00:00:58.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:01:12.000Regardless of your views, the fact remains that we lost thousands of lives that horrific morning on September 11th and over the past 20 years since.
00:01:21.000Brave men and women in our first responder communities answered the call and rushed into the unknown as we watched in horror as the morning unfolded before our eyes.
00:01:30.000343 firefighters were lost that day, and almost all of our first responders who answered that call have perished since.
00:01:37.000Minutemen Coffee, being unapologetically patriotic and constitutionally based, honors all of our men and women who serve and have served this amazing country.
00:01:46.000Minutemen Coffee is proud to partner with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to bring to America the 9-11 tribute roast and honor all of our first responders and military who have perished since 9-11.
00:01:58.000Give back and purchase the 9-11 tribute coffee and all the net proceeds raised will benefit those heroes whom this amazing foundation serves.
00:02:17.000I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of 9-11.
00:02:23.000Now, when you're in second grade, you don't really, you're not really able to process the enormity of the kind of wide-scale death and destruction.
00:02:34.000But a friend of mine who just had a child, congratulations, Alex, came storming into our second grade classroom and he said that the World Trade Centers have been hit.
00:02:48.000Alex is a great friend of mine and still is really, really great guy.
00:02:53.000And the kind of the classroom went like, was like, what are you talking about?
00:02:57.000And I remember then, all of a sudden, kind of like the administration came in, the equivalent of the administration at the school I was going into.
00:03:06.000And then by lunchtime, school was canceled.
00:03:10.000And parents picked me up from school and everybody was quiet.
00:04:19.000And from that point forward, my generation had that as a point of a day that you'll never forget.
00:04:29.000Like, where were you at Pearl Harbor type day?
00:04:32.000Where almost everything is centered around that.
00:04:36.000And then, of course, the 20 years of war in the Middle East and the thousands of people that lost their lives, not just at the day of 9-11, but the thousands of people who lost their lives since.
00:04:53.000Let's go to CUT 77, news coverage on how just days before the 20th anniversary of 9-11, that we have just found two more remains were positively identified, and that brings total positively identified to 1,646 out of the nearly 3,000 killed.
00:05:12.000With just a few days left until the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks, two more victims identified today.
00:05:19.00020 years later, Nakia was notified her beloved mother has finally been identified.
00:05:24.000Thanks to new technology, the DNA in some of the remains matched Dorothy's old toothbrush, making her the 1,646th victim to be positively ID'd.
00:05:37.000And so as we look at 20 years later at 9-11, we have to do, and this is a call to action for every single adult out there and every single parent, which you need to tell this generation that didn't grow up with 9-11 what happened on 9-11.
00:06:00.000We have people that work for us at Turning Point USA that have no memory of 9-11, none.
00:06:06.000You now have a generation of leaders that are going to be growing up with no idea of what it's like where your entire world and all of geopolitics changes almost overnight.
00:06:51.00020 years later, they got what they wanted.
00:06:57.000Despite all the sacrifice and all of the death, America is in a much more compromised position.
00:07:05.000We have less freedom than ever before, and we are weaker than any other time in my lifetime.
00:07:10.000I want to remember just some of the sound from 9-11, and especially important for a lot of our student and younger listeners who have really no memory of this.
00:07:24.000Let's start with, we have a whole bunch of sound here.
00:07:27.000Let's start with Cut 59, ABC 7, early morning news on the morning of 9-11 with a shot of lower Manhattan.
00:07:35.000Of course, they're giving the weather report, and they have no idea what's about to happen.
00:07:57.000This shot showing you lower Manhattan and everything is actually in pretty good shape now as we work into clear.
00:08:03.000But for us, bright sunny sky, 65 degrees at 7 o'clock in the morning and sunny and pleasant for the rest of the day, 80 degrees.
00:08:10.000It's kind of a guilty pleasure as beautiful as this weather is going to be.
00:08:15.000That was just hours before the first plane was hijacked.
00:08:17.000Now, little did they know as they did that release, people that were entered into our country because of our foolish immigration policies, and we never should have let these nationals into our country, and we did.
00:08:32.000Immigration could have stopped 9-11, and it didn't.
00:08:35.000They were given visitor visas and given flight lessons.
00:08:40.000We did not know this, but they were boarding planes at that very moment to eventually hijack them.
00:08:48.000And so I want to go to Cut 60, some of the very first audio from Flight 11 that a plane was being hijacked.
00:08:54.000And you have to remember, when the first plane went into the tower in New York City, people thought it was a mistake.
00:09:00.000People thought that it was an errant flight until the second one hit.
00:09:46.000And as I mentioned, Cut 63, Condoleezza Rice, she said as she worked for the Bush regime that when the first plane hit, they thought, oh, what a terrible accident, not that it was a national security threat.
00:10:14.000He'd been told that a small twin-engine prop plane crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center.
00:10:19.000You know, oh, that's a horrible accident.
00:10:23.000I was concerned, but I did not think of it as a national security threat.
00:10:28.000And then Cut 64, George W. Bush's staff, and when they were watching the news and saw the second plane hit the towers and realized at the same time that America, the entire nation, was under attack.
00:10:41.000And I want every young person and every student listening to this to think about how your entire convenient and nice and luxurious life can go from, you know, oh, wow, everything's fine to, in just moments' notice, a weather report of beautiful and pleasant to an attack on your nation, Cut 64.
00:11:03.000I was calling the White House Situation Room to talk to my senior duty officer.
00:11:08.000So I was chatting with him on the handset and watched the television as the rest of the country was watching the television at 9.03 when the second aircraft impact impacted into the second World Trade Center tower.
00:11:27.000When the second plane hit, there was an audible gasp of air in the room.
00:11:32.000Some people put their hand on their chest.
00:16:25.000We lost thousands of lives that horrific morning in September over the last 20 years.
00:16:30.000With chaos ensuing, brave men and women in our first responder communities answered the call and rushed into the unknown as we watched in horror as the morning unfolded before our very eyes.
00:16:40.000343 firefighters lost their lives that day, and almost all our first responders who answered that call have perished since.
00:16:47.000We here at the Charlie Kirk Show are proud to partner with Minutemen Coffee, a company that is unapologetically patriotic and constitutionally based, who honors all our men and women who serve and have served in the amazing country that we call home.
00:17:01.000The morning of September 12th, America came together as one to honor all who lost their lives that day and in the days and weeks and years to come.
00:17:08.000I'm excited to announce that the official coffee provider for this program, Minutemen Coffee, is proud to partner with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation 9-11 Tribute Roast.
00:17:19.000The patriots at Minutemen do not just want to honor those lost lives that morning, but want to honor all our first responders and military servicemen and women who have perished since 9-11.
00:17:28.000They're seeking to raise awareness of the fact that they put their lives on the line for all of us, no matter where you live.
00:17:33.000Anywhere in this country, there are firefighters, medics, and LEOs that have dedicated their lives to protecting and serving ours.
00:17:40.000We're proud to join Minutemen Coffee in giving back to those who have sacrificed so much for us and so many.
00:17:46.000So join us in producing the 911-911 Tribute Coffee and all the net proceeds will be raised to benefit those heroes and the amazing foundation this serves.
00:17:55.000Go to minutemencoffee.com, promo code Charlie, MinutemenCoffee.com, promo code Charlie.
00:18:04.000With us is Don, who started Minutemen Coffee.
00:18:11.000Tell us about why you started Minutemen and where you really think this plays a role right now in our country.
00:18:18.000Well, I think we're at a critical time in our country's history that we've lost sight of the Constitution.
00:18:25.000Coffee is the one thing that brings us together as a nation.
00:18:29.000In 1773, we all know that the Boston Tea Part took place, and John Hancock and Sam Adams and the Indians all threw the tea into the harbor and we became a coffee drinking nation.
00:18:40.000And throughout the course of history, coffee brush together.
00:18:44.000And only in recent times have we noticed that the purchase of coffee, coffee is only one of the only commodities that actually is purchased based on the beliefs of the roaster as well as the consumer.
00:18:58.000And being a history buff and being a former firefighter and a medic and a 9-11 shooting survivor, I realized that the Constitution has gone so far away from the mainstream that I felt compelled to bring it back.
00:19:17.000And so tell us about what you're doing to partner with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and your own work as a medic in Las Vegas.
00:19:27.000So my wife and I were in Las Vegas during the shooting.
00:19:30.000We were in the VIP section when the shooting started.
00:19:35.000I had actually just went through an MCI or a masculine incident training, just believe it or not, a few weeks earlier.
00:19:42.000So during the shooting, my training ended up getting in and I was blessed to be able to help as many people as we did with the other medics and fire and police that were there.
00:19:52.000But coming into now with the National Fallen Firefighters, it's been 20 years.
00:20:00.000And even though, in light of what's happened recently, which that's a whole nother day, I wanted to bring awareness or 20 on the 20th anniversary of 9-11.
00:20:11.000And so, what a perfect partnership to join with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to not only raise awareness for the amazing work that they're doing for all of the lost firefighters.
00:20:27.000I believe that the statistics are right.
00:20:30.000Almost 80%, if not more, the responders that were there at Ground Zero have since perished.
00:20:36.000And so, the National Fallen Firefighters Association is looking for donations and funding to help those families through various programs that they offer, scholarships.
00:21:11.000And our goal is to raise a quarter of a million dollars for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation with the sale of the swag and the coffee.
00:21:47.000Why did you decide to draw this line in the sand and defend the principles that you hold dear through your business?
00:21:55.000Because this right here is the second most important document that was ever written in the history of mankind, the first being the Bible.
00:22:03.000This, I believe, because of the fact that it is, we are so far away from this.
00:22:09.000Our founding fathers, through lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, and all of the 3% and all of the militia and all of the soldiers that stood up and have fought, bled, and died, we have come so far away from it that we need to bring it back into mainstream.
00:22:26.000And we need to start teaching legitimate, authentic history based on not what the media is telling us what is true or what the cancel culture is telling us what we can and can't do, but to stand firm.
00:22:38.000If they're passionate about their beliefs, why can't we be passionate about ours?
00:22:42.000And coffee just so happens to be the medium for some crazy reason the last couple of years.
00:22:48.000Coffee is now that medium to share this with America, with our country.
00:23:20.000And I know that I know that Charlie comes under fire a lot.
00:23:24.000And I know that as conservatives, and I'm a constitutionalist, and that's what I believe in.
00:23:30.000And like I was telling you before, but for me, I want to let the coffee speak for itself.
00:23:36.000I've gone through a lot of time and a lot of training and a lot of energy and resources, not just to get into the coffee game, because there are a lot of amazing roasters out there, a lot of veteran-owned roasters out there that we all have a unique message.
00:23:53.000And like I was saying before, that coffee is the one thing that people will purchase solely based on the beliefs of the roaster and the company and the consumer.
00:24:01.000And so why not bring the Constitution?
00:24:04.000Why not bring amazing coffee to the population and to the American people?
00:24:11.000And so with all of our different roasts and the time that it takes to procure those roasts and to procure the beans and to do everything that it takes to really dial that in, I believe it's an exceptional coffee.
00:24:23.000And I think Charlie can agree with that, can't you?
00:24:43.000Talk about kind of how you think we as conservatives need to purchase in alignment with our values and how you're seeing that impact the business and what you're trying to do.
00:24:55.000I think most of all, because we're all of a sudden thrusted into this cancel culture and business, you look all around, it just seems like every day conservative companies are being targeted.
00:25:08.000And I think if as conservatives, we need to not only bend together and support one another, but to be able to share that message and to be able to come together back together as a company to support small business.
00:25:21.000And I think that we're at a critical turning point in our history for this.
00:25:28.000What I love about what you said is the reverence for the Constitution and for the constitutional values.
00:25:36.000So can you also talk about just first responders in general?
00:25:41.000On 9-11, as this episode airs this day, we're remembering people that went into the conflict and went into the fire and went in to try and sacrifice themselves for a broader purpose, that kind of commitment to duty, which I feel we're losing in our country right now.
00:25:57.000Can you talk about that in your own personal life and how that's a value you and your company really try to embody?
00:26:05.0009-11 and the actual day has burned into my mental psyche as it has with millions of other people as a medic and the training that we've gone through.
00:26:17.000And I correlate it back with the shooting of October 1st, 2017 in Las Vegas.
00:26:24.000Your training kicks in and the firefighters that I know that I revere.
00:26:28.000And it's not just firefighters, it's all of our law enforcement.
00:26:32.000My belief on this and one of the things that drives Minuteman coffee is these are the true Minutemen.
00:26:39.000These are the true American heroes that have sacrificed so much for so many.
00:26:45.000How many other professions besides our military and our first responders actively put that uniform on and go out and put themselves into harm way, harm's way, and sacrifice what other people can't even fathom?
00:26:59.000To me, that is what the epitome of a Minuteman is, whether we're standing up and fighting the tyrants of 1733, 74, 75, 1776, or modern day blazing into that fire and rescuing those children or just coming up within the law enforcement and the medic community.
00:27:18.000And I think the first responder community is getting a bad rap now with this cancel culture and law enforcement.
00:27:24.000And The big shout out to our medics, our paramedics and our EMTs.
00:27:29.000You know, they're the unsung heroes in paramedicine, and we need to honor them.
00:27:34.000We need to honor this entire organization on top of that, Charlie.
00:27:40.000Our military, I mean, they are paying the ultimate sacrifice, and we need to honor them and we need to rally.
00:27:47.000And it's not just the National Fallen Firefighters.
00:27:49.000Like I was saying earlier, there are a lot of great coffee companies out there, and I've been honored to try them and work with a lot of them in a lot of great veteran communities.
00:27:58.000But as a firefighter at heart, this was a perfect fit.
00:28:02.000I'm looking at your wonderful website, minutemencoffee.com, and it catches my attention: coffee for we the people, and we are the sovereign of this country, unapologetically patriotic.
00:28:14.000We stand with those who protect and defend our freedom and liberty from those of us who wish to take it from us.
00:28:19.000Now, everybody listening, we all have something that we are guilty of, myself included.
00:28:25.000I go to Starbucks too often because it's convenient.
00:29:57.000Every batch is meticulously tasted for consistency with a new bag that we relaunched back at Memorial Day with the new bag design.
00:30:07.000But yeah, we are behind enemy lines up here in the great Northwest.
00:30:11.000And, you know, there are a lot of coffee snobs.
00:30:14.000And with thousands of reviews that are coming in every week, it's an honor to be a part of this community now and to be known as a legitimate coffee roaster.
00:31:06.000And so if there's one thing that I can convey to the listening audience and to people who follow Miniman Coffee and Charlie Kirk and Sherning Boynton and these great organizations is that for the next year, there is not a single one of the listeners out there right now, do not have a fire department or know of a firefighter or know of a medic or know of a police officer that would not benefit from this coffee.
00:31:33.000And I'm asking that as a nation, that we come together as a nation, purchase this coffee, allow us to raise that $250,000 goal for the National Fallen Firefighters Association so that we can honor them for the next year.
00:31:47.000I mean, not just next year, but for years to come.
00:31:51.000That's all I'm asking: is just join me in this coffee revolution.
00:32:12.000It'll give you accomplishes three things: gives you energy, you support the good guys, and the proceeds go to a great, great charity, MinutemenCoffey.com.
00:33:28.000I want you all to know that America today, America Today, is on bended knee in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families.
00:33:47.000This nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens.
00:34:12.000And the people and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
00:34:36.000And then Cut 73, George W. Bush, remember when he threw out the first pitch after 9-11 and how it showed that the entire country was united for just a couple weeks.
00:34:48.000And he was saying our way of life will continue.
00:34:52.000You think that people are afraid of the Chinese coronavirus?
00:34:56.000I remember my father and my sister went and visited Disney World months after 9-11, and it was a ghost town.
00:35:42.000I'm going to give you a thumbs up and I'm going to throw a strike.
00:35:48.000At that moment, everybody there was there for baseball and to show the world that in spite of what can happen to us, we'll pull ourselves together and what is our life and our way of life will continue.
00:36:04.000Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
00:36:05.000Email us your thoughts: freedom at charliekirk.com.
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