The Gang's All Here — Live at AmFest 2024

Summary

Summary of "The Gang's All Here — Live at AmFest 2024" Episode of The Charlie Kirk Show

Release Date: December 19, 2024

Introduction

In the live episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" titled "The Gang's All Here — Live at AmFest 2024," host Charlie Kirk, along with his co-hosts Jack Posobiec and Lauren, engage in a dynamic discussion centered around the successes and future plans of Turning Point USA and its flagship event, America Fest (AmFest). The conversation delves into the organization's impact on political activism, voter registration efforts, event logistics, and the broader influence on the conservative movement.

Celebrating Turning Point USA's Achievements

The episode kicks off with praise for Charlie Kirk's remarkable work in building Turning Point USA into a formidable youth organization. Brian Glenn commends Kirk, stating, “He’s done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA” ([00:17]). Jack Posobiec echoes this sentiment, highlighting the organization's resilience and commitment: “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” ([00:31]).

AmFest 2024 and the Legacy of Turning Point Events

The hosts discuss the evolution and significance of AmFest, comparing the current event to its inception in 2021 during what was referred to as the “COVID Winter.” Lauren reflects on the skepticism faced previously but emphasizes the sustained dedication: “You got to stay firmly planted your feet to the ground... we are going to stand in the gap and stand and fight. That actually achieved this victory” ([03:20]-[04:12]). Jack Posobiec underscores the strategic focus on pivotal states like Arizona, attributing electoral successes to grassroots efforts: “Don’t like what happened. We don’t like the way it went down... turning point events become equally an art as a science” ([04:12]-[07:00]).

Voter Registration and Electoral Impact

A significant portion of the discussion centers on voter registration initiatives and their tangible effects on recent elections. Jack highlights the impressive voter registration numbers in Arizona, noting, “We won Arizona by five and a half points. Right. And again, that sort of swing just doesn’t happen automatically. It’s through ballot chasing, voter registration” ([07:00]-[07:59]). Noah Formica shares his personal experience registering 3,000 voters in Pennsylvania, emphasizing the importance of grassroots engagement: “We used to be neighborly strategy... just asked them that simple question, are you registered to vote?” ([12:25]-[13:43]).

Logistics and Execution of Turning Point Events

The hosts delve into the complexities of organizing large-scale events like AmFest. Lauren praises the professional execution, attributing success to the dedicated events team: “Good is never good enough. We always strive to be the best in the business and execute to the highest level” ([18:03]). Tyler Boyer adds that meticulous planning and a committed staff are crucial: “They spend long days, sleepless nights, but it gets” ([25:29]-[26:05]). The episode highlights the seamless integration of various event components, from breakout sessions to speaker engagements, ensuring an impactful experience for attendees.

Audience Engagement and Inspirational Stories

Interactive segments feature audience members sharing their experiences and aspirations influenced by Turning Point USA. Siaka Massaquai recounts his involvement on January 6th, demonstrating unwavering commitment despite personal challenges: “I tell you, it felt like Paul just the doors just opened up that night. God was working” ([33:10]-[34:24]). Jack Posobiec emphasizes the importance of pardoning individuals involved in the January 6th events, advocating for leniency: “I agree with my son. He should seal the border and stop sending money to Ukraine” ([31:13]-[32:21]).

Future Plans and Upcoming Events

Looking ahead, the hosts outline the organization's ambitious schedule for 2025, including the Young Women's Leadership Summit in Dallas and the Student Action Summit in Tampa: “We have our Young Women's Leadership Summit in June. That will be in Dallas. Our Student Action Summit in Tampa. That will be in July” ([27:55]-[28:11]). They express confidence in continued growth and the expansion of Turning Point's influence across the nation.

Closing Remarks

The episode concludes with acknowledgments to the dedicated Turning Point staff and a reaffirmation of the organization's mission to empower young conservatives. Charlie Kirk encourages listeners to stay engaged and supports the ongoing efforts to shape America's cultural and political landscape.

Notable Quotes

• Brian Glenn ([00:17]): “He’s done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.”

• Jack Posobiec ([00:31]): “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.”

• Jack Posobiec ([07:00]): “We won Arizona by five and a half points. Right. And again, that sort of swing just doesn’t happen automatically. It’s through ballot chasing, voter registration.”

• Lauren ([18:03]): “Good is never good enough. We always strive to be the best in the business and execute to the highest level.”

• Noah Formica ([33:10]): “I tell you, it felt like Paul just the doors just opened up that night. God was working.”

• Jack Posobiec ([31:13]): “I agree with my son. He should seal the border and stop sending money to Ukraine.”

Conclusion

"The Gang's All Here — Live at AmFest 2024" showcases Turning Point USA's pivotal role in mobilizing conservative youth, executing large-scale political events, and significantly influencing recent electoral outcomes through effective grassroots strategies. The episode underscores the organization's commitment to fostering leadership, promoting voter registration, and maintaining high standards in event execution, all while navigating the complexities of America's current political landscape.

Transcript

[Charlie Kirk]

Hey, everybody. Enjoy this episode. Become a member. Members.charliekirk.com that is members.charliekirk. com email us. As always, freedomarliekirk.com Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.

[Jack Posobiec]

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

[Brian Glenn]

I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.

[Noah Formica]

Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.

[Brian Glenn]

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.

[Jack Posobiec]

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.

[Charlie Kirk]

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[Jack Posobiec]

Good American, great friend Jack Posobic is with us. Jack, welcome to the program. Do we have. Where's Jack's book? Jack is always plugging his book. Where is it?

[Lauren]

What's going on, guys? We got the book. We've got, we've got him over at the table in the, in the vendor section. We'll go get a copy. But you know, Charlie, I did also. Is it true, by the way, I did hear there's been some talk about opening up some more seats potentially.

[Jack Posobiec]

There's some chatter, but I'm even more. I mean, we're near 20,000 tickets sold. We're right near there. We don't have 20,000 seats in there. So again, some people show up.

[Lauren]

This is where the fire marshal comes in. And it becomes a bit of a.

[Jack Posobiec]

This is where turning point events become equally an art as a science.

[Lauren]

Yes.

[Jack Posobiec]

And because you want to try to maximize the amount of people to come, same time, you want to make sure that there's.

[Lauren]

When you tell a fire marshal, look, it's not like all 20,000, with the exception when President Trump does victoriously take the stage, you won't have all 20,000 seated at once because there's so many things to do here. There's the vendors, there's meetings.

[Jack Posobiec]

Correct. Well, that's why we always oversell the capacity in the room. So I will give an announcement multiple times. Your seat is not guaranteed for President Trump because, look, even if we have a Packed speaker, let's say somebody like Tucker. Tonight, there'll be 2,000 people in the exhibit hall, meaning that there's always people not in the room. And so you oversell the room. But with President Trump, I'm a little worried that that exhibit hall is going to be. So I'm going to. I just want to be as clear as I can with President Trump. You got to get there early next year.

[Lauren]

The rest of the building becomes overflowing.

[Jack Posobiec]

I think people will understand.

[Lauren]

People kind of get that. No, it's just like a Trump rally. But this is really. I mean, I've been looking at this. You've been looking at this. This will be President Trump's first public event since Election Day. This is number one. There's been some fundraisers, there's been some galas. There's been, you know, awards and different things he's done. But this is the first event that you could go to and just buy a ticket and walk right in. And that really goes. I got to say, Charlie, that really goes to show not just the importance of Turning Point and Turning Point action and what you've done, but America Fest. Remember back in 2021 when Amfest was launched right here? I mean, and that was in the. The what. What did Biden call it? The COVID Winter. Yeah, the COVID Winter.

[Jack Posobiec]

That was a tough event.

[Lauren]

The dark winter. And that was like, trump is over. The movement is over. Charlie Kirk, what do you think? And you, my friend, took a lot of personal slings and just bitterness over people saying, charlie, why are you still back in this guy? Why are you doing this? It's ridiculous. You got to move on. He had some good ideas. We can keep the hats, but we'll change the guy wearing them. And you said, no. You said, no, we're going to stick with this, and we're going to keep going the way we're going. Something went wrong in 2020. We don't like what happened. We don't like the way it went down. At AmFest was launched, I believe, four years ago. This is the fourth one with no, that's a vision of this coming. And you and the team at Turning Point could see. You didn't know exactly it would be like this, but you could see that there was a light all the way down at the end of the tunnel.

[Jack Posobiec]

And that's very kind of you to say, Jack. And it's totally true. I mean, this event. Understand. We used to do this event in Palm beach, and it was originally called. Yeah, it was called Winter in West Palm Beach. Then it was called sas and we said, okay, Florida's a great state, it's going that way. But our home, Arizona, is falling apart, and we need to double and triple down our investment in Arizona. And now we can look back after 4am Fests and four different events that Donald Trump won Arizona by five and a half points. It was the best performing swing state by far. In fact, when I, when I spoke to President Trump and I said this in the previous hour, he said, charlie, I will only come on one condition. You call it a tribute to Arizona. And he said, any other state, I don't know if I'd do it. President Trump has always had a very personal connection. Let me just say one last thing. This venue is where the first ever MAGA rally was, was here in this Phoenix convention.

[Lauren]

Where's Tyler? He was just here.

[Charlie Kirk]

I know.

[Jack Posobiec]

And now President Trump comes back to this very same venue nine years later to receive his crown, one that he earned and one that you gave him. I just think that's so poetic, isn't it?

[Lauren]

It really is. And, you know, you can tell how his focus is so locked in with the transition right now, participating in these interviews. In 2016, President Trump did a victory tour of the swing states and the states that he won, of course. And he was going out, he continued the rallies. He, he's not doing that this time around. He's locked in on the transition. No, I get it. No, I, I, I think it's smart as well, because a lot of people point out that he said, look back at the time, and, you know, I'm not going to point fingers, but there was a certain former governor of New Jersey who was basically put in charge of the transition. He brought in all of these establishment buddies and all of these types, and that's what we ended up with, names that you don't even hear anymore. Rex Tillerson, James Mattis. You know, you remember some of these names that don't even exist anywhere in the movement, certainly not in this building. And so the fact that he's taking time out of that transition to come all the way across the country, not an easy haul to Arizona, to America Fest really just shows a testament to the people of Arizona. But more importantly, I think the people of the organization of Turning Point and what Turning Point action did on the.

[Jack Posobiec]

Ground in so many states, Very, very kind. I give it all to the people of Arizona. The people of Arizona, they took out their shovels, they did the work. This state was so abused in 2020. I want you to think about this. What, 10,000 votes. We fell short in 2020. All that nonsense. They try to put Tyler Boyer in prison. All this alternate elector nonsense. I mean, they did everything they could to try to bully us into submission.

[Lauren]

One of those cases had a little bit of an issue this morning, so I hear.

[Jack Posobiec]

The one in one in Georgia. Yeah, I think. I think Tyler's hopefully is going to be okay. We'll see. If not, we're going to have to remove Chris Mase from office as Attorney General of Arizona, of which. Well. Right. Well, I'm. We're already. That's a top priority of me. In some ways, I want that one even more than the governors, but we got it. We got to flip the governor as well, because she, she is such a terrible person. But understand this, that Donald Trump won Georgia by about 2 points, North Carolina by about 3 points, Pennsylvania by about a point and a half. You guys did great. 120,000 votes. However, did you know we won Arizona by more votes than he won Pennsylvania by. Despite the population being nearly in aggregate, like actual, like, we won Arizona by 197,000 raw votes. Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by 120,000 raw votes. Said differently, we won Arizona by five and a half points. Right. And again, that sort of swing just doesn't happen automatically. It's through ballot chasing, voter registration. We're really, really proud of that. The president wanted to highlight that and celebrate it.

[Lauren]

It's incredible what happened here. And Charlie, there were so many people who were telling you, especially after the last governor's race, you gotta. You gotta pull up out of Arizona, you gotta leave. You gotta go to Florida. Florida's the Freedom State. Especially during COVID Katie Hobbs, all of that nonsense. They said, charlie, you gotta go. And you said, no, you decided to stay firmly planted your feet to the ground, and you said, instead of running, I'm gonna get to work. And get to work you did. And get to work this organization did. And get to work this movement did with the leadership, Donald J. Trump. And it was all of those people coming together and said, no, we're going to stand in the gap and stand and fight. That actually achieved this victory.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah. And. And so, Jack, you've been around Amfest. Walk us through the experience. What happens in the exhibit hall. What happens?

[Lauren]

I mean, the breakup, it's, It's. I, I hate to say this because it's kind of a cliche, but it's, it's. It's like the Matrix, you know, you can't, you can't Understand it. You have to experience it. You can't just watch AmFest on TV. And sure, we see, you know, the W entrances and we see the. The cold spark. Shout out to Lauren on that and. And everything else that goes on. But it's not just about the stage events. It's about the smaller events, the workshops where people actually put together the tools to figure out how to build the next generation of leaders. It's about the vendors. It's about meeting people and making connections that. Oh, by the way. And the left is. And we could talk more about this. The left, by the way, is in meltdown mode because they suddenly realized, wait a minute, Charlie Kirk's been building this thing for years. We don't have anything. We were laughing at him. We were making memes about Turning Point, and all of a sudden, Turning Point grew up and beat our pants off, and we have no idea how to respond to it.

[Jack Posobiec]

I will accept every word of that, Jack. Well said. Thank you, Jack.

[Charlie Kirk]

Plug your books.

[Lauren]

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[Jack Posobiec]

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[Charlie Kirk]

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[Jack Posobiec]

We are here at America Fest amfest.com you guys can email us. Freedom Charlie kirk.com we continue with Jack Bobic. Jack, what's the website again for the Maga Christmas bundle?

[Lauren]

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[Jack Posobiec]

You should make it wordier next time.

[Lauren]

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[Jack Posobiec]

Maga christmasbooks.com joining us now is Noah Formica. This guy might have won our U.S. senate seat. Do you think that's right, Cliff. This guy might have won a U.S. senate seat in the great state of Pennsylvania. I know a lot of grassroots warriors. I've been innocent 12 years. This guy is unbelievable. He how many voters did you personally register in the state of Pennsylvania?

[Siaka Massaquai]

In Pennsylvania, I personally registered 3,000 voters.

[Jack Posobiec]

I mean, that's really unbelievable. Three thousand voters. I mean, so. So walk us through kind of what you did this cycle. You just kept your head down. You did the work. And Noah, we had you throughout. It's just amazing. 3,000 new voters, Noah, tell us about it.

[Siaka Massaquai]

So when I first started, I just noticed that there are so many people that weren't registered to vote. And I tell people all the time, the grassroots in Pennsylvania, that right now, if you flip a coin, it's more than likely that person is not registered to vote. And now where I was going was, you know, the Amish markets, the gun shows, which a lot of gun owners aren't registered to vote, especially our hunters, which you think they would be voting. I mean, hunt or be hunted is what I always tell these people. You know, you go to a lot of county fairs. But pretty much what we did in Turning Point Action is we used to be neighborly strategy. We talk to anyone and everyone and we just asked them that simple question, hey, are you registered to vote and are you registered to vote under your current address? Because sometimes people might be registered, but then they aren't registered under their current address. Even on election Day, we ran into that issue where so many people went in to vote. They're like, oh, man, I'm not even registered on my current address, so I have to vote provisionally.

[Jack Posobiec]

So, Noah, tell us about what we did that one day at Penn State University in Center County. That was an amazing event. Walk us through it.

[Siaka Massaquai]

Oh, that was amazing. And, you know, even though Penn State shut us down, which, by the way.

[Jack Posobiec]

Penn State kind of bailed me out. For the record, why did Penn State bail me out? So this was a hilarious story.

[Lauren]

You know, as everybody knows. As everybody knows, Charlie Kirk always has a comeback, right? No matter what. What? Lib gets up in his face. Charlie Kirk's always got something to say. Some turn a phrase. Except. Except for when God wants to give Charlie an even greater challenge and take his voice away. Which. Which he did twice this.

[Jack Posobiec]

Twice.

[Lauren]

Twice this year.

[Jack Posobiec]

First time, when, I mean, I had no voice. I mean, Jack, how bad was it?

[Noah Formica]

So.

[Lauren]

So Charlie's got no voice. He text.

[Jack Posobiec]

No voice.

[Lauren]

He texts me, I'm on air. He said, jack, I need you to come to Penn State. And so I give him a call. He hangs up the phone. He texts me back, jack, I just told you I have no voice. I can't talk. So we fly up to Penn State, were there, and I'm like, all right, we're going to do the event. We're going to figure out how to do a Charlie Kirk debate where Charlie can't even talk. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm trying to figure this out.

[Jack Posobiec]

I said, how do I debate people without.

[Lauren]

Without talking? Sign language, gestures. We were thinking of flashcards, maybe. And then eventually, though, Penn State comes up and Noah's out there with the hats and the voter reg. And he. I think he actually was stapling voter reg to the hats as we threw them out.

[Jack Posobiec]

We registered hundreds of new voters, didn't we?

[Siaka Massaquai]

Oh, absolutely. Well over 350.

[Lauren]

And I sit down.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah. And Jack's next to me, and people are asking questions that, how am I going to do this thing? I'm thinking to myself, next thing I know, Penn State comes in. You're not allowed to be here. You know, it's like, no application. You're not allowed to use speakers. I was like. I was going to say, they took my voice. Penn State took my voice. And so then I went and took a selfie with every kid for about an hour and a half. So Penn State's tyranny actually bailed me out a little bit. So, Noah, really quick, you were there on the day that President Trump got shot in Butler. Jack talks about it in his book here, Bulletproof. Jack, I'm going to let you ask Noah the question.

[Tyler Boyer]

Yes.

[Lauren]

So, Noah, people don't realize this, but. But, Noah, you actually had the opportunity to meet Thomas Matthew Crooks. He came up to your booth. Tell us about that.

[Siaka Massaquai]

So pretty much, it goes without saying, whenever you're at a Trump rally, you can't assume somebody's registered to vote. So there's a statistic, 13% of people who attend Trump rallies are not registered to vote. Crazy. So we were asking every single person, are you registered to vote? And then here comes Thomas Crooks walking past our booth. We asked him if he's registered to vote. He just look at it. Looks at us like we're stupid, like we're idiots. Doesn't say anything and walks away with a smug.

[Jack Posobiec]

So you tried to register the assassin to vote?

[Siaka Massaquai]

I did, yeah.

[Jack Posobiec]

Impressive.

[Lauren]

Charlie didn't know.

[Jack Posobiec]

No, it was before he was an assassin.

[Lauren]

A woman. And by the way. By the way, he was. I'll point this out because there's video of this. He was not walking around with the rifle at that time, was he?

[Siaka Massaquai]

No, he was.

[Lauren]

No. Because you, of course, would have noticed that. So the big one of the big questions that's left unanswered, how was it that he was able to get that AR15 in when he was walking around.

[Jack Posobiec]

Really quick, Jack, what do you want to see out of the FBI DOJ? Should we open a special case assignment for July 13th?

[Lauren]

Charlie? I think we need one for July 13th, but I would go through to every presidential assassination all the way back to jfk.

[Jack Posobiec]

Check out MAGA Christmas books dot com. Noah. You do a great job, Noah. You're going to turn Pennsylvania into ohi. Just don't tell them that. We have a very special guest. First ever media appearance, I think. Is that right?

[Lauren]

You.

[Jack Posobiec]

You got to talk in the mic.

[Lauren]

This is incredible. Yeah, she actually. So. So Lauren has been a rat with forever, right?

[Jack Posobiec]

And Lauren is never done very close to. She. She is events og.

[Tyler Boyer]

Yes.

[Jack Posobiec]

And you guys know who you're looking at here? She is the grand maestro, the chief executive of all Turning Point events. She does a great job, don't you think?

[Siaka Massaquai]

Thank you, Lauren.

[Jack Posobiec]

I mean, this, this is all her. Her work.

[Lauren]

And I have a personal favorite, by the way. My personal favorite was the. I believe it was the summer sass. And you did the whole Miami theme. Remember the Miami theme with like all the Miami Vice style everything A couple years ago. That's my first.

[Tyler Boyer]

We're going back this year.

[Lauren]

Yes, yes.

[Jack Posobiec]

So, Lauren, welcome to the show. You're a great friend, amazing patriot, a humble leader. How is it, Lauren, to feel just how this thing has grown?

[Tyler Boyer]

It's been Incredible. I attended SAS 2017 as a student. I had my final interview there and to see what Turning Point and these events have grown into over the last few years is nothing short of amazing. We started this event four years ago, and now it's over doubled in size thanks to our amazing events team, all of our, you know, staff that put in so many hours outside of their normal jobs to make this all happen. And we're excited to welcome 20,000 people this week.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah. And so, Lauren, just kind of go through the logistics of this because it's easy for people to just kind of say, oh, this thing happens on itself. But, guys, you understand that just for example, how many times do we host President Trump this year?

[Tyler Boyer]

This will be number seven on Sunday.

[Jack Posobiec]

Wait, we hosted President Trump seven times this year?

[Tyler Boyer]

Yes, we did.

[Jack Posobiec]

Jack, can you add some context for an outside group to host the President seven times? Is that normal?

[Lauren]

Not even like the NRA in their heyday or heritage or, you know, CPACs generally once a year. So that many times in a single year is. It's unprecedented.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah, I'm just thinking we did it in Arizona twice. We did it in Detroit, we did it in Georgia, we did it in Vegas. We did it in West. That's right, we did it in West Palm Beach. I forgot about that one. And then we did it here at America Fest, so. And by the way, the president is the best. We have his back 100%. He loves the execution of our events, though. Lauren, talk about the standard of excellence that you've set with your team about everything from visual design, from flow of experience of what we have created here at Turning Point.

[Tyler Boyer]

Good is never good enough. We always strive to be the best in the business and execute to the highest level. Something that you touched on yesterday and that we really pride ourselves on is our staff is what makes these events happen. So from people walking in to going into each lounge and, like, into the sponsor halls, we have our staff everywhere going above and beyond. If someone has a question needs to be taken to their seats, if a speaker needs something from cvs, we're going to go and, you know, go and, you know, kind of like make that happen. And we really want that. That Turning Point vibe and that Turning Point standard of excellence to bleed through everything that we do. Because many people have never been involved, you know, like, with our movement or with our org before, and this is their first time coming in. And one of the best parts about this job is really all the messages we get afterwards saying, hey, I had never been to a Turning Point, you know, anything before. And now I'm starting a chapter on my campus now. I'm running for office now. I'm having my daughter start a chapter, whatever that looks like next. And we build this movement that we've created today.

[Jack Posobiec]

So, Lauren, I mean, an event like this, walk into the planning. We literally begin planning for next year's Am Fest, like now. Yes, it is a year of planning. We also do Believers Summit, Student Action Summit, Young Women's Leadership Summit.

[Tyler Boyer]

In the case of this last year, we did a lot.

[Jack Posobiec]

We just kept on adding on to it. Jack, can you brag?

[Lauren]

There isn't.

[Jack Posobiec]

Don't worry, Lauren.

[Lauren]

There isn't an election next year, at least.

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, that's why we're bringing back residential. So.

[Lauren]

So what. What Lauren does is. And you could see her influence on the events because what you do is you don't think. You know, a lot of people think. And Charlie, I'm just going to say it, man. I'm just going to say we all love you. But I've seen those pictures of the pre Lauren Turning Point events.

[Jack Posobiec]

The team that was there, I never want to.

[Lauren]

And I'm not. I'm not jumping on any of it, but it was grassroots. The team extremely.

[Jack Posobiec]

A lot of these people are still here.

[Charlie Kirk]

They were.

[Jack Posobiec]

Aw. What Lauren brought, though, was a spark and just a.

[Lauren]

Not a. Yeah, this isn't a dig. I don't mean this as a dig in any way, but what you see is that that was like, how can we get this done? How can we make it work? And resources obviously were nowhere where what they are now. But what Lauren has done, building off of that, which never would have gotten off the ground. It was bootstrapped. It was bootstrapped. At first, Turning Point was bootstrapped, but now you have this vision for these events. And because, Charlie, you've built the organization to be this level that there isn't a single area or nook or cranny that you could poke yourself into at these events that doesn't fit. One piece of that vision, even the flow of the crowd, the timing of the events, the way all the moving pieces work together, it's incredible. It's amazing. I don't have the eye for it. I have no idea. For me, it's like, put up a stage and make sure the audio works, you know, but you have this, this mega vision and now we're all walking through it.

[Tyler Boyer]

Well, thank you, guys. And honestly, it takes the whole team a lot of credit to Charlie and Tyler, who really set the bar for a standard of excellence. Like I said, good is never good enough. It's what can we do better? What can we make better? What can we make a better experience for everyone here? And every year it's a learning opportunity where I have no doubt that the next few days are going to be, you know, absolutely amazing. But we're constantly taking notes on, well, this could have been done a little bit better to make our experience for everyone here better and we're going to continue to keep on growing.

[Jack Posobiec]

So talk about the breakouts, Lauren. I think that's really important for everyone to understand. It's not just the razzle dazzle on stage, but it's the hard work in the breakout session. Speak about that.

[Tyler Boyer]

Lauren the breakout sessions are amazing. There are the trainings and the grassroots trainings, a lot of which are brought to you by Turning Point Action and our sponsoring organizations. And this is where attendees really get that smaller intimate setting and have that grassroots training to really go apply what they learn there into their communities, into their schools and make that difference in their either campuses communities and go from there.

[Jack Posobiec]

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[Jack Posobiec]

So we have an amazing agenda. Let's walk through kind of what we have going tonight. So tonight we have Tucker, we have Bannon, Ben Shapiro, Don Jr. And that's just opening.

[Tyler Boyer]

And Dr. Carson.

[Jack Posobiec]

And Dr. Carson. And then we're also planning for a presidential kind of arrival. Let's kind of go back in time. Jack, you remember this. This is only at Turning Point Action. And what we built here is as possible. We hosted the president in Duluth, Georgia and Vegas in back to back days, in 24 hours. I did two campus events in between. We had no sleep.

[Tyler Boyer]

Pastor summit as well.

[Jack Posobiec]

We were.

[Tyler Boyer]

The pastor summit as well.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah. And the past. And we did a pastor summit. I lost my voice got sick again. And it was flawless. Totally full and beautifully executed. And how large was your staff to pull that off?

[Tyler Boyer]

My team, including graphic designers, I want to say is 10 total. So huge shout out to our events team. They are the hardest working team in the entire.

[Jack Posobiec]

How great are these graphics ever? This is not the best.

[Lauren]

Do that with just 10 people. How.

[Tyler Boyer]

Because we have a high standard and everyone is really is bought into the movement and into the impact that we make.

[Lauren]

I will compare that to like, so I went to the common. I was at obviously these events, but I also went to the Kamala Harris events and I went to her final concert at Philadelphia, the one where like Oprah came and spoke.

[Tyler Boyer]

And the difference is they have to pay for those people.

[Lauren]

And they have staffs of hundreds and hundreds of people. And the issue there is people were stuck outside, they couldn't get in. The event was terrible. They couldn't, you know, the people didn't even sing and it was like, it was a complete joke. You're telling me you did all this with a core staff of 10?

[Tyler Boyer]

Yes. And a big part in that too is again, we have a incredible army of full time staff in other departments that come to these events outside their normal jobs and are working on, on like registration on breakouts on speaker, check in on ushering. And they set that tone as well to make sure that these events are executed. They spend long days, sleepless nights, but it gets.

[Lauren]

Can I, can I ask a question? Can I ask a question? So, Lauren, you work these events and these are your visions, right? So you have a different perspective on it from, from any of us. Or if you're a speaker, if you're Charlie, who's, you know, always got, you know, herding cats and putting out fires as it happens. But, but Lauren, what's the one thing that you look forward to the most at these events. And you can't say when they're over.

[Tyler Boyer]

It's not even when they're over. I think seeing everything come together and seeing the impact that it's making on people, whether it's them meeting new friends as a student and getting inspired to start a chapter and getting that voice that they thought that they were alone on their campus. And then they come and they see thousands of other people, and they're like, wow, I'm not by myself. I want to be more involved. And I think one of my favorite parts, too, is just the opening night and seeing all the energy, all the people in here excited to be here and excited to be involved in something bigger, you know, bigger than. Bigger than themselves.

[Jack Posobiec]

So last point here, Lauren. There's a huge demand of people that want to come to this speak at this exhibit. What is our quick schedule for 2025? What do we have coming up?

[Tyler Boyer]

Quick schedule, at least that I know of right now. We have our Young Women's Leadership Summit in June. That will be in Dallas. Our Student Action Summit in Tampa. That will be in July. America Fest, obviously, next year here in Phoenix. And I have no doubt that there will be multiple more.

[Jack Posobiec]

There will be a lot more than that, Lauren. I can guarantee it. Everybody, we wanted to put a face to the name. She makes these events happen, and her team does. Her team deserves all the credit.

[Tyler Boyer]

Team deserves all the credit.

[Jack Posobiec]

When you're walking the halls, you need to go find a Turning Point staffer and say thank you. They haven't slept in weeks to make sure that you have a great and excellent experience. So it's the best staff movement. Jack, you have a thought really quick.

[Lauren]

That scene when RFK Jr. Walked out and officially endorsed Donald Trump at that rally with the cold sparks behind that picture, which is a moment in history, was all created by Lauren right here.

[Jack Posobiec]

Not only that, let me tell you the other true story here. We're going over the budget for that event, and I said, for the love of everything holy, we are not gonna spend money anymore, Lauren, on these stupid, like, Twizzlers. What do we call them? Waste of money, Charlie.

[Lauren]

And.

[Jack Posobiec]

And Lauren's like, we have to do it. She overrode me. And now it's like the most.

[Lauren]

Now it's like the icon.

[Jack Posobiec]

Now it's like the iconic.

[Lauren]

It's like. It's like Trump and rv.

[Jack Posobiec]

Do we have any beer? We had no B roll this segment. Okay, Lauren, thank you so much.

[Tyler Boyer]

Thank you, guys.

[Jack Posobiec]

Thank you.

[Tyler Boyer]

Thank you.

[Jack Posobiec]

I'm gonna throw To Brian Glenn, the legend. Brian, how we doing?

[Brian Glenn]

Hey, Charlie. Kirk. Okay. By the way, the doors aren't even open. And look, there's people here. The crowd is amazing. They're fired up. Isaac, you're from Glendale. What brings you here?

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah, I work for Arizona Christian University, and just Turning Point just aligns with our mission to change culture with the truth of God.

[Brian Glenn]

Yeah. What's your thoughts on being here today?

[Jack Posobiec]

This is fantastic. I'm so excited.

[Brian Glenn]

Yeah. What's your thoughts?

[Siaka Massaquai]

I mean, everything that Turning Point does. We're here with Northwood University, just promoting free enterprise.

[Brian Glenn]

One of my favorite questions to ask people is, what should President Trump do on day one? Your answer was, what?

[Jack Posobiec]

Pardon every single one of the J6ers. Brian. Brian. That's a great segue. I gotta interrupt. Okay. And I'll throw it back to you in a second. Is that okay? That's because I have one of the J6ers right here who they're trying to throw in federal prison. Wow. Siaka. Massaquai. Siaka. You are. You have a court date on January 21st.

[Lauren]

Yeah.

[Jack Posobiec]

It's so interesting how they. They plan that 24 hours right after. So, Seaka, we've known each other for a while. What did you do on January 6th?

[Noah Formica]

Well, I. I walked down there an hour and a half after anything happened. Put out my phone. Can I grab your phone for a second? I held it up and 40. 40 or no, 71 seconds in a doorway, I went like this, put a big, silly grin on my face. And when a cop said leave, not.

[Jack Posobiec]

Only did I leave, I left, but.

[Noah Formica]

I turned behind me and told the people behind me to leave too. And that got me 15 agents raiding June 10th.

[Jack Posobiec]

That was awesome. And how many federal charges are you facing?

[Noah Formica]

Four misdemeanors.

[Jack Posobiec]

Four misdemeanors. And so when you say pardon all the J6ers on day one, you're including Siaka. Yes. Who deserves a full pardon, or at least, the very least case charges drop. Brian, let's keep on going around the horn there, okay?

[Brian Glenn]

What's your name? Where are you from?

[H]

My name is Keisha Richardson. I'm with the Charis Project today, and I'm an American Indian under the J Treaty, but I was born in Canada.

[Brian Glenn]

I'll ask you the same question. President Trump, day one, what should it be?

[H]

His focus as an American Indian, I believe that the. And a Christian. I believe that the first thing that Trump should do is deal with Trudeau and the treason that he has been involved in. Against the United States government and the people. Because people like him, who has suffered as J6 for trying to speak for their rights, is because in large, what Trudeau has done in his government and to the people.

[Brian Glenn]

Thanks for being here. How about you?

[Lauren]

Trump should fix the border and cut funding into Ukraine.

[Brian Glenn]

How about you, sir?

[Jack Posobiec]

I agree with my son. He should seal the border and stop.

[Tyler Boyer]

Sending money to Ukraine.

[Lauren]

Did you vote?

[Jack Posobiec]

I didn't.

[Lauren]

I.

[Brian Glenn]

But you will vote the next election.

[Lauren]

We'll do.

[Brian Glenn]

There you go. How many kids your age as a result of all the things that Charlie Kirk has done with Turning Point, are now starting to be conservative and at least consider being a Republican, despite all the things they see on social media. I think it's so. So in your circle of influence, how is. What does that look like?

[Lauren]

Oh, it's a. It's a lot more than it used to be. It's really been cool to see.

[Brian Glenn]

It's good since Charlie Kirk's done amazing things. How about you, sir? President Trump, day one. Day one, he calls you up on the phone. What's your first name?

[Lauren]

My name is Chase.

[Brian Glenn]

Chase from Nashville. Said, hey, what should I do on day one? What's your answer?

[Lauren]

Defund the IRS, get rid of the.

[Jack Posobiec]

ATF, pardon all J6ers, close the border and cut about 75% of government jobs. Yeah, that's a big order right there, I think.

[Lauren]

Big.

[Jack Posobiec]

I like it. All right, Charlie. Thank you, Brian. You're the best. Brian will be here all weekend, if I'm not mistaken. Am Fest.com Siaka, I just want to ask you. You were followed by federal agents for quite a while. You walked off a plane, I believe, with your pregnant wife, and they harassed you.

[Noah Formica]

They arrested me.

[Jack Posobiec]

They arrested you. As if you were some sort of, you know, vigilante. By the way, this is how sick this is. There are child sex traffickers that are not even investigated, and they chase Siaka Massaquai around the world as if he's El Chapo. How did you remain faithful? And then finally, what was your reaction when you knew President Trump won this election?

[Noah Formica]

Well, first off, it happened because I was rated in 21. It was after I actually met my wife in September of 21 watching UFC, and she was taking a course called Biblical Citizenship. I started taking that with her, and we started going to Godspeed Church, Rob McCoy, and we actually shout out to Rob, and we actually started to read the New Testament together. And that was the first time I ever read outside of blurbs and. And little, like, highlights that was the first time I read the new testament. It took us about a year and a half. So when they start, they started coming at me. It was like it sucked on the, on the real time level. But at the end of the day, and I think I said this last time I was here when they arrested me on the tarmac on November 30th. And that night in jail, I did the lord's prayer as many times as I could. I got, I got the bible. I fell asleep reading the bible. And then the next day I was in the setting cell, the u. S. Marshals and I was on my knees, hands up, singing Brandon lake's, you know, gratitude. So I throw up my hands and praise you again and again. And I tell you, it felt like Paul just the doors just opened up that night. God was working, so it was just.

[Jack Posobiec]

Leaning in and learning. What was your reaction when Trump won? 20 seconds.

[Noah Formica]

I turned, I turned everyone around me and I said, I'm not going to federal prison.

[Jack Posobiec]

How great is that? Give it up for ziaco massaquai. God bless you, man.

[Brian Glenn]

Bless you, brother.

[Charlie Kirk]

Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us as always, freedom@charlie kirk.com thanks so much for listening and God bless.

[Lauren]

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