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It's the job of those of us who try to shape public opinion, to hold politicians to account and to hold them accountable to our values. We must not let fear of audience deter us from telling the truth. We must not let fear of other hosts deter us from telling the truth. Everyone and his mother has an opinion. It is not hard to have an opinion. It is not hard to pick fights, to accuse to, to gossip, to defame, and to revile. In our age, it can be very lucrative. What's more, it can be entertaining. What is harder is to build, to refine, to assuage, to unite, and to advance. Charlie did the harder thing. My husband didn't build this movement so people could feel comfortable. He built this movement so. So people could feel brave and to be brave with action. I really believe that the best way to judge a goodness of a man is to see the goodness of his wife and his children. And on that measure, Charlie was unsurpassed. Erica, who I just saw backstage and whom I love and who I can tell you is totally committed to continuing the core principle of Charlie's public life, which is the right of every person to express what he believes that is rooted in Christian faith. We believe people should be able to say what they think because they have souls. They're human beings created by God. They are not slaves. They are not animals. They are not objects. You cannot tell another human being to shut up, even shut up racist, because you don't own him. He is an independent, autonomous person created by God as an individual. Okay? So that's where that belief comes from. That's where free speech comes from. And there's no accident. This is the only country in the world that protects it. So Charlie was committed to that. Charlie's distinctive skill, his distinctive gift among so many, his most Christian gift was his ability to make peace within a fractious coalition. I knew Charlie from the time he was 18 years old, and I watched him build himself into one of the most powerful exponents of conservatism in America, one of the most powerful coalition builders in American history. But it's also sweet to see the number of people who continue to remember Charlie each and every day and to carry on his mission. Our friend Charlie was entertaining. His enterprises were profitable, and he rightly earned a lot of fame. That was not what drove him. That was not even close. Charlie wasn't just a speaker. He wasn't just a political thinker. He wasn't just a thought leader. Again, he was a bridge. He was a pathway. He was a connection point to generations. He was a pathway and connection point to communication, to inner politics. And he also looked at a generation that has been mocked, that has been dismissed, that has been discouraged, and told them, you matter, your ideas matter, your decisions matter. And he would say, this country is still worth defending and still worth sacrificing for. So, like all of you, this is our turning point as well. For every viral debate clip that you saw, every podcast or interview that popped off, Charlie was driving countless conversations, negotiations, campaigns, behind the scenes, doing everything he could to make sure the wheels didn't come off the wagon of American conservatism. That we kept moving forward, always driving toward the goal of advancing the right, improving the country, winning even when it was hard. And we believe in civil discourse because we believe that truth can withstand scrutiny. So that is why we will be launching the Pick up the Mic initiative and getting back on campus for Prove Me Wrongs and campus tour events this spring and fall of 2020. On ebay, every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee from the last show your favorite band ever played. You wore it everywhere. 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This is a tradition of America Fest, and we are keeping it alive. And I want to look to my right here. The great Steve Bannon is joining us as his tradition, as is tradition. Steve and I were texting last night, and I was like, steve, you know, we have to do it. We have to do it. And your instant response was, yeah, because that's what we, me and Charlie did. We have to keep it going. So thank you for doing it. No, thanks for having us. And we just love being on Real America's Voice and do the transition to you guys every day. Every day of the week. Steve, while we have you, I want to ask you a question. What does America Fest mean? Why is it important that we gather like this? It's always been important. Student. You know, the Student Action Summit in the summer, America Fest to end the year. It's always been important. This year, obviously, not simply the assassination, but everything Charlie stood for. We've got the toughest year. I went back in the first show. We won in 16. We lost. The only time we lost is 18. We won in 20. We won in 22. We won in 24. We are on a roll. And Charlie Kirk knew better than anybody what it took to win. Look what he did in 22 midterms. Look what he did in 2024. We've got the hardest year is in front of us, because as soon as the economy starts to turn around, these people are demonic. And what they're going to do is come with more political violence, more their madness, more the craziness. Charlie Cook knew that. That's why he went to the lion's den every day, you know, every day of the week. The guy was a hero, a patriot, and one of the greatest Americans, not just of this generation, but any generation. That's why I think Amfest. And look, there's over 30,000 people, and everybody's very enthusiastic. I think 70% of the people have never been to an Amfest before. So this shows you the power of this movement. Yeah, you're right. And in Charlie's honor. I want to play a clip from Charlie at this exact location last year, December 2024. Play cut 2 to 3. Young men are the most conservative they have been in over 50 years. 50 years. Think about that now. A reporter asked me, they said, charlie, can you try to explain this phenomenon? I said, yeah, it's very simple. Young men want to be part of a political movement that doesn't hate them. In fact, let me go a step further that thinks they're essential to a future of a country. That we need strong men and strong women. That we're sick and tired of hearing about toxic masculinity when we are drowning in toxic femininity. That's the great Charlie Kirk, everybody. The great Charlie Kirk. We miss him every day. Steve, the. There's going to be a lot. There's already been a lot of ink spilled. You know, maga, Civil War, conservative civil war. Obviously we had a pretty spicy opening night. What do you think, what do you think is the most important, like theme, the through line that we need to hit also from the main stage, but amongst the people in the crowd, people at the breakouts, what's the theme here? Look, we're always going to have differences. Some of these differences are big. They're important and they got to be worked out. But as Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk knew better than anybody there is no substitute for victory. Right? We've got to keep. If we lose the midterms, the entire revolution is going to get ground down. Charlie Kirk knew. This is what I am fest. The theme of this was going to be driving forward what we have to do to drive forward with victory. In the case of. There are going to be some people in this movement that fundamentally disagree on some pretty basic stuff. We got to work those things out and it's going to be worked out. Okay, it's going to be worked out. But that can't take our eye off the ball of what Charlie Cook taught us, right? Charlie Kirk taught us victory, victory, victory. And that's what we got to focus on this year. Jack, same question to you because I know that you're going to be thrown into the lion's den here. You're going to be, you know, you're going to get that same question. Hey, what do you think exactly? Well, this is, this is my point for everybody out there. Fear not when you see those, those headlines because conservatives were a rowdy bunch, we're a raucous bunch. We want to disagree in public. And by the way, if they try and tell you that Some consensus has been reached on an issue without this public debate, without having it out. We're not going to believe it anyways. The kids aren't going to believe it anyways. They're going to call garbage on it. They're not going to believe it, and we're not going to have a consensus, and we're going to be further behind than we were. So we need to do this sometimes. We need to have these disagreements. Don't let yourself be troubled. Trust me, Jack, you're going to be up there, you're going to be having some of these disagreements. What is your Message for AmFest 2025? For the record, I'm working on a little secret operation that be revealed at a later time this weekend. So I'm not just sitting, texting away some logistic issues that we're dealing with for something that I think everybody is going to be very interested in finding out tomorrow. And that's really all. I can leave it at that. Oh, come on, Jack. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Sworn to secrecy. Sworn to secrecy. Operational security, Bannon. You know about opsec. You need operational security on this one. But anyone say, I'm not being rude. I'm taking care of something. Look, look. The division that you are seeing now is very clear. The division that they're bringing up, the messages they're saying is, and it's very simple, the 2028 primary has already begun. It's already begun. This is a proxy war for people who are trying to prop up people for the 2028 primary. So I say if that's what you're really doing, then cut to the chase. Be a man. Tell us the truth. Tell us what you really want. All right? And let's do a little poll. Why don't we do a little poll since we're here and we've got so many people. Charlie loved to do the AB testing. Remember this when we had a big crowd? So let's see who out there wants Ted Cruz to be the nominee in 2028. All right, all right, all right. How about Governor Ron DeSantis? How about Nikki Haley? How about Stephen K. Bannon? Steve? Supreme Court does say that. We'll see, we'll see, we'll see. But all right, I've got my candidate, and he's a convict, too. Donald Trump. All right, and last question, last question, last question. While we're here, how about Vice President J.D. vance? All right, so that's the straw poll that I'm going with. That's where we're at and if you want to support a different candidate, we have a free country. You're free to do so. But I'm sick of the name calling and the ankle biting. Just be a man and tell me what you're about. Yeah, well said, Jack. Well said, Jack. Steve, we got one minute left here. I want you to. You say whatever is on your mind. Steve, you got one minute left here. First of all, I'm so proud of you guys, of how you continue the tradition of Charlie Kerr. It have been. It had been so easy for Erica and Andrew and you and Tyler and Jack and you, all you guys to just throw it in, throw in the towel and say, hey, you know, we can't do this. We want to unwind it. It's bigger, it's more powerful, it's more focused, it's more necessary for the country of what Amfest is doing, not just for young people, but for all people. You guys, it's upon your shoulders that President Trump won the 2024 election. And we've got a lot of other tough fights to go. I couldn't think of anybody better than this team to lead Amfest, to lead Turning Point, and to just. Let's go forth and conquer. Well said. We can't wait for your. Your speech tonight. It's going to be a barn burner. We know it. So everybody's going to go to Steve's speech, right? I'm going to. I promise. I promise. I'm coming a little hot. We. We. I think he just promised another spicy meatball. So we're going to. We're going to find out. We'll be right back in about three minutes. Don't go anywhere. More from Amp Fest 2025. On ebay, every find has a story. Like, if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee. The band tee from the last show your favorite band ever played. You wore it everywhere. Then your BFF started layering it, which is cute, until they unfriended you and took it with them, which was not so cute. Anyway, now you're on ebay. And there it is. Same tee from the same tour, still living in your memory rent free, forever. 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And only iHeart broadcast radio connects with more Americans than TV, digital, social, any other media, even twice as many teens than TikTok. And that reach means everything. Just think about the universal marketing formula. The number of consumers who hear your message times the response rate equals the results. Now let's get those results growing for your business. Radio's here now more than ever. And iheart's leading the way. Think radio can help your business. Think iheart streaming, podcasting and radio where the reach is real. Let us show you@iheartadvertising.com that's iheartadvertising.com or call 844-844. Iheart one more time. Just call 844-844-Iheart and get radio working for you. Fire for the preservation of our nation. The Charlie Kirk show. All right, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. We're gonna throw it to. Yes. Thank you. You. Thank you, Ben. We're going to throw it to the great Ben Berkwam who's talking with folks in the crowd. Ben, what you got for us? Hey, we've got an amazing crowd. Been waiting through war room now here. Charlie Kirk show. Tell us your name, where you from and really significant. Why, why this? Why Amfest and Turning Point means so much to you? Yes, My name is Wendy Huang and I'm running for congress. And the reason I'm here today is because Charlie Kirkus was one that inspired me in January 2021 and saying, you know, he was a young man. I was so inspiring saying, hey, get in love, get involved locally and you know, just start doing something and then don't yell at a TV and get involved. So that's what I did. So I started attending city council meetings and I then I ran for city council. I fought successfully against the cannabis in this in my district and also restore medical freedom for college students during COVID And now I'm going to run for congress. So we'll keep Fighting and make this. Make America golly again and make America greatest again. And keep the light on. Because when light shines, darkness disappears. So I need a lot of. A lot of help, a lot of prayers. A lot of people do that. Wendy huangforcongress.com and help Wendy win. Win with Wendy. Thank you. If you don't know where my district is, it's Eric Swalvall's district. Oh, thank you. The belly of the beast. All right. Speaking of California, of course, of course. Here to honor Charlie Kirk. I volunteer at Reform California, and we need everybody in California to take. Pay attention to that. I'm also here to. To lobby to President Trump. It can't be the golden age without the golden state. And we need President Trump to come to California and to work with whoever the candidate is for governor. And let's win California back. Otherwise, it's almost too late. I mean, that's where we're at. Furthermore, I agree with Mr. Bannon, what's going to happen. The people of America are going to see and have already seen, but they're going to really see as this next year evolves. And I don't think we'll have a problem, but we can't see sit on our laurels. We're going to keep fighting every day. All right. We're. All right. Welcome back. National radio Real America's Voice. We are live at Amfest 2025. All right, let's get. How many people are local Arizonans? How many are from California? I was getting some. California. Give me a shout. Give me a shout. How many are from the East Coast? There we go. Hey, Caleb, Michelle. How many are from the Midwest? How many are from the Dakotas? Hey, I see a hand. All right, we got one. How many? All right. Hey, how many first timers? I could not believe that. Look at that. Voices heard. We, we've got, I think it's between 70 and 80% first time. Unbelievable. Yeah. Which is unbelievable. And when you throw these kind of events, you understand how remarkable that truly is. We're joined by Graham Allen. Give it up for Graham Allen. Graham. Yeah, boy. Graham, you've been phenomenal. After everything that happened with Charlie, you're going to be speaking on the main stage. Your channel's blowing up. Tell us what this means to you to be here in Charlie's honor. It means everything. To be here in Charlie's honor. To see what it's turned into. To see from being there in the very early days with Charlie seeing the vision, everything and then seeing all these Amazing people. Let's give it up for Charlie one more time. Come on, everybody. Let's go. I do have the honor of speaking tomorrow night, which I think it's funny that you guys put me on Faith Night to try to, like, calm me down on what I might say on the stage. Jesus night, Graham, you've got to be. You've ever seen a Graham Allen rant, you can understand why we played that the way we played it. Yes, yes. So I'll take this opportunity just to say I agree with Steve very much. You know, just like we were talking about, the thing about our movement is this. I was talking with the vice president not too long ago, and the vice president even said the greatest thing about our side that differentiates us from the left is we do have open dialogue, we do have debate, and sometimes we fight. And sometimes those fights are nasty, Sometimes those fights are there. But at least, you know, we don't operate in this hive mind mentality that somebody can call down from the top and then everybody falls in line. So here's what I'm going to say. These are conversations that need to be had. These are fights that need to be had to the people that do what we do, that are afraid, and give these blanket statements instead of calling out what they mean, who they're talking about, why they disagree, and their evidence for why they disagree about it. It's time to stand up, be men and women, stand in the principles of which you believe, and have the fight, have the dialogue in open space, and then let the American people decide where they stand. And then that's how we win. Charlie would be the first person to say that these conversations need to happen, because he was mission first mentality. And the mission is to make heaven crowded. And how do we make heaven crowded? We keep America, the freest, most generous, most prosperous nation in the world, free, so we can spread the good news of Jesus Christ every single day, because that's the ultimate goal in this country, and that's the mission that we have to fight. All right, so well said, Graham. For those of you who may not know yet, Blake Neff is a student of history. He's a student of political, philosophical, religious history, European history. Don't get him started. Blake, when you're talking about the history of coalitions, what are we facing right now? Is this normal in. In. At the top levels of political coalition building? It's. It's happened, but it hasn't really happened with our party in this way before. And I think, I mean, we owe it to Charlie, I always, when I started working for him, I'd roll my eyes. He'd say he was going to change the youth vote. He was going to win them back. Okay, Charlie, that's a, that's a very great goal of yours. And he made me look like a huge idiot. He. I remember spring 24, we're suddenly having campus events and there's 2000, 3000, 5000 people showing up to them and they all love him. And I never thought I would see that happen. And he proved that. I just read a bunch of books, but I don't really know what I'm talking about. Well, he proved a lot of people wrong, I will tell you. He was told for 12 years. You guys know the story of Charlie Kirk, right? 12 years. He was building Turning Point and they told him it was a fool's errand, that he was just trying to grift to win the youth vote. And the man never gave up. He fought and he fought and he fought and he went right into the belly of the beast, right onto those college campuses. And he would have the debates, he would have the dialogues, he would do exactly what people told him would never happen. He made the most historic and dramatic coalitional difference in 2024. We won the youth vote in Michigan, we won it in Arizona, we almost won it in Wisconsin, we almost won it in Pennsylvania. And by the way, where he would visit, there was a statistical change that you saw. He would go to a college campus in Center County. Where's Cliff Maloney? He's got. I just saw him in a second. Went to center county and they had never seen anything like that at Penn State. And Jack Posowic was there with him. They saw something like a 14 or 15 point swing in the youth vote just because he took the time to believe in Gen Z. And that's ultimately what this event is about, folks. We are not giving up on the youngest Americans. We believe that their hearts and minds can be won. They can buy in to the American dream. That's right. Give us the. Give it up, Gen Z. You should. Do not turn your back on Gen Z, folks. Believe in them. They can do it. They have. They are smarter than people give them credit for. Graham, I know you know this, Blake, you now know this. We're going to be right back. More of the Charlie Kirk show live from AM Fest 2025. On ebay. Every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee from the last show. Your favorite band ever played. You wore it everywhere. Then your BFF started layering it, which is cute until they unfriended you and took it with them, which was not so cute. Anyway, now you're on ebay and there it is. Same tee from the same tour, still living in your memory rent free forever. See, the things you love have a way of finding their way back to you. But ebay isn't just for getting whatever your ex BFF stole back. It's also for that rare championship foul ball you caught, then heroically gave to the kid next to you. And where else are you going to find your first car, the one you wish you'd never sold, but now you finally get the chance to take back home for good this time. Shop ebay for millions of fines, each with a story. Ebay Things People Love Season two of Unrivaled basketball is here and the talent is unreal. The best women's players on the planet are running it back with even bigger moments and bigger stakes. Don't miss as Paige Becker, Snafeeza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna Stewart and more. Take the court and redefine the game. This isn't your regular season. This is unrivaled, where the pace is faster, the energy is higher, and every athlete shines. Unrivaled basketball season two, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5th on TNT, TruTV and HBO. Max run a business and not thinking about radio, Think again. Cause more people are listening to the radio on iHeart today than they were 20 years ago. And only iHeart broadcast radio connects with more Americans than TV, digital, social, any other media, even twice as many teens than TikTok. And that reach means everything. Just think about the universal marketing formula. The number of consumers who hear your message times the response rate equals the results. Now let's get those results growing for your business. Radio's here now more than ever. And iheart's leading the way. Think radio can help your business. Think iheart Streaming, podcasting and radio where the reach is real. Let us show you@iheartadvertising.com that's iheartadvertising.com or call 844-844 iheart one more time. Just call 844-844, iheart and get radio working for you. Welcome back to this Real America's Voice news break. I'm Terrence Bates, Real America's voice on the ground in Phoenix, Arizona as AMFEST continues there today. We'll have live coverage throughout the weekend. Our Bo Davidson joining us right now with on what's happening. BO it's already been an interesting day so far, or actually Thursday, I guess was very interesting. Today probably has much of the same in store. Yes, there's going to be a lot in store today. Terrence, let me give you just kind of a rundown of who's going to be speaking today. We've got Dr. Ben Carson, a great friend, wonderful man. Alex Clark will be speaking, Dr. Joe Boot, Nate Morris, Steve Deese, Savannah and Todd Chrisley, James o', Keefe, of course, of o' Keefe Media Group, Steve Bannon, our very own Steve Bannon, Rob Schneider, the actor, of course, from Saturday Night Live, Vivek Ramaswamy. And then we'll close out the night with Megyn Kelly and Jack Posobic, of course, from Real America's Voice and Human Events Live. So action packed day. Terrence was a very interesting, I think, start to the conference yesterday, having the dichotomy of both Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro, who kind of traded barbs at one another obviously over a pro Israel, anti Israel kind of positioning. But I think what's going to come out of this, at least what I hope and I think that my colleagues, Ben Bergquam, Benny Harmony, Brian Glenn, folks that are here, we hope that there's going to be a sort of unity that comes from this because we are seeing that there is a fracture and a split, almost a faux civil war within the Republican Party, within the conservative movement. And it's not what Charlie would want. I think that something that I have learned, Terrence, from all of this is that Charlie wanted discussion wanted healthy, lively debate. Ask me a question, question, I'll give you an answer. But we can't speak over each other. We can't have friction with each other. So I think what's hopeful that I'm seeing at least from Erica Kirk and how she set the tone is Charlie wants a dialogue, not a monologue. This should not be something that is impulsive and caustic and strident. So I think there's going to be a hopeful message over the next three days. Terrence, let's absolutely hope. Yesterday definitely was interesting to see and of course, today we'll be tuning in. BO we appreciate, appreciate you being here, brother. And we'll be checking in with you throughout the day. Again, Remember, Real America's Voice is going to have coverage from AM Fest literally throughout the weekend. We, of course, are there live now, the Charlie Kirk show live from amfest as we speak. And throughout the weekend, we'll have all of the speakers and much, much More. So make sure you stay tuned. That's going to do it for us. Now let's get you back to the Charlie Kirk show, which again is coming to you live from. Foreign. Forging an all new greatest American generation. It's the Charlie Kirk Show. All right. Welcome back to the Charlie Kirk show live in America Fest 2025. God bless you guys. We are here in Charlie's honor in his memory. Who wants a hat, by the way out there. Who wants a hat? These guys got some too. You better throw them out. Who, who? I need enthusiasm. There it is, John. Watch your head, watch your head. Hey, got it. And by the way, the great. I'll let you go get it. Well, here. Here's the great Andy Biggs. We are here partly in support of Andy Biggs, Governor, the next governor of the great state of Arizona. Yes, Biggs, Governor right here. So we got that right there. We. So I'm just gonna leave that up. Well, as a prop here, Ben, what you got for us out there in the crowd? Well, we got some young guys. I'm going to come over here. I'm just working my way around the crowd. We got some questions and some comments. What's your name? Where are you from and what's your question? My name is Rod White. And of course, Charlie is irreplaceable. But if there was one individual that's taken up the cross, maybe better than anyone else that you see with this amazing future, could you just name that one individual? Who would that be? I mean, that's a, that's a tough question, but I will say that, you know, I think J.D. vance obviously is the vice president, so it's a little different. But I can just tell you that he has. Charlie was a huge believer in the political talent, the moral clarity, the intelligence of J.D. vance. And I think he's really stepped into the void and waded into conversations they didn't have to, but he's doing it for the sake of the movement, for the sake of the country. And so I give him a lot of credit for what he's done. I love Ali Beth Stucky, by the way. She's my. Oh, Ali. Ali's the best. Oh yeah, she's the best. We actually have her. We're going to be doing an interview with Ali and the members only lounge. So that's going to be really cool. Members.charlie kirk.com if you want to join our members community. And we're doing live long, long form podcasts with Ali. She's amazing. She's phenomenal. Totally agree. And this is really what it's all about. The next generation. These guys. What's your name? Where are you from? And what does Charlie mean to you? What is this? His legacy and MFEST in particular. Well, hi, guys. It's really nice to meet you. I'm excited to be here. My name is Riley Raybird. My friend, I started a Turning Point chapter at our school in Birmingham, Alabama. And God bless you, and we're excited to be here to honor his legacy and carry it on and get connected with the next generation. I'm Cooper Rayberg. I'm the president of that chapter. And it's just been amazing seeing how since Charlie tragically passed, how everybody's been unified and wanting to get involved and meet people and talk about really, really hard things. So that's just been great. I'm Benjamin Meyer and I'm kind of like the social media admin. And like he said, it's been great to see how the movement has kind of unified over his death and mobilized. Yeah. Can you, can you guys give us an insight? This is something, I don't know, maybe you guys have seen this with your own families, your own. What happened with Charlie. People don't understand what this meant to Gen Z, to high schoolers, college kids. Tell us what it was like on campus in those immediate days afterwards. So it kind of was split. There were some people who were really kind of. I don't know, they were really motivated by it, but some other people were not so. And kind of seemed almost to rejoice in his death. To rejoice, he said, in his death. So you had, I mean, a clear divide of good versus evil. No doubt about it. It was really quite polarizing because he was my hero. He was a lot of our heroes. And the fact that something like that can happen in an open debate forum and then the fact that you can see it everywhere is terrible. So it was just really, really heartbreaking for all of us that were huge fans of him. Yeah, thanks. Thanks, guys, for saying that. Yeah, for, for Gen Z, this was their, their, their JFK moment. And I mean, so if you have Gen Z people in your, in your family, in your community, you know, they're still processing it. I really want you guys to internalize that. It's. It's a huge deal. Graham, when you hear young people talk like that, and when you, when you realize, when you see that, the good versus evil, I don't know when I'm listening to that, it. It's crystallizing for me. Yeah. We're going to have our squabbles here, but we got bigger, bigger fights. Bigger fish to fry, if you will. Yeah, I think everybody, I mean, everybody knew how powerful and impactful Charlie was. I think every one of us, especially those of us that are parents. My own children coming up to me, you know, I knew that they knew who Charlie was because we've worked with Charlie and Turning Point for so long, but seeing my own children crying because they were watching Charlie all the time, and I had no idea Charlie had such an impact on our younger generations that even us as parents were kind of oblivious to learning about Jesus through Charlie Kirk, which is the ultimate thing. That's the biggest thing that Charlie wanted to do all the time, was introduce our Lord and savior to not just our next generation, but the current generation. Charlie knew everything about everything, it seemed. Charlie was a Rolodex all the time. The impact that he made the. The once in a generation person that Charlie Kirk was, I think that we're going to feel it for generations to come. And I truly believe that if we can get this infighting out of the way and these squabbles out of the way, we still have the chance that Charlie talked about to be and have America prosper for the next millennia. If we do it the right way and we get it done the right way. Well, that's why. That's why Amfest is the time. It is. It's at the end of the year. It's right before Christmas, and we talk about the debates we're having. This is the time to have those. You have them at the end of the year before you have to gird up for the next election cycle. And Charlie knew that. He always wanted to focus on get the wins, get the agenda passed. Don't destroy yourselves with infighting. If we're arguing the way we sometimes argue in October, it's very bad. Do it in December and be united by October. That's a good point. This is the time to have these. These fights, guys. So again, if you find yourself getting uncomfortable in your seat, don't. Don't let it. Embrace it. Embrace the struggle. This has to happen, and it's going to be ultimately healthy and better in the long run. Graham Allen, tell us where people can follow you. Tell the folks where people can follow you. Get involved with what you're doing. Just. Yeah, anywhere. Graham Allen, you can look for it. It's terrible news. Good news. You know, it depends on your perspective. Thanks for having me. It's an honor. Stand here. God Bless you guys. Graham Allen. All right, welcoming up our next guest. We're doing a little hot swap here, and that is Savannah Hernandez, Monica Page from our TPUSA Frontlines team. We love Sav. Sav is a must follow. Who here is a little frustrated with our immigration policies? Yeah, count me in on that one bet. I know you are. Sav is probably, probably the most, I think, really the most important immigration reporter in the country. And I really mean that. You go into these protests, you go into really dark and seedy places. You cover what's really happening on the ground. It's something Charlie really believed in. He propped up this whole front lines journalism, this guerrilla journalism division within Turning Point, because you got to understand, there's not money for this, folks. You know, other groups, we love them. They're around here on media road. They don't have the money to send reporters all over the country to do this kind of thing. It has to be nonprofit. It has to be donor led. And so these are some of the fruits of that labor of what you guys, when you support Turning Point, do. Sav, tell them what your. Your daily routine. You don't have a daily routine. Tell them about some of the work that you're working on right now. Sure. So I just want to say that, you know, if it wasn't for Charlie, I wouldn't have the ability to go do this, like you said. And it's been such an incredible year for Frontlines because the administration has been listening to everything we have been putting out. We actually were able to go into an antifa roundtable where we had the ear of the president and we were able to sit down with him and talk to him about everything that we've reported as it pertains to left wing violence. And then on top of that, I was in New York actually reporting on Canal street because Frontlines Keep USA sends me all across the nation, from both the west coast to the east Coast. And I was reporting on this huge street of illegal immigrants that had a black market. A couple days later, ICE went and they raided that area and they deported nine illegal immigrants from that. From that street. So the administration very much watching our work, the admin, very much paying attention to the independent journalists that Charlie initially saw the value in before anybody else did. I've been working with you guys now for three, almost four years. We've, you know, brought in hundreds of millions of views on our own. Yeah, the views, guys, truly, we get so much viral content out of this because you, the people want it. You're Hungry for it. The truth. Ben, you're also very good at this guerrilla journalism stuff. I want to give you a lot of hats if you. Right there. Yeah, give it up for Ben as well. He's been covered. I mean, it's a team effort, baby Darian doing all this. So. Yeah, but the number of views like, you know, you get, it feels like every week you've got another post with like a couple million views about, you know, some immigration thing, antifa thing. I mean, how much of, of that is your motivation? Or you just. How do you pick your stories, I guess is the question. I mean, we're following the news cycle. Luckily for me, the mainstream, mainstream media does a horrific job at actually telling the American people the truth. So we're basically just focusing in on everything that they are ignoring. And the American people love it. And we are here to serve you guys. And so the reason we're getting the viewership that we are, the reason why Frontlines has been able to be so successful is because the American people want to see this. The American people want to know what's going on. And it's been very, very successful. So again, every single day, I am grateful to Charlie because he, he saw the value in independent journalists like myself before anybody else did. He invested in us. He made sure that we were able to tell the truth about what was going on in the streets of America as it pertains to illegal immigration. And we were able to, because we were able to show Americans that. Get him, you know, into the White House, essentially, or show Americans, you know, which way to vote, essentially. Essentially in terms of, you know, show them the evidence. America to be. Exactly. Show them the evidence. So we have been growing this team. We have now nine reporters on the front lines team and one of those newer additions, like a year and a half now. Year and a half. Monica Page, everybody. White House correspondent, White House correspondence. So she lives in the. We said this term, a few times, the belly of the beast. You live in the swamp, but you are doing a great job covering the White House. You get to ask the President questions and then you, you cover local protests and stuff. What has it been like to be in the Trump White House? Give the folks at home and the people watching here an idea of how much things have changed in Trump 2.0. It's been a night and day difference for the last year and a half. I covered the previous administration, the Joe Biden White House, where I was very limited to the amount of access that I could get. I was not allowed in the Oval Office, where now I'm allowed in the Oval Office with the President. I wasn't allowed to ask the question in the press briefing room because I was never called on. Now I'm in the new media seat. I'm standing along the sides of the press briefing room asking the questions, getting called on, having those personal one on one meetings with Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. It's been absolutely insane, the access that we're getting. We've been on the North Lawn, South Lawn, East Room, Roosevelt Room, Air Force One. I had the privilege of traveling with President Trump to Charlie's funeral memorial service in Arizona. That was a once in a lifetime opportunity. And honestly, it made me pretty emotional because I knew that if it wasn't for Turning Point usa, if it wasn't for Charlie Kirk, I don't think I would have had this opportunity. So I am so grateful to be there, not only for Turning Point USA and Front Lines, but on behalf of you, the American people, because I'm asking your questions. I'm not asking my network or my mainstream media establishment questions. I'm asking your questions questions. I actually have asked your questions. If you DM me, I will ask them. It's incredible. And everybody, real quick before the break here. Monica just got married and she is pregnant. I mean, you can you. She did it in the right order, folks. I'm not trying to. Yes. But huge shout out to Monica and Savannah. We're gonna keep going right here for ManFest 2025. We'll be. On ebay. Every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee from the last show your favorite band ever played. You wore it everywhere. Then your BFF started wearing it, which is cute. Until they unfriended you and took it with them, which was not so cute. Anyway, now you're on ebay. And there it is. Same tee from the same tour, still living in your memory. Rent free forever. See, the things you love have a way of finding their way back to you. But ebay isn't just for getting whatever your ex BFF stole back. It's also for that rare championship foul ball you caught, then heroically gave to the kid next to you. 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Tell us, tell us here what your name is, where you're from. This matters to you. My name is galena. I came 1997 from California. Well, I'm sorry. From former Soviet Union to California, beautiful state, very wrong politicians. We cannot wait to get rid of the worst governor in United States. And we praying. There are a lot of mega patriots in California. We praying. We're praying and we, we're doing action, action, action, love. That's why it's a beautiful state. We have to save it. And I came legally. It took me. I got my citizenship 2008. I had to study and I had to pass my test. And I'm very proud of proud American. And I am ultra, mega, ultra maga. And you know, this is the difference. Legal immigration versus illegal immigration. The left conflates the two. They try to blend the two. But there's a Difference the. The ultra maga legal immigrants that come here and want to make that want to assimilate into America versus the illegals that want to destroy America. It's my first time here. And Eric, I said yesterday 80% of people came first time. And I'm. I'm extremely happy to be this epic. It's epic. And Charlie Kirk. What I was shocked when we went to China Hills. He was there. It was so packed, we couldn't get to the main building. We were on the second building. What I was impressed. It was first time I saw him in person. His knowledge at that young age, Bible, how he knew Bible, that was shocking for me. I'm orthodox Christian. Then he came to San Clemente to our Calvary chapel and I have book doctrine mega. And he wrote Galena Mega. So my, my immigration policy is I, I will let in anybody that's ultra maga. Ultra. Yeah. Everybody else, I'm not. You know, we don't need. We're full. Hey, we gotta welcome back national radio in about 10 seconds, everybody. We are live from Amfest 2025. Give it up, everybody. We'll be right back. All right, we are back here at the Charlie Kirk show. Live from AmFest 2025. 31,000 patriots have come gathering here at the Phoenix Convention center in Phoenix, Arizona. We are all about action, action, action. We are telling the truth. We're sending reporters out in the field. We are joined by Savannah Hernandez and Monica Page, our White House correspondent. What? You also cover protests though? Yes, yeah, I do. We've covered the no Kings protests. We've covered those Tesla anti Tesla protests. It's very interesting scene out there. A lot of them are very organized. It's like kind of like organized chaos. Also the pro Palestine people that come outside the White House from time to time, we pretty much cover it all. If it's there, I'm there. And Savannah, you were just telling me about an important story, guys. I brought up immigration a few times here specifically because you're here, Savannah, but also just because I'm passionate about it. You just told me a fact that I was not aware of. And I want everybody to listen very closely to this. Sure. So I was just talking with you about how last week the DHS put out a press release basically stating that between these sanctuary states of Illinois and New York, they have released 8,700 criminal illegal aliens with prior ties to homicide, assault, burglary, robbery, back out onto the streets of the United States of America. 8,700 violent criminals that have been released back out onto the streets. Even though they've got an ICE detainer on them, Even though the federal government wants to deport them, these local municipalities are just releasing them back out onto the street. We like that. Do we like that? What do we want to do about it? We want to fix that. You know, I will say, I'll never forget Charlie, one day, he got so frustrated with this. He looked at. He looks right at the camera, goes, we need to start arresting these mayors. Blake, I know that that is not exactly your tax here, but why can't we do that? Why can't we, you know, Lauren Moore, I'm not sure why. I just saw. There was a story, I think, in Reston, Virginia, where they had a detainer on a man. They let him out and he committed murder again after a while. I think you do have to ask, are you just actually an accomplice in. In assaults, in robberies and homicides at this point? And Blake, if I can jump in as well, going back to these numbers, there's another 11,000. And keep in mind, too, that these are already illegal aliens. And then they've committed violent crimes against American citizens. They're currently in custody in state custody in Illinois and New York. And because these jurisdictions refuse to work with federal agents, they are simply potentially going to be re releasing all of these people back out onto the streets. Yeah, it's. It's offensive. And you guys are doing a great job. Everybody please follow TPA frontlines. The great Savannahez and Monica Page. Please check them out. Get up, follow them on socials. Where, where you're at. How do people find you? Go follow me on access. Sav says. Sav says. What about you, Monica? Follow me on X at monicapage tv. P A I G E T V. That's wonderful. Okay, guys, what do we think about Erica Kirk? Do we love Erica Kirk or what? Is she doing a great job? She's doing a phenomenal job. When I think about what she's been through and how courageous and brave and the poise and the gracefulness that she has comported herself, I just. It's enough to make you emotional watching it. I want to play something from Erica. This is her bragging on this amazing event that our team has pulled off. So I want you to hear it from her in her own words. 3:32. We have 40 breakout sessions, 178 sponsors, all 50 states represented. We have 25 countries represented, plus Puerto Rico, but I have the list here. Don't worry, guys. Egypt is not on the list, don't worry about that. But. Oh, how funny. I say Egypt and my iPad turns on. That's fun. Where were we? Okay, we have. So that's 25 countries, all 50 states, 178 sponsors, 40 breakout sessions, everybody. And 31, 000 patriots from all across the country in the world. It's amazing. It's amazing. All for Charlie. And here, here, one more thing from Erica here, play cut 326. He believed disagreement was something not to be canceled. It was something to confront with clarity, courage and grace. And Charlie loved truth way more than conformity. Amen to that. So as you guys go out into, into the breakouts, make sure you're plugging in with other organizations with this organization. So signing up, being volunteers, getting out in the field. Action. Action. Action. This is not an event for mere spectators or observers. We want you to be active and get involved every way you can. That's the whole spirit. If you want to honor Charlie, a couple things you can do. Go to church. Make sure you're going to church. Pray, read your Bible and get involved to save this country, everybody. So we're. That's what we're dedicating ourselves to. That's why we're here. And we're so grateful to have you all here. So we're coming to the end of our hour one. We're going to have hour two. We got a lot of great guests in store in hour two and a lot more work that we're doing here at Turning Point. Action. More Ben Berkwam talking to you in the crowd here. So don't go anywhere. We will be right back right here at the Charlie Kirk show. We'll talk with you in a few minutes. On ebay. Every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee from the last show your favorite band ever played. You wore it everywhere. Then your BFF started layering it, which is cute, until they unfriended you and took it with them, which was not so cute. Anyway, now you're on ebay. And there it is. Same tee from the same tour, still living in your memory rent free forever. See, the things you love have a way of finding their way back to you. 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More Americans listen to podcasts than ad supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora. And as the number one podcaster, iHeart's twice as large as the next two combined. So whatever your customers are into true crime, sports, comedy, culture, they'll hear your message. Plus, only iHeart can extend your message to audiences across broadcast radio. And all this reach means everything. Just think about the universal marketing formula. The number of consumers who hear your message times the response rate equals the results. Now let's get those results growing for you. Think podcasting can help your business? Think iHeart streaming radio and podcasting. Let us show you at iHeartadvertising.com that's iHeartadvertising.com or call 844-844, iHeart. One more time, call 844-844-IHeart and get podcasting working for you. Welcome back to this Real America's Voice news break. I'm Terrence Bates. AM Fest USA is continuing right now in Phoenix, Arizona. Real America's Voice, of course, on the ground with coverage for you not just today, but throughout the weekend. Benny Harmony is joining us now with the very latest. Benny, one of the kind of, if you will, calling cards has been civil discourse. It's something that Erica Kirk said in her opening statements. And we've already seen some, we've already seen some definite discourse. I don't know if you'll describe it necessarily civil, but the discourse is already underway. No, absolutely. And Terrence, like you said, said that discourse, you know, yesterday we kicked off with Ben Shapiro and then we ended with Tucker Carlson. And this was a very full circle because these two individuals, they believe very different things. And but what I will say, Terrence, there's a sense of resilience right now and even seeing how places like the Daily Wire and. And, you know, the more. I would say not under fire, but. But kind of at the same time that, you know, the doors are open for those people. And Turning Point has allowed all different types of news organizations and different independent journalists here to really create that conversation and create that debate that Charlie so, so desperately fought for. And I will say, Terence, my earpiece is falling out here, so I. I may need to adjust it here in a second because I won't be able to hear you. But we are set for another full day here. Our own Jack Bowick and Megyn Kelly will be closing us off tonight. And so I just expect a lot of debate and conversation. And one more thing, Terrence is, you know, last night, Tucker Carlson, he even took questions. And so me and Bo Davidson, we were behind the desk. Just we're standing behind the scenes right now. But we were up there yesterday, and it was just amazing. I knew Charlie would be so, so just thrilled of how this event is going so far. Absolutely. I'll let you go on and adjust your earpiece there. As I'm sitting here looking at you, I'm wondering what the conversations are like within the crowd. Obviously, the people who are getting all the attention of the various speakers who will be taking the stage. But I'm wondering what that civil discourse is like within the crowd, because in the downtimes, you do have people talking about the issues that are near and dear to their hearts. Yeah. And it's. You definitely are not seeing just one big group of individuals who all believe the same thing. And I think that's really important to point out, because one of the biggest conversations here is, you know, the Israel stuff. And I don't really want to get too much into that, because this really is about reviving the Republican Party and reviving this movement after Charlie was tragically killed. And so it's really interesting. We've been talking in our. Our own Ben Berkwam. He's been going around the crowd and talking to these individuals. You have everything from immigrants who have left communist countries to hard patriot Americans from the Midwest. And I'm hearing lots of different types of conversations. And we know that questions are a big thing right now. It's the center of the conversation is these questions that people have. And all of them, all of these people are asking those questions. Just, just the different ones. I don't want to get too much into the weeds, but, yeah, it's. It's definitely not your typical big movement event. Lots of. Lots of discourse happening. They're singing Happy Birthday right now. Terrence. I don't know what's happening. Whose birthday is it? Any idea whose birthday it is? Hold on, Terrence. What do we have going on? I'm losing the airpiece. I'm so sorry. That's all right. Can you hear me? It's loud in here. Can you hear me? I can hear you now, too. Okay. I was curious whose birthday it is, but. But we'll let that go. As you were talking, one of the things that I was wondering is the young people, Is there a sense among the young people who've come and who you've had an opportunity to talk to about kind of continuing Charlie's legacy and how they're going to go about doing that? Yeah. So, Terrence, you know, in the, in the past in these events, you get a lot of the older generation of young people, more college, towards the end of college, graduating. But Terrence, there are extremely young people here this year. I spoke to an 11 year old boy yesterday day and this is his first America fest and he was actually most looking forward to our very own Steve Bannon. Okay, so just to see these young people here, young teenagers, not your 18 year olds, but your 11, 12 year olds that are interested in this because they saw Charlie and they saw how he impacted and they want to be a part of that impact. That's awesome. Benny Ray Harmony reporting on ebay, Every find has a story. 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And I, you know, I keep referencing the fact that, you know, last night was. Was spicy. It was fun. It was. We. People were mixing it up. And so I'm gonna play one of these clips here because I think it's a important, you know, let's just. Let's just do it. Ben Shapiro, he was the second speaker. Obviously. We had Erica Kirk. It was amazing. Amazing intro. By the way, who was in the room for the intro where Charlie introduced Erica Kirk to the stage? I was. I was getting pretty emotional right there. She did an amazing job. But then, you know, some of the fireworks started. Ben Shapiro started 334. If I should break the omerte here and just be a little bit clear. The notion that people in our industry are quite close friends. Like, we all take holiday breaks with each other and go to each other's kids graduations and stuff. It's generally untrue. Some people do that. Most of us don't. But even if it were true that other public figures were our best friends, our very best friends, that does not relieve us of our duty to speak out of principle and not to cover up evil or shy away from addressing it out of friendship. So no, Tucker Carlson, it is not an excuse to go silent on Candace's targeting of tpusa. There is only one moral side here. Erica Kirk's side. All right, Mike, I'm going to go to you. We were talking in the break that you had some opinions about this. What do you make of this? Are you. Do you get uncomfortable? Are you okay with this? Is it healthy? You know, I think don't do it here at this event. So for me, I've always been a daily wire respecter. They give people jobs, employ a thousand people. Occasionally. I disagree with Ben Shapiro, but I'm not, like, trying to blast him every day. You got to look at the good that we're doing. And people. People shouldn't do that here. I'm all for the drama. Even though I'm old now, I don't want to participate in it, but I watch the clips. I'm not. I'm not gonna pretend I'm above it all. I watch every clip. It's like right away when they load up, I try to stay out of it. And I think people need to be more like Charlie and realize that if we lose in the midterms that we lose in 20, 28. Like, what do we win? Right? Does it feel good to vent Your. This is like a young man's game. Ben's old, I'm old. This. Venting your spleen is a young man's game. You don't get to do that when you're older. You gotta. You gotta tone it down and realize if we lose or we're screwed, man, you gotta do. Just play along. Yeah, that. I mean, I think, yeah, there people. You can clap for that. You guys can clap for that. I hear it out there. Blake, what do you make of what you saw? Were you in the room when it. I was watching and I was in the. What was it? What was it? I was backstage, so I didn't. I didn't get a good sense of the audience. How did. How. What was the reaction and what's your take on it? You know, I think that, I think that I characterized this scorched earth. I wasn't expecting that. He came out very hard on that. And I think the Candices deserve to be called out. I'm not saying I agree with everything you said, but I echo Mike sentiments that, you know, what isn't important is winning the midterms. And this is a temporary blip. Once we get all of our, our ducks in a row and we're all aligned for the same purpose, it's going to be so much better and we need to start focusing on that as opposed to the small things that, that we are disagreeing on. As Charlie has often said now when you stop talking to people, bad things start happening. And with on our own side now, we need to continue talking. We can't be ostracizing people who have a slightly different opinion on a minor issue when we all agree about the large issues. Yeah. So can I say something real quick because here's my I don't do radio much, so I'll probably jibber jabber too much. But what Charlie got, and this is something that a lot of people, people don't understand. Being a podcaster and winning elections are two different things. Right. Charlie was like, you got to get out the vote. You got to drive people to vote. And you, you can tell with, with the, the drama using a big name to clickbait. You get the clip. A million people watch it. Your followers say how does that get out the vote? That doesn't, that doesn't get out the vote. And, and this is about, this is about driving out the vote. That's what Charlie's mission is. So people want to do kayfabe pro wrestling things. They want to go fight Jake Paul in the ring. Go do that. Go fight Jake Paul in the ring, go fight Sam Hyde. But this is like, are you getting the vote out? And if you're not getting the vote out, keep it to yourself. Kayfab line is, is pretty funny because one of the, one of the older, weirder, dumber conspiracy theories we'd have about Charlie is that all of the speeches are dictated or pre planned. I think, I think we successfully debunked that one last night. Yeah, I actually, I don't know if you ended up doing but I told Knowles, I was like, you know what you should do is just like be like, well I guess we know that Charlie doesn't at turning Point don't tell people what to say from the stage. And we don't by the way people think, it's like, oh, we have this elaborate scheme that we, you know, it's all orchestrated. No, we just say, like, hey, you're cool. We, like, you go do what you do. Like, we. We don't want to bring people that we have to tell what to say. By the way, you people, if they're going to be speaking on the main stage, they have something to say. They have something worthwhile. They've earned the right to be there. And I think that's a really important point to make. So thanks for bringing that up. Like, you tweet, I'm going to paraphrase it, but you basically tweeted something. And by the way, you got to follow Cernovich on. On X. He's one of the key followers if you want to understand the heartbeat of the movement. Mike, you said something again, paraphrasing that. You. When you look to who you take your cues from, from, you're going to give a lot more credit to the people that are actually in the field doing the work. And you're going to. You're going to downgrade the people that just, like, basically sit behind a camera and aren't doing the work. Why is that so important? Build that out, right? So what podcasts do is they create a sense of false catharsis. It's a Pied Piper thing. They go, oh, I'm your voice. Come watch me. Oh, buy my merch and do this and use my coupon code and do this and do that. Which is all great people have to make a living. But if you lose, you've. You've fallen for an illusion. It's a demonic illusion. First of all, it's idolatry. It's anti Christian. It's. It's idolatry. First of all, to have this weird parasocial relationship with podcasters, I always tell people, don't, don't act weird around me, because that's a sin for you and a sin for me, too, because then it leads me to ego and pride and everything else. What matters is like, are you. Are you driving out the vote? Are you winning? And. And what? My problem with the podcaster thing and Charlie really pushed back. He was a visionary. He had a podcast that some idiot's going to clip it and say, oh, cern of a chase podcast. No, no, no. Podcast is. Is a necessary mechanism. But if you're not converting that to votes and you're only converting that to merch, turn email list to selling things, you're convinced, creating an idol of yourself which is demonic. You're encouraging a false catharsis and a false consciousness of your own audience, that you're leading them into deception. And you're not. And you're not even winning. Right. You're not moving the needle. So that's what people don't understand. You guys know a Turning Point knows, and that's why I was a Day One supporter at Turning Point back when Charlie had the socialism sucks T shirts. And I've always supported you guys, even no matter who goes after you, because I don't want to knock on doors. I want to be lazy at home with my kids. So I feel like if you want to be at home on social media, you better be promoting the heck out of the people that are doing the door knocking, because that's how you win elections. Well said. Give it up for Mike there, guys. And by the way, he's. He's underselling his utility. Mike's done a lot of in the field work over the years. And by the way, 2016 probably wouldn't happen without Mike's Cernovich. Okay? You don't have Trump in the White House. He was one of the ringleaders, one of the captains on the field, the generals on the field, that was getting people in the right direction. So you're underselling yourself, Blake. You know more about the vibe on the ground of MAGA because you. You visit all the rallies, you visit all the events. You're so faithful in that. Be honest. What's the vibe right now? Well, I think people are concerned, definitely concerned about the midterms. People are definitely concerned about the midterms, but I think they're also optimistic. And I think the vibe is still. You know, be honest. It's not. It's not as great as it was coming into 2024, but I think it's still positive. And I think people realize that victory is still ours to have if, like Mike said, we get out there and we do it. And, you know, when I was out there helping Turning Point action in their recall election for Dorian Taylor here Mesa, I see those armies of people out there volunteering. Which we won. Which you won. Exactly. And, you know, it makes a difference. And I knocked on a few doors myself. I'm not going to say I was, you know, a huge, critical part of that, but I. I did a small part. And all those small parts add up. And I encourage you all to. Did you wear the brick suit for. I didn't wear. No, I didn't wear the brick suit for knocking on Doors. I mean, that wouldn't be. You go to your ring doorbell and you see a wall. That's not going to be. That's not something you open up. So didn't use. Didn't use a suit for that. Heartbreaking. Yeah. I mean, we've got one minute left here. Mike, what. What is your marching orders? If you had. Let's just imagine Mike Johnson, Speaker Johnson is watching this right now. Leaders in Washington, what's your message right now? What do they have to do if you're in Congress? Do congressional things. I'm so sick of them all being influencers. Like, I don't care. What? Like, yeah, it's like Ted Cruz, you're in the Senate. I don't care. You can hate Tucker. I'm not Tucker's bodyguard. I don't care. Hey, Tucker. But you're in the Senate. You need to be doing senator things, not tweeting all day. Mike Johnson needs to not be an influencer. We need, if you're in Congress, be in Congress. And if you don't want to do your job in Congress, then go do a podcast and then see if anybody really cares. So do congressional things if you're in Congress. Great point. Yeah, well said, Mike. I think everybody agrees. We're going to be right back with a really personal story from Charlie's last few weeks. You're not going to. You're not going to want to miss it. We'll be right back. On ebay, every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee. You wore it everywhere until your BFF stole it. Now you're on ebay. And there it is. Same tee from the same tour. The things you love have a way of finding their way back to you, especially on ebay. Where else can you find that mint trading card you searched everywhere for? Or your first car, the one you wished you'd never sold? It has to be ebay. Shop ebay for millions of finds, each with a story. 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And it's moms like Angie that we need to uplift, not the illegal aliens that these sanctuary jurisdictions are helping out. Thank you. I've been watching Charlie for years, and I particularly love when he went to the college campus to debate women on the abortion issue and the unborn. And so I work for an organization called Save the Storks. And we're here, and it's our first time at Amfest. And we want to honor Charlie's legacy by raising money for a mobile medical clinic in Erica Kirk's name in his honor that will serve women that will love on women, women with hope and compassion. When they come on our clinic and they see their baby for the first time, they choose life. And we're going to honor Charlotte, Carly, and we're going to sponsor you. We're going to keep coming back over and over again until abortion is unthinkable. Amen. All right, welcome back, everybody. We're live here at America Fest 2025. We're gonna throw out to the great Ben Berkwom. Who's in the crowd? We got a birthday. We got a birthday. A friend of mine from Fresno California. But more important than the birthday is what you're working on. Tell us about the organization, what you guys do. Yes. So I sit on the board for betrell project usa.org and we give voices to the 1.6 billion million victims who were killed in u. S. Hospitals on u. S. Oil due to the mandated and government incentivized hospital COVID protocols. So share your story, Patrel. ProjectUSA.org you are not alone. Thank you for that. That's great. Is this working? There it is. Blake, I'm gonna let you drive here. This is a very personal story for you as well, but for Charlie in the last weeks of his life. Tell us about it. Yeah. So, as a lot of people know, one of the last things Charlie did was he went on a trip to Korea. He spoke. I was. I was with him on that. He spoke at build up Korea, which it was really something to behold because it truly was. Let's look at amfest and copy everything about it has that neon color scheme that we use. Looked exactly like an amfest event, but it was in Korea. And one of the things he did there was he was meeting with pastors in Korea. Korea has a very fraught political environment right now, and a lot of pastors and Christians are right at the center of it. So one of the men he met was pastor son. That's his name. Hyunbo son is the pastor name. And we're joined now by. Very shortly after meeting Charlie, he was arrested, in fact. So we're joined right here at AmFest by two of Pastor Sun's sons. Keep that. Keep that in order. They are chance son and young kwang son. So give a warm welcome to both of them. Thank you so much for having us here. We are so honored to be presented on Charlie Kirk show, which we admiring Koreans love as well. Thank you. So why don't you just explain what's going on in your country and what happened to your father? Yeah, so my father got arrested because of the wrong interpretation of election law. And because my father criticized the candidates for pushing LGBT agenda and walkism into schools. My father got arrested for being too political from the pulpit and also speaking out against the candidate for promising to appoint 30% of the public sector positions to sex for sexual minorities, which is absurd. And as a pastor, my father had to speak out. And because of that very reason, my father got arrested. And it's been 103rd day, marking 103rd day today. Yep. Yeah. So let's so make sure everybody's got the story here. Play, play. 335 guys. If I am imprisoned, it will prove that Korea is no longer free. Reverend Chan Bon made that statement just before entering the police station for a pre trial hearing on September 8th. Despite being a preliminary session, the court approved his arrest warrant and detained him immediately. Charges against Pastor Son include violating election laws specifically for interviewing a candidate on issues the government interpreted as illegal campaigning. Authorities cited risk of light and destroying evidence as the reasons for his detention. Illegal campaigning. That's a remarkable thing to hear about a pastor, no less. So does a pastor just lose their free speech in Korea? Basically, as soon as they start shepherding a flock, Basically. Basically, yeah. They're losing the constitutional rights that we are born with. So free speech is basically being violated in Korea. And if you have enough of influence, even as a pastor, you're not allowed to speak out, even if the biblical values are being harmed. Yeah. And one of Charlie's passions was ensuring that we, the people in the church pews, have our voice. So, Charlie, that's why we have TPUSA faith to say that there is a vacuum in the culture and if we don't fill it as Christians, then people that don't share our values are going to do it and we're not going to like the outcome. Okay. So we have to be involved in Korea. They're making that illegal to be involved. So I have a question for you. What has the United States government done to help your father? So we. I was thankfully invited by the White House faith office a month back to be able to share my father's story. And they are aware of this situation and they are trying to find ways to help out. But we need not only Koreans, but Christians, brothers in Christ, brothers and sisters in Christ, to speak out for religious freedom and also our constitution rights. Because Korean Constitution is written off, based off U.S. constitution. So we must ensure constitutional rights, freedom, free speech, religious freedom. However, it's being violated and we are taking. They are taking away our freedom. So we need you Americans and the government to push to tell the Korean government that this is not right. Take us home, Blake. Korea is one of the most Christian countries in Asia. They can be a great friend of ours, and they should be a friend of ours. Well, they need to get their act together here. And guys, do what you can. Support Pastor Sun. It's very important. Thank you so much. On ebay, every find has a story. Like, if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee from the last show your favorite band ever played. You wore it everywhere. Then your BFF started layering it, which was cute until they unfriended you and took it with them, which was not so cute. Anyway, now you're on ebay and there it is. Same tee from the same tour, still living in your memory rent free forever. See, the things you love have a way of finding their way back to you. But ebay isn't just for getting whatever your ex BFF stole back. 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Now, obviously this is the first event past post Charlie Kirk's death. And so often some might wonder, well, what would the attendance be like, Terence? But as of yesterday, and we kicked off our coverage around 1 o', clock, people were really starting to fill in this facility, even up until the primetime speakers last night, which Tucker Carlson pretty much closed out the show, but it didn't come before a little bit of fireworks back and forth, as you might predict, between maybe Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro and others. But Eric Kuker kind of set the tone yesterday and said, you know what, you may hear things on stage, you might not completely agree, but we have to agree that we have the right to have that opinion, the freedom of speech. And so certainly Charlie Kirk would want people to have a civil dialogue, even if you don't particularly agree with them, at least you'd have a chance to do that. Now, turning our attention to the night speaker start on the main stage here shortly, a little bit later this afternoon. And of course, we'll have it all right here on Real America's Voice. Brian, really quickly, 20, 30 seconds, is there still some buzz about the Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson face off, if you will, even if it was an indirect face off, a verbal face off? Yeah, people still talking about it. It's the buzz. It's like, hey, did you hear last night? Did you hear, hear this? Do you hear that people are talking about it? And I particularly think that's a good thing for this event to have this exchange of dialogue. I think it's, it's healthy to have this discussion, but we'll see what happens on, on today, day two. We'll see if anything develops out of that. But nevertheless, record turnout here at Amfest 2025. All right, Brian Glenn reporting there in Phoenix, Arizona. Is AmFest 2025 set to kick off with day two here in short order, we'll of course have live coverage throughout the day here on Real America's Voice, The hardest working radio show in the business, the Charlie Kirk Show. All right, welcome, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. I'm Andrew Colvett, Blake Neff, Brett Galashevsky and Brandon Alley. We're gonna, we're gonna have a Turning Point Action segment here for you guys because again, it's all about action, action, action, right? So tpusa, it's all about college campuses. It's all about reaching young people. Turning Point Action is all about winning elections, right? So they go hand in hand. One feeds off the other. That's what we like to do here. So but with war, we get in into this very Important segment. I want to put a bow on the last one. So if you want to support Pastor sun out of South Korea, who's been in prison for his political beliefs because he happens to be a pastor, throw this QR code up there, please. So everybody put it up there, the QR Code. If you scan that QR code, everybody out there take. Yeah, get your phones out, take a picture. You can sign the petition. Sign the petition, get involved in freeing this man who spoke up for his faith, who spoke up for his country, and was imprisoned two weeks after Charlie met him, by the way. It's just the whole thing is insane. And the timing you have to imagine for South Korea is providential. You have to believe that. So please, take that QR code, sign the petition, get involved, raise awareness for Pastor Son. It's unacceptable what's happening. Happened to him. Thank you, Mary, for sending me that. Thank you. All right, so transitioning to Turning Point Action. Brett Galashevsky, you are, I think, like, you're. You're like our mascot out there. You, Brett. You guys know Brett G. Brett, your profile keeps rising because I think people feed off your energy. You are. You are dynamic. You're excited, you're enthusiastic. The floor is your. Is yours, my friend. Explain what we're doing right now. Explain what Turning Point Action's about, how people can get involved, like give them the 30, 000 foot. Well, I appreciate that, Andrew. It's great to be here, and it's great to have all you guys here today. The energy is through the roof, isn't it? We are so excited because that Turning Point Action, we're going to be turning the page into 2026, which is going to be the make or break year to save our country. People have asked me all over this weekend, you know, what's at stake in 2020. The short answer is everything that we have worked so hard to make happen. And right now, Indiana is a little bit of the epicenter of conservative politics right now. We just got done fighting a big fight in Indiana at the State House among these Republican legislators that refused to vote yes to a nine zero map, allowing us conservatives to be in the best possible position to compete to win back the House of Representatives next year. But that on top of that, that's only a small sliver of what we've been doing at Turning Point Action. We're building the pieces so we can build that red wall that allows us to compete in 2028. And so that's what Brandon is here for today. That's what we're really excited to talk about. All right, so what is the red wall? So we talked about this on the show before. The blue wall historically has always been a combination of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. And the best play in the Democratic playbook has always been for them to pick off two of those three states. We really threw a wrench in their plans. In 2024. We won Wisconsin, we won Michigan, we won Pennsylvania. And so now you look at, it's a Numbers game. In 2028, we have to get to that 270 electoral map percentage. And right now we believe that our best path to the 270 electoral mark is a combination of Arizona. Arizona. That's always been important. It still will be Arizona. Come on now. Nevada. And now I'm a Nevada boy. Any Nevadans in the House besides me? Anybody? I got nobody. Nobody. I'm a loner right here. And then last but certainly not least, New Hampshire. That is the new battleground state. New Hampshire. We don't have Nevada. I'm embarrassed. Yeah. No. Describe this. Because New Hampshire never voted for Donald Trump, for example, in any of the states three elections. So what's changing in the state that makes it part of a red wall? Well, so that was the swing state that Trump lost by the slimmest margin. And let's just compare New Hampshire to a state like Wisconsin, which was one of the red wall states in 2024. The thing that New Hampshire has over Wisconsin is twofold. One, a Republican governor. So it's a lot easier for us to build that infrastructure. And then two, more registered Republicans than register Democrats. A state like Wisconsin, for instance, does not register by party. So it's really hard to model, it's really hard to create shape files and allows us to target voters in kind of a, just an improper way. In New Hampshire, there's a huge libertarian faction, there's a huge tasteful independent faction, and more importantly, there are more Republicans. So that's what makes us very intrigued by New Hampshire and why we're really excited to be launching our full scale ballot chase operation over the next four years in the grand its state. Yeah, full scale. So Arizona was a great example of what turning point action can do when we do the get out the boat, chase the vote operation. Right. So we had full, full employment, thousands of volunteers, door knocking. And what we do, and I don't want to give away the secret sauce too much, but some of this is public, is we divide the state into these very bite sized little chunks and we assign people on those, on those 10 territories. And then their job is to contact everybody on their list that the low prop conservative, probably Republican voters. And we knock on their door, we text them, we call them, we're nice to them, we be their neighbor, we be there. You try and be the mayor of your little territory, you invite them to things, you get them involved so that when election month comes, they already know who you are, they know they can trust you, they can use you as a resource. That's the idea. So Arizona was a great, great example of that. We lost in 2020 by about 10,000 votes in the state of Arizona. Right. A lot of shenanigans. We don't need to relitigate the past. Arizona became the best performing swing state in 2024 because of the work that Brett and his team and Tyler Boyer and Turning Point Action did, getting out the vote almost 6%. Trump won this state by almost 6% and it was like a margin of almost 200,000 vote victory in 2024. Yeah, you can cheer for that. Thank you, Caleb. So that's the power of actually doing the machinery of getting out low prop votes. So what people don't fully understand, they still don't grasp this yet, is that in the era of Trump that we have become the low prop party. The whole, the whole makeup of the conservative movement has changed. Now they have the more reliable voters, but we have more, more of them. That's the key. And that's why you're seeing us win national popular votes at the presidential level in 2024. So our job then becomes a little bit trickier because we have to do the work to get them out. That's why what we're doing in New Hampshire is so critical. That's why what we're doing in Nevada is going to be so critical. Because if we can make these permanent outposts of, of Republican Party control conservative movement, then we're going to have a massive, massive advantage on over Democrats because the way the census has changed, the way that voters have moved out of blue states and northern states and gone to the Sun Belt, the math doesn't work for them the same way it did previously. And so if we have New Hampshire, Nevada, Arizona, if we can hold those, they are going to have a very, very tough time winning a national election in the future. So let's go over to our New Hampshire man, Brandon Malley here. Explain. Yeah, give him up. Get up for Brandon Malley, Turnboard action. He's doing the work. Explain the dynamics inside New Hampshire. Because something people don't understand is that we have more Republicans than Democrats, but there's a lot of independents. So explain the dynamics, brandon. So since 2018, the Republican voter registration numbers have gotten better and better with each election, regardless of whether it's been a good year for Republicans or not. That's one encouraging sign. Two, There's a big libertarian movement in New Hampshire that leans more Republican. It's probably the biggest libertarian operation of any state in the country. In fact, there's even a project called the Free State Project that's getting people to move to the state of New Hampshire to make it more conservative minded, to make it a free state. It's the live free or die state for a reason. The state legislature and the governor are Republican. They're reflective of that on a state level. What we have to do is be reflective of that on a federal level. Federally it's all Democrats. We need to get that independent vote voting the right way. And there are way too many disengaged Republicans. So did you guys hear that New Hampshire has all state level Republican representation? Governor, state legislature. But for some reason on the federal level we could postulate why that might be. Ben, I was looking at you, I wonder if you got some ideas. But at the federal level we have zero representation for Republicans. That is a weird dynamic. So how are we going to change it? We're going to change it. Well, actually it's surprising because every four years New Hampshire gets the attention of the political universe, right? It's the center first in the nation primary, which by the way, many people in the state are upset that the Democrats are trying to take away. So we're going to be in defense of that, number one. Number two, it's important to have year round infrastructure. It's amazing in the six months that I've, that I've been there, that I've witnessed everything on the ground, ground, how little infrastructure is in place outside of the presidential primary. So we are going to be the preeminent organization, putting bodies on the ground, chasing the low propensity Republican voters and teaching the grassroots in the conservative base how to actually win elections outside of primaries. Give it up for Brandon. Guys, this is what we need. We need young, motivated, energetic people hitting the ground. And by the way, there's all these groups in New Hampshire. They sometimes they need an outside voice like attorney point action or whatever to come in and kind of just rally them all together, give them the belief that they can do this. That's what we've seen across the country. Brett, maybe talk to that. Yeah, well, I mean what Brandon was alluding to. And it's a fascinating concept in New Hampshire without an organized ballot chase effort, without really a ton of outside groups besides, you know, the legacy party apparatus that exists there. We're only losing elections in New Hampshire by the skin of our teeth. Would you imagine if we essentially carpet bomb New Hampshire now with a bunch of paid bodies on the ground, a bunch of volunteers that are trained on the concepts that you talked about, Andrew. Relational organizing, neighbors talking to other neighbors. It really puts us in a big position here to move the needle not just a little bit in New Hampshire, but permanently in our corner for decades to come. New Hampshire has that ability and that's why we're really excited to invest long term. So if people watching at home or they're listening, listen to the podcast or people in this event space right now want to get involved in 2026, 2028. What do they do? Couple things. So one and many people don't actually know this. We own coalitions.com@ turning point action. Our coalitions program is our farm team. That is our volunteer field program where we organize, we recruit volunteers, we organize them and then give them the tools necessary to be able to whip up votes, chase those votes in those extremely important precincts in their state. So coalitions.com TP action, that's when you do like Moms Coalition, Farmers Coalition, Hispanics Coalition. Right? Correct. This is the concept of Moms knocking on the doors of other moms. Latinos knocking on the doors of other Latinos. Gen Z knocking on the doors of other Gen Z. And so that's what the concept that we're building. And then from there, and this is the beauty of the model that we've built, we can take the best of the best volunteers that are now trained in Turning Point Action concepts and essentially say to them, keep doing what you've already been doing, but now we'll pay you to ballot chase for us full time through Chase the Boat. And that's what we're going to replicate in Arizona, Nevada and New Hampshire. All right. And we are hiring in Indiana, right. Throw up. 338. We're looking for field representatives, right? Yeah. If you would have told me a year ago that Turning Point Action was going to be hiring in Indiana, I would have told you you were crazy. But about a month ago, Indiana became the last line of defense for us to be able to win back the House of Representatives. Next year they had an opportunity to go from a 7:2 controlled map to a 9:0 Republican congressional map. Unfortunately, in an Indiana state Senate that has 40 Republicans and only 10 Democrats, we couldn't get the 25 votes necessary for that map to pass. So now we want Indiana to be the cautionary tale of the century for these establishment folks. And we're going to go in, we're going to put bodies on the ground, we're going to primary these senators that refuse to support President Trump. Do you guys support that? You guys want to see us primary some state senators that refuse to get on board Indiana? Now that, that's a, That's a shift of two congressional seats. It could have been massive. And knowing that Gavin Newsome stripped five Republican seats away from us in November with Prop 50, Indiana had an opportunity to really draw their line in the sand and reverse course. But the problem is you have a state filled with MAGA Republicans, ran by MAGA haters. And we, we saw that all over the place. The Mike Pence footprint, the Mitch Daniels footprint. So we're coming, coming into Indiana, we're penetrating the state, and we're saying enough is enough. Let's get rid of these folks, let's put the ground game necessary to be able to primary them, and let's save Indiana. All right, AMF Best 2025. Give it up for turning point action here. Thanks, guys. These guys are the. The boots on the ground, the. The workers in the field, and we need harvesters in the field. So pray for them and God bless them. Thank you guys for coming. Thank you. All right, post those. 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We need mass deportations and mass prosecutions of everybody who's getting in the way and the injustice system against President Trump. But speaking of the fights that we're in and how important what Turning Point does. Tell me your name again. Gabriel Murphy. Gabriel Murphy. First time at an event. He said your family doesn't even know you're here. You're from Oakland, California. Why does this matter for you so much to be here and support Turning Point? I just think it's really important that people know where their values and their yeah, maybe with their values a lot. I think a lot of times a lot of people aren't really malicious. They just don't really know or don't really get a chance to get exposed to information. I got a lot of fights with my family after Charlie Kirk passed away, just in terms of. They were saying that, you know, he was racist, you know, the whole thing. And I think it's just really important that people at least get a balanced viewpoint on who they are, where their values align. What. What does the Bible say about what we should and shouldn't believe? And there's not a lot of people that look like me that believe what I believe. And so I. I got joined into this because I have a buddy that started Turning Point Chapter at my college. I sat down and talked to him during COVID It was just a whole thing. So I think it's just really important that if you just talk to people, expose yourself to different ideas, and like, think rationally instead of emotionally, that we can get a long way in this country. So I'm kind of. This is my first time being here. I'm really happy to be here. It's cool to see. I've been way more patriotic in the last couple years than I've ever been in my life. So. Yeah, welcome. And by the way, there's a lot more people that look like you and think like you than you think. And so hopefully you're. That's right. That's one of the lies that the main. That. That the left wants you to believe, but that is shifting in America. There's a massive awakening happening. God bless you, man. It's crazy too, because I spent a year in Hungary playing basketball, and there's a lot of stuff that we have here that they don't have over there that, like, we really take for granted. And I think if people got a chance, like, I'll live in other places. Not the hungry's bad place. Let me just. I don't want to make mess up international relations or anything like that, but. But I think if, you know, you spend time in other places, there's a lot of stuff that we have here they don't have over there. Like, they don't have barbecue. They don't have pickup trucks. It's crazy. So I think that it would. People took more time being more grateful. We have in the U.S. i think we go a lot further, a lot longer way. So God bless you, man. Thank you for coming out. And we're praying for your family. Yeah, you can be there. Their Bridge to. To get here with us here. Thank you, Ben Berkram, the great Ben Berkman. Can we give it up for Ben? He's been amazing. All right, Po. So in the tradition of America Fest, we're doing the warm handoff. And what do you got planned for your show? What. What. What can people expect, Andrew? Do I look like a guy with a plan? Do I look like. No. What can we expect? We want high energy, America first, patriotism that will be coursing through America Fest. And we're going to be sending a message to all the people in the swing states to Washington, D.C. and yes, I don't just mean the Democrats. I mean the establishment Republicans as well, the rhinos, the people holding up the filibuster and the president's agenda. We're going to make our voices heard tonight. All right? So nobody. Nobody can go anywhere. Posters coming up next. Jack, you. You've got a few different duties at this event. You're going to be speaking. You got a speech. You are also going to be on stage interviewing who tonight I will be on stage. I think we're closing out tonight. On stage interviewing Megan Kelly. You guys want to see that? Should we interview Megan Kelly tonight? Send the questions you want Jack to ask Megan to freedom charliekirk.com. oh, man. Over here. Yeah, freedom. Charlie Kirk.com. i will actually handle. Deliver those questions to Jack Vasobic. This will be fun. No, something tells me, though, that I think a few of the questions may be already floating around online. And I'm sure that Megan is knowing. Megan is already more than prepared to answer them. Yeah, no, she. And by the way, Megan has been. She has been. I think. I think she was. She's gonna react to maybe some of the criticism. But I will just tell you, Megan, by behind the scenes has been wonderful and very supportive, and you guys should know that. And we'll see what happens tonight. I can't wait. I can't wait. Look, because everybody wants to play this game, right? And I'll just. I'll even. I'll even, you know, peel back the curtain. Everyone wants to go, oh, whose side are you on? Right? Whose side are you on? You're on Tucker side. Are you on Megan's side? Are you on. Are you on Ben's side? This side? Well, I'm. No, no, I'm on Charlie side. Okay. Yeah, I'm on Charlie Kirk side. That's the side I'm on. I'm on Turning Point side. I'm on Erica Kirk side. I'm On Amfest side, I'm on America's side. Right. It's about maga, and it's about keeping the coalition together. Now, that being said, that being said, when these issues do come up, what do we do? You do what, Charlie, did you talk about it? It's as simple as that. Yeah. Well said, Blake. Final words, man. I just. Yeah. You really dumped this on me, didn't you? No, it's. We're having a very fun event. We're having a very outspoken event. I'm looking forward to what we're going to hear tonight. I think it'll be hard to top the virality of last night, but I know. No, you, Jack, you'll consider that a dare. You'll. I really am. You already are planning this, I imagine. Well, I mean, it's on mega, right? I'm just. I'm just asking the question. So I'm not trying to be the center of anything, but, I mean, give it the opportunity, you know? You know, I mean, I do have a reputation. Well. And I. I want to. I want to wrap this up by just saying one thing, is that I cannot get over how encouraging it is for us to see all of you here and how wonderful you guys have all been, how welcoming to each other, the energy in this room. I, I, I. It's hard to explain if you're not here, but it is extreme. It is wonderful. It is overflowing. So I, I just love the people that come to Amfest that make the track from all over the country. You guys make this so much fun for us and so encouraging. And there's something about getting in person IRL, Jack. Not just being online, Mr. Twitter man, not just being online, actually getting and mixing it up with the people. Wait a minute. Andrew. Blake, I'm thinking we should do Thought Crime live from Amfest today. What do you say? Should we do it? Oh, I think I. I think I agree with that. Should we go over to the. The Expo room and do Thought Crime live today, folks? A little bit later. A little bit later this afternoon, and we're taking questions. Should we do Q and A in there? Totally unscripted, uncensored Q and A right there. Hey, guys, bring Cliff Maloney. We got to wrap it up here. Say goodbye to national radio and real America's Voice post coming up next. Thank you so much. No holds bar, folks. On ebay, every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee. Not just a tee, the band tee. You wore it everywhere until your BFF stole it. Now you're on ebay. And there it is. Same tee from the same tour. The things you love have a way of finding their way back to you. 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