Charlie Kirk (46:35)
Okay, so. So I want to make one thing clear. This is a public YouTube video. These are kids, okay? These are children that are being told to read a script. I am not going to none of my criticism what they said is towards them, okay? They're being used as puppets of the BLM Incorporated movement. I mean this sincerely. My heart goes out to these kids cuz they're being so misled. And I don't want any reaction to this video at all whatsoever to be reflected towards any of the kids in that video at all. This is about the teachers that are the ones that are putting this in front of them, okay? I just want to make that very, very clear, okay? Because that could get misinterpreted, okay? But what these teachers and what these parents at Mercer island, which by the way is like the Beverly Hills of Seattle, if you don't know Mercer island, it is rich upper middle class liberals. What they are teaching their children is evil. What they just taught their kid. The script that they were reading was that people are still being treated terribly because of their race. Can an adult who wrote that please come on our program and tell me one instance of where anyone is treated differently because of their race in this country, because of a public policy, a law or a position doesn't exist. We've been through this chapter and verse. It is not because of skin color. There are other choices that play into it. A great example is a child who is raised by a black mother and father is more likely to succeed through every single objective metric than a child who is raised by a single white mother. A stable family partnership is what they should be focusing on. And for all of you that just watched that video, that should horrify you for the country that is rising up. It's in our education system. That's where our tax dollars are being spent. And because teachers did not get. I mean, because parents did not get involved in school board sessions, because we were asleep at the wheel for the last couple decades, this stuff ended up happening. A lot of the old money from Seattle is there. And so it's just fitting. I mean, it's literally an island. I don't know if you know Mercer Island. It's not just the name. It's literally an island that is very secluded. And these sort of ideas tend to spread for whatever reason. I'm not exactly sure. But I encourage everyone that's watching this to take this very seriously. And I'm not gonna play the video again. I feel very bad for these kids. I feel bad having to, you know, have any form of the criticism be near them. They're 15 and 16 year olds. They don't know any better. And they're being taught this. What the real criticism needs to be directed at is that the teachers and the parents that tolerated this nonsense, and I hope that that video right there, for no other reason, is instructive for all the parents and taxpayers watching what these kids are being taught and what they're internalizing. Here's a nice note. Good morning from Austin, Texas. Charlie. I wanted to thank you for your commitment to our great nation. Thank you. I've been listening to you a lot more since November 3rd. We're all experiencing unprecedented times. I love your positive attitude. Thank you. Have a nice day and keep it positive. You're welcome. God bless you. Thank you for the nice note. Hi, Charlie. Do you have any recommendations for churches, groups or individuals that could use some financial assistance? Thank you. Yes. Calvary Chapel San Jose. I don't think that's their exact name. It's. Let me get it. They have a. It's like Calvary Chapel San Jose. Mike McClure. Yeah. Okay. It's calvarysj.org I'm a Christian. I'm an evangelical Christian. It's one of the most important things in my life. You know what saddens me and frustrates me? That most Christians do not know about the struggle, the fight that Pastor Mike McClure is engaged in right now in San Jose. Pastor Mike McClure is a friend of mine. I've spoke at his church. He has a church in downtown San Jose where he teaches the Gospel chapter by chapter, verse by verse. He has refused to close with all these Chinese coronavirus lockdowns and measures, staying open for Easter, staying open for Pentecost, not forsaking the gathering and the assembly of believers. He is now facing $1.7 million in fines from the local government. Most churches across the country are silent. In fact, all the churches in his local area are not supporting him. Why there is not a rallying cry Behind Pastor Mike McClure is a disgrace to American Christianity. To me, I'm not used to this. I'm used to a conservative movement where we hang with each other, where we stand by each other, is what I should say. When someone gets attacked or criticized, we rally to their defense. Pastor Mike McClure has had some good pastors support him. It's calvarysj.org, they are sending the entire government after him. And most Christians are silent and complicit. And for the pastors out there that have not spoke in support of Pastor Mike McClure, you should resign. You guys know what's happening, and you choose to be silent and you choose to be closed. You're cowards, all of you. For the pastors that have stood by you, like Jack Hibbs and James Cadiz and Rob McCoy and Jurgen Matusius and David Engelhardt and all the friends we've had on this podcast, God bless you. And so, yes, that is a church that I would support. Calvarysj.org, mike McClure is a phenomenal guy, and he is refusing to close everybody. He is refusing to close despite millions of dollars of fines being thrown at him. That is a hero. Not these mega churches that have remained closed indefinitely, that have run to the hills and have decided not to fight. And so God Bless you, Mike McClure. We have your back. We're going to be covering this story nonstop. And for the tyrants and for the despots of San Jose, we are not going to let off this story until you forgive and release and eliminate the entire $1.7 million fine to Mike McClure. They're trying to come after him personally. They're trying to come after his building. They're doing everything they possibly can just because he has opened his church. By the way, BLM Incorporated, they can march right through San Jose, right through San Francisco, right through Oakland. They're trying to make an example of this godly man. God bless Mike McClure and the fact that not every church in the country is fasting and praying and financially supporting Mike McClure goes to show how fragile and weak American Christianity has become. There's plenty of pastors that have stood up, but 99% are either not aware, not interested, or too cowardly to do something about it. God bless you, Mike. We have your back. Okay, let's go to the next question here. The young people of tomorrow. Hi Charlie. I just watched the kids on the BLM video. How do we win back our young people? Love you and your entire crew. Well, that's what we're doing here at Turning Point USA every single day@tpusa.com getinvolved.com and look, we have to get involved in school board races. And the most important thing is this, though. Take the education of your children very seriously. Teach them about the founders. Teach them about the philosophy that built our country. Get them excited about American presidents. Get them defensive of America. See, growing up, my parents were always not political, but they were patriotic. Big difference. They said no one should ever get away with insulting our great country. We have a beautiful history. You're lucky you live here. Understand it, appreciate it and defend it. And the politics will come after that. But the most important thing is a defense of the American experiment, a defense of our journey in this constitutional republic. And for any young person out there, I highly encourage you to get involved at turning point USA@tpusa.com getinvolved. Okay, next question here. Actually, I want to thank Eileen from Kansas for supporting us. I want to thank Carlos from Anaheim for supporting us. And. And Richard from Coral Springs, Florida for supporting us. @charliekirk.com support and Abraham from Peoria, he said this quote. Mr. Kirk, thank you for the information you provide for us. Thank you. I want to encourage you to consider running for office. Please consider that AOC is a rep. She has an influence that you and others can put to rest. If you become a representative, you would have more knowledge and you could still have a platform AOC was cooking the other day online. Come on, Mr. Kirk, please consider you have the support. Okay, he goes on. Look, I appreciate that, but I'm not running for office anytime soon. I love what we do here on our program. I love what we do here on our podcast. I love what we do at Turning Point usa. I truly do. But God bless you. I appreciate that. And I don't think that going to just another Madison Cawthorn and people like that can go do that for me. I'm meant to be Here. Okay, next question. Hello, Charlie. I've been a subscriber since before the fraudulent election. Those are his words. Me and my wife received this letter in the mail. They're then in Alabama. Do you know if other states are doing this from Alabama? This notification is being sent to all Alabama voters to comply with the National Voter Registration act passed by Congress. The name and address on the back is a card that reflects your voter information. I don't know if this is a legitimate letter. That seems very suspicious. I'm gonna look into that. Thank you. Thank you for your question, Dusty. I'm gonna look into that. Thank you. That does not look legit, but I'd be very surprised by that as I don't think there's a national Voter Registration act that has been passed. Okay, here's one. Hey Charlie, love the show. I'm 47. My parents are lifelong Democrat evangelicals. I grew up in a Christian home and I'm closest to a libertarian conservative you could say. But I'm always open to a different way of thinking. My parents referred to Trump supporters as the cult. But I can't think of anyone more cultish than voting straight ticket while staunchly defending anything your party does when. Which is what they do. How would you suggest I combat that? I'd love to get a copy of the MAGA doctrine if I have to even pay for a signed copy. Keep up the great work and tell Isabel I'm a long term Avalanche fan and wonder if she liked hockey. Okay, well, he's from Dayton, Ohio and I will send you a copy of the book. But look. Yes, so there's a lot there, Jared, but I wouldn't start getting into a cult conversation or what's a cult, what's not a cult? Obviously it's not a cult. I will say this though, if they are Bible believing Christians, I would encourage them to look at the the sermons of Rob McCoy, Jack Gibbs, the teachings of David Barton. The Democrat agenda is completely inconsistent with the teachings of the Bible and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Socialism violates two out of the ten Commandments. Just the abortion issue is a non starter. The Democrat policy on immigration is open borders which is anti biblical. The Democrat policy on private property is against private property. Where the Bible came up with the idea of private property as we know it in the West. Free speech dialogue, all of that stuff comes from the teachings of the Bible. And maybe they say, well, we're Democrat evangelicals because we want to help the poor. Well, if you want to help the poor, the best way to Help the poor is to empower them to help themselves. That is to push back against public sector teacher unions. That is to push back against the welfare state. And that is to say we want people to get off of food stamps, not on the food stamps. I'm guessing that's where a lot of their criticism is. We've done a lot of podcasts on that, but I would encourage you to check that out. Okay, here is from Sydney, from Iowa. When we continuously emphasize on black being victims and Caucasian being the victimizer or the oppressor, it does create a racism issue. This constant focus on color born during the Obama administration has and will continue to create more division. Teaching this to children and pushing this white privilege nonsense is terribly harmful. Thank you for being a spokesperson for common sense. Thank you. You're exactly right. Look, when you divide people based on their immutable characteristics, when you divide people based on the content of their skin color, not their character, you're going to create a generation of racists. The left is creating a generation of racists. That's what they're doing. They want people to judge based on skin color. And this nonsense that blacks are being oppressed in our country is a pile of garbage. There's no data to support that. There is no evidence to support that. They're doing that to divide our country bitterly based on racial lines. Next question. Let's go here. Hi Charlie, I was listening to your populism explained episode on the protection efforts at the Capitol and have put this thesis to foot forth. I don't believe it was to show the American people the government can protect us. My thesis is this is a clear orchestrated and deliberate attack on our republic by the Democrat party through the denial of voter integrity so that the government is not of and by the people. The use of the judicial to vote in laws nor by the people. And lastly through the practical suspension of the First Amendment so that we the people can't petition the government for our grievances with the barrier that now blocks us from the lawmakers. That might be true, but she says if we don't challenge them on these fronts, the Republic has surely lost. I agree. The most important fight right now is how we do elections and voter integrity. And I mean metaphorical fight, not literal fight. I'm going to continue to take your questions here. Freedomarliekirk.com I want to thank Ryan for supporting us From Iowa@charliekirk.com support here's a good question. Hi Charlie, love your show and everything you stand for. Can you please give me some book recommendations that I can use to teach my daughter. Thank you. Morgan Reese Fleming. Well, we talked about this on our podcast, but if you are interested in getting quick bites of books to digest information, one of our sponsors, I'm gonna give them a free shout out. Here is Thinker.org, t H I N K R.org if you go there, go to Thinker.org Charlie. You get big books, long books that you can summarize in short bites. But yeah, I'll give you a couple books right now. The book that built your world by Vishal Mangalwaldi I would highly recommend. Ben Shapiro's Right side of History is pretty good, I have to say. Jonah Goldberg's, even though Jonah is he doesn't like me. But I recommend his book. It's really good. Liberal fascism. But the best out of all of them from a Christian point of view is the book that built your world. If you want to get people to believe that Jesus Christ is the savior of the world and that the resurrection was real, Lee Strobel's case for Christ is phenomenal. So I'd recommend those books. Also, there's a couple other books that I think that are if you're willing to kind of go into this direction and into a direction that's more kind of economics in nature. Free to choose by Milton and Rose Friedman is very, very good. Again, I'm a market guy. I don't think that it's all necessarily applicable, but it's really good. But if any of you are looking for a book about race and you say, how do I debate BLM Incorporated? How do I fight back against all this SJW nonsense? Thomas Sowell, Discrimination and disparities. It's terrific. Check it out. Okay, let's get to some more questions here. Freedomarliekirk.com hi Charlie. I'm going to call my library and ask them to get your book. I think your book should be in every library. Please encourage your listeners to have their library get your book. Thank you, Denise. That's so kind of you. I mean that. Thank you. God bless you. Okay, some more questions here. But I do want to thank Valerie for supporting us from california@charliekirk.com supportmillie I'm a Trump supporter. My entire family attacks me for supporting Trump. I never make it my business to attack them. What's the best way to handle them? Thank you, Carmela. Ask questions. Don't get angry. Don't get upset. Attacks are going to happen. When you stand for truth, just ask Questions say, did he do anything right? Did you like his Middle east peace deal? Do you think it's interesting that he oversaw the greatest economy in American history? Things like that are very, very helpful. And that sort of response to through asking informed questions I think is the best way to handle that. Let me go to Another question here. Freedomarliekirk.com this one is from a couple days ago. Okay. Hi Charlie. I recently had the opportunity to hear you at my church, Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills. One of the things you talked about was not being apathetic and you encourage believers to focus on checking the boxes. I'm committed to working on checking those three boxes daily. Good for you, Nicole. God bless you. How do I volunteer at Turning Point usa? I will put you in touch with somebody. And is Turning Point USA hiring? Yes. And so you can go to tpusa.com if you want to start a chapter. Get engaged, get involved. TPUSA.com I highly encourage you to check it out. I just sent your information to our team at Turning Point usa. Every single young person in the country should be starting Turning Point USA chapters right now every single day at tpusa.com, most specifically, tpusa.com get involved. Here's a question. Hello Charlie. I'm a 15 year old boy from Slovakia, Europe. I'm a huge fan of the United States, especially states like Texas. Me too. I love the second Amendment and I'm also a huge fan of American muscle cars and their huge V8 engines. I decided to support President Trump after I heard that Joe Biden wants to ban gas powered cars after 2035. After the election I started to understand what is this all truly about and how evil the Democrats are. I watched your show after January 6th and I began watching ever since. I really like your show. My question is why is Isabelle no longer doing the shows with you? She will be. We have a rotation and I will tell her that Peter from Slovakia wants her back. But God bless you, Peter. We love you man. We appreciate you watching. Okay. Hi Charlie. I joined your live stream when you were talking about borders and private property being biblical. Wanted to ask if you have any specific references or verses from the Bible discussing this. I have a few friends who believe it is not biblical to have borders and it's a hard time for me to explain why it is. Thanks for all you do. Great question. Here's my best answer. The entire book of Nehemiah. The entire book of Nehemiah is about literally rebuilding the walls of Israel. But Juliana, I Am going to reference even more specific scripture. There is. The entire idea of a sovereign nation came from the Bible. What is Israel? A place that is not the entire world, but it's specific. It has certain borders and barriers. But thank you, Juliana. I'm going to forward this to our pastoral team that we have to get the exact references. But the book of Nehemiah is really, really hard to push back against. It's literally about building the walls. Okay. Hi, Charlie. I'm 15 years old from Columbus Junction, Iowa. I go to a small church which never shut its doors. Awesome. I'm reaching out Sunday. I'm reaching Sunday school to people that are five times my age this week. Do you have any words and advice? And I'm reaching Sunday school to people. I'm guessing you're asking how to reach out to them. Look, when you're the youngest person in the room, don't do the most amount of talking, do a lot of listening and ask a lot of questions. You'll learn a lot. In fact, I think she's trying to say teaching. Oh, she's teaching Sunday school. I'm sorry. It said reaching Sunday school. Good catch, Connor. That's why Connor. That's why we pay Connor the big bucks. Connor's a machine. We have a new studio set up so I can't see anything. I'm flying blind here. But yes. So if you're teaching, teach straight from the Bible, verse by verse, chapter by chapter. And also be unafraid since you're a 15 year old, teaching to go find other sermons that other people have taught and make sure you're interpreting the text correctly. Don't try to make up something. And by the way, you don't have to say that you found anything new. That's okay. The word of God speaks itself. The more you read the Bible, the more it reads you. It's the only book. The more you read it, the more it reads you. And James 1:5. Pray for wisdom. The more you pray for wisdom. God will give it generously. Okay, here's a question right here. Good afternoon, Charlie. Love watching your program. I'd like to get your thoughts on something. There are many companies donating to or supporting organizations I don't agree with. Is it wise to boycott these companies or would it be just too inconvenient for me? There are many companies that support far left wing ideologies and agendas. Don't know how to handle this from a moral perspective. Thank you for your time. Hudson. Yes. You should not support businesses when you can. That are against your opinion. I know I'm gonna get 500 emails. Charlie, I've seen you with Starbucks cups. You're right. Every so often we break our own rules and we go to Starbucks. But we shouldn't. I admit that we shouldn't, but we do go to In N Out, which is owned by Christians. But yes, wherever possible, you should try to vote your values and shop your values wherever possible. Hudson, Great question. I want to encourage everyone watching right now. Please go to your Apple podcast or Spotify. Type in Charlie Kirk show hit subscribe. Let's go right here to hi Charlie. I'm a junior in high school. Every Sunday BLM kids in my community gather and protest. They're all white, upper middle class kids and extremely obnoxious. They have ridiculous signs that say things like God is trans, black, queer. Obviously people have freedom of speech and freedom of protest and I respect that. But how do I respectfully and directly fight back against these ideologues? Thanks. I don't know if this is a troll question or not because this came from Potato Dan. So I don't know if this is a question or not. That's a troll. But that is such an outrageous thing. Some things are not worthy of confrontation. Some things are just worthy of laughing and moving on. That is not one of the things that I would focus too much on from Seth. Hi Charlie. Love your show. Have you ever done a study on white slavery? The subject has been suppressed for far too long. If we have racism shoved down our throat, I feel it's only fair to set things right and fight back against the left's race agenda. No, I have not done that. But if there's any evidence to show that I'm not exactly sure what the question is, but it sounds like it's a third rail topic and I'm not willing to engage on a third rail topic without evidence. I'm happy to go on a third rail topic when I know the topic, but I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Therefore, I will not answer it unless I am informed. And I've done hours and hours and hours of research on it. Hi Charl, Live in Wyoming and the California liberal city of Jackson Hole. I know Jackson Hole very well. It's in Teton County. Beautiful place. Awful Governance just announced it will be fining people for not wearing masks. Is there anything residents can do to fight this? It might be illegal and unconstitutional, so maybe filing a lawsuit might be the best thing for you. But that's expensive and you have to open yourself up to discovery and all this nonsense. But look a mask agnostic. If you think they work, wear a mask. However, I am completely against mask mandates. Forcing people to wear a mask, wear a mask at gunpoint or at forcing them via taxation. I'm completely and totally against. I believe it's immoral and it should be unconstitutional. Everybody please continue to email us your questions freedomarliekirk.com get involved with Turning Point USA and a lot of you are saying, hey, how do I get this hat shop tpusa.com and thank you for supporting us@charliekirk.com support it gives us the ability to keep doing what we're doing. Potato Dan says he's not a troll. Love the show. Well, thank you Potato Dan. I appreciate that. Thank you guys so much. God bless you. Speak to you soon. Thanks so much for listening everybody. 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