The Charlie Kirk Show, OCTOBER 10TH, 2025

Summary

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The Charlie Kirk Show — October 10, 2025

Podcast: Real America’s Voice, iHeartPodcasts
Host: Charlie Kirk (Blake hosting with Danny and guests)
Date: October 10, 2025
Episode Theme:
Unfiltered political and cultural analysis following Charlie Kirk’s passing. Key topics include rising violence in politics, generational economic frustrations, Gen Z conservatism, the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire, estate challenges for young Americans, political races, and the evolving grassroots conservative movement.

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Episode Overview

The episode opens amidst heightened political tension and follows the continued legacy of Charlie Kirk after his assassination. The show carries themes of political violence and safety, the Israel-Gaza ceasefire, generational economic woes, the state of the conservative movement among Gen Z, and active audience participation through the AMA (Ask Me Anything) segment. Blake pilots the show, joined by Danny and several Gen Z Turning Point USA chapter heads, keeping the high-energy, grassroots spirit that defined Charlie Kirk’s work.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Political Violence and Accountability

Segment: [00:00–02:10]

• The episode begins with Attorney General Pam Bondi addressing threats against conservative personalities, including Benny Johnson.
• She stresses law enforcement’s resolve:

  “If you commit an act of violence, a written threat... We are going to find you.” (Pam Bondi, [00:03])

• Bondi clarifies that political leaders have responsibility in their rhetoric but defends the president against accusations of inciting violence.

2. Generational Wealth, Homeownership, and Economic Anxiety

Segment: [02:34–05:06], revisited [34:10–46:43]

The "Rental Car" Analogy:

• Dino Fontagrasi: Uses the analogy to highlight how a generation that rents (cars, homes, etc.) feels little ownership or incentive to defend societal structures.

  “When you rent a car…do you wash it? Of course not. It's not yours and you know it... You have a generation that does not own stuff and that is not invested in the economy. Political radicalism ensues.” ([02:43])

Homeownership Crisis:

• First-time homebuyer age has risen from 30 (2008) to 38 (2025).
• Major causes: Federal Reserve’s post-2008 policies, inflation, corporate investment (e.g., BlackRock).
• Dino's Policy Proposal:

  “If you have assets under management over $500 billion…you should not be in the single-family home business. Period.” ([04:46], [42:45])

Gen Z Perspectives:

• Chapter leaders (Dino, Brady) discuss tuition increases, stagnant wages, and predatory investor practices eroding young people’s future financial prospects.

  “If nobody has bootstraps, you're telling them to do something that's basically impossible for them to do.” (Benny Johnson, [38:03])

• Homeownership is framed as a “moral good” necessary for social stability.

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3. The Israel-Hamas Ceasefire — Trump’s Peacemaking

Segment: [07:14–14:42], [25:04–25:57]

• The Israeli cabinet approved a Trump-brokered ceasefire in Gaza after two years of war.

• Trump’s direct diplomatic engagement and persona are credited for breaking gridlock.

• Trump plans to visit Israel for the hostage release.

• Politico credited Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for dictating breakthrough terms.

  “Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas were stalling…until US Emissaries…swept in to dictate key compromises.” ([09:40], paraphrasing Politico)

• The panel stresses Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ reputation and argues he is the rightful Nobel Peace Prize recipient, despite not winning it.

  “Blessed are the peacemakers. Jesus said that in the Beatitudes. It doesn’t say blessed are the NGOs…” (Charlie Kirk, [12:47]) “Who has done the best work this year for fraternity among nations? Donald Trump.” (Charlie Kirk, [13:40])

• Up to 200 U.S. troops will aid in the ceasefire’s humanitarian operations (strictly oversight, not combat).

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4. Virginia & New Jersey State Races: Political Extremism and Grassroots Action

Segment: [18:20–22:56], [68:13–93:45]

• Recent scandal in Virginia: leaked texts from AG candidate Jay Jones advocating violence against political opponents’ children.

  “He did not merely make a joke... [he told someone,] no, you got to kill people.” (Charlie Kirk, [21:07])

• Democrat nominee Abigail Spanberger gives a lukewarm response, deferring to “voters’ individual choice,” which the hosts argue is weak disavowal.
• The show emphasizes the importance of elections at all levels, especially state AG offices because of their power (e.g., Letitia James in NY).
• Virginia and New Jersey seen as newly competitive.

  “If you are in Virginia, you have no excuse to not turn out to vote because, ‘oh, I live in a blue state.’ You always have to try.” (Charlie Kirk, [22:29])

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5. Gen Z Conservative Activism on Campus

Segment: [27:17–46:52]

• Interviews with Dino Fontagrasi (U. Arkansas) and Brady Salmon (U. Kentucky), Turning Point USA chapter heads.

• Massive post-Charlie Kirk surge in youth activism:

  “We started off...with about 75 registered members. Since then...over 400...Instagram went from 1.2k to 16k.” (Dino, [29:14]) “Our first meeting had 12 members and the next meeting...70.” (Brady, [29:51])

• Widespread campus hostility to conservative students:

  “I've been slapped, I've been spit on, I've been screamed at by students and professors alike.” (Dino, [31:16]) “I got a voicemail...calling us Toilet Paper USA and Nazis.” (Brady, [31:52])

• Gen Z’s top political issues: Immigration, housing, student debt, and the right to own property.

  “Gen Z is very much fighting to keep our country alive... Immigration is definitely the biggest one.” (Brady, [33:32])

• Campus leaders voice skepticism toward “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mantras, given economic realities.

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6. Audience AMA: Building Conservative Community, Organizational Clarity, and Policy Questions

Segment: [52:07–94:43]

• Advice for young activists on moving from talk to action:
  • Start Bible studies, get involved in school board meetings, run for student government, and join local business efforts.

  “Touch grass in your community…do what Charlie did and just go out there and engage with the real world...” (Charlie Kirk, [56:21])

• Clarification of Turning Point USA's organizational structure; most initiatives fall under the 501(c)(3) umbrella, except for political arm (Turning Point Action).
• Discussion on lobbying and foreign influence in U.S. politics, with a stated preference for minimal foreign money and lobbying—specifically not singling out Israel but including many countries.

  “All foreign money should just not be in United States politics…” (Charlie Kirk, [86:21])

• Guidance for community members seeking grassroots action in political races (esp. Virginia), and pointers for contacting Turning Point regional field reps online.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On political violence:

  “If you commit an act of violence, a written threat…We are going to find you.”
  (Pam Bondi, [00:03])

• On Trump and the ceasefire:

  "Turns out what you needed was someone experienced in New York real estate deals. And suddenly things got very different.”
  (Charlie Kirk, [10:49])

• Gen Z on home buying:

  "If nobody has bootstraps and effectively you’re telling them to do something that’s basically impossible…”
  (Benny Johnson, [38:03])

• On generational resentment and revolution:

  “If I own nothing, if I have nothing, I might as well turn the entire system over… It’s a very resentment-based ideology.”
  (Charlie Kirk, [46:06])

• Campus activism:

  "I've been slapped, I've been spit on, I've been screamed at by students and professors alike."
  (Dino Fontagrasi, [31:16])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-------------|----------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00–02:10 | Bondi on political threats and rhetoric | | 02:34–05:06 | Generational renting, home buying, BlackRock, radicalism | | 07:14–14:42 | Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Trump’s personal diplomacy | | 18:20–22:56 | VA/NJ races, political violence, AG scandal | | 27:17–46:52 | Gen Z chapter leaders: activism and challenges | | 34:10–46:43 | Gen Z, housing, “bootstraps” myth, policy solutions | | 52:07–94:43 | Audience AMA: activism, Turning Point structure, lobbying| | 83:45–86:21 | Foreign political lobbying in the US |

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Conclusion

This episode weaves together the high-stakes political landscape, challenges facing Gen Z, and the changing face of conservative activism in America. The passing of Charlie Kirk is marked by an upsurge in youthful activism, a renewed call for practical, “owner-society” conservatism, and a deep skepticism of both institutional platitudes and foreign influence in American public life. Through candid, sometimes raw conversations, the show highlights both the peril and promise of a new generation stepping up in turbulent times.

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Episode Takeaways

• Political violence and incendiary rhetoric are seen as urgent bipartisan challenges.
• Gen Z’s skepticism about the American dream is rooted in real, measurable shifts in housing, debt, and opportunity.
• The Trump-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire is cast as a vindication of “peace through strength.”
• Conservative activism is thriving in the face of hostility, with young leaders taking up the mantle.
• The show continues to encourage direct action, true community engagement, and a broad anti-elitist vision for the American right—all in a style that honors Charlie Kirk’s legacy.

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Transcript

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

This is an iHeart podcast. That's what we're talking about here today. But it doesn't matter who you are. If you commit an act of violence, a written threat through the mail, we are going to find you. These men behind me are going to hunt you down and find you. This guy thought he got away with this, and he thought he could hurt Benny and his family.

[Benny Johnson]

And.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

And it's not going to happen. We have open cases, other open cases all over this country, and we're going to find you. Any other question? Yes, Ham.

[Charlie Kirk]

Attorney General, a couple questions. One is just about the case itself. Does this fellow.

[Benny Johnson]

Was he found to have any means.

[Danny]

Of carrying it out, and did he.

[Charlie Kirk]

Have firearms available to him?

[Benny Johnson]

This is an ongoing investigation.

[Danny]

The man is in custody.

[Benny Johnson]

I will defer that question until the.

[Danny]

Appropriate time because it is still very much under investigation and following all the.

[Benny Johnson]

Leads that we possibly can.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

And that's a very good question.

[Benny Johnson]

I want to ask also, just during Charlie Kirk's funeral, the president said, I disagree with Charlie. I hate my opponent. I don't want the best for them. Would you encourage the President, just given what we're talking about here and the seriousness and how people take every word and use it to reinforce their preconceived notions about people. Someone crazy could act on words like that. Would you encourage the president to not.

[Charlie Kirk]

Say things like that?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

The president said nothing about violence. Absolutely nothing. And that was in response, I believe, to amazing Erica Kirk talking about her forgiveness. And he was saying how brave and bold she was and how difficult it is to forgive the person who assassinated. No, I'm not worried about that because that was not said. That was not said. No act of violence was said. If anyone is sending a threatening communication through the mail like they did to Benny Johnson, we're going to find them and we're going to prosecute them. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on. Thank you all. Have a great weekend. Thank you.

[Terrence Bates]

Attorney General Pam Bondi and others talking about some of the threats made towards lawmakers and some of the danger that comes out of the Democrat Party in terms of some of its rhetoric that has led to violence. It's, of course, a story we'll continue to cover for you, but for now, let's get you back over to the Charlie Kirk Show.

[Danny]

We've had tremendous support from uae, Saudi Arabia.

[Charlie Kirk]

Qatar has been unbelievable. Unbelievable.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

I have a question for all of you in the audience, and this should hammer it home. When was the last time you washed a rental Car. When you rent a car from Herz or from Avis, do you wash it? Do you go get the oil check on that rental car? Of course not. It's not yours and you know it. You're borrowing it. I did a deep dive into this.

[Charlie Kirk]

You can buy a pizza on credit.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Yes, you can buy almost anything on credit. Concert tickets, Taylor Swift, tick. I mean so what you have is a workaround.

[Charlie Kirk]

What's the collateral?

[Dino Fontagrasi]

The there's no credit score score. So it's just you. It's like your Social Security. They're collateralizing you. So it's very high risk for the quote unquote lender. But they have the late fees and the penalties make these companies eventually hold because they know they got you. You have a generation that does not own stuff and that is not invested in the economy. Political radicalism ensues. There are two ways this is going to go way one is a left wing Confiscate the wealth, burn down the mansions, take over the corporate boardrooms, shoot the CEOs in the street like Luigi Maggione did. That's where we're going. The age of a first time home buyer in 2008 was 30 years old. It is now 38 years old. First time home buyer. So what is causing this? Well, number one, the Federal Reserve pumping and cheap money post 2008 has just been a catastrophe. We have spent too much money, borrowed too much money. We have deteriorated our currency and the purchasing power every generation is getting weaker. So your dollar is actually going, it's going, it's going less and less as far as it, as it, as it has year over year. So then what is the consequence of this? So you have a generation that is renting a lot more than it's owning. So when you do not own something, why would you defend it?

[Charlie Kirk]

What policy do you support to make it easier for young people to buy homes?

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Get rid of BlackRock. Purchasing a bunch of homes and renting them back to us.

[Charlie Kirk]

Okay, so like seize their assets?

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Not seize their assets. Make it illegal that asset managers over $500 billion can't buy single family homes.

[Charlie Kirk]

Okay, I really agree with that. That's actually, that's, that's great.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Thank you. It's a super simple policy fix. If you have assets under management over 500 billion or 100 billion, you should not be in the single family home business. Period.

[Benny Johnson]

Okay.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

And that's artificially boosting housing prices across the country. I believe homeownership is a moral good for all humans.

[Charlie Kirk]

Every day there's A battle for your mind Raging information coming from every angle.

[Terrence Bates]

With the will to deceive Fear not.

[Danny]

You found the place for truth.

[Charlie Kirk]

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.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Here we go.

[Charlie Kirk]

Happy Friday. I'm Blake. Andrew is out today, so I'm piloting this show. I ask everyone watching to be patient with me, but I think we're gonna have a very good show today. Looking ahead, we're going to have. We have Mikey with me here in studio already. Later on, I think we're going to have Danny as well. We're going to be talking to some of our best Gen Z turning point USA chapter heads about the Charlie revival, about what young people want in politics. And then in the second half of the show, we're gonna have the AMA with subscribers. That is always a ton of fun. We love the questions that you guys bring us. We love answering them. We love the dialogue it provokes, and that really guides the show a lot as we go forward. So that's going to be a great hour. But our first order of business today is we're going to tease the halftime show.

[Danny]

We got to tease it all.

[Charlie Kirk]

American halftime show. We announced that yesterday morning, and it's going to be held during a popular sporting event that shall remain unnamed early in February. And we're already. Ton of interest from different. You're more involved in the discussions than I am.

[Danny]

Yeah, Faith, family, freedom, the alternative to that big sporting event halftime show. And yeah, it's something that your family can tune into as opposed to what the other sporting event has to offer.

[Charlie Kirk]

Bunny. That is very mallow.

[Jillian Barbary]

Bunny.

[Danny]

The booty cheeks, the debauchery. We don't need that.

[Charlie Kirk]

Exactly, exactly. So obviously, you know, are we. Are we giving out tickets or what's the deal with that?

[Danny]

Yeah, there's signups right now, so you can go to the website and go. Go there right now. There's an interest form. You can say what genre you would like to hear right now. I think worship is winning. I think a lot of people want to hear.

[Charlie Kirk]

We need some rock, too.

[Danny]

No, actually, that's second place.

[Charlie Kirk]

Okay, that's good. That's good.

[Danny]

Hip hop's in last place if you want hip hop go.

[Charlie Kirk]

All righty. All right. But now onto the big story of today. This is definitely what Charlie would want to talk about. Huge deal. So late last night, early today, local time, but late last night for us, the Israeli cabinet gave approval to a Cease fire deal for the Israel Gaza war that has been raging these past almost exactly two years. They gave their approval to a ceasefire deal negotiated by the Trump administration, pushed by President Trump himself. The cease fire took effect a few hours ago. Already Israeli troops have started pulling back to a negotiated cease fire line. And there's already footage out there of thousands of Gazans streaming back into, you know, they're still bombed out cities, but they are returning to their homes. They are hopeful that this will bring peace. The ceasefire here it starts a 72 hour countdown. So by this time next Monday, Hamas will be expected to have released all of the remaining hostages that they possess. There are, I believe, 48 hostages still unaccounted for. Some of those are believed to be dead, unfortunately, but Israel believes that about 20 of them are still alive. They've been held for two years at this point. And President Trump has said he hopes to travel to Israel this weekend to address the Knesset and to be personally present when the hostages are turned over. The flip side of it, of course, is he also believes his personal presence will help make sure that things hold together and it doesn't break down. And we want to be clear, this is a win for President Trump. I'm going to quote Politico, no fans of President Trump by any stretch. Quote. Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas were stalling this week until US Emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner swept in to dictate key compromises, according to three people familiar with the diplomatic effort and an administration official. In the first few days, it was going very slow, said one of the people familiar with the talks, which started Monday. There was no willingness to budge on key issues. That's what the situation was, total paralysis, nobody willing to make the key concessions. And it was President Trump who was able to exercise leverage on both sides because we should be clear there was hesitancy for a peace deal on both sides of this conflict. Now, obviously, Hamas deserves far more blame for this war and for the war's continuation, but there's a lot of skepticism of trying to make any sort of deal with them. And Trump had to win over Israel on that end. And we have to recognize a lot of Trump's personal brand plays a role in this. When you read accounts of this, they're saying Hamas is willing to take what for them is the risk of releasing all the hostages because they trust President Trump to make sure that Israel doesn't, you know, then decide they'll break the ceasefire afterwards. And on the flip side, Israel knows that Trump really hates being lied to or bamboozled, and that if Hamas makes him angry, he might sign off on, you know, another bomb blowing up in some Hamas meeting room somewhere. So he really has built that peace through strength, reputation. That does open the way to a bigger peace. And I want to flag another thing, because it is very funny. Let's throw up. Pick 390 from our B roll. So this was a headline that ran in 2020 where it says, jared Kushner claims he can solve the Palestinian conflict because he has read 20 books on it, and they all thought this was just an obvious dunk.

[Danny]

Oh, oh.

[Charlie Kirk]

Jared Kushner thinks he can negotiate a peace deal.

[Benny Johnson]

Does.

[Charlie Kirk]

Does he have an MA in international relations? Mikey does. Does he have a PhD? Has he even ever worked for one of the key NGOs? And that's the idea they had. And this has been a. More than any other conflict in the world, this has been managed for decades by NGOs and peace experts and all of that, and they've never really gotten anywhere. It's the most unsolvable problem in the world. And turns out what you needed was someone experienced in New York real estate deals. And suddenly things got very different. Now, we want to be clear. We aren't out of the woods. We're celebrating. We are happy. But there was a ceasefire nine months ago. It collapsed. This ceasefire might also collapse. They still have to figure out disarming Hamas. They have to figure out how to govern Gaza in a way that we won't have another 10, seven a year from now or six months from now or 10 years from now. It is going to be hard. And we don't want to ignore another thing that is important, and we've already seen some emails about it. Part of this deal does involve up to 200 US troops going to Israel to oversee and execute the ceasefire and to distribute humanitarian aid. Now, the administration says none of these troops are going to be in Gaza. They're not walking the streets with machine guns. That is not what is going on. This is a sort of overseeing, you know, oversight role. Yeah. And we should be clear. There is a red line here. We've said, Charlie said, this is not our war. We do not want. We do not need another Middle Eastern quagmire. We can't get sucked into any conflict there. If this goes south, we don't send 10,000 troops to redeem it. We. We get out that that is our role here. But, you know, we'll admit this makes us a little worried, but Trump has earned our Trust on some of these things. He's twice threaded the needle with Iran, made us sweat a little bit, as you remember, but he threaded that needle and he got us out in the direction of peace. And that's the last thing I want to talk about here that, you know, the Bible says, blessed are the peacemakers. Jesus said that in the Beatitudes. It doesn't say Blessed are the NGOs. It doesn't say blessed are, are the polite. It doesn't say blessed are the eggheads who have PhDs in international relations. It says blessed are the peacemakers. And what we have seen over and over this year is that Donald Trump is a peacemaker. The Nobel Prize Peace Prize was actually announced this morning. It was planned in advance. Apparently it was chosen recently. Recently, but not last night. Literally, the winner was not Trump. He very much wants it. But the winner was Maria Corina Machado. She's a Venezuelan opposition leader and we have no beef with her. In fact, just a few minutes ago, a few minutes ago, this flashed on Politico also. Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for his decisive support.

[Danny]

So he still basically got it.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, he basically sort of got it. And she's clearly very smart. She definitely knows how to play her own diplomatic game. So we have no beef with her. But we are going to say it is clear who should be winning this award this year. If you read the will of Alfred Noble, the dynamite guy who created the Nobel Peace Prize Prize, the criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize is, quote, the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition of standing armies and for the reduction and promotion of peace, the holding and promotion of peace congresses. Who has done the best work this year for fraternity among nations? Donald Trump. He de escalated the war in Iran. He's got this ceasefire. He had the ceasefire in Cambodia. He had the thing in Rwanda. He was involved in India and Pakistan. A year from now, if this ceasefire has held up, if Saudi Arabia has joined the Abraham Accords or really just if this cease fire holds up a year from now, they have no excuse whatsoever to not give Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Danny]

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[Charlie Kirk]

We have more. We have the Virginia race coming up.

[Danny]

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[Charlie Kirk]

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[Danny]

Yes. And to other world leaders, we challenge you to do the same.

[Terrence Bates]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

Ever aggressive peace Olympics. Every single world leader, like one, upping each other and how much they love peace.

[Danny]

Yes.

[Charlie Kirk]

Putin comes out, he's like, I want the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm demobilizing all of our nuclear weapons.

[Danny]

Yes. This is a challenge to world leaders.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yes. Like, I can get on board with this, but we want to get into another topic because people say, yeah, they've pointed out we're a month out from elections that are happening in Virginia, in New Jersey. Those are both blue states. They're both tough elections, but they've both suddenly become very winnable. The New Jersey race has narrowed a lot. The Virginia one was looking very tough. But then we had these texts that came out from Jay Jones, he's their candidate for attorney general, where he says he wanted to kill the children of moderate Republicans because that's the only way you get change in this world. Last night we had the Virginia governor's debate and Abigail Spanberger is the Democrat nominee for governor. And Winsome Sears, she was really pressuring her on this topic. So let's see. Which one do we have? I think. Is it 155 that has that question?

[Danny]

I believe so.

[Charlie Kirk]

I think so. Let's play 155 viral politicians.

[Danny]

Please don't interrupt.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

You're.

[Charlie Kirk]

We're coming to you next.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

Okay.

[Charlie Kirk]

If you're talking over Ms.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

The Pending, you will have a chance. An impending have your. So as we give her forward, we must have chance.

[Charlie Kirk]

Continue. I have to follow up right now because it was difficult for me to hear.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

Ms. Spamberger, please.

[Charlie Kirk]

Much of it was like there was a lot of interruption. But that was. Sorry that I apologize. That wasn't what I wanted to play. I wanted to get her responding specifically to J. Jones. So this is 158.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

In fact, it appears that it was the those who released the text messages and held them for years. So the public was unaware who had knowledge of these text messages for many hours of these text messages the day that they came out. And I denounced them as soon as I learned of them. She denounces murder. Importantly, at this point, as we move forward, the voters now have this Information. Information that was withheld for them, presumably for reasons. But the voters now have the information. And it is up to voters to make an individual choice based on this information.

[Charlie Kirk]

Up to the voters to make an individual choice based on this information. So that's really. It's almost the perfect response to that for us, I feel, because she kind of looks like she's throwing him under the bus, but she's actually not. She's not saying, I fully disavow what he's done. I'm not saying he should drop out. She's saying just, oh, it's your individual choice, actually. So she actually is not disavowing him.

[Danny]

She's not.

[Charlie Kirk]

And that is the dynamic that we have in this Virginia race, that this guy, we want to remind people he did not merely make a joke like, oh, you know, I have two bullets and I have Hitler, Pol Pot and this Republican. And, you know, the Republican gets both bullets. The person he sent that message to got offended. So he called her on the phone to be. To tell her, no, no, why are you being soft? No, you got to kill people. You got to. You have to have their kids die or they're not going to change their mind. And then she sends the text back that says, you shouldn't be wishing for children to die. Why not? Why shouldn't I wish that? It's this guy is deranged and the Democrat Party of Virginia is not able to disavow that.

[Danny]

Yeah. And the down ticket ballot. We were talking about this earlier. That's important in a race. And so if you're AG candidate and then the governor candidate, if they're misaligned or they're not aligned on messaging, that's a big problem.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, and we want to emphasize that point, too. So Charlie was always very good at this. He talked about this in his book, too. There are offices besides president that matter in this country. There are offices besides the Senate. There are officers besides governor. It makes a big deal in your state whether you have a good AG or a lunatic who wants your children to die. And just look, actually, you know, last night they indicted Letitia James in New York, and we don't have time to get to that now. I'm sure we'll talk about it in the future, but Letitia James did unprecedented lawfare against not just President Trump, but. But some of his supporters against the nra. If we had a more sane ag, that wouldn't have happened. You can unleash incredible amounts of lawfare if you have a bad state ag polls have been coming out indicating that this race is very close. This is a winnable race. So if you are in Virginia, you have no excuse to not turn out to vote because, oh, I live in a blue state. You always have to try. You always have to vote. You always have to tell your neighbors and friends to vote.

[Danny]

It's your duty.

[Charlie Kirk]

I've been around a while. I've seen a lot of elections in Virginia that looked unwinnable and then we either won them or we lost by half a percent. Don't let it happen this time. Make sure you get out to vote and get out to vote in New Jersey as well. We'll be having some chapter leaders up next.

[Terrence Bates]

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[Charlie Kirk]

I'm in great shape, but I'll let you know. But I know I have no difficulty thus far. Is there wood around here?

[Benny Johnson]

Knock on no difficulty.

[Jillian Barbary]

Physically, I feel very good.

[Charlie Kirk]

Mentally, I feel very good.

[Terrence Bates]

Mr. Trump will also address military personnel during his visit to Walter Reed. Following the medical checkup, he'll go back to the White House where he has a special announcement scheduled. We're still working to find out what that announcement ultimately is going to be. And in other headlines this morning, President Trump expected to head to the Middle east this weekend to officially sign on to the Israel hamas Peace Agreement. 47 will likely be on the ground in Israel by the time the hostages held by Hamas are released. Meantime, check out this mass exodus happening in Gaza as phase one of the peace deal moves forward. A ceasefire is in effect after Israel's cabinet approved the Trump brokered peace plan earlier today. That's a quick check of your headlines.

[Charlie Kirk]

Fact first, America first.

[Danny]

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[Charlie Kirk]

Now, I'm sure a lot of people have realized by now and we certainly have realized it today. And in fact, in about a couple hours is going to mark the exactly one month since what happened at Utah Valley. Both of us were present for that. We think about it every day, of course, and I imagine we'll think about it every day for a very long time. All very horrible. But what we have seen is Charlie's example, Charlie's life, Charlie's martyrdom has really inspired a huge upsurge of faith and enthusiasm among young people. We've seen tremendous growth in chapter requests and, and in people joining the chapters that already exist. So we wanted today and hopefully in many weeks going forward to talk to the heads of those college chapters that Charlie cared so much about. And so, Mikey, do you want to introduce two of them that we have on today.

[Danny]

I think we make this a weekly thing. Every Friday we'll have some chapter leaders on tposa, chapter presidents maybe. So we had a group chat called Gen Z Lab Rats and this was a group chat that Charlie put together of just a bunch of Gen Z chapter leaders that he wanted to get their input on everything. And so today we have two of those chapter leaders joining us. It's Dino Fontagrasi, who is the chapter president of the University of Arkansas, and Brady Salmon, who's the chapter leader president of University of Kentucky. And both of these guys have seen tremendous growth on their campuses, on their social media accounts everywhere across the board. So I first want to just open up asking them some of the experiences that they've seen on campus, whether it be students showing up for the first time, chapter people joining their chapters for the first time. Guys, what stories have you heard? How has the growth been since 9, 10 to present in about 2 hours? It's going to be a month since that horrible day. But what have you seen that can encourage a lot of us?

[Charlie Kirk]

Let's go, Dino first.

[Benny Johnson]

Sure. So we started off on September 8 with about 75 registered members. Since then we have increased all the way to over 400. Since earlier this week we crossed 400. So that's been incredible. We've had Alex Stein, we've had Brylan Hollyhand, and our Instagram following went from about 1.2k. We're over 16k today.

[Danny]

Wow.

[Benny Johnson]

So there's been an incredible movement of people towards us, running towards us, not away in the face of something terrible. And I think that should be encouraging for everybody listening in today.

[Danny]

Wow. What about you, Brady? What have you seen?

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah, we started, I think we had around 60 members and now we're at about 200. And just. Yeah, just comparing the first two meetings, our first meeting had 12 members and the next meeting we had 70. So it's very clear these people, that they might not have been politically active, felt drawn to carry on Charlie Kirk's message. And we've seen that continue on campus with so many people starting to get out there and starting to join our chapter and, and to just let right wing voices know. And on campus, both on our campus and then on the small colleges across Kentucky. It has been unbelievable to see these execs get out there and try to carry the message out, even if the administrators try to cut them off at any time they can. Wow.

[Danny]

Incredible. Both these young men, I met them while working with Charlie and Dino, I actually met you when you're a freshman University of Arkansas. Charlie was on campus speaking for the first time and that's a. I felt like forever ago, but I can't, can't believe all this time has passed. So you guys are on the front lines as the students of this movement. And so you are the Gen Z lab rats who are on the front lines seeing what's happening on campuses, seeing what ideas are spreading with Gen Z folks on campus, seeing what professors are indoctrinating students with. Whatever you are seeing, guys, you're on the front lines. Have you seen political violence on campus? What have you seen? That's crazy? Do you have any stories like that?

[Benny Johnson]

So, yeah, I mean, I think that this is something that basically everybody that goes to a major school in the United States of America that is a part of a chapter of Turning Point USA has experienced. I've been slapped, I've been spit on, I've been screamed at by students and professors alike. Obviously I'm in Arkansas, so I probably don't have it nearly as bad as some of my friends at say, you know, Los Angeles or even. Brady has a crazy story of his own, I believe. Yeah, I got a voicemail the other day while I was in class and they were calling us toilet paper USA and a bunch of Nazis.

[Danny]

So.

[Benny Johnson]

And that's just the first of many instances where they do not care what they tell you. They just want to get at you anytime they can. And I'm sure many presidents across the country have experienced the same thing.

[Charlie Kirk]

And this has been going on even in the last month. Have you been seeing, have you run into any literal or would be antifa who've, you know, gloated about what happened or tried to troll you? We've seen that at some. We saw that at Northern Arizona the other week.

[Danny]

Yeah, we did.

[Charlie Kirk]

Someone was harassing. Have you guys seen any of that?

[Benny Johnson]

It's been a little more chill where I'm at. We did have somebody last Friday who kind of walked past the table and he said, man, that sucks. What happened to your man's? And he kind of like, you know, indicated at his neck and whatnot. Lots of people do that kind of stuff. But I think where I'm at, people.

[Jillian Barbary]

Are a little more.

[Benny Johnson]

They kind of lay back. Maybe it's because we have advanced concealed carry on our campus, so they don't actually know what somebody has. It's a little more laid back where I'm at, but I've definitely seen it at other universities a lot more Prominently.

[Danny]

Yeah. Well, Gen Z and the younger generation in general was a very important thing for Charlie.

[Charlie Kirk]

It was the thing.

[Danny]

It was the thing for Charlie. Everything he saw in his life he looked through a lens of how does this impact the younger generation and what can I do to look out for them? And so we have some clips from his interview with Tucker Carlson. But before we throw to those, I just want to ask you guys, what are you seeing that Gen Z cares about right now? Policies. What, what are they facing, the challenges they're facing? You guys are on the ground, whether it be with your chapter members or when you're tabling on campus or when you're just talking to friends at dinner. What are you seeing right now that Gen Z cares about the most?

[Benny Johnson]

I would say the biggest topic I'm seeing is immigration. And I saw that before Trump got elected. It was a big thing he ran on with the mass deportations. And that is something that Gen Z really does want to see get followed through. So immigration and we can tie it to the H1B visas, anything involving that. Gen Z is very much fighting to keep our country alive on that issue and just try to keep it going the best we can. I would say that's definitely the best one.

[Charlie Kirk]

Do we have that ready to go?

[Danny]

Yeah, we do. One of the. Tucker Carlson.

[Charlie Kirk]

All right. Yeah. So let's play this. Was Charlie on Tucker. I think it was last August.

[Danny]

Yeah. And play 146.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

The age of a first time home buyer in 2008 was 30 years old. It is now 38 years old. First time home buyer. So what is causing this? Well, number one, I don't want to get like too Ron Paul libertarian, but the Federal Reserve pumping in cheap money post 2008 has just been a catastrophe. We have spent too much money, borrowed too much money. We have deteriorated our currency and the purchasing power every generation is getting weaker. So your dollar is actually going, it's going, it's going less and less as far. Yes, as it, as it, as it has year over year. So then what is the consequence of this? So you have a generation that is renting a lot more than it's owning. So when you do not own something, why would you defend it? So and so you find them political radical radicalization start to seep in because an entire generation is getting routinely cynical year over year as their net worth either stays at zero or goes into negative.

[Danny]

Wow.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, let's, let's throw up 372 as well. That's a graphic that Danny found us earlier it's the rise in the average age of home birth. Oh, the text on that is really tiny.

[Danny]

Well, you can see the latter goes to 38, so in 2010, and then before that, it was about 30 years of age to buy your first time home. And then now it's 38 and it's only increasing. And if you look at the 80s, the average income versus what it cost to buy a home was only about two times your wages. Now it's like ten times your wages.

[Charlie Kirk]

Do you hear about those things, Dino and Brady?

[Benny Johnson]

I mean, we hear about them all the time. Right here in Fayetteville, we've got a huge problem with housing. And it's a. There's a multitude of reasons that we could get into predominantly here. One of the main things that we have to worry about is the university keeps enrolling more and more students beyond their capacity to house them without really any thought of what that means for the people in the city. But, you know, in other places, the country, the factors are different. And part of one of those reasons might be that you have a investor that keeps going in. Every time there's a house in the market, they buy it on the spot before anybody can touch it. Maybe that's a private investor, maybe that's a equity firm. It doesn't matter. A lot of the houses are simply being bought up by entities bigger than you and me, and we can't compete for the house.

[Danny]

Yeah. This is an important thing because I assume both of you guys want to own a house one day. And so you have this young generation who's going in debt because of college, in debt because of BNPL programs. Their wages aren't keeping up with the cost of inflation. And what they're doing is they're graduating college with degrees to go get jobs that don't exist. And so now they're thrown into the labor market that's already shrinking, and they're told to just pull yourself up by the bootstraps and figure it out by a lot of the older generation. And so this is coming from somebody who is Gen Z, by the way. And so it's hard to hear that because I don't necessarily think I'm one.

[Charlie Kirk]

Of the millennial oppressors here.

[Danny]

Yeah, thank you.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, he's.

[Danny]

He's one of the oppressors, guys. But I. This is important because I don't necessarily think the bootstraps still exist. Guys, we have about a minute and a half left. I want to hear from both of you guys in this. In this segment, what you guys think about the bootstrap, the classic pull yourself.

[Charlie Kirk]

Up by your bootstraps line. 30 seconds for each of you.

[Benny Johnson]

Well, yeah, I, I just think it's totally out of touch and it's not something this generation really attaches itself to because we see where the situation is now. We see the tuition going up by 1200 percent and we see that our generation's really being set back. We see that it's hard for us to get jobs with H1B visas. And we do not want to have to force ourselves to fix this without help. As long as it's efficient, that's all we're asking for.

[Danny]

Yeah, Dino.

[Benny Johnson]

Right. So my biggest concern with this argument that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps is if nobody has bootstraps and effectively you're telling them to do something that's basically impossible for them to do. And that's why you see a big push towards somebody like Zoran Mamdani who is promising a bunch of free people to young people. In my generation that sounds really good on paper, but we've seen what that looks like when these type of people promising these policies get in power. It looks like Venezuela, it looks like the Soviet Union, it looks like China, and it's not good. And lots of people tend to die. So we can't do that in America. We've got to find a better solution.

[Charlie Kirk]

You guys nailed that. 30 seconds each.

[Danny]

I know they're very impressive. That.

[Charlie Kirk]

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[Benny Johnson]

Foreign.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

The great reset stops here.

[Charlie Kirk]

The Charlie Kirk Show. Welcome back. We'll be back with Dino and Brady in just a second. But we have a bit of a breaking news element here. Just quickly in this minute, the Department of Justice has arrested and will be charging someone who made dangerous threats against the family of our friend Benny Johnson. And we don't have time in this segment to play the clip, but we'll probably play that later. But it's. He is. He said he hated their views and he sent a letter to their home saying he wanted them dead. And the DOJ has arrested that person. And I think. I think that's the right move. I think actions have consequences. No, no, don't even reduce it to actions have consequences because you can justify anything with that. Specifically, we want to hone in on if you make assassination threats or celebrate assassinations that is too lethal to the health of our republic, of our democracy, as they like to say that it can't be tolerated. You have freedom of speech on basically everything else. I mean, Charlie and I said you could burn an American flag if you wanted to, but you cannot tell people that you are going to kill them and you can't celebrate it when it happens, period. And so we greatly support this. We'll be back with the two chapter leaders in just a second.

[Danny]

All right, we're back with the great Dino and Brady, chapter presidents at the University of Kentucky and the University of Arkansas. Thank you guys for hanging through this this segment. Okay, so we were. We're gonna throw to this but we ran out of time. But we're gonna throw it to it right now.377 this is an article from Fortune. It says today's housing market is so upside down that there are more senior citizens buying homes than Gen Z and millennials. Yikes.

[Charlie Kirk]

Booming, booming, out of control.

[Danny]

And then there's another article that says, this is cnbc. Investors are making up the highest share of home buyers in five years. So between investors, this is BlackRock, Blackstone and senior citizens. Where are the houses going?

[Charlie Kirk]

You know, I looked, you know, we talked about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. And it's become so difficult for the younger generations. I just had to search what actually is a bootstrap because it occurred to me, I wasn't really sure. It's the little strap from the back of the boot. It turns out that you could attach it to something.

[Danny]

Well, let's play clip 147. This is Charlie's own words. And then we're gonna get you guys to react to this.

[Charlie Kirk]

What policy do you support to make it easier for young people to buy homes?

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Get rid of BlackRock. Purchasing a bunch of homes and renting them back to us.

[Charlie Kirk]

Okay, so like seize their assets?

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Not seize their assets. Make it illegal that assets managers over $500 billion can't buy single family homes.

[Danny]

Okay, I really agree with that.

[Charlie Kirk]

That's actually.

[Benny Johnson]

That's.

[Charlie Kirk]

That's great.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Thank you.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

It's a super simple policy fix. If you have assets under management over 500 billion or 100 billion, you should not be in the single family home business, period.

[Benny Johnson]

Okay.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

And that's artificially boosting housing prices across the country. I believe homeownership is a moral good for all humans.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, I think it's. It's very interesting thing that you have to recognize they're not just an investment thing. We're recognizing that it is good for people to own things because it gives them a stake in society.

[Danny]

And so, Dino, why don't you react to this?

[Benny Johnson]

Sure. So when you say that boomers and older are buying all of the houses, we have to keep in mind that if they're not buying them from BlackRock, they're buying them from each other. They're effectively sitting here and trading houses back and forth the same way millennials trade Pokemon cards. And that's not good because that's going to.

[Charlie Kirk]

I got rid of my Pokemon cards years ago, Dino. I'm just going to say that, look.

[Benny Johnson]

I got rid of mine, too, because I found that they were a distraction and I had work to do. But it's true. They're just trading them back and forth to one another. Of course it's going to be impossible because that's how the prices get artificially boosted, you know, because they bought a house in 1987 or before that, and it cost them $50,000 cash in hand and a basket of mulberries. And how could we possibly compete when today that same house is what, 500, 600, $700 million or not million? Excuse me, thousand. But still, it's way out of range for somebody in my generation.

[Danny]

Yeah. What about you, Brady?

[Benny Johnson]

Well, yeah, I mean, when you have real estate investors buying a third of all single family properties and you now have families living in RVs and renting instead of owning a home, I mean, that's clear to everybody that when boomers and investors are buying all of these houses up, it's really just setting us behind. And then we're told to pick us up by our own bootstraps. And it's like you're, you're really setting us back and then now you're expecting us to just figure it out by ourselves. And it's really. Just doesn't work like that. And they're really not taking that to consider what really we need and what is our needs.

[Charlie Kirk]

Exactly.

[Danny]

It's.

[Charlie Kirk]

And you know, one of the themes Charlie was hitting on so much just the last few months he was, he talked about that choice, Mamdanism or maga. And what drives so much of mamdanism is that nihilistic sense of, you know, if I own nothing, if I have nothing, I might as well turn the entire system over, overthrow everything, because maybe I'll get something and if not I can tear down the people above me. It's a very resentment based ideology. And the offset to that is you have to give people a stake in things. You have to give them something they don't want to blow up and throw away. And it's such a basic thing. And we need to, when we structure our laws, we have to think about that. Because one of the biggest reasons housing just keeps going up is we kind of just baked into the assumption housing prices have to go up. They're an investment for everybody. And you know, it's going to be very difficult to navigate this, but we have to really move towards this. A house is something that people live in and they need to own it themselves ideally. And that is how you'll avoid some sort of gigantic revolution.

[Danny]

And I'll just say this too. There's a moment in that clip we played where the student agrees with Charlie and he's like, yeah, and like kind of smiles.

[Charlie Kirk]

Charlie's so good at that.

[Danny]

He was so good at that. In his Tucker interview, Tucker goes, how do you know these things? And Charlie goes, well, Tucker, half the time I spend 100 hours on campus in the spring and the fall. Half the time I have my mic down, I'm just listening. So this is our challenge to the older people watching this. Put the mic down, just listen.

[Charlie Kirk]

Talk to your grandkids about what they're really feeling about these things. Yes. Can they afford things?

[Danny]

Put the mic down. Just listen a little bit.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah.

[Danny]

Awesome.

[Charlie Kirk]

You know, Dino Brady, thank you for coming on and best of luck continuing to grow your chapters and we'll be having more chapter heads on in the weeks to come. Yeah.

[Danny]

Thank you, Dino. Thank you, Brady.

[Charlie Kirk]

Ama. An hour two.

[Benny Johnson]

Thank you.

[Terrence Bates]

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[Charlie Kirk]

Foreign welcome back to hour two of the Charlie Kirk Show. This is probably the most exciting hour we have all week. The best us anything. Ask we anything. We're going with different names, but it is of course the hour where Charlie before us, he took questions from our subscribers. He loved doing this. He loved, you know, he really prided himself. No matter how high he rose, he was always in touch with the core elements of the conservative Christian base. Always wanted to hear from them. And we are of course going to continue that tradition. And we're also joined with Danny, he's another. He was a member of Charlie's team and he's now a member of our team here.

[Danny]

And that's right. Dynamo Danny.

[Charlie Kirk]

Let's dive right into it. We have Nick first. Unmute yourself, Nick, what's your question?

[Benny Johnson]

Hey.

[Charlie Kirk]

Oh, man. The last time I talked here, I was talking to Charlie. But you guys will do. You guys will do.

[Benny Johnson]

Today I just started a Turning Point USA chapter at my high school and I was wondering.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, I like the meetings and all the speeches and talks we have, but.

[Benny Johnson]

I was wondering how we could get.

[Charlie Kirk]

More involved with like our community and like actually take action instead of just talking. Yeah, well, that's great. I would say the first thing that comes to mind for me is if the people in your, if your chapter are, are Christian or if they're believers, maybe not all of them are, but the ones who are, make sure. Are they actually going to services on Sunday? Are they getting involved with things? Are they taking their stated belief, which pretty common, especially with younger people, they'll say, yeah, I'm a Christian, maybe, whatever. But Charlie was all about taking the stated belief and making it concrete. Are you putting your stated beliefs into action? Read the Bible, going to Bible studies, going to church. That's one specific faith related example. But maybe you guys have examples beyond that.

[Danny]

Nick, if I'm putting myself in your shoes, Blake had a great idea. Actually, I think it was Dino who we just had on in the last segment. He said that they also started a Bible study in their chapter. So they'll do a chapter meeting and then a Bible study afterwards. But to get more involved, we have our school board watch list program. You could go to the school board meetings and start firing up yourself for your community and getting involved in local politics.

[Charlie Kirk]

They would raise so many eyebrows if they had actual students show up at a school board meeting.

[Danny]

That would be incredible.

[Charlie Kirk]

That's a good idea.

[Danny]

That's a good idea. Yeah, let's keep them running. Nick, I'm gonna hook you up with some ideas here. And then another one too is running for student body government. That's a big thing that we have at Turning Point USA is we equip leaders to run for student body government. So if that's something you're interested in, contact us. Or you could email me if you want to. Another idea is every election season, Turning Point Action gets involved in swing states. I'm not sure what state you're in, Nick, but even if you are not in a swing state, you can call, jump on the phone, text people, and you're calling voters in Arizona and North Carolina and Ohio, whatever. Whatever states we're involved in. These are just a couple of ideas. Obviously, the ideas are unlimited. Really?

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah. When I was at Ohio State, we got connected with local restaurants, businesses. That really helps get out the vote, stuff like that. You can really just get connected outside of campus, all those places.

[Danny]

Nick, I have an important question for you. Are you going to Amfest in December?

[Charlie Kirk]

I really want to. I really want to.

[Benny Johnson]

I'm going to see if I can.

[Danny]

Save up to buy a ticket.

[Charlie Kirk]

If not, maybe my mom will buy it for me.

[Danny]

All right, well, we're going to. We're going to try to help you get there, so we'll connect with you. But I think that's a good starter for you to just start by coming to Amfest. And there's a lot of ways to get involved there. I mean, when you're walking the exhibitor hall, you're seeing TP Academy and you're seeing our faith program and our church program and Turning Point Action and our everything. So there's a lot of ways to get involved. So I want you to start by coming to Amfest and we'll help get you there if you just connect with.

[Charlie Kirk]

Our team and touch grass in your community. As Gen Z would say, the world is so full of people who are cloistered inside. It is a super weapon if you can do what Charlie did and just go out there and engage with the real world over and over and over again. But thank you very much for that, Nick, and best of luck with your new chapter and we're very excited to hear about that. Our next caller is going to be Christine. Christine, unmute yourself. What is your question?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

Hi, guys. First of all, there is not enough words for the respect I have for Charlie and for everyone who is carrying on his torch. My question is, I've read all the websites, the TPUSA, the TPS, Faith Blexit, etc. And about the show and stuff. I read all these descriptions, but I wanted to know, are these all separate entities? Do they fall under the same umbrella? If I monetarily support one. Am I supporting them all? And for those of us who aren't in college and who may be a little older and have families, how is the best way we can be involved?

[Danny]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So the only way it's separate is if it's Turning Point USA is the umbrella for all of those things. So Blexit and Turning Point Academy and tpusa Faith and our high school program, our college program, our productions program, all of that falls under that umbrella of our 501C3. The only thing that's different is our 501C4 or our PAC, which is the political arm that's Turning Point Action. So if you, for example, if you were to make a donation to Turning Point usa, you're supporting the mission of all of those things that you just mentioned. And so those are all connected under the umbrella of Turning Point usa, if that, that. I think that answers your question, but how you can get better involved. I just told Nick, I just keep telling people, come to Amfest, that's the best first way to get involved. But if you want to get involved in politics, the best way is Turning Point Action. We have midterms coming up soon and there's going to be a lot to do even if you are not in the state that we are actively doing door knocking in low propensity reach and you can still make phone calls wherever you're from. And so for tposa, there's a ton of different ways to get involved. We have thousands of church affiliates. There's most likely a chapter in your community, a high school or college chapter in your community. You can get involved and support. You can actually support individual smaller chapters at Turning Point usa.

[Charlie Kirk]

I want to flag one last thing also. This show is technically also separate from both Turning Point and Turning Point Action. This comes up a lot because I. Some people ask me about Turning Point stuff. I technically don't work for them. I just work for Resolute Media, which.

[Danny]

Makes a great show. Yeah. Does that answer your question, Christine?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

I believe it does. I guess I was looking for with that as we give money, if we need to like separate that out so we make sure everybody gets a little bit of awe. Or if one of your groups wasn't getting as much attention, will you, as a top tier, spread it around?

[Danny]

Yeah, it's always spread it spread around when you make a donation to Turning Point usa. But if you're a donor and you make a donation, you can actually add where you want it to go to specifically. So we have Donors that are saying, you know, I only want to support Team tpusa faith with this donation. And so that actually just goes to furthering the mission or the cause of that specific department under the Turning Point USA umbrella. So.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

And if I may, one more quick question, Mikey, you had said about local groups. I've been trying to find a local group around here. You don't have them listed on any site. And actually, when I reached out locally on our, like, local Facebook page, I got a lot of backlash that was very negative. So it's been unfortunate. So I was hoping there will be some kind of directory so we can know in our smaller towns who is involved, so we can reach out to people who are involved around us.

[Danny]

Yeah, I know. We just updated our website at Turning Point usa, and I think that there's a map that we just added, and so you can zoom into your region. And then we're working on adding, so our field rep, who is staff that we have hired for every certain region, then we have general managers, regional directors, and so you can reach out to the field representatives, and that's probably the best way of communication. So we can get you connected, Christine, and we'll make that happen.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

Great. Thank you so much, guys.

[Benny Johnson]

God bless.

[Charlie Kirk]

Let's get. We'll be going through all the breaks here, but I think we can get the question in before we go into it. So our next caller is going to be. Harrison. Harrison, unmute yourself. What is your question?

[Benny Johnson]

Hi, can you hear me?

[Charlie Kirk]

Yes, we can.

[Benny Johnson]

Hi. My question is. Well, I'll start first. I'm a big fan of Charlie Kirk. I was always a big fan of Charlie Kirk. We lost him, actually, on my birthday.

[Danny]

Sorry.

[Benny Johnson]

And, yeah, so that whole thing shook me up, and it had me asking a lot of questions. And one of these questions that I'm having to ask myself is, if Israel is such a good ally to the United States, why do our politicians need to take money in order to support that relationship? How does the money help?

[Danny]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

All right, we're just powering through the brakes here, so we'll take that after.

[Benny Johnson]

Yep.

[Charlie Kirk]

Radio pitch here.

[Danny]

We're gonna pause for radio, and we'll be right back.

[Charlie Kirk]

All right, so do you want to just repeat that really quick? Because we were getting our. Our radio throws there, you said about Israel.

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah. If there's such a good ally to the United States, why do our politicians need to take so much money in order to support that relationship?

[Charlie Kirk]

Well, I don't. I don't think a lot of them do need to take A lot of money from them. But you know, so there is a, certainly it has been brought up. There is like a lot of back and forth there and some people have raised their eyebrows. I remember when we had the, the recess in, in August and like a very large number of Republicans flew directly to like Israel as the recess was happening. And so it wasn't like, oh, they needed to immediately go and meet all of their constituents in their home states. They were instead in another country. And I know I talked to Charlie about all of this and he was at least very aware that was not a good PR look and it might have been a better one in the past, but it, it's not. You have to signal that America comes first. Now. There are reasons that we have this alliance, that it has existed, that we've had alignment against radical Islam and also just a lot of Americans genuinely care about that. Not just Jewish Americans, but Christian Americans and Americans who just care about opposing Islamic militancy. 9, 11 and all of that.

[Danny]

I, I mean for me, just speaking on my own beliefs, I'm Gen Z, I've seen war my entire life. I, A lot of countries lobby here and honestly, I want to stop. Yeah, I don't see any country's lobby in this country anymore. I'm kind of sick of it.

[Charlie Kirk]

It's amazing how much South Korea spends a ton lobbying in the US and then indirect stuff. You know, you have people who register under fara, you have people who should register under fara, but don't. I think what Charlie would agree, and we agree is we do want way less influence and money from foreign countries in our government. And it's easy. It's very common for people to fixate on Israel specifically. But like Mexico was totally interfering in all of the Trump's elections. They were publishing guides on how Mexican Americans could vote. They were barely, you know, quite unsubtly suggesting, you know, maybe illegal immigrants. You could figure out how to vote too and just totally weighing in. European leaders were always weighing in on these things. Tons of other foreign NGOs meddle themselves in our politics. So it is far beyond just one country in that regard.

[Benny Johnson]

Well, and according to open source, Israel wasn't even in the top 10 last year in foreign nations funding in American politics, which shows that, I mean all these other countries are doing it too, which is also a problem.

[Danny]

Yeah, I just don't want to see any of it, if I'm being honest.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, I'd say that's a good thing. Let's just get all, all foreign Money should just not be in United States politics and I think that would lead to a lot better behavior. We're having the RAV segment here, so we should do our bit. All right, let's do that. So we got why Refi Again? Private student loan debt in the US still totals about $300 billion a year and 45 billion of that is labeled as distressed. Y Refi can provide you with a custom loan payment based on your ability to pay. Y Refi is not a debt settlement company and they work with each borrower individually, tailoring each loan to each borrower's specific situation. When Yrefi does not care what your credit score is, when the payment on your distressed or defaulted student loan is so big that they can't ever get ahead in your finances, why Refi is surely your best option? Why Refi refinances distressed and defaulted private student loans, which are different from federal loans. Many clients aren't even able to make the minimum monthly payment on their private student loans when they first contact yrefi. Folks, let's face it, if you have distressed or defaulted private student loans, nobody is coming to bail you out and bankruptcy is currently not an option. But you can take charge over your situation by contacting Y Refi. Can you imagine being debt free and not living under this burden anymore? The first step is contacting Yrefi. If you go to yrefi.com, you can read testimonials from other people who have been where you are and how they have escaped. You can even see what their monthly payments were in the past versus what they are now. Why refi offers a 3 minute rate check without any credit impact and bad credit is accepted. If you have a co borrower, Yrefi can get them released from the loan and you can give mom and dad a break. You can even skip a payment every six months up to 12 times without penalty. You don't have to ignore the mountain of student loan statements on your kitchen table anymore. Call 888 y refi34 or log into yrefi.com that is y r e f y.com may not be available in all 50 states. We're just continuing through our AMA here. We'll be I guess we have 30 seconds till radio rejoins. So do we have any other thoughts on either foreign money or on student loan debt?

[Danny]

Yeah, I mean I just back to what I'm saying is I don't really want to see any country involved. That's the biggest thing here. But then also aipac Right. Aipac. American Israel pac. That's run by American Jews. Just so that we're clear. So it's not actually Israel necessarily getting involved, but either way, I don't want to see any foreign influence lobbying our country. I just don't want to see it.

[Charlie Kirk]

And I think you guys agree with me 100%. Yeah. Oh, we're still. Okay. We're still getting used to going through breaks here. Doesn't matter. All right, Andrea is our next caller. Andrea, unmute yourself and welcome. Thank you for being a subscriber. Thank you. I just wanted to offer all of you my condolences.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

It's been a really difficult time, but.

[Charlie Kirk]

You guys have just done an amazing, amazing job.

[Jillian Barbary]

Very inspiring.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

My question for you is that I.

[Charlie Kirk]

Recently moved to Virginia, and I'm wondering if there is any kind of a ground game. I haven't really heard anything about it.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

And similar to your previous caller, was.

[Charlie Kirk]

Just wondering how I might be able to get involved with the tiki action out here in Virginia. Man.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

We.

[Charlie Kirk]

We were going to have Tyler Bowyer on this hour originally, and it would have really helped because Tyler. Tyler runs Turning Point Action.

[Danny]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

He would have the point by point detail on all of that. My understanding is originally we were not super heavily involved because we, you know, we shepherd our resources for what's most winnable. But now Virginia has in the last couple of weeks gotten much more winnable, especially in that AG race. So I unfortunately do not know that off the top of my head. I have actually messaged Tyler at this moment to please send me any details. And if we can get more of them even later in this hour, I'll be sure to read them out. Do you know anything about that, Mikey?

[Benny Johnson]

I know the mobile app Turn TP Action has a mobile app which is very helpful. I know we all use it on the ground during last year's election. You can start there and you can literally text and call people in your area to help get out the vote.

[Danny]

Yeah, yeah, I know that Blake said it. The AG race in specific, specifically has become a big, possibly winnable race in Virginia. And so I'm not entirely sure the specifics that Tyler might have in terms of what we may be doing on the ground game. I know that there is a ground game there. And so how to get plugged into that, I think it's best. Turning Point Action makes a statement kind of saying how you can get involved, how you can help there. So that's probably the best next step. I know that we're probably going to be putting something together to text and call voters. We typically do that always with states where you can call voters to get out the vote and get involved. And so that's basically what we have right now for Virginia.

[Charlie Kirk]

How are you feeling about the governor's race?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

It would just be such a huge shame if we lost out on that.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, it is a shame. I will be frank. Charlie was always very honest. The polling there is further apart. It is a more challenging race. It's been pretty far apart most of it. You have to keep in mind Virginia has become a blue state these past 20 years. It has consisted, it has voted for a Democrat every election since 2008. It's also the state ton of federal employees. It's probably been hit by Doge harder than any other state. It's being affected by the shutdown probably harder than any other state, maybe Maryland, except it. And that's going to get, create a challenging environment no matter what. It's also a state, it's a high income area, those suburbs around Washington. And you know what high income people in Washington really like. They like hiring illegal immigrants to do stuff at their homes. And so a lot of those people are angry that President Trump is trying to change our reliance on illegal immigrants. I know, I've seen this. I've gotten texts from people in the D.C. area about this where, you know, the prices of all of these service services you can buy has gone way up because a lot of them are clearing out. And so all of that is going to have a political impact. Now back to your original question. That does make the race tough, but thanks to this deranged lunatic they have up for ag, both the races have gotten a lot more competitive. And until we can get more of that action stuff, I would encourage you if, you know, for example, if you're at a church, make sure the people in your church are aware this is coming up. Talk to them. Oh yeah, did you see what this J. Jones guy said? You'd be amazed how out of the loop a lot of people are. They're just not, they're not watching the news, they're not watching this show. They're not hearing about it. And a lot of people want to make sure they don't hear about it. You can change that and make sure that they vote. You don't need an app to do make sure that that happens. You don't need an app to make sure your friends and family and parishioners and your, you know, the, the parents of your kids, friends and all of that you don't need all of those things to be able to talk to those people. But we'll definitely have Tyler on ASAP to give more information on what our plans are in that race. And we've got a month to sprint to the finish here.

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah.

[Danny]

Thank you. Thank you so much, Andrea. Our next. Our next question is Chris. I think we can fit in. We have about a 45 seconds, Chris, if we can try to fit in your question, then we'll answer it out of the break. Are you there, Chris? Yeah, I'm here. Awesome. What's your question?

[Benny Johnson]

Well, you know, I've noticed that many believers in my church now agree that.

[Charlie Kirk]

The church, the big church, has become.

[Benny Johnson]

Too comfortable and risk averse.

[Charlie Kirk]

But a lot of us are really.

[Danny]

Unsure on, like, the first practical steps.

[Charlie Kirk]

That pastors or lay people can take to move on from this passive faith.

[Danny]

To, like, active conviction in their communities. Yeah, yeah, I know that it's speaking as. So my dad's a pastor.

[Charlie Kirk]

You may have seen him at the memorial.

[Danny]

Yeah, he spoke at the memorial. So my, my dad, he got in big trouble for opening his church during COVID And so I would love to speak about this. We're gonna pause for the break. And then right out of the break, Chris, we're going to answer your question. And thanks so much.

[Charlie Kirk]

Welcome back to hour two of the Charlie Kirk Show. This is probably the most exciting hour we have all week. The best us anything, ask we anything. We're going with different names, but it is, of course, the hour where Charlie before us, he took questions from our subscribers. He loved doing this. He loved, you know, he really prided himself. No matter how high he rose, he was always in touch with the core elements of the conservative Christian base. Always wanted to hear from them. And we are, of course, going to continue that tradition. And we're also joined with Danny. He's another. He was a member of Charlie's team and he's now a member of our team here.

[Danny]

And that's right. Dynamo, Danny.

[Charlie Kirk]

Let's dive right into it. We have Nick first. Unmute yourself. Nick, what's your question?

[Benny Johnson]

Hey.

[Charlie Kirk]

Oh, man. The last time I talked here, I.

[Benny Johnson]

Was talking to Charlie, but you guys will do.

[Charlie Kirk]

You guys will do.

[Benny Johnson]

Today I just started a Turning Point USA chapter at my high school and I was wondering.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, I like the meetings and all the speeches and talks we have, but.

[Benny Johnson]

I was wondering how we could get.

[Charlie Kirk]

More involved with like, our community and like, actually take action instead of just talking. Yeah, well, that's great. I would say the first thing that comes to mind for me is if the people in your. If in your chapter are. Are Christian or if they're believers, maybe not all of them are, but the ones who are, make sure. Are they actually going to services on Sunday? Are they getting involved with things? Are they taking their stated belief, which pretty common, especially with younger people. They'll say, yeah, I'm a Christian, maybe, whatever. But Charlie was all about taking the stated belief and making it concrete. Are you putting your stated beliefs into action? Read the Bible, going to Bible studies, going to church. That's one specific faith related example. But maybe you guys have examples beyond that.

[Danny]

Nick, if I'm putting myself in your shoes, Blake had a great idea. Actually, I think it was Dino who we just had on in the last segment. He said that they also started a Bible study in their chapter. So they'll do a chapter meeting and then a Bible study afterwards. But to get more involved, we have our school board watch list program. You could go to the school board meetings and start firing up yourself for your community and getting involved in local politics.

[Charlie Kirk]

They would raise so many eyebrows if they had actual students show up at school board meeting.

[Danny]

Yeah, that would be incredible.

[Charlie Kirk]

That's a good idea. That's a good idea.

[Danny]

Yeah, let's keep them running. Nick, I'm gonna hook you up with some ideas here. And then another one too is running for student body government. That's a big thing that we have at Turning Point USA is we equip leaders to run for student body government. So if that's something you're interested in, contact us. Or you could email me if you want to. Another idea is every election season Turning Point Action gets involved in swing states. I'm not sure what state you're in, Nick, but even if you are not in a swing state, you can call, jump on the phone, text people, and you're calling voters in Arizona and North Carolina and Ohio, whatever, whatever states we're involved in. These are just a couple of ideas. Obviously the ideas are unlimited. Really?

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah. When I was at Ohio State, we got connected with local restaurants, businesses. That really helps get out the vote. Stuff like that. You can really just get connected outside of campus, all those places.

[Danny]

Nick, I have an important question for you. Are you going to Amfest in December?

[Charlie Kirk]

I really want to. I really want to.

[Benny Johnson]

I'm going to see if I can.

[Charlie Kirk]

Save up to buy a ticket. If not, maybe my mom will buy it for me.

[Danny]

All right, well, we're going to, we're going to try to help you get there. So we'll connect with you. But I think that's a good starter for you to just start by coming to Amfest. And there's a lot of ways to get involved there. I mean, when you're walking the exhibitor hall, you're seeing TP Academy and you're seeing our faith program and our church program and Turning Point Action and our everything. So there's a lot of ways to get involved. So I want you to start by coming to Amfest and we'll help get you there if you just connect with.

[Charlie Kirk]

Our team and touch grass in your community. As Gen Z would say, the world is so full of people who are cloistered inside. It is a super weapon if you can do what Charlie did and just go out there and engage with the real world over and over and over again. But thank you very much for that, Nick, and best of luck with your new chapter. And we're very excited to hear about that. Our next caller is going to be Christine. Christine, unmute yourself. What is your question?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

Hi, guys. First of all, there is not enough words for the respect I have for Charlie and for everyone who is carrying on his torch. My question is, I've read all the websites, the TPUSA, the TPS, Faith, Blexit, etc. And about the show and stuff. I read all these descriptions, but I wanted to know, are these all separate entities? Do they fall under the same umbrella? If I monetarily support one, am I supporting them all? And for those of us who aren't in college and who may be a little older and have families, how is the best way we can be involved?

[Danny]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So the only way it's separate is if it's. Turning Point USA is the umbrella for all of those things. So Blexit and Turning Point Academy and tpusa, Faith and our high school program, our college program, our productions program, all of that falls under that umbrella of our 501C3. The only thing that's different is our 501C4 or our PAC, which is the political arm that's Turning Point Action. So if you, for example, if you were to make a donation to Turning Point usa, you're supporting the mission of all of those things that you just mentioned. And so those are all connected under the umbrella of Turning Point usa, if that, that. I think that answers your question, but how you can get better involved. I just told Nick, I just keep telling people, come to Amfest, that's the best first way to get involved. But if you Want to get involved in politics, the best way is Turning Point Action. We have midterms coming up soon and there's going to be a lot to do. Even if you are not in the state that we are actively, you know, doing door knocking in low propensity reach and you can still make phone calls wherever you're from. And so for tposa, there's a ton of different ways to get involved. We have thousands of church affiliates. There's most likely a chapter in your community, a high school or college chapter in your community. You can get involved and support. You can actually support individual smaller chapters at Turning Point usa.

[Charlie Kirk]

I want to flag one last thing also. This show is technically also separate from both Turning Point and Turning Point Action. This comes up a lot because I some people ask me about Turning Point stuff. I technically don't work for them. I just work for Resolute Media, which.

[Danny]

Makes a great show. Yeah. Does that answer your question, Christine?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

I believe it does. I guess I was looking for with that as we give money, if we need to like separate that out so we make sure everybody gets a little bit of awe or if one of your groups wasn't getting as much attention, will you, as a top tier, spread it around?

[Danny]

Yeah, it's always spread. It spread around when you make a donation to Turning Point usa. But if you're a donor and you make a donation, you can actually add where you want it to go to specifically. So we have donors that are saying, you know, I only want to support don't tpusa faith with this donation. And so that actually just goes to furthering the mission or the cause of that specific department under the Turning Point USA umbrella.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

And if I may, one more quick question, Mikey, you had said about local groups. I've been trying to find a local group around here. You don't have them listed on any site. And actually when I reached out locally on our local Facebook page, I got a lot of backlash that was very negative. So it's been unfortunate. So I was hoping there will be some kind of directory so we can know in our smaller towns who is involved so we can reach out to people who are involved around us.

[Danny]

Yeah, I know. We just updated our website at Turning Point usa and I think that there's a map that we just added and so you can zoom into your region. And then we're working on adding so our field rep, who is staff that we have hired for every certain region, then we have general managers, regional directors, and so you can reach out to the field representatives. And that's probably the best way of communication. So we can get you connected, Christine, and we'll make that happen.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

Great. Thank you so much, guys.

[Danny]

Of course.

[Charlie Kirk]

Let's get. We'll be going through all the breaks here, but I think we can get the question in before we go into it. So our next caller is going to be Harrison. Harrison, unmute yourself. What is your question?

[Benny Johnson]

Hi, can you hear me?

[Charlie Kirk]

Yes, we can.

[Benny Johnson]

Hi. My question is. Well, I'll start first. I'm a big fan of Charlie Kirk. I was always a big fan of Charlie Kirk. We lost him, actually, on my birthday.

[Danny]

Sorry.

[Benny Johnson]

And, yeah, so that whole thing shook me up and it had me asking a lot of questions. And one of these questions that I'm having to ask myself is, if Israel is such a good ally to the United States, why do our politicians need to take money in order to support that relationship? How does the money help?

[Danny]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

All right, we're just powering through the brakes here, so we'll take that after.

[Dino Fontagrasi]

Yep.

[Charlie Kirk]

Radio pitch here.

[Danny]

We're gonna pause for radio and we'll be right back.

[Charlie Kirk]

All right, so do you want to just repeat that really quick? Because we were getting our, our radio throws there, you said about Israel.

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah. If there's such a good ally to the United States, why do our politicians need to take so much money in order to support that relationship?

[Charlie Kirk]

Well, I don't, I don't think a lot of them do need to take a lot of money from them, but, you know, so there is a. Certainly it has been brought up. There is like a lot of back and forth there. And some people have raised their eyebrows. I remember when we had the, the recess in, in August and like, a very large number of Republicans flew directly to, like, Israel as the recess was happening. And so it wasn't like, oh, they needed to immediately go and meet all of their constituents in their home states. They were instead in another country. And I know I talked to Charlie about all of this and he was at least very aware that was not a good PR look, and it might have been a better one in the past, but it's not. You have to signal that America comes first. Now, there are reasons that we have this alliance, that it has existed, that we've had alignment against radical Islam. And also just a lot of Americans genuinely care about that. Not just Jewish Americans, but Christian Americans and Americans who just care about opposing Islamic militancy. 9, 11 and all of that.

[Danny]

I, I mean, for me, just speaking on my own beliefs, I'm Gen Z. I'VE seen more my entire life. I. A lot of countries lobby here and honestly I want to stop them all.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, like I don't want to cut.

[Danny]

Off any countries lobby in this country anymore. I'm kind of sick of it.

[Charlie Kirk]

It's amazing how much South Korea spends a ton lobbying in the US and indirect stuff. You know, you have people who register under fara, you have people who should register under fara, but don't. I think what Charlie would agree and we agree is we do want way less influence and money from foreign countries in our government. And it's easy. It's very common for people to fixate on Israel specifically. But like Mexico was totally interfering in all of the Trump's elections. They were publishing guides on how Mexican Americans could vote. They were barely, you know, quite unsubtly suggesting, you know, maybe illegal immigrants. You could figure out how to vote too, and just totally weighing in. European leaders were always weighing in on these things. Tons of other foreign NGOs meddle themselves in our politics. So it is far beyond just one country in that regard.

[Benny Johnson]

Well, and according to open source, Israel wasn't even in the top 10 last year in foreign nations funding in American politics, which shows that. I mean, all these other countries are doing it too, which is also a problem.

[Danny]

Yeah, I just don't want to see any of it, if I'm being honest.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, I'd say that's a good thing. Let's just get all. All foreign money should just not be in United States politics. And I think that would lead to a lot better behavior. We're having the RAV segment here, so we should do our bit. All right, let's do that. So we got why Refi? Again, private student loan debt in the US still totals about $300 billion a year, and 45 billion of that is labeled as distressed. Y Refi can provide you with a custom loan payment based on your ability to pay. Why Refi is not a debt settlement company and they work with each borrower individually, tailoring each loan to each borrower's specific situation. When Y Refi does not care what your credit score is. When the payment on your distressed or defaulted student loan is so big that they can't ever get ahead in your finances, why Refi is surely your best option. Why Refi refinances distressed and defaulted private student loans, which are different from federal loans. Many clients aren't even able to make the minimum monthly payment on their private student loans when they first contact Y Refi. Folks, let's face it, if you have distressed or defaulted private student loans, nobody is coming to bail you out and bankruptcy is currently not an option. But you can take charge over your situation by contacting Y Refi. Can you imagine being debt free and not living under this burden anymore? The first step is contacting Yrefi. If you go to yrefi.com, you can read testimonials from other people who have been where you are and how they have escaped. You can even see what their monthly payments were in the past versus what they are now. Why refi offers a 3 minute rate check without any credit impact and bad credit is accepted. If you have a co borrower why Refi can get them released from the loan and you can give mom and dad a break. You can even skip a payment every six months up to 12 times without penalty. You don't have to ignore the mountain of student loan statements on your kitchen table anymore. Call 888-Y-REFI 34 or log into yrefi.com that is y r e f y.com may not be available in all 50 states. We're just continuing through our AMA here. We'll be. I guess we have 30 seconds till radio rejoins. So do we have any other thoughts on either foreign money or on student loan debt?

[Danny]

Yeah, I mean I just back to what I'm saying is I don't really want to see any country involved. That's the biggest thing here. But then also aipac, right? Aipac, American Israel pac. That's run by American Jews, just so that we're clear. So it's not actually Israel necessarily getting involved. But either way, I don't want to see any foreign influence lobbying our country. I just don't want to see it.

[Charlie Kirk]

And I think you guys agree with me 100%. Yeah. Oh, we're still. Okay. We're still getting used to going through breaks here. Doesn't matter. All right, Andrea is our next caller. Andrea, unmute yourself and welcome. Thank you for being a subscriber. Thank you. I just wanted to offer all of you my condolences.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

It's been a really difficult time, but.

[Charlie Kirk]

You guys have just done an amazing, amazing job. Very inspiring.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

My question for you is that I.

[Charlie Kirk]

Recently moved to Virginia and I'm wondering if there is any kind of a ground game. I haven't really heard anything about it.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

And similar to your previous caller, was.

[Benny Johnson]

Just wondering how I might be able.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

To get involved with the tiki action.

[Charlie Kirk]

Out here in Virginia. We were going to have Tyler Bowyer on this hour originally and it would have really helped because Tyler. Tyler runs Turning Point Action.

[Danny]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

He would have the point by point detail on all of that. My understanding is originally we were not super heavily involved because we, you know, we shepherd our resources for what's most winnable. But now Virginia has in the last couple weeks gotten much more winnable, especially in that AG race. So I unfortunately do not know that off the top of my head. I have actually messaged Tyler at this moment to please send me any details and if we can get more of them even later in this hour, I'll be sure to read them out. Do you know anything about that, Mikey?

[Benny Johnson]

I know the mobile app Turn TP Action has a mobile app which is very helpful. I know we all use it on the ground during last year's election. You can start there and you can literally text and call people in your area to help get out the vote.

[Danny]

Yeah, yeah, I know that. Blake said it. The AG race in specific specifically has become a big, possibly winnable race in Virginia. And so I'm not entirely sure the specifics that Tyler might have in terms of what we may be doing on the ground game. I know that there is a ground game there and so how to get plugged into that, I think it's best. Turning Point Action makes a statement kind of saying how you can get involved, how you can help there. So that's probably the best next step. I know that we're probably going to be putting something together to text and call voters. We typically do that always with states where you can call voters to get out the vote and get involved. And so that's. That's basically what we have right now for Virginia.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah. And how are you feeling about the governor's race?

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

It would just be such a huge.

[Charlie Kirk]

Shame if we lost out on that. Yeah, it is a shame. I will be frank. Charlie was always very honest. The polling there is further apart. It is a more challenging race. Yeah, it's been pretty far apart most of it. You have to keep in mind Virginia has become a blue state these past 20 years. It has consisted. It has voted for a Democrat every election since 2008. It's also the state a ton of federal employees. It's probably been hit by DOGE harder than any other state. It's being affected by the shutdown, probably harder than any other state. Maybe Maryland accepted and that's going to get. Create a challenging environment no matter what. It's also a state, it's a high income area, those suburbs around Washington. And you know what high income People in Washington really like, they like hiring illegal immigrants to do stuff at their homes. And so a lot of those people are angry that President Trump is trying to change our reliance on illegal immigrants. I know. I've seen this. I've gotten texts from people in the D.C. area about this where, you know, the prices of all of these service services you can buy has gone way up because a lot of them are clearing out. And so all of that is going to have a political impact. Now back to your original question. That does make the race tough, but thanks to this deranged lunatic they have up for ag, both the races have gotten a lot more competitive. And until we can get more of that action stuff, I would encourage you if, you know, for example, if you're at a church, make sure the people in your church are aware this is coming up. Talk to them.

[Danny]

Oh, yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

Did you see what this J. Jones guy said? You'd be amazed how out of the loop a lot of people are. They're just not, they're not watching the news, they're not watching this show. They're not hearing about it. And a lot of people want to make sure they don't hear about it. You can change that and make sure that they vote. You don't need an app to do, make sure that that happens. You don't need an app to make sure your friends and family and parishioners and your, you know, the, the parents of your kids, friends and all of that. You don't need all of those things to be able to talk to those people. But we'll definitely have Tyler on ASAP to give more information on what our plans are in that race. And we've got a month to sprint to the finish here.

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah.

[Danny]

Thank you so much, Andrea. Our next, our next question is Chris. I think we can fit in. We have about a 45 seconds, Chris, if we can try to fit in your question, then we'll answer it out of the break. Are you there, Chris? Yeah, I'm here.

[Benny Johnson]

Awesome.

[Danny]

What's your question?

[Benny Johnson]

Well, you know, I've noticed that many believers in my church now agree that.

[Charlie Kirk]

The church, the big church, has become.

[Benny Johnson]

Too comfortable and risk averse.

[Charlie Kirk]

But a lot of us are really unsure on like the first practical steps that pastors or lay people can take to move on from this passive faith.

[Danny]

To like active conviction in their communities. Yeah, yeah, I know that it's speaking as. So my dad's a pastor and you.

[Charlie Kirk]

May have seen him at the memorial.

[Danny]

Yeah, he spoke at the memorial. So my dad, he got in big trouble for opening his church during COVID And so I would love to speak about this. We're going to pause for the break. And then right out of the break, Chris, we're going to answer your question. And thanks so much.

[Attorney General Pam Bondi]

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