being willing to do your part as well. I mean, people don't understand how much you're doing behind the scenes and you've got your own podcast and you're constantly speaking and touring and you're always willing to help out. And that was something Charlie loved about you. You're always, when we'd call you and say, Dr. Carson, we need you to do this event. We need a favor. You were always like, okay, I'll make a way for it. And that's a tremendous thing. I don't know that people know that about you, how generous and gracious you are with your time, but I hope people appreciate it. 00:18:51 Speaker 9: Well, I'm gracious and generous for good causes. That's for sure. And recognizing the condition that our country is in right now and how important the turning point is to that turnaround, it's absolutely something we all should be eager to get involved with. 00:19:11 Speaker 3: Well, so let's talk about this. We're remembering Charlie. You know, I started the show out by telling Blake that this overwhelming sense came over me right before we went live that it's tough not to think about that on September 9th, 2025, we were living our lives as if, you know, this was just, we were going to continue on. It was just a normal day like any other. And then everything changed on September 10th. And so, you know, you spent so much time with Charlie. What do you want the world to remember? What do you remember when you think about Charlie? 00:19:45 Speaker 9: Well, I think of somebody who was incredibly intelligent. very knowledgeable Charlie read several books every week and I used to really enjoy seeing him spar with people who thought they were intelligent who thought they were knowledgeable but he was always gracious he never put people down in front of their faces or in front of an audience. He was respectful, even though the questions that he asked them made it quite clear that they didn't know what they were talking about. 00:20:23 Speaker 6: But he let them do that to themselves. He didn't do it to them. 00:20:27 Speaker 3: Yeah, he was a Socratic method believer, and he would let other people tie themselves in knots and sort of expose... their lack of reasoning by asking repeated questions, right? And he would let them trip themselves up. But yeah, go ahead. 00:20:43 Speaker 9: And he always, before we went out on stage, he always prayed and very earnest prayer. He was a true believer and he sought wisdom from God. And that's so unusual, particularly for young people. I think he was a tremendous role model. And you saw the crowds that he drew young people were curious about him. They wanted to know why did he believe what he believed. And he was having such an impact. And he was such an incredible threat to the left and to the leftist agenda. He understood the leftist agenda. 00:21:25 Speaker 6: Many people don't. 00:21:27 Speaker 9: And they don't realize that what's happening in our country is a coordinated movement that's been going on for decades now. And I wrote in my latest book, The Perilous Fight, about Congressman Herlong of Florida, who read into the congressional record the 45 goals of communism in America. 00:21:53 Speaker 6: That was 63 years ago. Charlie understood this. 00:21:57 Speaker 9: He understood why they were trying to gain control of the school systems, why they were trying to gain control of the teacher unions, Many of the teacher. 00:22:07 Speaker 6: Unions throughout our country are Marxists. 00:22:10 Speaker 8: Why? 00:22:11 Speaker 9: They were trying to gain control of the media, of television, of Hollywood, so they could actually change the culture. And they recognize that there's a method for changing a system like ours, which is the reason that Khrushchev, decades ago, said that your grandchildren... will live under our system, and we won't have to go to war to do it. Because he knew it was possible to infiltrate our society and to attack our faith and our families, which are the foundational building blocks of a great nation that we became. And Charlie fully understood that. I think President Trump understands that. people who understand that become the enemies of those who want to fundamentally change us. They will do anything they possibly can to damage or to get rid of those people. 00:23:11 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, that's why Charlie was so focused on young people. He was able to speak to everybody, but his special mission was for young people, and he always knew that we were one generation away from throwing it all away, because it can take centuries to build a country as great as America, but just one sufficiently bad generation can decide to give it up, give it all away, burn it all down. That's why he warned so much that we had that path. Mangioneism or MAGA, and what he was speaking to is we can either fix our country's problems, and Charlie was a great problem fixer, a great problem spotter, fixer, do the work, or you can decide to just blow everything up and complain. And he was always so frustrated with people on the left or the right, whose response to problems was to just scream and say, burn everything down. 00:24:05 Speaker 3: He was fighting against nihilism and the cynicism that's setting in. Your thoughts? 00:24:09 Speaker 9: He also recognized that if we're going to solve these problems, we have to be able to talk to each other rather than just demonizing each other and throwing bombs all the time. He wanted to sit down, put the facts on the table, and then discuss them. I think he also recognized that the most radical left-wing person and the most radical right-wing person agree on. 00:24:35 Speaker 6: The vast majority of things. 00:24:38 Speaker 9: And why do we take that 20% of things that they don't agree on and make that always the principal thing? He wanted to start, and he frequently started the conversation with leftists by talking about what we agreed with and then move on from there. And that was a very wise strategy. 00:25:01 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he was absolutely one of the foremost exercisers of the First Amendment, I think, obviously in modern American history, but probably throughout American history. But he was also, as you said earlier, he would pray before he went up. And I didn't actually know that. So I know that we would pray backstage and behind the scenes. I didn't realize he would do that with you before going up on stage. He was also a Christian martyr. and a Christian evangelist. Maybe reflect on that too, Dr. Carson. 00:25:33 Speaker 9: He very much believed in the Bible and every aspect of the Bible, which I thought was fascinating. 00:25:41 Speaker 6: And, you know, the last few years, a. 00:25:44 Speaker 9: Lot of emphasis on the Sabbath, why we need a day of rest, why we need a day of reflection, a time to really concentrate on our role with our families, on our relationship with God, And if God created us, he knew we needed that. And, you know, I found that in my own life to be so important. I remember when I was in medical school. And, of course, there are a lot of tests and things that go on, big comprehensive exams. 00:26:18 Speaker 6: And they would usually be on Monday. And I would go to church on the Sabbath. I would go to choir rehearsals. 00:26:27 Speaker 9: On Friday nights when there was a big test coming up on Monday and my classmates said, what are you doing? 00:26:35 Speaker 6: And I said, I'll be fine. And I always was. 00:26:39 Speaker 9: I think it was great to be relaxed during the stressful period of the examination and the Sabbath brought that relaxation. So Charlie understood that and he incorporated that into his life as he did all the other aspects He didn't pick and choose, like so many people who claim to be religious. They pick and choose what they find to be compatible with what they want to do, as opposed to what God wants you to do. 00:27:11 Speaker 3: Dr. Carson, I want to play some clips of you and Charlie at AmFest, Sat 19. 00:27:18 Speaker 9: It doesn't matter where your ancestors came from. They came from England, they came from France, they came from Africa, they came from Sweden, they came from India. You're better off here than you would be where they came from. And if our country was all that bad, why are these people trying to get in it? And when they get here, wouldn't they call their relatives and say, don't come here, this is a horrible place? 00:27:41 Speaker 6: This is not what we're seeing. 00:27:42 Speaker 9: We're seeing they're still flooding in in record numbers. And that tells you that we have something that is worth fighting for and something that's worth preserving. 00:27:53 Speaker 3: And that was you. Charlie didn't appear in that frame, but you were seated right next to him having that conversation. The crowd was loving it. I want to keep playing some of these clips of Dr. Carson and Charlie at AmFest. It's just so good. I love seeing these clips with some of our friends together with Charlie. I just think it's powerful. This is AmFest 2023. And really, Dr. Carson's hitting a central note that Charlie often hit. It's not 22. 00:28:20 Speaker 2: Specifically the students that are facing opposition on campus. 00:28:24 Speaker 9: You need to go out and you need to speak up. You need to talk about the things that made us into a great nation. 00:28:31 Speaker 6: Don't be ashamed. 00:28:32 Speaker 9: You know, so often people just stand in the corner and stare at their feet and hope no one calls them a nasty name. That won't work anymore because we're on the precipice. of what kind of country we're going to be. Are we going to be a country that is up for and by the people or up by and by the government? We have to decide that. You have to be the missionaries. You have to go out there and do this. And if you don't do it, we're going to be lost. So our future is dependent upon each one of you. And everybody has a sphere of influence. Don't think because you're not Charlie Kirk you don't have a sphere of influence. 00:29:08 Speaker 6: You do, and it's much bigger than you think it is. Amen. 00:29:14 Speaker 3: And by the way, if you guys aren't aware, that is Dr. Carson pretty riled up. I can tell. I know you well enough. There was a lot of energy in that moment. And when you've gone around and you spoke to a bunch of our campuses and you've interacted with our students, the movement's been a little discombobulated over the last year. I'm sure you've seen it. People are feeling the void of Charlie. not being there as this kind of glue figure in the movement. What's your message, Dr. Carson, right now? All right. That was 2023. What is your message to them right now? They're confused. Some of their influencers, you know, are, you know, I don't know, praising Vladimir Putin, you know, that they follow online. What's your message to them right now? How do you keep clear and steady and centered in this moment? 00:30:03 Speaker 9: Well, you have to have perspective and know what's going on. My message is learn who we are. Learn the history of your country. You know, you'll find that there's nothing to be ashamed of. There's a lot to be proud of, and that we are not each other's enemies, and that it's okay to disagree about things. You know, people grow up in different settings. Different situations are exposed to different things, and we'll have different opinions. But don't shut yourself off and say, I can't discuss that. You can discuss it, and you can work with other people, working together. You know, one of the interesting things about our country, early on, people came here from a lot of different places. 00:30:49 Speaker 6: And in many cases, they didn't speak the same language. 00:30:52 Speaker 9: You had people in communities of 50 or 100 families A lot of people speaking this, that, or the other, not understanding each other. And yet, despite that, they grew and they thrived. Why was that? It was because they understood one important thing, the common good. That's a phrase that you see often in our founders, the common good. Not what's good for this group or that group or this neighborhood or that neighborhood, but what's good for all of us. And that unity and that sense of community was a huge factor in the rapid expansion and success of our country. 00:31:37 Speaker 3: Yeah, I love that. And I think it's true. The shared fabric, and I love how you say that, given your unique perspective as being growing up in a poor, I think you lived just with your mom, right? Single mother household in Detroit, impoverished. You had every reason to complain, to look at America with scorn, to be one of those people that tried to tear down this country, and yet look at what you've achieved. 00:32:05 Speaker 9: And that was largely because of my mother, who had an even worse situation than I did. Growing up in rural Tennessee, dire poverty, bounced from house to house, less than a third grade education, married at age 13, trying to escape. And yet she understood that The way out was not to sit around and complain about the system or what people were doing or saying. The way out was yourself, that you were the person who had the most to do with what happened to you. And she forced us to read books. I didn't want to read books. I wanted to play and watch TV like everybody else. But as I started reading those books, particularly about successful people, I began to realize that what it requires to be successful. It doesn't require things like your skin color or things that you can't help. It requires things that you are in control of. And I got to the point where if I had five minutes, I was reading a book. I was always reading. It totally expanded my universe. Instead of the streets of Boston or Detroit, now My universe was the whole planet, and it gave me enormous confidence. I went from the bottom of the class to the top of the class, and I realized that that wasn't anything that anybody gave to me, but it was taking advantage of opportunities that existed. 00:33:44 Speaker 6: I could go to the library. 00:33:45 Speaker 9: We didn't have any money, but the library didn't cost anything unless you turned. 00:33:50 Speaker 6: The book in late. 00:33:51 Speaker 9: So what a great opportunity that was. And what a difference it made. And then, you know, I started learning all kinds of things. I go down to the Detroit Institute of Arts, which is one of the great art galleries in the world. And I would roam through all those different rooms and galleries until I knew all the pictures who painted them, what period it represented. 00:34:14 Speaker 6: All those kinds of things I learned on my own. 00:34:17 Speaker 9: And they went on to pay big dividends later on, including learning classical music. because my wife is a classical violinist, and we have never gotten together, had it not been for my knowledge. 00:34:32 Speaker 3: Dr. Carson, you are an American treasure, and your story continues to inspire. It's one of the reasons Charlie loved having you around, and you never gave in to any of the noise. If they were hurling insults at Charlie, and they were calling him a racist, and you were always like, let me go on stage with you, Charlie, and we'll tell him where to stick it. And I just loved your willingness to, to always stand shoulder to shoulder with your friends and your allies. And as you said, to be a part of a good cause and to help Charlie supercharge Turning Point at so many different junctures. And so we honor you because you honor Charlie. And we're grateful for your contribution to Charlie's life and his legacy. And it truly was very important, Dr. Carson. 00:35:15 Speaker 9: Well, thank you for what you continue to do. 00:35:17 Speaker 6: You know, we're all part of a march, an army here. 00:35:22 Speaker 9: You know, Benjamin Franklin, when he came out of that Constitution Hall, said when he was asked, what do we have here, a monarchy or a republic? 00:35:31 Speaker 6: He said, a republic, if you can keep it. 00:35:34 Speaker 9: In the 250 years, I don't think we have faced a challenge as severe as the one that we're facing right now. And we all have to recognize that we are in a war for the soul of this country. This is not a time to shrink back, because if we do, the other side will fill. 00:35:52 Speaker 6: In the gap. 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What a moment with Charlie Kirk and Rob Schneider singing the national anthem with a bunch of students. It's one of the clips that will just bring a smile to your face. Rob Schneider joins us now. He's a total all-star for making time. He is literally on set of a movie right now. And he carved this out. God bless you, Rob Schneider. It looks great, man. 00:38:44 Speaker 4: I saw him the other day. He did not have that hairdo. 00:38:46 Speaker 7: Yes. 00:38:46 Speaker 3: Explain yourself. 00:38:48 Speaker 8: We're making Grown Ups 3 right now with Adam Sandler. It's his birthday. Adam's birthday. 00:38:55 Speaker 3: Tell him happy birthday, friends. 00:38:58 Speaker 8: Thank you, Andrew. 00:38:59 Speaker 7: And this was how I looked when I met him. So this is what he makes, making us all look like, you know, it's his way of not trying to age, I guess. 00:39:08 Speaker 3: So you, this was actually a hairstyle that you were rocking in the real world at one point in time. 00:39:14 Speaker 8: I think five decades ago. Yeah. 00:39:15 Speaker 7: Well, we met in 1988 and it was a thinner version of this. 00:39:20 Speaker 3: So I think it looks great. I think it looks great. Well, Rob, you had some really iconic moments with Charlie on campus at our events. You were one of the few guys in Hollywood that were willing to associate publicly with Charlie. I know that meant the world to him, but he meant the world to you as well. Tell us about what Charlie Kirk meant to Rob Schneider. 00:39:43 Speaker 8: First of all, I didn't understand what this was about. 00:39:46 Speaker 7: I didn't understand the concept of a young person trying to galvanize other young people to do something, to do something patriotic, to do something for our Lord and. 00:39:58 Speaker 8: For Jesus Christ. I didn't know that that was a possibility. 00:40:02 Speaker 7: And not only was it a possibility, but you had a human being, an American patriot, who loved this country so much and loved his Lord and Savior so much. His goal was to bring people closer to Christ first. His second goal was to preserve the God-given freedoms that were granted to us under the greatest experiment in freedom the world has ever known. And I just couldn't believe that somebody existed like that. And he really was, to me, Charlie Kirk was a miracle. I mean, and I texted you last night, and it's going to make me cry, but I said, you know, Charlie was the closest thing to an angel of anyone. 00:40:46 Speaker 8: I've ever met. 00:40:47 Speaker 7: I was inspired by him and blown away by him and humbled by him. How much he had done in his short 31 years, what he has accomplished will last for centuries. I think what we really had, and one of the last texts I had to him, and Andrew, you know, you were so much closer to him and knew him for so many years. And But I was able to really understand the gravity and the depth and the gravitas and the brilliance. And I said to him, you know, in our text, I said, we have, America has someone with the same principles and the same eloquence and the same brilliance of our founding fathers. His name is Charlie Kirk. And he just said, thank you. And really what he did was he was able to dig into and remind people what was necessary for this incredible institution, for this incredible experiment of American freedom under God, under our creator, what needs to continue, and that is courage. And that's the one thing that he asked people and that he asked for me to ask people. 00:41:59 Speaker 8: Is 1% more courage a year. Just 1%. 00:42:03 Speaker 7: Have that extra conversation. Do that little bit extra to look into your founding fathers. Find out what John Adams said about this great nation. Look up what Thomas Jefferson and how old he was and the age of Alexander Hamilton. 00:42:20 Speaker 8: And James Madison, what they were able to do at a young age. 00:42:23 Speaker 7: These children are being told, these young people are being told that they can't do things and they shouldn't be able to do incredible things. But look what Charlie was able to do in his short life before he was stolen so terribly from us by these leftist liars. I mean, it was an ideology of leftism that that murdered Charlie Kirk. It was just lies that he was a racist. He was never a racist. Lies that he was hateful. He was never hateful. 00:42:51 Speaker 8: He was loving. 00:42:52 Speaker 7: And there's no proof at all in any of those, in any of his statements, in any of the videos, but he was anything else but wanting to hear people who disagreed with him, wanting to share his love of Jesus Christ and bring people to the Lord, wanting to share his patriotism and inspire others to get involved because he knew that's what was required for us to continue in this incredible gift, God-given gift of our freedoms. And I'm forever changed by Charlie, just as I know. 00:43:20 Speaker 8: Andrew, you are. 00:43:21 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:43:22 Speaker 3: I mean, Blake, myself, everybody that's in this building right now, everybody's on this campus right now has been changed by Charlie in one way, shape, or form or another. But you had this amazing gift with Charlie. When you were singing that national anthem, you just You took your moment, and you were singing, like, full into the mic, and Charlie's just, like, looking over. He's loving it, letting you be you, and you were a happy warrior alongside Charlie. So you guys paired so well. I think it must have seemed strange to people, probably. Like, here's Rob Schneider, comedian, actor from Hollywood with Charlie Kirk, serious political activist guy, and yet you guys had this great chemistry together. Here's another clip of you guys joking around before a campus stop. It's not 37. 00:44:09 Speaker 4: Hi, I'm Charlie Kirk. 00:44:12 Speaker 6: I'm Rob Schneider. 00:44:13 Speaker 8: And today, what are we doing? Well, you can do it. You can do it! Let's go talk to some kids. 00:44:18 Speaker 3: Let's go talk to some voters. 00:44:20 Speaker 8: Let's get these voters voting right now. We'll see you in a bit. 00:44:23 Speaker 9: Thank you. 00:44:24 Speaker 4: Apparently, that got 40 million views on TikTok, according to Ryan. 00:44:29 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:44:31 Speaker 8: Well, you know, people are last. Who is that midget next to Charlie Kirk? 00:44:37 Speaker 3: You know, it's funny, right? Because Charlie, 6'5. I remember the internet thought he was like at first 5'10. And then they said he was 6'1. And there was this whole internet controversy because there was a picture with Trump who also is 6'1. And they were like, why does Trump look so much shorter? He's shrinking. Or he lied about his height. And I actually am writing this op-ed. It's going to come out tomorrow. But Charlie was 6'5. But somehow he even felt bigger than 6'5. I don't know. Maybe from your vantage even more so. 00:45:05 Speaker 7: Yeah. 00:45:06 Speaker 8: No, he was a gentle giant. 00:45:08 Speaker 7: And I would just say that the thing about Charlie that strikes me, that puts a smile on my face today, was his incredible generosity. And when he said, if you disagree, come to the front of the line. And he meant that. But he also, I saw him do this, moderating this event in July of last year, the last time I was with Charlie. 00:45:28 Speaker 8: And it was, you know, discussing, you know, a controversial topic. 00:45:33 Speaker 7: And with two people, But the generosity that he showed between two adversaries. 00:45:37 Speaker 8: Who were talking, and his goal was to have a peaceful discourse and to keep it calm and respectful. And that's really what he was about. 00:45:46 Speaker 7: I mean, to me, it's a loss also to the left, because you lost somebody who loved you. You lost somebody who loved this country, and who would have fought for you just as hard. He didn't have a a political leaning bone in his body, he would tell you, and Charlie would say, I don't have a problem with liberals. 00:46:04 Speaker 8: We can have dinner. We can get together. We can argue. We can have debate. 00:46:09 Speaker 7: It's leftists that don't want to listen that claim tolerance but are intolerant. The most intolerant people are the ones who speak and demand. 00:46:17 Speaker 8: Tolerance of others. But he had an incredible knack of communicating ideas and doing it in a loving way. 00:46:26 Speaker 7: And that's the difference between every other person in the political realm. It's because Charlie was doing it for a higher reason, which puts the pressure on Andrew, on you, on Blake, and myself. 00:46:38 Speaker 8: Because. 00:46:38 Speaker 7: We have to take our own egos out of the equation, our own vanity, the own potential to think about how we can raise ourselves in an issue. Charlie was about this, bringing people to Christ first, preserving our freedoms, and educating people, bringing them up. And it's a reminder that he always had a higher purpose, and that was for supporting Jesus Christ and this great nation. 00:47:03 Speaker 8: And that's a great reminder for all of us as what we need to. 00:47:06 Speaker 6: Do as well. 00:47:07 Speaker 4: Rob, we've talked a lot here and talking with you previously that a lot of tremendous good has come out of Charlie's legacy. I'm looking through our emails. I've found multiple emails, people testifying. I got baptized because of Charlie got me over the hump either before or after his martyrdom and other people I know. We've seen tremendous good, but we've seen it's like we believe the devil is real. We believe he's going to act where there's tremendous good. He's going to be on that like a fly on honey. We see a lot of evil from the left that they're holding costume contests, Charlie Kirk lookalike contests. They're chomping at the bit for tomorrow to ridicule the people who remember him. But we see another strand of evil as well, which is people have seen the love for Charlie, the love for Charlie's family, and they seem to have thought, how can I divert that? How can I make that about myself? How can I ruin that? And so they've attacked Erica. you know who yesterday was saying, oh, Erica wrote this op-ed. It could have been better written. Like, just the nastiest stuff. We see a lot of people, that's their natural reaction to this. And I guess the floor is yours. What do you make of that sort of attitude people have? 00:48:29 Speaker 8: I remember M. Scott Peck, he's the first guy who wrote The Road Less. 00:48:33 Speaker 7: He's the first self-help book, The Road Less Traveled, which was on the self... It was literally the first one, and it was... It was on the bestseller list for 25 years. And it was really about a spiritual book written by an atheist who later became a born-again Christian. And he said something to me after he became a Christian. I went to his lectures, and he said something that shook me. He said, if the devil exists, he's saying. 00:49:01 Speaker 8: Don't make waves. Just go along with everything. Why would you want to get involved in this? So, yes, evil exists. 00:49:09 Speaker 7: And the devil's greatest trick is to make us think he's not real. And so the fact of the matter is. 00:49:15 Speaker 8: We are in a spiritual war, but it's not real. an even 50-50 deal. 00:49:23 Speaker 7: There is far more good than bad in the world, but the evil. 00:49:28 Speaker 8: Does get that attention. And there is an attack. 00:49:31 Speaker 7: I mean, for all the people who ever attacked and said Charlie Kirk was a racist, was, you know, hated gay people. 00:49:38 Speaker 8: Which is not factual. There's no factual proof of any of it. 00:49:41 Speaker 7: What he was was wanting the law under God and God's laws. 00:49:46 Speaker 8: And loved people and hated the sin, loved the sinner. But you never had anyone attacking him on the way he looked, on the way he dressed, on, you. 00:49:56 Speaker 7: Know, so that's what Erica's having to deal with. Erica is a lovely person who did not ask to be put in this position. 00:50:04 Speaker 8: She was thrust into it. And she has risen to the job. 00:50:08 Speaker 7: And I think she is an incredible honor for all young people to realize what you can do when you're thrust in that situation. 00:50:15 Speaker 8: She's a wonderful mother. She's a great leader. And she's a wonderful Christian. 00:50:19 Speaker 7: And so, of course, these people who are effective and these beautiful people are going to be attacked. And so it is important that we stand up against it and just know that in the face of this, that there's going to be this rise of evil. there's also going to be a rise in good. And we're going to be, there's going to be challenging for us. And that's why it's so important to heed the words of what Charlie Kirk said was be courageous, stand up and oppose this. And as far as the ugliness that'll come, you know, tomorrow, we have to know that that is something that fades. 00:50:54 Speaker 8: And doesn't last. And there's, you know, talk about no borders. Hell has no borders. Heaven does. There's a requirement for heaven. 00:51:03 Speaker 7: You're either going to get there And the afterlife, you know, when you're done, you're either going to get justice or you're going to get grace. 00:51:11 Speaker 8: And justice for all of us falls short of the glory of God. All of us do. 00:51:19 Speaker 6: Or by the. 00:51:20 Speaker 8: Grace of Jesus Christ. That's all we have. So you want grace. 00:51:23 Speaker 7: And so part of that grace is to just know that and to not take it to heart. And it's hard because, you know, Erica and Charlie were half my age. And I just know the intensity of what can happen in the social media and the things that, truthfully, it's been such a big part of young people's lives. They don't remember what it was like before. But the fact of the matter is, you know, we are going to be persecuted as Christians. 00:51:51 Speaker 8: We just are. I mean, if you look at. 00:51:54 Speaker 7: All the apostles, I mean, they must have seen something spectacular. 00:52:00 Speaker 8: They must have seen something out of this world. 00:52:04 Speaker 7: They must have seen truly a man who came back from the dead to allow themselves to be killed so brutally and to stand up for something and not turn their back against it. And so I think that charge is to us to not turn our back against what Charlie stood for and to stand up for. 00:52:23 Speaker 8: Our Lord and stand up for what we can do for our nation. 00:52:27 Speaker 7: And that's the thing, Andrew, that was really kind of stunning to me is when you talk to, you know, Frank Turek, who's I feel like Frank lost a friend and I lost a friend, and we ended up with each other. And I'm sorry for Frank that he got mean. But I think, though, that we have to be charged and energized by this and know that there's a. 00:52:52 Speaker 8: Calling for us. And that calling is to fight for our country. 00:52:57 Speaker 7: And it's really painful when you learn that you have these pastors at these churches that aren't energizing people. their congregation to go out and vote. It's like, let's get out there and vote. I mean, that's the difference between what Charlie warned us about was this, you know, what's really the danger to America. The biggest danger, more than Pearl Harbor, more than 9-11, is this Islamic, you know, combining with the leftism, communism, to take down America, as Charlie said, to slit the throats of Americans. 00:53:28 Speaker 8: So, of America. 00:53:30 Speaker 7: And that's something that he was really concerned about. just literally the day before he died. And that's something we should be. We need to get, you know, mosques, 98% of them vote. And we need to get 98% of our Christians to vote. 00:53:45 Speaker 8: So organize and vote. 00:53:48 Speaker 3: Yeah, Rob, I think what you said is really beautiful. It's not a 50-50 fight. We know who wins this spiritual battle in the end. And how amazing for each and every one of us out there that God chose you for this particular mission. And this is our lot. This is your lot. And Charlie would not want us to shrink back. He would want us to forge ahead. And we have his kids to think about and our kids to think about. Rob Schneider, God bless you, my friend. If you think wireless companies are all the same, you might need to take a look at our friends over at Patriot Mobile. Patriot Mobile isn't just different because of its mission. 00:54:25 Speaker 6: Thank you. 00:54:25 Speaker 11: Thank you. 00:54:26 Speaker 3: Thank you. They also offer international roaming and enterprise solutions for businesses that need dependable connectivity and U.S.-based customer support. Keep your number, keep your phone, or upgrade. Switch from your home or office. It just takes a few minutes. 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That's why we are building out the red wall. That's why we partnered with cliff Maloney and citizens Alliance. So your reflection on this, you know, as we remember the totality of who Charlie was this week on the one year anniversary of Talk about that, him in the field, him with the grassroots. 00:56:24 Speaker 11: Yeah, I think one of the biggest things that always stuck with me is losers don't legislate, right? This idea that so many people want to pontificate, so many people want to talk about ideas, they want to talk about the principles or legislation they support. The left plays no games, right? The left understands you must win. You must win electorally if you're going to decide the policies that we live under. So I always say that Charlie understood... the campus effort. He understood the young minds. He understood persuading the next generation because we were losing that battle for 30, 40 years based on the polling, right? I mean, young people were going to the left. And I think Charlie understood that we had to win the hearts and minds of young people, but it wasn't enough. There were so many people that got that, but didn't understand that there's a second tier to this. And that tier is winning elections. Not because you just want to win to say you won, but because if you want to dictate the rules that we live under, If you want to understand what it means to actually have an impact, you have to win. But so many people don't realize the work that that takes, right? And Charlie always said, do the work, knock that extra door, because he understood that if we're going to adapt to the rules, if we're going to compete, we have to fight fire with fire. We have to beat the Democrats at their own game. And I think so much of Charlie's legacy was saying, no excuses. We have to do what needs to be done to win. And I'm hoping that we can live out that legacy, not just in 2026, but obviously moving forward in 2028. Yeah, you know, it's interesting. 00:57:52 Speaker 3: I've been getting so many comments or requests for comments from people in the media, and it's weird. They want to talk about Charlie's absence and the felt absence in this midterm race. And, you know, what does it mean? What does it mean for young voters? And I'm so frustrated by that question because, of course, there is an absence. Of course we all feel the absence, but If you think that Charlie just snapped his finger one day and all of a sudden he knew how to galvanize young voters, you're completely mistaken. He started Turning Point in 2012, and people don't remember, after 2020, guess what they did to Charlie Kirk? They blamed him for that loss. They blamed him for the fact that young people didn't come out for Donald Trump in 2020. They said, turning point, smoke and mirrors. Charlie Kirk is a gripper. 00:58:38 Speaker 4: And they did it in 22 as well? 00:58:40 Speaker 3: They did it, yeah. And so what did he do? He kept iterating. He kept trying to figure it out. He kept toying with the formula. And that's when we had the big breakthrough. And I believe it started in 2023. We started seeing the campus crowds grow. The viral clips started spreading. And he started doubling and tripling down on the campus stops, but that took doing to figure out the right mix. 00:59:01 Speaker 4: One of the most inspiring things about Charlie, we have a natural bias, and this is just how humans like to imagine things. We like to imagine tremendous heroes practicing. just falling from the sky, and they're naturally brilliant, and they're able to just do great deeds, because they're like Achilles and the Iliad or something. 00:59:18 Speaker 3: But to your point, Charlie was told– there was these conspiracy theories that he was sort of like built in a Petri dish, grown in a Petri dish by billionaire donors or something like this. 00:59:27 Speaker 4: No, and it's the exact opposite. What Charlie is such a testament to is what basically any of us are capable of doing. That Charlie, all it was, was just that higher level of agency and probably be in six, five, but that higher level. 00:59:43 Speaker 3: He always did say politicians don't have such a good. 00:59:46 Speaker 4: Slightly higher level of agency to say, here is what I want to do. Here's the problem I identify. Okay. What can I now immediately do to try to do that? Or that sign he had in his office, the three things on it. I might get the word wrong, but it's how can I add value to the world today? How can I help somebody today? How can I honor God today? Those three questions are what he's always asking himself. And then he gets that answer and he he immediately puts it into practice. And you do that thousands of times. And you are Charlie Kirk. 01:00:13 Speaker 11: There are so many of these political consultants, though, and people in our orbits. 01:00:17 Speaker 7: Right. 01:00:17 Speaker 11: Some of them might be friends. That is extremely rare to be a problem solver, to be somebody in the political arena that is actually saying, hey, listen, what is the left doing? What are we doing? Why aren't we doing what they're doing? What is working? 01:00:32 Speaker 4: What's the obstacle? What's missing? 01:00:35 Speaker 11: And coming up with a solution. It's much easier to be on autopilot, right? This is why so many of the GOP consultants, and I get in trouble every time I say this, they want to do their television ads. They want to make their 15% commission. Nobody wants to have to manage these door-to-door programs, these ground efforts to book hotels, to do the work that we're doing. It's a pain in the rear end, right? It's so much easier. But that was the beauty of Charlie was saying, look, here's a problem. Let's think about this from not just a high level, but let's get in the weeds, right? Let's go out and knock the doors and talk to people and figure out how does this work? Why is the left doing this? But I'm telling you guys, nobody did that. And even today, very few people are willing to look at the problems and And then create solutions. 01:01:18 Speaker 4: And you see, it's why, for example, it's why President Trump clearly had so much respect for Charlie. He'd mentioned this, that there's endless people who will say nice things about the president or will support him. It's easy to have a lot of sycophants. But why he clearly thought Charlie was special is Charlie could say, I'll get it done, Mr. 01:01:35 Speaker 3: President. 01:01:35 Speaker 4: And then it went and happened. He would make that rally happen. He would make that get-out-the-vote effort happen. He would get that crowd to show up for something on short notice. And Charlie did that not just for... a president of the United States, he would do it for other candidates. He would just do it for businessmen, people who wanted to get involved. If he told you he would get something done, he followed up on that. Charlie was a guy who delivered. 01:01:59 Speaker 11: And at a level, people ask me about replacing Charlie, and we all know you cannot do that. But I always say it's not just replacing Charlie. You have to understand the things that he was world-class at. You have to understand the things that he was one of the best in the world at. Number one, the guy raised over $ 100 million a year for an organization. Do you know how rare that is by itself? Number two, the guy was an advisor to the President of the United States of America. That in itself is one person, one item that he knocked off that very few people get to do. Then he had The Daily Show. We're sitting here right now. You're talking two hours, five days a week. 01:02:33 Speaker 3: It used to be three hours. 01:02:36 Speaker 11: You've got the campus tours where he's having these actual debates across the country. I mean, it goes on and on for the things that he's able to do at a level that nobody else has ever been able to do. And he was able to do all of them. So when I talk about, you know, and you mentioned the media, they're blowing me up this week, too, talking about the absence of Charlie and what does this mean? And I always say to them, you're never going to replace a Charlie Kirk. But you have to find pieces of what he did, and we have to try to develop leaders that are able to handle that. It's a very difficult task. 01:03:06 Speaker 3: And I want people to understand. So what is Turning Point doing? We have over 50 influencers, media personalities, students, chapter leaders that are all being part of something called Pick Up the Mic. And they're going to do over 300 different stops all across the country. Yeah, they're not going to have 3,000 people show up in front of them, but they might have a couple dozen. They might have a couple hundred. And they're going to have those debates and we're going to clip them and we're going to put them, you know, and you never know, like some of those voices might rise to the top. And some of the amazing people that we have doing it include Will Witt, John Doyle, many others. 01:03:40 Speaker 11: Nick Freitas has been on fire with you. 01:03:42 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. So some of these people are really they want to go back out there. And it's interesting because some people are like, I would never do that because, you know, what happened to these guys want to go back out there and have the debates. And it's amazing. And we have security and we have all that kind of stuff that we can do. But the point is, if you think about it, it's almost like that's 50 people. It's not just Charlie. That means it's almost like 50 times the work for Turning Point. And we're doing it because we know that we have to. We're still doing the campus tour and we're still chasing votes. Actually, even more so than we were before. We have more staff. This is and I tell people we are light years ahead of where we were in 2024. The system that Charlie helped build and this roadmap that we have. Towards 2028, building the red wall is going forward. It's marching forward in earnest. And commit 100. We have a minute left in this segment, but everybody needs to get involved in this. 01:04:32 Speaker 11: Here's my big ask to everybody out there. If you're wondering how can I get involved, how can you fight on the way that Charlie would want, come join us. Whether it's here in Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire, tpaction.com slash 100, tpaction.com. Look, we'll pay for you to come out here. We'll put you up in a hotel. We've got Tyler Boyer steering the ship here. Citizens Alliance, Turning Point. This is Charlie's vision to make sure that we have people on the ground in the key red wall states. So I want to say that one more time. tpaction.com slash 100. You, anybody you know, folks out there, focus. Stop arguing online. Come out and make a real difference in the states that, once again, this isn't just 2026. It's 2028workingbackwards, tpaction.com, slash 100. That's how you make a difference. 01:05:22 Speaker 3: Listen, there's so many things to celebrate over this last, you know, Trump's second term. You know, violence at, I think it's murder rates are at the lowest they've been since 1900. You've got net migration of foreigners out of this country. You've got the DEI getting squashed out of the government. We have the lowest employment level of the federal government we've had since 1966, and they keep slashing. I mean, these are huge generational wins. There was another stat that came out. 01:05:50 Speaker 4: Wins that would have never happened with any other administration. 01:05:54 Speaker 3: Yes, exactly. There was another stat that came out that they've fired nearly 200 left-wing immigration judges and replaced them with 360 America First patriot judges to get these people the hell out. And I'm telling you, none of this happens without Charlie Kirk. None of this happens with people blackpilling and dooming online. It happens when you commit to chasing ballots with Turning Point Action. Commit 100. Go to tpaction.com slash 100. Stop giving in to the incessant noise because, listen, it is a binary choice, but we have a lot of good things to sell. It's not just the lesser of two evils. We're actually doing generational work here, and you can be a part of making sure that work continues. 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Cliff, why don't you tell people about the races you're looking at. This is all an ode to Charlie, by the way. How are things shaping up? Everybody's dooming. How do we be a part of the solution? 01:08:32 Speaker 11: Yeah, I think being part of the solution is doing the real work, right? So once again, I'm going to pitch our Red Wall program, which is Citizens Alliance and Turning Point coming together to do what we would call the real work, not the arguing on Twitter, not the screaming back and forth, not the doomsdaying. So we've got Nevada, we've got Arizona, we've got New Hampshire, tpaction.com. 01:08:51 Speaker 3: You're that East Coast guy. So tell us about this. 01:08:54 Speaker 11: Tyler will give me some credit for this. We have been in New Hampshire since 2018, We flipped the New Hampshire Statehouse in 2022. So we've got a patriot as a speaker. 01:09:03 Speaker 3: Which was a tough cycle. 01:09:05 Speaker 11: Yeah, it wasn't supposed to happen. We've got a patriot, and Jason Osborne is the majority leader. Jason Osborne is now turning point action endorsed, running for speaker because the current speaker is retiring. So we're rooting for Osborne. We've got to hold that majority position. But here is the biggest sleeper of the 2026 election. And Tyler might get mad at me for being a little too loud about this. 01:09:26 Speaker 3: The U.S. 01:09:26 Speaker 11: Senate race, which yesterday Sununu did win the nomination, 30-point action endorsed once again. Sununu has a shot to flip this seat. Here's why it's important. If we flip this seat in New Hampshire, it becomes almost impossible for us to lose the U.S. Senate. 01:09:44 Speaker 7: Yeah. 01:09:45 Speaker 11: People could argue if it's the worst day in the world. But if we flip a blue seat to red, it becomes almost impossible for them to have the U.S. 01:09:52 Speaker 4: Senate. 01:09:53 Speaker 11: So are we doing the work, working backwards from 2028 as Charlie always envisioned? 01:09:59 Speaker 8: Yes. 01:09:59 Speaker 11: But there are key races. You've got Andy Biggs, obviously, right here in Arizona. We've got the governor's race and the Senate race in New Hampshire. And obviously, Lombardo back up for reelection tomorrow. in Nevada. 01:10:12 Speaker 3: So, and we have Juan Siskamani, we've got Jay Feeley. I mean, there's a lot of, I mean, the house could come through Arizona as well. So that's why we keep saying like, be a part of this. You get to, first of all, we're going to train you up. We're going to give you a hundred names. This is how it works. You pull the app up on your phone. We deploy you to a part of the town or part of Maricopa or somewhere else. And you literally just follow those hundred names. You text them, you call them, you knock on their doors and And you work those names. And by the way, if you're really good and you get through those 100 names and you need 100 more, we can do that for you. And that is your job. 100. If you multiply that times thousands of volunteers, you can make a huge difference. You could put Andy Biggs as the governor because we don't have a governor's mansion in Arizona. I always want to use that expression, but we don't. But we could literally turn Arizona into the Florida of the West. That is what we could do in Arizona. 01:11:03 Speaker 4: I just want to get people hyped up because if they think, oh, this is a tough year, I'm remembering. 2018, we lost a bunch of seats in the House, but we actually gained a seat in the Senate because of hero Rick Scott, who unseated an incumbent Democrat senator in Florida, 10,000 votes. We also won that governor's race, only a few thousand votes. Think about how much it has helped us nationwide that we eked out those two wins. 01:11:29 Speaker 11: That's why. 01:11:30 Speaker 4: we're able to confirm all of those judges that Trump was ramming through in the second half of his term. That's why we basically... It's arguably why we were able to win in 24, because we weren't pouring resources into Florida, because we were able to win it by 20 points. 01:11:42 Speaker 3: Well, and listen, El-Sayed is down, according to the latest polling, in Michigan. So you think Michigan, New Hampshire, okay? You start piecing together some of these wins, and the board starts looking pretty darn good. And you've got to remember, there's way fewer true swing districts left. 01:11:59 Speaker 6: So. 01:12:00 Speaker 3: it's a much harder slog for the Democrats to really claw back huge numbers like we saw in 2018. The board has changed. What other races, Cliff, do we need to be looking at? 01:12:09 Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, listen, there's plenty of those congressional races in each of those states that are going to be in play. We've got New Hampshire won, Anthony DiLorenzo, who won yesterday. There are tons of opportunities. But, Andrew, I want to double down on one thing you said. The Commit 100 program, the reason it's so cool is if you're tired of politics and you think it's all this loud and just noisy, you know out of your 100 people who actually vote, right? You get assigned to 100 people, and guess what? I'm not saying you want to take credit, but you also could be held accountable. How impactful are you at communicating and driving voters to make sure they show up? So be a part of something, right? Instead of just screaming into the ether, come out to one of these swing states, be in one of the swing districts, and actually make a difference to try to win one of these seats. The actual power and control of Congress... is going to be determined by just a couple of these seats, whether it's Arizona, Nevada, or New Hampshire. You've got the U.S. Senate races. We've got governor races in all of them. But if you want to come out here, tpaction.com slash 100, we're going to take care of you. You're going to be put up in a hotel with our volunteers, with our paid staff. But it's about being part of something bigger than yourself. And it's all of those people that are passionate, that care about Charlie's legacy, They care about the work that we're doing at Citizens Alliance at Turning Point. This is the way to make a difference, is to stop sitting on the sidelines, jump onto the field, put on your pads, do some blocking and tackling because we know what works. How do we know it works? We did this in 2024. We pulled it off. 01:13:41 Speaker 3: Guess where we ripped off most of our best ideas from? The left. 01:13:45 Speaker 11: The left. 01:13:45 Speaker 3: Who had about a 20-year head start on us on this front, which is why they started winning close elections time and time again, and we kept scratching our head going, what the heck just happened? When Kerry Lake lost by 17,000 votes, shenanigans aside, doesn't matter. You're too big to rig. We could have won that race had we been doing the work. You know, we get these emails, by the way, all the time, like, don't tell people to vote early. Listen, if you have a, you know, a tire go out on election day, you might not get to vote, okay? Charlie would always say, you do not leave anything to chance. Always have a plan to vote. If your plan. 01:14:20 Speaker 4: Is to vote early and you forget, or your kid gets sick, or your parent gets sick, or you have a work emergency. 01:14:24 Speaker 3: You can still vote on Election Day. Drop it off in person. Do whatever you do that feels good for you. Just make sure it happens. I mean, remember, you think about the Senate race in Nevada. Sandoval. No, it wasn't Sandoval. It was... Laxalt? Laxalt. Big snowstorm that day in northern Nevada. And a bunch of people stayed home. Whatever... You never know what's going to happen. The point is, get it done... And be a part of the solution. Charlie would be screaming from the rooftops. Go be a part of something bigger than yourself. Join Commit 100. Do it today and honor Charlie. This week, this would be a perfect week to do it. Cliff Maloney, God bless you, man. Thank you for constantly putting boots on the ground and doing the hard work, the blocking and tackling that actually wins. 01:15:04 Speaker 11: Appreciate you guys. 01:15:05 Speaker 7: God bless you, man. 01:15:10 Speaker 3: For more on many of these stories and news you can trust, go to charliekirk.com.