The Charlie Kirk Show - June 09, 2025


Ask Charlie Anything 226: Pre-Marriage Prep? The Future Of H-1Bs? The Secrets of Campus Success?


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In this episode, Charlie talks about the importance of having the tough financial conversations before you get married. He talks about who's in charge of the money, who's going to pay the bills, and what to do if you don't have enough to live on.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here, live from the Bitcoin.com studio.
00:00:04.000 Happy Monday and Ask Me Anything episode.
00:00:05.000 I give you marriage advice.
00:00:07.000 You're going to love this for all the newly engaged couples, for newly married couples.
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00:01:38.000 Gracie, thank you for being a member.
00:01:40.000 Happy Friday.
00:01:40.000 What's on your mind?
00:01:41.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:01:42.000 Can you share some advice?
00:01:44.000 I'm getting married this year, and me and my fiancé want to follow in the example of Christ.
00:01:48.000 What steps can me and him take in pursuing that?
00:01:51.000 That is a great question.
00:01:53.000 So I have several things to say, the first of which is a piece of advice that you'll probably not get.
00:01:59.000 One of the biggest reasons why marriages fall apart and why people file for divorce is financial problems.
00:02:06.000 You have to have the tough financial conversations before you get married.
00:02:11.000 Who's in charge of the money?
00:02:12.000 Who's going to work if you have kids? 1.00
00:02:14.000 What is your current financial situation?
00:02:16.000 How much do you have in savings?
00:02:18.000 Are you guys going to invest?
00:02:20.000 Are you guys going to be aggressive in your investments?
00:02:22.000 Are you going to take vacations?
00:02:24.000 Are you guys going to go out to eat?
00:02:27.000 Methodical, transparent, very let's just say provocative conversations around finances means that you will have a healthier marriage.
00:02:37.000 Talk early in your relationship about these things because people tend to avoid these conversations because they get too invested and they're afraid that these conversations might actually end up causing harm in the marriage.
00:02:52.000 So while you are in this fiancé stage, it is very important that you get premarital counseling.
00:02:57.000 got to find a pastor to do that.
00:02:59.000 But even beyond that, there is a checklist of like 50 And there's not even right or wrong answers.
00:03:08.000 But you have to definitely know who is going to be ultimately responsible for paying the bills.
00:03:14.000 I tend to think that is the man's job.
00:03:16.000 Not to say that has to be for every single family.
00:03:18.000 It might work for you guys.
00:03:20.000 It might not.
00:03:21.000 In our family, I'm in charge of all the finances.
00:03:23.000 It works great.
00:03:24.000 I'm in charge of the income.
00:03:25.000 I'm in charge of paying the bills.
00:03:27.000 It's great.
00:03:27.000 It works fine.
00:03:29.000 Other families, they have a different configuration.
00:03:31.000 But we established that.
00:03:33.000 We established that early on.
00:03:35.000 I'll be in charge of the money.
00:03:37.000 You don't have to worry about it.
00:03:38.000 You don't have to sweat about it.
00:03:39.000 You don't have to have any concern for it.
00:03:41.000 And so the finances in particular, because here's what happens when couples don't talk about it.
00:03:48.000 About a year into marriage, all of a sudden there'll be a conversation of, hold on, we don't have the money for that.
00:03:57.000 What do you mean we're not going on a vacation?
00:03:59.000 Or you don't realize how much debt that actually gets assumed into the family.
00:04:04.000 You've got to talk about, do you guys have student loan debt?
00:04:06.000 Do you have medical debt?
00:04:07.000 Do you have consumer debt?
00:04:08.000 You've got to put it all on the table.
00:04:10.000 You've got to have a come-to-truth, transparent conversation.
00:04:15.000 But understand, there is no my money or your money.
00:04:19.000 It's our money.
00:04:20.000 It's very important.
00:04:21.000 When Eric and I talk, there is no like, oh, I earned this, it's we earned this.
00:04:27.000 It is our money.
00:04:28.000 It is shared resources.
00:04:30.000 You are soulmates.
00:04:31.000 In the Christian view, this is very important, you must view your marriage as covenantal.
00:04:38.000 You see, a covenantal relationship is a very beautiful and holy thing.
00:04:44.000 It is sacred.
00:04:45.000 In the scriptures, there are five examples of covenants, and the marriage is the sixth.
00:04:50.000 There is the Noahic covenant, which God gave to Noah after the flood.
00:04:54.000 There is the Abrahamic covenant, which he made with Abraham.
00:04:57.000 There is the covenant with Israel, which of course happened with Jacob.
00:05:02.000 There is the Davidic covenant, which David, and then of course there is the new covenant with Christ.
00:05:07.000 This idea of covenant is that you don't keep score.
00:05:10.000 It's not about playing.
00:05:16.000 But I see more marriages fall apart on the finance question.
00:05:20.000 And then the other question, this is where premarital counseling should flush this out, but you guys have just got to do the work yourself as well.
00:05:25.000 Do you want to have kids?
00:05:26.000 How many kids?
00:05:27.000 And this is the other really critical, important thing that, believe it or not, so many young couples do not recognize.
00:05:35.000 I could do a whole seminar on this, by the way.
00:05:37.000 You have to know your spouse's nature.
00:05:42.000 This is incredibly important.
00:05:44.000 Is your spouse an extrovert or an introvert?
00:05:48.000 Do they want to have an open house or a closed house?
00:05:52.000 This is very important.
00:05:54.000 You see, you get married to your spouse and you're in that honeymoon phase and you might think, oh, I grew up where we open up the house and the whole neighborhood comes and it's great and all the kids are over and you constantly have people around and you...
00:06:11.000 There's no right or wrong answer, by the way.
00:06:13.000 I grew up in more of a closed house.
00:06:15.000 We didn't have a lot of people over all the time, and it worked great.
00:06:17.000 But I knew that there were people down the street where constantly there was just, that's the house where you went to go play, where there were barbecues, you went to the pool party.
00:06:25.000 It was an open house vibe.
00:06:27.000 You have to know that with your spouse, because all of a sudden you get married six months in, and there's people just coming over.
00:06:34.000 You're like, what is going on here?
00:06:36.000 I need my space.
00:06:38.000 And then the final thing I'll say, again, I could do a whole seminar on this, I could write a whole book on this, is you have to isolate what are acceptable vices in your relationship.
00:06:50.000 You must write down acceptable and unacceptable vices.
00:06:54.000 It's very, very important.
00:06:56.000 So, for example, if you say, hey, we're going to be okay with drinking alcohol, write that down.
00:07:01.000 But you say, how much alcohol are we going to be okay drinking?
00:07:04.000 We'll do only on Friday night.
00:07:10.000 Fine.
00:07:10.000 Great.
00:07:11.000 Write that down.
00:07:12.000 Of course, an unacceptable advice would be there'll be no tolerance whatsoever for pornography.
00:07:16.000 Obviously, I think that's a good idea.
00:07:18.000 Do that.
00:07:18.000 Another advice would be, hey, we're only going to watch TV at this time, and we'll try to stay within these rules.
00:07:24.000 And the guy might say, hey, I need at least Sundays to watch football and Saturdays to watch football.
00:07:29.000 With Erica, when we went through premarital counseling, it was like, hey, I need Saturday mornings.
00:07:35.000 During college football season, basically all day, I just need to be able to watch college game day.
00:07:40.000 I need to be able to watch Oregon.
00:07:41.000 I just need to be able to do my thing to watch football.
00:07:44.000 And she's like, great.
00:07:46.000 And to know the vices, specifically, is very important.
00:07:51.000 Not even vices.
00:07:52.000 Not even a good way to say it.
00:07:53.000 But it's, let's just say, carve-outs that are not always things you want to do every single day.
00:07:59.000 And then the other part, and this is where Dennis Prager got in a lot of trouble.
00:08:03.000 But it's a very important thing.
00:08:06.000 Very, very important.
00:08:07.000 And this drives the feminists crazy, okay? 1.00
00:08:09.000 Women, you need to affirm your man for being loyal to you. 1.00
00:08:15.000 Dennis Prager says this all the time.
00:08:16.000 It drives feminists crazy. 1.00
00:08:18.000 They're like, what do you mean you need to affirm it?
00:08:19.000 It should be normal.
00:08:20.000 There is a reason why adultery is in the Ten Commandments.
00:08:23.000 Men have difficulty staying monogamous.
00:08:27.000 And women should reassure and should affirm and encourage men.
00:08:32.000 When they are faithful, they should say, thank you for being faithful to me.
00:08:36.000 Thank you for continually building into our marriage.
00:08:39.000 Again, some women go nuts when I say this. 1.00
00:08:42.000 They say, well, I don't need to affirm my man.
00:08:44.000 Yes, you do, actually, believe it or not.
00:08:46.000 You do.
00:08:47.000 And if you don't, you do not know male nature.
00:08:49.000 God knew male nature so much, he built it right into the Decalogue.
00:08:53.000 So, Gracie, I hope that's helpful, but just kind of the other components that are find a great church, find a really good pastor, And, as Aristotle would say, a marriage is at its best—he would say a friendship—but marriage is at its best when you're not just looking at each other, but you're both looking at Jesus, when you're both looking at God.
00:09:15.000 When you make God the transcendent third, as Bishop Barron would say, in your relationship— You are lifting up the marriage where it's not just about yourself or about each other.
00:09:28.000 It's about something beyond that.
00:09:30.000 And that is what will keep the marriage together when things get on the rocks.
00:09:33.000 That is what will happen when things get a little shaky.
00:09:37.000 And going to church and having those agreed upon spiritual disciplines.
00:09:41.000 We do the Sabbath.
00:09:43.000 We're big Sabbatarians in our family.
00:09:45.000 It works for us.
00:09:46.000 Your spouse is a friend, a lover, and a partner.
00:09:50.000 And I'll be honest, some young men that I see online that are super, like, anti-marriage, they are so missing out.
00:09:56.000 It is an adventurous journey of depth and exploration and just kind of engaging in hookup culture that is so primal.
00:10:03.000 It's so just fleshly oriented.
00:10:06.000 It's challenging, but it is the greatest thing.
00:10:08.000 And so I certainly hope for you the best, Gracie.
00:10:11.000 Stay in touch.
00:10:12.000 Anything we could do.
00:10:13.000 And congratulations on your upcoming marriage.
00:10:18.000 That was many years of wisdom that I just downloaded on you, so you can feel free to listen to that back.
00:10:22.000 God bless you, Gracie. 0.99
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00:11:35.000 Matt, Matt, thank you for being a member.
00:11:37.000 What's on your mind?
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00:11:39.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:11:40.000 Good afternoon.
00:11:40.000 How are you?
00:11:41.000 I'm doing great.
00:11:42.000 Thank you.
00:11:42.000 How are you?
00:11:43.000 Well, afternoon on the East Coast anyway.
00:11:45.000 But thanks for all you do.
00:11:47.000 Quick question around the H-1B.
00:11:49.000 I know Trump-Elon, last time they kind of butted heads, was around the H-1B.
00:11:54.000 Sort of the tech bro, right, that got brought into the movement this last cycle.
00:11:58.000 I think you're starting to see some of the more immigration, you know, legal immigration come under question.
00:12:04.000 Is it possible between now, maybe as an issue for 26 and 28, to temporarily suspend or pause H-1B program by executive order?
00:12:15.000 It is an option.
00:12:16.000 I think we should.
00:12:18.000 The challenge is this, is that the AI people, the AI community, they claim there is just not enough American talent to be able to source the AI boom.
00:12:30.000 July.
00:12:31.000 Yeah, so can you riff on that?
00:12:33.000 I think that's not true.
00:12:35.000 I'm far from an expert.
00:12:36.000 I'm an expert on several things, not on this.
00:12:38.000 Do you think that is true, Matt?
00:12:39.000 Well, I think that the H-1B program was designed and it's understood to be for kind of gaps and holes.
00:12:46.000 In the labor force that we can provide to fill.
00:12:49.000 And it's become just a way to get a compliant labor force that will work for half the money and never complain because it will get deported because the sponsor will then leave.
00:12:59.000 And it's impacted our student loan crisis.
00:13:01.000 It's kept folks from starting families and buying homes.
00:13:05.000 It's slowed down our entire generation.
00:13:07.000 And it's it's with AI, as you were mentioning, it's only going to be expedited because there's going to be fewer opportunities to be had.
00:13:14.000 And so we need to maximize every opportunity we have.
00:13:17.000 And I think ending H1B program, except in those kind of lower skill kind of gaps and holes, seasonal workers, et cetera.
00:13:24.000 We need to shrink, if not NH-1B, but I think there is a conflation by some of the media.
00:13:31.000 It is not the genius visa.
00:13:33.000 I think you and I both agree, Matt.
00:13:35.000 Genius visa is fine.
00:13:36.000 Like a couple hundred super geniuses coming in.
00:13:39.000 You and I think that's legit.
00:13:40.000 That's fine.
00:13:45.000 high IQ physicists, like the top of the top.
00:13:48.000 I'm perfectly fine with that.
00:13:50.000 What H1B has become is a replacement of American labor for stuff that is like so abominable They're replacing, like, hairdressers and nannies. 0.99
00:14:02.000 Like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:14:03.000 Like, this is not at all what it was architected for.
00:14:06.000 They use H-1B for entry-level accountants at insurance companies.
00:14:11.000 I'm sorry, Americans can do those jobs.
00:14:14.000 So, Matt, what line of work are you in?
00:14:16.000 I'm a medical device sales manager.
00:14:19.000 Great.
00:14:20.000 Well, and I hope your job's not replaced by H-1B, but we need to, it comes down to a fundamental thing.
00:14:26.000 Do you believe American labor should be protected, or do you think it should just be a feeding frenzy and just a major open border, just source of bedlam?
00:14:37.000 And they use H-1B for IT companies that are almost all H-1B staffers.
00:14:42.000 They're just a giant immigrant core, basically all from India.
00:14:46.000 Matt, thank you so much.
00:14:47.000 Really appreciate it.
00:14:48.000 Thank you.
00:14:48.000 Okay, who do we have next?
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00:14:58.000 Hi Charlie.
00:14:59.000 We spoke a few weeks ago about the best presidents, but I wanted to talk to you a bit more since I recently became the president of Turning Point USA at Dallas Baptist University.
00:15:11.000 So I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to run the organization since I'm trying to get it off the ground.
00:15:17.000 Well, first of all, thank you for wanting and for being a Turning Point USA chapter leader.
00:15:21.000 My best piece of advice is be likable.
00:15:24.000 I know that this is a strange piece of advice.
00:15:28.000 You want to be well-liked on campus.
00:15:32.000 No one wants to join a political movement if you're cruel and angry.
00:15:37.000 This is where the left went so wrong.
00:15:38.000 You don't have to overthink this.
00:15:40.000 If you look at the left on campus, they're so unfriendly and unwelcoming.
00:15:46.000 You just want to kind of be chill.
00:15:48.000 You want to be cool.
00:15:49.000 You want to be friendly.
00:15:50.000 You want to be authentic.
00:15:51.000 You want to be open to other ideas.
00:15:53.000 You want to be firm in your belief system, but you don't want to be overly dogmatic in your present The first chapter that we had was at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
00:16:08.000 It's our 13-year anniversary yesterday of Turning Point USA.
00:16:11.000 I don't have time to tell the entire story, but so much of the conservative uptick on campus, thanks to Turning Point USA and the amazing Turning Point USA High School and College Chapter Network, partially is that...
00:16:25.000 They're sorority leaders.
00:16:26.000 They're fraternity leaders.
00:16:28.000 We have fun.
00:16:29.000 And it's also, we're not going to scold you.
00:16:32.000 One of my favorite words to describe the left is they are scolders.
00:16:37.000 They are like hall monitors that's constantly critiquing that you're not fully in line with the catechism of the left-wing faith.
00:16:47.000 We're tolerant in the truest sense.
00:16:49.000 It's fine.
00:16:50.000 It's a college campus.
00:16:51.000 Get over yourself.
00:16:52.000 It's fine if somebody doesn't agree with you on gay marriage or whatever.
00:16:55.000 And be firm in your beliefs.
00:16:57.000 Be steadfast.
00:16:59.000 Be uncompromising.
00:17:00.000 But be chill.
00:17:02.000 Be someone that people want to spend time with.
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00:18:14.000 Next question here, Melissa.
00:18:15.000 Melissa, thank you for being a member.
00:18:16.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:18:18.000 What's on your mind?
00:18:19.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:18:20.000 How's it going?
00:18:20.000 I'm doing great.
00:18:21.000 How are you?
00:18:22.000 I'm great.
00:18:23.000 I just wanted to know what your thoughts were on Elon's statement of Trump being on the Epstein list, what you thought his motive was, because it was a bit shocking, and I'm always concerned when people go after someone's character.
00:18:37.000 So quickly like that, when they might be upset.
00:18:39.000 Yes.
00:18:40.000 So thank you.
00:18:41.000 Great question.
00:18:41.000 I addressed this earlier in the program, but I don't anticipate everyone to watch.
00:18:45.000 I also have an entire podcast on this.
00:18:46.000 So two quick thoughts, and I'm not going to give you the full answer, Melissa, because it'll take like an hour.
00:18:51.000 First of all, in the actual Epstein files that have already been released, Donald Trump was mentioned, but not in an incriminating way.
00:18:57.000 He happened to run a club that Jeffrey Epstein went to and then got kicked out of.
00:19:01.000 So just because you're mentioned in documents doesn't mean that you are incriminated in the criminal behavior.
00:19:06.000 But let's also just kind of use some of our reason here.
00:19:08.000 You're trying to believe that the Democrats who wanted to put Donald Trump in prison for 700 years, take away his business empire from him, be able to derail him.
00:19:17.000 They dispatched Fannie Willis and...
00:19:26.000 If they really wanted to embarrass Donald Trump, they would have just released this part of the Epstein files, and it would have just been potentially catastrophic for him.
00:19:34.000 So, no, there's nothing incriminating there.
00:19:36.000 And also, just so we are clear, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, David Schoen, has come out and has said Donald Trump has no incrimination whatsoever in any of the Epstein files.
00:19:47.000 It is an untrue attack, and I hope the two are able to reconcile soon.
00:19:50.000 Thank you so much.
00:19:51.000 Really appreciate it, Melissa.
00:19:52.000 Thank you.
00:19:52.000 Thank you.
00:19:53.000 Okay, next question.
00:19:54.000 David, David, thank you for being a member.
00:19:56.000 What's on your mind?
00:19:57.000 I appreciate what you do.
00:19:59.000 We're in communist California and my question is how do we vet the new or we're trying to get rid of the supermajority and we want to get better people in there because the people that we have in California in the legislature are not listening to 0.94
00:20:32.000 It's going to start, though, with winning over Hispanics. 0.97
00:20:34.000 That's a huge part of it.
00:20:36.000 Trying to get better candidates up and down the ballot.
00:20:40.000 And it's going to have to be nearly a decade-long fight.
00:20:42.000 Look, California is in a very, very tough position.
00:20:45.000 It just is.
00:20:46.000 Young people are coming our way. 0.99
00:20:48.000 I actually think in the next 20 years we could turn California red, but it's going to take a lot of effort, it's going to take a lot of investment, and it's going to take a lot of time.
00:20:56.000 But I love California.
00:20:57.000 I'm actually going to California tomorrow.
00:20:58.000 I'm speaking at a pre-born event tomorrow in Orange County.
00:21:03.000 Love California.
00:21:04.000 Wish you guys the best.
00:21:05.000 I'm here to help any way I possibly can.
00:21:06.000 Thank you.
00:21:08.000 Okay.
00:21:08.000 I don't know if I'm reading this correctly, but OK, got it.
00:21:11.000 Ashish, thank you for being a member.
00:21:12.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:21:14.000 What's on your mind?
00:21:15.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:21:16.000 How are you?
00:21:16.000 Good.
00:21:16.000 How are you?
00:21:17.000 Thanks for being a member.
00:21:18.000 I'm doing good.
00:21:19.000 Thank you.
00:21:19.000 And good afternoon.
00:21:20.000 I wanted to ask a question.
00:21:22.000 Me being a legal immigrant here in the United States, I came to this country knowing that it's the greatest Christian country on the world.
00:21:32.000 So just wanted to know your thoughts on if the legal immigration system or rather the process will improve in the future or will it stay as it is or might get like shut down.
00:21:45.000 And for me, should I keep pursuing my American dream or should I be ready to give it up?
00:21:51.000 Got it.
00:21:52.000 Just to reiterate, you are legal, correct?
00:21:54.000 Is that right?
00:21:54.000 Yes.
00:21:55.000 Yes, that's right.
00:21:55.000 You know what I need, guys?
00:21:56.000 I need like a little sound board where I can push applause.
00:22:00.000 You know where you push the applause?
00:22:01.000 Yay! 0.99
00:22:02.000 You know, you deserve a little kind of soundboard.
00:22:04.000 I have no idea what the future of the legal immigration system will look like.
00:22:08.000 I do think that we need to restrict it, especially on the family chain custody migration.
00:22:15.000 That is not merit-based.
00:22:17.000 At its core, we want a restoration of meritocracy.
00:22:21.000 I'll be honest, it's a little sad that you even have to ask if the American dream is still possible.
00:22:25.000 I believe it is.
00:22:26.000 But if you have demonstrated that you can assimilate, If you've demonstrated that you come here with skills, if you can demonstrate that you love the country, then we'll be open to that.
00:22:36.000 People will be more okay with skilled immigration when we've sent back the flood of illegals and the fake asylum seekers and the family migration flood of this country. 0.99
00:22:47.000 Besides my own opinion, though, let me tell you, Ashish, President Donald Trump is a very pro-legal immigration president, and so I think based on everything you've described about yourself, you have very little to worry about.
00:22:58.000 And so thank you.
00:23:00.000 We believe immigration should always serve the nation.
00:23:02.000 And Ashish, the fact that you're a member at CharlieKirk.com shows that you've assimilated this country beautifully.
00:23:08.000 And so if I can ever help you, we need more people like you that love the country and want to fight for it.
00:23:13.000 God bless you, my friend.
00:23:14.000 Thank you very much.
00:23:15.000 Thank you, Charlie.
00:23:16.000 Jordan, thank you for being a member.
00:23:18.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:23:19.000 What's on your mind?
00:23:20.000 Good morning, Charlie.
00:23:21.000 How are you doing today?
00:23:22.000 Good.
00:23:22.000 How are you?
00:23:23.000 Great.
00:23:23.000 Thank you.
00:23:24.000 How do we attract the younger voters to the Republican Party?
00:23:31.000 It's a good question.
00:23:32.000 In fact, the answer is in the question.
00:23:34.000 We attract them by not compromising on our core conservative principles.
00:23:38.000 The answer is actually in the question.
00:23:41.000 And we've demonstrated that with our program, with our virality, with Turning Point USA.
00:23:45.000 It shocks people.
00:23:46.000 When I go to college campuses, I make very firm decisions.
00:23:57.000 This generation is increasingly religious.
00:24:00.000 They are increasingly socially conservative.
00:24:02.000 They are increasingly nationalistic.
00:24:04.000 Gen Z is not the liberal generation at all that people think they are. 0.97
00:24:09.000 In fact, we see this next generation, especially young men, they want a country of order.
00:24:14.000 They want sovereignty.
00:24:15.000 They want a nation of familiarity.
00:24:18.000 They want neighbors, not strangers.
00:24:20.000 They want children, not cats.
00:24:22.000 And so I think that we're going to see...
00:24:30.000 And again, I always go back to Scripture.
00:24:32.000 This country was founded on the promises of Scripture.
00:24:35.000 Leviticus is literally on the Liberty Bell.
00:24:38.000 Proclaim liberty throughout the land of which you are in.
00:24:40.000 And I think we have to always go back to those eternal, ever-ringing promises that built Western civilization.
00:24:47.000 And Scripture is the foundation of which it was all built on.
00:24:50.000 Thank you very much.
00:24:51.000 Really appreciate it.
00:24:52.000 Absolutely.
00:24:53.000 Thank you, Charlie.
00:24:54.000 Okay, next question here.
00:24:55.000 Elizabeth.
00:24:55.000 Elizabeth, thank you for being a member.
00:24:57.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:24:58.000 What's on your mind?
00:24:59.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:25:00.000 I want to say thank you for everything you're doing, fixing the kids, fixing the schools, fixing the government.
00:25:06.000 And I noticed with Turning Point Faith, you've been trying to fix the churches.
00:25:09.000 And I love everybody you have on, Frank Turek, Eric Metaxas.
00:25:15.000 We struggle, all of them.
00:25:18.000 And I was just wondering, because I'm trying to find their books, and I'm reading the Bible, and I'm doing your wife's program.
00:25:23.000 Has Turning Point Faith ever thought about getting your amazing Christian roster into a room and doing a Turning Point Faith Bible study?
00:25:31.000 So great.
00:25:32.000 I got 90% of that.
00:25:35.000 Can you repeat the end part?
00:25:36.000 A Turning Point Faith Bible study?
00:25:38.000 Is that the question?
00:25:39.000 You have the people to make the greatest Bible study in the history of the world.
00:25:42.000 That's a really good question.
00:25:45.000 What we are entertaining currently is taking what my wife Erica has created with Bible in 365.
00:25:51.000 Which I do.
00:25:52.000 Yeah, thank you.
00:25:53.000 That's amazing.
00:25:53.000 Everyone in this audience should do Biblein365.com.
00:25:56.000 It's good for you.
00:25:57.000 It's good for your soul.
00:25:58.000 It's good for your children.
00:25:59.000 It's good for your country.
00:26:00.000 Read the entire Bible.
00:26:01.000 And that's what I always say to atheists. 1.00
00:26:02.000 Before I'm going to take anything you say seriously, read the entire text and then we'll have a conversation.
00:26:07.000 Read the entire Bible.
00:26:08.000 So we want to try to take what my wife Erica has done with Bible in 365 and turn it into a Bible study. 1.00
00:26:14.000 This is my concern.
00:26:16.000 Honest, not my concern, but my feedback.
00:26:18.000 Elizabeth, this is what the church should be doing.
00:26:20.000 The fact the church is not doing robust Bible studies is a disappointment.
00:26:31.000 It shouldn't have to be our role, but I love that.
00:26:33.000 And I think that we need to bring more people back to the Word.
00:26:36.000 bring people back to the Word of God.
00:26:38.000 Again, you guys can have any opinion you want.
00:26:42.000 If you're secular out there, if you're atheist out there, and you are listening, it is inarguable that Western foundation was built on the foundation of the Scriptures.
00:26:52.000 And if you want to take the Scriptures away, you're going to take the foundation of which the entire house is built.
00:26:58.000 Thank you so much, Elizabeth.
00:27:00.000 Really appreciate it.
00:27:02.000 Have a great weekend.
00:27:03.000 And that is really why the West is best.
00:27:06.000 This is one thing that the left can never answer.
00:27:08.000 And I did this at Oxford and these videos are going super viral right now.
00:27:10.000 And we're going to keep on pushing it on all of our social media, the Oxford and gate interactions.
00:27:15.000 What book, what author, what worldview, what idea, what creed do you want the West to Tell me.
00:27:27.000 You don't want the Bible.
00:27:30.000 Got it.
00:27:31.000 What author?
00:27:32.000 What book?
00:27:33.000 What book?
00:27:33.000 What worldview, what idea, and what creed do you want the West to live by?
00:27:39.000 And if you can't replace it with anything, then you are nothing more than a parasitic nihilist.
00:27:45.000 That's exactly what you are.
00:27:47.000 And they can't.
00:27:48.000 Now, some of them will say, we want to replace it with the Quran.
00:27:50.000 Got it.
00:27:51.000 So we now have a decision.
00:27:53.000 Do you want to live by the principles of Jesus or the principles of Muhammad? 1.00
00:27:57.000 One said, love your enemies and blessed are the peacemakers.
00:28:00.000 The other one was a slave trading warlord.
00:28:02.000 That married a nine-year-old. 0.59
00:28:04.000 It's like, which one, or 13-year-old, whatever, I think Blake would know.
00:28:08.000 Which worldview do you like?
00:28:10.000 The principles of the scriptures?
00:28:12.000 Or you say, oh, we're going to replace with secular humanism.
00:28:14.000 Really?
00:28:14.000 What creed?
00:28:15.000 What book?
00:28:16.000 What idea?
00:28:16.000 What author?
00:28:17.000 What worldview is that?
00:28:18.000 And does it work, and has it ever built anything?
00:28:19.000 Oh, no.
00:28:21.000 Do not cut for the life force that gave you life, or else you end up like cut flowers, where you have something beautiful for a little while, and then it shrivels and dies.
00:28:32.000 Private student loan debt in America totals about $300 billion.
00:28:36.000 About $45 billion debt is labeled as distress.
00:28:39.000 Go to YReFi.com.
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00:28:47.000 Just call YReFi.
00:28:48.000 YREFI offers a three-minute rate check without any credit impact.
00:28:51.000 Go to YREFI.com.
00:28:53.000 That is Y-R-E-F-Y.com.
00:28:55.000 You don't have to ignore that mountain of student loan statements on your kitchen table anymore.
00:28:59.000 Again, go to YREFI.com.
00:29:01.000 That is Y-R-E-F-Y.com.
00:29:04.000 So take a look at it.
00:29:05.000 Just call 888-YREFI-34.
00:29:07.000 It may not be available in all 50 states.
00:29:09.000 Because of private student loan debt, so many Americans feel stuck and helpless.
00:29:13.000 Even if they've lost hope, YRefi gives you a light at the end of the tunnel.
00:29:16.000 YRefi does not care what your credit score is.
00:29:18.000 Go to YReFi.com.
00:29:20.000 That is Y-R-E-F-Y.com.
00:29:23.000 That is YReFi.com.
00:29:25.000 Refinance is distressed and defaulted private student loans, which are different from federal loans.
00:29:31.000 Okay, Andrew.
00:29:32.000 Andrew, thank you for being a member.
00:29:34.000 What's on your mind?
00:29:35.000 Hi there, Charlie.
00:29:35.000 It's an honor to talk to you.
00:29:37.000 My wife and I have five kiddos, and we've been working towards buying a house.
00:29:44.000 We actually live in the Phoenix area.
00:29:46.000 And I've been wondering what the Trump administration may have up its sleeve to try to address the housing crisis amongst people of my generation.
00:29:55.000 I'm a millennial.
00:29:57.000 So we're just kind of fighting the battle out here and wondering what may happen.
00:30:03.000 It kind of seems a little ridiculous to me that we've got something like 15% of houses in Phoenix owned by these big real estate companies.
00:30:11.000 Totally.
00:30:11.000 Just would love to give your thoughts on that.
00:30:13.000 And if there's anything in the big, beautiful bill that.
00:30:17.000 Yes, sir.
00:30:18.000 So great question.
00:30:19.000 That would address this.
00:30:20.000 So a couple things.
00:30:21.000 So number one, mass deportations means less demand for housing.
00:30:25.000 That's a big thing.
00:30:26.000 And so the Big Beautiful Bill will help with that.
00:30:29.000 Number two, your take-home pay will increase under the Big Beautiful Bill. 0.85
00:30:33.000 Middle-class tax cuts, child tax deduction.
00:30:35.000 So that will increase under the Big Beautiful Bill.
00:30:38.000 Number three, if we get a booming economy again, which I believe this Big Beautiful Bill does not cut as much spending as we'd like, but my goodness, we are going to see growth, then interest rates can come down.
00:30:49.000 And once interest rates come down, that will be the signal for mass home building.
00:30:53.000 And then finally, President Donald Trump will open up federal lands for homes, which we absolutely should do.
00:31:01.000 The federal government owns way too much land out west.
00:31:04.000 And by the way, I think we should really entertain banning these big conglomerates from taking up housing inventory.
00:31:10.000 I don't think that you, as a father of five, an American, and we have a social contract and a compact to you.
00:31:17.000 As a father of five, she has to compete against BlackRock for a home. 0.98
00:31:21.000 I think it's insane, actually.
00:31:22.000 I think that we should put you first and not have some big conglomerate swoop in with a cash offer if you're trying to get a house for your five kids.
00:31:29.000 God bless you, man.
00:31:30.000 Thank you for being a member.
00:31:31.000 And you are what makes America great.
00:31:33.000 Five children.
00:31:34.000 I love it.
00:31:34.000 Thank you.
00:31:35.000 Thank you.
00:31:36.000 Last question.
00:31:36.000 Greg.
00:31:37.000 Greg, thank you for being a member.
00:31:38.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:31:39.000 What's on your mind?
00:31:40.000 Charlie, great to talk with you.
00:31:44.000 Real quick, AmFest was really great last year.
00:31:46.000 Thank you.
00:31:47.000 I can't believe I got the chance to go, and I love it, and I'm looking forward to it again this year.
00:31:51.000 It's great to see people outside of a screen and in person and live.
00:31:55.000 It was so great.
00:31:57.000 Phenomenal.
00:31:58.000 In California, you kind of answered it with the other members' question, but how do we kind of unite?
00:32:05.000 I know Steve Hilton has his Golden Together, and Rick Grinnell has his Fixed California.
00:32:11.000 But if we could take the turning point action and what you guys did with Arizona and your door knocking and boots on the ground, how do we get that going in California better for next year's primary especially?
00:32:25.000 Because we've got to get a Republican across the finish line for the primary because we do top two here. 0.86
00:32:30.000 And it's not just the governor, it's across the board.
00:32:33.000 How do we get competent people into these offices?
00:32:36.000 I don't know if you're familiar with the insurance crisis we have going on in California.
00:32:40.000 It's terrible.
00:32:42.000 Our insurance commissioner, he, I mean, so what?
00:32:45.000 He's the first gay man to be in that office?
00:32:48.000 Great.
00:32:48.000 But he doesn't know anything about insurance.
00:32:50.000 It's terrible.
00:32:51.000 My insurance went up 52% this year.
00:32:53.000 Like, are you kidding me?
00:32:54.000 Yeah, but don't you feel better that you have a gay guy running the insurance commissioner?
00:32:57.000 Come on, diversity is our strength.
00:32:58.000 Progress is the end point.
00:33:00.000 I mean, it's laughable.
00:33:01.000 Maybe you want a qualified person, not just someone that has a gay pride flag.
00:33:04.000 Exactly.
00:33:04.000 So how do we get the message across to get competent people?
00:33:08.000 We need to stop voting for Democrat or Republican.
00:33:10.000 We need to vote.
00:33:11.000 Are you good?
00:33:11.000 Can you do the job?
00:33:13.000 So there's a lot of components to this.
00:33:14.000 Look, California is a long-term project.
00:33:16.000 I will be very honest.
00:33:17.000 We are not, at Turning Point Action, going to be heavily investing in California.
00:33:21.000 We're doing all of our youth stuff in California.
00:33:23.000 We've got to pick what states we're going to invest in.
00:33:25.000 Arizona is number one, number two, and number three on our priority list.
00:33:29.000 I do not want you to give up in California.
00:33:31.000 There is so much goodness in California.
00:33:33.000 People think I'm crazy.
00:33:34.000 I am more optimistic about California than Illinois.
00:33:37.000 I'm more optimistic about California than New York.
00:33:39.000 As long as California is a blue state, it is going to be incredibly difficult in the current margins that we have right now.
00:33:47.000 And look, it's kind of funny.
00:33:49.000 As long as California is a blue state, it's frankly better in some ways to lose it by 5 million votes than like 500,000 because those Dems and Libs haven't left for Nevada or Texas or Arizona.
00:33:59.000 But we're helping Steve Hilton in any way we can.
00:34:01.000 You guys shouldn't give up.
00:34:02.000 You should hold the line.
00:34:03.000 And long term, eventually we can flip California, but it's not going to happen overnight.
00:34:07.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
00:34:08.000 Email us, as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:34:11.000 Thanks so much for listening, and God bless.