00:00:04.000We're here at our Student Action Summit where Andrew starts the episode and I come flying in halfway through and we talk about the event.
00:00:12.000What is it teaching us about the future of our country and so much more?
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00:01:13.000In fact, some people say over 100 million people are struggling with some kind of pain, maybe from exercise or just getting older.
00:01:19.000Now, Pete and Seth Talbot, they are on a mission.
00:01:21.000You rarely see this kind of focus and commitment.
00:01:23.000They recently shared with me that they are doubling down and want to literally double their total number of happy customers in the next year.
00:01:42.000So maybe you want to be able to do cartwheels or be able to do backflips like producer Andrew.
00:01:47.000Maybe you want to be able to run a marathon, swim under seas, swim underwater, go scuba diving, jump out of an airplane, or maybe you want to be able to go to the Phoenix Suns finals game like some other people that are going.
00:01:59.000But maybe it's your knee pain, back pain, joint pain, whatever pain it might be.
00:02:54.000I actually asked him to sit in with me as Charlie is on stage, like I said, right now with another Salem host in the Salem faculty, Eric Metaxas, and then Chris Buzzkirk, the publisher of American Greatness, a fantastic publication as well.
00:03:09.000So they're talking about, I think their theme right now is think big, how to revitalize the American idea, the American experiment.
00:03:17.000We'll probably throw to that in just a few minutes here, but Charlie's going to come back this hour, going to come back, fill in on everything he's been up to, everything that we're doing here.
00:03:27.000Just to give you a sense of what this event is about.
00:03:32.000This is an event with 5,000, like I said, screaming kids from all over the country, all 50 states represented, college and high school students.
00:03:39.000We've got the, I mean, the top speakers in the country are here with us.
00:04:01.000We've got last night we had Haley McInaney and then, yes, Governor Ron DeSantis, Governor Ron DeSantis absolutely brought down the house.
00:04:09.000And I think it's actually a really interesting aspect of this.
00:04:13.000As we're sort of doing this live straw poll, as different personalities and characters come up to the stage, I mean, everybody is extremely, I think, passionate about all of the different folks that are coming on stage.
00:04:28.000But nevertheless, I think that there is a particular passion for certain guests that come on stage.
00:04:34.000And I will tell you that when Ron DeSantis, who we have been singing his praises on this show, and rightly so, the man has been doing tremendous work, been doing the Lord's work, as we say, right here in the great state of Florida.
00:04:47.000The boom from the students was absolutely deafening.
00:04:53.000So let's go ahead and play cut one, Governor Ron DeSantis, live at the Student Action Summit just last night.
00:05:01.000Listen to him explain the difference between Fauciism and Florida.
00:05:07.000Here in Florida, we believe in lifting people up, not locking people down.
00:05:17.000We believe in protecting the rights of kids to get an in-person education, the right of people to earn a living, and the right of people to maintain their businesses.
00:05:27.000Florida chooses freedom over Fauciism.
00:05:36.000You know, Connor, you were in the room.
00:05:38.000That particular clip does not exactly like the audio does not do justice.
00:06:12.000I mean, I have to say, and I don't want to stoke any unnecessary controversy here because we are, this show, President Trump is, you know, this conference is run by Turning Point USA, which is a 501c3.
00:06:26.000There's certain lines they can't cross when it comes to endorsing candidates and things like that.
00:06:31.000I mean, it's loudly and proudly conservative, but it stays out of the purely political sort of calling which candidates and that.
00:06:49.000And again, not to get controversial, but this, if you're just talking to people at this event, there is a lot of discussion behind the scenes about Trump versus DeSantis.
00:06:59.000Now, we're going to politely stay out of that because we love both of them.
00:07:03.000But I will tell you that you can't totally avoid it just simply by the nature of this.
00:07:10.000Let's just be really clear about that.
00:07:12.000President Trump has spoken to this crowd probably three times, four times in the last couple of years.
00:07:17.000And actually, Turning Point Action is going to be hosting President Trump in Phoenix for a Defend Our Vote, Defend the Election Integrity Rally.
00:07:42.000The overflow, like always, with Trump rallies, is going to be huge, too.
00:07:45.000There's going to be basically first come, first, first come, first serve on that ticketing.
00:07:50.000So, if you're listening to that, so we are very pro-Trump, loud and proud, love the man, and have worked very hard on his behalf.
00:07:59.000That being said, it's really tough to ignore the enthusiasm for Ron DeSantis.
00:08:06.000Absolutely, it's impossible to ignore.
00:08:08.000So, I think it's one of those storylines playing out that's going to be fun to watch, but really, you know, I think it's going to define a lot of the next couple of years.
00:08:18.000Yeah, but I will say one thing, though, a lot of those students that were cheering really, really loud for DeSantis, they were wearing red hats from Trump.
00:08:24.000I mean, like, there's so much crossover here.
00:08:26.000And what it goes down to, like Andrew said, this is a nonpartisan conference and it's about the ideas.
00:08:31.000And I think that the ideas, there's a clear line between what Donald Trump did for four years and the way that DeSantis has been governing for the last few years here.
00:08:41.000I think you're hitting on something that's really important.
00:08:46.000There's going to be much made in the mainstream news media, especially from the politicos and the talking points memos and all of these morning consults and CNN, MSNBC.
00:08:55.000They're going to try and spin this as a Trump v. DeSantis.
00:09:46.000And I really do think that Governor DeSantis is taking a lot of the lessons.
00:09:51.000And I think the entire conservative movement to that point has taken a lot of the lessons that President Trump sort of taught us, actually.
00:09:58.000And he's taking them and really running with them here in the state of Florida to great effect.
00:10:02.000I think the biggest one is that he's a fighter and he's not backing down.
00:10:05.000And we need a lot more of that in the Republican Party.
00:10:08.000Well, speaking of fighting, let's go ahead and play cut to Don Jr. talking about what happens when we all band together and fight collectively.
00:10:16.000So when I see a group like this, though, it does give me hope because the one thing I do know is that if we all band together, if we all fight collectively, they cannot cancel 150 million Americans.
00:10:32.000Again, the audio doesn't do it justice, right?
00:10:36.000These are cameras in the back of the room where we're getting these clips.
00:10:46.000If we're going to fight together and we're going to fight collectively, I know that's sort of a lefty term, but that's actually the point as conservatives.
00:10:53.000We never band together and fight together.
00:11:07.000What we're seeing is different themes emerge as these speakers get up.
00:11:11.000I mean, this thing is being streamed on Fox.
00:11:13.000I mean, lots of branding all over Fox.
00:11:18.000We're hearing about it from everybody, which is really fantastic that they've gotten behind this in such a great way.
00:11:25.000But I think what we're seeing is these things emerge, right?
00:11:28.000I mean, you have the theme of tech censorship, which is what we heard from DeSantis.
00:11:33.000And actually, I think we got a clip from that that we want to play here.
00:11:36.000We've got the COVID is obviously still looming large as the CDC keeps updating their guidances, as the White House is conspiring with Facebook and big tech to quote unquote block disinformation, whatever that is, and then, which is, which is patently absurd.
00:11:53.000And we want to get into that in a lot more detail, to be honest.
00:11:56.000And then, you know, meanwhile, Charlie and Turning Point have launched No Force Vax.
00:12:23.000This is DeSantis talking about probably one of the most important developments in the conservative movement in recent years.
00:12:30.000And this is really this idea of companies, corporatism, cronyism.
00:12:36.000And how does that all fit in with the conservative movement and the evolution on the conservative side of how we feel about these corporations?
00:12:44.000Are we going to be a people-driven party or are we going to be slouched back into the corporatism of yesteryear?
00:12:52.000To me, one test of this is, are you willing to stand up against the political censorship by big tech or not?
00:12:59.000And if you're not, if your view is, hey, they're private, they can do whatever they want, they can censor you, they can deplatform you, they can harm you, they can actually work in concert with the Biden administration to censor things the government once censored.
00:13:15.000If you believe that that's all hunky-dory, well, God bless you, because I don't think it's hunky-dory.
00:14:10.000No, we've come a long way in four years, and this ties into what Charlie opened the entire conference with.
00:14:15.000And this is the overarching theme that I think Charlie wanted to lay out, and rightfully so, is that it's time for us to play offense.
00:14:19.000We can't just sit back and take it anymore from these people because they hate America and they are clearly on a warpath to destroy America, in my opinion, right?
00:14:27.000Well, I mean, you know, speaking about playing offense, I'm glad you brought that up.
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00:16:28.000We played the clips, Charlie, before you got here of the cheers for DeSantis, talking about just how enthused the crowd was.
00:16:36.000Yeah, and look, so we don't do politics at Turning Point.
00:16:39.000It's all educational and cultural, but we can do politics here on this show.
00:16:43.000And it just goes to show the Republican Party will be successful if it's a party that stands on its principles, is courageous, and is a party of leaders.
00:16:57.000I had a great opportunity to catch up with him yesterday before he took the stage.
00:17:01.000And just from a strictly political standpoint, now talking, Ron DeSantis is basically the number two most powerful person in the Republican Party outside of Donald Trump.
00:19:45.000And I love doing that because no one wants to be micromanaged.
00:19:48.000And I just think that there's a spontaneous order that starts to come through.
00:19:52.000What's been so amazing to see is the uniformity of messaging with no central planning at all, where almost every speaker is speaking out against big tech.
00:20:02.000Now, do we have the sound of Jen Psaki calling shots?
00:20:26.000And then the other thing, which is critical race theory.
00:20:29.000Almost every speaker has brought up 1776 versus 1619.
00:20:34.000Almost every single speaker has brought up the school board project.
00:20:38.000Almost every single speaker has brought up this idea of parents getting back involved in local education, not allowing your students to be indoctrinated, but instead educating them.
00:20:49.000And I've personally really enjoyed, just kind of from a backstage side, seeing who is the most popular, who's saying the things that really resonate.
00:20:59.000And I could tell you right now, from a political prediction standpoint, this feels like a movement that's going to take back the House and the Senate in 2022.
00:21:07.000You know, there was a, I think it was an article from, I think it was Politico that said that the momentum is shifted back into the Democrat Party on the Senate side, simply by like it was some fundraising.
00:23:06.000Anyway, then the Arizona Senate race is really important to get rid of Mark Kelly.
00:23:11.000And there's currently a couple candidates.
00:23:13.000A lot of people might be surprised by that Mark Kelly thing if you're not like completely current.
00:23:17.000Mark Kelly just got elected, but it was.
00:23:19.000So the Senate is, by the way, it is a total toss-up.
00:23:21.000You have a lot of Republicans that are vulnerable, and you have a lot of Democrats that are extraordinarily vulnerable.
00:23:27.000So, the best pickups for Republicans are going to be in Arizona, getting rid of Mark Kelly.
00:23:31.000Do you have a primary Mark Bernovich, Blake Masters, who's a friend of mine?
00:23:36.000And then you have Jim Lehman from Depcom Power.
00:23:41.000And so, they're all going to be speaking out at our turning point speaking out, speaking at our turning point action event.
00:23:48.000As if we don't have enough going on here at this battleship to save Western civilization, we are hosting the president this Saturday in Phoenix, Arizona.
00:23:58.000You look so excited about that, Andrew.
00:24:01.000Listen, I'm actually extremely excited about it, but it is fairly a lot.
00:25:41.000It's a little bit of a fuzzy math here, but it was roughly 12 to 13,000 votes was set what separated Osoff and what separated Osoff and Purdue from even getting to a runoff.
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00:27:34.000Yeah, it's just right, it's right near there.
00:27:35.000And if you count the overflow and then the live stream, by the way.
00:27:38.000By the way, that was a fire marshal thing.
00:27:40.000Just so you know, we're always up against it with the fire marshals at these events, based on how recurring theme is this idea that skin color does not matter and character does.
00:27:53.000And I just talked about this with James Lindsay on stage, and we had this really important agreement.
00:27:59.000James Lindsay, who would call himself a liberal, but I take great exception with that.
00:28:03.000I think he just calls him that because that's a jersey that gives him credibility in the conservative world.
00:28:18.000But blue pill wakes you up in your bed and you go back to work.
00:28:21.000The red pill, I'll show you how deep this rabbit hole actually goes.
00:28:25.000James Lindsay, who I think James Lindsay's doing the Dave Rubin thing, which he kind of like wears the liberal jersey, but we all know that he's working for our team.
00:29:08.000If you're a parent out there, this is a legitimate thing I want to say.
00:29:11.000If you are a parent out there and you are struggling, or just a concerned citizen that has grandkids in school, and you are struggling to make sense of critical race theory, how we got here, what the truth of where we actually are and where they're planning to take it next, you need to listen to these episodes that are coming up on the Charlie Kirk Show podcast with James Lindsay.
00:29:31.000And we also have this amazing two-part conversation with Josh Hammer and So Rob Amari about tradition and about when is it right to change things in society and when we, when should we be hesitant to change things in society?
00:29:48.000But anyway, James Lindsay and I had this point of agreement where I was going where the applause reached a deafening level where it was saying, if you care about skin color, you are a racist.
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