The Best Of Mark Levin - 9/13/25

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The Best of Mark Levin – 9/13/25

Podcast: Mark Levin Podcast
Episode: The Best Of Mark Levin - 9/13/25
Date: September 13, 2025
Host: Mark Levin (Cumulus Podcast Network)
Featuring: Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, Sean Hannity, Benjamin Netanyahu, Carolyn Leibitt, Hakeem Jeffries

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Episode Overview

This "Best of Mark Levin" episode is centered on three interconnected themes:

1. America’s Founding Principles and the Legacy of Natural Rights: An in-depth, scholarly discussion of the origins of rights, especially the influence of John Locke on the Founders, in response to contemporary political debates.
2. Geopolitical Realities & Terrorism: Sharp criticism of Qatar and Turkey’s support for Hamas, and a passionate defense of Israel’s right to security in the face of terror attacks.
3. Crime, Law and Order, and a Culture of Political Violence: Reflection on recent tragic events, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk, with segments on America’s violence crisis and the need to restore civility and justice.

The tone is urgent, emotional, and unflinchingly critical of progressive politics, weaving personal recollections with commentary on current events.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. America’s Founding, John Locke & Natural Rights

Timestamp: 00:19–14:25

• Trump’s Rebuke of Tim Kaine: Mark opens with a Trump speech lambasting Sen. Tim Kaine for expressing doubts about rights coming from a Creator. Trump frames Kaine’s stance as aligning with tyrants and totalitarianism (01:15).

  “It is tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights that come from God.”—Donald Trump [01:35]

• Mark Levin’s Scholarly Take: Levin references his book "Emeritopia" and explores John Locke’s influence on the American Founders, describing Locke as the most significant philosopher during America’s revolutionary era (02:15–06:28).

  “John Locke was the most important philosopher to the founders of this country during the Revolutionary period. There’s no question about it.”—Mark Levin [03:20]

• Natural Law & the Declaration: Locke’s notion that no government can violate inalienable rights, and that government’s only legitimate purpose is to preserve these rights. Levin and Kirk cite Locke directly and link his philosophy to the justification for revolution as found in the Declaration of Independence.

  “All men are blessed by God with inalienable rights... Government doesn’t give you those rights. It doesn’t create those rights. It’s its job to preserve those rights.”—Charlie Kirk [08:14]

• Criticism of the Modern Left: Levin frames current progressive ideology as a rejection of Locke’s individual-centered philosophy, equating it to a “fascistic Marxist Islamist overlaying philosophy” and accusing Democrats of dehumanizing the individual (13:44).

2. Qatar, Hamas, and U.S. Foreign Policy

Timestamp: 15:56–29:34

• Terror Attack in Jerusalem: Discussion of a terrorist shooting in Jerusalem claimed by Hamas, with Mark and Charlie highlighting the role of Hamas’s leadership based in Qatar and Turkey (16:11).
• Qatar’s Double Game: Levin provides a litany of Qatar’s alleged misdeeds—funding terrorism (notably Hamas and the Taliban), buying influence in the West, and providing sanctuary to terrorists. He accuses both Democratic and Republican administrations of being complicit (17:28–21:21).

  “Qatar is a terror state... Qatar has 9/11 blood on its hands. How quickly we dismiss what happened on 9/11.”—Mark Levin [24:49]

• The ‘Sovereign Ally’ Shield: Levin mocks the diplomatic argument that Qatar and Pakistan are “allies” or “sovereign,” referencing the U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan as precedent for action against states that harbor terrorists (22:17).
• Demand for Accountability: He calls for no further defense arrangements with Qatar until it ceases terror support, and repeatedly asks if U.S. intelligence inadvertently helped tip off Hamas leaders to escape (26:37–28:44).

3. Crime, Law & Order, and Dehumanization

Timestamp: 30:16–42:35

• The Murder of Erna Zaruska: Mark spotlights the killing of a young Ukrainian woman in North Carolina by a repeat offender. He condemns Democrat “catch and release” justice, and frames this as emblematic of nationwide lawlessness (36:00–37:57).

  “All these people who are murdered have a story. The Democrats talk about statistics, the murder rates going down here or there, ... they dehumanize the situation.”—Mark Levin [32:28]

• Trump on Crime: In a video, Trump condemns “savage, bloodthirsty criminals” released in Democrat-run cities, promising to “make America safe again” (33:42).

  “We have to respond with force and strength. We have to be vicious just like they are. It’s the only thing they understand.”—Donald Trump [34:24]

• Political Evasion: Mark and Charlie play a press conference with Hakeem Jeffries, criticizing Democrats for sidestepping questions about accountability and crime in their own cities (39:22).

  “You haven’t been clear in your support for law enforcement... The fact of the matter is the rank and foul cops can’t stand you people and for good damn reason.”—Mark Levin [41:04]

4. The Assassination of Charlie Kirk & the Crisis of Political Violence

Timestamp: 43:20–69:59

• Remembering Charlie Kirk: Mark offers a moving eulogy, recalling personal moments, Kirk’s faith, activism, and friendship. He details Kirk’s commitment to liberty, youth engagement, and his global impact, especially for Israel (43:20–54:24).

  “Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom. A lion hearted friend of Israel, he fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo Christian civilization.”—Benjamin Netanyahu [54:13]

• The Manhunt: Updates on the search for Kirk’s assassin. The killer used a high-powered rifle, left evidence linking the attack to radical ideologies, and the authorities are confident in their pursuit (54:36–59:02).
• Presidential and World Reactions: Trump expresses grief, pledges to posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and salutes Kirk as a martyr for truth and freedom (59:02, 61:02). Netanyahu describes Kirk’s support for Judeo-Christian civilization and free speech (62:18).
• Media and Political Commentary: Mark and Sean Hannity harshly criticize efforts to “dehumanize” Kirk after his death.

  “I’m not going to allow them to dehumanize this man... He accomplished a great deal... Charlie’s going to be remembered because of ... the younger generation that he spawned to get involved in the liberty movement.”—Sean Hannity [64:25–65:18]

• Warning About Violent Political Culture: Both Levin and Kirk (in a prescient tweet) condemn a climate of escalating justification for violence in response to political frustrations:

  “Assassination culture spreading on the left. ... The left is being whipped up into a violent frenzy. Any setback — whether losing an election or losing a court case — justifies a maximally violent response.”—Charlie Kirk (April 7, 2025, quoted by Levin) [49:40]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Mark Levin on Rights & Government:

  “No government, including one established by the consent of the governed, has authority to violate man's inalienable rights.” [03:45]

• Donald Trump at Museum of the Bible:

  “It is tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights that come from God.” [01:35]

• Mark Levin on Qatar:

  “Qatar has 9/11 blood on its hands. How quickly we dismiss what happened on 9/11.” [24:49]

• Benjamin Netanyahu on Charlie Kirk:

  “He fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo Christian civilization.” [54:13]

• Sean Hannity on Charlie Kirk:

  “He did more in 31 years than most people do in an entire lifetime. He lived life to the fullest. He enjoyed other people. He enjoyed debating people who strenuously disagree with him.” [64:20]

• Levin Closing Reflection:

  “What we have to get back to is being able to have a reasonable disagreement where violence is not an option.” [69:59]

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Important Timestamps

• 00:19: Mark begins analysis of Trump’s speech on rights and Creator.
• 02:15: Levin explains Locke’s influence, natural law, and the Declaration.
• 15:56: News of Jerusalem terror attack and Hamas’s claim of responsibility.
• 17:28-22:12: Analysis of Qatar and Turkey as terrorism sponsors.
• 24:49: Levin: “Qatar has 9/11 blood on its hands.”
• 30:16: Mark describes the murder of Erna Zaruska; reflections on crime and individual loss.
• 33:42: Trump condemns lawlessness in American cities (video message).
• 39:22: Hakeem Jeffries refuses to answer crime accountability questions.
• 43:20: Mark’s tribute to Charlie Kirk.
• 54:13: Netanyahu’s statement on Kirk: “Lion hearted friend of Israel.”
• 59:02: President Trump announces posthumous Medal of Freedom for Kirk.
• 62:18: Netanyahu on Fox, further tribute to Kirk.
• 64:20: Hannity and Levin’s defense of Kirk’s legacy.
• 69:59: Levin’s closing call for a return to civil disagreement.

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Summary & Closing Thoughts

The episode interweaves intellectual history, passionate advocacy, national security anxieties, personal grief, and an ominous warning about America’s political culture. Mark Levin, joined by figures like Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk (via previous conversations and posthumous tribute), Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sean Hannity, makes an urgent appeal:

1. Understand America’s first principles, especially the divine origin of rights and the dangers of discarding them.
2. Demand principled clarity in confronting terrorism, especially holding American allies like Qatar accountable.
3. Value individual lives over statistics, and resist the dehumanizing trends in media and politics.
4. Reject violence outright, and honor those—like Charlie Kirk—whose lives have been lost to it.

Mark closes with both sorrow and resolve, urging a return to robust but peaceful discourse, and memorializing Kirk as a model “quintessential American.”

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Transcript

[Mark Levin]

It's all quiet in the underground bunker.

[Sean Hannity]

Doors closed, locks bolted. But the Great One isn't just resting on his laurels.

[Mark Levin]

He's making sure your weekend is even better by giving you his best.

[Charlie Kirk]

This is the best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

President of the United States, in a very important statement about Tim Kaine as he was speaking to a group of the faithful at the Museum of the Bible. I've been there. That's a fantastic place. If you ever come to Washington D.C. my family and I have been there. I encourage you to check it out. I encourage you to check it out. It's focused primarily on the Christian faith, but also the Jewish faith as a lead up to the Christian faith. But I think you're going to love it, I really do. And it's a straight up, you know, course on the Bible, the history of the Bible, the history of the various individuals in the Bible and the events and so forth. It's just killer. But here's the president at the, at the museum today and I want to build on this after you listen to this. Cut one, go.

[Donald Trump]

Last week, when the ineffectual senator from Virginia, man named Tim Kaine, stated that the notion our rights come from our Creator is, quote, extremely troubling to him. Very troubling. Isn't it troubling? Isn't that terrible though, how he would say something like that? And advocated really by totalitarian regime. This is what they say, but as everyone in this room understands, it is tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights that come from God. And it's this Declaration of Independence that proclaims we're endowed by our Creator with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The senator from Virginia should be ashamed of himself for many things, for many things, for things even beyond that. But in its own way, nothing's more important than those words. Terrible words.

[Mark Levin]

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to dig into this further because nobody's doing a better job of leading this fight than the President and Ted Cruz and we here, and we here. This has been something we've been teaching here and talking about here for nearly a quarter of a century. And it matters. That's why I do it. Perhaps the most difficult book in terms of reading, in terms of scholarship for many people was my book Emeritopia, which followed liberty and tyranny. And yet it's one of my favorite. And after I wrote this book, I decided I can't write books like this. Now. We're not all, look, trying to get PhDs and everything else we're trying to comprehend and understand and advance the cause. And it was written in 2012. It was written 13 years ago. And I point out the importance, crucial importance of John Locke, of John Locke, the influence of Locke. And on chapter six, I have John Locke and the Nature of Man, and chapter seven, the influence of Locke on the Founders. I just want to touch on this a little bit. So you have a tremendous background on this. John Locke was the most important philosopher to the founders of this country during the Revolutionary period, There's no question about it. And there was once a great professor from Yale who actually looked at every piece of public writings at the time that he possibly could, including pamphlets and newspapers and so forth, speeches. And it was Locke. And during the constitutional period, it was Montesquieu. These are great thinkers from the 1500s, from what we call the Enlightenment period. Now, what Locke said, in part, he not only underscored the importance of things like property rights and so forth and so on, but no government, including one established by the consent of the government, has authority to violate man's inalienable rights. And Locke explains that the law of nature exists above all else, and all men are required to obey it, including those who hold public office. And he wrote in part, thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislatures as well as others, legislators as well as others. The rules that they make for other men's actions must, as well as their own and other men's actions, be comfortable to the law of nature, that is, to the will of God, of which that is a declaration. And the fundamental law of nature being the preservation of mankind, no human sanction can. Can be good or valid against it. So the first sentence of the Declaration encapsulates Locke's view of the preeminence of natural law and the right to disobey and indeed throw off a government that abuses it. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them for the separation.

[Charlie Kirk]

The entire purpose of the American Revolution was to throw off, to throw off a government. And the entire argument was built upon God conveying rights to his children. You. Now I break this down in this book. Example after example. I say Locke writes, the state of nature has a law of nature to Govern it which obliges everyone and reason. This is Locke, which is the law teaches all mankind. He will but consult it. That being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. For men, being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise maker, all the servants of, of one sovereign master, sent into the world by his order and about his business, and being furnished with like faculties, sharing all in one community of nature, there cannot be supposed any such subordination among us that may authorize us to destroy one another. Or if we were made for one another's uses, as the inferior ranks of creatures are for ours. Everyone, as he is bound to preserve himself and not to quit his station willfully, so by the like reason, when his own preservation comes not in competition.

[Mark Levin]

And he goes on.

[Charlie Kirk]

So the Founders embrace Locke's vision that all men are blessed by God with inalienable rights. The life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another quote unquote, which they describe. This way we hold these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among those are life, liberty, and Levin. I mean in the pursuit of happiness, it is the job of government to preserve those rights. Government doesn't give you those rights. It doesn't create those rights. It's his job to preserve those rights. Want another example? In this book.

[Mark Levin]

I give example after example.

[Charlie Kirk]

Again, Locke explains that any government not.

[Mark Levin]

Established by the consent of the governed is governed, is illegitimate, and therefore its laws are illegitimate.

[Charlie Kirk]

Nor can a government established by the consent of the people exercise absolute power, surrender its legitimate power to another. Why? For the very reasons we just stated. The laws of nature. And you have your own rights independent of government. Independent of government. That to secure these rights, says your declaration, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the government. To do what? To secure these rights. What rights? Natural rights. Unalienable rights.

[Mark Levin]

That's what your declaration is talking about. It's really quite stunning, isn't it? It's quite stunning that a United States Senator talks as Tim Kaine did. But here's the problem. This is the real unstated, yet real position of the Democrat party. Now, who's John Locke? He lived from 1632. The Enlightenment, I would guess is from like the 1500s into the 1600s, had an enormous influence on the American founding and consequently American society. He did not seek ways to destroy the sovereignty of the individual. He sought to understand and cultivate it. Locke explained the true nature of man, including his acquisition of knowledge and use of intuition, reason and sensation. It's not necessary to agree with all of Locke's conclusions to celebrate his extraordinary insight. In An Essay Concerning Human understanding published in 1690, which really is a book of sorts of it's an extensive examination of the capacity of the human mind, including its limits. Locke dramatically distinguished his philosophical approach from what I call utopians. For Locke, the individual has value, dignity and significance. Rather than advance a dogma in search of a fantasy, Locke believed that the individual's mind was worth exploring. As if lecturing modern day liberals. That's right, he's a brilliant man. Locke carried forward his scrutiny of man's understanding. I'm bouncing around in the book with.

[Charlie Kirk]

An anti authoritarian approach to civil society and governance.

[Mark Levin]

Now keep in mind he was explicitly rejecting Thomas Hobbes.

[Charlie Kirk]

In other words, there were other philosophers contemporary and earlier that he was taking.

[Mark Levin]

On with his viewpoints that Montesquieu was taking on with his viewpoints.

[Charlie Kirk]

And no philosopher quite frankly has a.

[Mark Levin]

Philosophy that is without some influence by others, either pro or con.

[Charlie Kirk]

By equality, as an example, Locke does not mean equality of outcomes or result.

[Mark Levin]

He does not mean conformity. Early in his this is great book, the Second Treatise of Government, Locke introduces the notion of the individual's God given inalienable rights of which all individuals are.

[Charlie Kirk]

Entitled and which provide the moral condition.

[Mark Levin]

For a civil society.

[Charlie Kirk]

Here's what he the state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone and reason, which is that law teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.

[Mark Levin]

Which I mentioned earlier.

[Charlie Kirk]

Locke observed that men generally get.

[Mark Levin]

Along with each other in the state.

[Charlie Kirk]

Of nature for their own sake and the sake of the community. Although it certainly is not perfect. State of war exists in the state of nature only when one individual violates.

[Mark Levin]

The laws of nature, that is the.

[Charlie Kirk]

Inalienable rights of others. Therefore, although the state of nature is not the the violent fearful condition that people like Hobbes describe, the laws of nature are and can be violated. And so he goes on and on about the laws of nature and nature's God. He goes on about God himself. And of all the philosophers who came.

[Mark Levin]

Before your founders, when they turned to the Declaration of Independence, there were others too, but they mainly turned to him. And Tim Kaine rejects him 100%. Tim Kaine embraces what is a fascistic Marxist Islamist overlaying philosophy and then condemns what Locke wrote, what others wrote, what your founders believed in as like Iran, that is sick.

[Benjamin Netanyahu]

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[Charlie Kirk]

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[Sean Hannity]

This is the best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

We're going to cut through all the.

[Sean Hannity]

Crap.

[Mark Levin]

All the media crap, the press.

[Charlie Kirk]

Release crap.

[Mark Levin]

All the chest beating crap. Yesterday in the morning in Jerusalem, a bus full of commuters.

[Charlie Kirk]

Two Palestinian terrorists.

[Mark Levin]

Got on the bus with automatic weapons and shot everybody they could, killing six, wounding 21. Hamas took credit for this. They took credit for it. And in fact it's very public out there. The statement that Hamas put out. We congratulate the qualitative heroic operation carried out by two Palestinian resistance fighters at the junction of the Ramat Settlement north of occupied Jerusalem. We affirm that this operation is a natural response to the occupation's crimes and the genocide war it's waging against our people. It is a clear message that it plans to occupy and destroy the city of Gaza and desecrate Al Aqsa Mosque will not pass without punishment. Nobody's talking about desecrating any mosque. Al Aqsa Mosque. The leaders are basically in two countries of Hamas, Turkey and Qatar.

[Charlie Kirk]

Turkey and Qatar. Now we've spent years explaining here behind.

[Mark Levin]

This microphone and on Fox and on.

[Charlie Kirk]

Blaze that Qatar is a terror state.

[Mark Levin]

It is a terrorist state.

[Charlie Kirk]

It was the biggest funder of Hamas that Hamas leadership has been given safe.

[Mark Levin]

Haven in Qatar for decades and they are billionaires.

[Charlie Kirk]

Some of them have moved to Turkey where they are protected. The administration claims Turkey as an ally and Qatar as an Ally the prior administration, Turkey ally Qatar ally KSM, the mastermind behind 911 and that anniversary is coming up on Thursday, I remind you, was given safe haven in Qatar by the Qatari royal family before the 911 attack. He was on the FBI's list as a grave danger. The FBI was on his trail. The Qatari royal family gave him an apartment, a job so he'd have money. It was a phony job, but money. And then when our FBI informed Qatar that we were going to come into that country and seize KSM, they helped him escape from where he plotted 9 11. Many of the riots and violence you have seen in our colleges and streets, many of the organizations have been funded directly and indirectly by Qatar. The anti American and anti Semitic movements on our college campuses have been funded most prominently by Qatar. Qatar also buys up sporting events and sporting teams. They buy up businesses. They buy up politicians, former politicians, as lobbyists. They pay off the loans of certain individuals and buy up their bad notes. And they spend an enormous amount of money in this country buying up business influence, political influence in both parties and trying to come off as sort of a Western Arab country. It's nothing of the sort. Qatar has given aid and comfort to the Taliban. Qatar has given support to the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar wants the overthrow of the West. It's called Tafiyeh. We've talked about Tafiyeh, giving the impression that it is among us when it is the enemy within. I have been watching the news reports, including on friendly newscasts, and not a single one of them mentioned that Qatar was giving safe harbor to the Hamas terrorist leaders. It mentioned that Israel had targeted them, but it never mentioned that Qatar had protected them. And Qatar funded Hamas more than any other country. More than any other country.

[Mark Levin]

Including October 7th.

[Charlie Kirk]

You must ask yourself over the years, both Republican and Democrat administrations, how can.

[Mark Levin]

Such a hideous monarchy.

[Charlie Kirk]

Be considered an ally? They are a mediator, don't you know? They are trying to bring back the Israeli hostages. Well, they have done a damn poor job of it. But they are playing both sides and everybody knows it. They are telling Hamas to resist while they are putting out public statements telling our State Department that they are doing everything they can to convince Hamas. Why are the leaders of Hamas in Qatar?

[Mark Levin]

Why are they there?

[Charlie Kirk]

Netanyahu has upset the negotiations. Qatar attacked a bus filled with Israelis in Jerusalem in the morning. I should say Hamas did, while they are based in Qatar. What of that? Now I am hearing something else that is very precious. Qatar is a sovereign country. How dare you try and kill these terrorist leaders in A sovereign country. Pakistan is a sovereign country. Then I hear, well, Qatar is an ally. Pakistan is an ally. Did we not send special Forces into Pakistan to take out Osama bin Laden while he was being protected by the Pakistani military? The answer is yes, we did. I don't remember any talk about Pakistan being a sovereign country. How ridiculous is that? How preposterous is that? And then we are told that we are negotiating a defense arrangement with Qatar. A defense arrangement with Qatar? We already have a base there for some insane reason, but a defense arrangement with Qatar? Well, have we told Qatar no more funding of terrorism? Have we told Qatar no more support for Hamas? Have we told Qatar to give up the leadership of Hamas and turn them over so they can be prosecuted for war crimes? Have we told Qatar to stop trying to destroy the state of Israel? Have we told them to stop funding Marxist Islamist forces in the United States and seek to overthrow our country? Then we can talk about a defense agreement. But none of that is on the table. None of it. None of it. This is a bipartisan problem. Let me ask you a question, ladies and gentlemen.

[Mark Levin]

Let me ask you a question.

[Charlie Kirk]

And by the way, Hamas has murdered Americans. They have American blood on their hands. They have Israeli blood on their hands.

[Mark Levin]

They have a lot of blood on their hands. And so does Qatar. Qatar has 911 blood on its hands. How quickly we dismiss what happened on 9 11.

[Charlie Kirk]

I wonder what the 911 families think of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, two fantastic countries. They just. They just want peace. That is all. Just peace. I wonder.

[Mark Levin]

I wonder about the firefighters, the police officers, and their unions and their foundations.

[Charlie Kirk]

I wonder.

[Mark Levin]

About the families.

[Charlie Kirk]

The people.

[Mark Levin]

Who went to work in those two towers.

[Charlie Kirk]

I wonder.

[Mark Levin]

About the families of the individuals who went on a flight.

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[Charlie Kirk]

The terrorists took over the plane.

[Mark Levin]

The.

[Charlie Kirk]

Captain, Burlingame.

[Mark Levin]

Was in charge of when.

[Charlie Kirk]

They murdered him in the cockpit and then flew it into the Pentagon. I wonder what those families think. I wonder what the families think whose members were murdered, who fought heroically in central Pennsylvania. What do they think about Qatar giving protection to ksm?

[Mark Levin]

The day that the Israelis play victim is long over.

[Charlie Kirk]

I heard one reporter say Israel's opened yet an eighth front.

[Mark Levin]

Another front.

[Charlie Kirk]

Israel's opened another front. Hamas. Their leadership is in Doha, Qatar, for all to see. And they order another attack on the Israelis in Jerusalem, in the middle of Jerusalem, on a bus. Let me ask you a question. If Qatar were protecting Hamas leadership and Hamas leadership had ordered a slaughter of Americans on a bus in Washington, D.C. which has been federalized, would we stand still? For that and say, wait a minute, they're in Qatar. It's a sovereign country. We don't want to open up another front. Of course not. We would find that leadership and we would do exactly what the Israelis did, or attempt to anyway. So we gave the Qataris a heads up. So the question is, did the Qataris give the Hamas leaders a heads up? It is a question being asked by everybody who has got common sense in this. Did our allies, the Qataris, tell the leading terrorists of Hamas, just like the Qataris, when the FBI told them we wanted KSM helped him escape. Did Qatar help the Hamas leaders escape death? Did they or didn't they? It is a simple question. I haven't heard that in the news media either. Friendly news media and the usual hateful news media haven't heard a word about that. Did they or did not they? The Qatari should have turned them over to us or the Israelis or somebody.

[Mark Levin]

A long time ago as war criminals.

[Charlie Kirk]

I don't want to hear this sovereign country crap. When we went into Pakistan, and we should have. I don't want to hear this ally crap. They're no ally. Pakistan is an ally, but we went in there anyway, so I don't want to hear that crap. And we will fight here behind this microphone against any military defense arrangement with Qatar until Qatar ceases to be a terrorist state funding, terrorism funding, Marxism, Islamism and the overthrow of our country and our universities and many of these front.

[Mark Levin]

Groups.

[Charlie Kirk]

And until it stops working with the Taliban.

[Benjamin Netanyahu]

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[Sean Hannity]

You're listening to the Best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

More we learn about Erna Zaruska, the more upsetting this is. This young lady was working at a pizza parlor. This young lady was volunteering to help older people. This young lady was known to help care for animals in the community. 23 years old, a brother and a sister, mother and a father. And she loved America. She loved the country. And the U.S. attorney in North Carolina said that when the Ukrainian embassy contacted them to bring her body back for burial, the parents said, no, she loved America. She's going to be buried in the United States of America. There are evil people in this world. This killer is a subhuman. To do what he did, three stabs to the neck, murdered her right there, sitting there. I think it was a train. Sitting on the train, minding her own business with her earbuds in. And after a long day, working for a living, a model citizen. All these people who are murdered have a story. The Democrats talk about statistics, the murder rates going down here or there, Number one, they usually lie about the stats. But number two, they dehumanize the situation, dehumanize it. Just like we dehumanize what took place yesterday in Jerusalem and dehumanize October 7, which is so horrendous, there's not a news outlet in America that will play it to show you it. This Erna Zaraska, she had to know she was dying. She had to be shocked, like, what the hell just happened? And why would this person do this to me? As her last thoughts and probably in her mind calling out to her parents, but he stabbed her in the throat, in the neck, three times, full power. And then she slumped over and died. Fell out of her seat. Remember the case on the New York subway, Mr. Producer, where a woman was burned to death, just sitting there minding her own business, hadn't even talked to anybody. Burned to death. Burn to death. Here's President Trump in a video message today about Erna Zaruska. Excuse me. Cut seven, go.

[Donald Trump]

For far too long, Americans have been forced to put up with Democrat run cities that set loose savage, bloodthirsty criminals to prey on innocent people. Really very, very innocent people in every place they control radical left judges, politicians and activists. And they've adopted a policy of catch and release for thugs and killers. In Charlotte, North Carolina, we saw the results of these policies when a 23 year old woman who came here from Ukraine met her bloody end on a public train. And here is a picture of it. This is the picture of it. And this is a picture of the woman. A beautiful young girl that never had problems in life, with a magnificent future in this country. And now she's dead. She was slaughtered by a deranged monster who was roaming free after 14 prior arrests. We cannot allow a depraved criminal element of violent repeat offenders to continue spreading destruction and death throughout our country. We have to respond with force and strength. We have to be vicious just like they are. It's the only thing they understand. 24 of the top 25 most dangerous cities in America are run By Democrat mayors, 50 people were murdered in Chicago in recent weeks with hundreds being shot. And it's time to stop this madness. The people of our country need to insist on protection, safety, law and order. We have proven that it can be done because we did it right here in D.C. in District of Columbia. The capital of America was a bloodthirsty, horrible, dangerous place, one of the worst. And now it's a crime free city, and we're going to keep it that way. It can be done. It can happen fast. All we want is, please, Mr. President, we need help. Chicago needs help. Other cities needs help. We'll do what has to be done because we're going to make America safe again, and that includes our big cities. We're going to make those cities safe. Thank you.

[Mark Levin]

Very important. So crucial. I'm thinking about. It's just on my mind, what's going on. Don't the Israelis have the same right, Mr. Producer, to make sure their cities are safe, to be as tough, as tough as their killers? The idea that Qatar is harboring their killers is just sickening, just unbelievable to.

[Charlie Kirk]

Me.

[Mark Levin]

That there's literally no pressure from anybody on Qatar to turn them over. I want to know what happened to those leaders of Hamas when Qatar was tipped off. I want to know what happened. I want to know if there is an immediate person in the world that is going to ask that question. Any human being, every human being has a story. Statistics are one thing, but these people are dead forever. Some of them in horrendous ways, taken hostages, starved to death, brutally murdered on a train, for God's sakes, on a bus. It is sickening. Carolyn Leibitt at the White House briefing today. Cut eight. Go.

[Carolyn Leibitt]

This is pure evil on full display. The most enraging and unacceptable part of this story is that her death was entirely preventable. Decarlos Brown never should have been on that train that night. In fact, he should have been behind bars. Decarlos Brown has been charged with crimes no fewer than 14 times dating back to 2011, including for armed robbery, felony larceny, breaking and entering, and shoplifting. Brown had previously served five years in prison for a robbery with a deadly weapon charge. And he had also forfeited bonds three different times, twice in 2014 and once in 2023. To despite all of this past documented criminal history, when Brown was arrested yet again in January of this past year, a Democrat judge, who, I will add, was a supporter, a strong supporter of former Vice President Kamala Harris, released this insane criminal once again without requiring him to pay any Bail. He simply had to sign a written promise to return for his court hearing. Think about how crazy, crazy it is to ask a career criminal, someone who by definition repeatedly breaks the law, to just sign a written promise and come back again another day. This is madness. This monster should have been locked up and arena should still be alive.

[Mark Levin]

100%. Hakeem Jeffries at a best conference yesterday. As to about crime, let's see what he has to say. Cut nine. Go.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Democrats right now are being pounded by Republicans about cities within your states. New York City, Baltimore, Los Angeles, about situations that are happening right now. Whereas you're talking about a situation that happened four years ago where an unarmed protester was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer. Officer with his own records.

[Sean Hannity]

What outlet are you from?

[Hakeem Jeffries]

The Washington Times. So I'm curious here. Hold on a second. Why, why is it that Democrats don't want to hold that particular Capitol Hill police officer with any sort of accountability yet the cities in which the states that you're from, you don't want to deal with the crime that's, that's actually going on in your own states. And Mr. Raskin, you're.

[Sean Hannity]

Is there a question there?

[Hakeem Jeffries]

You're laughing, but a woman was just killed in your state and you don't want to address that either.

[Sean Hannity]

Yeah, I'm not going to address the ad hominem foolishly.

[Mark Levin]

It's not ad hominem. It was actually a great question. You're attacking cops everywhere, but that cop in particular because he killed a veteran protester. You celebrate. You celebrate. I think that's a great question. Go ahead.

[Sean Hannity]

Articulated. But what I will say very clearly is that we have, as Democrats been very clear that we're going to support local law enforcement.

[Charlie Kirk]

You're a liar.

[Mark Levin]

You haven't been clear. You're supporting local law enforcement. You oppose local law enforcement. Unless you're one of these whack job chiefs that you cherry pick to put in charge. But the fact of the matter is the rank and foul cops can't stand you people and for good damn reason. Because you don't have their backs. It's a frigging dangerous job. You haven't been clear in your support for law enforcement. I love it when many of these.

[Charlie Kirk]

Democrat mayors say the Fed should give us more money so we can hire more cops while they're cutting the budgets and cutting the number of cops. The feds should give you more money.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Sean Hannity]

Which includes law enforcement on January 6th. The NYPD, the Chicago Police Department, the Metropolitan Police Department, and do what is necessary to help them do.

[Mark Levin]

You're not doing what you've never done. What's necessary to help cops do their job. You try to take immunity away from them. You have thinned out their numbers. You discouraged new applicants by your own conduct. You're pushing to elect a guy in New York who hates cops. Wants to eliminate information on gangs. This is their idea. Wants to eliminate misdemeanors. This is all over the country. What's going on here? All over the country. Nobody's fooled by this. Nobody.

[Benjamin Netanyahu]

Mark Levin.

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[Donald Trump]

The great one makes your weekend even better.

[Sean Hannity]

This is the best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

To deeply sad day. It's a deeply dark day, deeply, when a young man with a wife and two baby girls whose offense apparently is to engage debate challenge in a very happy and joyous way.

[Sean Hannity]

To spend his.

[Mark Levin]

Young life fighting for his country. And the president he so loved and helped elect is assassinated in broad daylight in front of several thousand students. The reports are a high powered rifle at a long distance, one shot. There's going to be some kind of a press event. As soon as it appears, we will go right to it. You know, I'm looking at the text. Charlie Wood, text and really a sweetheart. He was a man of deep, deep faith. He was a truly faithful Christian. He loved America. He loved our founding, he loved our history. He loved his audience. He loved intellectual challenges. He dropped out of college. Rush dropped out of college. And yet he's one of the smartest people you could know. We are going to play in his honor an interview I did of Charlie on Fox on Life, Liberty and Levin for the full hour when his book came out and he couldn't stop praising me for having him on. He, he was so. What, what's the word?

[Sean Hannity]

The guy didn't have an ego.

[Mark Levin]

He didn't have an ego. You know, it's a strange thing. I often go back and I look at the last texts and emails I had with Rush and let's see here. And I was looking at these just before the show and Charlie Kirk and after the bombing of Iran where we had a slight disagreement, he texted me, okay.

[Charlie Kirk]

You were right.

[Mark Levin]

Can we now join together in support of the president. He wrote my wife and me, I said, 100%. You got it, buddy. Sweetheart. You just, just a sweetheart. Sends me a text out of the blue on July 26th when we, we did a show on Fox on Obama and what we uncovered her here on the radio. And he writes, love this flashback episode you're airing. So very good with Tulsi Gabbard came out with information. I said, thank you, my friend. I think we'll see you in studio tomorrow. This is when my book was coming out. He said, yes, I look forward to it. I want to get you back on my show about your book. I need to read it because it just came out. I said, thank you and, you know, just congratulations on your book. Just, just, you know, he's a busy young man, but never too busy. When Dennis Prager had his accident, he got out of the shower and fell and hit the back of his head on the bathtub. I don't know if I ever mentioned the specifics. He's the one who called me horrified, incredibly upset, broken. That Dennis Prager. We all were, but was paralyzed. Went to see him at the hospital, kept me apprised of Prager's condition. Charlie did. When we would do events for KRLA Salem out in las in Los Angeles, he always sat next to me. You know why he always sat next to me? Because we would crack jokes to each other constantly. Crack jokes. Yep. And let's see here. I'm not going to read everything here because some of it's personal, the legal issues. He saw something I posted. He said, need your wisdom on how we counter these injunctions. I'm at a loss. That's a major, major issue. I posted a photo, a little video daughter had taken was on December 22, Sunday at President Trump's club in Florida. Charlie was to the right of me, President to the left of me, Judge Jeanine to the left of him. He was having a blast. And he was talking about who we need in this cabinet position or that cabinet position and trying to enlist me. Hey, I'm having dinner with you and the president tonight. We're going to make a push for fill in the blank for fill in a blank position. If you can say some good things, that would be awesome. November 14th. Hey, Dennis just moved his foot voluntarily. That's a good sign. Listen to this, Rich. Because I said, how is he doing? And he would send other things where he was, you know, where he was enlisting me in one battle or another, but always so pleasant. He wanted us to help with Nebraska, the Electoral College there. He was Always looking for ways to advance the cause of liberty. Always looking for ways to try and get President Trump elected to influence college campuses. He came under attack by the left, of course, as being anti Muslim. We came to his defense here. He heard about that. Very kind of you. Thank you, Mark. Means a lot. Just a very, very good man. President posted. I posted what he did. I'm sure the President is deeply upset. I guarantee it. I guarantee it. There were Shabbat dinners, some at Turning Point USA because Charlie wanted to have them and he would wear a kippa, a yarmulke. And we met his beautiful wife Erica several times. I have a tweet here from Charlie trying to see the date on this. I can't. You want to hear this, Mr. Producer? Assassination culture spreading on the left. This is Charlie Kirk. 48% of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk. 55% said the same about Donald Trump. In California, activists are naming ballot measures after Luigi Magione. The left is being whipped up into a violent frenzy. Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case justifies a maximally violent response. This is the natural outgrowth of left wing protest culture, tolerating violence and mayhem. For years on end, the cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials have turned the left into ticking time bombs. April 7th, actually 2025. My God, was he right? Absolutely incredible. Now, not just in the United States, Charlie's impact was felt around the world. This is from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom. A lion hearted friend of Israel, he fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo Christian civilization. I spoke to him only two weeks ago and invited him to Israel. Sadly, now that visit will not take place. We lost an incredible human being. His boundless pride in America and his valiant belief in free speech will leave a lasting impact. Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk.

[Benjamin Netanyahu]

The vin.

[Mark Levin]

We'Re giving you nothing but the best.

[Sean Hannity]

The best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

Life, liberty and Levin will be an honor in memory of Charlie Kirk. Just to let you know that the the assassin is still a large. Although they seem to be closing in on them. There are rapid developments. There's two photos of him that you've probably seen. I've posted them that the FBI has put out. I would add that there's a $100,000 award for people or anyone with information leading to the capture of this individual or other individuals who were involved in Charlie Kirk's assassination. A high powered bolt action rifle was used See, they have been able to track the movement of the, of the assassin on campus up the stairs to the roof and out. They have a footprint, they have a palm print and they have an arm print. Forearm. Let's see, after he murdered Charlie, he ran into a nearby neighborhood. They found his rifle in the woods and the ammunition was engraved with expressions of trench and the rifle with expressions of transgenderism and anti fascism ideology. Sending a message in many ways. They'll get the guy. They'll get him. I know people are anxious for this to happen. I don't blame them. But they're going to get them and they got to get him and they got to be able to deal with them. They're going to give them the death penalty. They got to dot the I's and cross the T's, and God willing, he will get the death penalty. And God willing, it will be executed without, you know, 20 year delay. President United States said that he did speak to Erica, his wife, and she's absolutely devastated, as you can imagine. I posted a few photos that we have, we have more, but I, I posted these photos in particular of Charlie Kirk and my wife and me with Charlie Kirk and his wife and so forth and so on. And, you know, the first time I interviewed Charlie was 2017. We went back and looked when Conservative Review TV existed before it acquired the Blaze. It's 2017, when he was 23 years old, Mr. Producer. And the next time I interviewed him was 2018, also at CRT. And then I played some of you, I played some of the audio from my interview of him on Fox in 2020. I saw early on this guy was unbelievable. And of course, last June, his book in which I interviewed him, it was always very complimentary, constantly, even last month complimentary. And, and he's gone. And, you know, he had an enormous impact in 31 years, didn't he? An enormous impact. And that's the example to show your kids. Here is President Trump from the Oval Office. Cut one, Go.

[Donald Trump]

To my great fellow Americans. I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions. And tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror. Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America. He fought for liberty, democracy, justice and the American people. He's a martyr for truth and freedom. And there has never been anyone who was so respected by youth. Charlie was also a man of Deep, deep faith. And we take comfort in the knowledge that he is now at peace with God in heaven. Our prayers are with his wife Erica, the two young, beloved children, and his entire family, who he loved more than anything in the world. We ask God to watch over them in this terrible hour of heartache and pain. This is a dark moment for America. Charlie Kirk traveled the nation joyfully, engaging with everyone interested in good faith debate. His mission was to bring young people into the political process, which he did better than anybody ever to share his love of country and to spread the simple words of common sense on campuses nationwide. He championed his ideas with courage, logic, humor and grace.

[Mark Levin]

And here today at the Pentagon event, during the anniversary of the attack on the Pentagon Flight 77, the President said many things, but he also said this. Cut three, go.

[Donald Trump]

Before we begin, let me express the horror and grief so many Americans at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk have felt. Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to many millions and millions of people. Our prayers are with his wonderful wife Eric and his beautiful children. Fantastic people they are. We miss him greatly. Yet I have no doubt that Charlie's voice and the courage he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on. I'm pleased to announce, announced that I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The date of the ceremony will be announced. And I can only guarantee you one thing, that we will have a very big crowd. Very, very big.

[Mark Levin]

Benjamin Netanyahu was on with Harris on Fox News late this morning. The ambassador, the prime Minister of Israel. Cut five. Go.

[Benjamin Netanyahu]

We're just heartbroken. Myself, my. My wife, my family, my son actually, on his 2019 visit to Israel, had lunch with him and his wife Erica. We're shattered. First as human beings, because a great human being has been taken from us. He was an extraordinary friend, he said. He wrote me a letter on May 2 this year. He said, one of my greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances to defend Judeo Christian civilization. A few weeks before the tragedy yesterday, I called him and I spoke to him and I said, please come to Israel. I invited him to Israel and sadly, that visit will not take place. But he was. He was a defender of our common Judeo Christian civilization. He was unbelievably excited to walk in the footsteps of Jesus here. He valued our bond, the bond between America and Israel. He, you know, he did so many things to defend free speech. He had his truth. He stood up for it. But he said, you can come and debate me. He invited that debate. He certainly didn't invite the violence, the horrible violence that tried to silence him. And you know, this is a worldwide problem. The people on the, you know, on the extremes, the Islamists, the radical Islamists and their union with the ultra progressives, they often speak about human rights, they speak about free speech, but they use violence to try to take down their enemies, whether it's President Trump who's been almost assassinated twice, or, you know, they try to kill me here too. But they got Charlie Kirk and it's just heartbreaking.

[Mark Levin]

We have time for my clip here. Mr. Producer, cut six on Hannity last night.

[Sean Hannity]

You know, Sean, I hear people talk.

[Mark Levin]

About Charlie and these other networks, they don't know who they're talking about.

[Sean Hannity]

And I want to make it clear right here, I'm not going to allow them to dehumanize this man. I'm not going to allow them to.

[Mark Levin]

Smear and character assassinate this man.

[Sean Hannity]

He was 31 years old and he did more in 31 years than most people do in an entire lifetime. He lived life to the fullest. He enjoyed other people. He enjoyed debating people who strenuously disagree with him. He was very much the intellectual who never went to college. He and I would discuss Rousseau and Hegel and Aristotle and Plato. He was self taught and very much the genius and he had the capacity to speak to everybody and anybody. I know for a fact how much he loved Donald Trump and I know for a fact how much Donald Trump loved him. And he was a person you could love a lot. My wife and I got to know him a lot at radio of events.

[Mark Levin]

He always would sit next to me.

[Sean Hannity]

And we'd always crack jokes and so forth and so on. The books that I write and that he wrote, we always enjoyed interviewing each other and talking about them. So far, so much. And even when we had our little disagreements, he would always text me, Sean, and he would always say, all right, you're right. Are we still buddies? It was, he was, he was just such a kind hearted human being and he accomplished a great deal. And I want the young people who followed him to understand that he is the best model that you can follow. All these cheap politicians, that's what they are. History won't remember them. All these cheap psycho blabbing types in tv, nobody's going to remember them. Charlie's going to be remembered because of what he did and because of the younger generation that he spawned to get involved in the liberty movement. Charlie was about liberty he loved this country, he loved this republic and he gave its life for it.

[Mark Levin]

And let me say this, you piece of.

[Sean Hannity]

That killed him. Let me tell you something, you're going to get caught. You heard the governor of Utah, you heard him tell you that they have capital punishment and you need to be put to death. And they need to find this guy who killed this young man who assassinated Charlie Kirk in front of 3,000 college students. And I'm not kidding. This is an attack on our republic. People say this needs to end now. This needs to end now. Well, the only way to end it is to make an example. And enough is enough with life terms. Enough is enough with all the rest of it. This guy needs to pay the price and the whole country needs to see it. And as for the Democrats, I will say this, Sean, many leading Democrats have shown class, Democrats who I don't like, who they've shown class because they know that this is a double edged sword. That if this becomes the norm and it is becoming the norm, then this country is over. They tried to kill our president twice. They killed Charlie Kirk. They assassinated Charlie Kirk. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? No. The way you put an end to this is to put an end to it. That's how you put an end to it. And people talk about there wasn't enough security. You got a guy shooting from 200 yards with a high powerful rifle. You're never going to have enough security to stop somebody like that unless you stop them up front. And what are we going to do on every column campus? How much security can there possibly be? There is a sickness that has run loose in this country. There is a sickness that has run loose in the radical left media, in the Democrat party, with the Muslim Islamists and all the rest of it. Those of us who love the country. It doesn't even cross our mind to physically harm somebody. Charlie Kirk was a pussycat. He was an easy going guy. He's the most decent guy, guy you could possibly meet. He would befriend you. He didn't give a damn if you were liberal, you were conservative, Democrat, republic, whatever you are. He tried to persuade you with a smile on his face. This guy, if you were eating with him, he'd give you your dessert. He didn't care. That's the kind of young man this was. Now his wife Erica is without her husband. These two little babies don't even know what happened. His kids, kids. This is horrendous. Charlie Kirk is the American story. He's quintessential American. He did lift himself up by his own bootstraps. He was self educated on so many smart things. He was a genius in his interaction with people. Not because he was conniving, because that's who he was. This is a remarkable human being who's been taken from his family and his country. I see these lowlifes all over the place, killing people, doing drugs, getting out in jail. And sometimes you say to yourself, God, they live. And a guy like Charlie Kirk dies. It puts you to the test. It really does put you to the test. We are going to miss Charlie Kirk, but we will never forget him. And I want all the people attacking him on the other networks to know. I don't give you one second's attention. The world doesn't give a damn about you. And when you're gone, nobody's gonna know who you are. Unlike Charlie Kirk, who in 31 years has made a stamp on this planet that will not be forgotten. And we will make sure of that.

[Mark Levin]

What we have to get back to is being able to have a reasonable disagreement where violence is not an option. Charlie Kirk.