DeSantis 2024?

Summary

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The Charlie Kirk Show — "DeSantis 2024?"

Date: July 20, 2021
Host: Charlie Kirk
Special Segments from: Andrew Colvett, Connor
Theme: The Future of the Conservative Movement, Youth Activism, and the Rising Star of Ron DeSantis

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, this episode centers on the evolving conservative movement and its energized younger base. With 5,000 students in attendance, Charlie Kirk, Andrew Colvett, and producer Connor discuss the surge of grassroots enthusiasm, the significance of Governor Ron DeSantis’s popularity, the ongoing Trump-DeSantis dynamic, and key cultural and political battlegrounds ahead of the 2022 midterms. The electrifying presence of big conservative names—including DeSantis, Trump Jr., and Ted Cruz—is explored along with reflections on topics like Big Tech censorship, COVID policies, and critical race theory.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Energy and Evolution at the Student Action Summit

• Massive Participation: 5,000+ students from all 50 states attend the TPUSA conference in Tampa, reflecting the growth and regional breadth of youth conservative activism ([02:12]).
• Focus on Ideas and Leadership: Emphasis is laid on ideas, not personalities—although adoration for Trump and growing enthusiasm for DeSantis are unmistakable.

2. Ron DeSantis—A Movement Favorite

• Standing Ovation & Audience Response:

  • DeSantis’s appearance drew possibly the loudest cheers since President Trump himself, shaking the ceiling and creating "Trump-level" energy in the room
    • Andrew Colvett: “Governor Ron DeSantis absolutely brought down the house... The boom from the students was absolutely deafening” ([04:52])
    • Connor: “I didn’t hear anything. It almost made me deaf. … the ceiling was shaking.” ([05:52])
  • Charlie Kirk: “For a short moment, I said, wow, that’s the first time we’ve been able to replicate Trump energy at one of our events.” ([17:32])

• Key DeSantis Quote:

  • “Here in Florida, we believe in lifting people up, not locking people. … Florida chooses freedom over fauci-ism.” — Ron DeSantis ([05:07])

• Trump-DeSantis Dynamic:

  • While the conference—and Turning Point—are outspokenly pro-Trump, enthusiasm for DeSantis can’t be ignored.
  • Both Kirk and Colvett emphasize the crossover between Trump and DeSantis supporters, arguing that the media overplays any rivalry ([08:18]).

3. Shifting Conservative Positions: Big Tech and Corporatism

• Sea Change Against Big Tech:
  • DeSantis positions Republicans as moving from “corporatism of yesteryear” to a people-driven party ready to stand up to Big Tech censorship ([12:44]).
  • Colvett and Connor note how, not long ago, the party “gave big Corporate a tax cut” but is now taking a much more combative stance ([13:52]).
  • Memorable DeSantis Quote:
    “Are we going to be a people-driven party, or are we going to be slouched back into the corporatism of yesteryear?... If your view is, hey, they're private, they can do whatever they want… Well, God bless you, because I don’t think it’s hunky dory. I don’t think it’s fine.” ([12:44])

4. Conservative Priorities: Collectivism, Critical Race Theory, and Playing Offense

• The Collective Fight:

  • Don Jr. calls for conservative unity:
    “If we all fight collectively, they cannot cancel 150 million Americans.” ([10:16])
  • The hosts reflect on how the left bands together, arguing conservatives must do the same to win ([10:32]).

• New Playbook—Playing Offense:

  • Kirk and his team repeatedly return to the conference’s main message: taking action, no longer "sitting back and taking it" from their adversaries ([14:10]).
  • Attendees are rallied around fighting tech censorship, mask/vaccine mandates, and educational indoctrination.

• Critical Race Theory and Parental Engagement:

  • Consensus among speakers and the student audience:
    • Reject CRT (Critical Race Theory) and restore focus on character over skin color.
    • Kirk (paraphrasing a consensus applause line): “If you care about skin color, you are a racist. It was just overwhelming and we need to keep repeating that.” ([29:04])

5. GOP Path Ahead and 2022 Midterm Prospects

• Optimism and Political Strategy:
  • Despite GOP setbacks in 2020, Kirk senses "growing enthusiasm and numbers" and foresees a strong Republican performance in 2022 ([17:58], [21:07]).
  • Detailed Senate race rundown:
    • Targets include New Hampshire, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Arizona, Georgia ([22:07]–[24:36]).
    • Emphasis: Victory depends on “fixing our elections,” referencing claims of fraud from previous cycles ([24:48]).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Ron DeSantis on Freedom vs. Fauci-ism ([05:07]):
  “Florida chooses freedom over fauci-ism.”

• On the Crowd’s Response ([05:52]):
  Connor: “It almost made me deaf. The ceiling was shaking. ... They were going absolutely insane.”

• DeSantis—Sea Change in Conservatism ([12:44]):
  “Are we going to be a people-driven party, or are we going to be slouched back into the corporatism of yesteryear?... God bless you, because I don’t think it’s fine.” — Ron DeSantis

• Don Jr. on Unity ([10:16]):
  “If we all fight collectively, they cannot cancel 150 million Americans.”

• Charlie Kirk on DeSantis’s Political Status ([16:42]):
  “Ron DeSantis is basically the number two most powerful person in the Republican Party outside of Donald Trump.”

• Conference’s Electric Atmosphere ([17:32]):
  “That’s the first time we’ve been able to replicate Trump energy at one of our events.” — Charlie Kirk

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Timeline of Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment & Speaker | Key Points | |-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:12–05:07 | Andrew Colvett hosts, describes summit, DeSantis “brings house down” | 5,000 students, list of major speakers, DeSantis’s reception | | 05:07–05:36 | Ron DeSantis (cut): Florida’s COVID approach | Defending in-person education and business, opposing lockdowns | | 05:36–06:11 | Crowd reaction observed by Connor/Andrew | Describes intensity of excitement for DeSantis | | 08:18–10:02 | Trump vs. DeSantis dynamic, “crossover” supporters | Media exaggerates any rivalry; crowd backs both | | 10:16–10:32 | Don Jr. calls for conservative unity | “They cannot cancel 150 million Americans.” | | 12:44–13:25 | DeSantis on Big Tech censorship and corporatism | Party must resist “slouching” into old corporate interests | | 16:42–17:58 | Kirk’s assessment of DeSantis’s role in GOP | Second only to Trump, “electric” public response | | 18:19–19:28 | Other notable speakers and summit energy | Cruz, Lauren Boebert, Byron Donalds, Madison Cawthorn | | 20:07–21:07 | Consensus on key conservative issues | Big Tech, vaccines, CRT, school parental involvement | | 22:07–26:17 | Senate race analysis, midterm electoral map | Key battlegrounds: NH, NV, WI, PA, OH, FL, AZ, GA; “fix elections” | | 27:44–30:23 | Rejecting CRT and focus on character over skin color | Kirk and James Lindsay’s “incantations”; parental involvement |

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Tone and Style

• Energetic, unapologetic conservatism.
• Intrinsically optimistic about the future of the movement.
• Conversational banter between hosts, with raw expressions of excitement and urgency.
• Occasional humor and pop culture references (e.g., sports, movies).

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Final Reflection

The episode paints a picture of a conservative movement in the midst of generational transformation—energized, deeply dissatisfied with the mainstream press, and increasingly led by figures like Ron DeSantis who channel both Trump’s populism and a new willingness to confront establishment forces (Big Tech, “corporatism,” mandates, CRT). The Student Action Summit stands as a microcosm of this new energy, full of optimism for the conservative youth’s ability to shape the GOP and America’s future.

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Notable quote to close ([30:23]):
"If you care about skin color, you are a racist. It was just overwhelming and we need to keep repeating that." — Charlie Kirk

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Transcript

[Charlie Kirk]

Hey, everybody, what is the future of the conservative movement? It's a question. We get a lot. We're here at our Student Action Summit where Andrew starts the episode and I come flying in halfway through and we talk about the event. What is it teaching us about the future of our country and so much more. Email us your thoughts freedomarliekirk.com if you want to get involved with Turning Point USA, go to tpusa.com where we play offense with a sense of urgency to win the American culture war. If you want to support our program, go to charliekirk.com support Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.

[Andrew Colvett]

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are

[Charlie Kirk]

lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.

[Andrew Colvett]

I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy, his spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point usa.

[Charlie Kirk]

We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives. And we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. How many years have I been telling you about Relief Factor? A lot. Truth is, I know millions of people. In fact, some people say over 100 million people are struggling with some kind of pain, maybe from exercise or just getting older. Now, Pete and Seth Talbot, they are on a mission. You rarely see this kind of focus and commitment. They recently shared with me that they are doubling down and want to literally double their total number of happy customers in the next year. And I believe they'll do it. So here's the deal. Go to relieffactor.com that's relieffactor.com or call 800 500, 8384 people. Ask me, tell me why Relief Factor is so successful in lowering or eliminating pain. I'm often asked that question. So maybe you want to be able to do cartwheels or be able to do backflips like producer Andrew. Maybe you want to be able to run a marathon, swim under seas, swim underwater, go scuba diving, jump out of an airplane or, or maybe you want to be able to go to the Phoenix Suns finals game like some other people are going. But maybe it's your knee pain, back pain, joint pain, whatever pain it might be. Maybe Relief factor is for you. Reliefactor.com, 100% drug free. Check it out. Reliefactor.com

[Andrew Colvett]

this is producer Andrew Colvett. I am, I'm not gonna say I'm filling in for Charlie today. I'm simply a placeholder for a few minutes here. Charlie's actually on stage live in Tampa Bay, Florida from the Student Action Summit 2021. We got almost 5,000 screaming, passionate students at this conference here in Tampa. It's been absolutely amazing. I mean, if you, if you are a FOX News watcher, you couldn't have missed it. They got it all over. It's, it's a fantastic event. I've actually, I'm sitting here joined by producer Connor. Why don't you say hello?

[Connor]

Hi, everybody in the radio world, this is producer Connor.

[Andrew Colvett]

That's producer Connor. We often talk about producer Connor. I actually asked him to sit in with me as Charlie is on stage, like I said, right now with another Salem host in the Salem faculty, Eric Metaxas. And then Chris Buzkirk, the publisher of American Greatness, fantastic publication as well. So they're talking about, I think their theme right now is think big, how to revitalize the American idea, the American experiment. We'll probably throw to that in just a few minutes here. But Charlie's going to come back this hour. Going to come back billion on everything he's been up to, everything that we're doing here. Just to give you a sense of what this event is about. This is an event with 5,000, like I said, screaming kids from all over the country, all 50 states represented college and high school student. We've got the, I mean, the top speakers in the country are here with us. We've got Donald Trump Jr. We've got Senator Rick Scott. We've got Dr. Ben Carson. We've got Mike Pompeo is coming on today. We've got Senator Rick, We've got no Senator Ted Cruz. We've got last night we had Kayleigh McEnany. And then, yes, Governor Ron DeSantis. Governor Ron DeSantis absolutely brought down the house. And I think it's actually a really interesting aspect of this as we're sort of doing this live straw poll as different personalities and characters come up to the stage. I mean, everybody is extremely, I think, passionate about all of the different folks that are coming on stage. But nevertheless, I think that there is a particular passion for certain guests that come on stage. And I will tell you that when Ron DeSantis, who we have been singing his praises on this show, and rightly so, the man has been doing tremendous work, been doing the Lord's work, as we say, right here in the great state of Florida. The, the boom from the Students was absolutely deafening. So let's go ahead and play. Cut one. Governor Ron DeSantis live at the Student Action Summit just last night. Listen to him explain the difference between fauciism and Florida.

[Ron DeSantis]

Here in Florida, we believe in lifting people up, not locking people. We believe in protecting the rights of kids to get an in person education, the right of people to earn a living, and the right of people to maintain their businesses. Florida chooses freedom over fauci ism.

[Andrew Colvett]

You know, Connor, you were in the room. That particular clip does not exactly, like the audio does not do justice. I mean, you heard the, the kids screaming. You were right there, right in the front. What did you hear when. When DeSantis not only came on stage, but when he delivered that line? Yeah, I did.

[Connor]

I didn't hear anything. It almost made me deaf. I tell you, after he got on stage, the, the applause was so loud and I actually had to leave a little bit early to get down here to the podcast room because we had a recording after that. And I can tell you that the ceiling was shaking. There was dust falling from it because the students, whenever he was getting off stage, they were going nuts. They were going absolutely insane.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah, I mean, I have to say, and I don't want to stoke any unnecessary controversy here because we are. This show. President Trump is. You know, this conference is run by Turning Point USA, which is a 501C3. There's certain lines they can't cross when it comes to endorsing candidates and things like that. I mean, it's loudly and proudly conservative, but it stays out of the purely political sort of calling, calling which candidates in that don't need to get into it. I think you guys know what I mean. The point is, however, is that on this show we can get extremely political. There is no rules against it, and again, not to get controversial, but this, if you're just talking to people at this event, there is a lot of discussion behind the scenes about Trump versus DeSantis. Now, we're going to politely stay out of that because we love both of them. But I will tell you that you can't totally avoid it just simply by the nature of this. This is a very pro Trump crowd. Let's just be really clear about that. President Trump has spoken to this crowd probably three times, four times in the last couple years. And actually Turning Point Action is going to be hosting President Trump in Phoenix for a Defend our Vote, Defend the Election Integrity Rally. Election Integrity rally. I think at the. Great way to say it, July 24,

[Connor]

if you're in the Phoenix area.

[Charlie Kirk]

We'd love to have you out.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yes, yes, that's right. So, so. And that's gonna be downtown Phoenix, by the way. 4,000, 5,000 people, at least.

[Connor]

4,000 5,000. The overflow, like always with Trump rallies

[Charlie Kirk]

is gonna be huge, too.

[Andrew Colvett]

There's gonna be basically, it's first come first, first come, first serve on that ticketing. So if you're listening to that. So we are very pro Trump, loud and proud, Love the man, and have, you know, worked very hard on his behalf. That being said, it's really tough to ignore the enthusiasm for Ron DeSantis. Absolutely. It's impossible to ignore. So it's, I think it's one of those storylines playing out that's going to be fun to watch. But really, you know, I think it's going to define a lot of the next couple years. Yeah.

[Connor]

But I will say one thing, though. A lot of those students that were cheering really, really loud for DeSantis, they were wearing red hats from Trump. I mean, like, that's the thing. There's so much crossover here. And what it goes down to, like Andrew said, this is a nonpartisan conference and it's about the ideas. And I think that the ideas, the, the, there's a clear line between what Donald Trump did for four years and the way that DeSantis has been governing for the last few years here.

[Andrew Colvett]

So that's what's funny. I think, I think you're, you're hitting on something that's really important. This. There's going to be much made in the mainstream news media, especially from the politicos and the talking points memos and all of these morning consults and cnn, msnbc, they're going to try and spin this as a Trump beat a Santos is, you know, are the, is, well, the relationship fracture. Let's not forget that Trump endorsed DeSantis. He came out of nowhere like a bat out of hell and won the governorship here in the state of Florida. And thank God for that, because Florida has been a refuge to the world. And not only that, Andrew Gillum, who he was running up against, is turned

[Connor]

out to be a total disaster.

[Andrew Colvett]

Total.

[Connor]

Worse than we could have known.

[Andrew Colvett]

I mean, there's the guys, the guy's, you know, and I, you know, guys got a, got a drug problem. You know, he's working on it, apparently. Nevertheless, that's not who should be running a state. Governor DeSantis comes from behind out of nowhere to win the nomination, and then the governorship because of President Trump, they have been spotted at Mar a Lago eating dinner together. I think that's the point. The ideas are so together. They're so in sync. And I really do think that Governor DeSantis is taking a lot of the. The lessons. And I think the entire conservative movement to that point is taking a lot of the lessons that President Trump taught us, actually. And he's taking them and really running with them here in the state of Florida to great effect.

[Connor]

I think the biggest one is that he's a fighter and he's not backing down, and we need a lot more of that in the Republican Party.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah. Well, speaking of fighting, let's go ahead and play. Cut to Don Jr. Talking about what happens when we all band together and fight collectively.

[Charlie Kirk]

So when I see a group like

[Ron DeSantis]

this, though, it does give me hope, because the one thing I do know

[Charlie Kirk]

is that if we all band together,

[Andrew Colvett]

if we all fight collectively, they cannot

[Ron DeSantis]

cancel 150 million Americans.

[Andrew Colvett]

Again, the audio doesn't do it justice. Right. These are cameras in the back of the room where we're getting these clips. Don Jr absolutely lit up that crowd, and he's absolutely right. If we're gonna fight and we're gonna fight collectively, I know that's sort of a lefty term, but that's actually. The point is conservatives, we never. We never band together and fight together. Now we have to. That is the message of this. Of this conference. That's the message these students are sending us. We gotta. We gotta hit the ground running. And that is absolutely true. What we're seeing is different themes emerge as these speakers get up. I mean, this thing is being streamed on Fox, I mean, with lots of. Of, you know, lots of branding all over Fox. We're hearing about it from everybody, which is. Which is really fantastic that they've gotten behind this in such a great way. But I think what we're seeing is these themes emerge, right? I mean, you have. You have the theme of tech censorship, right? Which is what we heard from Desantis and actually think we got a clip from that that we want to play here. We've got. The COVID is obviously still looming large as the CDC keeps updating their guidances, as the White House is conspiring with Facebook and big tech to, quote, unquote, block disinformation, whatever that is. And then. Which is. Which is patently absurd. And we want to get into that in a lot more detail, to be honest. And then, you know, meanwhile, Charlie and Turning Point have launched no Force Vax, and he's been Talking about that. And really the kids, the kids have responded in incredible ways. Actually was probably one of the biggest applause line from Charlie's speeches. But I want to, I want to get back to what DeSantis is talking about. Ron DeSantis headlined the conference last night. The kids absolutely exploded, exuberant. And here we go. Let's go. Let's go ahead and play cut four. This is DeSantis talking about probably one of the most important developments in the conservative movement in recent years. And this is really this idea of companies, corporatism, cronyism, and how does that all fit in with the conservative movement and the evolution on the conservative side of how we feel about these, these corporations. Go ahead and play four.

[Ron DeSantis]

Are we going to be a people driven party or are we going to be slouched back into the corporatism of yesteryear? To me, one test of this is, are you willing to stand up against the political censorship by Big Tech or not? And if you're not, if your view is, hey, they're private, they can do whatever they want. They can censor you, they can deplatform you, they can harm you. They can actually work in concert with the Biden administration to censor things the government wants censored. If you believe that that's all hunky dory. Well, God bless you, because I don't think it's hunky dory. I don't think it's fine.

[Andrew Colvett]

Well, God bless you, because I don't think it's fine. I don't think it's fine either. That's Governor Ron DeSantis speaking to the Student Action Summit last night. A really, really powerful clip right there because it represents a sea change in the conservative movement. I mean, Conor, you remember even just what, 2012, even 2016, really. I mean, the messaging around this was completely different. I mean, for goodness sakes, we gave big Corporate a tax cut.

[Connor]

Yeah, of course it was. We got a majority. The people entrusted Republicans with a majority in the House and the Senate and we got the presidency. And what did we do to fight Big Tech? Well, we gave Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai a tax cut.

[Andrew Colvett]

We didn't do anything. How did Trump say it right? You almost got it right.

[Connor]

No, we've come a long way in four years. And this ties into what Charlie opened the entire conference with. And this is the overarching theme that I think Charlie wanted to lay out, and rightfully so, is that it's time for us to play offense we can't just sit back and take it anymore from these people because they hate America and they are clearly on a warpath to destroy America, in my opinion.

[Andrew Colvett]

Right. Well, I mean, you know the speaking about playing offense. I'm glad you brought that up.

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[Andrew Colvett]

Lo and behold, I'm here.

[Charlie Kirk]

I made it right onto the scene.

[Andrew Colvett]

Charlie is here. Charlie, take over. It's your show.

[Charlie Kirk]

Didn't do a lot of show prep today. Actually, a lot I do want to talk about and apologize for being late. Complicated business, but we had an auditorium full of students. We're about to have Mike Pompeo up on stage and was just with Eric Metaxas from the Salem Radio Network and Chris Buzkirk from American Greatness. And then we had Dr. James Lindsay. We had Brandon Tatum on the Charlie Kirk show podcast. And then we also just had Jack Posebic, which was a really interesting podcast.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah, you. I was. I was flying the wall for that one. And you guys got deep.

[Charlie Kirk]

It's been quite the day and honestly, just super, super blessed and honored by all the students that that showed up.

[Andrew Colvett]

And it's been incredible. It's been incredible. We played the clips, Charlie, before you got here, of the. The cheers for Desantis, talking about just how enthused the crowd was.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah. And look, so we don't do politics at Turning Point. It's all educational and cultural, but we can do politics here on this show.

[Andrew Colvett]

Right.

[Charlie Kirk]

And it just goes to show, the Republican Party will be successful if it's a party that stands on its principles, is courageous, and is a party of leaders. And Ron DeSantis is a leader. I had a great opportunity to catch up with him yesterday before he took the stage. And just from a strictly political standpoint, now talking. Ron DeSantis is basically the number two most powerful person in the Republican Party outside of Donald Trump.

[Andrew Colvett]

And where's Tucker fit in with that?

[Charlie Kirk]

Well, I don't think he's in. I don't think he's a political officeholder. I think Tucker is sort of probably number one in the communication medium.

[Andrew Colvett]

Course. Right.

[Charlie Kirk]

By far.

[Andrew Colvett]

And.

[Charlie Kirk]

But I think you. You see Governor DeSantis enter last night. You played some tape from that.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

And the room was electric.

[Andrew Colvett]

I mean, I've never.

[Charlie Kirk]

For a short moment, I said, wow, that's the first time we've been able to replicate Trump energy at one of our events.

[Andrew Colvett]

That's right. I was. I was saying that we've. We've. We've hosted Trump, what, four times, five times at different events. I mean, some of them were at the White House. Some of them were actually off site. Right. That was probably the loudest. Boom. Except for Trump. And I totally agree.

[Charlie Kirk]

Who the heck was.

[Andrew Colvett]

Who the heck knows? I got.

[Charlie Kirk]

It was lightning. It was unbelievable.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

And everyone, you guys can listen back to the speech. In fact, I think we might be airing some of these speeches with some intros just on this podcast, the ones we really want you to hear. I think it's really important, but just from the political standpoint is that the Republican Party is growing in enthusiasm, in numbers. I mean, after you lose an election or people get mad when I say

[Andrew Colvett]

that he's not in the White House.

[Charlie Kirk]

Displaced from power. Right. And people were usually in kind of a sullen state for at least 18 months, and then they get out of it. I mean, yesterday, you saw. People were excited as ever to be there. DeSantis was incredible. Ted Cruz was phenomenal. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was terrific. Congressman Byron Donalds was great.

[Andrew Colvett]

I forgot to mention those last two. They were amazing. They were electric.

[Charlie Kirk]

And Madison Cawthorn was phenomenal.

[Andrew Colvett]

I. I'm so. I was gonna say, I'm so glad you brought up Madison when. When he got off the stage. I'm not kidding. You Folk. And we'll, we'll definitely have to clip this and we'll put it out. I mean, but I'm telling you, his face was red. He was so pumped up. He was yelling, shouting at the top of his lungs.

[Charlie Kirk]

And it was a William Wallace.

[Andrew Colvett]

You literally. It was a William Wallace moment. The kids were so excited. They were screaming over the top of him, which made him then scream louder. And I mean, it was just absolutely electric. And he, you know, it is only Madison can. He whipped around and rolled off and raced off together.

[Charlie Kirk]

We're going to do it.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah. And then race off. He's, by the way, he's whipping around this conference. You'll be just like talking to somebody. All of a sudden, this guy in a wheelchair goes screaming by at 15 miles an hour and it's Madison got.

[Charlie Kirk]

And here's the memo to Republican leadership, which I think is really important, which. We don't coordinate any speeches.

[Andrew Colvett]

None.

[Charlie Kirk]

We do not do. We don't look at anyone's speeches. We don't ask for their speeches. We trust our speakers. At Turning Point usa, it's always been the case. And I love doing that because no one wants to be micromanaged. And I just think that there's a spontaneous order that starts to come through. What's been so amazing to see is the uniformity of messaging with no central planning at all, where almost every speaker is speaking out against big tech. Now, do we have the sound of Jen Psaki call in shots with.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah, we'll pull that up.

[Charlie Kirk]

We'll get to that Jen Psaki thing in a second. But the big tech issue is a forefront issue concern of our students. And you want to see the future of the Republican Party. You'll also see it's a party that's standing against mandatory vaccines. That has been mentioned many times. And then the other thing which is critical race theory, almost every speaker has brought up 1776 versus 1619. Almost every single speaker has brought up the school board project. Almost every single speaker has brought up this idea of parents getting back involved in local education, not allowing your students to be indoctrinated, but instead educating them. And I've, I've personally really enjoyed just kind of from a backstage side seeing who is the most popular, who's saying the things that really resonate. And I could tell you right now, from a political prediction standpoint, this feels like a movement that's going to take back the House and the Senate in 2022.

[Andrew Colvett]

You know, there was a. I think it was an article from I Think it was Politico that said that the momentum has shifted back into the Democrat Party on the Senate side simply by like a. It was some fundraising. It was like super PAC money, though they have some sort of financial advantage. And I. And I just looked at that and I was like, yeah, why don't you tell me how Jeb Bush did with his financial advantage? I mean, just from an energy standpoint. I mean, we know in midterms the incumbent party faces an uphill battle. I mean, that's just. That's just a fact. Yes. So we know that. And we also know that the map is looking good for us as far as. Especially when the House. The House is looking really solid. But what about the Senate? I mean, I think a lot of people get. Yeah, the Senate.

[Charlie Kirk]

You have. Is her name Jean Shaheen? Is that what it is? Connor. Jeanne Shaheen, the wild card from New Hampshire. Connor could pull up a chair here. We're doing this somewhat spontaneously. Is that a good word to. We don't have enough mics. We're doing this free form. We're doing it collaboratively, communitarian style.

[Andrew Colvett]

It's funny, I brought up collectivism earlier. I said, did you really? Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

It's actually really important because people say, Charlie, what are the political targets? Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire is in a very tough race with Sununu, and we got to get rid of her. She's a Democrat. The Nevada Senate race is winnable, but really tough. Ron Johnson should win the Senate race in Wisconsin. Current Republican in Pennsylvania. We have an open Senate seat because Pat Toomey resigned and it's currently a primary. Sean Parnell's looking very good. Ohio should be comfortably Republican. Marco Rubio should win his Senate seat. Is he up this cycle?

[Andrew Colvett]

Second.

[Charlie Kirk]

Is Val Demings running against him? She is the worst. What'd you say? She's a cop.

[Andrew Colvett]

Really?

[Charlie Kirk]

Huh.

[Andrew Colvett]

So she used to be a cop in Miami County.

[Charlie Kirk]

I thought she represented, like, Orlando area. I could be wrong. I thought she represented, like, Winter Park, Ocala.

[Andrew Colvett]

Ish.

[Charlie Kirk]

Right? Am I right? Anyway, then the Arizona Senate race is really important to get rid of Mark Kelly, and there's currently a couple candidates.

[Andrew Colvett]

A lot of people might be surprised by that Mark Kelly thing if you're not, like, completely current. Mark Kelly just got elected, but it was.

[Charlie Kirk]

So the Senate is, by the way, it is a total toss up. You have a lot of Republicans that are vulnerable, and you have a lot of Democrats that are extraordinarily vulnerable. So the best pickups for Republicans are going to be in Arizona getting rid of Mark Kelly. So you have a primary, Mark Bernovich, Blake Masters, who's a friend of mine, and then you have Jim Layman from defcom Power. And so they're all going to be speaking out at our Turning Point. Speaking out. Speaking at our Turning Point action event. As if we don't have enough going on here at this battleship to save Western civilization, we are hosting the president this Saturday.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah.

[Charlie Kirk]

In Phoenix, Arizona. You look so excited about that, Andrew.

[Andrew Colvett]

I'm, I'm. Listen, I'm actually extremely excited about it. But it is, it is fairly. It's, it's a lot. It's a lot, but it's going to be amazing.

[Charlie Kirk]

Hey, how are the Suns doing, by the way?

[Andrew Colvett]

Down three, two. Is that right? Yeah, they lost it. They lost it right at the Giannis.

[Charlie Kirk]

Guy's actually Greek.

[Andrew Colvett]

Is that right?

[Charlie Kirk]

He's Greek.

[Andrew Colvett]

You love, you love Greece.

[Charlie Kirk]

I love Greece. It's great. Great history, culture, food, people. So then the other race. Yeah. So then the other one is Georgia. Now, is Herschel Walker officially announced? I think it's only soft announced. A little bit of failure to lock

[Andrew Colvett]

up some test balloons. He's, he's.

[Charlie Kirk]

Herschel could beat Raphael Warnock. He will. He could do a Joe Biden. He'll never have to campaign.

[Andrew Colvett]

But by the way, this all comes back to Charlie. Only if we fix our election. Well, that.

[Charlie Kirk]

It's true, though. I mean, and we covered this extensively last week, factually and correctly. And I only say that because there's, there's just some clowns out there that just say things that aren't true or that they hope to be true. We are always focused on the facts here on this program, and we always will be. And so we have to fix our elections. Arizona is a mess. We're gonna be focusing on that throughout the week. Gotta fix our elections in Georgia. Gotta fix our elections in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Michigan. So the Senate is in a very good position for Republicans to take back. Arizona and Georgia in particular are two seats that we have to win back. And quite honestly, though, I mean, David Perdue should have won with all the nonsense that happened with the counting of the ballots.

[Andrew Colvett]

He shouldn't have had to go to a runoff. Shouldn't have had to go to a runoff.

[Charlie Kirk]

Was a. It's honestly a fraudulent run. The fact that it even had to go to that.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah, I did the math. It's a little bit of a fuzzy math here. But it was roughly 12 to 13,000 votes was set. What separated Ossoff and what separated Ossoff and Purdue from even getting to a runoff, there was only 12 or 13,000 votes. They've exposed potentially tens of thousands. And I and apparently this is the new news that's coming out of Georgia, that other counties in Georgia probably had even more fraud than Fulton. Like there's other counties that it actually looked. The air rate is even higher than Fulton County.

[Charlie Kirk]

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[Andrew Colvett]

5,000, would you say? Just shy of 5,000.

[Charlie Kirk]

Yeah, it's just right. It's right near there. And if you count the overflow and then the live stream.

[Andrew Colvett]

By the way, by the way, that was, that was a fire marshal thing. Just so you know, we're always up against it with the fire marshals at these events.

[Charlie Kirk]

Based on recurring theme is this idea that skin color does not matter and character does. And I just talked about this with James Lindsay on stage and we had this really important agreement. James Lindsay, who would call himself a liberal, but I take great exception with that. I think he just calls him that because that's a jersey that gives him credibility in the conservative world.

[Andrew Colvett]

I think he's kind of passed. I Talked to him myself. He's passed the liberal thing off the record. I think he's very public, basically saying, I took the red pill and I'm on the white pill down to the black.

[Charlie Kirk]

I was like, okay, you can take the blue pill.

[Connor]

I don't know.

[Charlie Kirk]

But blue pill wakes you up in your bed and you go back to work. The red pill. I'll show you how deep this rabbit hole actually goes. James Lindsay, who I. I think James Lindsay's doing the Dave Rubin thing, which he kind of like wears the liberal jersey, but we all know that he's working for our team, you know?

[Andrew Colvett]

You know what I mean? I don't. I mean, I think at some point. These are all semantics at this point.

[Charlie Kirk]

No, I totally agree.

[Andrew Colvett]

It's like. It's like, look who he talks to. Look whose friends are.

[Charlie Kirk]

No, and. But James was. You know, what term he used on stage. And you guys can all listen to this on the Charlie Kirk show. And James Lindsay is the expert on critical racism.

[Andrew Colvett]

We're dropping this in two parts, by the way. It's gonna be James Livesey Part 1.

[Charlie Kirk]

So many exclusive everybod podcast. It will. I don't say this braggadociously, but just for I don't. I. By the way, I do very little talking in these so I can actually say this. It's the most interesting podcast material in the western hemisphere.

[Andrew Colvett]

Charlie talks. Trust me, Charlie's got a lot of insights, but I'm telling you, I do

[Charlie Kirk]

a lot more listening.

[Andrew Colvett]

If you're a parent out there, this is a legitimate thing. I want to say if you are a parent out there and you are struggling or just a concerned citizen that has grandkids in school, and you are struggling to make sense of critical race theory, how we got here, what the truth of where we actually are and where they're planning to take it next. You need to listen to these episodes that are coming up on the Charlie Kirk show podcast with James Lindsay.

[Charlie Kirk]

And we also had this amazing two part conversation with Josh Hammer and Sohrab Amari about tradition and about when is it right to change things in society and when we. When should we be hesitant to change things in society? I loved that conversation. But anyway, James Lindsay and I had this point of agreement where I was going, where the applause reached a deafening level where it was saying, if you care about skin color, you are a racist. It was just overwhelming and we need to keep repeating that. The left is really good at these incantations. The left thinks they're creative, they're Really?

[Andrew Colvett]

I love that word incantations, because that's what it is.

[Charlie Kirk]

Well, incantation, just so people know, is a phrase you repeat to yourself, yes, I can do it. Yes, I can do it. Yes, I can do is it becomes spiritual too.

[Andrew Colvett]

Yeah, there's a lot of cult.

[Charlie Kirk]

It's very, very Southeast Asian incantations are. And I will close with this, everybody. There is hope for the future beyond anything the media will ever tell you. Here in Tampa, Florida, the largest ever gathering of young conservatives. I think that might be the case here. By the way, I should say that on stage it's a pretty amazing thing. The largest ever gathering of conservative freedom fighters here in Tampa, Florida, made possible by Attorney Point USA and the Charlie Kirk show. Of course, we are here live covering it. And then also we want to take the magic and keep it in a bottle so you guys can apply it back at home. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us your thoughts, freedom charliekirk.com and if you want to support our program, go to charliekirk.com support thanks so much for listening, everybody. God bless you. Speak to you soon. For more on many of these stories

[Andrew Colvett]

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