The Charlie Kirk Show - April 07, 2025


Ask Charlie Anything 218: The Red State Paradox? Transition Accountability? Stock Market Angst?


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Why do the red states have more Republicans than the blue states? And why should you go to school to become a Republican? Is it a good idea to go to college to learn to golf? We discuss all of this and more on today's episode of The Charlie Kirk Show.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, it's the Charlie Kirk Show.
00:00:01.000 Ask Me Anything episode.
00:00:02.000 Really great questions today.
00:00:04.000 We talk about why is it that red states have such terrible Republicans.
00:00:09.000 It is the red state paradox.
00:00:11.000 We talk about IVF as well.
00:00:13.000 How should we think about in vitro fertilization?
00:00:15.000 Very hot topic.
00:00:17.000 We also discuss the EPA and whether or not it's a good idea to go to school to learn to golf.
00:00:24.000 Really good Turning Point USA leader from Allegheny joins the program.
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00:00:39.000 Buckle up, everybody.
00:00:40.000 Here we go.
00:00:41.000 Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
00:00:43.000 Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
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00:00:52.000 He's an incredible guy.
00:00:53.000 His spirit, his love of this country.
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00:01:41.000 That is members.charliekirk.com.
00:01:43.000 So you can come and ask questions here.
00:01:46.000 Let's go to Gracie first. 1.00
00:01:48.000 Gracie, thank you for being a member.
00:01:51.000 Happy Friday.
00:01:51.000 What's on your mind?
00:01:52.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:01:53.000 How do you feel about where the Republican Party is in light of what's going on with the Texas Capitol right now?
00:02:00.000 Okay, so you have to enlighten me on what is happening at the Texas Capitol.
00:02:04.000 I actually don't know.
00:02:06.000 So tell me and the audience.
00:02:09.000 There's not a quorum on the House floor right now.
00:02:12.000 Okay, so you got to tell me more than that.
00:02:14.000 So what is going on?
00:02:17.000 Educate the audience.
00:02:18.000 So by not a quorum, meaning that the Republicans are not able to vote.
00:02:23.000 Okay, so why is that?
00:02:26.000 What is the backstory of that?
00:02:27.000 About a week ago, Representative Brian Harrison posted, we've been keeping this a secret, and just all of a sudden said that there's not been a quorum.
00:02:36.000 He called for a quorum, a roll call to be made.
00:02:40.000 And there wasn't enough people to be able to vote on the House floor.
00:02:45.000 This is ridiculous.
00:02:46.000 But I want to know how you feel about the Republican Party.
00:02:49.000 It's a great question.
00:02:54.000 Thank you for catching me up to speed on that.
00:02:57.000 It does not shock me.
00:02:58.000 So here's the problem.
00:02:58.000 It's called the red state dilemma.
00:03:01.000 A red state traditionally will have Republicans.
00:03:06.000 That are more like Democrats.
00:03:08.000 Because Democrats, who might be a little bit more moderate, why would they run as Democrats?
00:03:14.000 They'll never actually get any political power.
00:03:16.000 So if a Republican state ends up being 10 to 15 points too Republican, states like Nebraska, which I'm going to bring up in a second, states like South Dakota, states like Wyoming, when you have a very aspirational...
00:03:33.000 Quasi-narcissistic state senator who wants to get more power, and he really doesn't have that deeply held beliefs.
00:03:41.000 He could be a Republican or a Democrat.
00:03:44.000 He's this kind of transactional corporate type.
00:03:47.000 Country club.
00:03:48.000 It's like a power-craving sociopathic lizard who will join just whatever party is stronger.
00:03:55.000 They end up joining the Republican Party.
00:03:58.000 And mind you, in California, they joined the Democrat Party.
00:04:01.000 In New York, they joined the Democrat Party.
00:04:03.000 But in Texas, they joined the Republican Party.
00:04:06.000 Now contrast that with the blessing of being in a battleground state.
00:04:11.000 And here's the really ironic part.
00:04:13.000 If your state ends up being not that red, you actually get legitimate Republicans in your state.
00:04:20.000 Like Florida.
00:04:21.000 Now Florida's changing.
00:04:22.000 Where Florida's become so red, they're getting fake Republicans that are now being part of their state legislature.
00:04:26.000 But Florida used to be a battleground state, so they had no fake Republicans.
00:04:30.000 It was Democrats would go be Democrats and Republicans would be Republicans.
00:04:34.000 Probably the best example of where it's a 50-50 state and you get real Republicans and you get real Democrats.
00:04:43.000 I would say Arizona, but I wouldn't say that's the best example.
00:04:47.000 But one that is a...
00:04:49.000 Pretty productive, and I would say Florida, but it is changing, is states like North Carolina.
00:04:56.000 Now, they have their fair share of moderates, but it's so 50-50 with Democrat governors and Democrats gaining ground that if you're an aspirational Democrat, you go and join the Democrat Party.
00:05:08.000 So it is the red state paradox.
00:05:11.000 It is the dilemma where even though you control Texas by quite a great margin, Democrats say it's a waste of time to go run as a Democrat.
00:05:22.000 I will do a political mailer with myself with a shotgun.
00:05:26.000 I will wear a cowboy hat.
00:05:28.000 I'll put on boots.
00:05:29.000 I'll say, keep Texas, Texas, and vote for me, and then you'll go to the state capitol, and really, you're a Democrat.
00:05:37.000 Gracie, thank you for informing us what's going on in Texas.
00:05:40.000 I gotta be more up-to-date on that.
00:05:42.000 I will be honest.
00:05:43.000 I've been...
00:05:44.000 Looking at markets and macro trends a lot more than that, but thank you for making us aware of it.
00:05:49.000 And thank you for being a member.
00:05:51.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com, what's on your mind?
00:05:54.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:05:54.000 How are you?
00:05:55.000 Can you hear me?
00:05:56.000 Yes. Hi, good.
00:05:57.000 How are you?
00:05:58.000 I was just wondering, I see a lot of podcasters, conservative podcasters have been saying that they feel that signal chat issue is no longer a problem.
00:06:09.000 But then I saw that the DOD IG opened up an investigation into Pete Hegseth.
00:06:14.000 And this feels to me a lot like the things that happened in the first administration.
00:06:18.000 And I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on whether this is a concern and they're going to try to use this to impeach either Pete Hegseth or the president down the road.
00:06:28.000 So I don't know.
00:06:29.000 That's a good question.
00:06:30.000 I don't think so.
00:06:31.000 So it is an inspector general report.
00:06:32.000 It's going to come back pretty.
00:06:35.000 Boring, to be perfectly honest.
00:06:37.000 What's more concerning, though, is that Senator James Lankford, our friend from the great state of Oklahoma, which, by the way, is a perfect kind of connective tissue to the prior question that we just received, which is James Lankford, who is obviously in so many ways not a Republican, not a conservative.
00:06:54.000 He is now pushing for a special investigation into Pete Hegseth's use of signal.
00:07:00.000 Republican James Lankford from the state of Oklahoma.
00:07:03.000 Of course he is.
00:07:04.000 Pete Hegseth did nothing wrong.
00:07:06.000 It's an approved government device.
00:07:07.000 It's a proved communication methodology.
00:07:11.000 The only person who did something wrong is whoever put Jeffrey Goldberg into that chat.
00:07:16.000 Something that we believe to be Mike Waltz and his team, but we're going to wait for the final report to conclude that.
00:07:23.000 And remember, this is the story right here from Politico.com.
00:07:25.000 Lankford calls for Inspector General to investigate Signalgate.
00:07:29.000 So let me tell you, Anne, who is the one that actually triggered and prompted this IG investigation to Pete Hegseth?
00:07:36.000 Republican James Lankford from Oklahoma.
00:07:39.000 That's right.
00:07:40.000 James Lankford is the one that prompted this investigation.
00:07:45.000 Fake Republican ties perfectly into the prior question.
00:07:48.000 Thank you so much, Anne.
00:07:50.000 God bless you.
00:07:50.000 Have a great Friday.
00:07:52.000 Keith, Keith, thank you for being a member.
00:07:54.000 What's on your mind?
00:07:55.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com Howdy, Charlie.
00:07:58.000 Thank you so much for taking my question.
00:08:01.000 I'm from College Station.
00:08:03.000 We met at AmFest, and our family's really looking forward to welcoming you to Aggieland here in a few weeks.
00:08:08.000 Thank you.
00:08:08.000 Yes, sir.
00:08:10.000 My kids are getting ready to set up a Bryan College Station regional chapter, so thank you for that leadership.
00:08:14.000 Hey, here's my question.
00:08:16.000 There's so many issues right now that have economic orientation with the tariffs and so much.
00:08:20.000 One of the more painful hidden taxes that directly or indirectly touches all of us are the Obama-era EPA regulations on diesel emission fluid.
00:08:29.000 This is a big deal in Texas, whether for personal cars, tractors, big rigs, delivering all the food that touches all of our shelves.
00:08:36.000 These death standards really, they add a lot of hidden cost to a lot of the daily lives of hardworking folks.
00:08:44.000 In this era of Trumpian pragmatism, have you heard any conversations with Lee Zeldin or the president himself about looking at some of these nonsensical mandates?
00:08:53.000 And if not, is this something that you could bring to Mr. Zeldin's attention?
00:08:56.000 Thanks. Great question.
00:08:57.000 So let me just say one thing and then ask you a question.
00:09:01.000 First of all, Lee Zeldin's doing a great job.
00:09:03.000 He just closed yesterday this ridiculous Climate change museum.
00:09:07.000 Literally, we spent $4 million to build a climate change museum that nobody visited.
00:09:13.000 Lee Zeldin just closed it and said, this is ridiculous.
00:09:16.000 We're closing this.
00:09:17.000 Not to mention, Lee Zeldin is fighting every day to reclaim $20 billion in climate grants that were given out at the end of Biden's term.
00:09:28.000 I mean, we want to talk about a racket?
00:09:30.000 That alone is worthy of a massive and major and significant investigation.
00:09:36.000 But let me ask you, Keith, are these EPA rules, are they taxes that are issued by Congress or are they mandates that were previously given by an EPA administrator?
00:09:49.000 This is fourth branch of government nonsense.
00:09:54.000 I don't know how familiar you are with how the diesel engine works.
00:09:58.000 Not very at all.
00:09:59.000 But it adds extensive...
00:10:01.000 It suffocates a diesel engine in terms of performance.
00:10:05.000 It's an onerous cost.
00:10:06.000 I mean, I drive, for example, a 2015 three-quarter ton.
00:10:10.000 It's a diesel engine.
00:10:12.000 We're talking thousands of dollars of cost over the cost of ownership of a vehicle.
00:10:15.000 And every single diesel vehicle has this.
00:10:18.000 Everybody who drives a diesel, you ask anybody you know, they'll talk about how...
00:10:22.000 How expensive and how cumbersome it is.
00:10:24.000 And it's just another hidden tax at the environmental altar of nonsense.
00:10:30.000 First of all, thank you for drawing my attention to it.
00:10:32.000 I'm going to text Lee Zeldin this clip of you telling me about it.
00:10:36.000 And so I would imagine with the president's approval, this sounds like something that they need to get rid of.
00:10:41.000 So thank you, Keith.
00:10:41.000 God bless you.
00:10:42.000 And what do they say?
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00:10:46.000 That's right.
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00:11:56.000 Brandy. Brandy, thank you for being a member.
00:11:58.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com What's on your mind?
00:12:00.000 Hi, I'm a new...
00:12:03.000 Republican, and I've been having conversations with my mom, who I feel is apolitical, but, you know, more leaning Democrat.
00:12:10.000 I'm mixed race, and she agrees with me on certain things, but also has made comments where she says she doesn't really want to fully agree because she still has that stereotype of Republicans not being the greatest people, and so I'm just trying to figure out how to navigate those conversations with her because we do talk a lot, and that is kind of my Big conversations right now because I'm starting to get into education politics and things like that.
00:12:39.000 And we were talking about the stabbing that happened yesterday, and she kind of just said, like, she feels like it's unfortunate certain kids have to talk about certain things or be involved in certain scary things, which I agree, but we also would not be there if these things did not happen.
00:12:55.000 So our kids wouldn't be concerned or fearful in those situations if those...
00:13:01.000 No worries.
00:13:11.000 Thank you, Brandy, for being a member.
00:13:12.000 So, look, first and foremost, the stabbing is a wild story that we haven't discussed.
00:13:17.000 I have intentionally avoided the stabbing of Austin Metcalf as a story to cover on the show because I was so disturbed by the way his father handled it on TV.
00:13:29.000 And therefore, I said, look, He lost his son.
00:13:31.000 He can react however he wants.
00:13:33.000 My sympathies go to the family, but the way that he went on television and basically gave justification for the stabbing of his son and effectively was like, I feel sorry for the guy that stabbed my son.
00:13:45.000 Very, very hard for me to process.
00:13:47.000 Just so everybody understands.
00:13:49.000 He forgave him and said it wasn't racial.
00:13:54.000 Look, forgiveness is a Christian virtue.
00:13:56.000 I think that's superficial forgiveness.
00:13:57.000 I find that hard to believe that just a couple days later you could just say that you forgive him.
00:14:01.000 I think you have to go through a little bit of work and a little bit of wrestling to get there.
00:14:05.000 And of course it's racial.
00:14:06.000 You have a white son who said, hey, you're not allowed to sit there and this black student takes out a knife and stabs your son to death.
00:14:13.000 And this should be a huge nationwide news story and no one is talking about it whatsoever.
00:14:18.000 No one is talking about it.
00:14:19.000 And this white kid was Stabbed by this black student. 0.57
00:14:23.000 We're supposed to act as if that's acceptable and fine.
00:14:26.000 Could you imagine if a white student stabbed a black kid to death because the black kid said, hey, you're not allowed to sit there?
00:14:33.000 It'd be George Floyd 2.0.
00:14:35.000 They'd all have shirts.
00:14:36.000 It'd be Michael Brown, hands up, don't shoot.
00:14:37.000 The guy who stabbed Austin Metcalf, his name is Carmelo Anthony with a K. So this white kid is sitting there.
00:14:45.000 Carmelo Anthony takes out a knife and stabs him to death.
00:14:48.000 Again. The father can act and react however he wants.
00:14:51.000 I thought it was a disappointing interview.
00:14:54.000 He should have just stayed silent, or at the very least just said, I'm just in so much heartbreak right now.
00:14:59.000 Instead, he went above and beyond to say it wasn't racial, when obviously, of course, it was racial.
00:15:05.000 And he went on one day after.
00:15:08.000 Okay, so how do you talk to parents when you disagree with them?
00:15:10.000 Look, keep dialogue going.
00:15:12.000 Disagreement is okay.
00:15:13.000 You have to honor your parents.
00:15:15.000 It is a biblical commandment.
00:15:18.000 And I would say this.
00:15:19.000 Look, try to be as respectful as possible.
00:15:22.000 I know so many people that have, you know, severe disagreements and they are still able to keep things going.
00:15:30.000 We love debate on this show, but try to keep it civil and try to keep it warm.
00:15:35.000 Try to keep it congenial and try to stay away from insults or throwing names or accusations at one another.
00:15:43.000 So thank you so much, Brandy.
00:15:44.000 God bless you.
00:15:45.000 Let me just kind of tell you a little bit more about this Austin Metcalf situation.
00:15:49.000 If you're not aware of this story, that is evidence that the propaganda networks that maybe you're getting information from, they're not doing their job.
00:15:59.000 And you should listen to the Charlie Kirk Show more, you should listen to Salem Radio Network more, to Real America's Voice.
00:16:03.000 Austin Metcalf, it's this heart-wrenching story.
00:16:06.000 He was a football recruit, and literally, his identical twin watched him die and be stabbed to death by this black maniac. 1.00
00:16:15.000 And held him while he died.
00:16:17.000 And the father of Austin Metcalf, which is what made this so controversial, the father went on Fox News, I think it was Fox News or some cable show, the day after and effectively, and I don't want to put words in his mouth, but was like, this isn't racial.
00:16:33.000 We shouldn't make it about the attacker.
00:16:36.000 And again, I pray that I'll never be in that situation.
00:16:39.000 It was an inexplicably bizarre reaction, to be perfectly honest with you.
00:16:44.000 Of course, I am very sympathetic to the idea of forgiving, even when it is very difficult to forgive.
00:16:52.000 However, I'll be honest, I don't believe him that he has forgiven this person because it just feels like superficial.
00:17:00.000 I would not even be able to speak in such a situation.
00:17:03.000 And then he rushed to say it's not racial one day after, which goes to show, of course, he's making it racial.
00:17:08.000 No one was even thinking that.
00:17:10.000 Instead, he should have just been like, here's my son, here is his memory.
00:17:13.000 Again, Prayer should be with the Father.
00:17:16.000 He was obviously in a very difficult mental state, but just a bizarre reaction.
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00:18:33.000 Caroline, Caroline, thank you for being a member.
00:18:35.000 What is on your mind?
00:18:36.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:18:37.000 Yeah, I was curious about your thoughts on IVF.
00:18:40.000 I know it's something that the Trump administration has, you know, made a priority, and I think that's a great thing.
00:18:48.000 If you kind of do research as a Christian on that, it's difficult to find resources that are...
00:18:54.000 Yeah, it's a great question.
00:19:04.000 So let me first start.
00:19:06.000 There's definitely some potential moral issues with IVF that need to be talked about.
00:19:13.000 The first of which is the creation of life without sex. 0.95
00:19:19.000 It's actually the inverse of birth control, which is Birth control would be sex without life, and IVF would be life without sex.
00:19:28.000 So there's some Brave New World elements of IVF that I think we do need to confront.
00:19:34.000 And Brave New World, as I just talked about the Hillsdale College course, is that Aldous Huxley wrote in the book Brave New World that essentially one day that human beings will be made on factory and assembly lines.
00:19:45.000 They won't be a byproduct of a loving relationship.
00:19:49.000 Basically, it'll be no different than making a Cadillac or a Ford Explorer.
00:19:52.000 You can customize it as you wish and you can make it.
00:19:55.000 Okay. That's number one.
00:19:56.000 Number two, that there are significant potential human rights issues if we believe that life begins at conception.
00:20:06.000 And so we have to understand that right now there are lots of frozen embryos that are fertilized.
00:20:13.000 We believe those are lives and they're basically being refrigerated.
00:20:17.000 So that's number two.
00:20:19.000 Number three, I now have to look at the practical side, which is I know people that are IVF children.
00:20:24.000 I know people that have used IVF.
00:20:26.000 In fact, I know people that were IVF kids with surrogacy.
00:20:30.000 There is a way to do IVF in a pro-life way, which would be one fertilized embryo at a time that is very expensive and quite honestly a low likelihood of actually working.
00:20:44.000 So it's a very difficult issue because we need strong nuclear families in this country, and strong nuclear families are a bulwark against Marxism.
00:20:53.000 And these are largely young couples who love children.
00:20:57.000 While I think it should be allowed to continue in a legal way, I would definitely limit it to try to protect all the human rights aspects.
00:21:07.000 But I think we also must have a robust discussion about Do we want human life to be able to be made in a laboratory?
00:21:17.000 I think that's a very serious, let's just say, addressed element of in vitro fertilization.
00:21:25.000 Do we want to get to a place where human life can be made simply and solely in a laboratory?
00:21:33.000 I'm not so sure about that.
00:21:36.000 It is by no means a criticism of people that have used IVF or even people that are benefiting from IVF.
00:21:42.000 I will say, taking a step back, that going through infertility can be one of the hardest things that people have had to go through.
00:21:51.000 It is incredibly heart-aching and heartbreaking.
00:21:57.000 It can go through multiple different iterations of, quite honestly, the closest thing to agonizing torture that good, loving couples have to go through.
00:22:11.000 To be perfectly honest.
00:22:12.000 So it's a very tough situation and tough topic.
00:22:16.000 I tend to lean towards seeing that 90% of the time people that use IVF are incredibly well-intentioned and want to welcome life.
00:22:28.000 And that is the other more difficult aspect, which it is in some ways the exact moral intent opposite of abortion.
00:22:37.000 Where abortion are people that go into a clinic. 0.99
00:22:40.000 To eliminate life, whereas IVF people go into a clinic to try to welcome life.
00:22:47.000 So there's no easy answer there.
00:22:49.000 But the brave new world element is something I think that needs to be addressed.
00:22:55.000 So all that to say, President Trump has embraced it.
00:22:59.000 President Trump is championing it.
00:23:01.000 And I know a lot of people that have used it.
00:23:04.000 And so...
00:23:05.000 That's the answer to that question.
00:23:07.000 Okay, let's see here.
00:23:08.000 What is the next member?
00:23:09.000 Is it Brayden?
00:23:10.000 Brayden, thank you for being a member.
00:23:12.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:23:13.000 What's on your mind?
00:23:14.000 How's it going, Charlie?
00:23:15.000 Can you hear me?
00:23:16.000 Yes. How are you?
00:23:17.000 Perfect. I'm great.
00:23:18.000 How are you?
00:23:18.000 So I just had a quick question for you.
00:23:20.000 I'm a freshman at a small, very liberal institution here in Pennsylvania.
00:23:25.000 I actually started a Turning Point chapter on my campus.
00:23:29.000 As a result of that, I had lug nuts removed off my car.
00:23:32.000 We almost came off on the highway.
00:23:34.000 I've pretty much been called everything from Nazi to fascist.
00:23:40.000 Those are the only appropriate ones I can say on air.
00:23:42.000 Jeez. Safety and just happiness.
00:24:04.000 I don't know.
00:24:05.000 I just wanted to get some advice.
00:24:06.000 Do you think I'm doing the right thing?
00:24:08.000 Well, yes.
00:24:09.000 First of all, thank you.
00:24:11.000 I can imagine you don't want to make your school public because of safety, right?
00:24:16.000 I can imagine that's probably the case.
00:24:18.000 If you want to say it, we'd be happy to help you through that.
00:24:24.000 So I guess more importantly, why are you in college?
00:24:27.000 I'm in college.
00:24:29.000 Well, you probably won't like the answer, I'm in college, because honestly, that's what we're taught.
00:24:33.000 No, but I got it.
00:24:34.000 Why are you in college?
00:24:36.000 Give me an answer.
00:24:36.000 I'm in college.
00:24:37.000 I chose to come here to play golf and get a degree in economics.
00:24:41.000 Okay, so to play golf.
00:24:42.000 Got it.
00:24:43.000 So do you think college is necessary for you?
00:24:46.000 I don't believe it's necessary for me.
00:24:47.000 Well, then you just answered your question, my friend.
00:24:51.000 But look, I mean, everyone has to make your own decision, but if you're being tortured and you're getting like lug nuts, Perfect.
00:25:07.000 It did, and my institution is Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
00:25:11.000 I actually made a post the other day, and General Mike Flynn even saw it.
00:25:15.000 Oh, amazing.
00:25:16.000 What do you want to do with your life?
00:25:20.000 I'd like to get into politics someday.
00:25:23.000 I know it's a broad statement.
00:25:24.000 I'm not really sure what I want to do with it, whether it's a political consulting firm or something along that aspect.
00:25:31.000 But I'd like to definitely get into something like what you guys do.
00:25:35.000 Well, I can tell you, college is definitely the wrong path for you.
00:25:38.000 But I'm glad that you're honest about it and speaking out.
00:25:41.000 And also, I don't think you're going to find a wife.
00:25:46.000 Absolutely not.
00:25:48.000 Thank you, Charlie. Have a great one.
00:26:12.000 Hey, Charlie, good afternoon, or at least afternoon on the East Coast.
00:26:16.000 Thanks for everything y'all do.
00:26:17.000 I joined on election night, but this is actually my first live call, and the signed MAGA hat that you sent is prominently positioned on the mantle, so really appreciate everything y'all do, and I think you guys had a major impact on bringing the election home, and you mentioned a second ago.
00:26:35.000 I feel like the campaign never ended, and here in Virginia, I mean, we're already kind of back in campaign mode with a massive set of elections here in Virginia later this fall, and I just wonder, is there any real plan to try to keep at least one of the houses?
00:26:49.000 I think Spanberger, or I call her Spyberger, just given her background and how slippery she is. 1.00
00:26:55.000 But if Virginia loses all three... 0.75
00:26:58.000 Governor and then the both houses, they're already talking about Raymond Thru, Sanctuary State, nine-month abortion, everything.
00:27:05.000 And I just want, we only need to flip to, I'm really came down to the State House and State Senate that combined 4,000 total votes last time around.
00:27:13.000 But I know Speiberger is going to be a tough one to beat, given her background and her positioning. 0.99
00:27:19.000 And with the new draw of the congressional district, she's much more tied in with the Nova crowd, which as you know, are as crazy as they get.
00:27:28.000 I got some of that.
00:27:29.000 You said your state's Virginia, correct?
00:27:32.000 Right? Is that right?
00:27:33.000 Yes, sir.
00:27:34.000 Okay. How is Winsome Sears doing?
00:27:36.000 What is the state of that race?
00:27:38.000 Okay, so her biggest issue is, I think, you know, for the most part, she's, I would say, mostly MAGA.
00:27:44.000 And I think she's come our way over time.
00:27:46.000 I don't think she was, you know, necessarily fully on the team before.
00:27:49.000 And, you know, they're still a little bit questionable there.
00:27:51.000 But her problem is that she'll say, oh, you know, hey, I...
00:27:56.000 We're going to do this, or we're going to do that.
00:27:58.000 But in Virginia, the Democrats have a hard five-point edge that you have to overcome.
00:28:03.000 I only have to get every conservative vote, but you have to bring down the negatives of the opponent.
00:28:08.000 And Spanberger's been preparing herself for this for years.
00:28:11.000 And the only way to win, or to even beat her, or even get close enough to bring... 1.00
00:28:16.000 One of the state houses over the line is going to be bringing her negatives out, and I've been talking with some of the local people here about this, and I think I'm starting to see a little more aggression, but she's a very tentative candidate.
00:28:26.000 She's not that confident on her public speeches, and I just don't think she's got a full grasp of the messaging, and she certainly doesn't know how to go after Spanberger, who tries to say, oh, I'm just a regular mom, just a regular mom, but she's as vicious, hardcore left wing as anybody could be, and she's got the deep state pedigree, so she's well trained. 0.99
00:28:44.000 And it's concerning.
00:28:45.000 Virginia goes, it's the birthplace of the nation.
00:28:49.000 And they're going to go full bore if they get the trifecta.
00:28:53.000 And Youngkin's been, in my opinion, maybe the best governor in the country.
00:28:57.000 But we have the one-term rule here, so he's out in the fall.
00:29:01.000 So a couple things.
00:29:02.000 Thank you for that.
00:29:03.000 Virginia, I think, can become a swing state, especially if we bring high prop voters home.
00:29:08.000 I'm going to be spending a lot of time in Virginia.
00:29:10.000 I'm going to be doing an event at University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Liberty, and potentially one more like George Mason and VCU.
00:29:16.000 Very big off-year election.
00:29:18.000 But Winsome Sears, we have to bring across the finish line.
00:29:21.000 Honestly, a lot of it is going to be contingent on the economy.
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00:30:30.000 Benjamin, what's on your mind?
00:30:31.000 Thanks for being a member.
00:30:32.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:30:34.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:30:35.000 God bless you and your family.
00:30:36.000 I hope that extends out to you, my friend.
00:30:38.000 Thank you.
00:30:40.000 Is there a law that will consider or considers underage mental abuse or child neglect if a child has like a gender dysphoria condition and the parent or guardian manipulates that child's mind or thought process through coercion of like doing a sex change or homo suppressors? 0.89
00:30:59.000 And if there isn't, is there one in the works?
00:31:03.000 That's a really good question.
00:31:05.000 So the answer is not really.
00:31:08.000 It's very difficult.
00:31:09.000 I think you first have to go after the teachers and the doctors.
00:31:12.000 I think we got to go after the doctors, especially the ones that are prescribing this.
00:31:17.000 It's so hard because some of these parents are so well-intentioned that they are essentially held hostage and they too are medically kidnapped by the system.
00:31:26.000 When a parent who's very involved is told by a doctor, if you do not allow your daughter to medically transition, then they're going to commit suicide.
00:31:37.000 Would you rather have a dead son or a dead daughter or an alive son effectively holding them hostage?
00:31:43.000 Tiffany, Tiffany, thank you for being a member.
00:31:46.000 Really appreciate it.
00:31:47.000 What is on your mind?
00:31:48.000 Yes, my question is regarding the tariffs, and I'm curious to get your opinion.
00:31:55.000 I work with a gentleman that's very liberal, and he thinks that everyone that's recently retired as the stock market is crashing, in his words, are suicidal and frustrated with that and doesn't think the stocks are going to bounce back as quickly.
00:32:13.000 So, that is a short-term analysis.
00:32:16.000 Here's what I don't want to do, and I think it's very important.
00:32:19.000 I'm not going to dismiss or, let's say, rationalize financial suffering.
00:32:25.000 People are hurting right now.
00:32:27.000 Obviously, the market's down.
00:32:29.000 I believe this will be short-lived.
00:32:30.000 I believe if you take the long-term perspective with tax cuts, no tax on tips, deregulation, economic boon, major investment, that this thing is going to grow.
00:32:39.000 Remember, algorithms run most of the market.
00:32:42.000 So I think you'd say to your friend, look, let's talk at the end of the year.
00:32:44.000 Let's talk at the end of next year.
00:32:47.000 Investing is a long-term game.
00:32:50.000 If you are investing just for a 24-hour news cycle, then you are going to be in a tough spot.
00:32:57.000 Interest rates are falling, which can make homes easier to buy.
00:33:00.000 But what I don't want to do is where the Democrats that have said, oh, everything's perfectly fine, everything.
00:33:05.000 When stocks go down, people are going to see a material drop at that time.
00:33:10.000 My rule is this.
00:33:12.000 Look at your investments once every six months.
00:33:14.000 I think it's really unhealthy if you open up your Schwab or your TD Ameritrade app or your interactive brokers app every single day.
00:33:22.000 Unless you are a day trader.
00:33:24.000 If you're a day trader, fine.
00:33:25.000 But if you're a long-term investor or 401ks, do yourself a favor.
00:33:30.000 Unless you have immediate and pressing liquidity needs, which is possible.
00:33:35.000 Unless you are in highly sophisticated trading and it's your profession.
00:33:39.000 But if you are a retiree and you do not have immediate liquidity needs, do yourself a favor.
00:33:45.000 Delete that app from your phone and open it up in six months.
00:33:48.000 Stocks are not meant to be a casino.
00:33:51.000 It is not meant to be DraftKings where you are betting on whether or not Josh Allen is going to do a super boost and run for a touchdown and throw a touchdown.
00:34:01.000 I get that it's not ideal, that the market is down a couple thousand points.
00:34:05.000 I'm down.
00:34:06.000 You're down.
00:34:06.000 We're all invested in the long-term, bullish perspective of America.
00:34:10.000 But I'm still incredibly long on America, and I think you guys should be too.
00:34:15.000 Dollar cost average is a great way to invest.
00:34:17.000 Do some every quarter, and don't look at your portfolio every day.
00:34:23.000 It will drive you insane, and it does nobody any good.
00:34:26.000 Okay. Brandon, you are the last question.
00:34:30.000 What is on your mind?
00:34:31.000 Morning, Charlie.
00:34:32.000 Can you hear me?
00:34:33.000 Yes, how are you?
00:34:34.000 Good. So my question is, in general, what advice do you have for someone trying to write a book?
00:34:41.000 Trying to write a book.
00:34:42.000 Is that what you said?
00:34:44.000 Yes. Well, it's so funny.
00:34:45.000 I'm actually writing my Sabbath book right now.
00:34:48.000 First and foremost, you have to write about something you are very clear about.
00:34:53.000 You have to have a great hypothesis, a great argument, Great contention.
00:34:58.000 Basically, a book should be an argument, unless you're writing a novel, right?
00:35:02.000 That's a whole separate thing.
00:35:03.000 My argument is that the Sabbath is good for me and good for society, and people should adopt it into their life, and I'm going to tell you why.
00:35:10.000 That's a lot to work on.
00:35:12.000 You have to have a passion about it.
00:35:14.000 And finally, compartmentalize it.
00:35:16.000 Start small.
00:35:17.000 Write a little bit every single day.
00:35:19.000 If you write for five to ten minutes a day, the real person you should be asking the question of is Blake.
00:35:24.000 Blake writes a lot of books.
00:35:25.000 He's prolific.
00:35:25.000 He helped me with my last book significantly, Right Wing Revolution.
00:35:29.000 He's got a whole bunch.
00:35:30.000 He's got a whole thing.
00:35:31.000 He basically doesn't sleep for three days and takes all sorts of interesting substances and poof, there's a book.
00:35:36.000 But he's different.
00:35:37.000 So, actually, Blake can help answer this question on the members page.
00:35:42.000 Blake can write like a paragraph of advice how to write a book.
00:35:45.000 I think that's a good way.
00:35:46.000 Thank you, Brandon.
00:35:47.000 God bless you and Shabbat Shalom.
00:35:50.000 Thanks so much for listening.
00:35:51.000 Everybody email us as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:35:54.000 Thanks so much for listening, and God bless.