The Charlie Kirk Show - February 17, 2025


Ask Charlie Anything 212: Reforming the Arts? Scotland the Brave? Backdoor Abortion Ban?


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In this episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, host Charlie Kirk is joined by Elliot and Kate to discuss abortion, the pro-life movement, and why we should all fund Planned Parenthood to the tune of $700 million.

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00:01:51.000 Okay, joining us now is Elliot.
00:01:53.000 Elliot, thank you for being a member.
00:01:55.000 What is on your mind?
00:01:56.000 Thanks, Charlie.
00:01:57.000 Yes, so my question is, when talking to people about conservative politics, the issue of abortion often comes up.
00:02:05.000 Some argue that Trump isn't pro-life enough.
00:02:08.000 Even though there were many things Trump did in his first term to support pro-life, they say in his first term, money was still being sent to Planned Parenthood, so therefore, he isn't pro-life.
00:02:18.000 So what would be a good response to this?
00:02:21.000 So that's a fair point.
00:02:23.000 First of all, yes, some money was still being spent to Planned Parenthood, but that was congressionally appropriated.
00:02:28.000 He was trying his best to defund Planned Parenthood.
00:02:31.000 Number two is he rescinded the Mexico City policy, as he did also in this term, which prohibits international funding of abortions, not to mention his pardons of the pro-life warriors and protesters.
00:02:44.000 I am of the strong opinion that we should not be funding abortions with taxpayer dollars in this country.
00:02:50.000 It's to the tune of something.
00:02:52.000 Of $700 million.
00:02:54.000 Even if you're in this audience and you might be more pro-choice or at least neutral on the issue, we should all be able to agree that we should not fund Planned Parenthood to the tune of $700 million.
00:03:06.000 In fact, I am...
00:03:08.000 Actually, I have a tweet drafted.
00:03:10.000 Thank you for reminding me.
00:03:11.000 I want to try to get Doge to go after Planned Parenthood.
00:03:15.000 And I think that would deploy the Doge.
00:03:18.000 And to say $700 million, you can fund yourself.
00:03:22.000 By the way, it's technically against federal law.
00:03:25.000 There is something called the Hyde Amendment, where technically you are not allowed to fund abortion with taxpayer dollars.
00:03:32.000 Now they get around it because they say, oh, this is funding all of our overhead and all of our clinics and all of our health care.
00:03:38.000 You and I both know that is completely rubbish.
00:03:41.000 So, hey, Planned Parenthood, go fund yourself.
00:03:45.000 That is my best message for them.
00:03:47.000 Elliot, where are you from?
00:03:48.000 I'm from Iowa.
00:03:50.000 Good place.
00:03:52.000 Good spot.
00:03:53.000 Thanks for being a member and good pro-life folks there as well.
00:03:56.000 Thanks so much.
00:03:57.000 Yeah, thank you.
00:03:57.000 Kate, Kate, thank you for being a member.
00:03:59.000 What is on your mind?
00:04:00.000 Where are you from?
00:04:01.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:04:02.000 I'm so grateful to be a new member.
00:04:04.000 I'm in South Carolina.
00:04:06.000 And so I'm going to read my question so I stay on track.
00:04:08.000 I owe you a great deal.
00:04:10.000 As about a year ago, I was still very much a Democrat.
00:04:13.000 I even had stage five Trump derangement, but I'm proof that one can be cured of TDS.
00:04:19.000 I was surrounded by my ultra liberal family.
00:04:22.000 But as the left lean more into transgenderism and woke politics, especially open borders, transgender surgeries and children and men and women's sports, that snapped me out of it.
00:04:31.000 I was and am horrified that this is now what the Democrats stand for.
00:04:35.000 It's pathetic.
00:04:35.000 Your podcast literally helped me out of my liberal echo chamber.
00:04:39.000 And thank God, because I voted Republican for the first time.
00:04:43.000 this past election and for President Trump.
00:04:45.000 I couldn't be happier to not be a Democrat anymore, and I'm so in awe of what Donald Trump is doing as president.
00:04:52.000 I'm proud to be a Trump supporter, something I never...
00:04:54.000 thought I would ever say.
00:04:56.000 So thank you.
00:04:57.000 Thank you, Charlie.
00:04:58.000 My question is, I used to work in the ground zero of the woke movement in theater and the arts.
00:05:03.000 I even worked for the director of a major American museum in New York City.
00:05:08.000 I'm so happy that Trump is going to be setting doge after the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, but this is a much bigger problem.
00:05:15.000 At the museum, they actively bashed Trump in his first administration and prided themselves on being woke and organizing woke anti-white exhibits.
00:05:24.000 I worked at a theater where I live now in South Carolina that coddled and encouraged the non-binary thing in children, We were going to be forced to use pronouns in our signatures.
00:05:33.000 Theater communities were and actively are not hiring white people, including a very talented white friend of mine, for long stretches of time.
00:05:41.000 And I consider that racist.
00:05:42.000 And my poor liberal friend was like, oh, but it's the minority's time to shine. 1.00
00:05:47.000 I'll just wait patiently in the corner with my white guilt.
00:05:49.000 No, it's not right.
00:05:51.000 And Broadway has become so woke, it's horrible.
00:05:54.000 My family walked out of a show recently that showed a non-binary man character kissing another man for a minute straight.
00:06:00.000 Non-binary characters, transgender characters, obese characters, shows bashing straight white male characters. 0.57
00:06:07.000 It's awful.
00:06:08.000 Theater and the arts are ground zero for wokeism and gender ideology, and I really believe it starts with theater kids in schools.
00:06:16.000 I know Trump has created a task force for wokeism in Hollywood.
00:06:19.000 Can Trump put together a similar arts task force for America to root this out?
00:06:24.000 Because truly the arts and theater in particular seem to be ground zero for this mess.
00:06:28.000 And I would be happy to help with whatever solutions there may be.
00:06:32.000 First of all, Kate, that is a wonderful call.
00:06:34.000 It is so touching.
00:06:35.000 I'm going to send you a couple signed books.
00:06:37.000 Daisy, make sure we do that. 0.64
00:06:39.000 And that that that is you are why we do what we do, which is to try to get people to reconsider their worldview and to come towards, I'd say, a more common sense conservative perspective.
00:06:52.000 Daisy is going to email you.
00:06:54.000 So keep a lookout for that.
00:06:56.000 You know, I have a theory on this, Kate, and I'd love to get your thoughts on it.
00:06:59.000 So those people that go into theater have a heavy emphasis on self-expression and very much on this idea that you can chart your own path based on how you feel.
00:07:15.000 Very emotion-based, right?
00:07:18.000 Very much focused on that, not within the rigidity of the configurations of a society, but you can kind of throw out the pesky shackles of reality and you can be whatever you want to be whenever you want to be, because literally you are acting or play-acting.
00:07:41.000 And so...
00:07:42.000 All those elements don't necessarily lead you towards leftism, but it is primary ingredients towards that view.
00:07:51.000 And I would also say, Kate, and I'd love your thoughts, that there are people who get into theater that tend to be in a more marginalized community.
00:08:00.000 Not community, but maybe they're more bullied or they have a harder time fitting in.
00:08:05.000 And so they're more vulnerable getting sucked into that kind of ideology.
00:08:09.000 Would you agree with that prognosis, Kate?
00:08:12.000 I would agree with it, and I actually...
00:08:15.000 I saw that when I was a theater kid myself, and it was a lot of the kind of marginalized kids.
00:08:22.000 I wasn't bullied per se, but you do see marginalized kids who have been bullied that wander into that community.
00:08:28.000 But then once they wander into that community, to your point, you can have this incredible self-expression, and we want that in America.
00:08:33.000 We want freedom of expression and speech.
00:08:35.000 But I also worry, as I listen to, I don't know if you've listened to, Charlie, the witch trials of J.K. Rowling on the whole transgender issue.
00:08:45.000 They dove into this whole kind of dark space of Reddit, and I know you've done a lot of segments on Reddit, Reddit and spaces like that where these sorts of kids who might be like the bullied, the marginalized, the theater kids, the artsy kids, go down not only the theater rabbit hole but the Reddit rabbit hole where they feel like, today I'm going to identify as a zebra.
00:09:06.000 Today I'm going to identify as air.
00:09:08.000 And that's going to lead kids towards, you know what, I'm going to change my gender because I want to be... 0.95
00:09:13.000 Part of this new movement.
00:09:14.000 I want to feel like I'm special because I'm going to identify as a woman today.
00:09:20.000 And I think it's really dangerous, and there's got to be something we can do because the Broadway shows, too, which all these young kids are going to see with their parents.
00:09:30.000 I grew up outside of New York City, and Broadway was a huge part of my life growing up.
00:09:35.000 Almost every Broadway show I've seen that travels through South Carolina recently has had Some sort of gay, transgender, woke ideology, storyline or character, and they're anti-white, and they're anti-male, and it's very kind of, it's depressing that these young kids aren't seeing these, you know, inspiring shows that we used to have, and it's all about the wokeism now.
00:10:00.000 So I would agree with you that it's a dangerous slope where you're in the, you want self-expression, you want freedom of speech, but how do you, how do you guide that in a better direction?
00:10:09.000 I love that.
00:10:11.000 And so here is my simple prescription.
00:10:15.000 And first of all, what a wonderful call, Kate.
00:10:16.000 This might be the best members call we've ever had.
00:10:18.000 I love it.
00:10:19.000 Oh my gosh, Charlie.
00:10:20.000 I'm such a huge fan.
00:10:21.000 I really appreciate that.
00:10:23.000 I know.
00:10:24.000 It's very deep, and it's not just the flattery of which I appreciate.
00:10:28.000 But we go back to really what helped build the English language, which is Shakespeare.
00:10:35.000 I mean, how many theater kids...
00:10:37.000 Are proficient in understanding and perform a Shakespeare play.
00:10:42.000 Probably very few.
00:10:44.000 And he shaped all of our literature, our theater, and culture for centuries.
00:10:47.000 So my opinion, by the way, they've gotten rid of Shakespeare in a lot of college departments because it's a white man. 0.70
00:10:52.000 My opinion is to use the energy force that is within theater world or arts world and say, hey, we're going to go read and perform and study old stuff.
00:11:04.000 Old stuff.
00:11:05.000 Stuff.
00:11:06.000 Plays.
00:11:07.000 Works of art that have lasted a long time because we're going to cherish what has lasted.
00:11:12.000 We're not going to worship the modern.
00:11:15.000 And I don't necessarily think that's going to solve everything, but it will be a step in the right direction.
00:11:21.000 Kate, you're great.
00:11:22.000 Call anytime.
00:11:23.000 We're going to send you some books, and thank you so much.
00:11:25.000 Thank you.
00:11:26.000 Thank you, Charlie.
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00:12:42.000 Micah.
00:12:43.000 The prophet Micah.
00:12:44.000 Micah is our next question.
00:12:46.000 I do want to say the book in the book of Micah is actually one of my favorite Bible verses.
00:12:50.000 I have to say this before I call in Micah.
00:12:52.000 Micah 6.8.
00:12:53.000 He has told you, oh man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindly, and to walk humbly with your God.
00:13:02.000 Daisy, we should get that up in the studio.
00:13:04.000 Micah 6.8.
00:13:05.000 With that, Micah is our next question.
00:13:08.000 Micah, what's on your mind?
00:13:10.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:13:10.000 So I'm a 17-year-old.
00:13:13.000 Christian here in Oregon.
00:13:14.000 I want to grow up to become a doctor, more specifically a surgeon.
00:13:19.000 I'm just curious on your thoughts on what college you would recommend.
00:13:23.000 Well, first of all, God bless you for wanting to become a surgeon.
00:13:26.000 That is going to be quite a journey.
00:13:28.000 What kind of surgeon do you want to be?
00:13:30.000 And then, more importantly, why do you want to become a surgeon?
00:13:33.000 Yeah, so I want to become a plastic reconstructive, going through the reconstructive pathway there.
00:13:41.000 There's just so much illness, and the cancer will destroy their face.
00:13:50.000 What I really want to do is help them with their life and become well again.
00:13:57.000 Well, that is going to be quite a...
00:14:02.000 Look, as you know, I'm very much against college, but we do need qualified good people at the top.
00:14:06.000 I mean, surgeon is definitely a good reason to go to college, whereas to go study Eastern Australian dance routines is not exactly a good reason to go.
00:14:17.000 Here's what I'd say.
00:14:18.000 Find the best school you can get into that is the least woke.
00:14:22.000 Try to graduate in the least time possible, and becoming a surgeon is very, very important.
00:14:28.000 I mean, we literally put our lives in the hands of surgeons.
00:14:30.000 And it's easy to scoff at plastic surgeons saying that they're only there for cosmetic reasons.
00:14:35.000 I take issue with that.
00:14:37.000 Yes, of course, the money's very good in plastic surgery, but there's a lot of burn victims get their lives back thanks to plastic surgeons.
00:14:44.000 A lot of cancer patients get their lives back because of plastic surgeons.
00:14:48.000 So you might only think, oh, that's for cosmetic breast augmentation surgery.
00:14:53.000 Not so fast, my friends.
00:14:54.000 You know how many people get in near-fatal car accidents?
00:14:58.000 That are unrecognizable and go to plastic surgeons and they're able to get some form of aesthetic back.
00:15:05.000 So I think that it's very easy to dismiss plastic surgery as only being for the Kardashians, which is obviously a component of it.
00:15:13.000 But there's a lot of people that have had their lives improved and bettered, and honestly, their health.
00:15:17.000 And also understand, plastic surgery can also be sewing up a cesarean section, a C-section.
00:15:24.000 that is technically a form of cosmetic plastic surgery so not to be scoffed at love the question i don't have any specific recommendations except stay away from the woke schools if possible thanks man no baylor baylor is not as woke as others but they got they got some they got some problems that they got to figure out but wouldn't be the worst one um and work hard and uh study your tail off we need we need the best people in medicine that we can get so thank you thank you so much at Elizabeth, what is on your mind?
00:15:53.000 Elizabeth, what's going on?
00:15:54.000 Thanks for being a member.
00:15:55.000 Oh, hi, Charlie.
00:15:57.000 Are you able to hear me?
00:15:58.000 Yes, how are you?
00:15:59.000 I'm well.
00:16:00.000 Thank you so much for everything that you do.
00:16:02.000 The reason I was calling, there's been so much good news lately.
00:16:05.000 It's actually really difficult to keep up.
00:16:07.000 Yes.
00:16:08.000 But I did see an article that I would think would have gotten more attention about John Eastman's trial in Arizona and that the judge actually went and...
00:16:21.000 Issued the judgment against Chris Mays and that they said they were covered under freedom of speech and she violated the SLAP Act, which is basically political persecution, which I thought was huge.
00:16:34.000 And I know that one of our beloved Turning Point USA team members who does so much for everybody here is possibly Tyler's involved in that somewhat.
00:16:43.000 And I'm hoping, A, is this good news for him?
00:16:46.000 And then B... Can Cash Patel start going after these political persecutions from these attorney generals in the states?
00:16:54.000 Great, great question.
00:16:55.000 So, yes, this is looking more and more like the defendants, Tyler Boyer being one of them, and John Eastman, are being targeted, obviously, for political reasons.
00:17:05.000 You and I both know that, Elizabeth.
00:17:07.000 I mean, it's just so outrageous.
00:17:08.000 Oh, yeah.
00:17:09.000 The developments that this is a very favorable ruling.
00:17:12.000 Some legal experts think that this case could be dismissed altogether.
00:17:16.000 Yes, Kash Patel could potentially go after it.
00:17:19.000 Probably not a lot of meat on that bone from the surface.
00:17:22.000 The better way to go after this is two ways.
00:17:25.000 I think that a civil lawsuit by the Department of Justice for increased lawfare and the same lawsuits that we're seeing in New York against Chris Mays, saying that you've ignored illegal migrants and you've prioritized political prosecutions, that could be one.
00:17:38.000 And then finally, Elizabeth, we need to find a really good attorney general candidate and just retire Chris Mays. 0.71
00:17:43.000 She only has like a year and a half left of her term. 1.00
00:17:46.000 And the Department of Justice should be demanding every email in existence from these people.
00:17:52.000 Sunlight destroys.
00:17:55.000 God bless you, Elizabeth.
00:17:56.000 Thank you for being a member.
00:17:58.000 Thank you, Charlie. Charlie.
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00:19:04.000 Email me, as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:19:06.000 Michael, Michael, thank you for being a member.
00:19:08.000 What's on your mind?
00:19:09.000 Hey, Charlie, can you hear me?
00:19:11.000 Yes.
00:19:11.000 What is on your mind?
00:19:13.000 Awesome.
00:19:13.000 Thank you.
00:19:14.000 So cabinet confirmations are coming to a close.
00:19:17.000 That's been awesome.
00:19:18.000 And we should start to see more mid-level politicals being slotted into place.
00:19:25.000 What's the chance of people with active licenses and certifications being slotted into those management roles?
00:19:30.000 Because, for reference, I've been a truck driver for six years.
00:19:34.000 As far as I know, there is no one at the FMCSA, which is the federal organization that regulates truck driving, No one there has an active CDL. They're trying to regulate stuff they've never done.
00:19:48.000 Okay, so let me just make sure I understand this correctly.
00:19:51.000 So with the cabinet confirmations that are closing, when are we going to start seeing more people slotted in those mid-level management?
00:19:58.000 That's a good question.
00:20:00.000 Do you know if that's a Senate confirmation political appointment?
00:20:03.000 Or is that...
00:20:05.000 Is that someone that is what they call a pass, someone that's a presidential appointed?
00:20:08.000 Do you know that it requires Senate confirmation or not?
00:20:11.000 As far as I know, most of them don't.
00:20:14.000 Yep.
00:20:15.000 So it should just be a presidential appointment.
00:20:17.000 From what I understood reading through the material prior to the election, most of those things don't require a presidential appointment.
00:20:24.000 Most of those things don't require a Senate confirmation.
00:20:27.000 It's just infuriating being a member of the trades.
00:20:32.000 And half the stuff they're coming down, you know, the ATA doesn't have, it's a bunch of truck company owners trying to tell drivers, hey, this is what we think would be best for us.
00:20:44.000 And most of us, like, a lot of the rules I work under, I'm working, they don't do as much to help me as they do.
00:20:54.000 I have to work around them, if that makes sense.
00:20:56.000 It does make sense.
00:20:57.000 So, well, first of all, if you have a...
00:20:59.000 If you have a recommendation, I'm always happy to pass something along.
00:21:02.000 But the current director seems to be someone by the name of Sue Lawless.
00:21:06.000 I'm guessing that is a carryover in August of 2023. So let me just tell you, from my short experience just looking at how this personnel stuff, and the personnel team's doing a great job.
00:21:18.000 Sergio's doing amazing.
00:21:19.000 He's a friend of mine.
00:21:20.000 He's doing an amazing job.
00:21:21.000 There are so many boards and commissions, Michael, beyond anything that we could imagine.
00:21:26.000 I mean, there are thousands of these boards and commissions.
00:21:30.000 I'll be honest, I've never heard of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
00:21:34.000 So can you just educate the audience, what does this board do?
00:21:37.000 What is the significance of this board in your life?
00:21:40.000 All the 18-wheelers you see on the road hauling all your goods across the country, that is our governing body.
00:21:47.000 They fall directly under the Department of Transportation, and they govern everything from...
00:21:53.000 How I get my CDL, what I had to go through to get my HAZMAT certifications, who's allowed to have a CDL to begin with, all of the weight and height restrictions, the hours of service I have to work under.
00:22:08.000 They govern all of that.
00:22:10.000 If it touches a truck, they govern it.
00:22:13.000 And everything that has to do with getting your goods from point A to point B, whether it be day cap, your fuel, all of it.
00:22:22.000 Go through those guys.
00:22:23.000 And so, I'm just curious.
00:22:26.000 I hope the audience understands.
00:22:29.000 There's thousands of these boards that touch every single form of American life.
00:22:32.000 What could be done better with this agency just to educate our audience?
00:22:36.000 I'm curious.
00:22:37.000 I've never even heard of this agency before.
00:22:38.000 We need people that have driven trucks to be in these agencies.
00:22:44.000 Because as far as I know right now, the FMCSA has no one there.
00:22:49.000 They're all...
00:22:50.000 Career bureaucrats that have never actually been in the field.
00:22:54.000 Go back to Don Jr. I remember reading his book.
00:22:58.000 He can parallel park a dozer.
00:23:01.000 Yes, he can.
00:23:02.000 When you have that level of boots on the ground experience, even yourself, you still go out and do debates with college students.
00:23:11.000 When you have that level of boots on the ground, you make different decisions when you're in the upper levels.
00:23:15.000 I completely agree.
00:23:16.000 Because you know exactly what it's like to be on the ground.
00:23:19.000 We don't have that at the FMCSA, and quite frankly, most of the governing bodies in the government don't have that at all because people who are too busy doing the job don't have time to make it to these meetings or do anything else like that.
00:23:32.000 I think there is such wisdom in what you're saying that we are being governed by the suits and they forget what actually it takes for the boots to do their job.
00:23:41.000 And, I mean, put Sue Lawless up on, I have no idea if she's driven a truck before, could put 249 up. 0.96
00:23:46.000 I'm guessing she hasn't.
00:23:48.000 Just kind of a guess.
00:23:50.000 I don't know.
00:23:52.000 As far as I know, she hasn't.
00:23:53.000 Yeah, look, I don't know.
00:23:55.000 She has management experience.
00:23:56.000 That's it.
00:23:56.000 Yeah, so she has 20 years experience in the private and federal motor carity safety industry.
00:24:00.000 But that doesn't mean anything to me.
00:24:01.000 Like, for example, the new head of the FAA should be a previous pilot.
00:24:05.000 Should be someone that understands what it means to fly an airplane, fly an aircraft.
00:24:11.000 Exactly.
00:24:11.000 Great question.
00:24:12.000 If you want to email me a follow-up, I think I'd be happy to learn more about it.
00:24:17.000 There are thousands of these boards, and I think actually having people that have done the job intimately is incredibly important.
00:24:25.000 Thanks, man.
00:24:25.000 Really appreciate it.
00:24:26.000 Thanks for being a member.
00:24:27.000 It's Freedom At, right?
00:24:27.000 That's right.
00:24:28.000 Freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:24:29.000 I read every single one of the emails.
00:24:30.000 I don't respond to them all, but I read them all.
00:24:32.000 So, thank you.
00:24:33.000 Awesome.
00:24:34.000 Will do.
00:24:34.000 Thank you.
00:24:35.000 What great questions we have today.
00:24:37.000 You've got to love this.
00:24:38.000 Guys that drive trucks that are members of the Charlie Kirk Show, I mean, that's what makes America a great country.
00:24:43.000 I meant to ask him, I'm very worried about mass automation of trucks, not because of efficiency, but what's going to happen to all these guys?
00:24:50.000 I think it's a serious problem of economic and labor displacement.
00:24:54.000 This is a looming crisis.
00:24:56.000 It's a looming labor crisis, and I don't know a good solution.
00:25:00.000 Blake probably has one.
00:25:01.000 He has a thought on everything.
00:25:02.000 It is going to be one of the greatest economic disruptions.
00:25:06.000 And it's been kind of teased for a couple years now, but based on where Uber is going, because they have Uber Freight, based on where Tesla is going, we're going to see mass proliferation of automated semi-trucks.
00:25:21.000 I do think, though, that President Trump is going to slow that down.
00:25:28.000 I'm worried about that.
00:25:29.000 Yeah, not everything's all about automation.
00:25:31.000 You've got to have an allegiance to your workers.
00:25:35.000 You can't automate too quickly.
00:25:39.000 Because you know why?
00:25:39.000 This is where Teddy Roosevelt was brilliant.
00:25:41.000 Teddy Roosevelt, unlike the Russians, he managed the transition from the farms to the factories. 1.00
00:25:50.000 Teddy Roosevelt managed that transition.
00:25:53.000 The Russians, primarily Tsar Nicholas, Of the Romanov family, they did not manage that transition.
00:26:01.000 If you don't manage major economic transitions, so we go from the farms to the factories to our laptops to AI, that is the four to automation.
00:26:09.000 So, farms, factories, laptops, automation.
00:26:11.000 That's the four steps of human economic development.
00:26:15.000 That's a four-step move.
00:26:17.000 Farms, factories, laptops, automation.
00:26:21.000 And all of a sudden, we're going to start to automate these trucks?
00:26:23.000 I'm worried about it.
00:26:24.000 I think we're going to have...
00:26:25.000 The people that make America work, and by the way, they're the ones that worked all through COVID, these truck drivers.
00:26:31.000 They worked their tail off to make sure that we had groceries and we had Amazon delivery while the whole country was locked down.
00:26:38.000 I'm very worried about it.
00:26:40.000 And the ones that revolted against Trudeau, they're very MAGA, and we're just going to say, oh, hey, here's your new robot.
00:26:46.000 Now, I understand the argument for safety.
00:26:49.000 Thousands of people do die every year because of...
00:26:52.000 Well, actually, 40,000 people died because of car accidents.
00:26:58.000 At least a couple thousand do because of 18-wheelers.
00:27:02.000 So we've got to figure this out, but you've got to have a loyalty to your workers.
00:27:05.000 Okay, Lizzie, thank you for being a member.
00:27:07.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:27:09.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:27:11.000 How are you doing today?
00:27:12.000 I am great, thanks.
00:27:14.000 Question for you.
00:27:15.000 What is Trump's intention for the White House faith office?
00:27:20.000 I know so many of us pray for our nation, for all of our leaders, and a prayer I pray is actually the salvation of President Trump.
00:27:28.000 Only God knows his heart, but it seems like having a female Joel Osteen providing him non-scriptural garbage is not only damaging, but it's a perfect example to me as false teaching. 1.00
00:27:42.000 It seems like Trump's, you know, he seems to have the right intentions, but needs a little bit of a godly course correction.
00:27:50.000 As a proclaimed Christian yourself, do you feel the personal responsibility and really obligation to expose and call out what seems like wolves in sheep's clothing?
00:28:01.000 So I know Paula, so I'm a little bit conflicted on that.
00:28:04.000 She certainly does not have the same theological view that I have, and I think that's good.
00:28:08.000 I think that's healthy, I should say, that we have disagreements on that.
00:28:12.000 But for the record, I do not necessarily share a lot of her theological views.
00:28:16.000 I will say, though, I've known Paula for a while.
00:28:19.000 She's always been very good to me, very sweet.
00:28:21.000 I know that President Trump and her have a great relationship.
00:28:24.000 Here's where I'm going to try to influence is the other pastors and the other platform of people that are going to be coming into the White House.
00:28:32.000 I want to make sure that some of America's best pastors are given a very big platform, people like Jack Hibbs, people like John MacArthur.
00:28:40.000 And so, look, the president made a decision.
00:28:43.000 It's his prerogative to do that.
00:28:44.000 He's known Paula for a very long time.
00:28:46.000 Again, I have theological differences with Paula, but we get along, and I've got to get along with everybody.
00:28:51.000 But I think it's very important that also people like Jensen Franklin, who's terrific, are given the same sort of wise counsel and platform that are able to be in the White House.
00:29:03.000 But very important question.
00:29:05.000 I can tell you, I'm getting a lot of emails and a lot of text messages about...
00:29:10.000 I think it's important.
00:29:22.000 Thank you.
00:29:23.000 Appreciate it.
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00:30:31.000 Okay, who do we have here?
00:30:32.000 Todd.
00:30:32.000 Todd, thanks for being a member.
00:30:33.000 What's on your mind?
00:30:34.000 Charlie.
00:30:35.000 Hey, I understand that you think that...
00:30:40.000 Can you hear me?
00:30:42.000 Yes, what's on your mind?
00:30:44.000 The abortion issue has been around...
00:30:46.000 I've been there since the beginning.
00:30:48.000 I'm 71 years old.
00:30:49.000 And we got a victory with the reversal of Roe v. 0.65
00:30:55.000 Wade.
00:30:56.000 But why don't we use the way they began this mess in the same way to get a better result?
00:31:04.000 We have the court.
00:31:07.000 It is a national issue because I don't think murder is legal anywhere, so it's not a state's issue.
00:31:14.000 And we don't even have to call it abortion. 1.00
00:31:17.000 We just have to define murder.
00:31:19.000 And if we could get a person with the resources, I think we'd have to get somebody like Roe that was used to get the decision.
00:31:31.000 We have to find somebody withstanding and with the pockets to go and use all of the evidence for life to get it defined correctly.
00:31:40.000 It's not really abortion.
00:31:41.000 It's a murder.
00:31:42.000 So if we define it as that, we can end it.
00:31:46.000 We can end it in the courts because we have the courts to do it.
00:31:51.000 So, I mean, look, I agree with that totally.
00:31:53.000 The issue is that not even most Republicans would sign on to that.
00:31:56.000 So it's going to take a lot of cultural and religious and spiritual change in that regard.
00:32:03.000 And so, I mean, I agree, but getting people to...
00:32:06.000 May I offer one thing?
00:32:08.000 We've been doing that for 50-odd years.
00:32:11.000 What we need now is to find a single person, say a father of a wife that wants an abortion, just like they found a single person, withstanding, and goes through all the evidence.
00:32:22.000 It's illegal to disturb a turtle's nest.
00:32:25.000 Why?
00:32:25.000 Because it's a potential turtle.
00:32:27.000 I understand what you're saying.
00:32:29.000 But the courts won't go along with it.
00:32:30.000 The courts won't recognize human life.
00:32:32.000 They haven't.
00:32:32.000 They'll dismiss the case.
00:32:34.000 So you've got to win over the culture.
00:32:35.000 That's the issue.
00:32:37.000 But you should try the idea.
00:32:38.000 You should try that idea in a single state and see if it will work.
00:32:41.000 If you can get a sympathetic judge, maybe in Texas or Iowa.
00:32:45.000 Well, we don't have to win the locals.
00:32:47.000 We only have to win the Supreme Court.
00:32:49.000 The Supreme Court would rule 7-2 against you on this, unfortunately.
00:32:54.000 Really?
00:32:55.000 Even with this court?
00:32:56.000 Oh, yeah.
00:32:56.000 Without a doubt.
00:32:57.000 All right.
00:32:58.000 Thank you.
00:32:58.000 I'm no surprise.
00:33:00.000 Thank you.
00:33:00.000 You bet.
00:33:01.000 Who's next?
00:33:02.000 Scott, thanks for being a member.
00:33:03.000 What's up?
00:33:03.000 Thanks for being a member.
00:33:04.000 Yes, Charlie.
00:33:05.000 Thanks for taking my question today.
00:33:07.000 Just a couple comments before.
00:33:08.000 I attended my first America Fest this year with my 20-year-old son.
00:33:12.000 Got five kids, 26 years of marriage, had a great time.
00:33:15.000 Just what an experience.
00:33:17.000 And then two, congratulations on being an Eagle Scout.
00:33:20.000 I'm also an Eagle Scout.
00:33:21.000 Keep it on the top of my resume, so it's just awesome.
00:33:23.000 So congratulations on that.
00:33:26.000 Charlie, I'm a physician.
00:33:27.000 The American Medical Association has not always been favorable to conservative causes.
00:33:32.000 Do you believe as mandatory reporters that the next group of individuals, ICE and Tom Hohen, should focus on to really be partners in finding the 300,000 missing children across the United States?
00:33:44.000 They should be partners with ICE because they're the individuals that are seeking health care.
00:33:49.000 These children are seeking health care, legal migrant criminals. 0.99
00:33:52.000 What are your thoughts?
00:33:53.000 Should ICE be involved in utilizing the mandatory reporter law for many of these providers?
00:33:59.000 Oh, yeah.
00:34:00.000 I mean, absolutely.
00:34:01.000 I mean, if there's a provider that is seeing an eight-year-old and it's obvious that they're missing then or that they're with someone.
00:34:12.000 That's not their parents, then they should absolutely report that.
00:34:15.000 You know, it's really interesting to me.
00:34:16.000 There's this contradiction where there are parents, literally, that get thrown into jail for child abandonment because they let their kids play at a local playground.
00:34:26.000 So that culture is super worried about a kid that might be unsupervised at a playground, which is really bad, by the way, for both the kid and the parent.
00:34:33.000 Free play is incredibly important for child development.
00:34:37.000 So, that culture simultaneously is putting up with 300,000 missing kids.
00:34:42.000 Something doesn't make sense.
00:34:44.000 It's like this incredible, ever-present contradiction here.
00:34:48.000 So, yes, I think doctors should be involved.
00:34:50.000 AMA is awful. 0.98
00:34:51.000 And I think we've got to find these 300,000 missing kids.
00:34:54.000 Thank you.
00:34:55.000 Paul, thanks for being a member.
00:34:57.000 What's on your mind?
00:34:59.000 Hello, Charlie.
00:34:59.000 God bless you.
00:35:00.000 Thank you for taking my question.
00:35:03.000 I have...
00:35:05.000 Okay, I've been listening to your show.
00:35:07.000 I love the bagpipes starting up.
00:35:09.000 And I looked it up at Scotland the Brave.
00:35:12.000 Yes, sir.
00:35:12.000 I just kind of wondered why you play this awesome song.
00:35:15.000 And I wonder if it has anything to do with that famous war cry, freedom!
00:35:19.000 Oh, it does.
00:35:20.000 So I'm very Scottish.
00:35:22.000 Church means... 0.95
00:35:24.000 Kirk means church in Scotland.
00:35:28.000 And...
00:35:28.000 The Charlie actually means strong, so strong church.
00:35:31.000 You can put it together.
00:35:32.000 We come from the Maxwell clan, us Kirks.
00:35:36.000 And as you can tell, my name is very white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
00:35:40.000 I'm a wasp.
00:35:41.000 Ooh, scary.
00:35:42.000 Charles James Kirk.
00:35:44.000 That is the waspiest name that you'll come across.
00:35:48.000 And yeah, look, I think there's a lot to be learned from William Wallace and the Scottish clans.
00:35:54.000 That is obviously well portrayed.
00:35:56.000 In the movie Braveheart, acted by Mel Gibson, which is a small ragtag army that I believe really led to the birth of Western civilization.
00:36:07.000 There's a phenomenal book that everyone should read called How the Scots Built the Modern World, and it shows that this small ragtag army, my people, despite being rather poor and geographically isolated, was responsible for some of the great philosophical breakthroughs.
00:36:25.000 Some of the great Enlightenment breakthroughs from David Hume to Adam Smith to this idea of self-governance.
00:36:33.000 So much of the philosophical foundation of the West was born out of Scottish Presbyterianism, specifically.
00:36:41.000 It was covenanters, basically.
00:36:43.000 And prior towards the King James Bible, the Scots did not have mass literacy.
00:36:53.000 As the King James Bible was printed, I think in like 1513 or 1517, you guys can fact check me on this, we saw literacy rates go up and the potential of the Scots skyrocket, and this kind of fine fighting force has blossomed and flourished into a group of people that have far punched beyond their weight.
00:37:14.000 I mean, J.D. Vance is Scots-Irish, I'm Scots-Irish, so very...
00:37:20.000 Very powerful group, and I love when people are proud of their ancestry and the history that they come from.
00:37:28.000 And us Scots, we love a rebellion against a corrupt institution.
00:37:35.000 I'll tell you, there's something about how we Scots fight, and we fight hard, and we love a good fight.
00:37:40.000 It's in our blood, it's who we are, and that's why we play Scotland the Brave at the top of every show.
00:37:49.000 I wonder if during the Revolutionary War, was that song around?
00:37:53.000 Because I understand that the Scots proudly played their bagpipes in our own country's history, too.
00:37:59.000 It probably is.
00:38:00.000 And it's a beautiful part of American history and how we transplanted a lot of those ideas into America.
00:38:08.000 And you can make an argument, the book does, the Scots that built the modern world, how the Scots built the modern world, that without Scots, we would not have America in its current form.
00:38:18.000 Thank you.
00:38:19.000 Appreciate it.
00:38:20.000 You bet.
00:38:20.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
00:38:22.000 Email us, as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.