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Charlie Kirk (0:00)
Hey, everybody. Today on the Charlie Kirk show, we have Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senator Rick Scott, and then we just recap an amazing week. You're going to love this episode. Become a member today. Members.charliekirk.com that is members.charliekirk'.com so to become a member today, go to members.charliekirk.com members.charliekirk. com email us. As always, freedomarlykirk.com Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
Newt Gingrich (0:24)
Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
Rick Scott (0:26)
I want you to know we are.
Charlie Kirk (0:27)
Lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
Newt Gingrich (0:33)
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 (0:43)
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.
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Charlie Kirk (1:20)
I'm going to read you a text message here of our next guest I sent on Monday. Do you think we are going to win? Newt Gingrich replies Yes. Joining us now is Speaker Gingrich. Mr. Speaker, what a time to be alive. You saw this thing coming. Can you please frame this in historical proportions for our audience?
Newt Gingrich (1:41)
Sure. What you saw was an amazing coming together of two different realities. One was that the Democrats, both on performance and on policy and values, had failed and the country knew it. On the other side, you had a candidate who had spent nine years, had endured being shot, had endured being assaulted in every way you could by the left, had endured being lied by the media and was still standing. And so the country said, you know, in a dangerous world, who do I want to have as commander in chief? And partly Kamala Harris sort of disadvantaged herself because she was so shallow and so incompetent and so incapable of explaining anything. On the other hand, I think people gradually came to conclude that Trump had been a pretty darn good president. Things had been a lot better. They could afford more gasoline, more groceries. They didn't have neighborhoods that were dominated by Venezuelan street gangs. And so there was a gradual shift all through October towards Trump, which, frankly, a number of us expected. I remember at the convention back in Milwaukee talking with Chris Lacavita, and we were just comparing notes about campaigns we've been in, and we both thought, you know, we're going to win this thing because both on performance and on values, the country is going to ultimately repudiate. Now, the big break, which you were a part of, I mean, let's be clear, the work you did, and I remember actually being with you at the convention and being on your program, the work you did at the grassroots, the people you turned out, the young people you engaged with, debates, that was a big piece of this. The really big deal here, not only did Trump win, but he carried a majority of the American people. The reason that matters is you get a moral authority, the American people will say, okay, he really is the president of the American people. And if you'll notice, the left has been much less strident since Election Day, much more confused, because I think he didn't just win a plurality of the vote and the Electoral College, he won the whole thing.
