THE CHARLIE KIRK SHOW, DECEMBER 26TH, 2025

Summary

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Podcast Summary: THE CHARLIE KIRK SHOW – Real America’s Voice (December 26, 2025)

Episode Overview

This special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show (aired December 26, 2025) focuses on the annual Turning Point USA Chapter Leadership Summit, where Charlie addresses hundreds of young conservative activists. The central theme is the importance of leading a “deep” and value-driven life—one rooted in duty, faith, and courage—rather than chasing comfort or superficial popularity. The episode features direct audience Q&A, Christmas greetings from the RAV team, and practical strategies for conservative students navigating hostile campus environments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Holiday Greetings & Reflections

• The episode begins with multiple RAV personalities (including Charlie Kirk) extending heartfelt Christmas and New Year wishes to their audience, emphasizing gratitude and community.
• “Remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.” – Charlie Kirk [04:44]

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The Need for Depth over Ease in Life

[11:31–24:45, 64:41–73:11]

Main Points:

• Choosing a Deep Life:
  • Charlie sets the tone by challenging students to intentionally choose a meaningful, “deep” life rather than the easy road of comfort and self-indulgence.
  • “Almost every single one of you… have made an intentional decision that you want to live a deep life over an easy life.” —Charlie Kirk [11:40]
• Duty, Not Just Pleasure:
  • Modern culture promotes self-pleasure and feeling-based decisions, but Charlie urges prioritizing duty, obligations, and obedience—especially to God and country.
  • “Life properly lived is about duty and obligation and obedience, not just self-pleasure or doing what you want all the time.” [17:44]
• Values Drive Action:
  • “How you feel is completely irrelevant. How you act is far more important.” [20:18]
  • He assigns “homework”—having students write down their four or five core life values on their way home after the summit. [24:45, 64:41]
• Facing Opposition with Joy:
  • Kirk underscores that conservative students face social ostracism and verbal attacks, but such suffering is meaningful proof they’re fighting for something real.
  • “You should delight and rejoice in the opposition… be thankful that you are able to do something that is worthwhile.” [14:17]

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The Conservative Student Struggle & Campus Activism

[24:45–36:31, Q&A at 37:09 onward]

• Resilience on Campus:

  • Charlie celebrates Turning Point chapter leaders for embracing courage amidst adversity.
  • “After six months, how many times can you be called a racist… it means nothing. Just be like, ‘Look, I’m a patriot. Your name-calling means nothing to me.’” [28:25]
  • “Courage is a choice. It takes no skill to be courageous.” [31:23]

• Values-Based Living Beats Identity Politics:

  • Kirk asserts that the left focuses on feelings, victimhood, and self, whereas a value-based life centered on service and tradition leads to joy and success.
  • “We have a generation that only thinks about themselves all day long.” [29:20]

• Turning Gen Z Conservative:

  • He highlights stats that suggest Gen Z is becoming more conservative—crediting grassroots organizing and the pushback to progressive campus trends and identity politics.
  • “Gen Z is on pace to be the most conservative younger generation since 1988.” [31:47]

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Direct Audience Q&A: Tough Issues and Strategic Advice

[37:09–111:04, and 111:04–end]

Communism, Socialism, and Cultural Clashes:

• Teaching the Dangers of Communism:
  • Charlie floats the idea of offering “one way tickets to Venezuela or Cuba” for student communists. [38:04, 77:44]
  • “Communists must destroy three things: the family, your connection to the divine, and your ability to own private property.” [38:48]
• Handling Campus Slander and Running for Student Government:
  • Ignore Slander, Focus on Organizing:
    • “My first piece of advice is ignore the noise and just keep organizing and keep on collecting votes… what you do in life should never be impacted by the names that you are called.” [41:10]
  • Confront Lies with Facts:
    • “You can confront it every so often... say, ‘Hey, what have I ever said that’s racist?’ They have nothing.” [81:13]
• Fair Weather vs. Genuine Conservatives:
  • Kirk observes that those who’ve “suffered” under leftist policies become the staunchest activists. [42:52, 83:08]
• Combating Institutional Bias:
  • When Schools Discriminate:
    • “If you go to a public school and there’s even an inch … of favoritism … we will sue their socks off immediately.” [44:21, 84:22]

Learning & Intellectual Growth:

• Charlie's Book Recommendations:
  • “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
  • C.S. Lewis works (*Mere Christianity*, Abolition of Man, That Hideous Strength)
  • “The Book That Made Your World” by Vishal Mangalwadi
  • “1984,” “Brave New World,” “Darkness at Noon,” Winston Churchill’s books
  • “If it’s under 25 [books a year], you’re not taking learning seriously.” [45:45, 89:14]
• Why Charlie Opposes Modern Colleges:
  • “In college, you don’t really learn much of anything [of value]. Sorry, guys… it’s just true.” [85:48]

Debating Terminology & Identity:

• Should Conservatives Reclaim “Liberal”?:
  • “There is a difference… liberals are weak, leftists are evil.” [52:42, 92:11]
  • “We as conservatives want to protect, preserve, and pass down the best for future generations.” [52:42, 92:54]

School Choice & Homeschooling:

• Cautious Support for Vouchers:
  • “We have not yet seen evidence of the government controlling homeschoolers via vouchers, but it is a legitimate concern.” [54:48, 94:26]
  • “Children are a gift from the Lord and we need to reverse this fertility crisis.” [54:48, 94:26]

Addressing Government Tyranny:

• When is Enough, Enough?
  • “Prudence is practical judgment… there’s no formula, but using wisdom, you apply it to that situation and make a prudent choice.” [57:15, 96:36]
  • “We’re closer to that [point] than I would ever have believed… I hope we never get there.” [57:15, 96:36]

Organizing for Political Change:

• Emulating Florida’s Conservative Success:
  • Emphasize local involvement in the Republican Party, candidate quality, signature drives, and securing elections. [61:04, 99:40]

Art, Culture, and Communication:

• “The last hundred years of art is crap… art in the Western world used to point up, glorify the divine.” [100:42, 105:33]
• Top advice for creatives: make art that points to what is “good, true, and beautiful.”

Challenging Indoctrination & Oppressive Academia:

• Students should not fear retaliation for challenging Marxist curricula.
• “Grades mean nothing. Character matters.” [109:00]

Building Movements and Personal Success:

• “There is no replacement for hard work. I’ve traveled 3,000 days in the last decade…” [111:29]
• “Everything you do matters. The impact will come if 600+ people are doing the right thing simultaneously.” [112:39]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Courage is a choice. It takes no skill to be courageous.” [31:23]
• “How you feel is completely irrelevant. How you act is far more important.” [20:18]
• “If you want an easy life, then you become a leftist… We as conservatives make a decision to live a more adventurous life.” [15:11]
• “Opposition is part of life. You can complain… or you can embrace it and say, ‘this is going to make me stronger.’” [29:50]
• “Conservatives want to protect, preserve, and pass down the best for future generations.” [52:42]
• “Wisdom is a choice.” [89:14]
• “If you want to succeed in life, prioritize reading over beer pong.” [89:14]
• “Children are a gift from the Lord and we need to reverse this fertility crisis.” [54:48]
• “Everything you do matters… that is what gives me hope and you guys give me such amazing hope.” [112:39]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:21–05:09]: Christmas and New Year wishes from RAV team
• [11:31–24:45]: Main keynote: Living a deep, value-driven life; opposition on campus
• [24:45–36:31]: Realities of modern culture, student depression, meaning through service
• [37:09]: Start of Q&A with Turning Point USA student leaders
• [41:08]: Handling smear campaigns as a student leader
• [44:21]: Legal recourse against institutional discrimination
• [45:45]: Book recommendations and the value of self-education
• [52:42]: Differences between “Liberals” and “Leftists”
• [54:48]: Homeschooling, vouchers, and government overreach
• [57:15]: When government “crosses the line” of tyranny
• [61:04]: Organizing political change in swing states
• [64:41]: Core values, opposition, and building resilience
• [89:14]: Learning as an intentional lifestyle
• [100:42]: The purpose of art and advice for creatives
• [105:33]: Challenging institutional indoctrination and the insignificance of grades
• [111:29]: Building Turning Point from the ground up—Charlie's formula for success
• [112:39]: Encouragement: “Everything you do matters”

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Summary in the Tone of the Episode

Charlie’s tone is direct, confident, at times humorous, and always mission-driven. He openly challenges modern cultural narratives, mocks the “absurdity” of woke campus trends and leftist ideologies, but is equally passionate in affirming and uplifting his audience—charging them with a sense of obligation to defend American values, faith, and freedom.

In his words:

“God bless Trump, God bless you, God bless America. That’s the story of 2025.” [05:29]
“Let’s do some questions. God bless you guys. Thanks so much.” [36:31]
“Everything you do matters… that is what gives me hope and you guys give me such amazing hope.” [112:39]

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

• This episode is equal parts pep talk, practical activism training, and cultural critique.
• Listeners will find inspiration, practical advice, and a framework for living—and leading—through hardship.
• The Q&A further grounds Charlie’s philosophy in real-world campus struggles, offering specific strategies for conservative students, while keeping the focus on joy, duty, and community resilience.

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End of Summary

Transcript

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Dear Rav family, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hey Ravagers. From all of us at the RAV West Palm beach control room, we want to wish our entire RAV family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

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Hey everyone, we're coming to you from the Denver control room. This is where War Room, America's Voice live stench filled tonight and lots of other programs that you watch right here on Real America's Voice start and originate. So as we head into Christmas and the holidays, we all just wanted to say thank you to you, our audience. We're really grateful for you and we're grateful that you tune in to make all of the hard work that this crew continues to do because quite honestly, I'm just a pretty face. But we appreciate you for tuning in to all the work they do.

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Well. Merry, Merry Christmas, everybody. It's Ted Santy Claus Nugent saying Merry Christmas to my fellow Americans. Celebrating truth, logic and common sense in the American way of on Real America's Voice.

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Hey, rap family. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. And remember that Jesus is the reason for the season. Hi, I'm Javier Negra from Rap en Espanol.

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I wish you a Merry Christmas and.

[Charlie Kirk]

A happy New Year. What an amazing year.

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Wanted for Christmas and that is year one down of the golden age and President Trump absolutely saving our country. But 2026 is going to be greater than ever before. So buckle up and stay tuned right here on rap.

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I always end my shows with God bless Trump, God bless you, God bless America. And that's the story of 2025. God bless Trump and MAGA and America. I thank God for American exceptionalism, faith, family and freedom. Cindy and I have six combined children, three grandchildren, and our wonderful dog, Bubba. This year, we were guests of the President at the Oval Office. In a few days, Cindy and I will be attending our fifth White House Christmas party, only in America and only with Real America's Voice tv.

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[Charlie Kirk]

You know, I would just encourage you to open up the Bible, read the Bible, read the Christmas story story specifically. And just enjoy. Just enjoy Christmas with your family. And I'm gonna enjoy Christmas with my family. As a matter of fact, my granddaughter is right over here.

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Say hello, sweetie. Say hi.

[Charlie Kirk]

Hi. It's Steve Gruber. And it is the season to be jolly. The season to enjoy the birth of Christ, to enjoy our family and friends, to stand at a beautiful sledding hill and watch the kids have a big time screaming with glee. It's been a great 2025. We appreciate you so much for being with us during the year. We thank you for your patronage and look forward to a great 2026. Thank you for all the love, energy and support all year long. And also, get ready. We have a lot of big things coming in the new year and we can't wait to share what's next. Stay safe, enjoy the holidays, and we'll see you in the chat.

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Almost eight Christmases celebrating Jesus with you.

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In this new year to continue our journey together, fighting for what is right.

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Denver control room, Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas. And happy New Year.

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New Year.

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Merry Christmas, everybody. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.

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So from all of us at Real America's Voice, God bless you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Fear not. You found the place for truth, the voice of a generation that still has the will to believe in the greatest country in the history of the world. This is the Charlie Kirk Show. Buckle up. Here we go. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Take a seat. Wow. I wish I could have spent all morning talking to you guys. What an impressive group of people. And just from all across the country and, and look at this. The Chapter Leadership Summit keeps on getting bigger and bigger and bigger every single year. It's just amazing. And so I want to make sure we spend and we have plenty of time for questions because I know that we did not get enough time at breakfast. But I want to talk about the need, the priority of living a deep life. And every single one of you that have decided to be a Turning Point USA chapter leader, you have made an intentional decision that you want to live a deep life over an easy life. And almost every single one of you, unless you go to, like, I don't know, Arkansas Baptist. Where's my Arkansas Baptist people, by the way? I saw them somewhere. Yeah, you might have it a little easy, but. And then I meet, you know, I ask the question of many of you. You go to Suffolk in Boston. Geez. Or Oswego in New York, or all these very, very liberal places. And I say, is it easy being a Turning Point USA chapter leader? And many of you would say no. You get criticized, you get called names, you get smeared, you get slandered. But then the most important question is not whether it is easy or not. It is, is it worth it? And the answer to that is, of course it's worth it. And that is a very profound point. And that will be my entire remarks this morning. And then we'll do questions which is the modern culture, largely driven by secularism, tells you what you should do is the easy thing, not the deep thing. And in life you will realize the more rewarding thing to do might be the more difficult thing to do. For example, starting a Turning Point USA chapter, organizing your friends, getting involved on campus, that is a guaranteed way that you will experience opposition. And one of the reasons why I'm so inspired by you, and I hope you are inspired by each other when you see how many other chapter leaders there are across the country doing the same things that you are doing, is that you are telling your peers that I am taking the more difficult road because America is worth saving more than my popularity on campus. That America is far more important to me and my life than whether or not the purple haired jihadis or the trans mafia on campus is going to say good things about you. You should delight and rejoice the opposition. You should be thankful that you are able to do something that is worthwhile. Every single day I am asked the question by many patriots across the country, what can I do? What can I do to save the country? You answer that question every single day because you are doing the work to save this beautiful republic. And I want you to think about the rest of your life, the lessons that you learn as a Turning Point USA chapter leader. It's very, very important that taking the deep but sometimes the difficult road is the way that you should configure your life. For example, getting married and having children is a difficult but deep decision that I hope every single one of you make at some point in your life. However, the culture will tell you you might not have as much time to yourself, you might not be able to travel the world, you might not have as much money. All of those things are true and your answer should be so I want a deep and meaningful and purposeful life, not an easy life. And we as conservatives must be very clear with that. If you want an easy life, then you become a leftist. They will pay for your college, forgive your student loans, give you free stuff, you do drugs all day, sit idly by, have no kids, complain all the time and protest. You see, we as conservatives make a decision to live a more adventurous life. That will come with difficulty, that will come with opposition. But when it's all said and done, who is happier? 600 + Turning Point USA chapter leaders or 600/BLM trans activists on college campuses across the country. You are a happier group of people. You have more joy and it's because you are fighting for something and for ideas and you are doing something that is bigger than you the news flash and the more the earlier you can embody this is that life properly lived is about duty and obligation and obedience, not just self pleasure or doing what you want to do all the time. And that opens the question, duty to what? Or duty to whom? Now I know there's lots of different religious views here, but I hope we can all agree that duty to the divine or duty to the eternal or duty to God is the most important thing that a human being can do in his or her life. And a belief that two things there is a God and you are not him, are two of the most important things that you can believe and internalize. You see, it is an amazing thing to witness because I am given hope by so many of you who know the stakes. I get asked every single day by people that are, they want to make a difference and they say, but I might be called bad names, I might be criticized, I might be ridiculed. And I say, well, why don't you come and meet some of our turning point chapter leaders. They're always criticized and ridiculed and they love it and they delight in it and they keep on organizing. And this is one of the reasons why I believe we will ultimately win, is because when a movement grows in number, despite all the attempts by the bad guys to slow down our movement, that means that we want it more. And it does not matter what names that they call us or we are going to keep on organizing, we're going to keep on spreading the message, we're going to keep on multiplying. I mean, look around this room. This room right here is the left's worst nightmare. This room right here is 600 plus high school and college students from every walk of life in every different place of the country, from Florida to Washington to Illinois to Wisconsin to Arizona, where many of you did not know each other before this weekend. And you say, I want my children to live in a free society and we are here to save the country so that we no longer have to live in a communist totalitarian hellhole. That right there shows that you are taking agency and taking action with purposeful intent. And so when you lay out what you want your life to look like, when pursuing a deep life is, is one of the most important things that you can do. Second thing I want to talk about here, which is, I think incredibly important, is when you are presented with choices in life, when you are given a binary choice, for example, whether or not you want to take an extra job, whether or not you want to work those extra hours, it is far more important to think about your duty and your obligation and and obedience rather than how you feel. How you feel is completely irrelevant. How you act is far more important. For example, some of you probably woke up this morning, said 7:30am Breakfast. I feel tired, I'm just going to sleep in. Would that have been the right decision? Because if you allow your feelings to determine your action, what kind of life are you going to live? Instead, you allow your values to determine your action, not your feelings. And that is why, if you have strong values, your life will look infinitely richer and deeper.

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[Charlie Kirk]

You see the left. They want your feelings to determine your action. I feel oppressed. I feel as if I'm marginalized, completely irrelevant. We don't care. What do your values say? Well, my values say I might be tired, I might be low on sleep, might have had a long night last night, the hotel room next to me might have smelled funny and they made all these weird noises. But my value system is that I care about the country more than I care about getting nine hours of perfect sleep. So I'm showing up, and I'm going to present myself best to the country. That is about duty and obligation over self. And what I am talking about is the exact opposite of every mainstream cultural norm happening in the country right now. Every mainstream cultural norm is, well, it's my truth. I can do whatever I want with my life. And of course you can do whatever you want. But ought you do whatever you can? And that is the most important question. Because there really is a way that all of us should live. And the way we should live is to glorify God, to work diligently, to serve church and charity and defend liberty and freedom. These are the things that we must prioritize in our life and I encourage. Here's some homework for every single one of you in the days that follow. On your flights home, write what you consider to be the core beliefs of your life. Four to five things Think deeply about it. Don't do it right now, but you know, write down a reminder to do it. Four or five things of what are your core values? I just listed mine and by the way, Hillsdale College is very similar and I saw them, I think it's amazing. What are the four to five core things that you want to accomplish in your life? For example, for me, I want to honor God in all that I do. I want to be a great husband, a great father. I want to serve this country. I want to try to continue to lead this movement and to speak truth and to never lie, whatever those values are. The sooner you are able to write down those values, it does not matter then what you study. If you go to college or you don't go to college, Everything you do should fit neatly within those core mission, principles and values for the rest of your life. That simple practice and practice and that simple exercise alone is one of the most important things you can do in your life to make sure that you have a proper course forward. Because I'm sure you know many people in your life that are depressed, that are anxious, young people that don't have direction. Because if you ask them what are your core values, they'll say is to serve self. You want to know why we have the most depressed, alcohol addicted, drug addicted generation in history? Because we have a generation that only thinks about themselves all day long. They don't think about what they should do to serve others, to serve God or to serve their country. You want to break the spell of depression and anxiety in this country. 99% of it can be broken when you tell a young person to stop thinking about yourself all the time and said, think about what you should do to help other people and to defend this country above yourself. Stop being a narcissist all the time and start acting with duty and and obligation. I'll close with this and then we'll do some questions. It is very tempting for you to think like a victim as a conservative on campus. I'm outnumbered. I get graded terribly. Guess what? Opposition is part of life. You have a choice. You can complain about all the opposition that you receive, or you can embrace it and say, this is going to make me stronger, this is going to make me tougher. Every single one of you will become a stronger and tougher and more likely to succeed adult later and later in life because of the opposition that you experience. I want you to think about the other people on campus that scream like maniacs because you use the wrong pronoun. Are they going to be people that are going to be more likely to succeed. Because here's the issue. You could try to remove all the different sorts of triggers. Oh, your pronouns, or I don't like your Turning Point USA sign, or you're not allowed to have an event, or you're not allowed to table on campus. You could keep on trying to remove the triggering type of elements. But eventually in life, you're going to have to face what you hate the most. And you, as a Turning Point USA leader, you've had to do that a very, very young age. You know what opposition looks like. And I'm sure at the beginning it feels rather intimidating. They call you all these nasty names. You know how to deal with it. But then after a month you're like, I don't care. After six months, how many times can be called a racist? Who here's been called a racist because of being involved at Turning Point usa? Raise your hand, look around, is that not the most. It means nothing. It means nothing. You tell them, say, okay, what else you got for me? Bigot, xenophobe, sexist, misogynistic, colonialistic, transphobe. Just be like, look, I'm a patriot. I love this country. Your name calling means nothing to me. It means nothing to me. In fact, they have diluted and they have watered down those terms so much because they cannot engage in debate. They cannot talk about values, they cannot talk about reason, logic, history, principles, eternal wisdom. So they must result to weaponized name calling. And as soon as you tell them your name calling does nothing to me. It means nothing to me. I'm going to keep on growing, I'm going to keep on organizing. What are you going to do about it? And then sometimes they'll flip your table or throw something at you because that's all that they have left, is that every day your existence as a Turning Point chapter leader weakens their stranglehold on this country. Our movement is ascendant. It is growing. It is multiplying by numbers. Recent polls show that young men are the most conservative they have been in 50 years. 50 years. And that's right. And young ladies, we're making some progress. We just had our Young Women's Leadership Summit. 1500 young women. It was amazing. They are four points less liberal than they were a couple years ago. Gen Z is on pace to be the most conservative younger generation since 1988. That is Gen Z, everybody. And you are playing a huge role. You play a bigger role than you even realize. Because for every single one of you, there are a couple thousand students that wish they could speak out like you do. And courage is a choice. It takes no skill to be courageous. You might come up to the microphone and say, charlie, I don't know my talent. I don't know my skill. The cool thing about being courageous is you just have to say, I choose to be courageous. That's it. And every one of you have already made a step in that direction by being a Turning Point chapter leader. We are on the edge of making Gen Z historically conservative and they never thought this would happen. They thought that the environmental death cult and the trans nonsense and the BLM crap was gonna turn Gen Z into the most liberal generation ever. Instead, Turning Point USA and your leadership organizing every single day is pushing back against those lies, painting a different picture, saying, you know what? I want you to be able to own a home, get married, have children and live in a decent country and not have to live under this nonsense that they've been doing in this country.

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[Charlie Kirk]

And so what you have, what you are doing every day is making a profound and real difference. And courage is a choice. And the rest of your life you will continue to have those choices. And the more often that you choose, the deep, the difficult. But the right path over the easy path is one that will reward you, your family and this beautiful nation. Let's do some questions. God bless you guys. Thanks so much. All right, we'll start lining up here. I don't know if we're going to do it hands or lining. I don't know what the proper protocol is for this.

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We'll do lines. Okay, so start lining up guys. I will not be able to get all the to all the questions. I'm going to warn you in advance. Okay, we're going to go. Let's try our best. Let's get to as many as we can. All right, we're going to start on your right. Hi Charlie. How are you?

[Audience Member with Question]

All right, so I Was born and raised in Russia and I saw what communism is. I used to be a communist. And when you see college students all over the country and I've seen your videos, you know, debating with them, how else can we convince them that communism and socialism just never works? And as much as we try on our campuses, it still seems like a lot of the professors, faculty, staff are still pushing it, although they know what's going on in Cuba, North Korea, Russia and all over the, you know, Eastern Europe.

[Charlie Kirk]

So I've been wanting to do this for years, but I am now going to do this. I'm going to go raise some money from our donors to give 100 communists on campus one way tickets to Venezuela and Cuba. Do you guys think that's a great idea? I think that's a great idea. Do you guys think you cut, you could help recruit for that? Do you know a bunch of communists and you'll take them? I think that's a great idea. I think we should advertise it all expense paid, one way ticket. Because you don't, you shouldn't have to return. You can go to your paradise and you could, you know, choose your country. You could choose Cuba or you could choose Venezuela, or you can choose North Korea and have a great time in Pyongyang. Look, what you're talking about is very important. God made us a certain way and we are rebelling against how God designed us because we are ungrateful. It is very difficult to teach young people how bad civilization can get when they have been raised in the wealthiest, most prosperous nation ever to exist in the history of the world. The struggle in front of us is trying to teach young people why we're able to have the wealthiest, most prosperous, best civilization ever to exist. And the communists seek to destroy that. To take over this nation and to disintegrate it from within. It is not an easy thing to do. However, I am very hopeful. I am hopeful because more and more people are seeing the introductory stages of what this looks like. They are fleeing. California, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles are many examples of what the rest of the nation will look like if we continue down this Marxist communist path. But more and most importantly is the cultural stuff that the Marxists are pushing. The political correctness, censorship of free speech, the trans stuff, men and women's sports is turning a lot of young people and young men in particular saying this is what they're putting forward. And in communism, you know this, they must eliminate three things. Communists must destroy three things. They must destroy the family they must destroy your connection to the divine. And they must destroy your ability to own private property in America. They're succeeding in all three regards. Less and less people are getting married and having children. Less and less people are going to church. And it is harder than ever to buy a home in this country more expensive than ever. The communist takeover of the country is well underway. We stop that by confronting them, calling them out for who they are and educating those in the middle and those that are open minded about our value system and our worldview. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you very much.

[Audience Member with Question]

How can I. How can I effectively run for student body president in Susan at my college when facing slander from a socialist and communist group on their website and their social media? What specific points should I emphasize in my campaign as a strong Christian conservative?

[Charlie Kirk]

What school?

[Audience Member with Question]

UNC Charlotte.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, great. So we have a whole department of Turning Point called our Campus Victory Project. We'd love to connect you with that. That just involves in student body president. My first piece of advice is ignore the noise and just keep organizing and keep on collecting votes. You cannot allow name calling to determine what you do. It's a very important life principle. What you do in life should never be impacted by the names that you are called. And that whatever you do or don't do should be about whether it's the right thing or the wrong thing, not whether or not people are hurling insults at you. That's all the left has is name calling, smear, slander. I'm not allowed to impact my life. I am one of the most smeared and slandered public figures in America. I get called a Nazi, a white supremacist every single day. And it means nothing because it is a lie. And guess what? We just had the largest blexit event yesterday in Turning Point USA history. It was amazing. And here they say, oh, Charlie's a white supremacist. Really? Look at our blexit movement. That's really something. And these are liars. These are bad people. And you can confront it every so often, as you've seen in my videos, say, hey, what have I ever said that's racist? They have nothing. They can never defend their positions. And do not be afraid to confront a bully or a liar when they are lying about you. But more importantly, your action, your decisions should never be impacted by other people's name calling. God bless. Thanks so much. From New Mexico. Yeah, yeah, Oklahoma. But so in Oklahoma, a lot of.

[Audience Member with Question]

People hide behind being from Oklahoma because.

[Charlie Kirk]

It'S a red state and they're fair weather conservatives. I feel like that's more dangerous than leftists themselves. How can we help turn those people from fair weather conservatives to true conservatives? Yeah, it's a, it's a good problem to have. I'm sure my New Yorkers are like, you know, stop at you Oklahomans. You have it. You have it just fine. Let me tell you that the reason why the Oklahomans are fair weather fans or they're fair weather conservatives is because they have not experienced, seen or lived. What happens when the left starts to take over your state or take over your institutions? This is why my favorite people in the country are the patriots from California and New York and Oregon and Washington. And I mean no offense, by the way. And because. And by the way, they should be all of your favorite people because it's very hard to be a conservative in California. But why are they doing it? Because it is out of necessity. They're like, you have no idea how bad it can get. So part of it is that they haven't suffered enough and we hope that they will not suffer. But there's plenty of trans nonsense in Oklahoma. There's plenty of garbage there. So you have to first educate on values, build people up. And your movement should not be solely on opposition. You should also be in favor of the values we stand for. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Yes.

[Audience Member]

What can we do to push it back against school administration that cancels our events, but lets leftist BSU speakers come in that exact same week?

[Charlie Kirk]

What school do you go to?

[Audience Member]

Red Mountain High School.

[Charlie Kirk]

High school. So sue them. And so we'd be happy to help you with that with the Alliance Defending Freedom. I'm not kidding. If you go to a public school, it's a public school.

[Audience Member]

Yes.

[Charlie Kirk]

If you go to a public school and there is even an inch or an iota or a sliver of favoritism away from your Turning Point USA chapter towards a left wing chapter, whether it be a high school or a college chapter, we will sue their socks off immediately. So you let us know now if they are a private school, you have a whole separate issue. They're allowed to do that as a private school. They just are. They're allowed to decide what speakers come and don't come. They might be violating their school policy. Much more difficult public school. The Supreme Court has ruled viewpoint neutrality with taxpayer dollars. And so if you have the documents, we'd be happy to work with you with Alliance Defending Freedom or one of our organizational partners. We have successfully done this at tons of schools across the country. And don't be afraid to do that at high school or college. And all of a sudden they get briefed by their lawyers. They get very, very scared because they're in the wrong. And they must fear a legal price for discriminating against conservatives. God bless you. Thank you.

[Audience Member]

Hi, Charlie. Okay, so I saw you at the women's conference, and I get to ask you. But. So you talk a lot about, like, being like, well read and things like that and learning. I was wondering if you had any good book suggestions, because I absolutely love reading.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yes, absolutely. This is why I'm so against people going to college. Because college, you don't really learn much of anything. That's a value. Sorry, guys. It's just true. And so, by the way, many of you agree, and you might not agree, it is. What is you. This is a very important question. Thank you. Very, very good. In your life, you become as wise and as well informed as you choose to be. Wisdom is a choice. Now, 600 years ago, that was not the case. You have a supercomputer now in your right hand pocket that can give you millions of hours of information if you choose on any topic imaginable. And so you have a choice. I can go and get super drunk with friends on a Saturday night, or I can stay in and listen to deep and rich podcasts of intellectual, you know, type basis. Which one is gonna better improve my life and. Or you listen to the Charlie Kirk Show. Thank you very much. And let me tell you, glory be to God for turning Point usa. Cause God deserves the credit. However, I made the choice. For 12 years now, I don't go out and party. I do not drink, I don't do drugs. If you decide to do that, that's fine, but you'll pay a price. You won't be as successful. You won't be as happy. And that's okay if getting drunk is your value. Cause you gotta write down your values, right? And if one of your values is like drinking a lot of beer, that's fine. That's your decision. You will suffer because of that. But that's your choice. I made a decision that I don't want to live that life, that I want to succeed. I want to try to accomplish something that is good for humanity. And So I read 100 books a year. I listen to two to three hours a day of podcasting. And you can too, by the way. And if you're not, you're making a decision to not be informed. You're making the decision to be ignorant. And I'm being kind of tough on you guys because what else are you doing that's more important? And if you think you're busier than I am, I'm sorry, you're not like, just let's be honest, okay? I do three hours of radio day. We got 550 people on staff. I gotta raise a hundred million dollars a year, and I got two kids under two. You're not busier than I am. Okay? And so you should say, well, I want to be well informed. Okay, then. How many books a year are you reading? If it's under 25, you're not taking learning seriously. And that's why college is just complete waste of time, because they're making you read absolute crap. Right? Unless you go to Hillsdale or Liberty, which I see two of you out there. So what books you should read? Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankel. It's one of the most important books that one can read. Anything by C.S. lewis. Mere Christianity is really great. Abolition of man, that Hideous Strength by Vishal Mangalwadi. The book that built your world. I love 1984. Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, Anything by Winston Churchill. He wrote over 50 books. There's no lack of books. I have book recommendations on my. On my entire website. But if you want to succeed in life, prioritize reading over beer pong. Thank you very much. Hi. So the word liberalism, it's real. Liberalism is small government. It's not big government.

[Audience Member with Question]

So how you suggest that we take back the word liberal?

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, that's important. So even with. I don't love when people say that they're classically liberal because I still think there's problems. But.

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[Charlie Kirk]

There is a difference. It's an important question between liberal and left. Okay, liberals are weak. Leftists are evil. Big difference. Liberals will say, well, I don't believe in black, only dormitories, but I'm not gonna do anything about it. Leftists will say we believe in black only dormitories. If you disagree, you're a racist. Like, wait, what? Like black only dormitories? Like, where? What are we doing now? So that. That's very important. Liberals generally believe in free speech. Liberals are similar to Alan Dershowitz or Barry Weiss or Peter Boghossian. Do you guys know any of these names that I'm saying? They're more liberal in nature. Leftists control all the institutions. I am not a liberal, though, and I don't seek to try to win over the word liberal because I think liberalism has been a false promise that has infected the conservative movement that allow us to continue to concede ground that has led us to leftism. As a conservative, it's very simple. We as conservatives want to protect, preserve, and pass down the best for future generations. That's what a conservative is. What is the best? The family, the church, the Constitution, our borders, safe communities, unified national language, unified culture. We want to make sure those things are conserved against the forces that wish to destroy them. However, I have respect for liberals, but I wish that they would fight the left more, which they're very weak, so they end up not doing that. Thank you very much. Yes, hi.

[Audience Member]

So I'm very passionate about deaf asl IU tui.

[Charlie Kirk]

Right?

[Audience Member]

Yes, yes, yes. So I'm very passionate about school choice and school vouchers because I was homeschooled and you've talked about it before. But my one concern is that if homeschoolers are receiving vouchers from the government for schooling, that could then lead to the government exerting power and influence over homeschoolers. So my question is, A, how do you think that we should be promoting school choice in each of our states, and B, how do you think that we could fix the issue of government having control over homeschoolers?

[Charlie Kirk]

Super thoughtful question, and I'll address it quick. So I'm very much in favor of homeschooling. When you all get older, we're homeschooling our kids. And hopefully you all have, you know, five, six or seven children and you homeschool them all. And you can laugh, but children are a gift from the Lord and we need to reverse this fertility crisis. Okay? So big time. And let me just warn you, having children is hard. It is difficult, but it is worth. Is worth it. Okay? We have not yet seen evidence of the government controlling homeschoolers via vouchers, but it is a very, very legitimate concern. And so I'm in favor of school choice, but I'm skeptical because I bet they're going to try to use it as a way to control homeschool populations. As someone who plans to homeschool both of our kids, I could tell you the government will come nowhere near what we're gonna teach our kids. We're gonna teach them the Bible, we're gonna teach them the ancient Greeks, we're gonna teach them math the right way. We're gonna teach them science the right way. We're gonna teach them the truth of the LGBTQ crap that has infected our country. And so, yeah, we're gonna teach them all about what is good, true, and beautiful. And we're gonna tell the government to get the heck out of the way. And so I'm pro school choice, but skeptical of what it potentially could become. So. Great question. Yes, sir.

[Audience Member with Question]

So over the last, like, few years, with Trump being now convicted, I think it's total crap. So him being convicted and then Steve Bannon about to be sentenced to jail too, and Infowars being. I mean, whatever you think about him. But anyway, that trying to be liquidated and shut down. Me and my mom were having this conversation the other day, and I didn't really have an answer for it. What. What's the point of when our government has become too tyrannical? Because it says in the declaration that whenever any form of government, government becomes destructive of these ends is the right of the people to alter and abolish it and institute an new government laying its foundation as such. So I don't know what the answer to that is, and I was hoping you could answer.

[Charlie Kirk]

That is a boy. The questions are so deep. You guys are so impressive. First of all, is that accent not the coolest thing you've ever heard? I just love that. There is something beautiful about a true West Texas accent. No offense to East Texans. The West Texas is way better. It's just. That is pitch perfect. I love it.

[Audience Member with Question]

Thank you.

[Charlie Kirk]

No Cajun. No, no, no, no, no, no. I can only understand half of every word. I love Cajun hot sauce, though. Okay, okay. Exactly. I don't pander. I have my own Kirk's Hot Sauce. It's a real thing. You can check it out. Kirkshotsauce.com it's actually really good, right? It's actually really good. Kirkshotsauce.Com it's not a joke, and I don't pander. So the answer is we don't know, but it's very important. I don't think we're there yet. Number one. Number two, in classical education, there's a word called prudence. And Churchill loved this word and Lincoln loved this word and Washington loved this word. Prudence is called practical judgment or applied wisdom. It is meaning there's no formula, but using your. The wisdom of what you have read and experienced, you apply it to that situation and you make a prudent choice. Meaning I can't tell you what that looks like, except that if we pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit for wisdom, and we learn and we read enough, we'll know it when we see it. I will say this. We are closer to this than I would ever have believed. And your question is a little bit. The media hates your question. I love it. Because they'll say, oh, Charlie, you need to denounce it as if there's no time that we ever have to fight our government. I don't think we're near that. I hope we never, let me say, make it clear, I don't know how near we are. We're getting closer to that. I hope, I hope, I hope we never get to that. But I also will not lie to you guys. I'll never lie ever, which is a fantasy. We may get there where our government does become tyrannical, and that's why we have a Second Amendment. And so I don't know when we actually hit that point, but saying that we will never hit that point is how you end up with the Soviet Union or Mao's China or Auschwitz. And so we should all be involved locally and keep on trying to win back the country so we never have to get to that point. But saying it will never happen is lying to ourselves and living in a mass delusion. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. So I'm from West Michigan. I go to Grand Valley State University. How do we best emulate Florida's success of turning from swing state to stronghold in states like Michigan? What a great question. So we're trying to do this in Arizona. The first and foremost, every single one of you. I'll give a plug for Turning Point Action, our sister 501c4 organization. Every one of you needs to get heavily involved if you so choose to want to save the country via Turning Point Action, not Turning Point USA in this upcoming election, every single one of you, if you so choose, and so get involved in your local Republican Party, run real conservatives, not RINOs, for office and people that actually believe our value system. And then finally, we need to organize on the local level, signature, signature gathering petitions and securing our elections. And Florida is a great example of it and we need better candidates.

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[Charlie Kirk]

And that is why, if you have strong values, your life will look infinitely richer and deeper. You see the left. They want your feelings to determine your action. I feel oppressed. I feel as if I'm marginalized, completely irrelevant. We don't care. What do your values say? Well, my values say I might be tired, I might be low on sleep, might have had a long night last night. The hotel room next to me might have smelled funny and they made all these weird noises. But my value system is that I care about the country more than I care about getting nine hours of perfect sleep. So I'm showing up and I'm going to present myself best to the country. That is about duty and obligation over self. And what I am talking about is the exact opposite of of every mainstream cultural norm happening in the country right now. Every mainstream cultural norm is, well, it's my truth. I can do whatever I want with my life. And of course you can do whatever you want. But ought you do whatever you can? And that is the most important question, because there really is a way that all of us should live. And the way we should live is to glorify God, to work diligently, to serve church and charity and defend liberty and freedom. These are the things that we must prioritize in our life and I encourage. Here's some homework for every single one of you in the days that follow. On your flights home, write what you consider to be the core beliefs of your life. Four to five things. Think deeply about it. Don't do it right now, but, you know, write down a reminder to do it. Four or five things of what are your core values? I just listed mine. And by the way, Hillsdale College is very similar, and I saw them. I think it's amazing. What are the four to five core things that you want to accomplish in your life? For example, for me, I want to Honor God in all that I do. I want to be a great husband, a great father. I want to serve this country. I want to try to continue to lead this movement and to speak truth and to never lie. Whatever those values are, the sooner you are able to write down those values. And it does not matter then what you study. If you go to college or you don't go to college, everything you do should fit neatly within those core mission, principles and values for the rest of your life. That simple practice and practice and that simple exercise alone is one of the most important things you can do in your life to make sure that you have a proper course forward. Because I'm sure you know many people in your life that are depressed, that are anxious, young people that don't have direction. Because if you ask them what are your core values, they'll say is to serve self. You want to know why we have the most depressed, alcohol addicted, drug addicted generation in history? Because we have a generation that only thinks about themselves all day long. They don't think about what they should do to serve others, to serve God or to serve their country. You want to break the spell of depression and anxiety in this country. 99% of it can be broken when you tell a young person to stop thinking about yourself all the time and said, think about what you should do to help other people and to defend this country above yourself. Stop being a narcissist all the time and start acting with duty and obligation. I'll close with this and then we'll do some questions. It is very tempting for you to think like a victim as a conservative on campus. I'm outnumbered. I get graded terribly. Guess what? Opposition is part of life. You have a choice. You can complain about all the opposition that you receive, or you can embrace it and say, this is going to make me stronger. This is going to make me tougher. Every single one of you will become a stronger and tougher and more likely to succeed adult later and later in life because of the opposition that you experience. I want you to think about the other people on campus that scream like maniacs because you use the wrong pronoun. Are they going to be people that are going to be more likely to succeed? Because here's the issue. You could try to remove all the different sorts of triggers, oh, your pronouns, or I don't like your turning Point USA sign, or you're not allowed to have an event or you're not allowed to table on campus. You keep on trying to remove the triggering type of elements, but eventually in Life, you're gonna have to face what you hate the most. And you, as a Turning Point USA leader, you've had to do that a very, very young age. You know what opposition looks like. And I'm sure at the beginning it feels rather intimidating. They call you all these nasty names. You know how to deal with it. But then after a month, you're like, I don't care. After six months, how many times can be called a racist? Who here has been called a racist because of being involved at Turning Point usa? Raise your hand, look around, is that not the most. It means nothing. It means nothing. You tell them, say, okay, what else you got for me? Bigot, xenophobe, sexist, misogynistic, colonialistic, transphobe. Just be like, look, I'm a patriot. I love this country. Your name calling means nothing to me. It means nothing to me. In fact, they have diluted and they have watered down those terms so much because they cannot engage in debate. They cannot talk about values, they cannot talk about reason, logic, history, principles, eternal wisdom. So they must result to weaponized name calling. And as soon as you tell them your name calling does nothing to me. It means nothing to me. I'm going to keep on growing, I'm going to keep on organizing. What are you going to do about it? And then sometimes they'll flip your table or throw something at you because that's all that they have left is that every day your existence as a Turning Point chapter leader weakens their stranglehold on this country. Our movement is ascendant. It is growing. It is multiplying by numbers. Recent polls show that young men are the most conservative they have been in 50 years. 50 years. And that's right. And young ladies, we're making some progress. We just had our Young Women's Leadership Summit. 1,500 young women. It was amazing. They are four points less liberal than they were a couple years ago. Gen Z is on pace to be the most conservative younger generation since 1988. That is Gen Z, everybody. And you are playing a huge role. You play a bigger role than you even realize. Because for every single one of you, there are a couple thousand students that wish they could speak out like you do. And courage is a choice. It takes no skill to be courageous. You might come up to the microphone and say, charlie, I don't know my talent. I don't know my skill. The cool thing about being courageous is you just have to say, I choose to be courageous. That's it. And every one of you have already made a step in that direction by being a Turning Point chapter leader. We are on the edge of making Gen Z historically conservative. And they never thought this would happen. They thought that the environmental death cult and the trans nonsense and the BLM crap was gonna turn Gen Z into the most liberal generation ever. Instead, Turning Point USA and your leadership organizing every single day is pushing back against those lies, painting a different picture, saying, you know what? I want you to be able to own a home, get married, have children, and live in a decent country and not have to live under this nonsense that they've been doing in this country. And so what you are doing every day is making a profound and real difference. And courage is a choice. And the rest of your life, you will continue to have those choices. And the more often that you choose the deep, the difficult, but the right path over the easy path is one that will reward you, your family, and this beautiful nation. Let's do some questions. God bless you guys. Thanks so much. All right, we'll start lining up here. I don't know if we're gonna do it hands or lining. I don't know with the proper protocol is for this.

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We'll do lines. Okay, so start lining up, guys. I will not be able to get all the. To all the questions. I'm gonna warn you in advance, okay? So let's just try our best. Let's get to as many as we can.

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How are you? All right, so I was born and raised in Russia, and I saw what communism is. I used to be a communist. And when you see college students all over the country, and I've seen your videos, you know, debating with them, how else can we convince them that communism and socialism just never works? And as much as we try on our campuses, it still seems like a lot of the professors, faculty, staff are still pushing it, although they know what's going on in Cuba, North Korea, Russia, and all over the, you know, Eastern Europe.

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[Charlie Kirk]

So I've been wanting to do this for years, but I am now going to do this. I'm going to go raise some money from our donors to give 100 communists on campus one way tickets to Venezuela and Cuba. Do you guys think that's a great idea? I think that's a great idea. Do you guys think you cut. You could help recruit for that? Do you know a bunch of communists and you'll take them? I think that's a great idea. I think we should advertise it all expense paid, one way ticket because you don't, you shouldn't have to return. You can go to your paradise and you could choose your country. You could choose Cuba, or you could choose Venezuela, or you can choose North Korea and have a great time in Pyongyang. Look, what you're talking about is very important. God made us a certain way and we are rebelling against how God designed us because we are ungrateful. It is very difficult to teach young people how bad civilization can get when they have been raised in the wealthiest, most prosperous nation ever to exist in the history of the world. The struggle in front of us is trying to teach young people why we're able to have the wealthiest, most prosperous, best civilization ever to exist. And the communists seek to destroy that. To take over this nation and to disintegrate it from within it is not an easy thing to do. However, I am very hopeful. I'm hopeful because more and more people are seeing the introductory stages of what this looks like. They are fleeing. California, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles are many examples of what the rest of the nation will look like if we continue down this Marxist communist path. But more and most importantly is the cultural stuff that the Marxists are pushing. The political correctness, censorship of free speech, the trans stuff, Men and women's sports is turning a lot of young people, and young men in particular, saying this is what they're, they're putting forward. And in communism, you know this. They must eliminate three things. Communists must destroy three things. They must destroy the family, they must destroy your connection to the divine and they must destroy your ability to own private property in America. They're succeeding in all three regards. Less and less people are getting married and having children. Less and less people are going to church and it is harder than ever to buy a home in this country more expensive than ever. The communist takeover of the country is well underway. We stop that by confronting them, calling them out for who they are and educating those in the middle and those that are open minded about our value system and our worldview. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you.

[Audience Member with Question]

How can I. How can I effectively run for student body president SGA at my college when facing slander from a socialist and communist group on their website and their social media? What specific points should I emphasize in my campaign as a strong Christian conservative?

[Charlie Kirk]

What school?

[Audience Member with Question]

UNC Charlotte.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, great. So we have a whole department of Turning Point called our Campus Victory Project. We'd love to connect you with that. That just involves in student body president. My first piece of advice is ignore the noise and just keep organizing and keep on collecting votes. You cannot allow name calling to determine what you do. It's a very important life principle. What you do in life should never be impacted by the names that you are called. And that whatever you do or don't do should be about whether it's the right thing or the wrong thing, not whether or not people are hurling insults at you. That's all the left has, is name calling, smear, slander. I'm not allowed to impact my life. I am one of the most smeared and slandered public figures in America. I get called a Nazi, a white supremacist, every single day. And it means nothing because it is a lie. And guess what? We just had the largest blexit event yesterday in Turning Point USA history. It was amazing. And here they say, oh, Charlie's a white supremacist. Oh, really? Look at our blexit movement. That's really something. And these are liars, these are bad people. And you can confront it every so often, as you've seen in my videos, say, hey, what have I ever said that's racist? They have nothing. They can never defend their positions. And do not be afraid to confront a bully or a liar when they are lying about you. But more importantly, your action, your decisions should never be impacted by other people's name calling. God bless. Thanks so much. From New Mexico. Yeah, yeah, Oklahoma.

[Audience Member with Question]

But so in Oklahoma.

[Charlie Kirk]

A lot of people hide behind being.

[Audience Member with Question]

From Oklahoma because it's a red state.

[Charlie Kirk]

And they're fair weather conservatives. I feel like that's more dangerous than leftists themselves. How can we help turn those people.

[Audience Member with Question]

From fair weather conservatives to true conservatives?

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, it's a. It's a good problem to have. I'm sure my New Yorkers are like, you know, stop at you Oklahomans. You have it. You have it just fine. Let me tell you that the reason why the Oklahomans are fair weather fans or they're Fair weather conservatives is because they have not experienced, seen or lived. What happens when the left starts to take over your state or take over your institution? This is why my favorite people in the country are the patriots from California and New York and Oregon and Washington. And I mean no offense, by the way, and because. And by the way, they should be all of your favorite people because it's very hard to be a conservative in California. But why are they doing it? Because it is out of necessity. They're like, you have no idea how bad it can get. So part of it is that they haven't suffered enough. And we hope that they will not suffer. But there's plenty of trans nonsense in Oklahoma. There's plenty of garbage there. So you have to first educate on values, build people up. And your movement should not be solely on opposition. You should also be in favor of the values we stand for. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Yes.

[Audience Member]

What can we do to push it back against school administration that cancels our events, but lets leftist BSU speakers come in that exact same week?

[Charlie Kirk]

What school do you go to?

[Audience Member]

Red Mountain High School.

[Charlie Kirk]

Oh, high school. So sue them. And so we'd be happy to help you with that with the Alliance Defending Freedom. I'm not kidding. If you go to a public school, it's a public school. If you go to a public school and there is even an inch or an iota or a sliver of favoritism away from your Turning Point USA chapter towards a left wing chapter, whether it be a high school or a college chapter, we will sue their socks off immediately. So you let us know now if they are a private school, you have a whole separate issue. They're allowed to do that as a private school. They just are. They're allowed to decide what speakers come and don't come, they might be violating their school policy. Much more difficult public school. The Supreme Court has ruled viewpoint neutrality with taxpayer dollars. And so if you have the documents, we'd be happy to work with you with Alliance Defending Freedom or one of our organizational partners. We have successfully done this at tons of schools across the country. And don't be afraid to do that at high school or college. And all of a sudden they get briefed by their lawyers, they get very, very scared because they're in the wrong and they must fear a legal price for discriminating against conservatives. God bless you. Thank you.

[Audience Member]

Hi, Charlie. Okay, so I saw you at the women's conference and I get to ask you, but. So you talk a lot about like being like, well, read and things like that and learning. I was wondering if you had any good book suggestions because I absolutely love reading.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yes, absolutely. This is why I'm so against people going to college because college you don't really learn much of anything that's of value. Sorry guys, it's just true.

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In your life, you become as wide and as well informed as you choose to be. Wisdom is a choice. Now, 600 years ago, that was not the case. You have a supercomputer now in your right hand pocket that can give you millions of hours of information if you choose on any topic imaginable. And so you have a choice. I can go and get super drunk with friends on a Saturday night, or I can stay in and listen to deep and rich podcasts of intellectual, you know, type basis. Which one is gonna better improve my life? And. Or you can listen to the Charlie Kirk Show. Thank you very much. And let me tell you, glory be to God for turning Point usa, because God deserves the credit. However, I made the choice. For 12 years now, I don't go out and party. I do not drink, I don't do drugs. If you decide to do that, that's fine, but you'll pay a price. You won't be as successful. You won't be as happy. And that's okay if getting drunk is your value, because you got to write down your values, right? And if one of your values is like drinking a lot of beer, that's fine. That's your decision. You will suffer because of that. But that's your choice. I made a decision that I don't want to live that life, that I want to succeed. I want to try to accomplish something that is good for humanity. And So I read 100 books a year. I listen to two to three hours a day of podcasting. And you can too, by the way. And if you're not, you're making a decision to not be informed. You're making a decision to be ignorant. And I'm being kind of tough on you guys because what else are you doing that's more important? And if you think you're busier than I am, I'm sorry, you're not. Like, just let's be honest, okay? I do three hours of radio day. We've got 550 people on staff. I gotta raise $100 million a year, and I got two kids under two. You're not busier than I am. Okay. And so you should say, well, I want to be well informed. Okay, then. How many books a year are you reading? If it's under 25, you're not taking learning seriously. And that's why college is just complete waste of time because they're making you read absolute crap. Right. Unless you go to Hillsdale or Liberty, which I see two of you out there. So what books you should read? Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It's one of the most important books that one can read. Anything by C.S. lewis. Mere Christianity is really great. Abolition of man, that Hideous Strength by Vishal Mangalwadi. The book that built your world. I love 1984. Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, Anything by Winston Churchill. He wrote over 50 books. There's no lack of books. I have book recommendations on my entire website. But if you want to succeed in life, prioritize reading over beer pong. Thank you very much. Hi. So the word liberalism, it's real. Liberalism is small government. It's not big government.

[Audience Member with Question]

So how you suggest that we take back the word liberal?

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, that's important. So even with. I don't love when people say that they're classically liberal because I still think there's problems. But there is a difference. It's an important question between liberal and left. Okay, Liberals are weak, leftists are evil. Big difference. Liberals will say, well, I don't believe in black only dormitories, but I'm not going to do anything about it. Leftists will say, we believe in black only dormitories. If you disagree, you're a racist. Like, wait, what? Like black only dormitories. Like where? What are we doing now? So that. That's very important. Liberals generally believe in free speech. Liberals are similar to Alan Dershowitz or Barry Weiss or Peter Boghossian. Do you guys know any of these names that I'm saying? They're more liberal in nature. Leftists control all the institutions. I am not a liberal though, and I don't seek to try to win over the word liberal because I think liberalism has been a false promise that has infected the conservative movement that allow us to continue to concede ground that has led us to leftism. As a conservative, it's very simple. We as conservatives want to protect, preserve and pass down the best for future generations. That's what a conservative is. What is the best? The family, The Church, the Constitution, our borders, safe communities, unified national language, unified culture. We want to make sure those things are conserved against the forces that wish to destroy them. However, I have respect for liberals, but I wish that they would fight the left more, which they're very weak, so they end up not doing that. Thank you very much. Yes. How are you?

[Audience Member]

Hi. So I'm very passionate about deaf ASL IU Pui, Right? Yes, yes, yes. So I'm very passionate about school choice and school vouchers because I was homeschooled, and you've talked about it before. But my one concern is that if homeschoolers are receiving vouchers from the government for schooling, that could then lead to the government exerting power and influence over homeschoolers. So my question is, a, how do you think that we should be promoting school choice in each of our states, and B, how do you think that we could fix the issue of government having control over homeschoolers?

[Charlie Kirk]

Super thoughtful question, and I'll address it quick. So I'm very much in favor of homeschooling. When you all get older, we're homeschooling our kids, and hopefully you all have five, six, or seven children, and you homeschool them all. And you can laugh, but children are a gift from the Lord, and we need to reverse this fertility crisis. Okay? So big time. And let me just warn you, having children is hard. It is difficult, but it is worth. Is worth it. Okay. We have not yet seen evidence of the government controlling homeschoolers, but via vouchers. But it is a very, very legitimate concern. And so I'm in favor of school choice, but I'm skeptical because I bet they're going to try to use it as a way to control homeschool populations. As someone who plans to homeschool both of our kids, I could tell you the government will come nowhere near what we're going to teach our kids. We're going to teach them the Bible, we're going to teach them the ancient Greeks, we're going to teach them math the right way. We're going to teach them science the right way. We're going to teach them the truth of the LGBTQ crap that has infected our country. And so, yeah, we're gonna teach them all about what is good, true, and beautiful, and we're gonna tell the government to get the heck out of the way. And so I'm pro school choice, but skeptical of what it potentially could become. So. Great question. Yes, sir.

[Audience Member with Question]

So over the last, like, few years, with Trump being now convicted. I think it's total crap. So him being convicted and then Steve Bannon about to be sentenced to jail, too, and Infowars being. I mean, whatever you think about him. But anyway, that trying to be liquidated and shut down. Me and my mom were having this conversation the other day, and I didn't really have an answer for it. What's the point of when our government has become too tyrannical? Because it says in the declaration that whenever any form of government, government becomes destructive of these ends is the right of the people to alter and abolish it and institute a new government laying its foundation as such. So I don't know what the answer to that is, and I was hoping.

[Charlie Kirk]

You could answer that. Is a boy. The questions are so deep. You guys are so impressive. First of all, is that accent not the coolest thing you've ever heard? I just love that. There is something beautiful about a true West Texas accent. No offense to East Texans. The West Texas is way better. It's just that. That is pitch perfect. I love it.

[Audience Member with Question]

Thank you.

[Charlie Kirk]

No Cajun. No, no, no, no, no, no. I can only understand every half of every word. I love Cajun hot sauce, though. Okay. Yeah, exactly. I don't pander. I have my own Kirk's Hot Sauce. It's a real thing. You can check it out. Kirk's Hot Sauce dot com. It's actually really good, right? It's actually really good. Kirkshotsauce.com. it's not a joke, and I don't pander. So the answer is we don't know, but it's very important. I don't think we're there yet, number one. Number two, in classical education, there's a word called prudence. And Churchill loved this word, and Lincoln loved this word, and Washington loved this word. Prudence is called practical judgment or applied wisdom. It is meaning there's no formula, but using your. The wisdom of what you have read and experienced, you apply it to that situation and you make a prudent choice. Meaning. I can't tell you what that looks like, except that if we pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit, for wisdom, and we learn and we read enough, we'll know it when we see it. I will say this. We are closer to this than I would ever have believed. And your question is a little bit. The media hates your question. I love it. Because they'll say, oh, Charlie, you need to denounce it as if there's no time that we ever have to fight our government. I don't think we're near that. I hope we never, let me say, make it clear, I don't know how near we are. We're getting closer to that. I hope, I hope, I hope we never get to that. But I also will not lie to you guys. I'll never lie ever, which is a fantasy. We may get there where our government does become tyrannical and that's why we have a second Amendment. And so I don't know what when we actually hit that point, but saying that we will never hit that point is how you end up with the Soviet Union or Mao's China or Auschwitz. And so we should all be involved locally and keep on trying to win back the country so we never have to get to that point. But saying it will never happen is lying to ourselves and living in a mass delusion. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. So I'm from West Michigan. I go to Grand Valley State University. How do we best emulate Florida's success of turning from swing state to stronghold in states like Michigan? What a great question. So we're trying to do this in Arizona. The first and foremost, every single one of you, I'll give a plug for Turning point Action, our sister 501,000 organization. Every one of you needs to get heavily involved if you so choose to want to save the country via Turning Point Action, not Turning Point USA in this upcoming election. Every single one of you, if you so choose and so get involved in your local Republican Party, run real conservatives, not rhinos for office and people that actually believe our value system. And then finally we need to do, we need to organize on the local level, signature gathering petitions and securing our elections. And Florida is a great example of it. And we need better candidates. We need better candidates that can really embody our values and bring the fight to the left. Thanks so much. Appreciate it. Yes, Gigi.

[Audience Member]

Just by showing up, we all here recognize that culture either damages or blesses society. I believe that art was created by God for the purpose of communication. And I know for a fact that there are so many artists out here who want to be musicians, writers, filmmakers, myself included. And I just want to know what advice, what do you have to say to all the artists in here who want to get creative within their chapter and do whatever they can.

[Charlie Kirk]

Love that question. Has anyone noticed the last hundred years of art is crap? That it's by the way, you must be unafraid by the way, if you want to trigger the bad guys on campus. Just crap on modern art because it is garbage. By the way, I'll just give you an example. A banana peel on the ground is considered art. You want to do a total troll, somebody should do that. They've done this before and it's hilarious. Just go have like a half eaten snicker bar, go into the Modern Museum of Art and leave it on the ground. Take 100 steps back and film and there will be people that will go up and think it's an art exhibit. I'm not kidding though. They've done this before where people will like eat half an orange and they'll say this is so profound. This is just really deep. I wonder what the artist is trying to tell me here. Nothing. It's trash. And this is very important. So Starting in the 1920s there was a French artist by the name of Marcel Duchamp. You guys can fact check me on that name. I believe it's Marcel Duchamp. If I'm drawing from memory.

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[Charlie Kirk]

He was a nihilist. You guys know what nihilism is? It's a belief in nothing. If we are if we are honest with your struggle on campus every day you are fighting against nihilism as a turning point USA chapter leader. Let's just be honest. You believe that life has purpose, has meaning, has depth, and you're here for a reason they do not. Marcel Duchamp had signed a urinal with his and he said this is an art exhibit. And he was celebrated by the modern art crew as being a genius. And he started now a hundred year slide of modern art that is about confusion, disarray and irony. What was art before Marcel Duchamp and especially before 1950s, it was beautiful because Mozart, Beethoven, even a little bit Picasso kind of sucks, but he was not as bad. But Monet, which was every single song. Let's just take Mozart and Beethoven or Haydn, some of my favorite composers. Every single piece of music that they wrote, they wrote in Latin. Glory be to God. The first thing they Wrote before they wrote a note was glory be to God. Art in the Western world used to point up. It used to glorify the divine. It used to be about trying to contemplate what is good and what is true and eternal and beautiful. Now art is about yourself or your feelings. So if you are serious about being an artist, first and foremost, what are you trying to celebrate? You're trying to point up, you're trying to go towards that. Things that are always there, that are eternal. If you look at the Paieta in Florence, Italy, or if you look at Michelangelo's incredible work of Sistine Chapel, if you go through Leonardo da Vinci, these are people that were, even though they might have had different religious views, they were trying to glorify the eternal. No one can tell me modern rap music is trying to glorify the eternal. And that's why modern rap music is crap and you shouldn't listen to it, okay? And so instead you should listen to music and you should consume art that nourishes and feeds and saturates your soul, isn't at war with it. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Yes. Hi, Charlie. So I know a lot of students are afraid to stand up to their, like, institutions because they're afraid of being punished and all that stuff. I just had to take a class where we had to learn about Marxism and communism. University of Central Oklahoma. It is like the little blue speck in the middle of that huge red state. But I was just wondering how we can peacefully fight against institutions and protest this kind of brainwashing without fear of being punished. Was the Marxism communism class, was it taught favorably or unfavorably? It was very much taught favorably, like not the curriculum, but the professorship. See, this is what drives me nuts, is Oklahoma is one of the reddest states, if not the reddest state in the country. I know. Governor Stitt, why are they still funding these schools? I don't understand why we fund left wing institutions. Could you imagine in New York if they funded like 50 Hillsdale colleges? They would never do that. So why do we fund their left wing institutions and our red states? So you should petition your state legislature to defund your school, like defund University of Central Oklahoma, make them survive on their own, go raise their own money. They're teaching you classes on Marxism and Communism. What is that all about? And I'm gonna, if it's okay with you, I'm gonna share this clip with Governor Stitt, who I really like, and say, why are you still funding these schools? Get Rid of it. Cut their entire budget. Now, if you would have told me that it was a Marxism and Communism class and it was the truth of the history of Marxism and Communism, I'm fine with that, because the truth is very important to teach. Right? But it's not that way. You should challenge that professor relentlessly. You should be an annoying bug in his ear every time you show up. Every one of you guys should take this, by the way. Grades mean nothing. Let me be very clear. As someone who's had a little bit of success, glory be to God, in my life, grades mean nothing. When I go and greet President Trump, he's not going to say, so what were your grades in high school? Nobody cares if you think grades matter. They only might matter if you want to get to become, like, in a med school or law school, maybe. Do you know what matters? Your character matters, okay? Not your grades. Your grades mean nothing. You come up to me and you say, you know, I got straight A's and I'm maga cum laude. I'm like, that's kind of weird that you introduced yourself that way. And I really couldn't care less. Tell me, how do you act when no one's looking? Are you a person that's actually gonna be one of good integrity? Are you gonna defend the weak when they're under attack? Are you gonna tell the truth when there's a price? That matters a lot more than honor society at Yale or whatever nonsense. So challenge your professor relentlessly. Do it respectfully, and keep on asking the tough questions, being like, has this ever worked? Why do you think that is? Why do you think that? You know, it's a murder spree every time Communism has been employed. Thank you so much. This is the final question. God bless. And then I'm gonna introduce Lorraine Kehoe. She's an amazing patriot. Yes, Miss. Ma'.

[Audience Member with Question]

Am.

[Audience Member]

Hi. So I'm from Clark County, Washington State, and I just had a question. I have a lot of respect and admiration for you. Starting Turning Point from literally your garage, from the ground up. And I tried doing something similar in Washington. Very difficult. So I just was wondering if you had, like, any tips on what you did to make it as far as you have so far?

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, well, the first was not going to college. So, again, I'm not trying to bash college too much, because I know a lot of you guys are kind of invested in the scam, but that's fine. So. But, yeah, look, if you want to succeed, going to college is a really good way to not do that, because Think about it. While many of my peers were going into tons of debt and were studying stuff that doesn't matter, I had a four year head start. So I had a four year jumpstart where I was able to travel the country, meet new people, speak at events. So by the time that my peers in high school were graduating college at the age of 22, at the age of 22 in 2016, I was on a first name basis with then candidate Donald Trump. We had 75 employees. You know, a firm but mighty budget. How is that possible? It's well, first of all, I traveled 330 days a year. So you have to be willing to outwork everybody. There is no replacement for hard work. I've traveled 3,000 days in the last decade. And so it's an overnight success story. Turning It's a 12 year overnight success story. At Turning Point USA, you have to outwork everybody. You have to be willing to ask for help and then just pray for the favor of God because he really deserves the credit for what's been able to happen here at Turning Point usa. So thank you so much.

[Audience Member]

Thank you.

[Charlie Kirk]

Thank you. All right, in closing everybody, and then I'm going to introduce Lorraine is that we could take back this country, but it starts with every single one of you. The enemy and the bad guys will lead you to believe that what you do does not matter. I will go a radical step in the other direction. Everything you do matters, from how you talk to how you dress to how you communicate to the words you use, to whether you fight for good or evil, for whether you fight against this nonsense. It does not matter whether or not you think you are making an impact. It matters of whether or not you do the right thing. The impact will come if 600 plus people are doing the right thing simultaneously having that force multiplier impact on campuses across the country. That is what gives me hope and you guys give me such amazing.

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