The Charlie Kirk Show - December 20, 2024


AmFest, Day2: House Speaker Elon Musk? ft. Glenn Beck, Sage Steele, Josh McKoon, Chloe Cole


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Glenn Beck and Charlie Kirk discuss the 2020 election and how God saved the country from civil war, and how we are entering a golden era of American renaissance. Glenn and Charlie talk about how God has done amazing things in this country, and why we should all be thankful.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody enjoy this episode become a member members.charliekirk.com that is members.charliekirk.com email us as always freedom at charliekirk.com and become a member to support this program buckle up everybody here we go Charlie what you've done is incredible here maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk's running the White House folks I want to thank Charlie.
00:00:25.000 He's an incredible guy.
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00:01:17.000 more importantly we have Glenn Beck here everybody I'm not sucking up to Charlie because I just said this to him on my show This guy holds a lot of the responsibility of the win.
00:01:36.000 A lot of the credit comes to Charlie and what you've built.
00:01:39.000 You're fantastic.
00:01:42.000 I will do better receiving that, but it's the Turning Point team that deserves the credit.
00:01:46.000 They worked so hard this cycle.
00:01:49.000 If it wasn't for Turning Point, I'm not sure that it would have...
00:01:52.000 If it wasn't for Elon Musk...
00:01:55.000 Quite honestly, the Democrats and how stupid they are and all their stupid mistakes.
00:01:59.000 Elon Musk, you, and an assassin, I'm not sure we would be here.
00:02:07.000 I mean, you remember we were in...
00:02:10.000 It was like out of a movie, Glenn.
00:02:10.000 Florida.
00:02:12.000 It was.
00:02:14.000 When was?
00:02:14.000 It was like a year ago?
00:02:15.000 A year ago.
00:02:16.000 It was January of this last year.
00:02:17.000 Okay.
00:02:18.000 And we were at some convention or something, and we found ourselves in a hotel room with a bunch of people.
00:02:25.000 And one of us said, can we talk?
00:02:28.000 And so we went out on the balcony, and it really was.
00:02:31.000 One of us said at the time...
00:02:34.000 Can you believe we're even having this conversation?
00:02:36.000 It's like we're living in some weird movie.
00:02:38.000 But we talked and we were talking about the things that we think are coming that we have to really prepare for.
00:02:47.000 And one of them, the first one, we both said almost at the same time, they're going to try to kill Trump.
00:02:52.000 They're going to assassinate him if they can.
00:02:55.000 And they did.
00:02:59.000 Every real American saw that happen and went, I don't care which side he's on, we cannot be those people.
00:03:10.000 We were this close to civil war.
00:03:12.000 If they would have won, I think we would have gone into civil war.
00:03:15.000 I really do.
00:03:16.000 And God stepped up and stepped in, protected him.
00:03:23.000 And gave us another shot.
00:03:25.000 It's amazing.
00:03:26.000 It's amazing.
00:03:27.000 And Glenn, when we were chatting before, we asked the question, is God done with this country?
00:03:32.000 And it's so humbling to say, no, he's not.
00:03:32.000 Yeah.
00:03:35.000 And I joked around with you before we got on air.
00:03:39.000 I have to check myself because I'm getting almost too optimistic.
00:03:43.000 In a sense, like, we're always so kind of like, the sky is falling, things are terrible.
00:03:47.000 Is it possible we're entering a golden era that an American renaissance is underway?
00:03:50.000 Oh, it's absolutely possible.
00:03:51.000 I think, Charlie, you've listened to me since you were a little kid.
00:03:54.000 For 14 years.
00:03:56.000 Right.
00:03:58.000 I'm never positive about things.
00:04:00.000 I'm always like, okay, here's how it's going to go wrong.
00:04:03.000 The Titanic is going to sink and we're all aboard.
00:04:07.000 I haven't been optimistic like this since probably 2000, 2001, before the World Trade Center came down.
00:04:17.000 We've been given another chance and let's stop forcing our will and our way on things.
00:04:24.000 If Donald Trump would have won In 2020, we wouldn't know all of the things that we know now.
00:04:31.000 We wouldn't know how deep this thing went.
00:04:34.000 I just want to interrupt you.
00:04:36.000 Everyone here is applauding the fact we didn't take power in 2020. Yes.
00:04:40.000 And that is the sign of a very mature movement here.
00:04:43.000 Yes.
00:04:44.000 Not a bitter one, not a scorned movement, but a movement that looks back and says in Romans 12 too, God will use all things for good for those who love him.
00:04:53.000 And at the time in 2020, we were like, this country is over.
00:04:57.000 It's terrible.
00:04:57.000 And it was terrible.
00:04:59.000 But God knew what he was doing to strengthen our movement to make this term.
00:05:03.000 Because Glenn, I don't know if that term would have been that good.
00:05:06.000 Oh, it wouldn't have been this.
00:05:07.000 No.
00:05:07.000 It wouldn't be what's coming.
00:05:09.000 Because he didn't know.
00:05:10.000 Right.
00:05:11.000 Tulsi, Bobby, nothing.
00:05:12.000 Yes.
00:05:13.000 Now he has independents and some Democrats who are just looking at their Democratic Party going, what the hell is that?
00:05:23.000 I don't want anything to do.
00:05:24.000 I'm not like them.
00:05:26.000 They're now part of it.
00:05:27.000 And I think you'll agree with me.
00:05:30.000 Trump has changed.
00:05:32.000 He took when he took office.
00:05:34.000 I'm not sure when he came down the escalator.
00:05:37.000 He really thought he could win.
00:05:39.000 You know what I mean?
00:05:39.000 I don't know what he got when he won.
00:05:41.000 He wasn't like, wow, that's kind of a surprise to me.
00:05:45.000 I'm now the president.
00:05:47.000 And and so he wasn't.
00:05:50.000 Prepared, not that he didn't do his homework.
00:05:52.000 He had never been a politician.
00:05:54.000 He's not a swamp monster.
00:05:56.000 He didn't know.
00:05:58.000 He told me this just the other day.
00:05:59.000 I didn't know what it took to be the President of the United States.
00:06:02.000 And then he leaned in and he said, but now I do.
00:06:06.000 And he's taken these four years and he's had time to be able to go...
00:06:12.000 This person, this agency, this group, this money, all gone.
00:06:18.000 And he's now...
00:06:19.000 I mean, he told me he has a 12-year plan.
00:06:22.000 I like to say that because then all the liberals are like, see, I told you he was just going to never give up the presidency.
00:06:27.000 But no, he's got J.D. Vance.
00:06:30.000 He's planning on serving two terms after.
00:06:33.000 Do we like J.D., everybody?
00:06:34.000 Yeah.
00:06:37.000 And that shows maturity on his part as well.
00:06:41.000 I don't know in 2020 if he was thinking Mike Pence can carry on, but he picked this vice president to pick up right where he left off because he is, if he can accomplish even half of what he says he wants to accomplish, if he can do it, He's going to undo everything Woodrow Wilson and FDR did to our country.
00:07:08.000 He'll be remembered, he will be remembered at least like FDR. He will be greater than Reagan if he did, and that's something I never thought I'd say about anybody.
00:07:19.000 He'll be greater than that, and he might actually end up in the category of...
00:07:25.000 I think he is.
00:07:26.000 If anybody watched me on Fox for a while, I was talking about, we need the re-founders.
00:07:31.000 Where are the re-founders?
00:07:32.000 The ones that will not just say, we're going back to the old days with candles, but people who said, we've got to go back to the Constitution, but it's a new situation here, but these principles and this Constitution is valid.
00:07:47.000 We need re-founders. 0.74
00:07:48.000 He is the re-founder I think we've been looking for.
00:07:54.000 Glenn, what did the four years in exile...
00:07:59.000 Mean for you?
00:08:00.000 What was it for four years?
00:08:02.000 Because everyone has a story.
00:08:03.000 For us, it was our back against the wall.
00:08:05.000 We found out who we were truly made of.
00:08:08.000 What was it for you personally?
00:08:09.000 And by exile, I mean, there's four years, we're displaced from power, a lot of confusion, not sure what was happening.
00:08:15.000 I had to replace underwear all the time because I was crapping my pants all the time.
00:08:20.000 I mean, the stuff we were up against, I really thought, you and I have talked about this, if they would have won...
00:08:27.000 None of this would have been happening.
00:08:28.000 We would have been out of business.
00:08:31.000 Not because people weren't going to listen or want the information, but they would have taken us out.
00:08:37.000 They would have taken us out.
00:08:39.000 One way or another, the voices would not be heard.
00:08:42.000 And we were at that place.
00:08:45.000 The question is...
00:08:47.000 Are we the people that deserved the second chance from God?
00:08:52.000 I don't think we are.
00:08:53.000 I don't think we are either.
00:08:54.000 So now he stepped in.
00:08:57.000 He did the things that we couldn't do.
00:09:00.000 But now he's looking down at us and going, will you finally do the things that you can do?
00:09:06.000 You've shown me enough that I can say, all right, you're moving in the right direction.
00:09:11.000 I'm going to give you more time.
00:09:13.000 But will we become those people?
00:09:15.000 If we don't humble ourselves and start listening to Him and praying and making Him a partner, then it won't work.
00:09:23.000 As it says in either 1 or 2 Chronicles, you must repent and put your face towards God.
00:09:30.000 And as your people do that, and we as a nation need to go through massive repentance because we did not deserve this victory.
00:09:30.000 Yes.
00:09:36.000 You know, what happened...
00:09:38.000 We didn't.
00:09:39.000 What happened in Washington on Wednesday was a miracle and game-changing.
00:09:47.000 That is Doge and Trump saying, we're not playing your game anymore.
00:09:51.000 And it's listening to all of us as well.
00:09:55.000 Now we just have to figure out how to keep everybody together.
00:09:59.000 Glenn, what happened in the last 24 hours?
00:10:01.000 You made a great point there.
00:10:03.000 What happened in the last 24 hours, I talked to Chip Roy about two hours ago, and I said, Chip, I agree with you, but I think Donald Trump has deserved the right to say, trust me.
00:10:17.000 And when I finished the interview with him, I thought he was speaking in code.
00:10:23.000 I thought he was telling me, I am, but I'm also trying to send up warning flares.
00:10:29.000 There are people that you are trusting now, Mr. President.
00:10:33.000 You have to know who they are that are in Congress.
00:10:37.000 The Mike Johnsons of the world that he thinks might be steering him wrong.
00:10:44.000 And they're not serious.
00:10:46.000 They're like, oh, yeah, we're all MAGA. And they're not.
00:10:49.000 And he said he needed to expose those people like Johnson.
00:10:55.000 So, him standing up, and then he also led me to believe that he would be willing to do a cowboy contract with Trump and say, look me in the eye and say we're going to cut.
00:11:06.000 Yes.
00:11:07.000 That looks like exactly what he was doing and happening because of the new bill that just was introduced.
00:11:15.000 I don't want to put you on the spot here, Glenn, but how should we think about Mike Johnson's speakership?
00:11:19.000 Do you think it would be wise or prudent to remove him?
00:11:23.000 I got to tell you, I mean, we're really, I mean, this is really radical, but I think Elon Musk should be Speaker of the House.
00:11:31.000 And I think J.D. Vance should actually take the presidency of the Senate.
00:11:38.000 John Adams did it.
00:11:39.000 There is no reason why Vance doesn't do that.
00:11:43.000 Imagine Elon Musk.
00:11:45.000 Nobody's going to screw with Elon Musk.
00:11:47.000 Elon Musk comes in, sets the agenda.
00:11:50.000 No, we're not talking about that.
00:11:51.000 We're going to debate this.
00:11:52.000 We're going to do this.
00:11:53.000 We're going to do this.
00:11:53.000 Here's the agenda.
00:11:55.000 Pass the bill.
00:11:56.000 And it would get passed.
00:11:58.000 And you don't have to be a member of Congress to be a speaker.
00:12:00.000 No, you don't.
00:12:01.000 People don't know that.
00:12:02.000 So put him as the Speaker of the House, at least for the first year.
00:12:06.000 I don't know if he would do it, but if he could get away, let him do it until we get...
00:12:11.000 Donald Trump told me, I said, you know, you only have four years.
00:12:14.000 And he said, he laughed at me and he said, Glenn, I have a hundred days.
00:12:19.000 If my stuff isn't passed and gone through, if we're not...
00:12:24.000 Ready and have a lot of this cemented in, I don't make it.
00:12:29.000 You know, it's not going to change.
00:12:31.000 I need it for 100 days.
00:12:32.000 So at least maybe even for the 100 days, make him Speaker of the House and J.D. Vance, President of the Senate.
00:12:39.000 And as we get closer to January 20, what should we be looking out for of how the Democrats are going to try to subvert?
00:12:48.000 Because the intel agencies are not just going to roll over.
00:12:50.000 What on the horizon should we be cautious of?
00:12:54.000 Put yourself on that balcony in Florida with just you and me.
00:12:58.000 I'm afraid they're going to try to kill the President of the United States.
00:13:02.000 I believe that that is not off the table.
00:13:06.000 Or for Elon Musk, quite honestly.
00:13:09.000 Anybody who can move people like they can move, They need to move out of the way.
00:13:14.000 So that's an option that we should be looking for and praying that it doesn't happen.
00:13:19.000 The other thing is, they just announced that they're not going to use the street activists anymore because, well, they just don't think it was effective.
00:13:28.000 No, you only have an Antifa left.
00:13:32.000 That's all you have left.
00:13:33.000 You don't have the average Democrats are kind of starting to move on our side or at least go into neutral.
00:13:39.000 So they don't have the street.
00:13:42.000 You know, they can't put on the pink hats and march down the street anymore.
00:13:45.000 So they're going to go into law and they're going to try lawfare, lawfare, lawfare.
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00:14:59.000 And you have a big speech you're going to be giving here at AmericaFest.
00:15:02.000 Yeah, tomorrow I'm going to be talking, but I'm going to tell the story of America in a very, very different way and point out tomorrow where we can easily go wrong and where the Democrats and some of the youth that are not here today, that are kind of brainwashed, become useful idiots, are going to lead us Because they don't understand things like healthcare.
00:15:28.000 They grew up under Obamacare.
00:15:31.000 And so they're not seeing a way out.
00:15:35.000 They're going to be convinced, oh, you know, more government control.
00:15:38.000 We have to be really careful right now.
00:15:40.000 We have to be humble.
00:15:42.000 We have to pray.
00:15:43.000 We have to unite.
00:15:46.000 And when Donald Trump, I give him benefit of the doubt, he's earned it.
00:15:52.000 He needs to have his agenda done.
00:15:54.000 So when he says, you got to call Congress, you got to back me up, back him up.
00:16:00.000 Until he would betray us, which I don't think is happening.
00:16:03.000 Back him up.
00:16:04.000 Glenn, thank you for your friendship and your leadership.
00:16:06.000 Give it up for Glenn Beck, everybody.
00:16:07.000 Thank you, man.
00:16:11.000 I want to throw to the great Ben Berquam.
00:16:13.000 Ben, what do we have on the ground here at AmericaFest?
00:16:15.000 Hey, Charlie, speaking of places we should be spending our money or we're not spending our money, Western North Carolina.
00:16:21.000 Tell me your name while you're out here.
00:16:23.000 My name is Margaret Ackes.
00:16:24.000 I'm from Western North Carolina, Murphy to be exact, and I'm here to help and spread the word.
00:16:29.000 Western North Carolina loves Trump.
00:16:32.000 We support it.
00:16:33.000 We don't care if you shut it down, because the American people are helping us right now, and J.D. Vance is coming.
00:16:39.000 And we would love to have you help our organization, Operation Shelter, which is still trying to house 150,000 Western North Carolinians using RVs from across the country.
00:16:52.000 Awesome work.
00:16:52.000 And thank God Trump won.
00:16:54.000 We're actually going to put our money to the communities that matter.
00:16:57.000 Thank you.
00:16:57.000 Thank you.
00:16:58.000 Thank God.
00:17:00.000 All right, BrickSuit.
00:17:01.000 We got BrickSuit in the house.
00:17:02.000 Everybody know BrickSuit, Charlie.
00:17:05.000 What's your message, brother?
00:17:06.000 Look, we just need to carry our momentum forward.
00:17:09.000 We have a great, huge victory that we've won, and we just cannot become complacent.
00:17:14.000 We need to stay engaged and make our voice heard in Washington, and I believe we're going to be victorious.
00:17:19.000 Love it.
00:17:20.000 Yeah.
00:17:20.000 Guys, we love BrickSuit.
00:17:21.000 All right, look at this beautiful family right here.
00:17:23.000 What's your name?
00:17:24.000 Where are you from?
00:17:25.000 My name is Freddie Wood.
00:17:26.000 This is my husband, Robert, and we're from Orlando, Florida.
00:17:30.000 Unbelievable.
00:17:31.000 So, Turning Point USA, five kids from Orlando.
00:17:34.000 You guys came out here Christmas just for this?
00:17:37.000 Yes.
00:17:39.000 All right, to the kids, no pressure, but first I want to go through your names.
00:17:43.000 My name is Lexi.
00:17:45.000 Lexi.
00:17:45.000 I'm Gabby.
00:17:46.000 Gabby.
00:17:47.000 Sammy.
00:17:48.000 I'm Trinity.
00:17:48.000 Sammy.
00:17:49.000 Trinity.
00:17:50.000 RJ. RJ. So no pressure, Charlie.
00:17:50.000 Love that.
00:17:54.000 Beautiful family.
00:17:54.000 Beautiful family.
00:17:55.000 The future of our nation is on your shoulders.
00:17:58.000 You guys got it?
00:17:59.000 You guys got it?
00:18:00.000 You got it?
00:18:01.000 You got it?
00:18:02.000 All right.
00:18:02.000 And what would you say if you could say something to President Trump?
00:18:05.000 I love you so much and thank you for taking care of our country and making it great again.
00:18:12.000 Thank you.
00:18:15.000 Yeah, President Trump, we love you, and we are so grateful for you, and we know that the Lord has his hand on you, and he is protecting you, and he is watching over you, and we are honored to stand by your side.
00:18:25.000 Charlie, do you mind if I pray with this family real quick?
00:18:30.000 Lord, I just bring this family to you.
00:18:32.000 I lift them up.
00:18:33.000 All these kids, Lord, these beautiful kids, this husband and wife raising up this beautiful family.
00:18:38.000 I pray for all the husbands and wives of the nation, all the children of the nation.
00:18:42.000 And I pray that this nation, that you say that those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.
00:18:47.000 I pray that this nation would call on your name.
00:18:49.000 And I just thank you for giving us a reprieve in President Trump.
00:18:53.000 I pray you'd raise these children to be warriors for your kingdom and for this nation and for the nations of the world.
00:18:58.000 In Jesus' name, hallelujah.
00:19:00.000 Amen.
00:19:01.000 God bless you guys.
00:19:02.000 Charlie, amazing.
00:19:03.000 Ben, keep on working the crowd.
00:19:04.000 That's good stuff there.
00:19:06.000 All right, come over here, guys.
00:19:07.000 All right, tell me what...
00:19:08.000 I love you.
00:19:09.000 Mom, hang on real quick, Charlie.
00:19:10.000 Mom and Dad, what do you guys want to say?
00:19:12.000 I almost ignored you guys.
00:19:13.000 No, I'm just...
00:19:14.000 We're just grateful to be here.
00:19:15.000 We want our kids to know that the restoration of the Republic is in their hands.
00:19:19.000 That the Lord will guide them and lead them and they will restore our Republic.
00:19:23.000 Dad, anything else?
00:19:24.000 Yeah, and we just raised our kids to be victors, not victims.
00:19:27.000 And so that was the most important thing, so.
00:19:29.000 I love that.
00:19:30.000 I didn't get you guys last time.
00:19:30.000 Alright, come here.
00:19:32.000 Colorado, talk to me about the fight.
00:19:34.000 Yeah, I'm Daniel Belfontain.
00:19:36.000 I'm the chairman of the Adams County Republicans in Colorado.
00:19:39.000 And we flipped the seat from Udera Caraveo to Gabe Evans.
00:19:44.000 So now we have another Republican from Colorado.
00:19:46.000 It's a blue state and we're trying to change it red.
00:19:50.000 We need all the help we can get.
00:19:51.000 We did it with the grassroots.
00:19:52.000 We didn't do it with our state party.
00:19:54.000 We did it with the grassroots.
00:19:55.000 That's the way to do it, through the grassroots.
00:19:57.000 Everybody, please welcome Josh McCune, state party chair of the great state of Georgia.
00:20:03.000 Josh, walk us through what happened this cycle in Georgia.
00:20:06.000 Donald Trump won.
00:20:07.000 Tell us the story.
00:20:08.000 Well, once again, the story were low propensity voters that did not vote in 2020. We saw in the first week of early voting, which again, we emphasize for people to turn out early, that Fifteen percent of those first weeks of early voters did not vote in 2020. By the time we got through three weeks of early voting,
00:20:31.000 almost one million Georgians who voted in the 2024 presidential election did not vote in 2020. They broke hard for President Trump.
00:20:41.000 That really was the story.
00:20:42.000 So let's walk through some of the ground game you guys did.
00:20:45.000 What did you do as state party chair of Georgia that was different or better than previous cycles?
00:20:51.000 Well, we wanted to put tools in the hands of our county chairs and our volunteer grassroots leaders.
00:20:57.000 Obviously, our partnership with Turning Point was a key part of that.
00:21:01.000 Making sure people had the tools in the toolbox.
00:21:04.000 They knew where to go.
00:21:05.000 They knew where those voters were.
00:21:08.000 That was really the key, was changing our focus from just turning out base voters to turning out people that were on the sidelines in previous elections.
00:21:17.000 What parts of the state really overperformed versus prior election cycles?
00:21:23.000 So rural turnout was just monstrous.
00:21:25.000 There's no way.
00:21:26.000 You can't overemphasize it.
00:21:28.000 Towns County, Georgia, on the Georgia-Tennessee border, over 80% of all registered voters voted in the election in a county that went by...
00:21:37.000 For President Trump by over 80%.
00:21:39.000 And that was the story all over the state in rural Georgia.
00:21:43.000 So basically like everybody voted.
00:21:44.000 Absolutely.
00:21:45.000 What do you attribute that to?
00:21:47.000 Your ground game.
00:21:47.000 But there was obviously a messaging component.
00:21:50.000 Why was it that the rurals roared the way they did?
00:21:52.000 Well, I think the secret, again, was the early and consistent emphasis on early voting.
00:21:59.000 I mean, you've got to remember, we had 4 million people in Georgia vote before Election Day.
00:22:05.000 And a lot of those low-propensity voters, even though some of them broke late and voted on Election Day, the vast majority got out and voted because of our emphasis on getting out early.
00:22:15.000 That, to me, was the crucial piece to the strategy.
00:22:19.000 What did you learn that can now be applied for future election cycles in Georgia?
00:22:24.000 We've got to continue to build relationships with those low propensity voters. 0.99
00:22:29.000 We've got to go out and register more Trump MAGA voters.
00:22:33.000 We have hunters in Georgia that are not registered, fishermen, gun owners.
00:22:38.000 We've got a lot of people still on the table that we need to get off the sideline and into the game.
00:22:43.000 So walk us through.
00:22:44.000 Georgia is the centerpiece for the 2026 midterms.
00:22:47.000 Who is up?
00:22:48.000 What is the configuration?
00:22:49.000 What's happening in Georgia?
00:22:50.000 So Senator John Ossoff is up for re-election, one of our two Democrat U.S. Senators.
00:22:57.000 And, you know, he's very vulnerable.
00:22:59.000 We think we can take him out.
00:23:01.000 And all of our constitutional offices are open.
00:23:04.000 They'll all be open.
00:23:05.000 Lots of people running for new offices.
00:23:07.000 So it's a good opportunity for us.
00:23:10.000 But we've got to hold the line, win all those constitutional offices, and take that U.S. Senate seat back.
00:23:15.000 So, Josh, let's speak more broadly.
00:23:17.000 I mean, you were a centerpiece.
00:23:18.000 The president entrusted you with Georgia.
00:23:21.000 What is the direction you want to see the Republican Party go from a grassroots standpoint on how other state parties need to be run?
00:23:28.000 Well, we need to be laser-focused on providing our grassroots leadership with the work to do that wins elections.
00:23:35.000 We need less happy talk and more work knocking on doors and doing the things we need to do.
00:23:41.000 And we need our elected officials to deliver.
00:23:43.000 That's really important.
00:23:45.000 We worked very, very hard to win this election.
00:23:47.000 Our people need to see the wins to get them motivated to come back out in 26. Josh, you did an amazing thing in Georgia.
00:23:54.000 I don't know if we would have won Georgia if it wasn't for your leadership and for all that you did.
00:23:58.000 Final thoughts.
00:23:59.000 How could people support you, Josh?
00:24:00.000 Get behind the work that the Georgia GOP is doing.
00:24:02.000 Check out our website, gagop.org.
00:24:05.000 We're always looking for additional supporters.
00:24:08.000 We want you to come alongside us.
00:24:10.000 Help us build the movement so that we can take John Ossoff down and move our majority to 54 in the U.S. Senate.
00:24:16.000 Josh McCoon, everybody.
00:24:18.000 Great American, Josh.
00:24:19.000 Thank you so much.
00:24:20.000 Ben, I'm going to throw it back to you as we prepare the great sage steel.
00:24:23.000 All right.
00:24:23.000 Awesome.
00:24:24.000 Where are you from?
00:24:24.000 What's your message?
00:24:24.000 What's your name?
00:24:26.000 My name is Leonard DeCristofaro, US Army vet from the state of Illinois.
00:24:30.000 My message right now is, I know everybody's been talking about the CR, all the money that's going to Ukraine again, another over billion dollars.
00:24:40.000 My question has always been what happened to the people in the hurricane areas that are still homeless, that are still trying to find help.
00:24:52.000 And our uniparty that's currently in Washington not doing a damn thing to help them.
00:25:00.000 I don't understand it.
00:25:02.000 And if President Trump's listening, Mr. Trump, you've got to do something to help those people who are hurting.
00:25:10.000 There's family members that still don't know where their missing family members are.
00:25:17.000 Not just North Carolina, but East Palestine as well.
00:25:20.000 There's communities that have been destroyed for over a year.
00:25:23.000 But I'm with you 100%.
00:25:24.000 Thank you, sir.
00:25:24.000 Thank you.
00:25:25.000 Hi, Ben.
00:25:26.000 Farmer Brooke from Payson, Arizona, local.
00:25:30.000 Shout out to Charlie for what he's doing.
00:25:32.000 And we pray for you daily.
00:25:34.000 We have RAV on all day long.
00:25:37.000 When we hear your voice, we come running to see what you're telling us.
00:25:40.000 If it wasn't for you and Oscar, we would have no clue what's going on.
00:25:43.000 By the way, that's a great point, Ben.
00:25:45.000 I just want to say...
00:25:46.000 You guys should all have Rav on all day.
00:25:48.000 I do.
00:25:49.000 It is the best news source out there.
00:25:51.000 Real America's Voice.
00:25:52.000 You can find it on Pluto.
00:25:53.000 You can find it on Over the Top Sang Sum T. It's really, really sharp stuff.
00:25:58.000 You can also, Park Worth Parker, download the Real America's Voice app.
00:26:02.000 Ben, how do people do that?
00:26:03.000 You just go on your phone, go to the App Store, put in Real America's Voice.
00:26:07.000 You got all of these options right here.
00:26:09.000 By the way, Charlie, we're also on iHeartMedia now, a podcast, huge, right here.
00:26:15.000 You can click that, put your phone right there, and you can get all the options right there, Charlie.
00:26:20.000 I love that.
00:26:21.000 And also, it's 24-7, on-demand, whatever you guys want.
00:26:26.000 Our show, War Room, free of charge.
00:26:29.000 It's all free of charge.
00:26:29.000 All free.
00:26:31.000 The best.
00:26:31.000 Just amazing.
00:26:32.000 Okay.
00:26:34.000 Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here with New Year's Resolutions.
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00:27:36.000 We have an amazing guest with us here, the legendary Sage Steele.
00:27:41.000 Give it up for Sage Steele, everybody.
00:27:43.000 Hi, guys.
00:27:45.000 I don't know about that.
00:27:45.000 Legendary.
00:27:46.000 Legendary.
00:27:47.000 So, Sage, I have to ask you, the college football playoff...
00:27:50.000 No, I'm kidding.
00:27:50.000 Oh, my God.
00:27:52.000 Listen, I went to Indiana.
00:27:53.000 They got a big game at Notre Dame today.
00:27:55.000 Do we have any hope?
00:27:57.000 Well, I think so.
00:27:58.000 Silence.
00:27:59.000 I'm such a college football fan and aficionado.
00:28:03.000 Backstage, we have two big screens.
00:28:05.000 One screen of what's happening on AmFest, and another screen that is just college football coverage all day long.
00:28:10.000 You know, you gotta have both.
00:28:11.000 Yeah, priorities.
00:28:12.000 You know, light applause.
00:28:15.000 There you go.
00:28:16.000 Good luck.
00:28:17.000 Honestly, Donald Trump winning the White House and ASU in the college football playoff.
00:28:21.000 Miracles do happen.
00:28:22.000 I gotta tell you.
00:28:23.000 Pretty amazing.
00:28:24.000 Sage, welcome.
00:28:26.000 You've been increasingly outspoken this last year.
00:28:29.000 How has that been for you in this scary political world?
00:28:33.000 That's the word.
00:28:34.000 It's scary, and it's crazy, and it's intimidating, and it's awesome, and it's freeing.
00:28:41.000 I didn't know there was a whole world out here, Charlie.
00:28:43.000 I used to just watch from afar and think, in my next life, I'll be able to be honest and be able to talk to people like Charlie Kirk, who's half my age and inspiring me and inspiring millions of people.
00:28:54.000 I want you to know I have three kids in college this year, three college kids.
00:28:57.000 My kids didn't listen to a thing I said.
00:29:00.000 Right?
00:29:01.000 That's what you guys do.
00:29:02.000 They listen to you, and you truly changed this country, so it's been an honor to stand up here with you.
00:29:09.000 So Sage, talk about the moment where you decided to go all in.
00:29:13.000 You went from someone that was treated terribly by a certain sports network that we all reluctantly have to watch.
00:29:21.000 And then you went all the way up until being on the Women's for Trump bus.
00:29:25.000 Am I correct?
00:29:26.000 Yes.
00:29:26.000 So how did that happen?
00:29:28.000 Walk us through the succession of events.
00:29:30.000 That's what happens when you decide to stand up for yourself and sue Disney, I guess, is that you say, forget it.
00:29:36.000 Was I, quote-unquote, throwing away my sports career?
00:29:39.000 Absolutely.
00:29:40.000 But I trusted in God.
00:29:41.000 And at the end of the day, I felt that if I was preaching to my kids to be true to themselves and to stand tall for what they believe in, but then I went silent, then I'm a hypocrite.
00:29:51.000 How can I teach my kids to do that, but then stay quiet, even though it was scary, even though it was costly in every possible way?
00:29:58.000 That was my turning point.
00:29:59.000 And when I got to interview Laura Trump on my show, The Sage Steele Show, she taught me about courage.
00:30:05.000 And she sacrificed a lot.
00:30:06.000 And so I think that's the key.
00:30:07.000 I'm going to talk about this today when I get on stage and thank you for having me up there about fear and it's real and why we hold back.
00:30:14.000 I know every person here has had to push through fear probably just to be here and we got to keep pushing through and it's been amazing to put the pink jacket on with Laura Trump and everybody.
00:30:22.000 I love it.
00:30:22.000 So Sage, there's people in this audience and people online that have that decision.
00:30:27.000 A boss is telling them that they can't be political or a friend in college is bullying them or a professor Based on what you've learned, what is not just your advice, but the sharing of the lessons for those that are going through those fork in the road moments?
00:30:44.000 And or when your boss is telling you you have to get a vaccine in order to keep your job, which is why I ended up eventually leaving ESPN. And, you know, getting the shot at that time because I was afraid.
00:30:58.000 So that's what I want to focus on today is just pushing through that fear.
00:31:00.000 But I do think it's personal.
00:31:01.000 It's just like raising kids.
00:31:03.000 There's no one way to do it.
00:31:04.000 There's no mandate.
00:31:05.000 There's no book.
00:31:05.000 There's no easy way.
00:31:06.000 You're going to sacrifice.
00:31:07.000 So the question that I had to ask myself, what was I willing to sacrifice?
00:31:11.000 And I didn't realize that the list was a lot longer than I ever thought.
00:31:14.000 It is worth it.
00:31:15.000 And for me, it also came down to, yes, being an example to my kids.
00:31:19.000 And my faith.
00:31:20.000 And my faith has never been stronger.
00:31:22.000 And it's been really beautiful to see what happens when you let go of control.
00:31:25.000 We try to control everything.
00:31:27.000 And when you let go and let God, I'm standing next to Charlie Kirk right now because of that.
00:31:32.000 I'm not talking about football.
00:31:33.000 I'm talking about things more important than football.
00:31:37.000 Sage, I gotta make sure we stay on schedule, but just one more thing.
00:31:41.000 Plug the Sage Steele Show for the audience, please, okay?
00:31:44.000 Yes, please.
00:31:45.000 At Sage Steele, Sage Steele Show YouTube.
00:31:47.000 So I'm just learning all this YouTube stuff.
00:31:49.000 I need some advice.
00:31:50.000 I just dropped a great show yesterday with John Rich.
00:31:53.000 I mean, a country music star.
00:31:54.000 Let me tell you what he said.
00:31:56.000 Just yesterday, he wrote a song dedicated to Diddy.
00:31:59.000 That's all I'll say.
00:32:00.000 Check out the show.
00:32:01.000 It's John Rich.
00:32:02.000 But the best part is to be able to have conversations with people, even people you disagree with.
00:32:06.000 That's what's been missing in this country, and I'm trying to help bring it back.
00:32:09.000 Sage Steele, everybody.
00:32:10.000 Thank you, thank you.
00:32:12.000 And what do we have?
00:32:14.000 By the way, before I forget, I got these brand new pair of carpet shoes.
00:32:17.000 You always have paraphernalia from the board.
00:32:19.000 From the Sinaloa cartel, you gotta try these on.
00:32:22.000 They're, you know, so they don't see your footprints through the desert.
00:32:24.000 Anyways, I gotta go over to this young guy over here.
00:32:26.000 He was yawning.
00:32:27.000 Were you up partying late last night?
00:32:29.000 Are you just having so much fun at Turning Point?
00:32:31.000 Yes, sir.
00:32:32.000 What's your name?
00:32:33.000 Justice.
00:32:34.000 Justice?
00:32:35.000 What a great name, Justice.
00:32:37.000 And?
00:32:37.000 Eden.
00:32:38.000 Eden.
00:32:39.000 Hi, Mom.
00:32:39.000 Your mom.
00:32:40.000 Best is Eden and Mom.
00:32:42.000 Alright, I'm going to come over here and this young man over here.
00:32:44.000 What's your name and what's your message?
00:32:46.000 Jake Carson-Buley from Boise, Idaho.
00:32:48.000 And I wanted to tell people that we need to look at the NGOs because I see him down below the border reporting on everything.
00:32:59.000 I used to be working for the Red Cross as a volunteer intake officer.
00:33:03.000 And then I didn't realize that the Red Cross, along with Catholic Charities and all these others, are actually supporting illegal migration into this country.
00:33:11.000 I totally agree.
00:33:12.000 We need to defund the NGOs and investigate them criminally on day one.
00:33:16.000 Yes, yes.
00:33:17.000 And we should stop donating to them.
00:33:19.000 That's the only way.
00:33:21.000 Stop donating to them, and then they'll change their policies.
00:33:23.000 But they take a lot of taxpayer money, too.
00:33:25.000 They take a lot of government money.
00:33:26.000 Ben, we'll be back in a second.
00:33:27.000 We have a very special guest.
00:33:28.000 This young lady is one of the most courageous people in the country.
00:33:32.000 Chloe Cole.
00:33:32.000 I mean that.
00:33:34.000 Chloe was lied to by the medieval butchers that call themselves doctors of the transgender lobby. 1.00
00:33:42.000 They told her that she needed to go undergo surgery.
00:33:45.000 Am I right, Chloe?
00:33:46.000 Right?
00:33:47.000 Drugs.
00:33:48.000 And she is now what is called a detransitioner. 0.99
00:33:51.000 Chloe realized that what she was being sold was irreversibly damaging.
00:33:56.000 She speaks out with Turning Point groups across the country.
00:34:00.000 She speaks out against this.
00:34:02.000 And the trans zealots have death threats against you all the time because she speaks out against it. 0.86
00:34:08.000 Chloe Cole is a hero.
00:34:08.000 Give it up for Chloe Cole, everybody.
00:34:12.000 Chloe, speak a little about your story.
00:34:15.000 We only have a couple of minutes.
00:34:16.000 And the importance of ending medical mutilation for kids in this country.
00:34:19.000 So, yes, thank you for having me on, Charlie.
00:34:22.000 Two years in a row.
00:34:25.000 Yes, I am a detransitioner, and I actually went through the medical process of a gender transition while I was still a child.
00:34:32.000 I'm 20 years old now, but between the ages of 12 to 16, I was put on Lupron, which is a chemical castration agent, to stop my puberty, weekly testosterone injections, and then at 15 years old, before I could even legally drive a car, I had a double mastectomy.
00:34:46.000 Now, it was actually a surgery that led to me realizing that all of this was a mistake, and that one day I wanted to become a mother, I wanted to become a wife, and...
00:34:54.000 I would not be able to do that.
00:34:55.000 I potentially could have lost my ability to have children naturally because of these drugs and because I was put on them so young.
00:35:04.000 And I started speaking out publicly since I was at the age of 17 because I believe that children deserve better.
00:35:11.000 Chloe, what do you have to say for the public policy and how many thousands of kids are currently being targeted by this mafia?
00:35:22.000 I mean, there's hundreds of thousands of kids who are going through this right now.
00:35:25.000 Hundreds of thousands.
00:35:26.000 In the West.
00:35:27.000 Yes.
00:35:28.000 All over the West.
00:35:29.000 And there's actually a resource, the Stop the Harm website, that has a database of each state and all their different clinics and all the public insurance data on how many children, the Stop the Harm database.
00:35:44.000 It pulls from public insurance there from all 50 states between 2019 to 2023 where this has happened at different clinics, surgeries, and the chemical castration of children in all 50 states.
00:35:57.000 Don't ever think that this isn't affecting your community because I've been all over the U.S. I've been to a bunch of different churches, schools, and every single place I've been to, I've had somebody come up to me with a very similar story everywhere.
00:36:09.000 Yeah, I'm just looking here in Arizona.
00:36:11.000 Arizona did adopt legislation that placed age limits on sex change surgeries for minors.
00:36:17.000 Chloe, you are a detransitioner, which means that you had irreversible damage done to you. 0.99
00:36:23.000 And just really quickly, how are you treated by the transgender lobby?
00:36:27.000 From the very beginning of my detransition, I was immediately just ousted from the transgender community. 0.89
00:36:32.000 I was told that it was all my fault, that I should have known better, even though I was a child.
00:36:36.000 And they were cruel to me.
00:36:38.000 The same people who celebrated me for having surgery, for going down this path and being encouraged to do so at every step of the way.
00:36:47.000 Chloe, we're out of time.
00:36:48.000 She's an American hero, and we need to end the butchery of our children in this country.
00:36:53.000 We need to do it day one.
00:36:55.000 God bless you, Chloe.
00:36:56.000 God bless you, Charlie.
00:36:57.000 Thank you all.
00:36:58.000 She is a hero.
00:36:59.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
00:37:00.000 Email us, as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.