The Charlie Kirk Show - June 12, 2022


Charlie's Delivers a Message to Young Women—LIVE Q+A from TPUSA's YWLS


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In this episode, Amy Hardy speaks at Turning Point USA s Young Women s Leadership Summit, where she was the keynote speaker. Amy talks about the importance of having a "why" for getting involved in politics and why you should do it.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, my exclusive remarks at Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit.
00:00:05.000 We had a great time at YWS.
00:00:06.000 We're going to have a better time at tpusa.com slash SAS.
00:00:10.000 So make sure you check it out.
00:00:11.000 That's tpusa.com slash SAS.
00:00:14.000 The Student Action Summit is going to be amazing.
00:00:16.000 So check it out, tpusa.com slash SAS.
00:00:20.000 We have Trump, we have DeSantis, we have Gutfeld, we have Waters, we have the biggest names in the whole movement, tpusa.com slash SAS.
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00:00:38.000 Thank you for those of you that support us at charliekirk.com slash support.
00:00:42.000 If you've never visited Turning Point USA's website, I encourage you to do it, tpusa.com.
00:00:47.000 Buckle up everybody here.
00:00:48.000 We go.
00:00:49.000 Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
00:00:51.000 Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campuses.
00:00:53.000 I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
00:00:56.000 Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
00:01:00.000 I want to thank Charlie.
00:01:01.000 He's an incredible guy.
00:01:02.000 His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.
00:01:10.000 We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:01:19.000 That's why we are here.
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00:01:34.000 Okay, let's get to some questions.
00:01:36.000 Hi, I'm Liberty.
00:01:37.000 I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
00:01:39.000 And I was wondering, how do you stay like motivated, like getting into politics and all that stuff?
00:01:48.000 How do you keep yourself motivated to learn more and keep researching?
00:01:53.000 Researching.
00:01:53.000 It's a great question.
00:01:54.000 Your name is literally Liberty.
00:01:55.000 That's awesome.
00:01:57.000 That's amazing.
00:01:58.000 So Turning Point USA celebrates 10 years tomorrow.
00:02:00.000 It's amazing.
00:02:01.000 And our 10-year anniversary.
00:02:04.000 Look, you have to have drive.
00:02:09.000 And you have to be somebody that wants it really bad.
00:02:13.000 And I think a lot of you do, but it's not for everybody.
00:02:16.000 If you get involved in politics, you have to be willing to lose all your friends.
00:02:21.000 You have to be willing to be bullied, harassed, called awful names, probably publicly doxed, and be unfairly attacked for a long period of time.
00:02:30.000 However, the good part about getting involved in this fight is that it's totally worth it.
00:02:35.000 Is that you're actually doing something meaningful, not just rearranging numbers at some accounting firm, that you're actually defending the greatest nation ever to exist in the history of the world.
00:02:45.000 And so the best way to, let's say, continue the drive is to be able to answer the why.
00:02:54.000 And if you can't answer the why, then you shouldn't get involved in this.
00:02:57.000 And the why is the most important question, which is, I want my kids to live in a free country.
00:03:02.000 And when you look at things intergenerationally, all of a sudden, you stop being the most important person in the world and you start fighting for future generations that they might also enjoy this nation.
00:03:12.000 And so, look, you have to know why you're getting involved in it.
00:03:16.000 And you brought up a good point, which is, you know, one of the things I want to encourage everybody in this room to do is take learning very seriously.
00:03:23.000 You know, for about an hour to an hour and a half every single day, I turn my phone on airplane mode and I'm listening to a book, reading a book, listening to something, taking a Hillsdale online course, by the way, which all of you could do.
00:03:34.000 CharlieForhillsdale.com, all their online courses are amazing.
00:03:38.000 And we partner with Hillsdale College.
00:03:40.000 I've taken 15 of them.
00:03:41.000 There's 30 of them.
00:03:42.000 And they're tough.
00:03:44.000 It's work, but it's fulfilling.
00:03:46.000 You'll learn everything about economics to the Constitution, the Declaration, to American history.
00:03:51.000 But that's the kind of drive that I think will make you be a differentiating factor.
00:03:56.000 And I'll just say this, that drive is diminishing generation after generation.
00:04:02.000 Generation Z is not as driven even as some people and millennials.
00:04:06.000 And what do I mean by that?
00:04:07.000 It's just being willing to show up early and stay late and not act as if there's anything special because you worked extra hours.
00:04:15.000 So that's the great differentiator, but you got to be able to answer the why.
00:04:19.000 Great question.
00:04:20.000 Thank you.
00:04:23.000 Hi, my name is Amy Hardy, and I'm a mom with my daughter.
00:04:29.000 My question is about college.
00:04:31.000 So my husband and I differ on this.
00:04:33.000 I feel like she needs to go.
00:04:36.000 She is in school.
00:04:37.000 She was at Point Loma University.
00:04:39.000 That lasted one semester, and a big chunk of change pulled her out because they were not doing Turning Point USA, would not honor the chapter.
00:04:50.000 So the struggle now is she pulled back.
00:04:54.000 She's at the community college for a short time until she can transfer in.
00:04:57.000 The problem is, how do we take a stand for not vaccinated?
00:05:04.000 I don't want to be.
00:05:05.000 I'm not taking the jab.
00:05:06.000 I don't want my kids to take the job.
00:05:09.000 But I do.
00:05:11.000 My husband says, screw it.
00:05:13.000 We're done with school.
00:05:14.000 She doesn't need school.
00:05:15.000 She's a go-getter. 1.00
00:05:15.000 She can do it all day long on her own. 1.00
00:05:18.000 I'm kind of like, she needs an education.
00:05:21.000 But there's a struggle here because young people can't go to school if they give in to the jab or the boosters or all of that.
00:05:32.000 So what are we doing as parents to support this?
00:05:37.000 Can I ask you a question?
00:05:38.000 So why do you think she needs to go to college? 0.99
00:05:42.000 Well, she probably, okay, let me just say this.
00:05:48.000 My husband went to college for three days.
00:05:51.000 And when he found out they didn't take role, he's like, I'm out of here.
00:05:55.000 He's a self-made millionaire.
00:05:56.000 He's worked his ass off his whole life.
00:06:00.000 Zoe has the exact same.
00:06:02.000 She's just like that.
00:06:04.000 So I get it.
00:06:06.000 I guess sometimes I just think, and I might get booed here, but I do think that women are overlooked because we don't have enough credentials. 1.00
00:06:15.000 We haven't gotten up to this area in the workforce.
00:06:18.000 So we are overlooked.
00:06:20.000 So my thing to her is like, girl, get out there and get as many things as you can under your belt and with you as a tool and a strategy so that you can go out.
00:06:31.000 And that's the best answer.
00:06:36.000 I totally disagree, but that's actually the best answer I've ever heard.
00:06:39.000 I want to not because your intent is right, which is that it's a tough world and I want my child to be able to at least have the credentials, right?
00:06:48.000 And you answered it correctly, which is you didn't say that college was going to make her smarter or wiser.
00:06:54.000 It was just going to be like, you know, we need the boxes checked.
00:06:56.000 So look, I never tell people what to do in their own personal decisions because there's multiple millions of factors of micro decisions that I'm not able to kind of see into.
00:07:05.000 But I'll just kind of give you some kind of general wisdom, which is outside of a couple colleges in America, I think college is a colossal waste of time.
00:07:14.000 I really do.
00:07:15.000 And so now let me clarify.
00:07:18.000 If you want to be an engineer, a lawyer, or a doctor, then I think there's a path for that.
00:07:24.000 But a vast majority of people that go to college go to study the humanities or they go for a communications degree and all that.
00:07:31.000 I'm not trying to insult you if you're studying those things, by the way, okay?
00:07:34.000 You were just told to go get a piece of paper and borrow a bunch of money you don't have to study things that don't matter to find jobs that don't exist, right?
00:07:41.000 And that cycle continues.
00:07:43.000 And so college has this impression by upper middle class society as kind of being this rite of passage and they're going to find themselves.
00:07:53.000 And that can happen with some people for sure.
00:07:55.000 I think some people definitely grow in college.
00:07:58.000 I will say that young women generally get a lot more out of college than young men.
00:08:03.000 I think, and that's just a general rule.
00:08:06.000 So your gut instinct in that way isn't totally wrong.
00:08:10.000 But she's at the Young Women's Leadership Summit here, so she's probably exempt from this.
00:08:15.000 However, parents need to hear this.
00:08:16.000 When you send your child to college, you're going to play Russian roulette with their values.
00:08:20.000 And I hear this every single day from parents.
00:08:23.000 Again, we have over 100,000 donors at Turning Point USA, and we get thousands of letters every single month.
00:08:29.000 Charlie, I sent my kid to this college, and our relationship has never been the same.
00:08:33.000 They no longer have faith.
00:08:34.000 They hate the country, and I don't know what happened to them.
00:08:37.000 And I paid for it.
00:08:39.000 And so that, I know that's probably not a fear for you, but the question is, what do you think you're going to get out of it, right?
00:08:46.000 If you admit it's just kind of a credential and I need to get that piece of paper, then that's the proper way to go into it, right?
00:08:51.000 With kind of, and know that they're going to try to indoctrinate you at every corner.
00:08:55.000 But let me also say this, though.
00:08:56.000 You say your daughter's a go-getter and has drive.
00:08:59.000 College has a tendency and has a track record of destroying that.
00:09:04.000 It has a tendency to actually make you think less of your entrepreneurial instincts.
00:09:08.000 It has a tendency to make you just think, go get a corporate job, because now you've got to pay off your, you know, your student loan debt.
00:09:14.000 We need more entrepreneurs in our country.
00:09:16.000 We need more people to take risks.
00:09:18.000 And I always laugh when people say, and I mean no offense by this, so please, people say, I'm studying entrepreneurship.
00:09:24.000 Well, you don't study entrepreneurship.
00:09:26.000 You do entrepreneurship.
00:09:29.000 You go take the risk, you get in the marketplace.
00:09:31.000 And so, look, everybody's different.
00:09:33.000 For me, college wasn't the right choice.
00:09:35.000 I took a gap year.
00:09:35.000 It's been a gap decade now.
00:09:38.000 And I understand that upper middle class society, what I just talked about, is kind of a thought crime, right?
00:09:44.000 But I'll say one last thing to parents, and I'll leave it at this, right?
00:09:47.000 Which is, is it about your child's future or is it about your fear that you might have to turn to your neighbors or your relatives and say, Johnny isn't going to college?
00:09:56.000 That's tough because deep down, parents talk a good game.
00:09:59.000 They're like, yeah, you know, we need more welders.
00:10:02.000 We need more electricians.
00:10:03.000 We need more HVAC.
00:10:04.000 We need more, and everyone agrees, right?
00:10:07.000 But my kid's not going to work construction.
00:10:10.000 My kid's going to be an air-conditioned office with a degree looking at a screen all day long.
00:10:15.000 So it's something to think about because a vast majority of young people, especially young men, when asked the question, they believe they're getting nothing out of their college degree.
00:10:22.000 It's a waste of time and that they can't wait to get out of it.
00:10:25.000 It's a really expensive track and trajectory that we're on.
00:10:29.000 By the way, the national graduation rate is 59%.
00:10:32.000 How many of you know someone that dropped out of college?
00:10:34.000 Raise your hand.
00:10:35.000 Every hand goes up.
00:10:37.000 If you had a 41% chance of getting food poisoning from a restaurant, they'd be closed down and they'd all be indicted for mass poisoning.
00:10:45.000 And yet, 41%, 41% of kids that go to college drop out.
00:10:50.000 Maybe we have too many kids going in the first place.
00:10:53.000 Thank you for your question.
00:10:58.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:10:58.000 My name is Ivana.
00:10:59.000 And my question is, you have often talked about monopolies are bad.
00:11:06.000 But if you took all government involvement out of monopolies, such as tax corruption or law supporting big tech, would there still, would monopolies still be bad?
00:11:16.000 And if so, explain in detail why.
00:11:20.000 That's a great question.
00:11:22.000 It's a very thoughtful question.
00:11:23.000 So let's talk first, why are monopolies bad?
00:11:26.000 So one of the principles of the Constitution that we love is this idea of separation of powers.
00:11:34.000 And so we believe that not one person, one organization, should be able to have unchecked power over another, which is where we get the principle of checks and balances.
00:11:42.000 And so, and its intent, the United States Constitution was written to say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, as Sir Lord Acton would say.
00:11:51.000 So therefore, we believe that there should always be checks on that kind of a power, right?
00:11:55.000 So then you bring it to kind of what you're talking about as private company monopolies, which is what is the check and balance on a private company?
00:12:02.000 Well, that's competition and market forces, usually.
00:12:07.000 And so what's happened, though, and this is something where a lot of conservatives, in my personal opinion, we need to kind of think a little bit more openly about things, is what happens when Google becomes stronger than your government.
00:12:21.000 What happens when Google becomes its own monopoly?
00:12:24.000 Because we should have the premise, right, of separation of powers and checks and balances.
00:12:29.000 So how do we check Google?
00:12:30.000 Well, we start a competitor is what we're always told, right?
00:12:33.000 Like Parlor, and then they eliminate Parlor in one night when Amazon, Google, and Apple decided it should no longer exist.
00:12:42.000 Now, your question was very specific, which is, if we got rid of the cronyism and the tax loopholes and all of this, would monopolies still exist?
00:12:50.000 We don't know.
00:12:52.000 That's, I think, a nice thought exercise for a college economics course, but it's not rooted in anything that we're even close to grasping in reality right now.
00:13:00.000 So we can guess, we could say maybe, we could say it might, but here's what I do know right now, is that we as conservatives must be honest, that our liberty granted by God is under attack by both the government and private companies, both.
00:13:15.000 And that's something that we have to wrestle with, right?
00:13:18.000 Because, and I'll let you have a follow-up in a second, which is we as conservatives always believe that the market will then have a check on these private companies.
00:13:28.000 But what happens when those private companies start to work in collusion with one another?
00:13:32.000 Right?
00:13:32.000 When Google starts to look out for Apple's best interests, that look out for Facebook best interests against your best interest to silence our voice and then get our kids addicted to screens at age of seven where they do nothing but stare at Instagram and TikTok feeds all day long and we're told that somehow this is a better thing.
00:13:48.000 That's the question that conservatives need to answer.
00:13:51.000 So my general, let's say, argument for this is I want to try to make market forces to solve problems that government created.
00:14:03.000 But when it comes to the Silicon Valley companies in particular, and you do not have a check on power, I believe that's a moral question.
00:14:10.000 Quick follow-up.
00:14:11.000 Well, I guess it's also like people, you talk about this, and I don't want to say like I'm for monopolies.
00:14:11.000 Yeah.
00:14:17.000 I'm not.
00:14:19.000 But at the same time, with capitalism, like how far should we be regulating that?
00:14:25.000 Because in my head, I'm thinking, well, no, we shouldn't be regulating the market.
00:14:28.000 The government shouldn't be involved.
00:14:30.000 But then we have these big monopolies.
00:14:32.000 I mean, there's not a really clear line.
00:14:34.000 I mean, you might not have an answer, but I guess that's where I've been thinking a lot.
00:14:36.000 Yeah, that's a great question.
00:14:37.000 So where do you draw the line?
00:14:38.000 There's a great word that comes from a Greek word, which means basically common sense called prudence, right?
00:14:43.000 So I think we can all agree that if you have 150 million active users in America, you probably should be treated a little bit differently than the local bakery or the local coffee shop.
00:14:53.000 I mean, that's just prudence, right?
00:14:55.000 You look at that, you're like, okay, wait a second, I understand market principles, but when all of a sudden the business model of Instagram is to try to hire a bunch of neuroscientists to get eight-year-olds addicted to staring at screens all day long, I'm not going to all of a sudden be like, well, that's the market.
00:15:10.000 I'm like, actually, no, that's no different than pushing opioids on kids in a lesser extent.
00:15:15.000 And so that's where we have to kind of, we have to balance the beauty of the market and the ability to improve people's lives with also the human cost.
00:15:22.000 So the best word is prudence.
00:15:24.000 How do you come across a prudent decision?
00:15:26.000 Dialogue, discussion, and also understanding what the end goal is.
00:15:31.000 The end goal is not profit for profit's sake.
00:15:33.000 This is where libertarians disagree with me.
00:15:35.000 The end goal is human flourishing and the pursuit of virtue and people to live happy and faith-filled lives.
00:15:41.000 That's the end goal.
00:15:42.000 And so as markets allow us to achieve that goal, I'm all for it.
00:15:46.000 When all of a sudden these massive companies start to act, I think, in ways that are a little more, let's say, reckless, then we have to start to consider other options.
00:15:56.000 Wonderful question.
00:15:57.000 Thank you.
00:15:57.000 Appreciate it.
00:16:00.000 Hi, my name is Halia.
00:16:02.000 I was fortunate enough to be a homeschool student all the way through high school.
00:16:08.000 So I just graduated high school and I'll be going off to college this fall to study nursing.
00:16:13.000 And I was just wondering, so for students that haven't exactly faced adversity before, what advice would you give for if I want to be part of like a students for life club or like a turning point USA chapter?
00:16:26.000 What advice would you give for students that haven't handled that before?
00:16:29.000 It's a great question.
00:16:30.000 So I think too highly of all of you to lie to you.
00:16:34.000 Your life is going to be temporarily miserable.
00:16:36.000 It will.
00:16:37.000 Every high school friend you thought that was close to you, not every, but most, will start sending you nasty messages.
00:16:42.000 How many of you experience this as soon as you come out as a conservative?
00:16:45.000 Yeah, of course.
00:16:46.000 And so you just got to be ready for them.
00:16:48.000 And you got to make that decision, right?
00:16:49.000 I'm not going to give any kind of false impressions or kind of, but here's the cool thing: is that in life, you want to be the person that grows tougher as the circumstances grow more difficult, not that you run away from tough situations.
00:17:04.000 So the cool thing is, God made us as human beings as creatures that adapt and we adapt really well.
00:17:09.000 You're going to get stronger through that.
00:17:11.000 And it'll be tough, and you'll be texting your friends that don't want to talk to you anymore.
00:17:16.000 Like, why are you doing this?
00:17:17.000 And I don't understand.
00:17:18.000 And then you're going to make new friends.
00:17:20.000 And then all of a sudden, trial and tribulation isn't going to really phase you.
00:17:24.000 Because guess what?
00:17:26.000 That's not going to be the last kind of chapter of adversity you're going to face as a human being.
00:17:30.000 And this is one of the things, this is why the left is so fragile.
00:17:33.000 This is why we are going to beat the left, is because they run away from these sort of difficulties.
00:17:38.000 They're like, you're making me unsafe.
00:17:39.000 Like, life is actually unsafe. 0.93
00:17:41.000 Like, get tougher and stop trying to make the world adjust to your sort of mental paranoia.
00:17:48.000 Like, the world is full of risks.
00:17:50.000 Driving here is a risk.
00:17:51.000 Living is a risk.
00:17:53.000 You cannot be happy if you are afraid of risk all the time.
00:17:57.000 It's this mass neurosis that has kind of just spread across our land.
00:18:02.000 So lean in if that's what you want for your life, but be ready that you might lose job opportunities, internships.
00:18:08.000 People will look at you differently.
00:18:09.000 They're going to try to tar and feather you. 0.99
00:18:11.000 You're going to have people try to say that, oh, yeah, you're making a mistake.
00:18:15.000 You can look around and know that you're not alone, but you're going to be tougher because of it.
00:18:18.000 And here's the other good news: you have a big organization like Turning Point USA that has your back that's going to make it easy for you to do that.
00:18:26.000 Okay?
00:18:27.000 God bless you.
00:18:30.000 Hi, my name's Maddie, and I'm from Arkansas.
00:18:33.000 And I'm just wondering what your advice is to women in their mid-20s to early 30s who have desired to get married and have children early on, but they're having a hard time meeting a man to settle down with who will be a leader and initiator of the relationship.
00:18:47.000 Great question.
00:18:48.000 Okay, so the best place to meet a man is this is the equation, okay? 0.75
00:18:52.000 So go find a Bible-believing church. 0.89
00:18:55.000 This is how you do it, okay?
00:18:57.000 Get to know the pastor's wife and tell her that you want to find a husband, and it will happen.
00:19:04.000 I'm not kidding.
00:19:05.000 I'm telling you, pastors' wives are always setting people. 1.00
00:19:08.000 They know the whole roster of men.
00:19:11.000 They're always looking.
00:19:12.000 It's a gifting.
00:19:13.000 I'm telling you.
00:19:14.000 Pastors' wives, they just get it. 1.00
00:19:16.000 I've seen more marriages happen there. 0.86
00:19:18.000 But it's more than just kind of looking at the church as a dating tool, which is helpful, obviously.
00:19:23.000 But get involved in the church, right?
00:19:25.000 Is volunteer, get involved in Bible ministries or small group ministries, as I mean.
00:19:32.000 That's a great place because at least there's some form of shared values.
00:19:35.000 And then this is the other thing, which is tell people you're actively looking for somebody.
00:19:40.000 I know this, and don't be desperate, but be like, look, I've kind of been striking out the last couple years.
00:19:45.000 You know, if you know anyone, that'd be great.
00:19:47.000 And then be open-minded and willing for what God might have in store for you.
00:19:51.000 And, but it's not going to happen just by kind of sitting at home and be like, he's going to crash through the window at any moment.
00:19:59.000 Maybe, probably not, right?
00:20:01.000 And so you've got to put yourself in kind of those environments where that is going to be fostered and that is going to happen.
00:20:06.000 And be active, right?
00:20:08.000 Make yourself presentable and present yourself to the world in a way where at any moment you could meet your future partner, right?
00:20:16.000 And so then I'll kind of go back to the other advice I gave earlier, which is hold yourself to a high standard.
00:20:22.000 Here's the thing: is that in a world where men unfortunately are oversaturated to be able to get whatever they want whenever they want it, have the self-discipline to all of a sudden be like, well, if you want me, then you're going to have to get your act together.
00:20:38.000 Because you think about it, it's the opposite, right?
00:20:42.000 And it's something that some women struggle with, which is like, hey, if I'm going to get in a relationship with you and I'm going to partner with you, you know, I'm going to have to, we're going to have to have some very clear guidelines and rules, such as some women make the decision that I'm saving myself from marriage. 1.00
00:20:59.000 I think that's awesome, by the way.
00:21:00.000 I think it's honorable.
00:21:01.000 I think it's phenomenal.
00:21:02.000 And so that could be difficult for some people.
00:21:05.000 But I think the church is the best place.
00:21:06.000 And pastors' wives, I'm telling you, it's the secret.
00:21:11.000 Thank you.
00:21:11.000 God bless you.
00:21:15.000 My name is Catherine.
00:21:16.000 I'm from Minnesota.
00:21:17.000 I go to a small Christian school.
00:21:20.000 And so I was wondering, what would your advice be?
00:21:22.000 Because a lot of my friends share Christian values, biblical values for things like abortion, but they're not really interested or as passionate maybe as I am because they don't want to get into the divisiveness of it.
00:21:35.000 Kind of coming from the idea that Jesus is first, which I can't disagree with because that is for my life.
00:21:41.000 But how can I also encourage them that this is how we can fight for spreading the truth of the gospel as well?
00:21:47.000 It's a phenomenal question.
00:21:49.000 So we have TPUSA Faith that we launched last year to help answer this question.
00:21:55.000 All right.
00:21:56.000 So let me kind of just add some context to this.
00:22:00.000 We have people of all different faiths and backgrounds here and people of no faith.
00:22:03.000 And you're all welcome here at Turning Point USA.
00:22:05.000 We're all in the fight for liberty.
00:22:07.000 I'm very open about my faith.
00:22:08.000 It's the most important thing in my life.
00:22:10.000 I gave my life to Christ in fifth grade, and it's the greatest thing a human being can do.
00:22:15.000 So that's the most important thing.
00:22:17.000 Number one.
00:22:18.000 So my life's work is involved in the second most important thing, which is to make sure you could do the most, the first thing.
00:22:24.000 To make sure you could have church, to make sure that you can have religious consciousness to make sure you can live in a free society where you're able to worship your Creator and be able to spread the gospel.
00:22:34.000 And so this is the tension point, which is some Christians will say that nowhere in the Bible are there examples of people trying to influence government or trying to influence secular government for God's purpose.
00:22:45.000 Well, they're going to have to explain Esther, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Joseph, but that's a separate issue.
00:22:51.000 Because all throughout the scriptures, there are heroes that we elevate of God's chosen people trying to influence secular government.
00:22:59.000 And then also, I would encourage you to kind of present to them Jeremiah 29:7.
00:23:02.000 People talk a lot about Jeremiah 29, 11, but Jeremiah 29:7 is a verse where it says, Demand the welfare for the nation that you are in, because your welfare is tied to your nation's welfare.
00:23:13.000 That's the Lord speaking.
00:23:15.000 That is God saying that you should care about your country, that you should care about your nation.
00:23:20.000 So the question then is, well, how should I care about it as a Christian?
00:23:24.000 Because it just seems so unclear.
00:23:26.000 Well, that's kind of, I think there's pretty three easy issues that Christians can all agree on.
00:23:31.000 The church is essential and it should never be shut down or locked down again by any government or bureaucrat.
00:23:37.000 Number two, life begins at conception and every single life is worthy of protection.
00:23:42.000 And number three, God created man and God created woman, and we're not overthinking it.
00:23:46.000 It's that simple, right?
00:23:47.000 So hopefully they'll be able to agree on part of it.
00:23:51.000 But you mentioned an interesting thing, which is they do not want to engage in the divisiveness.
00:23:57.000 Well, they should read parts of Luke where Jesus said, I did not come to unite, but I came to divide, and I'm going to turn father against son, and I'm going to turn brother against brother.
00:24:06.000 Look, here's the harsh part of the gospel that people don't always want to talk about, and that's right, I said harsh, which is that if you believe in the gospel, you also believe in damnation and you believe in truth.
00:24:18.000 We want the truth for all people.
00:24:20.000 But if somehow there's been this kind of whitewashing of somehow I can't say anything that's going to offend anybody, well, you know, if you kind of dive deeper into like, hey, if you don't accept your life as Christ, it's not going to work out very well for you in eternity.
00:24:36.000 What we really have to challenge your friends with, which is how exactly is the gospel not divisive?
00:24:43.000 It's so clear.
00:24:44.000 It says, I mean, whether it be the treatment of children or not accepting Jesus as the Lord and Savior, it's, you know, for God so loved the world, for he said his one and only begotten son, for whoever does not believe in him shall not perish.
00:24:57.000 That's pretty harsh.
00:24:58.000 Perishing.
00:24:59.000 In the verse that many of us identify as the most hopeful verse in the Bible.
00:25:02.000 But the final thing I'll say is this, is God's heart for his children, both in an earthly way and an eternal way, is for us to live in liberty and not to live under tyranny.
00:25:11.000 It is a story of Exodus.
00:25:12.000 It's a story of Jesus.
00:25:14.000 The truth will set us free.
00:25:15.000 And I believe it's also our mission here, part of our mission, to make sure that we do not live under dictatorship, authoritarianism, or centralized control.
00:25:24.000 God wants us to live free.
00:25:26.000 Thank you.
00:25:29.000 Okay, we'll do two more.
00:25:32.000 Hi, my name is Sisali.
00:25:34.000 I'm from Katie, Texas.
00:25:35.000 And I want to say, God bless America.
00:25:39.000 Let's make America great again.
00:25:41.000 Thank you for being here.
00:25:42.000 Awesome.
00:25:43.000 Do you have a question?
00:25:43.000 Thank you.
00:25:45.000 Okay, all right.
00:25:45.000 No.
00:25:47.000 All right, we'll take two more.
00:25:48.000 Someone wants to get in line really quick.
00:25:50.000 Okay, there you go.
00:25:51.000 The taker has come.
00:25:51.000 That's it.
00:25:52.000 Okay.
00:25:53.000 Hi, I'm Elise.
00:25:54.000 I'm from San Antonio, Texas.
00:25:57.000 I am also a lifelong homeschooler.
00:26:00.000 And I was wondering, what advice would you give to someone who is still figuring out what they would like to do career-wise?
00:26:06.000 And I mean, like, a business, who has so many passions and interests.
00:26:09.000 Would you like recommend a micro approach where you choose something that you know makes money and you have time to pursue interests?
00:26:16.000 Or start a business that has something to do with your passion and monetize that somehow?
00:26:21.000 I might give you a piece of advice you haven't heard.
00:26:22.000 What's your skill?
00:26:23.000 What are you good at?
00:26:25.000 I'm journalism, writing, photography, music, kind of that.
00:26:29.000 Which of your skills do you also have a passion for?
00:26:32.000 All of them?
00:26:33.000 Okay, good.
00:26:34.000 So my passion is not directly correlated with my skill.
00:26:38.000 If it was up to me, I would just do college football all day long, non-stop, and that's it.
00:26:43.000 Not exactly my skill, okay?
00:26:45.000 I mean, I know enough to be dangerous about it, but I found something I was good at, communication, speaking, and also something I had a passion for.
00:26:53.000 So the intersection of your passion and skill is going to be your purpose.
00:26:57.000 And that's something where, because sometimes you have to realize your passion is not something you're very good at.
00:27:02.000 People say, follow your passion.
00:27:04.000 Terrible advice.
00:27:05.000 Awful advice.
00:27:06.000 Follow your passion that you actually are above average at as well, right?
00:27:11.000 That's the advice I would give to you.
00:27:13.000 So this is why I'm not a fan of college, is because when you're 18, 19, and 20, that's when you should be going to ask people that are good at what they're doing and figuring out if it's actually something you're passionate about.
00:27:24.000 Because you might think you're passionate about it because you took a journalism 101 course and you're like, man, this is terrible.
00:27:29.000 If you find out what you don't want to do when you're 18, you've saved all that time of not going and borrowing money and taking all those classes.
00:27:29.000 Good.
00:27:36.000 Finding out what you don't want to do is really, really powerful and great.
00:27:39.000 So, and I'll just reinforce that.
00:27:41.000 If you do not know what you want to do with your life, find something you're good at and something that you're passionate about, and then find somebody who's already established in that career and go look at them in the eyes and say, Can I work for you for free?
00:27:53.000 I will clean the floors, I will bring you coffee.
00:27:56.000 And guess what?
00:27:57.000 They will be so blown away because of the lack of hunger and drive in the world, they'll be like, Yeah, sure.
00:28:03.000 And guess what?
00:28:04.000 After six months, if you really apply yourself and you show up early, you will be further ahead in that particular company 99% of the time than the kids that just graduated from UT and Texas Tech, 99% of the time.
00:28:17.000 Because here's what's going to happen: month four, month five, month six, someone's going to not show up to work, and an opening will happen.
00:28:24.000 They'll be like, Hey, you've been doing a good job.
00:28:26.000 Can you fill in for a second?
00:28:27.000 And that will be your time to then all of a sudden step up.
00:28:30.000 And they're like, All right, I could just hire you.
00:28:32.000 And now, this is a step, right?
00:28:34.000 That's a leap of faith because, as we talked about, right?
00:28:38.000 Some parents say, Got to have the piece of paper to do that. 0.57
00:28:41.000 I'm an employer, right?
00:28:42.000 We employ 400-plus people at Turning Point USA.
00:28:45.000 The piece of paper means nothing to me.
00:28:46.000 I care about your character, your drive, and your integrity.
00:28:50.000 And I think that's what employers are going to be looking more and more for.
00:28:52.000 Thank you.
00:28:53.000 All right, last question.
00:28:55.000 Hi, I'm Reagan.
00:28:56.000 I'm from Colorado Springs.
00:28:57.000 And I was just wondering, as like a young adult, a teenager, how do I assert myself into the political world and kind of like get into it more, I guess, and become a character in it?
00:29:10.000 So, start a Turning Point USA chapter, number one.
00:29:14.000 Number two, go to the beautiful church in Colorado Springs.
00:29:17.000 They do an amazing job.
00:29:18.000 Is it fervent or brave?
00:29:20.000 Fervent Church.
00:29:21.000 They're in Colorado Springs.
00:29:22.000 They'd love to talk to you in the back of the room.
00:29:24.000 They're an amazing church.
00:29:25.000 Spoke there.
00:29:26.000 We had a packed event.
00:29:27.000 But here's the thing: look, and it's kind of a recurring theme that I'm going to kind of put forward.
00:29:33.000 At Turning Point USA, there's a multitude of opportunities to get engaged, get involved, start a chapter, you become a leader, all these amazing things.
00:29:40.000 But also, just speaking out and learning how to articulate your beliefs at a younger age is really important.
00:29:47.000 Like the lunch table conversations or the conversations with your friends, because you're going to hear arguments that you might not have heard.
00:29:53.000 Here's the cool thing, though.
00:29:54.000 At Turning Point USA and our library of podcasts and videos, there is not an argument from the left that we have not heard that we can't help you with.
00:30:02.000 And as you kind of grow and you're like, wow, that's an interesting argument.
00:30:05.000 I want to be, you will grow stronger, you'll grow wiser.
00:30:08.000 And guess what?
00:30:09.000 The other side, as time moves on, they don't have those kinds of things, they do not sharpen their arguments as they get older.
00:30:16.000 They just repeat the problem over and over again.
00:30:19.000 Where so many of you, like as you start to dive deeper, you're like, oh, yeah, I know how to respond to that, or I know how to respond to this.
00:30:25.000 And you become a better activist and a better communicator.
00:30:28.000 But the younger you get involved, in my personal opinion, the better.
00:30:33.000 And it's a leap of faith, but there's a great community that would love to support you in Colorado Springs.
00:30:37.000 And you start that turning point chapter, it'll change your life.
00:30:40.000 So I'm sorry, we got to, I'm sorry.
00:30:44.000 Thank you. We're good. Thank you.
00:30:46.000 All right, close this, and then we have a very special speaker coming up.
00:30:52.000 So we'll close out the conference in a minute.
00:30:53.000 Just a reminder: SAS Student Action Summit.
00:30:56.000 Okay, I'll make sure you guys register for that.
00:31:00.000 It's going to be incredible.
00:31:01.000 Ron DeSantis, President Trump, so many other people.
00:31:04.000 And I just want to thank all of you the last couple days that have gone outside your comfort zone to say hello to people and introduce yourself to people that did not come here.
00:31:13.000 Came here and didn't know anybody.
00:31:14.000 So thank you for doing that.
00:31:15.000 It's amazing the amount of testimonials that are just pouring in.
00:31:18.000 It's just awesome.
00:31:20.000 And once this general session is over, please make sure you support our sponsors one last time.
00:31:25.000 Go by the Turning Point Action booth and the Turning Point USA Chapter High School and Get Involved booth.
00:31:30.000 And I'm the only thing standing in the way of, I think, one of your most favorite speakers here.
00:31:37.000 So We'll allow that to happen, and I'll be back in a little bit.
00:31:42.000 Thank you guys.
00:31:45.000 Thank you so much for listening, everybody.
00:31:46.000 Email me your thoughts as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:31:49.000 Thank you so much for listening.
00:31:50.000 God bless.
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