Live From Studio 6B - Wednesday, September 10 2025

Summary

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Real America’s Voice: Live From Studio 6B

Episode Date: September 11, 2025
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A special, somber episode dedicated to the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed earlier that day at Utah Valley University. The hosts and guests share immediate reactions, personal memories, and reflections on Kirk’s legacy, the impact of his death, and the current political climate in America, as well as the broader implications for free speech and American society.

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Episode Overview

The unprecedented murder of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and leading conservative voice, dominates tonight’s broadcast. The Real America’s Voice team, joined by figures such as John Solomon, Brian Glenn, and Ben Berkwam, come together to process the tragedy, honor Kirk’s transformative influence, and urge unity in the conservative and pro-freedom movement. The group also discusses what this act of political violence says about America’s divisions and the challenges ahead for those who value debate, civility, and free discourse.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Breaking News and Emotional Opening

[01:12 - 03:00]

• The team opens in shock, calling for prayers for Charlie Kirk and his family.
• Hosts emphasize Kirk’s dedication to truth, debate, and American values.

  “He is a voice of reason out there that has been gunned down for daring to be an American...”
  — Damon [01:12]

• Multiple hosts express personal devastation and a sense of lost brotherhood; the event is described as a direct attack on free speech and democracy.

Details of the Assassination

[12:16 - 16:58]

• John Solomon delivers the latest updates: shooter was on a rooftop, possibly camouflaged, and used a rifle from a parapet, suggesting a well-planned, professional hit.
• Kirk wore a vest; the bullet struck the vest and ricocheted into his neck, which proved fatal.

  “He clearly was on a rooftop... appeared to have taken some time to think through and plot out this assassination.”
  — John Solomon [12:16]

• Authorities are considering possible foreign involvement.
• Kirk was killed during a campus “prove me wrong” debate, engaging directly with critics as was his trademark.

Reflections on Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

[14:41 - 19:41] & [61:24 - 66:55]

• Hosts and guests recall Kirk as a “joyful warrior,” “courageous,” and the most influential conservative of his generation for youth.
• Multiple guests and hosts note his ability to debate with respect and never raise his voice, even under attack.

  “He had such an elegant way of explaining things to our kids and doing it in a very respectful way…”
  — Brian Glenn [14:41]

• Kirk’s impact on college campuses and young voters is described as transformative.
• Montage of Charlie’s “prove me wrong” debate clips and Bible debate excerpt show his intellectual agility and faith-driven grounding.

  “Jesus saved my life. I'm a sinner, gave my life to Christ. Most important decision I ever made.”
  — Charlie Kirk (archival clip) [65:31]

Calls for Unity, Not Retaliation

[25:22 - 27:13], [84:47 - 85:42]

• Brian Glenn and others urge conservatives to stop infighting and unite against true opponents: the radical political left and forces of division.

  “We need to put those petty grievances aside and focus on defeating the left.”
  — Brian Glenn [25:22]

• Matt Walsh’s statement is read: “Enough of this infighting BS... We are up against demonic forces from the pit of hell. They're killing us in our churches. They tried to kill our president. Now they've killed Charlie…” [84:47]

The Threat to Free Speech and Civil Discourse

[23:45 - 25:22], [42:03 - 43:23]

• John Solomon and panelists stress the episode is not just about Kirk but about whether ideas or violence decide America’s future.
• Media’s initial, sometimes callous response (MSNBC, Matthew Dowd) is critiqued as emblematic of the wider reluctance to condemn left-driven violence.

  “This was not just murder. It was an attack on every student who gathered there for civil discourse, on every champion of freedom...”
  — Damon [02:47]

• Kirk’s assassination is called “political terrorism,” and a galvanizing moment for defenders of speech and freedom.

Personal Security of Conservative Activists

[27:18 - 33:10]

• Berkwam and others discuss rising safety concerns for on-the-ground journalists and political figures post-Kirk assassination.
• Ben Berkwam recounts prior attacks by Antifa and the personal choice to continue despite risks, “because if I don’t do this, my children may have to.”

  “There are many times…where I’m in a position and it’s only God’s hand…a covering that I’ve felt…”
  — Ben Berkwam [28:02]

• The psychological and spiritual dimensions of confronting public hatred and evil are discussed.

Media, Lies, and Disinformation

[34:30 - 37:02]

• Panelists express frustration at legacy media’s indifference, propagandizing, and divisive coverage.

  “I get criticized for being Trump's pro maga reporter in the White House…but I ask questions the American people have...”
  — Brian Glenn [34:40]

• “Serving the American people a healthy dose of truth”—the mission statement for Real America’s Voice and all present.

Reaction Across Political, Cultural, and Sports Worlds

[80:25 - 83:42]

• Notable figures from sports and public life, such as Tim Tebow, Brett Favre, Julian Edelman, and others, mourn Kirk’s death and offer prayers for his family.

  “I'm shocked and devastated to learn about the passing of Charlie Kirk. Above all else, Charlie was a follower of Jesus, a husband and a dad. He was a man of passion, courage and devoted his life to making an eternal impact…”
  — Tim Tebow (read by Slick) [80:25]

Charlie Kirk’s Philosophical and Spiritual Strength

[65:31 - 66:55] (Archival Clip)

• Kirk’s Christian beliefs and apologetic skills are replayed for listeners.

  “There’s never been an archaeological discovery that has contradicted the truth of the Bible…if you apply [its wisdom] to your life, your life improves dramatically…”
  — Charlie Kirk

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “A cowardly act of violence that struck not just a man, but the very heart of our civic life.”
  — Damon [02:28]
• “He didn’t even hate liberals, he just hated intolerance…painful irony that he may have died at the hands of some intolerant person.”
  — John Solomon [02:32]
• “When America needed a Hero...God sent us a Charlie Kirk.”
  — Rick Delgado / Ben Berkwam [02:47–02:49]
• “This was not just murder. It was an attack on every student who gathered there for civil discourse, on every champion of freedom, and on every American who strives peacefully to save this great nation.”
  — Damon [02:58]
• “We will honor him by carrying forward the torch that he lit. Tonight we mourn. Tomorrow we fight…”
  — Damon [03:00]
• “I felt like he was a brother.”
  — Damon [08:07]
• “It hit my wife hard…she was a tremendous fan of Charlie Kirk…loved what he brought to the table.”
  — Slick [08:32]
• “He was a champion for liberty, for freedom, for God, for good values, for civility. He was shot and killed and assassinated today because he was making such a huge difference.”
  — Paul Nolan [10:27]
• “We either fall into civil war or we defeat this evil and this cancer that’s in our society…it comes down to us…”
  — Ben Berkwam [21:19]
• “If this doesn’t do anything else but say, stop bitching about things that don’t matter and focus on the things that matter and focus on getting rid of the real enemies of God, of family, of country. That’s my prayer…”
  — Ben Berkwam [41:09]
• “We no longer can tolerate hatred, division. We need to stand up for America. We do not need to be ashamed of America. We do not need to renounce our freedom.”
  — John Solomon [23:45]
• “A man…never raised his voice, who met every challenge with respect and reason. Well, he was silenced by a movement and a satanic ideology that answers debate with death…”
  — Damon [03:00]
• “There is no playbook on how to do a show like tonight, especially when you speak every night…then you find yourself speechless.”
  — Damon [02:58]
• “Charlie Kirk, the impact that he had…it will live forever. Not just on the Internet—through every one of those seeds that he planted in those young people.”
  — Ben Berkwam [21:19]
• “If you watch MSNBC, you do so at your own peril. The peril of truth, peril of emotion, peril of mental health.”
  — John Solomon [42:03]
• “Evil is real. The enemy is hard at work…But this I know: it will not have the final word.”
  — Tim Tebow (read by Paul Nolan) [97:52]

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Important Timestamps

• [01:12] – Opening prayers for Charlie Kirk and announcement of his assassination
• [02:28] – Damon’s emotional tribute and context
• [12:16] – John Solomon provides details on the shooter and security
• [14:41] – Brian Glenn’s reaction, relaying the impact on young conservatives
• [19:41] – Ben Berkwam on Kirk’s impact, culture war, and spiritual framing
• [23:45] – John Solomon’s call to reject hatred and unite for truth
• [25:22] – Brian Glenn’s call for conservative movement unity
• [28:02] – Ben Berkwam’s personal security and calling
• [34:30] – Media discussion: bias, indifference, and the pursuit of truth
• [39:15] – Ben Berkwam’s message to mourning young viewers
• [55:10] – Former President Trump’s video address
• [65:31] – Archival debate: Charlie Kirk on his faith and Christian apologetics
• [80:25] – Slick shares the sports world’s tributes
• [84:47] – Matt Walsh’s call for conservative unity after Kirk’s death
• [97:52] – Tim Tebow’s spiritual reflection and encouragement

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Closing and Legacy

The episode ends with a reaffirmation of Charlie Kirk’s profound effect on young America, a collective mourning, and a challenge to the Real America’s Voice audience to “honor him by carrying forward the torch that he lit.” The hosts urge the movement to unite, reject division, and double down in the face of political violence and hate.

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Summary prepared for listeners who seek insight and understanding into a difficult but historic broadcast in response to the loss of a generational conservative leader.

Transcript

[Damon]

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[Ben Berkwam]

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[Damon]

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[Rick Delgado]

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[Ben Berkwam]

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[Rick Delgado]

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[Damon]

And what you're left with is.

[Rick Delgado]

Is dead. Food bulked up with fillers and sprayed with artificial flavors.

[Ben Berkwam]

That's not what dogs need.

[Slick]

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[Ben Berkwam]

Live vitamins, omega oils and antioxidants are in Rough Greens. Your dog would say something different.

[Rick Delgado]

Like, they'd say, wow, this is delicious.

[Damon]

Or sluggish.

[Ben Berkwam]

Dogs might say, hey, let's go for a walk. Older dogs might say, I feel like a puppy again.

[Rick Delgado]

It's not magic, it's biology.

[Ben Berkwam]

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[Rick Delgado]

See it in your dog.

[Ben Berkwam]

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[Damon]

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[Ben Berkwam]

You just cover the shipping. Go to ruffgreens.com use discount code talk. That's Ruff Greens discount code talk. If your dog could only talk, they'd say, thank you. Everybody needs to pray for Charlie Kirk right now.

[Damon]

He is a voice of reason out there that has been gunned down for daring to be an American, to tell the truth, to believe in free speech, and to believe in this country.

[Rick Delgado]

Charlie loves his family dearly.

[Vin Mac]

He loves his country dearly.

[Rick Delgado]

Please pray for the Kirk family.

[Damon]

This is a really devastating thing that happened. We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom, God bless him.

[John Solomon]

He believed strongly that we could solve a lot of our differences with just a good old fashioned conversation.

[Ben Berkwam]

He was shot for spe. Speaking the truth. He was shot for speaking his mind. He was shot for defending the Constitution.

[Damon]

John Solomon's reporting on just the news that he's passed.

[John Solomon]

Yes. Is this what I'm hearing?

[Damon]

Yes. Can I get here? Yes, yes, yes.

[Ben Berkwam]

My prayers are for Erica, for her.

[Damon]

Children, for his family.

[Ben Berkwam]

I pray that his parents would feel that presence of the Lord that only.

[Paul Nolan]

Only the Lord can.

[Damon]

We cannot let all the great things that Charlie Kirk did be wasted because of some act of violence.

[John Solomon]

He didn't hate people. He didn't even hate liberals. He just hated intolerance. And it is a painful irony that he may have died at the hands of some intolerant person.

[Damon]

He was fighting not just for his own young children, but for all of our children.

[Rick Delgado]

When America needed a Hero.

[Ben Berkwam]

God sent us a Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk is a casualty of the.

[Rick Delgado]

Political war going on in this country.

[Paul Nolan]

He was gunned down in cold blood.

[Ben Berkwam]

Gunned down in cold blood.

[Damon]

And you have to have Steeler resolve about this. There's. There's no playbook on how to do a show like tonight, especially when you speak every night, two hours, and then you find yourself speechless. Tonight, we confront a moment of profound tragedy. A bright, vibrant life taken far too soon. At approximately 12:20pm Mountain time today, Charlie Kirk, just 31 years old, was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. It was the kickoff of his American comeback tour. One of his signature prove me wrong debates. Where he stood as he always did, engaging students with courage, conviction, and a passion for ideas. In an instant, a single gunshot silenced a voice that inspired millions. A cowardly act of violence that struck not just a man, but the very heart of our civic life. This was no mere attack. It was an assault on the foundational principle that ideas, not bullets, should settle our disagreements. Charlie Kirk was a warrior, a warrior for truth, a leading voice in conservative politics and a champion for a generation of young Americans. He died doing what he does best, standing before a crowd, honorably engaging his foes and defending his vision for a stronger, freer America. President Donald Trump confirmed his death this afternoon, calling Charlie legendary in urging the nation to pray for his family. Flags across the country will fly at half staff through Sunday in his memory. But there's no gesture that can capture the weight of this loss. Not for his beautiful family, not for the countless young people he inspired to stand up and fight for the timeless truths that we all know make this nation great. Charlie, by the way, was winning the debate. He was leading the charge to win back our culture. We've seen the advances, and for that, an unspeakable evil took his life. This was not just murder. It was an attack on every student who gathered there for civil discourse, on every champion of freedom, and on every American who strives peacefully to try to save this great nation. A man who, if you knew him and watched him, never raised his voice, who met every challenge with respect and reason. Well, he was silenced by a movement in a satanic ideology that answers debate with death. Charlie Kirk was courageous, brilliant, compassionate, and powerfully honest. A strong Christian, he boldly proclaimed the gospel and loved our country deeply. He fought daily on the front lines against the lies and evil seeking to divide us. Each and every day. He died in battle, and we must honor him for the patriot that he was. We wake up in a different country tomorrow, one marked by this tragedy, but hopefully one that's not defined by it. This is political terrorism. Make no mistake about it. And it will not win. Justice here must be swift. Charlie's legacy will endure in every young person he inspired, in every mind he awakened, in every heart that continues his fight for truth. We will forever remember him, and we will honor him by carrying forward the torch that he lit. Tonight we mourn. Tomorrow we fight for Charlie, for freedom, and for the America that he loved. And like I said, there's no. There's no playbook on how to do a show like tonight. We're going to do the best we can. Slick's here, Rick Delgado, Paul Nolan, Aaron and Fran, as always. And we're going to have a bevy of guests to come on and talk about this unspeakable tragedy today that just is. Just shakes you to your core. It's hard to even know that we're talking about this tonight. It's still not real to some of us. And what I. What I found myself thinking about today before I welcome the other guys is I said, you know, I only met Charlie, I think, once, and it was before this show was even on Real America's Voice. It was an early CPAC, I think around 20, 18, 19, something like that. And I thought, I didn't really even know this man, but yet felt to the depths of my soul today with grief that was unexplainable all day. And I think that says probably more about him than anything else. I felt like he was a brother. So, slick, how are you?

[Ben Berkwam]

Okay.

[Damon]

Big day. What did you. Any thoughts you want to share now before we get to our guests? I know.

[Ben Berkwam]

Yeah, I actually.

[Slick]

I just left a fundraiser for a bunch of young Republicans that are bringing up the local government in Islip and in the county. All These people are 30, 35 years old. They're all devastated. They're beyond devastated. They cannot not even get over what had happened.

[Ben Berkwam]

So, yeah, it was a heavy day.

[Slick]

Big D, Very heavy day. Really impacted my wife, too. She was a tremendous fan of Charlie Kirk, which I don't think I ever shared on the show. She was such a big fan supporter. Loved his messaging, loved what he brought to the table. And, boy, it hit my hard. I was just getting ready to start looking at prepping for the show, and, man, I mean, I just wanted to, like, shut down but a day, you know, I mean, it's just. I don't want to make comparisons.

[Damon]

Delgado, give me your quick. Just quick thoughts because we want to get, I want to get to the.

[Rick Delgado]

Guests, stunned, really can't say, really can't say anything. He didn't have the opportunity or the pleasure of ever meeting Charlie. But you know, like, like you and probably many others got to know him through all the video clips that, you know, you'd always see him, you know, challenging people to the debate. And that's, you know, again, what this country was built on. It's built on debate and challenging, you know, your thoughts and your beliefs with his and, you know, doing it in a respectful way. What you see here is, is what you always get when, when people like this, like a Charlie Kirk come along where they can't seem to be beaten in the, in the arena of debate and ideas, people find a way to silence them and, and it's sad and it's unfortunate. You feel for his, his young family. It's a young family. He was a young guy. I had no idea. He was only what, 31?

[Damon]

Yeah, 31.

[Rick Delgado]

31. And you know, again, when, when you see people that are threatened by words, that's when we end up suffering.

[Paul Nolan]

Paul, you know what? I, you guys covered most of it. Your opening was outstanding. You know, as a Christian born again, you know, I take comfort and solace knowing that he is at the right hand of the father.

[Ben Berkwam]

Yeah.

[Paul Nolan]

You know, you know, but like you, Rick, my. I come home, my wife just was tears and hugging me and you know, to me like he wasn't, you know, this guy was killed like you guys said. I mean, he was a champion to liberty, to freedom, to God, to good values, to civility. He was shot and killed and assassinated today because he was making such a huge difference. I mean, he was changing the youth of America. And who do the globalists, who do the leftists, who do the people want more than anyone? They want the children. They're the most important part of their diabolical, satanic, demented plan. And Charlie Kirk was just a beautiful soul man. And I don't want to go too long, but when you saw him on Bill Maher and you saw him on debates with PBD with full blown leftists, he never raised his voice. He always kept his dignity, he listened, he articulate. His articulation to answer clearly and decently was unrivaled. He is, he is a champion for a good decency. And you know, the Internet lives forever. Charlie will live forever.

[Damon]

Well said, Aaron. Let's go to our. Who do we have with us? And we're going to have a bunch of people join us, we've got Brian Glenn, I believe, in our Washington D.C. studio with the great John Solomon, we've got Ben Berkwam. Gentlemen, thank you so much for your time. I know it's been a heavy, long day. Ben, Brian. John. John. If you don't mind, I'll come to you first, I guess. And I've seen what you've, you know, most of the day I've seen all the reporting you've done. Yeah. Is there anything new as we come on the air tonight at 11 minutes past 8 o' clock on the east coast that you have learned or we should know?

[John Solomon]

Yeah, a couple pieces. They're still trying to figure out this shooter, who he was. He clearly was on a rooftop. He clearly was a long distance away outside the normal security perimeter. He was in a parapet position. He was dressed in the same color as the roof. So it was a man who appeared to have taken some time to think through and plot out this assassination. He was a decent shot. He hit Charlie in the chest of the vest and then the bullet ricocheted from the vest up into the throat area. And that's what ultimately killed Charlie. There is some component of this that the FBI and authorities are looking at as foreign. That doesn't mean it will turn out to be foreign, but there's a. There's something that has led them down asking questions about any foreign involvement, just like they did with Butler. We don't know much what that is yet. We don't know the motive yet. I think we'll know more later. I think there'll be a press conference around 10 or 11 Eastern time with an update and that'll give us a little more information. I'll just say quickly, I've known Charlie for about a decade. I went to one of his earliest events. There were 200 kids. The last time I went to event, there was like 10,000. I just couldn't believe in a decade what he did. I was with him three weekends ago in Colorado. The great Rob Sig asked me to go out and do something. And it's funny, I was kind of grumping. I don't want to go to Colorado on a weekend. And when I got there, I realized how blessed I was. This is way before I realized that Charlie was going to be taken from us today. Because what he does is he inspires and his defense of freedom, his passion. And at one point I said to him, hey, Charlie, I'm a marvel at how much you move the zoomers, the Z generation in politics. And he said, it's kind of profound. He says, I got to tell you, John, I don't want to put your, I don't put a hole in your balloon, but it's not that profound. It's kind of simple. I just realized that conservatives needed to have someone to stand alongside them, to help them so they weren't bullied into expressing their opinions. And that simplicity, that clarity of vision, that joyful warrior and that stunning intellect and that towering figure because he really was tall. We've lost it, but we will not lose the essence of it. And they may have silenced his voice today, but they will never have silenced the movement for freedom that he began.

[Damon]

Yeah, Amen to that. Brian Glenn, you of course were there on one of the darkest days in the history of this country back in July in Butler, Pennsylvan. I know you weren't there today out there, but boy, similar sounds, just similar scene when you watched it on tv. Give me your thoughts on what we saw today.

[Brian Glenn]

Yeah, I was on a plane coming back from Chicago. I went out there with Attorney General Pam Bondi and RFK Jr. On a story about Chinese manufacturing on vapes. And after the press conference, we got on the plane and it was shortly after that is when I got the. A text message from my son that had said Charlie Kirk got shot. And so we went on to further investigate it on social media and some other sources. And it was confirmed. Let me tell you something. This guy changed a generation of kids, youth, college age kids. And we were just talking offline before, before we came on, he had such an elegant way of explaining things to, to our kids and doing it in a very respectful way. And he would stand in front of the biggest critics. These people would get in front of the microphones and bait him with a bunch of hate. But he never took the bait, John. He never took it. He was respectful for everyone and he truly will be missed. But I think we can all agree, his voice, Turning Point usa, Turning Point action, everything that he was a part of, the MAGA movement, the Trump agenda, the America first, the Christian movement in this country is not going to stop. Matter of fact, I think he got much bigger today.

[Damon]

Yeah. John, I want to make tonight about Charlie, obviously, but I do want to catch some of the details here for the audience. I just want to go back to what you said. Your belief or your information is that Charlie was wearing a vest and the bullet hit the vest and then ricocheted up into his neck. Is that what I heard you say?

[John Solomon]

Yeah, that's what they're investigating again. You start with what you think you see on video, and you're looking at it. We'll learn more when they get to the forensics. The FBI lab will be there helping local authorities. But that's what I was told from a federal law enforcement officer, that that's what happened. So that would mean the shooter was aiming for the. The body of mass, the center body of mass, and then the bullet just ricocheted up into the, into the throat area. That's what I was told. Tonight we'll see if that turns true. It's hard to tell from the video, so we don't know that. We are certain that the shooter was on a rooftop and it was quite a ways away and was able to hit Charlie. And I think we're going to learn a lot more about that shooter, what motivated him. And if there are other perpetrators in this, we're going to learn more in the next few hours.

[Damon]

Ben Berkwam, let me bring you in. As I said to Brian, you know, we've all lived through a lot of violence in this country. Ben. I found myself at some point today thinking about this week with this poor woman in the train in North Carolina. And we talked about this the last couple nights about the actions of our fellow citizens there. And then seeing this today, you know, I found myself at a point today where I said, this country is so sick right now. How do we, how do we get through this? When you look at the behavior of our fellow citizens, not only there, but here today, with the reaction to this. Give me your thoughts, Ben.

[Ben Berkwam]

Yeah, I mean, similarly to what you expressed Damon when we started, there's just still a sense of numbness. You know, I think about a guy like Rush Limbaugh. When he died, I, you know, he was a guy I grew up with. And I think about that impact that he had in my life, that same sense, you know, you think about a guy like Charlie Kirk for this last generation. To John and Brian's point, he changed a generation. And what's, you know, I think about what he was doing today, the very thing that the left hates. Every time I go out to these protests, the left tries to silence their own side. I've seen it all this week. I'm out here in Chicago watching the left attack ice and protest to protect criminals and protest in this, this, this, this evil soup of all these ideas that are terrible for America that they have accepted. And, and the irony is that they turn around and tell us that we're the haters and we're the bigots, and we're the evil ones. In reality, everything they stand for today is evil. And you look at a guy like Charlie who said, you know, I'm gonna go into that fire, I'm gonna go into the universities, and I'm gonna go to where they're failing our kids. And the impact that one man had started off as a kid, became a man. Charlie Kirk, the impact that he had. You know, Paul said it, the enemy, the devil, he comes after our kids. And what was Charlie, what was two of his main focuses? Protecting the unborn and stopping the mutilation of our kids and the mental psychosis, the transgender mental illness of our kids. The devil did not like that. The devil does not like that. And the devil that's inside of so many people in America right now wanted to silence that. But I talked about it earlier today. Man, I really had a hard time.

[Damon]

We.

[Ben Berkwam]

You know, I was on the air when that official word came through, and I saw that. I saw the shot, and as a hunter, you know, it. It was clearly looked fatal when you saw it. But to have that official word come out, it was hard to get through it. But I think about the lives that Charlie touched and the countless lives I pray for his family. I think about those kids, you know, having young kids myself, that's my biggest fear. Every. Every weekend I go out, just about every day, I'm in a place where it crosses my mind that my kids may not have a father someday. And it's the worst thought in my mind. And so I look at and I pray through it, and I pray against it. But I look at that now. I look at his kids who will have to live that life, and it breaks my heart. And I look at his wife, and I think about my wife, and it breaks my heart. And I found myself, you know, this morning, I was kind of stressing about things. There's a lot of stuff going on in life, and I've got to do this, you know, ride along, and I've got to, you know, go on to this next spot and this next spot. And I didn't get much sleep the last few days, and I was. I was getting anxious about life and annoyed about things, little things. And after this happened, I. It's just, you know, numbness. But it was this weird calm that. It's like, man, we waste so much time worrying about things that don't matter. And you think about the things that do matter, and I think about the impact that a guy like Charlie has. It is. It will live Forever. And it's not just going to live forever on the Internet. It's going to live forever through every one of those seeds that he planted in those young people that will grow into adults, that will have their own children, who will have their own children, who will have their own children, and the ideas will transcend the generations. And that, to me, is, I thank God for Charlie. I thank God for the time that we had him. I wish we had more time with them. I'm shocked just like everybody else. But I thank God for a guy like Charlie. And I just pray that those seeds that were planted become trees across our nation for liberty and that. Back to your point, Damon, where do we go? I mean, we are in such a divided place right now that we are either going to fall into civil war and this nation is going to crumble just like every other great nation has in the past, or we're going to defeat this evil in this cancer that's in our society. And it really comes down to us. Either we're going to stand up and say, I don't care what names you call me, Like Charlie said, I don't care what you do to me, I'm going to continue to stand up for the values that I believe in regardless. And if we have a generation, I think this is a galvanizing moment. Sadly, it's one of the worst. But this is a moment where we say, I'm done. I'm done. You look at what happened in North Carolina, I'm done. You look at what's happening all across our country, I'm done. You hear what Governor Pritzker here in Illinois said today, blaming Trump, I'm done. You blame the guns. I'm done. Cnn, msnbc, I'm done. I'm done with the lies. I'm done with caring what you think about me. I'm gonna stand up for the values that will protect the. This nation, my family, and glorify the God that made me and made me for a purpose. But I do. I do pray for his family. I pray for his family because I. It's my biggest fear.

[Damon]

Yeah. You know, John, I'll throw this out to all of you, and then I'll let the guys here ask some questions as well. But to Ben's point, you know, the message here is it's dangerous to speak your mind. Right? That's the message that some want us to take away from that. And either you kind of take that message and crawl into a corner and shut up, or you do what Charlie would want us to do and kind of find some revigoration and go out there and speak about these things even stronger, Right?

[John Solomon]

Our clarion call for tonight. We can't sit any longer and allow people to get away with the bully ism and the hatred and the intolerance and say, oh, that's just the left. It's time to end it. It's time to call out people like Matthew Dowd for his hateful and stupid comments today. People don't invite to be killed. They don't. Not for speaking freedom, not for defending America, not for loving your children, your family, your country, your freedom. We have to speak up. When a senator says that the founding fathers were wrong because they didn't believe our Creator created us with unalienable rights of freedom, they're wrong. That story should get way more attention. Rob Sig created this network and we all work together and we are a bullhorn and we do a good job. We got to get the rest of our country moving in the same direction every single time. We got to play whack a mole. We no longer can tolerate hatred, division. And we need to stand up for America. We do not need to be ashamed of America. We do not need to renounce our freedom. We do not need to hide our faith. We do not need to fear when we walk outside that some crackpot will take a shot at us. The way we do that is by standing firm. And the World War II generation answered that bell, and they saved freedom for a generation. The men and women that came after 911 were about to celebrate the 24th tomorrow of that extraordinary day where we really got suckered, punched. I feel a little bit like 911 in the way tonight. But they answered the call. Our generation's call may not be a kinetic orb. It may be fighting among our own people to root out those who wish to silence and harm us. And that's why I'm proud to be along this guy and that guy on tv.

[Brian Glenn]

Well, real quickly, if I can, I was just telling John we were risking just a few minutes ago, I said, this is a time within our party. We have so many people that are so fractured on one side of the party, the other side of party, we're arguing about percentages and debt ceilings and all this stuff. We're not our enemy. The left, the radical left, the person who shot Charlie Kirk, that's our enemy. So I'm calling for a truce within our own party. We have people that fight, that go tooth and nail at one another. Like we're. Like we're the actual enemies in our own party. We need to put those petty grievances aside and focus on defeating the left. And I hope today that.

[Ben Berkwam]

That.

[Brian Glenn]

Let's just bury the hatchet. I don't want to name names on right now, but there's people in our party that all they do is attack other Republicans. We need to end that.

[John Solomon]

I tell a story. I told Brian I was going to tell the story. Now I can tell him on there because it's my favorite force. You do it now. I only interviewed Ronald Reagan once, but he told me the story. It was a story about how he came to choose George H.W. bush, who had been a vitriolic opponent of him in the 1980 primary. And then he picks him. He shocks the world when he picks George Bush. And he described about the importance united the family, the party to go into the election and defeat Jimmy Carter. And he. I said, well, what happened? When you sit down with the guy who's been smearing, what do you say to me? They said, oh, I had the perfect message. The morning after I told him I picked him as the vice president. We met for breakfast, and George Bush said to me, governor, is there any advice you have for me when you go on the trail? And he said, george, you're a military man. I think you're going to understand this one. Well, if you're ever in a damn foxhole in the future and you pull the pin on a grenade, do not throw it on anyone but the other guys. And I think that was his way of saying, we don't fight each other in a foxhole. The enemy's on the other side. And Ronald Reagan's wisdom still rings true almost 50 years later.

[Damon]

Yeah, good point. A couple of the guys here have some questions, too. Delgado. Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

First off, guys, thank you for taking the time and joining us tonight. Let me ask you and Ben, you kind of alluded to this earlier. You know, you being really out front and center and on the ground for a lot of these things that you do, especially with the border, where that's concerned. The three of you, have you, after today, have you kind of sat back and kind of recalibrated, like, huh, maybe I gotta rethink because we. We just don't know. As Dan Bongino used to say, you gotta walk around with your head on a swivel. Are there any things that you're thinking, not that you'd share them, but at least are you recalibrating? Like, maybe I should, you know, change some things up kind of, you know, What I mean in terms of just safety?

[Ben Berkwam]

Well, you know, it's something I. I think about again almost every day, and I pray about it. Lord, show. Give me the wisdom to know where to go and where not to go and what to say and what not to say. And there are many times where I'm in a position and it's only God's hand. There's a covering that I've felt that I can only describe as God's hand, God's angel armies going with me. And so I believe that everywhere I go, God leads my steps. And I also believe God has a time. And, you know, this life is finite. And so we are called for a certain number of days in this life. And within that time, the most important thing is that we get right with the Lord. And thank God Charlie was. And I thank God I know where he is tonight and we'll see him again. And so I go with that perspective. But I also do pray about is this the place to go? Because not to be stupid, you know, you don't just run, jump off a cliff and say, God protect me, you know, you follow his wisdom. And I do, I do think about that. And in particular as this, the violence, the rhetoric on the left increases. I get death threats. I don't talk about them, but I get death threats. You know, I consider it, I pray about it. I speak to law enforcement. I wear my vest when I'm in places. I carry my gun as often as I can. Unfortunately, come to a place like Chicago and you can't, only the bad guys do. And it's it. But it's definitely something, especially today. I mean, you can't not think about it even more. This is what the enemy wants. They want to kill us. And I've, you know, I hear it when I'm out at a protest multiple times a day. You can't not think about it. But I said it earlier today, there's a picture, and I don't know if the studio has it, but I started my journey after God turned my life around. And actually, I want to preface this real quick. So I was a drug addict, alcoholic that wasn't sure if I was going to end up in prison or dead. I was addicted to crack at a point in my life almost 10 years ago, and God set me free. He broke my chains. And as soon as he did that, the fear of man, the fear of what I'm walking into, it's not gone. There's a lot of times where I'm still afraid. But God has Given it's this weird feeling like, man, God gave me a second chance at life. I was going towards death, and he gave me new life. And that idea, and also knowing where I'm going, it really empowered me to just say, okay, I'm going to continue walking down this path, but still understanding that we're not called to be stupid. But when God turned my life around, I was back in Berkeley in 2017. The battles of Berkeley. And it was the first time I went out there with my MAGA hat on. I walked out, actually. My wife was eight months pregnant at the time. We had our first daughter, Chloe, who was six years old at the time. I dropped them off to go shopping. I said, hey, girls, I'm just gonna go, you know, interview some of these people and I'll come, I'll call you when I'm ready to get picked up. And two or an hour and a half later, my. I had to call them on somebody else's phone because I had been attacked. And I got attacked by Antifa. They stole my hat. They went running into the crowd. I ended up getting hit over the top of the head with a stick, the side of my ear. And the worst part about it was my daughter had to pick me up and see me with my bloody head. And I went home that weekend and I thought about it and I prayed about it after getting stitches and going home. And I thought, man, is this even worth it? Is it worth taking the risk with these evil, evil people? Because I know I knew who they were then. Antifa. These guys, they're evil. They're demons. They're led by demons. They're people that are led by demons. And what I ended up deciding was, if I don't do this, they're going to have to do this. My children and my wife are going to have to do this. And as the husband and the father, the leader of my household, I can't not do this. I can't not stand up for them and for this community and for this nation. And so, no, it doesn't dissuade me at all. If anything, it just shows me how much more we need strong men to stand up in this generation who aren't cowards, who aren't afraid, who aren't cowards. Like the coward that hid on top of that building while Charlie Kirk engaged this generation to change hearts and minds. And this scumbag took that away. That evil and that cowardice has to be defeated, and it will only be defeated by brave men. And so I think about it. But if anything, it just drives me to say, okay, now we stand up even more and we're going to defeat this enemy. And this is the enemy that's very, very clear right now.

[Damon]

Amen, Ben. Amen. We pray for you, too. You are. You are one of those men, all three of you. Paul.

[Paul Nolan]

You know what, guys? First of all, I never had the honor of meeting Charlie, but I was a big fan, so I know he's your friend, so first thing, I'm really sorry for you guys. You know, I'm sorry for your loss, you know, as a, as a friend on top of him just being a fantastic champion. And, you know, I think of this almost when I first saw my first reaction was the old me was this like an act of war. And then I thought, well, what do I know about war? The first casualty of war is the truth. And I started thinking about how the media and how disinformation campaigns and how the speculation and how the algorithms, echo chambers of these biases, you know, are going to, like, divide people into these corners. You know, I thought it was really great the way you guys said that we have to unite within Maga. And I think that's so important. You know, how do you guys battle, like, when you're trying to, like, report on this real journalistic integrity that you guys have do. How do you, how do you sift through the rubble? Can you, can you guys speak to that at all? Because it's, it's so relentless, the amount of nonsense that we have to, like, cut through. So if you guys could speak to that.

[Damon]

John.

[John Solomon]

Start with Brian. He does it every day in the White House surrounded by people who are mistruthers. I mean, he does such a great job.

[Paul Nolan]

It's incredible, really.

[Brian Glenn]

Well, I get criticized for being Trump's pro maga reporter in the White House, and I get questioned by a lot of foreign media and I just tell them, I ask questions that the American people have, and I talk about subjects that no one will talk about. I'll give you a great example. We talked about mail in ballots, and President Trump put a truth out on that one day. So I followed up on the Oval Office about that, and of course he made a comment about it. So all I'm trying to do is talk about the stuff that people message me on social media. People come up and say, hey, what's the latest on this? That's all I'm trying to do. But I do have to work amongst people, and they are some of the worst of the worst they could give a Rat's ass right now about Charlie Kirk. They really can't. They're shedding no tears. Or the truth. They're shedding zero tears over this, I can assure you. I went to the White House.

[Ben Berkwam]

When?

[Brian Glenn]

As soon as I landed at Joint Ben Andrews, I went straight to the White House. Not one person said hello to me. Not one person said, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Knowing that he was so close to network. One person did. That's Daniel with Oan, who we have a personal relationship with. He's the only person that said one word to me. So that tells you all you need to know about the legacy media.

[Damon]

Hey, John, I know. I know you have a busy night, and I know you gotta go, but can I just ask you just. Well, number one, did you have a comment there on that?

[John Solomon]

I love what Brian said because I think what makes this network so unique is that we're always connected to real America's voice, and we want to get the answers that the American people have. Too many journalists today living in an ivory tower, and they only care about what they talk about with each other. And what Brian does, the way he ciphers through all of the comments and to go in and maybe ask a question on behalf of the American people, That's what journalism used to be about. It's probably what Walter Cronkite did when he picked his stories for his network. He was a liberal, but he was kind of neutral as a journalist. I love the fact that this network, which had Charlie Kirk on it, which has the great Brian Glenn and all of us here tonight, great job, Solomon. I'm only as good as my next door, so we'll see. But I love. I love the fact that that's what motivates people on this network to go get the questions answered that the American people have, because the media used to do that. And somewhere in the last decade, they stopped. They serve themselves, and it's time that we start serving the American people and we serve them a healthy dose of truth again.

[Damon]

Yeah. And again, John, I want to make this about Charlie, but I do have. Well, just want to be clear for the audience before you have to go. So right now, obviously, we have somebody in custody. You said they're looking into whether there's any foreign interaction or foreign connections. I've heard that they may still be on the lookout for maybe a second person of interest in this case.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Damon]

But let me ask you this. Was this a typical. And I don't know if you know this, but was this a Typical security setup for Charlie Kirk when he does these. Because when I. When you look at the footage of where he was, the amount of people, the buildings, the roofs, the plateaus, the, I mean, was, was. I know he's got people directly around him, but was this a typical security setup for him?

[John Solomon]

It was. By the interviews I've done this afternoon, because I asked that question. I think there is a couple changes. He's down in a pit area, which would allow an elevated shooter a better shot than normal. Now, if you're in a normal flat crowd, you got to shoot around people or through people, and it gets harder. But this was a scenario where being down in the pit made him a little bit more vulnerable to someone who's elevated on a rooftop looking down. So I think that's one piece of the puzzle that makes me think the shooter was doing some pre thought about this. But he had a good compliment. I think we. I know of nine officers, three plainclothes, six uniforms around. There was a security perimeter on there. Charlie's apparently wearing a vest. So his team has always been incredibly protective of him and good guys. They used to sit in my office when he'd come in. Brian and I and the security guys would sit in our office. They're a lot of fun, man. They're just good guys. But they cared about him. You know, how do you stop a guy being able to shoot from 130 yards away in a parapet? I think you have to stop it by confronting hate because you're never going to be able to find every security vulnerability in a situation. I think the mayor and the police chief said, or the governor and police chief said some really smart things today. We got to confront this at where this assassination began. And that is with intolerance and hate.

[Damon]

Yeah. Amen.

[Brian Glenn]

Well said.

[Damon]

Yeah. Gentlemen, I know you've had a long day. It's a heavy day. I just want to thank you all for the time. Ben, Brian, John, you're all great. We all pray for all of you. Yes, go ahead, Ben. Of course.

[Ben Berkwam]

So to the division point and then to our audience, both things that Brian brought up first to the audience. There's a lot of people out there. The reason that they connect with us is because of the authenticity of this network and in particular, people like Charlie. I go all over the country and people would always ask me, who do you work for? What do you work for? I'd say Real America's Voice and I'd throw out some names for the network. And it was always Charlie Kirk that people Said, oh, I love him. I love him especially. Especially young people. We have an audience watching right now that's their heart's broken. And so my prayer is not just for Charlie's family, but for the audience that's watching. I'm thinking of Randy and Laura right now. I love you guys and all of our audience across America that are just heartbroken right now. We're heartbroken with you. But I truly believe that all of this, God is going to use what the enemy meant for evil, for good. And to Brian's point about division, this is one of the things that God's put on my heart for a long time to avoid division and distraction. And we've done so much more to hurt ourselves over these last several years that the enemy could ever do. We spend so much time fighting amongst ourselves and worrying about who's getting credit, going back to some of Reagan's slogans, who's getting credit, and they're on our side. If this doesn't do anything else but say, stop bitching about things that don't matter and focus on the things that matter and focus on getting rid of the real enemies of God, of family, of country. That's my prayer, is that we come together, stop the division, come together as a country. And again, it's just. I just thank God for Charlie Kirk and for the legacy that he's going to leave behind, and I just pray for him and his family. But again, the entire audience and everyone who's mourning tonight.

[Damon]

Amen to that.

[Paul Nolan]

Amen.

[Damon]

Speaking of the media today, we'll spend some time on it the rest of the show. But there was a statement put out after the disgraceful that John referenced, Matthew Dowd. There was a statement put out by msnbc. I mean, it's fairly weak, but it's still a statement. During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive, and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There's no place for violence in America, political or otherwise. But, you know, John, we see the media and we see the reaction today. We see MSNBC just living on division and hate, saying, oh, it may have been a supporter who was firing off his rifle in joy of celebration or whatever the hell she said. I mean, it's just there's. There's no statement that can explain away their behavior.

[John Solomon]

Now, listen, if you watch msnbc, you do so at your own peril. The apparel of truth, peril of emotion, peril of mental health. We live in a free country. I'm glad NBC somewhat repudiated Matthew Dowd. It was an obvious thing to repudiate. I think the bigger thing to repudiate is the mindset that gets a reporter thinking that way regularly because this isn't the first time he said something stupid. We got to attack this sense that if you don't agree with me, you're the enemy. We weren't that way in this country. But somehow the left has made anyone who doesn't think exactly like them, the enemy will censor you. We'll do platform, you will debank you, and if we have to, we'll shoot you. And that is the sentiment we have to conquer. And that's what this network, I think, does a good job getting the start on every day.

[Damon]

Yeah. Now there is. And again, I'm not going to. We're not going to roll with it, but there is a. There is. The New York Post and Fox News are reporting the name of a person of interest in Charlie Kirk's assassination. And to John's point about being a foreign connections, the name certainly would, would lead you in that direction. And John, I don't know if you've seen this name, but is that, is that your understanding as well?

[John Solomon]

Yeah, I'm working on. I did know the name a while ago and we're working on it. When we're 100% sure of the connection, we're going to get it out there for you guys. But take it one step at a time. We want to be careful and smart.

[Damon]

Yeah, absolutely. Gentlemen, I can't thank you enough for the time tonight on what is a. A tragic day, a tragic night. But as Ben rightly said, you know, hopefully this girls, these seeds grow into trees of liberty in Charlie's honor. And we'll remember it and honor it for as long as we can. And the work that all of you do each and every day for this network, we appreciate it. Brian Glenn, John Solomon, Ben Berkhom, gentlemen, thank you so much, boys.

[Rick Delgado]

Thanks, guys.

[Paul Nolan]

I really appreciate it.

[Rick Delgado]

Be safe.

[Damon]

God bless.

[Ben Berkwam]

Thank you, guys.

[Damon]

All right, live from Studio 6B, 42 past the hour. We blew some of the breaks so that we could spend as much time with the boys as we could on this really devastating night. We're going to take a break and we'll be back live from Studio 6B.

[Paul Nolan]

Sam.

[Damon]

All right, 47 past the hour. Live from Studio 6B on a Wednesday night, Saturday, September 10th. Slick's here. Rick Delgado's here. Paul Nolan's here as well. Obviously a tough night for everybody involved. With this network, a tough night for everybody associated with Turning Point usa, Charlie Kirk, and quite frankly, everybody in the conservative movement. It should be everybody in the world. Because what we've seen today is unexplainable tragedy. The assassination of Charlie Kirk, who you watched on this network each and every day, and who had moved a generation of kids to get involved with their country, to want a better country, to want to understand life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, private property rights, individual liberty, what the problems with college were and still are. So he, you know, a born advocate for life and just a fighter overall, was assassinated today for all of those reasons in an event where he was doing what he loved to do, which was to sit there and speak to college students who some agreed and a lot didn't. And he would debate, and that's what it's supposed to be, open debate, convince me. Why. Make your argument, I'll make mine, you make yours. Let's see where we end up. Is there anything we can agree on? Do we disagree on everything? This is what he loved to do. This is why, when you look at the. What he built over the years and the people now involved, this is why, because he was so effective at it, there's so very few that are effective at it, that can go out there and do what he did, Just sit down, grab a mic and say, let's go. And this is what he. This is what he continued and always loved to do. And as I said in my opening remarks, I can't ever remember, even when he was faced with some of the more vile humans you could imagine being across from and trying to debate, he would never raise his voice. I've never. I don't think I could think of a tape ever.

[Paul Nolan]

No, he, he personified dignity.

[Damon]

Yeah, totally. And there'll be a time and place to go through all of these other things. It was interesting to hear John talk about the vest, because I had a conversation before went on air tonight about that exact topic. And looking at one of the videos that was out there, and it looked like that's exactly what happened. But, you know, you see things online and you just say, well, who knows what's. This could be AI. This could be real, this could be fake. But when you looked at it, exactly what it looked like in slow motion, exactly, you saw the shirt move.

[Paul Nolan]

The first thing I thought was high powered rifle. Did you guys feel the same way? Because, yeah, the power with which it was thrust and then the way his body jolted, it was hard. You know, it, it, it looked to Me like, you know, that was as professional as it gets.

[Damon]

You know, I'm getting reports, Fran, that the YouTube stream is dead on. Rav, I don't know if you, you're seeing that, but just take a look. Yeah, it's true. Yeah, that's what I thought, Paul, when I saw it. Obviously when you saw, when you saw the horrific close up one, you just thought, I, I just. Yeah, you just said, oh my God, how does he survive that? And you prayed as hard as you could, obviously. But also it, the professionalism of the hit, and that's what it was, was very clear to, to pretty much everybody.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. And I think it's pretty clear at this point it's not only a professional hit, but. But a political one. Right.

[Damon]

100%.

[Rick Delgado]

Let's face it.

[Damon]

This guy with terrorism is what it is.

[Rick Delgado]

This guy was fighting the battle on their battlefield and winning and winning. Right. He was, he was leading the charge and he was leading it from, you know, from the flank of the young people, the people that they prey upon. And that's again, they, they can't have. We've seen, we've seen these people in the past. They've come, They've come. Our history is littered with them, with the MLKs and such and those types that raise a voice who seem to speak to people and, and can galvanize them and get them together and, and you know what the powers that be at some point. And again, you know, you see it happen time and again and it's sad to say, but unfortunately, evil is real. You know, you don't want to think it. You just want to think, hey, well, you know, you know, God has a plan. But you know, sometimes that evil gets involved and unfortunately we got to see that. And I feel for all those kids on that campus too, because I, I know one of them who's on that campus. She, she goes to school there. She wasn't there that day, luckily, some of her friends were. Some of her friends were right up, right up near where Charlie was speaking and they're traumatized. School, I believe. I just got a message. The school is locked down till Monday, you know, and this affects, again, it just doesn't affect, you know, us here, but it affects a wide range of people around the country in that community, young and old. And it's sad that somebody who just was out there, you know, being positive, welcoming, welcoming debate. Hey, come on to the, come up to the microphone. What do you got to say? Some people just don't like that. And it's Sad.

[Damon]

Yeah. One of the other debates, wanted to read this from someone who sometimes I agree with, a lot of times I don't is Eric Erickson. He's a radio host, but I think he's right on the money here. And you hear this debate a lot today. Oh, it's a problem on both sides, you know, I don't think so. Yes, there have been some right wing nuts who have committed violence against the left, but this is not a both sides issue. This is about one side, the side that the data says has the most mentally unwell people constantly using the platforms of the press and the politicians to decry their opponents as Nazis, racists, fascists, bigots and authoritarians out to destroy the country. This is about the worriers on cnn, msnbc, npr, etc who claims that the right is rolling back rights and the Trump is somehow some dictator authoritarian. This is about the Democrat politicians who call for fighting fire with fire. This is about the left wing activists who have cheered on violence. This is about the left wing politicians who have championed violence for trans rights, made excuses for violence. This is about those on the left who said tax cuts would get people killed, net neutrality would get people killed, medical reform would get people killed. This is about those in the press and the left who even this week falsely said that the Supreme Court had given Trump permission to deport people just based on their ethnicity, which is a total fabrication. There are crazy and violent people everywhere on both sides, but only one side has the mainstream media, the politicians, Hollywood celebrities and more, fueling the madness and poisoning the minds of activists. And that's on the left. Floyd Lee Corgan's, James Hodgkinson's. They were the beginning. And it keeps getting worse. Yes, a crazy guy in Minnesota killed two Democrat politicians, but there were two assassination attempts on Trump. Two Israeli embassy workers killed, a CEO was shot, kids in multiple Christian schools murdered. Do we really have to keep a body count for both sides? How about stop convincing progressive activists who already say they're suffering from despair from turning to violence as a way to stop their political opponents? And I think a lot of that, I agree with that. It's not, not a both sides issue. Clearly it's not a both sides issue.

[Rick Delgado]

Totally not. We see it, we see it, we see it from the left all the time. They're always, they're always antagonizing violence.

[Damon]

Why?

[Rick Delgado]

Because they believe that the ends justify the means. They've been, they've been, they've been convinced of it, right? That, oh, this guy is evil, this person. He say he's Hitler, he's this, he's that. And you know, Damon, you said it plenty of times where they use this verbiage to dehumanize, dehumanize the right people like us who, hey, we're just trying to live our lives doing. Doing what. What we. What we hope to do.

[Damon]

All right. Hour two coming up live from Studio 6B on a Wednesday night, real America's Voice. Sam.

[Unknown Announcer]

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's 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. It's a long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible. For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now. My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country. From the attack on my life in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year, which killed a husband and father, to the attacks on ICE agents, to the vicious murder of a health care executive in the streets of New York to the shooting of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and three others. Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives. Tonight, I ask all Americans to commit themselves to the American values for which Charlie Kirk lived and died. The values of free speech, citizenship, the rule of law, and the patriotic devotion and love of God. Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country. An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed. Because together, we will ensure that his voice, his message and his legacy will live on for countless generations to come. Today, because of this heinous act, Charlie's voice has become bigger and grander than ever before. And it's not even close. May God bless his memory. May God watch over his family, and may God bless the United States of America.

[Ben Berkwam]

Thank you.

[Damon]

Yeah, there you go. President Trump tonight on truth social. About 12, 13 minutes ago, he put that out. And I'm sure the President is sick tonight over this. Obviously had a very close personal relationship with Charlie Kirk over the years. All the TPUSA events, all the times Trump went and spoke where probably he didn't have to, given his schedule, but he went there because of his relationship with Charlie Kirk, and he went there because he saw the work Charlie was doing, he saw how influential they were and how much it helped in the election. I thought today a lot, by the way, about when Trump was announced, when we finally knew he was over the finish line. Charlie Kirk was live that night, as were we. And I remember the expression on his face. He cried on air because that long journey of the work he had done to get Trump across the finish line for a second term had been accomplished. And I remembered that today, a very special relationship and I believe in president that was a. Did a great job there, one, you know, getting through that was four minutes. But I bet the President's pretty torn up tonight as, as everybody is, obviously. But I'll, I'll bet he is, too. I mean, think people think of him as a hard. No feelings. I bet the President is sick over this tonight, quite frankly. I had to guess.

[Rick Delgado]

Oh, yeah. I mean, aside from their relationship, you know, he faced it down as well, you know, his own, his own attempts. What I, you know what? I want to just take a moment to kind of celebrate, you know, Charlie Kirk, because like I said, never met the guy. Wish I had a chance to, you know, him being a part of this network. But I always loved, got a kick out of and especially when he went over to the uk. I don't know if you guys ever saw any of the stuff he did over at the, over the Oxford Union or Cambridge.

[Paul Nolan]

Unbelievable.

[Rick Delgado]

Amazing. This guy. If you haven't seen it, search it out. You'll find it on X. You'll find it everywhere. The way he can just rattle off things, it made me think, this guy's got one of those, I don't know what it's called, idyllic brains or something where he can just read something and recall it.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, his retention skills.

[Rick Delgado]

His retention was amazing.

[Paul Nolan]

It's outstanding. His recall, outstanding. I saw those at Oxford. And the way he was able to so succinctly put people in their place instantly and to the chuckle of so much of the crowd. Because let's be honest, England is even more sterilized and more propagandized than America.

[Rick Delgado]

Probably right? But, but these kids at Oxford and at Cambridge, these are, you know, these are the best, you know, that's where.

[Paul Nolan]

You go, yeah, they're super intelligent at learning the wrong thing.

[Rick Delgado]

But it was just, I used to just get a kick out of it. It would blow me away that this guy could recall chapter and verse. If somebody tried to quote something from the Bible, he could be like, oh no, you're quoting this and this chapter and this verse. He would correct them. It's like, how does anybody know that much? And this guy was just, I was dumbfounded on how smart this guy was. And it was a pleasure just watching him talk to people and kind of get them, you know, to, to make his point for him, that was, that was probably some of the best stuff. You know, watching him, especially with these, you know, prove me wrong and they actually prove themselves wrong.

[Paul Nolan]

When I was watching the Oxford, all I kept thinking was Good Will Hunting, Charlie Kirk is the guy who never went to college. Yeah, you know, he, he, he. This is where Goodwill says, you know what? I can get the exact same education you can from the library down the block. And he starts, you know, tell him you're going to regurgitate Gordon Woods. And you know, to me, Charlie was just the epitome of anybody could be self made. He was such an inspiration to young people. You know, there were young people out there probably saying, hey, dad, I can make it without College, without the $270,000 debt noose around my neck before I enter the world. You know, I, I'm a smart guy. I can learn anything. I could work hard, I could. He was an inspiration. And to me, the fact that he was so fearless when it came to championing the word of Jesus Christ.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Paul Nolan]

And Father God, like, to me, he was just such. He made. He emboldened people to not be afraid to say it.

[Rick Delgado]

And not only that, I think he opened a lot of people's eyes to it, that. That it's okay to have a faith, you know, to have your faith and to kind of wear it on your sleeve like he did. And. And again, I would just be mesmerized by. By, you know, he's sitting there saying, I didn't go to college, but I know, you know, I know this, this, and this. And he could quote it right back to them. And you can see they were kind of stunned that this guy who, you know, didn't go to college, not supposed to be able to do what he's doing and say what he's saying and be as smart as he is. Was as smart as he is. Yeah, People like that.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, I know. You know, boy is wicked smart.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Paul Nolan]

You know. Yeah, without a doubt.

[Rick Delgado]

And again, you know, I encourage you to search that stuff out, man. If you. If you've kind of only peripheral. Oh, I know who he is. I know he's a maga guy. I know he does it. A lot of his stuff was. Was not as political as you think. It was more. It was more inspirational. It was more Bible driven. Like I said, I was. I'm stunned, you know, of the level that he could recall stuff chapter and verse and correct people as he's doing. I'm like, what is this?

[Paul Nolan]

You know, I was thinking, like, how does our school system get, like, so many people on the left so, you know, entrenched in violence. Think about how systematic this has been for how many years? I mean, we're watching this for at least 25 years of just hate America. Hate good values, hate Christianity, hate decency. You know.

[Damon]

You sent me this, Paul. Let's take a look. This is one of the. Charlie doing what Charlie did best. Put this up, Aaron.

[Rick Delgado]

You a Christian?

[Ben Berkwam]

Very, very much so.

[Vin Mac]

Like, why is that exactly?

[Ben Berkwam]

Oh, Jesus saved my life. I'm a sinner, gave my life to Christ. Most important, important decision I ever made.

[Vin Mac]

So you believe the Bible is real?

[Ben Berkwam]

Yes, I believe the Bible is true and real.

[Damon]

Why is that?

[Ben Berkwam]

Well, I could give you the technical answer. There's never been an archaeological discovery that has contradicted the truth of the Bible. And then, of course, the wisdom. There is not a truth of the Bible that if you apply to your life, your life does not improve dramatically. And then finally, we have the most accurate and transparent historically robust account that one can have of the most important figure ever to live in the history of the world, Jesus of Nazareth and the resurrection. Resurrection is the. Is the pinpoint of my belief that Jesus did rise from the grave so that we may live. What makes Christian mythology real? So that's not mythology, but that is theology. If Genesis 1:1 and the resurrection is true, anything in the Bible is possible. You're looking at the greatest miracle. The greatest miracle is creation. And then the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. I say, how do you know that Jesus rose from the dead? Well, show me another historical piece of a story where so many people willingly died a brutal death for a lie. Every single person around him had everything to lose, and yet they went to the absolute death, from Paul to Peter to the half brother of James, saying that Jesus is Lord. Jesus rose from the dead. Not to mention, if you were going to fake a story, you would not use female witnesses in the ancient world. In the scriptures, it said that the feet, the women were the first one to see Jesus Christ. If you're trying to fake a story, you would never do that.

[Damon]

Yeah. Wow.

[Slick]

On point. Totally on point.

[Damon]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

Just amazing. And, and again, the amazing, amazing. The amazing recall he has of. Of all those technical details, but also to be able to communicate it, you know, effectively and quickly, too, right? Effectively, quickly and without, you know, making the guy feel like, oh, you're a piece of piece of junk. No, he's just telling him, this is. This is what I believe. Yep, Just phenomenal. Phenomenal.

[Damon]

I want to. Before we get to the break, I want to read you something. Assassination culture is spreading on the left. 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 Mangione. The left is being whipped 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 a ticking time bomb. That was April 7th of 2025 on X, written by Charlie Kirk.

[Paul Nolan]

Sam.

[Damon]

All right, 17 past the hour. Live from Studio 6B on a Wednesday night, September 10th. Slick's here. And I told Slick going into the show that we probably weren't going to get too much sports. So I apologize to him again, but I'm glad he's still here. Obviously Delgado's here. Paul Nolan's here. Aaron, Fran. Holding it down, Harry. On the highways in the building as well. Pete Hegseth decided to get out and go over today. And he said, didn't know what else to do. So he went over and talked to the troops. Here's a little bit of that.

[Ben Berkwam]

I'd also be remiss if I did not acknowledge why that flag is at half staff. We lost an incredible American today. A dear friend of mine. If you knew him, you love him. His name is Charlie Kirk. Taken by an assassin's bullet. Unfathomable. The only assurance I can take is that I know he is with his Lord and Savior right now. He has heard the words, well done, good and faithful servant, as I know many of you will hear. And I didn't quite know what to do after that news with the rest of the day. But I know what felt fitting was to definitely come here and be with all of you. Not media, not anything. Just. You don't do this for media. You don't do this for recognition. You do this because you love your countries and your communities in quiet ways that a lot of people don't understand. And so being here with you, with people who give so much, who put their lives at risk and their families, know it is exactly where I should be and where we should all be. So if you would bow your head with me and join me in the Lord's Prayer. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thou Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. Lord Jesus, be with Charlie, his family, his kids, his community, and this country. Welcome him into your arms. Comfort them. When we don't understand your plan, we know your will be done. We don't always know what that means, but we know it is in your hands. And I ask that you watch over all these men and women here who put their lives on the line. Protect them tonight, tomorrow night, next week, in the months ahead. Lord God, protect them. And we put them under your shield of protection. It is in your son, Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen.

[Damon]

So beautiful moment there by the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. Aaron. Ifin pops in, just let me know. We'll let him. Let him get his thoughts in as well. Delgado, I know you have a bunch of clips. I don't know what's appropriate to get into tonight.

[Rick Delgado]

Obviously, I really didn't send a lot. I send a couple of the. Of course, the, the scumbaggery of the left, but we already talked about that.

[Damon]

I don't.

[Rick Delgado]

I don't even think I want to give them any anymore.

[Paul Nolan]

I'm with you. I. I didn't want to pay homage to any of them.

[Damon]

Just. Look, that's why some of the early.

[Rick Delgado]

I mean, yeah, just the early commentary is just so sickening. It just.

[Paul Nolan]

Even that apology from MSNBC was just pathetic.

[Damon]

Yeah. Like I said to John, there's no, there's no, there's no statement that's going to. That's going to write the wrong of the whole damn network and the people on it. No, and I just want to. I just, again, really insist on everybody. If you, if you live in. In the sewer of social media like some of us are forced to do, there is a lot of stuff out there. I, I just don't. I think. I think John Solomon's words tonight. I just think let's wait and let. Let. Let the facts dictate where this thing goes. Because here, you know, I'm seeing things. Oh, who's the guy in the white shirt behind them? He's signaling. He's. I mean, it's just. There's so much stuff, and most of it, of course, is not going to be having anything to really do with it. Let the authorities do what they do and just keep going. Adjust the news. That's where you want to go. Because at least, you know, whatever you're getting there is going to be whatever the most accurate information at the time is.

[Paul Nolan]

So try to avoid those clickbait hunters.

[Damon]

Yeah, Vinnie Mac is with us from West Palm beach. And Vin, thanks for joining us. I did. I did want to give you a second, obviously, before the show's end, because this is somebody that you've talked about. Not, you know, not that you didn't know him, but there's somebody that's inspired you. You talked about him at the warehouse on Friday nights and the work he had done. And so give me. Give me your thoughts here tonight.

[Vin Mac]

Well, to say the least, it's been a surreal day. And first, I have to say what a great job you did with your opening monologue and the interviews with. With the guys early in the show. That was just magnificent, by the way. You just did a fantastic job. I think you said what all of us are thinking. But when I See, people like Charlie and being in West Palm, in the studio was, was heartbreaking because the people I was with work with him and have worked with him for years. The owner of the network, many of the producers, the camera people, all the staff there. I mean, it was, we were in tears for a good part of the day before it, you know, was announced, he passed, and then after, of course. So you can see the personal effect here in addition to the professional effect. But I've always admired Charlie, and it's hard not to admire a guy that is, is so willing to have debate with people who, you know, have an adversarial view, sometimes an angry view, sometimes a confrontational view, and do that calmly, let them speak, let them articulate their position, then calmly come back with, well, here's, here's my point of view and here's why I have that and have that conversation. And even to his last breath, when he was asked about, you know, some trans thing or whatever, he, he was open minded about the dialogue and that conversation. That's a real gift. He was a brilliant guy, clearly very, very smart. Understand, he had a photographic memory on top of it, which is unbelievable. John Solomon mentioned that. But you got to hold a person like this with the highest regard. You know, it's almost like even when you read stories about, even when, you know, Jesus was walking and confronted with, with all sorts of stuff, he always just had the conversation, told a story, tried to talk through debate and through wisdom. And Charlie was just very much like that, just a wonderful, wonderfully smart person. And, you know, I have talked about it many times because I kind of idolized how he did it. It's not easy to do what he does when people are pushing your buttons and saying things you know are ridiculous. And he had just a way of putting that in context where even the adversary had to smile, you know, and even, you know, sort of laugh or, you know, maybe continue their argument, but not with that spear that they wanted to throw. So he had, he had a gift, a gift that I think is a lesson to all of us. You know, we're, you know, we get in these debates. I'm, I'm pretty well known for my Facebook debates and all that. I always try to do them and take the high road, and it's because of how I've seen him handle himself. So. So yeah, I take this a little personally because we lost a great human being. The planet did, we did as a people. But there's a lot of lessons to be learned here through Charlie's life and how he conducted himself. And it's also something for us with real America's voice and Rav and how we feel about telling the truth and so on. Where I feel like, you know, it's time to step back and double down. It's time to talk more. It's time to work harder. It's time to push further. So that's how I kind of feel about it.

[Damon]

All right, let's take the break. Vin, if you have time, you can stay. If you, if you have to go. We appreciate you joining us for a few moments to give us your thoughts. Live from Studio 6P, 26 past the hour. We're back right after this.

[Paul Nolan]

Sam.

[Damon]

30 minutes past the hour. Live from Studio 6B on a Wednesday night, September 10th, we're reminded of tomorrow, the weight of tomorrow as well. The 24th, 24 years removed from September 11, 2001, when the world changed again. Suffered quite a day that we all remember where we were. Like you, Slick just said, every year we come to 9, 11. It seems like it was just very recently that it happened. 24 years. I lost my best friend that day, a college roommate. And a lot of people lost their best friend today. And somebody who really made quite an impact on the world. You know, a lot of people thought Charlie Kirk would be president one day. Yeah. And Slick, I know the sports world, you haven't had a chance to do much sports, but I know there's a lot of the sports world tonight has responded to what happened today. What do you have on that?

[Slick]

Well, the sportswear reacts to Charlie Kirk shooting death, prayers for his family. Jackson Thompson of Fox News reporting. Charlie Kirk obviously was shot and later died at a speaking event in Utah on Wednesday, prompting emotional reaction from prominent figures across sports. President Donald Trump later took the announced that Kirk had died in a post on Charlie Social. But the sports figures who weighed in after Kirk was initially shot included NFL legend Brett Favreau, former Pittsburgh Steelers stars Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell, former NFL wide receiver Golden Tate, New York Yankees World Series champion Mark Teixeira, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butler, boxers Jake Paul and Ryan Garcia, Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl, former Major League baseball player John Rocker and sports broadcaster Michelle Tafoya and Sports Illustrated journalist Albert Brear. Team Tebow put on X. I'm shocked and devastated to learn about the passing of Charlie Kirk. Above all else, Charlie was a follower of Jesus, a husband and a dad. He was a man of passion, courage and devoted his life to making an eternal impact. Demi and I are praying For Erica, his two. His two children. I'm at a loss for words. Only things I can think of as tragic. Brett Foss said, please keep Charlie Kirk and his family in your prayers. Le'Veon Bell Prayers for Charlie Kirk. Robert Griffin III Charlie Kirk Shooting was disturbing, disgusting and wrong. Praying for Charlie's wife, kids and family. It's okay to disagree with somebody's political views, but celebrating his death makes you a despicable human. No one deserves to be gunned down for their beliefs. Julian Edelman, doesn't matter where you land in the political landscape, violence like this is never acceptable. Mark Teixeira, please join me in praying for Charlie Kirk and his young family. Obviously, Mark Teixeira, moving forward with political career now. So just, you know a lot of Harrison Butler, of course, the great Kansas City Chiefs kicker. Thank you for strong witness of Christ. Charlie Kirk. Thank you for your pursuing of truth and leading your family as a husband and father. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their soul and their souls of all the faithful departed. So Charlie Kirk, Jake Paul timed in too. Charlie Kirk got shot for telling the truth. That is literally it. What a mentally sick time we are living through. We need God more than ever. Praying for Charlie's family and praying for these evil people to heal. Jake Paul, that was a very profound statement from that young man.

[Ben Berkwam]

And just.

[Slick]

Goes on and on. Bruce Pearl, of course, Charlie was an optimist. He was leading revival of conservative Christian values and the happiness it could lead to. Charlie is irreplaceable. A true evangelist. If you disagree with me, step up to the front of the line. Condolences to his family and the young people of this show. So Bruce Pearl, you know, coming in. Michelle Tafoya. Clearly it is dangerous to be outspoken conservative in America. Charlie Kirk is courageous, is a courageous voice who has inspired many and changed many minds. Praying unapologetically. And I, I preface what she said. Praying unapologetically because we heard about prayers, right? Prayers are, you know, we. Who was knocking that down the other day, Right? Yeah, A couple people were saying now prayers aren't so important and you know, you can't get. What are you going to get with prayer? Who was it? It was the one who used to be the speaker of the House there years ago. Well, the press secretary, the redhead there. What was her name? Oh, circle back.

[Rick Delgado]

John Socket.

[Slick]

Yeah, Jen Psaki was saying that. Right. Just last week about, you know, your prayers. Well, prayers, family.

[Damon]

You know who I also saw today? I saw Tim Waltz Came out with a statement. And I mean, I just. Tim Waltz 3 days ago was joking about how he was hoping he'd wake up the news and see Trump dead.

[Paul Nolan]

Yeah, don't change.

[Damon]

Today he puts out some statement like anyone's supposed to take it seriously or believe that he gives a damn or that any of them give a damn. Matt Walsh tonight. And then you can tell me what you think of this. He says the entire right has to band together. Enough of this. This is, by the way, echoing what Brian Glenn said tonight. The entire right conservative movement has to band together. Enough of this infighting bs. We are up against demonic forces from the pit of hell. They're killing us in our churches. They tried to kill our president. Now they've killed Charlie, one of our greatest advocates. Put the personal squabbles aside. Now's not the time. This is existential. A fight for our own existence and the existence of our country. Ben, what do you think?

[Vin Mac]

Yeah, it's a wake up call for the entire party. And we have seen the left and the left media walk the walk of division, divisiveness, anger, even violence. We have seen them incite those things. And yet we find ourselves in our party to what was said earlier with Brian Glenn, with, you know, dividing ourselves within each other. And here's a great wake up call to stop doing that. And I completely agree with the comment. It's sickening, isn't it, to hear a guy like Tim Walsh who, you know, if Trump would have gotten shot today, like Charlie, you know, what would he have said then when he's kind of, you know, hoping and wishing he would be shot? I mean, this is just really sick behavior. It's demonic behavior, it's evil behavior, and we need to band together here to fight it.

[Rick Delgado]

It's rich coming from those who encourage the violence. Right?

[Vin Mac]

Yeah.

[Rick Delgado]

I mean, we see it also from Gavin Newsom just the other day, making an open call for violence against the right. It's all, it's pervasive on the left. But what are, what is one of the tenets of Marxism? I don't know which number it is. You'd have to ask KDJ about that. Is always accuse the other of what you're actually doing. Right. Always accuse your opponent of what you're doing because that's how they, that's how they try to get around it. I don't know if anybody read the quote from RFK. Did we cover that?

[Damon]

No.

[Rick Delgado]

Earlier, RFK Jr posted this. Once again, a bullet has silenced the most elegant truth Teller of an era. My dear friend Charlie Kirk was our country's relentless and courageous crusader for free speech. We pray for Erica and the children. Charlie is already in paradise with the angels. We ask his prayers for our country.

[Paul Nolan]

Hold on.

[Rick Delgado]

So that's from, that's from RFK Jr.

[Paul Nolan]

Javier Millay chimed in on, on Charlie Kirk. He said the left is always at all times and places a violent phenomenon full of hatred. The entire world lost an incredible human being that was present me life. Argentina.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah, I mean, I mean the left, you know, let's face it, there's, they are celebrating this. Let's, let's not kid ourselves. Oh my God. Just because we see a few, a few people make statements or post something. Pretty much.

[Damon]

I mean I haven't been over there, but the reports are, and I wouldn't go over there.

[Paul Nolan]

This guy is absolutely brutal.

[Damon]

That's what the, the reports are that the majority, not everyone, but the majority of posts on Blue sky, whatever that is. I guess that's their ex are celebrating this. And we've seen the, we've seen, if you've been on X, you've seen some of the tick tocks that have been out there from people on the left. I mean it's, I don't know, I, I, it just says a human being. I just don't know how other human beings can, can and can celebrate the assassination of another human being. I don't care who it is or what they believe or what you think of them. I just don't get it. And it's all over.

[Rick Delgado]

Well, it is a sickness. We've seen it. It is a sickness. And they think they may have, oh, you know what they're celebrating. They silenced Charlie Kirk today. You didn't silence Charlie Kirk. If anything, you've amplified him.

[Paul Nolan]

Without a doubt, you know, you martyred him.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. Why? Because he was telling the truth. They don't like the truth. They're afraid of the truth. To them, words are violence, not actual violence. Words are violence. So this is how they respond Again, they think it's justifiable that we respond with words that we consider violence with actual violence.

[Paul Nolan]

So when they are destroyed in the court of public opinion or debate, their entire fabric caves in on them. So their feelings are so hurt, they're so distraught, they can't process. So all they can do is skick and kick and scream like. Like a child. Yeah, like. And now you have a, you have some child who's so manipulated and now he, you know, he's so easily and you know, Pliable to be led down a path of killing like this. And I, you know, obviously we don't know who did it. We don't know if it was a political hit. We know it was a political hit, but we don't know if it was some kind of an intelligence thing from, you know, some you know, black operation who just didn't like how he was thwarting the agenda at a, at a mega national level. So obviously there's no way for us to speculate right now. But the left is so detached from reality.

[Damon]

I just also want to clear up because there's a lot of rampant discussion on X. My understanding is that his wife and kids were absolutely not there.

[Ben Berkwam]

Right.

[Damon]

You are, you are seeing constant in an effort I guess to get clicks things on X saying that Charlie Kirk was gunned down in front of his wife and two children. That, that isn't just not true. My understanding is his wife and kids were at home in Arizona.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Damon]

And that they had to send an officer to the house to let the, let the wife know. So now Vin, I don't know if you heard John and again the, the time will come where we can start to, you know, tonight's really about Charlie. But there will be a time to question what went down here as far as security and looking at this place and how same way we did with Butler looking at after that saying, well how could no one be on that roof? There'll be time for that. But John Solomon made some interesting.

[Paul Nolan]

Broke.

[Damon]

Some interesting news tonight in that number one, he believes that Charlie was wearing a bulletproof vest as he always does these events and that the vest got hit and then the bullet ricocheted up to his neck. But he also said that Cash Patel in the FBI, at least right now, his understanding is that they're looking for some kind of if there may be some kind of foreign connection to what clearly was a very professional targeted systematic hit today.

[Vin Mac]

Yeah, it's hard to speculate on all that stuff right now but I mean John usually is in the know and the video, I saw the video really early in this process like literally maybe 15 minutes after he was shot. And it looked very clearly to me that this was a, a super professional targeted hit because you can tell by where he was hit. And now that we know this on shooter was on the roof, that this was, this was not amateur hour. This was someone who understood how to use a long range rifle.

[Paul Nolan]

130 yards.

[Vin Mac]

130 yards. And you know, it was put shot in a place where if you're an assassin. That's a kill shot. And so all of those things do lead to somebody, at least that was sophisticated. But one thing I did want to touch on before you guys wrap up the show tonight, it's been, you know, 911 happened. We said never forget. And during that time in the last 20 some odd years between 911 and now, somehow we've forgotten. And also somehow our young people have been indoctrinated on college campuses and schools with an entirely different thought process.

[Damon]

Charlie, Vin, hold that thought. We got to take the break and then we'll kick off the last segment with your thoughts and then we'll wrap it up. Hi from Studio 6B. We're back right up to this.

[Paul Nolan]

Sam.

[Damon]

All right, 13 to the hour. Live from Studio 6P. Again, I want to thank John Solomon and Brian Glenn and Ben Berkwam. It's been obviously a tremendously hard day. Everybody at Real America's Voice, Parker, who's here in New York actually, and Harry on the highway and everybody, they've done an amazing job today on what's just very, very tough day for making the show happen tonight. Again, I said at the opening, there's no playbook on how to do a show like tonight. You know, you talk for a living and. But then you find yourself speechless. It's hard to figure it out. But I want to thank the audience for sticking with us tonight as always, and obviously not a typical show as it probably won't be here until. For quite a while. Tomorrow's another day of heavy remembrance and we'll, we'll do that tomorrow. But Vin, I know you had some thoughts there. I cut you off. We had to hit the break. What were you going to say?

[Vin Mac]

Yeah, before I say that, I, I, you know, today I was crying today. You know, I didn't know Charlie. I was crying like I had lost a family member. And I really kind of, I look back on that, I really welled up and we all had a lot of tears in the office. But I don't know him. I just know what he meant to this country. And I felt that sadness personally right then and there. But the point I was trying to make was when 911 happened, we went through a period of years where the left and others hijacked our youth. They indoctrinated them into things. They intimidated them into thinking ways. They created all of these, these far left progressive thoughts. And Charlie almost single handedly opened that discussion up for many of the young people that weren't allowed to even talk about this. Stuff didn't feel safe to even talk about it. They were canceled, ostracized. We know the drill. I think we've all been through that as adults, but for young people, it's even harder. Right. With all the peer groups and so on. He opened that door, you know, and if so, 911 is a meaningful moment because between 911 and now, this indoctrination was. Was being done at a very, very aggressive level. And Charlie went in and just opened that door for folks who wanted to have the conversation and maybe learn a little something. And he clearly influenced a lot of minds independently, without force, without, you know, pressure, just through discussion. And those minds turned out and voted. And Trump, Trump, you know, converted a lot of those into votes, which he did not have. I didn't think he was going to have many of the young, young vote. It turned out he did really well. And I think a lot of that's because of Charlie, and it's. A lot of it's because of how Charlie went about it, and that's what's so special about this guy. And that's. That's why I got emotional, because I just felt like, you know, I didn't lose a family member. I lost someone so important to this country.

[Damon]

Yeah, well said. And I mean, I didn't say it that well, but I said something similar in hour one that I found myself today thinking why I meant this guy one time back in 2019. Barely really met him. It just was in the same area as him, kind of. But, yeah, I just felt like I lost a brother today. And I was thinking to myself, why is that? And I think it's a lot of the same reasons you just articulated, Vince. So I, I appreciate what you said.

[Paul Nolan]

Just to back that up, and I'll be quick. I think so much of it has to do with the fact that he just. He brought such a pure sensibility and humanity to him that we all felt so connected to him. He spoke for us, the thoughts we have, but we could not articulate in such a succinct manner. He was just so noble in the fight. He never embarrassed us. He never. You never felt like, oh, Charlie Kirk guy, what did he just say? That he was always so on his game and he carried himself magnificently. So, yeah, we were all proud of him. You know, I felt connected to him because we were so proud of the way he handled himself, the way he represented MAGA and our network. You know, like, he was like, I would tell people, oh, you have a podcast. That's cute. I'D be. Well, it's a little more than a podcast.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah.

[Paul Nolan]

You know, we got guys like Charlie Kirk. Oh, Charlie Kirk. And, you know, and then we'd say John Solomon and I'd say Steve Bannon, and people like, have you met Charlie Kirk?

[Rick Delgado]

You know.

[Paul Nolan]

You know, he. Everyone feels connected to him, like a family member got, you know, passed on because he was a special guy.

[Damon]

Tim Tebow tonight says evil is real. There is no doubt the enemy is hard at work. These last few days, the weight of our evil has been heavy across this nation. But this I know it will not have the final word. One day, God will make all things right. Until then, we pray, we weep with those who weep, and we keep fighting, knowing the victory has already been won. That from Tim Tebow tonight. Yep. Delgado, anything else that you are seeing or want to cover before we wrap it up?

[Rick Delgado]

Yes, Excuse me. Got something in my throat here. Former FBI agent Stuart Kaplan is. Has posted oil. He said this on another. Another network said Charlie Kirk's assassination was a professional hit, quote, unquote, very well planned. Excuse me, very well orchestrated plot that was put into motion days before the individual had a plan of escape. This assassination is indicative of a professional hit that.

[Damon]

Yeah, I think. I think anybody who. Who kind of watched it, and there's some. There's some video out out there, obviously that looks again, and I can't judge it. I can only judge it by the video. But when you see this kid walking, I guess into the event or around the area of the vent, you can clearly see he says something about this guy's on the roof. You can see this person on the roof, but the place is empty. So again, I don't know if it's empty. Here it is. I don't know if it's empty because it's early on. I don't know if it's empty because he's on the wrong side of the building. Right. But if you listen to the audio, maybe we can play it with the audio, Aaron. Oh, we don't have audio. The kid says something like, oh, you think they'd be up there already? Meaning, I think he thought that that was probably a protective sniper. Right. For security protection. Yeah. Right.

[Paul Nolan]

You know, for him to be able to escape that route.

[Rick Delgado]

Yes.

[Paul Nolan]

He had to be aided and abetted across the board. So that, to me is what tells me. I mean, we, you know, Charlie Kirk had fantastic security in the Utah Police Department, talked about how they worked in conjunction with him. So, you know, again, it's hard to speculate until we, you know, get some real news.

[Slick]

University police chief admits we didn't cover the bases after Charlie Kirk shooting. That just broke on fox. I saw. So they're already admitting that they didn't have everything covered, unfortunately.

[Rick Delgado]

But you know what, that's an ultra, that's an ultra conservative Christian area.

[Paul Nolan]

Oh.

[Rick Delgado]

Of the country, you know, very religious and they just don't have stuff like this happens there. But evil travels, Rick. Yeah, no, I understand that. Unfortunately, you know what, the longer that this, this manhunt goes on, the less confidence I have that will actually, yeah. Actually see justice and get the full story. I mean, look what happened in the attempts on President Trump. How quickly this people get shuffled to the side.

[Paul Nolan]

Another thing that felt like a intelligence operation.

[Rick Delgado]

Right.

[Paul Nolan]

Both of them.

[Damon]

This is the other video that is going around that purportedly shows the shooter getting away afterwards, running on top of the roof.

[Rick Delgado]

Right.

[Damon]

And like Paul said, would you, you know, we just can take these at face value, but we don't really know. We're going to have to let the. Let it play out like what John said and Cash and his guys and the locals will do their job. We got about 40 seconds left. Paul, any closing thoughts?

[Paul Nolan]

Just prayers to the RAV family. I mean, they lost just a noble champion to the family of Charlie Kirk and all the people who love them. You know, Godspeed.

[Damon]

Just keep thinking about those kids. I keep thinking about some of those videos of him when he did Fox and Friends and his little daughter there running across. Just, just. I don't know.

[Rick Delgado]

Yeah. And again, I implore you, look up this. If you don't, if you're not familiar with a lot of his stuff, go find it on, on social media you will see just how brilliant this guy was.

[Damon]

Look.

[Slick]

Incredible young man built TPU yesterday into a small backyard gathering to an 81 million dollar a year organization.

[Vin Mac]

Let's make this a turning point. Let's get together, let's consolidate.

[Damon]

All right. As always, we salute all of our emergency personnel, everybody that was there today. Sure. There's untold stories of emergency personnel and people who did great things today there that we'll learn about. Thanks everybody on the show. Thanks everybody at rav. Thanks, John, Ben, Brian, Glenn. Our thoughts and prayers, our heavy hearts are with Charlie Kirk's wife and two children tonight and they will be forever. We'll see you tomorrow night, everybody. Have a great night. This is an I Heart podcast.