The Charlie Kirk Show - April 04, 2024


Get It Done, Nebraska


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Sen. Ricketts and Governor Pete Ricketts have come together on a bill that could change the outcome of the presidential election in Nebraska. The winner-take-all election system is one of the most hotly debated issues in American politics right now.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, thank Charlie Kirk Show live ball on this program here, breaking news out of Nebraska as we try to bring it across the finish line.
00:00:07.000 We also talked to a senator from Nebraska.
00:00:09.000 I want you to listen to it carefully.
00:00:11.000 Not thrilled with his attitude.
00:00:13.000 He proposed the bill.
00:00:14.000 He says, oh, maybe next year.
00:00:15.000 No, no, no.
00:00:16.000 We're going to get this done.
00:00:17.000 Full force, full throttle.
00:00:18.000 Combine the forces.
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00:01:30.000 We had a great event in Kansas last evening, but all eyes are on the state bordering Kansas, the state of Nebraska.
00:01:38.000 I got to tell you, this is one of the biggest political stories in the country right now.
00:01:42.000 We have every major political reporter reaching out, asking for comments.
00:01:47.000 So let me tell you the update.
00:01:49.000 As you know, Nebraska, they send their electoral votes based on congressional district.
00:01:55.000 Essentially, Omaha, Nebraska, which has become more liberal in recent years, they get their own electoral vote.
00:02:02.000 Only Maine does something similar.
00:02:04.000 It gives a disproportionate amount of weight to a single city, one city, Omaha.
00:02:10.000 Nebraska, they need to fix this.
00:02:11.000 They know this.
00:02:12.000 They've known it for quite some time.
00:02:13.000 We sent out a tweet earlier this week.
00:02:15.000 We did a whole show on this, and it has caught fire.
00:02:18.000 Great credit to the governor.
00:02:20.000 Great credit now to Senator Ricketts.
00:02:24.000 Senator Ricketts is the former governor of Nebraska.
00:02:27.000 I've known the Ricketts family for quite some time.
00:02:29.000 We get along really well.
00:02:30.000 They also have done something that I think is heroes' work for civilization.
00:02:36.000 They brought a World Series to the Chicago Cubs.
00:02:38.000 So the Ricketts are awesome.
00:02:41.000 They bought the Cubs and they got that World Series.
00:02:44.000 I was able to see it with my grandma.
00:02:46.000 So the Ricketts are like top-level heroes in my mind.
00:02:50.000 Senator Ricketts is part of one of the sons of Joe Ricketts, and he was former governor of Nebraska.
00:02:58.000 A lot of political power, very influential in the state of Nebraska.
00:03:02.000 And yesterday, Senator Ricketts came out and voiced support for the winner-take-all bill.
00:03:09.000 This is a big deal.
00:03:10.000 This is a very big deal, everybody.
00:03:13.000 Senator Ricketts and the governor coming together.
00:03:15.000 This is a sign, a very good sign, that this thing will likely get sorted out.
00:03:22.000 I don't want to make any guarantees, but Senator Ricketts and Governor Pillen really run a lot of the inner workings of the state of Nebraska.
00:03:32.000 Yesterday, this is what Senator Ricketts said: the extreme new Democrats are pushing common sense officials and voters to our party.
00:03:40.000 I'm pleased to welcome Senator Mike McDonald to the Republican team.
00:03:42.000 We'll talk about that in a second.
00:03:43.000 The addition of Mike McDonald to the Republican roles in the legislature means for the first time in recent memory, there's a filler-buster-proof Republican majority in the unicameral.
00:03:51.000 This timing heading into a presidential election is an awesome opportunity to mobilize our Republican majority to a winner-take-all system and put one more electoral vote in the Republican column for 2024.
00:04:02.000 This is a huge deal, everybody.
00:04:04.000 Senator Ricketts is a former governor.
00:04:06.000 A lot of people say he runs the state of Nebraska.
00:04:08.000 He's very influential.
00:04:10.000 And him voicing support here is improving the chances of this.
00:04:14.000 Now, late last evening, there was an attempt, and it will be the first of many, to get this thing passed.
00:04:21.000 A member of the unicameral attached the bill to another bill, and it wasn't necessarily germane, and it failed on procedural grounds.
00:04:30.000 Now, the media is saying, oh, this thing has failed, but NBC News actually had the best headline.
00:04:35.000 The winner-take-all system fails for now.
00:04:40.000 There's another clear path forward, and there is one holdout that we know of that is blocking this from happening.
00:04:47.000 Now, without getting too deep into the weeds, there are two votes that need to happen.
00:04:52.000 We have the votes in the unicameral, but do we have the votes to prevent a filibuster?
00:04:59.000 And even if it filibusters, that's not the end of the world, okay?
00:05:04.000 We need to try to get members to vote for cloture.
00:05:09.000 Vote for cloture effectively ends debate, removes the filibuster, and allows a floor vote to happen.
00:05:18.000 Now, I have no inside baseball here, but I imagine now that the eyes of the nation are on Nebraska, that Governor Pillen and Senator Ricketts, who deserve great credit for their leadership here, my guess is they're getting into the weeds of the weeds of the back-filled rooms of Lincoln to try to get a deal done.
00:05:37.000 That is my guess.
00:05:39.000 Because the whole country is now looking at Nebraska, and I can't imagine that Governor Pillen and Senator Ricketts want to say, hey, we support this thing, and then all of a sudden time expires as the eyes of the world are now looking at Nebraska.
00:05:55.000 I have confidence, in fact, that with the political power that Senator Ricketts and Governor Pillen have in Nebraska, that they'll be able to deliver this thing home and that you, the grassroots, will be able to help.
00:06:07.000 And I'm going to tell you who we need to contact in a second.
00:06:11.000 There is one holdout that we know of in Nebraska who's a great man.
00:06:15.000 He's a patriot.
00:06:16.000 He's a rancher.
00:06:16.000 He's a farmer.
00:06:18.000 And we need to just try to encourage him to say, hey, let's get this thing done.
00:06:23.000 And by the way, I have full sympathy for a lot of these members of the unicameral that are all of a sudden like, what is this?
00:06:28.000 A week ago, this thing wasn't even being debated.
00:06:31.000 And Nebraska, you know, in states like Nebraska, no one wants to be told what to do.
00:06:34.000 I get that.
00:06:35.000 And so I totally understand it takes a little time, a little process.
00:06:39.000 We just got to get that sorted out.
00:06:41.000 This is cut 87.
00:06:44.000 This is former Democrat, now Republican play cut 87.
00:06:49.000 It's never easy for someone to make this kind of decision, but what makes it easier is the people standing behind me.
00:06:59.000 We had great discussions about what the Republican Party is doing, where they're trying to go, how I potentially could fit in there.
00:07:07.000 But the greatest thing about it is now I can participate again.
00:07:10.000 When something's taken away from you as potentially being able to attend a meeting, they say, well, we don't want you here.
00:07:16.000 We're not going to share our resources with you.
00:07:17.000 That hits you pretty hard.
00:07:18.000 But it also makes you appreciate something about our democracy.
00:07:21.000 The idea of being able to participate.
00:07:24.000 Today I'm announcing I am now going to be a registered Republican in the state of Nebraska.
00:07:32.000 That is Mike McDonnell.
00:07:35.000 This is all happening simultaneously, by the way.
00:07:37.000 He's switching parties.
00:07:39.000 We got the governor on board.
00:07:40.000 We got the senator on board.
00:07:41.000 This thing's all happening.
00:07:42.000 Now, Mike McDonnell is a no on the bill to switch Nebraska to winner take all.
00:07:51.000 I just hope everyone understands.
00:07:51.000 But understand this.
00:07:53.000 This is not a question of whether or not there's majority support.
00:07:56.000 There's overwhelming majority support.
00:07:57.000 The question is, can we get past the filibuster?
00:08:01.000 And the filibuster is a tactic that the Democrats are going to try to use to run out the clock.
00:08:06.000 But even if they run out the clock, my guess is Governor Pillen will call a special session.
00:08:13.000 And if he calls a special session, he could do it the day after.
00:08:16.000 If the legislative session ends, he can say, hey, special session on Wednesday, if the session, if everything ended on Tuesday, special session Wednesday for one subject to try to get this thing sorted out.
00:08:28.000 So there are many paths and many avenues here, everybody.
00:08:32.000 This is a live ball.
00:08:33.000 It's happening in real time.
00:08:34.000 So the one individual that if you are in Nebraska, especially, please contact.
00:08:40.000 His name is Senator Tom Brandt.
00:08:43.000 I'm told he's a terrific man.
00:08:44.000 He cares deeply about the state of Nebraska.
00:08:47.000 Again, please don't be rude or mean.
00:08:50.000 Be charming, be kind, be respectful.
00:08:53.000 The phone number we're going to put up there for you Nebraskans, if you're out of state, I think emailing is appropriate. 0.99
00:08:59.000 If you are in state, I think a phone call is necessary.
00:09:02.000 It's 402-471-2711.
00:09:06.000 And just, hey, make the case.
00:09:08.000 Say, hey, you know, Senator Brandt, I hear great things about you.
00:09:10.000 I know that you're a great patriot that loves America.
00:09:14.000 Let's get Nebraska, let's get this sorted out.
00:09:17.000 Let's get this thing back into the winners column so that we could save the country.
00:09:21.000 So we're going to have all that information put up there.
00:09:23.000 Also, we just sent out that tweet.
00:09:25.000 It's 402-471-2711.
00:09:29.000 The email is tbrandt at ledge.ne.gov.
00:09:34.000 And I cannot implore you enough, if you are going to contact, be kind and respectful.
00:09:40.000 These people are now all of a sudden, you have to understand.
00:09:43.000 Nebraska was not in the national news a week ago.
00:09:46.000 All of a sudden, they've been thrown into this thing where they're getting phone calls from every single part of the country and people are talking about it.
00:09:53.000 So have compassion for that.
00:09:55.000 And also, what a great opportunity for the wonderful state of Nebraska.
00:10:00.000 A great opportunity for history to be made.
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00:10:48.000 This is a live ball here.
00:10:50.000 And it's unprecedented what you, the audience, have been able to do here.
00:10:54.000 I want to play some pieces of tape just to remind you and to show you.
00:10:58.000 You know that you are over the target based on the reaction of the enemy.
00:11:02.000 For they plan everything out meticulously.
00:11:06.000 They plan out their mail and ballot strategy, their ballot chasing strategy.
00:11:10.000 They plan out the Trump indictments.
00:11:12.000 It's all configured to a T. What you, the Charlie Kirk Show audience, did this week was the closest thing to a political ambush and a surprise attack that the Democrats have seen in a decade.
00:11:26.000 Since the election of Donald Trump, I don't know if they've been taken so surprised, taken by surprise.
00:11:31.000 Maybe there might be some examples.
00:11:31.000 Maybe.
00:11:33.000 They don't get surprised anymore.
00:11:34.000 Do you notice that?
00:11:35.000 Oh, yeah, we have this planned out.
00:11:36.000 No, no, no, no.
00:11:36.000 This one was a complete ambush.
00:11:39.000 These are far left-wing Marxist Democrats, Cut 85. are freaking out, everybody.
00:11:44.000 And I just want everyone to take a deep breath.
00:11:47.000 You have the governor, the former governor and the senator, President Trump.
00:11:53.000 We have the votes.
00:11:55.000 It might fail a couple times as an amendment here.
00:11:58.000 It might just, you got the majority support.
00:12:02.000 We're Americans.
00:12:03.000 You guys are Nebraskans. 0.67
00:12:05.000 If it fails a couple times on procedural stuff, we're going to be relentless and we're going to get this thing across the finish line.
00:12:11.000 You know, some of these people online, they're so doom and gloom.
00:12:14.000 They could never build a business, by the way, some of these people.
00:12:17.000 It's over because it fails a vote.
00:12:19.000 Hold on a second.
00:12:20.000 You know how many times sometimes you have to go through legislative calisthenics to get something done?
00:12:26.000 It's only over when the election arrives and we've done nothing.
00:12:29.000 You have the governor that's going to sign it.
00:12:32.000 That's the big one, by the way.
00:12:34.000 And if he starts to, you know, use some of that political muscle, we can start to really trend nicely.
00:12:38.000 Look at this.
00:12:39.000 Democrats in Nebraska.
00:12:41.000 Play cut 85. 0.99
00:12:43.000 Pathetic worm Donald Trump thinks that he knows what's best for Nebraska and what Nebraskans want. 0.99
00:12:47.000 But this man is building up the governor. 1.00
00:12:52.000 You know, obviously wants this electoral vote because he's so scared he can't win the presidency without it.
00:12:57.000 I want to throw up and I want to go to bed, but I can't because I don't trust you.
00:13:07.000 And you don't deserve to be trusted.
00:13:10.000 She wants to go to bed, everybody. 1.00
00:13:13.000 That's the Democrats in the Nebraska legislature.
00:13:17.000 The tears are real, though.
00:13:19.000 Why can't she go to bed?
00:13:21.000 Because they now have orders. 0.98
00:13:22.000 You better believe that the Biden has a war room around this.
00:13:25.000 They're dispatching everything they can, every legislative tactic.
00:13:28.000 Whether Nebraska likes it or not, if you live in Nebraska, you are now ground zero for the future of the Republic.
00:13:35.000 And I think that the members in the Nebraska House are starting to realize the Senate to say, what is this?
00:13:39.000 What is going on here?
00:13:40.000 We're just Nebraska.
00:13:41.000 Yeah, it just so happens because of the census, the census every 10 years, the electoral math, it just so ends up that that one little pesky electoral vote in Omaha can determine the whole presidential election.
00:14:00.000 I want to go to bed.
00:14:01.000 Well, you're going to have to be filibustering for quite some time.
00:14:04.000 And hey, if you filibuster, we'll try it again.
00:14:07.000 If it fails on this next bill, we're going to do it again.
00:14:10.000 I'm going there Tuesday.
00:14:12.000 We're not going to give up.
00:14:14.000 We're not going to give in.
00:14:17.000 And I got to be honest, some of these people nationally, they say, Charlie, you know, this looks really tough.
00:14:23.000 The loser mentality, I have no patience for that.
00:14:27.000 Yeah, it's tough stuff. 0.60
00:14:30.000 Fails here, fails there.
00:14:32.000 We need a morale boost in the Republican Party.
00:14:35.000 I think if we get this done, this should be just an amazing shot in the arm that goes to show the power of the grassroots.
00:14:43.000 Okay, so if it fails a couple times on the floor, we'll call a special session. 1.00
00:14:48.000 And you know that for this liberal woman, you're going to lose even more sleep if there's a special session. 1.00
00:14:52.000 Tough luck. 1.00
00:14:53.000 The people of Nebraska want this thing done.
00:14:56.000 Special sessions really easy.
00:14:58.000 Constitutionally, a governor can call a special session.
00:15:01.000 This is a time to be strong and to be courageous.
00:15:04.000 And understand this is happening in real time.
00:15:05.000 There's a lot of lobbying going on.
00:15:08.000 There's a lot of back and forth happening.
00:15:11.000 We have it up on screen that Senator Tom Brant.
00:15:13.000 If you are in Nebraska, please call that number.
00:15:16.000 If you are out of state, please email on the bottom there.
00:15:19.000 And understand that Senator Ricketts and Governor Pillen voicing support here.
00:15:26.000 The eyes of the nation are now on Nebraska that we got to get this across the finish line on the home turf.
00:15:31.000 We have the votes.
00:15:32.000 Did we have the votes to break the filibuster?
00:15:33.000 We'll see.
00:15:34.000 But if we have to wait all week, whatever, the country's worth it.
00:15:37.000 You lose a couple nights of sleep.
00:15:40.000 Tough.
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00:16:50.000 All eyes on Nebraska right now.
00:16:52.000 I want to play this tape here as we get the sponsor of the bill to make Nebraska winner-take-all.
00:16:59.000 We got to get Nebraska back to the grittiness, back to the victory culture that it once enjoyed. 0.54
00:17:07.000 PlayCut 88.
00:17:19.000 That was the 1995 Huskers, which I believe was the best college football team in history.
00:17:26.000 It's time for Nebraska and the Unicamera legislature to be the best in the country and to help save the Republic.
00:17:33.000 Joining us now is Senator Lauren Lippincott, State Senator, District 34, American hero who is trying to push this forward.
00:17:41.000 Senator, thank you for joining the program.
00:17:43.000 Give us the latest from the state of Nebraska.
00:17:45.000 You're very welcome, and that's a great fire-up video you just played.
00:17:50.000 I actually walked on the University of Nebraska my freshman year in college, Tom Osborne's first year as a head coach.
00:17:56.000 So I'm a die-hard, big red guy.
00:18:01.000 Go big red.
00:18:02.000 Good.
00:18:03.000 Yep.
00:18:04.000 Our LB764 bill, the winner-take-all, which would return us back to the other 48 states. 0.88
00:18:11.000 As I'm sure you know, Charlie, there are only two states, Nebraska and Maine, that are states like what Nebraska has.
00:18:20.000 Nebraska has, I call it a composite system, or some people call it a district system.
00:18:26.000 And what that means, Charlie, is that we have five total electoral votes.
00:18:32.000 Two of them are assigned to the U.S. Senator, and then three with our three congressional districts.
00:18:41.000 And the bill that we have right now would eliminate or it would bring us back into the fold where all the electoral votes would all go for the winners, winner-take-all.
00:18:54.000 And the main reason for that, Charlie, as I'm sure you're aware, is the same argument that people have for the Electoral College.
00:19:02.000 It prevents votes from just being focused on population centers.
00:19:09.000 And here in Nebraska, of course, we've got Omaha and Lincoln on the east side of the state.
00:19:14.000 And those states then would have a lot more.
00:19:17.000 They would overshadow the rest of this state of Western Nebraska.
00:19:21.000 So what we want is we want to return to winner-take-all.
00:19:25.000 And a lot of the people will make the argument to maintain the current district plan or composite plan.
00:19:36.000 If it was so good, then why doesn't California and New York and Illinois and other states like that?
00:19:43.000 Why would they not switch over to the plan that we have right now?
00:19:47.000 They don't because they don't want to take any of the votes away from their blue districts.
00:19:52.000 So, I totally agree that creating the winner-take-all system is the right move for Nebraska.
00:19:59.000 They also pour in a lot of out-of-state money into Omaha.
00:20:02.000 There's a lot of reasons to do this.
00:20:04.000 So, this has what was the status of the bill a week ago, and why has that changed?
00:20:11.000 This thing has come to life.
00:20:12.000 The governor's behind it, the senators behind it, Senator Ricketts, President Trump.
00:20:18.000 Your bill has come to life.
00:20:20.000 It has come to life.
00:20:21.000 And one reason is because there was a guy by the name of Charlie Kirk who's kind of shed the light on it, which we really appreciate that.
00:20:29.000 This bill has stayed in committee.
00:20:33.000 And here in Nebraska, we have a unicameral.
00:20:39.000 And the problem we have is we just simply do not have enough votes.
00:20:42.000 What happens, Charlie, is this.
00:20:45.000 It doesn't just simply pass with a majority of votes in the legislature.
00:20:51.000 Here in Nebraska, we just have one House.
00:20:53.000 It's a Senate, and we've got 49 state senators, supposedly nonpartisan.
00:20:59.000 However, every person is either registered Republican or Democrat.
00:21:04.000 And right now, we've got 32 Republicans.
00:21:08.000 Actually, one person just became a Republican yesterday, but we only have about 30 votes, and we need 33 votes in order to overcome a filibuster.
00:21:20.000 So, what happens is people will start filibustering for round one, and we'll fill up eight hours of talk with filibustering.
00:21:30.000 Round number two, four hours, round number three, two hours.
00:21:35.000 So, in order to end the filibuster, you have to have enough votes, a two-thirds majority, 33 votes, to end the filibuster.
00:21:44.000 It's called cloture.
00:21:45.000 And then, at that point, once that happens, then all you need is a simple majority, 25.
00:21:50.000 But right now, unfortunately, we have milked the cows and the cows dry, and we just simply have not enough votes to overcome a filibuster on this.
00:22:03.000 Okay, so, but are you a vote short or how many votes?
00:22:07.000 I mean, I'm not going to take no for an answer.
00:22:07.000 And who are the names?
00:22:10.000 This is too important.
00:22:11.000 The entire country is at stake.
00:22:13.000 I know that, you know, there's a lot of factors here.
00:22:16.000 Who are your colleagues that are the ones that are opposing this?
00:22:20.000 Well, we have talked to them, and we think we, in fact, I just met with the governor just a short time ago, half hour ago or so.
00:22:30.000 And our game plan is to redouble our efforts.
00:22:34.000 Hopefully, we're going to pick up some more Republican seats this next year.
00:22:39.000 Charlie.
00:22:39.000 No, no, no, that's not going to work.
00:22:41.000 No, Senator, I'm sorry.
00:22:41.000 I got to interrupt you.
00:22:42.000 No, no, no, that's not going to work.
00:22:43.000 So, I got to interrupt you.
00:22:45.000 The country's not going to tolerate that.
00:22:46.000 I'm not going to.
00:22:47.000 What is the plan today to get your colleagues' names?
00:22:52.000 Who are they?
00:22:53.000 The eyes of the country are on you guys.
00:22:55.000 Milk the cows, none of that stuff.
00:22:57.000 You guys are Nebraskans. 0.67
00:22:58.000 You guys are the best patriots we have.
00:23:00.000 You got to snap out of this, okay?
00:23:02.000 Who are your colleagues that are getting in the way?
00:23:05.000 Well, there's a couple individuals, and I can guarantee I'm an aggressive kind of guy.
00:23:11.000 That's the airplane that I used to fly, just this side, back in the Air Force, blue F-16s.
00:23:17.000 And I'm a pretty aggressive guy, Charlie.
00:23:19.000 And believe me, I'm doing everything I possibly can.
00:23:22.000 And I appreciate the help that you guys have been giving us.
00:23:27.000 What we need to do, Charlie, going forward is we need to start this early on in the US.
00:23:32.000 No, Again, I gotta interrupt you.
00:23:33.000 No, we have a country to save.
00:23:35.000 You guys are going to hand Joe Biden the presidency if you don't fix it.
00:23:38.000 Not you, but your colleagues.
00:23:40.000 So let's say the governor calls a special session.
00:23:42.000 Do the filibuster rules still apply?
00:23:44.000 Well, again, Charlie, I just met with the Secretary of State, the governor, lieutenant governor, and the inner circle.
00:23:54.000 And we are doing everything.
00:23:57.000 I got that.
00:23:57.000 I'm curious.
00:23:58.000 If there's a special session, do the filibuster rules apply?
00:24:02.000 I believe they do.
00:24:03.000 Okay.
00:24:04.000 I can't tell you that 100%, but I believe that they do.
00:24:07.000 Okay, so let's do a special session and make you guys spend a month and just say we're going to sweat it out.
00:24:11.000 This is how important it is, Senator.
00:24:13.000 I know that you guys are beat down and this is unprecedented, but this is not small town stuff anymore, right?
00:24:18.000 This is the United States of America that you valently served.
00:24:22.000 There is no next year, okay?
00:24:24.000 If Joe Biden wins, there's no country.
00:24:26.000 I don't need to hear about another cycle.
00:24:27.000 I don't need to hear about this.
00:24:28.000 I know you agree.
00:24:29.000 So special session, we're just going to stay here for all month.
00:24:32.000 We're going to stay till June until every single one of these people become household names.
00:24:36.000 So why is that not the attitude right now?
00:24:40.000 Oh, next year and all that.
00:24:42.000 I'm sorry, sir.
00:24:43.000 Like that dog's not going to hunt anymore.
00:24:45.000 I agree with you completely.
00:24:47.000 But Charlie, inside, there are a number of people that the harder you push, the more they dig in their heels.
00:24:53.000 And that's not the approach.
00:24:55.000 And sometimes you have to use a little finesse.
00:24:57.000 I am a shotgun kind of guy, but sometimes you have to modify your approach with some people.
00:25:04.000 Well, hold on.
00:25:05.000 We haven't called out anybody.
00:25:06.000 We've been very polite and respectful in all this.
00:25:08.000 But so I want to know who these people are and what their argument is.
00:25:12.000 And again, okay, let's say it fails this session.
00:25:14.000 The governor calls a special session and says, we're going to stay here for 90 days or 120 days and get it done.
00:25:19.000 Because here's the problem, right?
00:25:21.000 The governor's now supports it.
00:25:23.000 The senator does.
00:25:24.000 There's no going back.
00:25:25.000 The only way is forward.
00:25:27.000 So either Nebraska will be known as a blood red state that allowed Joe Biden to become president or heroes.
00:25:34.000 It's a binary choice.
00:25:35.000 We don't want to hear about another cycle or all this.
00:25:38.000 I am a little bit perplexed, though.
00:25:41.000 I got to be honest, why that attitude is not out of the gate.
00:25:44.000 Is it Tom Brandt that is getting in the way?
00:25:46.000 And if so, why don't you just say, contact him, Mr. Brandt, why are you not in support of this?
00:25:54.000 Well, you said all that needs to be said, Charlie.
00:25:58.000 Okay, great.
00:25:58.000 And I have nothing against him.
00:26:00.000 I think he's a patriot.
00:26:00.000 He's a rancher.
00:26:01.000 He's a farmer and all this.
00:26:02.000 And I think you're a hero for doing this.
00:26:04.000 Here's my recommendation.
00:26:05.000 And I just want to make sure you know this.
00:26:07.000 This is not like just like small town politics anymore.
00:26:10.000 This is Western civilization, right?
00:26:13.000 Like there are heads of Joe Biden is watching this, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Donald Trump.
00:26:18.000 And so this idea of next cycle, introduced it earlier, ain't not going to happen, right?
00:26:24.000 I'm coming to Nebraska.
00:26:25.000 I'm going to try to get Don Jr. to come.
00:26:27.000 I'm going to try to get the president to come.
00:26:28.000 This is the most important thing that your colleagues will do probably in their career.
00:26:32.000 And I know that you're on our side and I'm on your side, okay?
00:26:36.000 But if this is a failure, we're not going to put up with it.
00:26:41.000 We're going to do everything we can.
00:26:42.000 And I know you agree with that.
00:26:43.000 Yep, I do agree with that.
00:26:44.000 And I greatly appreciate your enthusiasm.
00:26:47.000 And I really appreciate all your viewers, the folks that watch you folks.
00:26:51.000 That's what we need from the very get-go on a lot of subjects, just like this bill here.
00:26:56.000 Win or take off.
00:26:57.000 I know you're on our side.
00:26:58.000 I know it's tough to be.
00:26:59.000 And a lot of guys that, you know, look, you guys got thrown into the eyes of the nation here, but sometimes you don't get to choose when you get thrown into the front lines of combat.
00:27:06.000 You know that.
00:27:07.000 That's okay.
00:27:07.000 Right.
00:27:08.000 And so I bring it on.
00:27:10.000 Tell your colleagues that, hey, if Joe Biden wins by an electoral vote, it will be on you guys.
00:27:15.000 The people in Nebraska support you.
00:27:16.000 Thank you very much, Senator, for your time.
00:27:17.000 Thank you.
00:27:18.000 We have your back.
00:27:18.000 Thank you and your viewers.
00:27:20.000 Yes, sir.
00:27:20.000 Thank you, sir.
00:27:22.000 Okay.
00:27:23.000 Geez.
00:27:26.000 What are we?
00:27:26.000 French all of a sudden?
00:27:27.000 Oh, we could do this next.
00:27:29.000 We're Americans. 0.98
00:27:30.000 This is a bunch of nonsense. 0.92
00:27:31.000 I'm sorry, not him. 0.98
00:27:32.000 This whole attitude drives me crazy.
00:27:35.000 Oh, we're going to do it next cycle and this meeting.
00:27:38.000 Figure it out.
00:27:41.000 And by the way, this is what's, we haven't even gone hardcore yet.
00:27:45.000 That's what's so crazy is that we've been very, you know, say, hey, you know, try to get this done.
00:27:51.000 You guys could be heroes and, you know, do this sort of thing.
00:27:57.000 Okay.
00:27:59.000 Hope you get it done, Nebraska.
00:28:02.000 Hope you get it done.
00:28:04.000 Really is something to me.
00:28:05.000 And then why wouldn't you just go to special session and say, we're going to sit here all spring, all summer?
00:28:10.000 What could be more important than that?
00:28:12.000 Than saving the country.
00:28:13.000 Potentially saving the country and getting this done.
00:28:16.000 Well, you know, next cycle, we got to win more seats.
00:28:18.000 Win more seats?
00:28:20.000 What is that all about?
00:28:22.000 You have two-thirds of the seats in the Senate.
00:28:24.000 You're like one vote away from breaking the filibuster.
00:28:27.000 And if it fails, just do it again.
00:28:28.000 And it fails, do it again.
00:28:30.000 And try to cut some deals.
00:28:32.000 This is politics here.
00:28:34.000 Why are we surrendering before the battle?
00:28:37.000 There's only one way forward.
00:28:38.000 It's through.
00:28:39.000 It's right through.
00:28:41.000 I want your thoughts, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:28:43.000 Were you guys convinced by what Mr. Lippincott was saying?
00:28:48.000 Is that the attitude of Nebraska?
00:28:51.000 Is that how the average Nebraskan views life?
00:28:54.000 Nah, not going to get it.
00:28:55.000 We'll just give up.
00:28:56.000 We're just going to let our enemies win.
00:28:58.000 Email us, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:29:00.000 Coming up next hour, we have Malia Shirley, board of directors for the Nebraska Freedom Coalition.
00:29:05.000 And the governor could call a special session and just get this thing done.
00:29:09.000 Can we look into the rules that the filibuster applies? 0.73
00:29:11.000 By the way, can't they just change the filibuster rules?
00:29:14.000 I believe that you could change whatever rules you want.
00:29:17.000 You can do an up or down vote just based on the rules.
00:29:20.000 And just so we're clear, we changed the rules for Neil Gorsuch and for Brett Kavanaugh.
00:29:28.000 We now have Supreme Court justices because that.
00:29:32.000 And we control the speakership too in Nebraska.
00:29:34.000 He has the power to end the filibuster.
00:29:36.000 So these kind of parliamentarian excuses, what a tragedy it would be.
00:29:41.000 I want to just paint a picture of breaking news, NBC News.
00:29:47.000 Joe Biden is re-elected as president of the United States with 270 electoral votes and Donald Trump, 268 electoral votes.
00:29:59.000 That right there is there.
00:30:01.000 By the way, let's read these articles, one after the other.
00:30:04.000 Nebraska Republicans may take the one electoral vote Biden needs most.
00:30:09.000 So Biden now has to defend Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, because the blue wall won't get it done.
00:30:15.000 All we have to do is beat a filibuster and get a special session.
00:30:19.000 I don't know if I'm sure Senator Lippincott feels this way, but I don't know if every Republican in office is concerned about the country.
00:30:30.000 How could you come to another conclusion if we're talking about next cycle?
00:30:35.000 Again, I'm just announcing, I need this thing like a hole in the head, but we're just stepping up.
00:30:38.000 We're figuring out.
00:30:39.000 We're dedicating our whole show here.
00:30:41.000 There's a lot of other topics we could be talking about here, but this is how important it is.
00:30:44.000 And I'm going to Nebraska.
00:30:46.000 And by the way, we're going to go lay it down there.
00:30:52.000 By the way, if the Democrats were facing the same choice, they would find a way.
00:30:56.000 They would chart a path.
00:30:58.000 They would find a way.
00:31:01.000 Yeah, the emails are flooding in.
00:31:03.000 But here's what bothers me is I know so many Nebraskans. 1.00
00:31:07.000 And Nebraskans are tough, gritty people. 1.00
00:31:10.000 They're great folks.
00:31:12.000 Nebraskans have served this country in the military. 0.98
00:31:17.000 Nebraskans are, they want what's best.
00:31:19.000 Nebraskans are worried that this beautiful republic is just disappearing in front of our eyes.
00:31:25.000 And that's, you know, I played that 1995 clip of the greatest college football team ever assembled, the 1995 Huskers.
00:31:34.000 Is that the attitude of the 95 Huskers?
00:31:36.000 Maybe next year.
00:31:38.000 That's how the Cubs used to think before, you know, Ricketts took over.
00:31:41.000 Maybe next year.
00:31:42.000 But we have a country to save, guys.
00:31:45.000 Email me, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:31:48.000 We're not going to allow that to just be an impediment.
00:31:50.000 The grassroots of this country want this.
00:31:52.000 The grassroots of Nebraska want this.
00:31:56.000 We will be relentless.
00:31:57.000 We are not going to give up on this.
00:32:01.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
00:32:02.000 Email us as always, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:32:05.000 Thanks so much for listening and God bless.
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