The Charlie Kirk Show, November 6, 2025

Summary

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The Charlie Kirk Show – Real America’s Voice

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

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Episode Overview

This emotional and substantive episode of The Charlie Kirk Show is the first following the assassination of host Charlie Kirk, now helmed by executive producer Andrew Colvitt with co-host Blake Neff and frequent guest Kurt Schlichter. The show is dedicated to reflecting on Charlie’s life, the circumstances and aftermath of his murder, the continuing movement he led, and exclusive reactions from his widow, Erica Kirk, as well as friends and colleagues. The episode also features interviews and commentary on wider news, American political culture, the recent election, and remarks from guests such as Yael Eckstein of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

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Core Themes

• Processing the loss of Charlie Kirk, both personally and for the larger movement
• Public response to his assassination and the moral/ethical reactions
• Erica Kirk’s exclusive interview addressing grief, justice, and legacy
• The movement’s resilience and the continued mission of Turning Point USA
• Commentary on the American political climate, 2025 elections, and the filibuster debate
• Faith, resilience, and the impact of personal tragedy on spirituality
• Perspectives on Israel, the Abraham Accords, and Christian-Jewish relations

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Erica Kirk’s First Public Reflections

Processing Grief and Public Reaction

• Erica Kirk recounts the moment she learned of Charlie’s death, choosing never to watch footage of his assassination to protect herself and her children (“There’s certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever.” — Erica, [14:59]).
• She denounces those online who celebrated or trivialized Charlie’s death, urging a reconsideration of basic human decency amid public tragedy:

  “There's so much beauty in life. I don't know why you'd waste your time saying somebody deserves to be publicly executed... You think it's funny until it's someone you love.”
  — Erica Kirk, [02:18]

Family & Faith

• Erica discusses telling her children about Charlie’s passing, framing it as “Daddy is on a work trip with Jesus” ([11:15]) and encouraging them to talk to their father by looking up to the sky.
• She reflects on her ongoing conversations with Charlie in prayer and her decision not to numb her grief:

  “I want to feel this so deeply so that I know how the Lord wants to use it. If I'm numb to it, he can’t use me.”
  — Erica Kirk, [05:26]

On Forgiveness, Justice, and the Trial

• When asked about the death penalty for Charlie’s killer, Erica opts for a clear conscience before God, leaving judgment to the legal system.
• She supports courtroom transparency:

  “There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered... We deserve to have cameras in there. Why not be transparent?”
  — Erica Kirk, [32:23]

• She expresses confidence in the investigative team and rebuts misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating online.

2. The Movement Continues: Support and Legacy

Public Outpouring

• Colvitt describes the flood of mail, gifts, and support sent to Turning Point USA, all preserved as a testament to Charlie’s impact and for his children ([21:26]).
• The team underlines that hate and conspiracy swirling online pale in comparison to the volume of genuine support.

Campus Event at Auburn

• The show recounts a recent Turning Point USA event at Auburn University (over 6,000 attendees, featuring Eric and Lara Trump, Benny Johnson, Coach Tuberville, and a live call-in from President Trump:

  “I just want to pay my respects to Charlie and Erica. These are two incredible people... She’s just a spectacular person, and she's going to start where Charlie left off."
  — Donald Trump, [38:26]

The Power of Hope & Resilience

• Kurt Schlichter extols Erica’s bravery and the movement’s momentum:

  “If they thought they were gonna snuff out this movement by murdering Charlie... then when Erica goes forward, they're not going to know what hit 'em.”
  — Kurt Schlichter, [41:43]

3. Navigating Politics and Policy in 2025

Post-Election Debrief

• The team critically reflects on recent Republican losses in off-year elections, emphasizing lessons learned and the need to focus on domestic issues.
• Kurt Schlichter counsels perspective and perseverance:

  “You have bad nights in elections, alright?... It's important we take the lessons we've learned. We have 363 days until the midterms.”
  — Kurt Schlichter, [47:58]

Filibuster Debate

• Blake Neff and Colvitt dissect Donald Trump’s push to eliminate the filibuster, weighing risks and political realities of party consensus.
• Discussion covers GOP reluctance, potential policy wins and pitfalls, and the likelihood Democrats will eventually end the filibuster ([61:08–68:34]).

Audience Feedback

• Listeners write in with support for Erica, reactions to the political moment, and views on possible reforms moving forward — reflecting a community in dialogue and healing ([45:13–74:44]).

4. Faith, Spirituality, and Legacy

Charlie Kirk’s Enduring Influence on Faith

• The panel reflects on a spiritual awakening following Charlie’s death, with a spike in Bible sales and a “deeper connection with God” across the movement ([77:39]).
• Erica and others testify to faith as an anchor through tragedy.

Yael Eckstein Interview: Israel, Healing, and Hope

• Yael Eckstein of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews shares memories of Charlie’s passion for Israel and their conversations about war, peace, and unity ([83:12–87:51]).
• She describes the resilience and faith of recently freed Israeli hostages:

  “They went in with a little bit of faith. They came out speaking to God as their best friend.”
  — Yael Eckstein, [93:51]

• Eckstein outlines continuing humanitarian efforts in Israel, regardless of recipients’ background ([99:33]).
• The interview closes with a call to pray for America, the peace of Jerusalem, and the hopeful expansion of the Abraham Accords ([103:45]).

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “I never saw the video. I never will see it. I never want to see it… Why would you waste any portion of your life looking at something so evil?”
  — Erica Kirk, [03:09], [14:59]
• “Justice will ultimately be served.”
  — Erica Kirk, [04:59]
• “When you face incredible evil, maybe sometimes you forget that decency and good are out there — and they're stronger than anybody.”
  — Kurt Schlichter, [39:52]
• “If the Lord gave him an option to return, he’d say, ‘No.’... He’d say no.”
  — Erica Kirk, [16:01]
• “Erica's always had my love and appreciation and my support. But watching her move, step by step, in the aftermath of this with such grace and courage and strength, has really been... one of the most tremendous things I've ever seen.”
  — Andrew Colvitt, [42:07]
• “What, are they going to threaten me with going to heaven sooner to be with my husband?... it’s a fearlessness rooted in the understanding that I will have my day when the Lord knows I’ve completed my mission.”
  — Erica Kirk, [42:44]
• “We carry him with us. We carry him in our hearts. And I know Israel does, too... The spirit of Charlie Kirk lives on.”
  — Andrew Colvitt, [92:35]
• “Redemption from the Lord comes in the blink of an eye.”
  — Yael Eckstein, [91:31]
• “Light always overcomes the darkness. We've seen darkness, and now it's time for light.”
  — Yael Eckstein, [104:13]

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Segment Timestamps

• [01:25] – Show opens, mentions aftermath and emotional recollections
• [02:06–16:01] – Erica Kirk on grief, justice, video, and children
• [21:04–22:40] – Audience support, heartfelt mail to TPUSA
• [32:15] – Erica Kirk: On cameras in the courtroom
• [38:05–43:18] – Outpouring at Auburn event, Trump call-in, movement’s future
• [47:58–51:35] – Post-election reflections with Kurt Schlichter
• [60:04–68:34] – The filibuster and Republican political strategy
• [77:39–78:29] – Panel reflects on renewed faith post-Charlie
• [83:12–104:13] – In-depth conversation with Yael Eckstein
• [99:33–103:22] – Humanitarian aid in Israel, rebuilding, resilience
• [104:13] – Closing words: Hope, unity, and prayer

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Conclusion

This episode stands as a testament to resilience in the wake of tragedy — honoring Charlie Kirk’s impact while showcasing the resolve of his family, team, and movement. It presents a powerful meditation on grief, justice, politics, and faith, while offering listeners hope for healing and a call to continue the work Charlie started. Through exclusive interviews, heartfelt testimonials, and forthright political debate, Real America’s Voice demonstrates its core promise: real news, honest views.

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Transcript

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[Erica Kirk]

It was so hard to actually know and hear what was going on because you're getting phone calls in and out.

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And.

[Erica Kirk]

Hindsight, the way the bullet hit him, he died instantaneously. But I'm so glad he didn't suffer.

[Blake Neff]

Excuse me.

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I'm so glad he didn't suffer. No one deserves to suffer.

[Erica Kirk]

He blinked and he was with the Lord.

[Blake Neff]

Did you watch the news after the assassination? Because there were some people saying that Charlie deserved to die. Charlie had it coming.

[Erica Kirk]

There's so much beauty in life. I don't know why you would waste your time saying somebody deserves to be publicly executed in front of everyone. That's just. Why would you say that again? That could have been your parent, your spouse, your loved one. You think it's funny until it's someone you love. I would just ask them to really reassess their priorities in life if they get a high off of watching someone be murdered.

[Blake Neff]

The video was everywhere.

[Kurt Schlichter]

How do you process that?

[Erica Kirk]

I never saw the video. I never will see it. I never want to see it. There's certain things you see in your life that you can never unsee. There's certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever. I don't want my husband's public assassination to be something I ever see. I don't want my kids to ever see that. And for people who actually enjoy watching that, just quite literally sick. What if that was your father or your Brother or your sister. There's a perspective shift there. We're human. Life is fragile. And there is so much beauty in this world. Why would you waste any portion of your life looking at something so evil?

[Blake Neff]

You wanted to see Charlie immediately and came up, take us through that.

[Erica Kirk]

We walked into that room, he had this smirk on his face. That smirk. That smirked to me is that look of you thought you could stop what I've built. You thought that you could end this vision, this movement, this revival. You thought you could do that by murdering me? You got my body, you didn't get my soul.

[Blake Neff]

If convicted, do you think your husband's killer should get the death penalty?

[Erica Kirk]

I do not want this man's blood on my ledger. When I stand before the Lord, I want the government to decide. It's biblical, too. Justice will ultimately be served.

[Blake Neff]

When people lose someone they love, oftentimes they say, I can still talk to them. Do you still talk to Charlie all the time.

[Erica Kirk]

I talk to him all the time. I'll say, maybe just give me your wisdom. Speak to me. People would say, if you can't sleep, take something to sleep. The Lord has let me sleep just fine. But that I don't want to take anything. I want to feel this so deeply so that I know how the Lord wants to use it. And if I'm numb to that, he can't use me. But I talk to him all the time. I always want my husband's voice and his name to be on people's lips. He's a good man.

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This is the Charlie Kirk Show. Buckle up. Here we go. All right. Welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show. I'm Andrew Colvett, executive producer of this fine show. And joined to my left a little lopsided today, Blake Neff. So there's, you know, we're just gonna just use half of the. Half of the table here. Honored to be with you all. And what an evening it was last night. So much going on. There was this, I mean, the. The world exclusive the first time Erica has gone on camera in an interview. Erica Kirk, Charlie's widow, of course. Actually, that's not true. She came on this show for a few segments just to talk about the future of this show and how we are continuing on in Charlie's honor and legacy. But really, this was the first time network television live, primetime with Jesse Watters. And I've gotten so many texts. I've gotten so many people just saying how remarkable her courage and her bravery is. And I can tell you that the interview happened in this room right here where we're sitting. They did it right there. The production team, our amazing production team, by the way, who's just been tremendous throughout this whole process, cleared out a lot of our own gear and made room for Jesse's team to get in here. They did the interview right there. I sat against that wall during it. There was a number of Fox's production team in here, and I watched it happen live. And I knew it was going to be a really incredible, incredible just moment for the world to see, because I will tell you, Blake, live and in person, I was pretty much a wreck when it was happening. And I actually asked Jesse after the interview. I said, how did you keep it together? Like, I saw him there. He was, like, sitting there stoked, and he's like. I had to emotionally prep in advance to make sure that I was not going to break down or get emotional.

[Blake Neff]

You can kind of tell because he. He actually, like, the way he asks his questions is a little, like, robotic almost. Yeah, you could tell he was sort of disassociating.

[Andrew Colvitt]

That's exactly what he said he did. He had to disconnect himself from his own emotions. And he said, even still, she almost. She almost got him a couple times. And he's like, I don't. I don't even know how I got through that interview. It was. It was. It was that it was that difficult. And I Know, Erica, after it happened, you know, basically collapsed. I mean, you know, she is brave. She is courageous. She knew she had to. I mean, if I could just little inside baseball here, I've gotten personally for Erica, probably like 60, what you would call reputable interview requests, like big outlets, you know, reporters. I mean, there's probably hundreds more than that, but, like, legitimate journalists that have wanted to interview Erica. And so she sort of knew that this was going to have to happen at some point. And I think Jesse Waters did a phenomenal job. Hat to the whole Fox team there is very classy, very, very professional, very respectful. But Jesse went there. He went into, like. He asked the question.

[Blake Neff]

Let's show the clips. Let's.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Let's do it. Well, actually, I want to. I just want to. Okay, yeah, go ahead. You. You picked the first clip.

[Blake Neff]

Let's do, you know, let's just do the most basic one. Let's do. Let's just do clip 250. You told your children that Charlie was going on a work trip with Jesus. Are they still asking, where's Daddy?

[Erica Kirk]

Yes, my daughter continues to ask, but it's really sweet because I keep explaining to her a few things, and I said, if ever you want to talk to daddy, you just look up to the sky and start talking to him. He can hear you. I told her, I said, you know, Daddy, Daddy is in heaven. She goes, you think I could go sometime? I said, baby, we will all go one day. We will all go one day.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. I mean, I don't know about you, Blake, but the kid clips specifically, I just. A lot of people clipped them up, put them on social media, but I just. There is something crazy hard to watch about the kid clips. Anyways, keep it going.

[Blake Neff]

Let's do. A lot of these actually go well, just in order. She talks about, oh, man, there's so many of these. Let's do just her talking about how she found out about things, because there have been evil people trying to, like, nasty stuff about this. Let's do 361.

[Erica Kirk]

We saw the hats being flung. I put my phone down, and it was on silent, so I had no reason to look back at it. I moved my mom. I went back to grab my phone, and that's when Mikey started calling me, called me.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Within seconds, I called Erica. Awesome.

[Blake Neff]

I just remember it rang like three or four times.

[Andrew Colvitt]

I didn't know what to say.

[Blake Neff]

Those are the words that will change someone's life forever, and you have to be the one to say it. That was the first time I've ever called her during a campus tour stop.

[Erica Kirk]

And so Mikey called me. And I'll never forget him just being like, charlie's been shot. He's been shot. Get the kids. Get security. Get the kids. Get the kids. He's been shot. I sprinted out of her treatment center, just collapsed in the middle of the parking lot.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Hmm. Yeah. Do we want to address this? Because, you know, we've talked about it before, but I mean, basically. And I have some experience with this too, because Charlie had told me along, you know, from time to time. Not as much as he told Charlie told Mikey, but he did tell me, like, listen, if anything ever happens, you call Erica. And, you know, especially, like, you know, when we were out at these events, like, he would say, hey, just let Erica know. You know, and sometimes it would almost be joking, like. And so anyways, Mikey, you know, basically is standing next to Charlie's side when it happens. He turns around, puts his fingers in his ear, and walks away. And he. He instantly. I think just like, the noise of that place was so crazy, he ends up calling his wife. They call Erica, they tell Erica. And that moment, you know, I think the thing that hit me when Erica said that is that Mikey, and I think Mikey said it, said he never had called Erica during an event.

[Blake Neff]

Yeah, I. That shocked. And yet it makes sense. Yeah, kind of.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Why would he. Because he's busy. Like, Mikey's whole job at these events was to take social media videos and get it out to all the social media teams of Charlie coming up to the crowd and Charlie coming up throwing the hats, and. And we put them out on social media and they, you know, people loved seeing that because I think it was inspiring for people. So that was Mikey's job. And anyways, the fact that he never called her from an event was because there was no need to. You know, let's keep going here.

[Blake Neff]

Let's do. You know, this is another one I thought was interesting. She's saying that she's just not going to ever actually look at the video herself. Let's do 377.

[Erica Kirk]

There's certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever. I don't want my husband's public assassination to be something I ever see. I don't want my kids to ever see that. And for people who actually enjoy watching that, which is quite literally sick. What if that was your father or your brother, your sister? There's a perspective shift there. We're human life is fragile, and there is so much beauty in this world. Why would you Waste any portion of your life looking at something so evil.

[Blake Neff]

And, you know, one last one, because I really wish we could play all of these, but I really like this one. Let's play 379.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Charlie have forgiven his killer.

[Erica Kirk]

He's in heaven and he sees everything. Full picture. And I truly believe that if the Lord, which this does not happen, but if the Lord gave him an option to return back to earth and if the Lord said, this is what your death is gonna be the catalyst for, do you wanna go back and exchange it? He'd say no. Well, he'd say no.

[Andrew Colvitt]

You know, it's interesting. In the days after it happened, I had like three different people tell me that they had sort of like almost a vision or a picture in their mind of that exactly what she was describing. More of Erica Kirk's amazing exclusive inter last night. And we'll talk about Auburn University as well. We'll be right back.

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Relentless in spirit.

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[Blake Neff]

Yeah. So let's do what we want to hit is Riley pointed this out.

[Terrence Bates]

We should.

[Blake Neff]

A lot of people have sent us stuff, they've sent us things into.

[Andrew Colvitt]

You.

[Blake Neff]

Know, the office, into the studio. And I think, you know, they might wonder how that's gone. And so Erica actually showed Jesse what we've been doing with that. So let's play 363.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Oh, my goodness.

[Erica Kirk]

I know.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Everyone's sending all of this here. They received tens of thousands of letters.

[Blake Neff]

Cards, gifts, personal bibles, paintings, and more.

[Erica Kirk]

A lot of this is from when people came to the campus, the Turning Point USA offices, and left it outside the gates. Also, a lot has been nailed. I mean, it's just unbelievably humbling. But this is all mail. I told them not to throw anything away. I want every single card saved for my kids and for when, if a day gets hard at your desk, you come into this mail room, and I want you to come in and I want you to pick up any of these cards, and I want you to read it so you can put into perspective why you work here.

[Blake Neff]

Oh, my gosh. I need to stop in there.

[Andrew Colvitt]

I haven't actually gone.

[Blake Neff]

Yeah, I haven't gone in yet.

[Andrew Colvitt]

I know.

[Blake Neff]

I know it is there. I should go by later today. We have one more thing that we want to flag. Jesse asked, do you. You think they have the right guy who did this? Let's do 385.

[Kurt Schlichter]

You think they've caught your husband's killer?

[Erica Kirk]

We have one of the most incredible teams for this case. I would never wish it upon anybody to have to go through what we are going through, to have seen the autopsy report, to have seen the different evidence portions that have been collected. I trust our team.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. And I will just say that, you know, I'm not next of kin.

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You.

[Andrew Colvitt]

You. You can't comment on everything either, Blake. You know, and I think that leaves a vacuum. And there's. There's bad actors. There's, frankly, there's good actors, too, that really care about Charlie and getting justice for Charlie that have come into that space and are inserting, I think, doubt or questions. Some of it's good faith questions. A lot of it's bad faith questions. But I will just tell you, the team is like, this is a. This is a rock solid case. They have a ton of evidence. And, you know, I noticed our friend Jack is even circulating on social media. Jack Posobec. The affidavit that, you know, even shows that the parents turned him in and he confessed to them. And it was, you know, apparently the. This young guy was potentially about to commit suicide, so the family tried to intervene and make him turn himself in. So, I mean, all of the. I know that there's a lot of noise out there. I know there's a lot of noise. Blake, would you say there's a lot of noise?

[Blake Neff]

There's a lot of noise. There's a lot of noise, and on.

[Andrew Colvitt]

One level, it's like, I don't.

[Blake Neff]

And a lot of stuff that's also just inaccurate. I mean, she mentioned she's get. You know, getting the call. And then I saw that online, and all these people saying, oh, wasn't she there when it happened? And they're changing their stories. No, the story has never been that she was there.

[Andrew Colvitt]

I think people.

[Blake Neff]

I've told a false story.

[Andrew Colvitt]

I've noticed a lot of people just assumed that she was there, or it just became.

[Blake Neff]

It was very common for people to say, like, he was shot to death in front of his children. I think there were even AI videos.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Where they run up. That's not weird stuff. But, no, like, that has never been the story. She was planning on going. And then Charlie told her, stay home with your mom, because her mom had doctor's appointments that day and take care of the kids. You need to be home for your mom and for the kids. So she was like, okay, I'll stay. And I'm really grateful that she wasn't there. I'm grateful I wasn't there. And my heart is like, with the team that was there. And anyways, I know there's a vacuum, but let me just assure you, the audience. I don't know if my words mean anything when people are out there, you know, stirring so much chaos about this, but the case is very good, you know, and there will come a time this whole trial is going to play out. And we should play that clip, by the way, about cameras in the courtroom, because I thought Erica's point was so well made. It's like Charlie's assassination was everywhere. I mean, I can only imagine billions and billions of views. Right? He didn't get a say in that. And so how dare anybody, you know, suggest that there shouldn't be cameras in the courtroom? Like, let the world see. Let the world see. And with all the intrigue, and again, I say this, I know there's a lot of good faith people that just want to get justice for Charlie. Well, so we have nothing to hide. There's nothing to hide in this case. Let the cameras see. Let them in. Let them see. And, you know, I think it's an important, important piece. And I want to play that tape on the other side of this break, because I thought she. She said it so well. It's like there has been cameras watching her every tear, her every smile, her every action in the wake of this for something she didn't even. You know, she's the innocent victim here. And so I thought she said it beautifully. So good for her. We will be back with Kurt Schlichter. Don't go anywhere.

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[Andrew Colvitt]

You okay, Gordon? You ok?

[Terrence Bates]

The White House says the gentleman you just saw is okay after passing out. He was there representing a pharmaceutical company. The group was in the Oval Office as President Trump announced significant price cuts to obesity drugs, which he says cost Americans 1,400% more than patients in Europe.

[Yael Eckstein]

And this has to do with other pharmaceutical products also. But we're covering this today because it's such a big, I guess it's the number one selling thing there is today. These are two companies that behind the groundbreaking weight loss drugs that have helped millions of Americans struggling with obesity live better, longer lives, everything else.

[Terrence Bates]

The medical experts on hand for the announcement agree that obesity is a gateway to other health issues. They say that's why anti obesity drugs are so important. That's a quick check of your headline.

[Andrew Colvitt]

News flash, Democrats. America is a republic, not a democracy.

[Yael Eckstein]

Fact check.

[Kurt Schlichter]

All right.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. I want to tell you really quickly about one of our partners. You see, Charlie built an amazing, thriving, huge community through conversation online. It's not something that happens overnight. It happens over time, one connection at a time. TikTok offers opportunities for the exchange of ideas and that through that, opportunities for community, community not to talk over each other, but to talk with each other. You'll find creators on TikTok who teach and encourage. A carpenter passing on his craft, a mom explaining how to make a budget stretch or a gardener showing us how to bring a backyard back to life. Different stories, the same drive. The desire to connect and understand and to be understood. That's what makes a strong community. A common desire to connect and to find a way forward through respectful dialogue, building trust and feeling heard. Freedom to speak what we know and to hear each other out. That's the power of TikTok. It gives everyone a seat at the table. And by the way, Charlie did literally billions of views on TikTok. Portions of the Charlie Kirk show are sponsored in, in part by TikTok. I want to bring in our, our first guest of the day, Kurt Schlichter. Kurt, you're a senior columnist at Town Hall. You have a new piece out actually, that we're going to get to in just a second. But, you know, we're, we've been going through clips of Erica's interview, the first, the exclusive first with Jesse Waters last night. And we're getting to a couple more pieces and, and I want to, we'll get you in on the reaction for this. But there's a, there's a clip. Just talking about, you know. Blake, you set it up. You set it up.

[Blake Neff]

Oh, do you want the one on. On cameras?

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah.

[Blake Neff]

Yeah. I believe that is. Sorry, we just got behind.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Here.

[Kurt Schlichter]

It is.

[Blake Neff]

374.

[Kurt Schlichter]

The defense wants to ban cameras in the courtroom.

[Blake Neff]

How do you feel about that?

[Erica Kirk]

There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered. There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there. Why not be transparent? There's nothing to hide. I know there's not, because I've seen what the case is built on. Let everyone see what true evil is. This is something that could impact a generation and generations to come.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Kurt, why don't. You're a lawyer? You know, I thought. I thought she did beautifully there. I think, you know, it's so true. I mean, we've all been so scrutinized in the aftermath of this, you know, so we're victims as well, because, you know, we lose our friend, our boss, our colleague, and then everything has been scrutinized since. Since 9, 10, and her most of all. And so bring us into that courtroom. What. What is the deliberation even, you know, about cameras or no cameras? Explain that to us.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Clearly. For. For some reason, the defense doesn't think it's going to be to their benefit to have cameras in the courtroom. And look, I defended people in civil cases. I also brought cases. I get it. And it is important that we protect the rights of this accused person. After all, if he's found guilty of what he did, he's likely to get the death penalty. And if he's guilty of it, he'll deserve it. I think every American has a right to see how justice is done. Trials are public. You can go there. I don't understand why you can't have cameras there. And, yes, sometimes lawyers play to the cameras, okay? They play to the jury all the time. That's why you have a judge to say, calm down, counsel. This is a serious matter. I expect you to behave like a serious attorney with the appropriate level of respect and the appropriate level of dignity that this situation demands. Look, Eric is absolutely right. The American people have a right to see this evidence. They have a right to see if it proves him guilty. They have a right to see if the state can't make its case again. We're playing. We are attempting as. As a government. We're attempting to take the life of this man. He's up for the death penalty. He should be up for the death penalty if he can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have done what he did. Now, do I do. Do I believe that the evidence is very strong? I believe it's very strong. I believe he's very likely to be convicted. That's not the point. The point is that when we do something like this, we, the people, we have nothing to hide. We have nothing that we don't want everyone to see. So why not have cameras in the courtroom? I think it'd be. It's an important lesson, and it's important to tell the American people why this. This. This person allegedly did what he allegedly did. We want to see it. We want to know this. This is going to change. This has changed the course of America's history. All right? This is. This is a crime. And all crimes are devastating to their families. But this. This also hurt us in a country as a. In a way, only a political assassination can hurt us. So we have a right to know exactly what's going on, to know that our prosecutors are doing their job, to know that this person's given the right to a complete and full defense to get all the facts out that he thinks are important while we get all the facts out that we think are vital. So there is no good reason in my mind for a judge in this case not to allow cameras in the courtroom again if he's afraid that people are going to grandstand. You know, there's not a good trial lawyer out there who hasn't had a judge say, simmer down, Mr. Schlichter. You're getting over your skis. This is a trial, not a. Not a performance art, not an interpretive dance. Present your case.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, well, that's what you should do, I think. What that. I think that's really well said. And, you know, I. One of the things that, you know, I worry about, some of this stuff is it overshadows all of this amazing outpouring of love and support and just the tremendous groundswell of students and support for Turning Point. But we got to do it. I mean, when the trial ends up happening, you better believe that this show is going to be covering it in detail. We're going to be watching every move. This is going to be front and center for us. So we have to just confront the grim reality that is facing us. But I mentioned the fact that we have this outpouring of love and support, and we've had these campus tours. I mean, Charlie's vision was always to have These arenas packed with students. That was his vision, and it's happening. And last night at Auburn, we had Eric Trump, Lara Trump, Benny Johnson, coach Tommy Tuberville all out in Auburn. And it was an amazing, amazing event. And then, you know, lo and behold, President Trump calls in in the middle of it. I want to play this clip just because it's just a phenomenal moment. Blake, what number we got?

[Blake Neff]

It's 359.

[Andrew Colvitt]

All right, play. Cut. 359. Hello.

[Kurt Schlichter]

So we have the most beautiful crowd.

[Blake Neff]

Of people, thousands of thousands of people at Auburn University.

[Kurt Schlichter]

They are incredibly enthusiastic, and they absolutely adore this country.

[Blake Neff]

They adore God and they adore.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Well, I want to just say hello to everybody.

[Yael Eckstein]

I hope Eric is doing a good job and Laura's doing a good job. But I just want to pay my respects to Charlie and Erica. These are two incredible people. And Eric, I've spoken to her often. She's just a spectacular person, and she's going to start where Charlie left off. And we love. Charlie's looking down on us right now, all of us. And, Erica, you just. You're there someplace, and you just take care of yourself. We're with you all the way, and we're with the great people that my son and Laura are speaking to.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. Beautiful, beautiful moment there. I mean, this is. I love this clip. And that was Blake. I threw it to Blake to throw to because he mentioned we should play, and I totally agree. Kurt, make sense of the aftermath here of all of this outpouring and what we're seeing across the country, because it does end up playing into our politics, our culture, and this moment we're living through.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Well, look, this is the first time I've had a chance to be on the show since this disgusting murder. So I haven't said any of this stuff, but, you know, I had. The effect of this was enormous. I had people who were not political coming up to me because they knew I was. They knew I had been on Charlie's show just telling me how sorry they were and including very liberal people just how sorry and disgusted they were.

[Terrence Bates]

This.

[Kurt Schlichter]

This was something that affected our country in a way that really hasn't happened since maybe the death of Martin Luther King, the death of rfk. This. This showed that there was something deeply wrong in the country with at least some section of the country. And I, I, you know, I. I expect nothing from the degenerates who celebrated this. They're disgusting people. They have to live with themselves, and they have to answer in another place at another Time. What really struck me was how normal American people reacted, as you would expect normal people to react, that they were appalled, that they were ashamed that someone would do this in our country. An outpouring of caring and concern for Erica and the kids and everybody who Charlie touched. You know, it's easy to become hopeless when something terrible happens. When you. When you face incredible evil, which is what this was, including the aftermath with all the people cheering it on, maybe sometimes you forget that decency and good are out there and that they're stronger than anybody. You're not a strong person because you're celebrating this. You're weak. You're pathetic. You're disgusting and despicable. And I don't want to think about those people. I want to think about the decent people, and I want to think about what Charlie did, and I want to think about his legacy. And I got to tell you, and I've watched. I watched you, and I've sent you some texts telling you, you know, hey, keep it up. You're doing great, because you guys are. And I've been watching Erica, and I gotta say, if they thought they were gonna snuff out this movement by murdering Charlie, then when Erica. As Erica goes forward, they're not going to know what hit him. Yeah.

[Andrew Colvitt]

She's an incredible person. She's an incredible person. And by the way, I just want to play this really quick because, you know, I said this, I think, last night on Sean Hannity's show that, you know, Erica's always had my love and appreciation and my support, and I saw them dating. I saw them get married. I was at their wedding. But watching her move, you know, step by step in the aftermath of this with such grace and courage and strength has really been. I mean, I just have to say one of the most tremendous things I've ever seen play. Cut 251.

[Blake Neff]

Do you feel safe?

[Erica Kirk]

What, are they going to threaten me with going to heaven sooner to be with my husband? And I don't say that to be reckless. I do not. I do not say that. Because I'm out in the streets. Like, here I am, confined me.

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[Erica Kirk]

It's. It's a fearlessness that's rooted in the understanding that I will have my day and my time whenever that is, when the Lord knows that I've completed my mission and I'm not afraid. Charlie wasn't afraid either. We never lived in fear. If we did, we wouldn't get anything done.

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[Andrew Colvitt]

The voice of generations is the Charlie Kirk Show. All right. Welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. Please send us your emails freedomarliekirk.com freedomarliekirk.com I'm reading some of them right now. This is from Christopher. Hello Charlie Kirk Show. I watched the interview last night. Difficult for me to watch, very sad. But I watched it. Erica is a strong and holy woman. All of us fans and followers love and support her. Thanks for all you guys. Do come to Long island when you can. Okay, we will. I love Long Island. Actually. This is from Nancy. May the dear Lord watch over Erica and the family. My husband and I loved Charlie and loved listening to what he had to say. I Watched the interview last night. Erica Kirk is a beautiful, brilliant woman and love her so much, there are no words to express the sadness we have felt right along with her. A big hug to her and the children. Prayers for Erica's parents, Charlie's parents, and sister. And that was from Nancy. God bless you. Johnny says, can Staten island secede from New York City? That's a whole other.

[Blake Neff]

You know, it really should have been part of Jersey all the time. Apparently, like, really being part of New York State is kind of some territorial theft. Like, if you look at it on a map, it clearly is. Like, it sits right up against New Jersey, and it's pretty far from the rest of New York. But I might start a giant war in New York with those comments.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, well, you. You might. The online chatter is going to perk up. We're actually going to talk about the election with Kurt Schlichter in just one second. History, economics, the great works of literature. Did you study these things in school? Probably not. But even if you did, it's probably time for a refresher course. Hillsdale College is offering more than 40 free online courses. Charlie took, I believe, 31 or 32 of them. 31, maybe. He completed them, including their newest course on totalitarian novels. And this is taught by Dr. Larry Arn. The great Dr. Larry Arn. He goes in depth on 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and that Hideous Strength. Even though these novels were written in the 1930s and 40s, they are highly relevant today as they show what a tyrannical government does to human nature. Maybe you read these books long ago in school. Maybe you've heard others talk about them, and they are a little intimidating for you. They don't have to be. Let Hillsdale College help you make the most of them. Go right now to CharlieForHillsdale.com. that's CharlieForHillsdale.com to register Charlie for Hillsdale.com. all right, Kurt, you've got a new piece out in town hall that is. It's in perfect Kurt Schlichter fashion. It says, Tuesday night sucked. Now get over it. Tell us what the takeaway should be from the debacle that was Tuesday night.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Well, the takeaway is, don't go jump off a bridge, okay? You have bad nights in elections, all right? I. I am old. I remember the 1972 presidential election, which worked out pretty well for us. McGovern was totally humiliated. And I was in second grade, and believe me, I lorded it over all the other kids in my class because I was in California, a liberal area and they were commies. But the. There have been a lot of great nights. 1980, when Reagan won 94 when we took back the House for the first time in what, 40 years. 2016, 2024. Great nights. And there are bad nights. 2012 was a bad night. Okay, 2006, bad night. Yesterday or two days ago, bad night. Okay, we got, we got creamed. And there's no other way to put it, but if I have to get creamed in a election, I'd rather it be the off year election in a couple of blue states rather than a midterm or, heaven forbid, a presidential. Who was going to win? Well, look, I predicted it. The Democrat states are likely to elect Democrat governors. Wow. I got it right. Now, I don't want to minimize what happened because we did learn some stuff. We learned that we're having trouble turning out some of the new members of the America first coalition. Hispanic numbers went down, young people went down. Young women have just gone completely crazy. They're all over all these communists. But it doesn't mean just because you can get information out of a bad night, you know, that's the silver lining on the cloud. Look, don't be happy about it. We could have done a lot better. And there are mistakes that we made. But, and it's important, we need to take the lessons that we've Learned. We have 363 days until the midterms. Midterms are very important. These Democrats are, have gone completely insane. Well, actually, I don't think they're insane. They're just flat out evil. And who knows what they'll do to our country if they get any power. They'll certainly stop Donald Trump from fixing the problems they created. So we've got to get serious and we've got to go and we've got to fight and play to win next time. I don't think we did that this time.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, I mean, you know, it's an interesting takeaway here. I agree with you on the. We lost a lot of the young females, young people in general went the wrong direction. But in places like New Jersey, what's interesting is that, you know, Cittarelli got 100 and I believe 120,000 more votes than he did in 2021. It's just that Mikey Sherrill got, I think 400,000 votes more than 2021. And so then the Democrat candidate did. So, you know, they are definitely. And we find ourselves, we talked about this last week. We find ourselves at a bit of A nadir with President Trump's support. And I think we need to take that advice and we need to take the learnings and the lessons, refocus our efforts on domestic, domestic pocketbook issues. And really, you know, perception is reality, Kurt, that we have to, we have to show and tell the voting electorate that we're focusing on domestic issues. What do you think? 30 seconds.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Events come up. All right. Hamas decided to invade Israel. They had to be destroyed. Iran was about to get nuclear weapons. It had to be stopped. There are drug runners bringing fentanyl up here and killing 100,000Americans a year. They have to be stopped. But you're right, we want to focus on domestic issues and we can. The economy is getting better. Slowly but surely. We're going to get rid of the guy at the Fed. We're going to be able to lower interest rates, people are going to be able to buy houses. It's going to happen. It happened last time with Trump. I remember when I was young, it happened with Ronald Reagan. Everybody said, you can't. He can't bring it back. They always bring it back. And that's what Donald Trump's gonna do. It's the economy.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Kurt Schlichter, talk to you soon.

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[Andrew Colvitt]

All right, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. Hour two is underway. I'm Andrew Colvitt, executive producer of this fine show, joined by Blake Neff. We're going to talk about the filibuster. And you know, you know, because we've had internal debates about the pros and cons of doing it. Now I, you know, think back to.

[Blake Neff]

Kirsten Cinema, the bigger context here, because if you haven't seen it, it's that. So we have the filibuster right now.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah.

[Blake Neff]

Basically what it is, what it is, is the filibuster is you can, you only need 50 votes to pass a piece of legislative. 50 plus the Vice President as a tiebreaker. You only need that to pass legislation. But they have no limit on debate, basically. And you can extend debate indefinitely and you need 60 votes to overcome.

[Andrew Colvitt]

For cloture.

[Blake Neff]

For cloture, which is where they vote to end debate. Yep. Now, this has been curtailed back over time. It used to basically be you could do it on anything. And then they rolled it back for Supreme Court justices than any judicial nominations. Did they do it? On another thing, it was definitely Supreme Court. It's definitely been rolled back over time, but it's remained for normal legislation. You can get around it with, you know, the reconciliation, which they can do basically once or twice a year. But now President Trump has. And as you were saying, Democrats tried to get rid of it, but they failed because Cinema and Manchin weren't on board with it.

[Andrew Colvitt]

They blocked it.

[Blake Neff]

Now President Trump has said Republicans should get rid of the filibuster. He's loudly agitating for it. He's saying he's going to make it. You know, he's going to bring hell down on Republican senators who don't want to do it. But so far, Senator Thune and others have not sounded terribly interested in getting.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Well, Thune is now saying that he doesn't have enough votes.

[Blake Neff]

That also true.

[Andrew Colvitt]

And so basically, Trump doesn't have.

[Blake Neff]

The Democrats offered him the votes for it.

[Andrew Colvitt]

You think they would?

[Blake Neff]

I wouldn't be. It's weird. Like, the more time passes, the more incentive they have to do it. Because if you're a Democrat. And I think the biggest reason to be hesitant about this is I think Republicans are putting themselves in a position where they might destroy the filibuster, take all of whatever backlash there is to be had for doing that, and then not do anything with it. All they'll do is they'll end the shutdown.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah.

[Blake Neff]

And that's it.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. I tend to agree. So I don't think there's enough consensus within the Republican caucus to do anything useful with it.

[Blake Neff]

Exactly. If you were going to nuke the filibuster, I would say at a minimum, you want the following things. You want to fix the immigration system for real. So we have all these rules in place where this is what the judges who are blowing up all of our immigration stuff are relying on. They're saying, oh, you can't override the asylum proceedings.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Oh, you have to give these people.

[Blake Neff]

The right to these hearings before they can be deported. You could throw out all of that. You could pass a new bill that has way harsher on illegal immigrants, radically curtails whatever BS rights they're being given before they're deported. You can limit legal immigration. You can change the balance of who we're letting in. You know, get rid of the diversity lottery, you know, roll back H1BS because we're like, losing our own skills in the workforce. Lots of things you could do there. You could mess with the college cartel. So, for example, Biden was just trying to unilaterally forgive student loans. We could do something like say, we're going to do. We're going to roll back student loans. By the way, what we're going to do is if you ever want to get a student loan again as a college, you have to pay into this giant fund to fund this forgiveness. Imagine if we did that. We're like, hey, Harvard, if you ever want a federal grant again, you need to give us $10 billion out of your endowment to help deflate the student loan bubble. You know, reform that you can radically deregulate huge chunks of America so that we can build more houses, build more infrastructure, build. Remove those barriers that have made it so hard to build things in the United States. One thing after another. There's so many things you can do if you have only. If you only need 50 votes to pass things and you're ready to do it. I worry the Republican Party isn't ready.

[Andrew Colvitt]

No, they're not ready. They're not ready because I do. It feels like this kind of came out of nowhere, based on this shutdown fight, which now we find out that Sean Duffy saying we're going to reduce air Travel flights by 10% because, you know, there's staffing shortages and all kinds of stuff. But Trump is right that they are going to do this eventually. They will do this eventually. It's not a win. It's not. If it's a win. So let's go ahead. And this is 354Trump warning about what will happen when they do.

[Yael Eckstein]

The first day, they're going to pack the court, they're going to make D.C. a state, and they're going to make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, they pick up four senators.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Okay.

[Yael Eckstein]

You think you have problems? They're going to do all of the things. They're going to pick up electoral votes. It's going to be a very, very bad situation. And it's done. It's done as soon as they attain power. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll never. They'll most likely never attain power.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. And so Trump is saying, here's why he wants to do it. 352.

[Yael Eckstein]

It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and that's terminate the filibuster. It's the only way you can do it. And if you don't terminate the filibuster, you'll be in bad shape. We won't pass any legislation. And John, I think they've done an extension every single time they've ever been asked forever. But if they won't do an extension, they won't do any bill, even a simple bill. And we should do our own bills. We should get out. We should do our own bills. We should open up. We should start tonight with the country is open. Congratulations. Then we should pass voter id. We should pass no mail in voting. We should pass all the things that we want to pass, make our election secure and safe. Because California is a disaster. Many of the states are disasters. But can you imagine when they vote almost unanimously against voter id? All we want is voter id.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. I mean, I have legal questions of whether not you could do it.

[Blake Neff]

For everything we do, keep in mind, everything we do will be blocked by some lower district court. So that would honestly, if you want to get rid of the filibuster and for example, do those reforms that were discussed on what lower courts can do with injunctions. I think we had Senator Leon to talk about that once. That would be a great thing to pass.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Blake Neff]

That would be. There's so.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah.

[Blake Neff]

Injunction reform. There's so many things you could do. And I bet, you know, the infamous Project 2025 probably has examples of things you could do. There's certainly many ideas out there. The question is, do you have Republicans ready to pass them? And the problem is, is you have a senatorial class that's gotten very spoiled. And a line I like to tell Charlie and I've told other people is the filibuster does not actually protect the minority. The filibuster protects the majority of. From votes it doesn't want to take. And Republicans are a masterclass of that, because a lot of Republicans, for example, don't want to reduce illegal immigration or legal immigration. And what they can do is they confront as, oh, I'm really concerned about Los Alamo immigration stuff. Sadly, we need 60 votes to pass anything. I'm so sorry. And then if you get rid of the filibuster, suddenly, suddenly they're called out. Now they actually have to vote up or down on it, and they're caught out.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, I mean, listen, if we had a more unified caucus, I'd be entertaining this right now. But the truth is, the political dynamics are the interesting part. So if we nuke the filibuster, we get saddled with the blame for doing that. Right. Abolishing this tried and true institution, or at least this procedural institution. But the truth is we just simply do not not have the votes. They're up 392. This is. John Thune is defying Trump on the filibuster. His explanation is that we do not have the votes. And I believe him. I think he's probably one of them, you know, to be. To be perfectly candid. And I mean, can you imagine McConnell voting to nuke the filibuster? Susan Collins. Yeah.

[Blake Neff]

Yeah.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Rand Paul.

[Blake Neff]

I don't think they're ready to do it. And if they did do it, I. I'm really worried they wouldn't be ready to pass anything useful. And, you know, he probably is right. Democrats probably will get rid of it the next time they're in power, but it will depend what is the nature of their majority, if it exists. And John also probably take them. It will also probably take them a little bit of time to do it. And as we're learning in these admins, you know, the days and weeks that you have to actually pass things matter a lot. So if you want another example of how this party could be better, I think the House has been in recess for, like, 40 straight days or something like that. The House clearly just hates doing work. That could be a great bill to pass. What if we'd like pressured them into passing a bill that said they actually have to work?

[Andrew Colvitt]

Well, imagine getting them to pass that bill. I think this is another instance of Trump not being crazy, Trump just being early, you know, and the party in the caucus is yet to catch up with them. I do tend to think that they are going to nuke the filibuster and we are going to get up or down votes on Puerto Rico and D.C. becoming states. Maybe you get a John Federman that blocks it. Maybe you get some sane Democrats. But to stake your entire political and the fortune of the country on Democrat sanity I think is a losing formula. Which, you know, we better, we better figure out these midterms. Blake. That's the point. That's the main point. I want to tell you about Patriot Mobile. I realize there are many choices when it comes to who you choose for your cell phone service and there are new ones popping up all the time. But here's the truth. There's only one that boldly stands in the gap for every American that believes that freedom is worth fighting for and that is Patriot Mobile. For more than 12 years Patriot Mobile has been on the front lines fighting for our God given rights and freedoms while also providing exceptional nationwide cell services with, excuse me, with access to all three of the main networks. Don't just take my word for it. Ask the hundreds of thousands of Americans who made the switch and are now supporting causes they believe in simply by joining Patriot Mobile. Switching has never been easier. Activate in minutes from the comfort of your own home. Keep your number, keep your phone or upgrade. That's Charlie. Promo code Charlie for a free month of service. So patriot mobile.com charlie patriotmobile.com charlie or call 972 Patriot Glenn and the team, amazing patriots over there. You can trust them. Go check them out. We'll be right back.

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[Andrew Colvitt]

From the campus to the car, the bullhorn to the microphone, it's the Charlie Kirk Show. All right, everybody. Welcome back to Charlie Kirk Show. Private student loan debt in this country totals about $300 billion, and 45 billion of that is labeled as distress. So what does Y refi do? They refinance distressed or defaulted private student loans that others won't touch. They provide you with a custom loan payment. So they work with each individual borrower to make sure that you can make your payment each and every month so you don't have to let that stack of bills climb higher and higher on your kitchen table. You can address the problem. So this is, this is the thing. When you have financial problems, Blake, you gotta look them in the eye. You gotta confront the problem. You gotta take action. You cannot just, like, you know, brush it under the rug and make and think that it's gonna go away. This is the key. You gotta take control of your own financial situation. This is what. Why refi empowers you to do. You get to take control of your monthly budget, and they're going to make sure you get a payment you can afford. You got to be disciplined. You got to make that payment. But they even let you skip once a payment every six months up to 12 times without penalty. These are great people. They care about you and your situation you're in, and they care about this show. They can care about the movement. So check them out. Yrefi.com yrefy.com or call 888-Y-REFI34. 888-Y-REFI 34. We'll be right back. All right, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. Let us know what you think. Freedom@charlie kirk.com. [e-mail] do you think the Senate is wrong for most people want to get.

[Blake Neff]

Rid of the filibusters?

[Andrew Colvitt]

Well, I want to hear. I want to hear. What is the. What is the grassroots in this audience want to do? Do you want to nuke the filibuster? You think Trump is right? Or do you think it's an important even.

[Blake Neff]

Even if Democrats are going to do it anyway? I will just remind you, if they nuke it themselves and then pass radical stuff that ends up being unpopular. That is a more helpful situation to us than we blew it up. And they just take.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Stephen disagrees. So Stephen says Andrew, you are missing the point. Thank you Stephen. The Dems will do it anyway and we will get blamed anyway as we are being blamed right now for the shutdown. Yeah, we will have to hold the rhinos feet to the fire to get anything done. But at least Republicans would be able to protect themselves from the cheat that gets Dems elected in the first place. So that's. That's from Stephen. That's interesting. Okay. Pathetic Republican says Richard. Guys, we will never win much because the dummy will always find a way to take down the stupid Republican. The dummy. I guess that's the Democrats ever even. Even if they are not in power. Another Trump 1.0 term. The low life judges have taken over and eventually Supreme Court will run the country. Let's say it how it is, man. I hope, listen, I really hope that you're wrong. I think Trump 2.0 has been way better than Trump 1.0. And that's mostly because of the personnel, right? Personnel's policy. We had Sarah Rogers for example on the show. She's part of the State Department. She's amazing. And these are the type, these are the caliber and the type of people that we have in Trump 2.0 that we simply did not have in 2.0.

[Terrence Bates]

For sure.

[Kurt Schlichter]

For sure.

[Andrew Colvitt]

And by the way, remember, the border is closed. That would have never happened. Okay. That's a huge historic accomplishment that we cannot forget about. And Trump deserves a ton of credit on that. And listen, the economy is mixed right now. I agree. We need to focus on domestic stuff. We need to show and prove big, bold, audacious ideas on the domestic front to get people believing. You got an email up.

[Blake Neff]

It was just about. It was the kind of a centered idea. I want to flag this very quickly because we just, I like to. Charlie was always good at remember reminding people of how insane Democrats have been. This is a, this is like a kind of obscure element. But put up the photo I sent you guys of this Angela Walker woman in Bangor, Maine. They just elected a progressive slate on the city council and they elected Angela Walker. Angela Walker is a by her own admission, former drug junkie. And 20 years ago she and her brother murdered a Canadian tourist. They like stuffed sand down his throat so he would asphyxiate. And her brother got sentenced to I think 12 years served. Five she got sentenced to apparently time served for this for murdering a tourist because she said he called her A mean name. Apparently. He. They alleged. And these people always lie, so probably lied. She alleged that the guy called her a squaw, which is a slur to some in American Indian communities. And like, her brother is also just this serial criminal who goes around committing tons of crimes and then accusing.

[Andrew Colvitt]

She gets elected a what?

[Blake Neff]

She's the city council of Bangor, Maine. You're your city council. And I'm not lying. We got an email from someone in Bangor, Maine, during this show, and they were complaining about the gas prices. And I just sent back, Bangor has bigger problems than the gas prices. They have a literal murderer, drug addiction on their city council.

[Andrew Colvitt]

That's. That's shocking. But not shocking.

[Blake Neff]

It is not shocking.

[Andrew Colvitt]

It kind of makes. It kind of makes the.

[Blake Neff]

Coming to a city near you.

[Cameron Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Andrew Colvitt]

You know, now. Now we have. What do you call this? Like one is. Is, you know, it's the exception, not the rule. But now you have two elected officials in the Democrat party that one. One fetishizing about murder, the other actually did it. And so now we have a. We have a pattern of behavior where it just sort of feels like, you know, when you live in this post sort of truth world and everything's on social media and, you know, gosh, we're seeing it with, you know, the Charlie's Assassin. It's like, it's like, you know, Charlie used to joke that he's like, we're all living in a. In an episode of Whose Line Is It Anyways? Where the points are made up and.

[Blake Neff]

The rules don't matter and the points don't matter. That's what it was.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. And it's just like this is. This is case in point where, you know, we have a murderer on a city city council in Bangor, Maine. Yeah, this. And she got a.

[Blake Neff]

We need a palate cleanser.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Racism.

[Blake Neff]

We want to. Before the end of this segment, we want to highlight something that's really good. It's the impact Charlie continues to have on people's faith. So that's one last great thing from the Jesse Erica interview. Let's do 357.

[Terrence Bates]

I feel like his assassination has changed you as a person. Like there's a difference in you. How has this impacted you?

[Andrew Colvitt]

It has, it has.

[Kurt Schlichter]

It has made me seek a deeper connection with God.

[Blake Neff]

You know, I was.

[Kurt Schlichter]

They call it a CNE Christian. You go to church on Christmas and Easter.

[Blake Neff]

I went to Sunday school as a kid, but I found myself reading more about Jesus Christ.

[Kurt Schlichter]

And, you know, my life has changed since this happened. The country has changed since this happened.

[Blake Neff]

And you can't notice, feel that.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Everyone feels it. It's something that you have to nourish.

[Blake Neff]

Like a flame and protect and keep.

[Kurt Schlichter]

Because that, that spirit of Charlie Kirk is still alive and all of us.

[Blake Neff]

And, and still alive in the country.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, really powerful. Bible sales spiked 36% in the month of September and so many other pieces of that. That's actually a good segue because we have Yael Eckstein up next from International Fellowship of Jews and Christians. We'll be right back.

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[Andrew Colvitt]

You okay? Gordon, you okay?

[Terrence Bates]

The White House says the gentleman you just saw is okay after passing out. He was there representing a pharmaceutical company. The group was in the Oval Office as President Trump announced significant price cuts to obesity drugs which he says cost Americans 1400% more than patients in Europe.

[Yael Eckstein]

And this has to do with other pharmaceutical products also. But we're covering this today because it's such a big seller. I guess it's the number one selling thing there is today. These are two companies that behind the groundbreaking weight loss drugs that have helped millions of Americans struggling with obesity live better, longer lives. Everything else.

[Terrence Bates]

The medical experts on hand for the announcement agree that obesity is a gateway to other health issues. They say that's why anti obesity drugs are so important. That's a quick check of your headlines.

[Yael Eckstein]

Forging an all new greatest American generation.

[Andrew Colvitt]

It's the Charlie Kirk. All right, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. I'm Andrew Colvitt, executive producer of this fine show. And I am so excited about this next guest. Somebody that not too long ago, we spent some really amazing time right here in a conference room. I could walk to it in about three seconds. And that is, of course, Yael Eckstein, IFCJ global president and CEO. That's the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Yael, welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show.

[Yael Eckstein]

Thank you so much, Andrew. What a blessing to be here with you.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. And it's the first time you've been on, obviously, since the tragic news that we got that we. That Charlie had been taken from us and taken from this world. And when it happened, Yael, I couldn't help but recall, as I just said, that time we spent in June, so just a couple months ago together in the conference room here in Phoenix. And it was one of the most memorable meetings that I had ever had with Charlie, as a matter of fact. And you were so sweet and you wanted to just engage in these ideas. And Charlie was riffing and he had all these thoughts and you were just like, I want it. Let me get my note back. And I take this down. I was like, absolutely. So the floor Is yours, Yael? Maybe just, you know, start there and reflect on your personal friendship with Charlie and kind of what that meant and what you learned and how you're thinking about these weeks since he was taken from us.

[Yael Eckstein]

Wow. Well, to see you there, Andrew, in the studio. Doing this podcast gives me so much hope for the future. And to see Charlie's empty chair is something that I think we'll all feel in our hearts forever. I'll never forget that day that we sat together with Charlie. We had around a 10 minute meeting scheduled, and Charlie came in. He was so busy, and I know that look and I know that feeling. And I was like, okay, I. I'm here for as long as you have. Don't worry about anything. He said, what do you want to talk about, Yell? I said, share your heart with me, Charlie. You could tell me anything. Tell me the hard things. Tell me the hard things about Israel. Tell me the hard things you're going. Tell me anything that you want you could just share with me. And it was incredible how suddenly he transformed into the most loving, passionate, wise kind of leader I've ever seen in my life. And I've sat with a lot of world leaders. And what I saw in him was both this humble servant heart. Of course, being that I live in Israel, I represent Israel and Jewish Christian relations and where Jews and Christians find that common bond spiritually. I saw a spirit that was alive and in love with Israel. And he was someone who I think held such truth in the sense of he was able to be critical of policies of the Israeli government without at all being critical of Israel as the spiritual homeland. He was able to both say, this is a just war. We have to get these hostages back. And when the hostages came back just a day before Charlie's birthday, I know you and me both, Andrew, were like, thank you, Charlie. We know you were praying for this. We know you had a part in this. But what I saw was he was able to recognize what Israel's going through and the complexity within it, recognizing good as good, bad as bad, and also recognizing you can have concerns and be critical of Israel without completely saying Israel doesn't have a right to exist or that the Jewish people shouldn't have a homeland or any of the other things that so many people are saying today.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Man. Yael, I want to give you a compliment on this because, you know, I obviously had heard Charlie in those kind of conversations multiple times. And you just had such a sweet spirit and such a welcoming and it was. And you could just feel that you were sincere, that you were like, please, I want to know exactly what you really think. And I just.

[Yael Eckstein]

I felt it.

[Andrew Colvitt]

And Charlie just blossomed. No. And Charlie just blossomed in front of you. And that. And that's exactly. Like, you could see just all of his, like, that loving nature, that kindness, and just that earnest desire to help. Cause he was frustrated about some things, and he was frustrated about the messaging and all this stuff. It's all been very publicized, you know, at this point. But, like, you gave him a floor to say all these things that he'd been keeping in his thinking really deeply about for a long time. And I just loved when you got out your notepad and you're like, can I take notes? You're like, yes. And he gave you, like. Like, seven points or something. And you. I'm sitting there going, like, wow, this is really, like, detailed, Charlie, you know, and you just started writing it. And I just. I remember being so impressed by just the warmth, because, I mean, you could have got defensive or something. I don't know. But, I mean, there's many options of how you could have reacted in that moment. But you were so loving, and Charlie could. Charlie just walked away from that and be like, she's the best. She's the absolute best. Yeah.

[Yael Eckstein]

Well, I remember that hug that he gave me after, right before we parted, when we went over those seven different points that he told me. And then, you know, we spoke for an hour and a half, and we were supposed to only have five or 10 minutes. And we got up, and I was like, can I give you a hug? And he gave me a hug that I will feel forever. And he also gave me a cell phone number. And we would text each other Shabbat shalom, and we would talk about how it's really this spirit of love and hope and positivity that's gonna change the world. And it's what I saw in Charlie. And everything he did, what Char did, he went to people that he disagreed with, and he said, tell me your story. Let me try to understand you. I can disagree with you, and I can love you. And what Charlie stood for was changing the world and making the world better. And he would always say what the international fellowship of Christians and Jews is doing of feeding the hungry and clothing the naked and helping both the Jews and the Christians in Israel. We've built hospitals for the Christian community in Nazareth. We give food boxes for Christians in the Old City. The same way we're feeding Jewish Holocaust survivors where. Helping persecuted Christians in Syria, we built them Clinics and health clinics and distributed food boxes. And Charlie always said, like, the answer to everything is love, especially when it comes down to the Holy Land. So, still on my desk, I have. I have three pieces of paper that I have hanging up in front of my desk. One of them is those notes that I took that you're talking about, Andrew, with the seven points that Charlie says. Charlie Kirk meeting in Arizona even before he was assassinated. I have a list of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes, which I always want to hold in my heart. And I have a list of the five things that King Solomon prayed to God for when he became king. So that meeting was life for me even before he was assassinated.

[Andrew Colvitt]

What company Charlie gets to keep on your wall there. I mean, that is. I mean. And I like to say that Charlie is a modern founding father because he lived his life in such an exemplary way, in such a passionate way that you couldn't help but be. It was just. It was contagious to be around him. You would feel his energy. Like, that motor was just never stopped churning. And he was always thinking creatively about how to get to the next solution and get over this current problem or whatever. And. And one of those problems that we talked about was the hostages. And I'll never forget, we prayed for the hostages to be released in our office here. And so, as you mentioned, October 13th, the day before Charlie would have turned 32. The hostages get released, and there's this massive, massive peace in the Middle east summit. President Trump flies there. There's this huge moment in the Knesset. And I just thought, oh, gosh, I wish Charlie could have seen this, because, like, we had been so desperate for this war to come to an end and, you know, like. And just hope that so many of these friction points, these tension points that we're all navigating, like, maybe they could just be finally put to rest and that Israel could find peace and closure after October 7th. So I just, you know, I gotta ask, what was that day like for you? Because you prayed about it with Charlie. I could tell it was like, first and foremost on your heart and your mind, and that even just in June when we were meeting and how much you were thinking about it, so then you were probably in Israel when it happened. I can only imagine, because you do travel back and forth a lot, but I'm assuming you were there. What was that moment like for you? What were you thinking about? What was it like on the ground?

[Yael Eckstein]

Wow. Well, there's a Bible verse that actually, it came to me when I was in labor with my second son, who's now almost 17. But between each contraction, I would say, yeshua to Shem kerifying. Redemption from the Lord comes in the blink of an eye. And I would have a contraction. It was so painful, and I felt like I was going to die. And then suddenly it would calm down.

[Andrew Colvitt]

And, yeah, this too shall pass.

[Yael Eckstein]

Exactly. And when I saw those hostages coming back into Israel after two years of living, something none of us could ever imagine, I just kept saying, yeshua tashem keherif ayin. Redemption from the Lord can come in the blink of an eye. It felt like I was watching Andrew, like the Ezekiel prophecy of the dry bones coming to life, that they really. They were like dry bones underground, coming and finding life again. And I was in the Knesset. I was invited there when President Trump spoke. And I felt Charlie Kirk. I felt him there. And I kept thinking, honestly, if he was alive, he would be here. If he was alive, he would be here.

[Andrew Colvitt]

I totally felt that with you. Well, Charlie probably would have been doing his show, because I would have told him, no, Charlie, we need to get this. It's too big of a news day. You got to do your show. But, yeah, I mean, listen, the. The. The spirit of Charlie Kirk lives on. There's no doubt. And I don't mean that in some, like, hocus pocus way. I just mean we carry him with us. We carry him in our hearts. And I know Israel does, too. I mean, of all the countries that mourned Charlie's passing, I mean, I mean, second to America, I think it must have been Israel, because I saw so much going on there. So many vigils, so many mourners. But we are all carrying this with us. And I think the whole world was. Yael, honestly, I think the whole world wanted to achieve some sort of peace. I think the whole world, not just in Israel, but, like, around the world. I think, like, Charlie's. Charlie's legacy. He was so anti war. Like, people don't fully appreciate how deeply disturbed Charlie was by any form of war. Like, he just wanted peace. And so that day, I totally. I totally relate to you on that, and I am with you 100%. I kept thinking about Charlie. We said it in our group chats. Like, it's just like. Like, man, I wish Charlie could see this. He wanted this so badly, you know?

[Yael Eckstein]

Yeah.

[Erica Kirk]

Yeah.

[Yael Eckstein]

And what's incredible, Andrew, is something that I didn't expect. You know, the Fellowship, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ministry that I oversee, we've been working and supporting the families of the hostages for the past two years, being there with them, telling them, Christians around the world love you and stand with you and support you. And I was sure that the. The survivors of this hell would come out and they would have lost all faith, that we would have to rebuild it it. And they came out with faith stronger than ever. One of the hostages said, I went into the tunnels with a little bit of faith. I came out speaking to God as my best friend. My faith is stronger than ever. There was another hostage who said, the only thing that I had was a little prayer book, and I would say psalms on repeat every day. And another hostage said, I never kept the Sabbath in my life, but in those tunnels, I kept the Sabbath and prayed out to God louder than ever before. And these were people who were starved, who were tortured, who were chained, and they were told, if they convert to Islam and read from the Quran, they'll get food. And they looked at their captors and said, no way I'm standing with the God of Israel. I'm not converting. And so to see them walk out of that torture of two years with faith intact, it's something that I believe. I believe there's a message for all of us there that justice wins, as they say.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, as they say, there's no atheists in the foxholes. So I think that was a good example of it. We will be right back with Yael Eckstein. Don't go anywhere.

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[Yael Eckstein]

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[Andrew Colvitt]

All right, back here with Real America's Voice with Yael Eckstein. She is. Let me get this right, because it's an impressive title. She's the president and CEO of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Global. So. Yeah. So I just. How many kids do you have?

[Yael Eckstein]

I have four kids.

[Andrew Colvitt]

You have four? Wow. Yes, I have three. So you beat me by one. But there's still time, Andrew. There's still time. I know, I know. But not according to my wife. There's no but my poor wife. Yeah. I've been traveling a lot, especially in recent weeks, so she's the real mvp, as Kevin Durant said. But, yeah. So do I hear this right? We only have, like, about a minute and a half in this quick little segment here. Yeah. But she's joining the idf. Is this right?

[Yael Eckstein]

Yeah. Yes. I have a daughter. My oldest is 19 years old. Yeah. And just like all the kids in Israel, when they turn 18, they join the IDF. And it's something I've been thinking about from the time my kids have been born. It's both such a privilege and blessing to be born in this Generation where after 2000 years of exile, we have the land of Israel that was prophesied in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and we're seeing all these prophecies come to life. And it's the biggest privilege to live in this land right now, and it's also a huge responsibility. And so every kid, when they turn 18, goes and protects these borders. And so, as a mother, what I've realized, Andrew, is the only thing we have in our hands, the only choice we have, is are we going to pray or not? And so I'm praying very hard.

[Andrew Colvitt]

My goodness. I feel that, too. Gosh, with my, you know, with my kids, you know, all of this has just spun our lives into a totally different direction, and I have to help host the show. And, you know, all the things that we do, we're moving. And, you know, you. Prayer is powerful, and it's comforting, but prayer is powerful. That's the main thing. And especially when we pray for our kids, I think, you know, that's something that God puts on our hearts as parents, and we need to be faithful to that and do it a lot and get on our knees and pray for the future of our kids and future of our country and peace. Because what are we going to do if we don't have that? We're going to welcome back national radio in just one second. All right, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk show, radio stations across the country. Our final segment of the day. Honored to be with you as always. So, Yael Eckstein, president, CEO of IFCJ Global So I want to. So. So this is a remarkable stat that was just shared with me that since October 7th, the fellowship provided over $300 million in direct aid. Did I get a zero? Did I accidentally add an extra zero on there?

[Yael Eckstein]

Or is that God is so much bigger than anything we imagine? Yes, we've distributed over $300 million of life saving aid in Israel to all communities in Israel, to the Jewish community, to the Christian community, to the Druze, to the Bedouin, even to the Muslim community in Israel. Of course, 20% of Israel's population are non Jews. And so we distribute aid according to need, not according to religion or anything else.

[Andrew Colvitt]

So, I mean, that's a huge accomplishment. And so congratulations to that and what a blessing. But I have a question because. So now that we're in peace, obviously you guys were so focused on the war effort and helping all the need that was arising out of this tumultuous situation. So now where is the focus of IFCJ going to be placed? Or is it still kind of, is there still more that we don't know about kind of going on with the, in and around Gaza or with the idf? Like, what's, what's happening now?

[Yael Eckstein]

Well, we look at the scriptures and we're told to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the poor. That's what the Fellowship has been doing for over 40 years. So we're going to continue to do that. In a way, during these times of quiet is our opportunity to be able to seed into the peace of Jerusalem, seed into bringing food and hope to the Holocaust survivors, going to the orphans and the children who have been affected and bringing them food and clothing and telling them Christians and Jews around the world stand with you. That in so many ways, Andrew, now that the war ends is when the real work begins to rebuild these communities. The Fellowship just, just built kindergartens on the border with Gaza that were destroyed on October 7th so the kids couldn't go back to school. And so we're here in Israel planting those seeds. We built a hospital in Nazareth and we'll continue to do everything to help the people.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt because I know you've probably got like a bunch of projects you could rattle off. So. But with the kibbutzes, so there was a, I mean, these things, these kibbutzes got totally devastated. Where are they at in rebuilding or have they been abandoned? Are they getting rebuilt? Like, what's, what's the status with some of those communities?

[Yael Eckstein]

It's a great question. I was just recently in near Oz, which is on the border with the Gaza Strip. And one in four people from that Jewish kibbutz were either kidnapped or killed. Every single house was burned down. And it still hasn't been rebuilt. But the people want to come back. And so they're putting caravans now to the kibbutz, they're putting anything that they could in order to go and move back and show this resilience, this hope. They're seeds that are blooming with hope for the future. And now that the war is over, we'll start to rebuild those kibbutzim. But there is so many needs. There are trauma centers that there are wounded soldiers, you have generation of 18 year olds that are missing limbs, but they're determined to go out and work. We actually, we had one man who he brought from the former Soviet Union on aliyah, this biblical prophecy coming to fruition of the ingathering of the people. And he came from this biblical land of the north with the fellowship to Israel and he ended up joining the IDF as a lone soldier. He was injured by a terrorist that they threw an anti tank missile at his missile at his tank and he lost his leg. But he's now volunteering with the fellowship, distributing food boxes to elderly and he even learned how to ride a handicap bike and is competing on behalf of the state of Israel in the competitions for handicapped. So we are seeing a resilience that I couldn't even imagine before October 7th. And the fellowship is there both to give hope and strengthen.

[Andrew Colvitt]

That's awesome. I love those kinds of stories. And the resilience of the people of Israel has been truly amazing. So we prayed last time and I got one minute left, Yael, before we have to say goodbye to our show today. But we prayed for the hostages to get released. So what should we be thinking about and praying about now? What is the next call to action?

[Yael Eckstein]

Well, I pray for America every single day. I believe a strong America is a strong world. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, just as the scriptures tell us. And I believe that with a strong America and a strong and unified Israel, we'll be able to see more countries join the historic Abraham Accord. This is something that I believe is blessed in the eyes of God. That's possible. And we have to believe that light always overcomes the darkness. We've seen darkness and now it's time for light.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Yeah. And if you guys want to get on board with that, I totally agree. The Abraham Accords, all this peace is just exploding in a good way. It's probably the wrong choice of words, but throughout the region and we thank God for it. Go to IFCJ ifcj.org if you want to get involved with what Yael's doing. IFCJ.org thank you, Yael. It's been such a pleasure. Pleasure. Thank you so much.

[Yael Eckstein]

Bless you. You're doing amazing. Andrew, with you.

[Andrew Colvitt]

Thank you.

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