The Charlie Kirk Show - January 27, 2023


Harmeet Falls Short. How it Happened — LIVE From the RNC


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Jack Poseubic delivers a live update from the sidelines of the Republican National Committee's annual fall convention, where former Chairman Charlie Kirk was up to his old stomping ground to campaign for the 2020 Republican National Convention.

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00:00:00.000 All right, Jack Poseubic here again.
00:00:01.000 We are in for Charlie Kirk while he's down at the RNC.
00:00:05.000 Charlie joins us from the RNC, the sidelines, to give us a live update of what's happening with the chair's race.
00:00:11.000 You can get all of that plus the exclusive speeches in real time as we give you this episode.
00:00:18.000 We explain what's going on with the RNC chair's race, the grassroots uprising.
00:00:23.000 Buckle up, everybody.
00:00:25.000 Here we go.
00:00:26.000 Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
00:00:28.000 Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
00:00:30.000 I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
00:00:33.000 Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
00:00:37.000 I want to thank Charlie.
00:00:38.000 He's an incredible guy.
00:00:39.000 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.
00:00:47.000 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.
00:00:56.000 That's why we are here.
00:00:59.000 Brought to you by the Loan Experts I Trust, Andrew and Todd at Sierra Pacific Mortgage at andrewandTodd.com.
00:01:08.000 All of you have shared something unique and special with me.
00:01:14.000 For instance, I learned that John Wall, our esteemed chairman from Alabama, once held, can you believe this, the world record for walking on Legos barefooted.
00:01:27.000 5.2 miles.
00:01:30.000 John, you got to win that record back before the presidential race heats up.
00:01:35.000 But I encourage you to take the time to get to know each other.
00:01:39.000 I'm a better man today because of the influence you have all had on my life.
00:01:44.000 And I'm proud of the work that our team accomplished during my two terms.
00:01:48.000 We flew hundreds of thousands of miles, performed thousands of hours of grassroots and fundraising activities for all 50 states and territories, and conducted hundreds of media hits sharing our Republican message.
00:02:05.000 And I enjoyed every single minute of it.
00:02:08.000 I will leave here today with only fond memories and a commitment to you that I will always remain your partner in our effort to advance conservative ideals and Republican leadership.
00:02:24.000 Members of the 168 like you, I love our nation, and the future of this nation is at stake.
00:02:33.000 Our country is divided.
00:02:35.000 Democrats and their partners in legacy media, big tech, and even Wall Street are on the march to fundamentally transform our country into a socialist hellhole under the thumb of Washington, D.C.
00:02:51.000 We cannot ever let this happen.
00:02:55.000 We have open borders, dangerous cities, the Green New Deal, and the list goes on and on and on.
00:03:02.000 And don't forget, internationally, we're leading from behind again.
00:03:06.000 So thank God we won back the House and we have Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
00:03:12.000 Republican leadership will turn the ship around and will shape the future for our 2024 presidential nominees agenda.
00:03:21.000 If we remain united, the Republican House will stop the madness and will deliver transparency to a lawless administration.
00:03:34.000 The American people deserve a government that works for them and is accountable to them.
00:03:40.000 And as I've said before, we are not servants of the swamp.
00:03:44.000 Washington, D.C. works for us.
00:03:48.000 My hope is for a Republican Party united behind our conservative ideals, which stand in stark contrast to the loony left.
00:03:58.000 Healthy debate is a good thing and it's a critical part of democracy.
00:04:04.000 But the minute that we leave here today, we should commit to working together to achieve our shared goals.
00:04:12.000 The future of our nation depends on this.
00:04:15.000 So today is not goodbye.
00:04:18.000 It's the end of a story in the long book that is the RNC.
00:04:24.000 The party of Lincoln will endure for generations to come.
00:04:29.000 May it always be a beacon for life, for liberty, for freedom, and for justice for all.
00:04:39.000 And as Lincoln himself once said, my dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
00:04:50.000 It has been my honor serving all of you, our state parties, and our grassroots volunteers.
00:04:56.000 It has made my life full.
00:04:59.000 Now I get to go back to my family, who's in the back.
00:05:05.000 Thank you, members.
00:05:06.000 God bless all of you, and God bless our beautiful United States of America.
00:05:11.000 Thank you very much.
00:05:15.000 Thank you, Tommy, and thank you, Alex, and Isabella, and Annabelle, and Gigi.
00:05:20.000 We love your dad, guys.
00:05:21.000 Thank you so much.
00:05:23.000 Thank you, Tommy.
00:05:24.000 Now it is time for the treasurer's report, and it is my pleasure to introduce Ron Kaufman to give his report.
00:05:31.000 Morning, thank you.
00:05:34.000 As you've heard from my chair, in 2022, we raised $175.8 million and ended up, more importantly, with $14 million cash to carry over this very important 2023 cycle, 2024 cycle.
00:05:53.000 In the Moore Good News Department, we did it all with an incredibly low 34% of fundraising costs.
00:06:02.000 Now, to put that in proper perspective, historically, the rate for fundraising costs is 45%.
00:06:10.000 So, despite inflation, cost of postage, the chair cut it from 45 to 33.
00:06:18.000 You should know that during our chair's tenure, the average cost of fundraising was 33%.
00:06:25.000 And her and a spectacular team raised over $1.58 billion during those six years.
00:06:35.000 This week, Josh Fisher, our very talented and successful CEO and CFO, and I had a conference call with our auditors.
00:06:47.000 And I'm pleased to report they've gone through our books, our reports, and our over 600,000-page FEC report to say that we have the best records they can remember in a clean bill of health.
00:07:05.000 I'd like to close by thanking Josh and his able deputy Megan and their crew of having the best back office any treasurer could possibly hope for.
00:07:18.000 They are a team of well-trained, hard-working professionals.
00:07:23.000 And I also want to thank the rest of your staff at the ARNC.
00:07:28.000 They are incredibly talented, dedicated, and competent team.
00:07:33.000 You know, I'm in the building, I live near the building, but I'm in Washington.
00:07:36.000 I'm in the building often at 7 in the morning or at 9 p.m. at night on a Monday or a Sunday.
00:07:44.000 And usually I'm the first person in the building.
00:07:47.000 I have never once been the first person in that building.
00:07:51.000 They're a great team and doing great work for us.
00:07:56.000 And I want to thank my fellow officers, if I could, that I've been pleased and honored to serve with.
00:08:02.000 First, rock star, Vicki, who is God has never placed a better soul on this planet than Vicki Drummond.
00:08:10.000 I love you, Vicki.
00:08:12.000 And to my friend for life, Tommy.
00:08:15.000 Now, I knew Tommy just a little bit when Ronna called me and said, listen, the White House would like us to consider Tommy for the job of co-chairman.
00:08:27.000 Would you have lunch with him and see what he thinks about the RNC and the job of co-chairman?
00:08:33.000 I said, I'd be glad to, Rona.
00:08:35.000 And he'll pay.
00:08:36.000 Great.
00:08:37.000 So Tommy and I had lunch together and we had a great talk.
00:08:40.000 I said, well, Tommy, tell me what you think about the RNC.
00:08:44.000 He said, well, I really don't know the RNC that well.
00:08:47.000 I've raised money for them.
00:08:48.000 I helped them.
00:08:48.000 I know a lot of people, but I really don't know much about it works.
00:08:52.000 So that's great.
00:08:53.000 But tell me what you think about the job of co-chair.
00:08:57.000 He said, oh, I know that well.
00:08:59.000 That made me a little bit nervous for some reason.
00:09:01.000 I said, you do.
00:09:03.000 How do you know it's so well?
00:09:05.000 She said, I read the rules, so I know what the job is.
00:09:08.000 So now I panicked a little bit.
00:09:10.000 I said, well, what do the rules say, Tommy?
00:09:13.000 He said, it's simple.
00:09:14.000 I do whatever Rhana says.
00:09:17.000 And I said, Tommy, you're going to be great.
00:09:21.000 Matt Raymer, we are fighting for Republicans across our states and territories.
00:09:26.000 We are fighting big tech.
00:09:28.000 We sued Google in federal court in California for the practice of marking our emails to supporters as spam.
00:09:35.000 Google did this at a critical time for fundraising each month, sending our inboxing rate to almost zero like clockwork and without explanation.
00:09:43.000 This litigation was ongoing, but miraculously, all of a sudden the emails started getting through as Google stopped tagging our emails.
00:09:54.000 A huge win for our fundraising efforts.
00:10:00.000 We're fighting for our privacy of our donors and others as we were the first entities to successfully defeat a subpoena from the January 6th committee, stopping them from obtaining confidential RNC data from our outside vendor sales force.
00:10:15.000 And we're fighting for election integrity across this country.
00:10:19.000 We were involved in 91 election integrity lawsuits this past cycle alone.
00:10:23.000 Many of these cases survived the 2022 election, including in key 2024 battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.
00:10:33.000 The RNC also went on the offensive and filed 39 lawsuits where we put Democrats on their heels.
00:10:39.000 We won key victories in states such as North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that helped ensure the election was run transparently and according to the rule of law on the books.
00:10:51.000 We worked with state and county parties to defend critical election integrity reforms adopted by states such as Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Texas, and Arizona.
00:11:00.000 Our efforts helped ensure, again, that these laws remain in effect and were followed in the November election.
00:11:08.000 And the RNC hasn't stopped just because we are past the last election.
00:11:13.000 Just last week, we intervened in a lawsuit with the Washington State Republican Party to defend the state's signature verification process.
00:11:26.000 The legal team and each and every one of you need to be continuously vigilant, looking for opportunities, looking for places where the rule of law is not being followed or where there's places we can come in and help you in your states, because we are not done.
00:11:41.000 And if every opportunity we find, we will stand beside you to ensure that we have election integrity in 2023, 2024, and beyond that our voters can count on.
00:11:51.000 Thank you so much.
00:11:56.000 Thank you, Kyle.
00:11:57.000 Now, I'd like to recognize Mike Lee for the Chief of Staff's report.
00:12:03.000 Thank you, Chairman.
00:12:04.000 Just very quick, hopefully, this will be 60 seconds.
00:12:08.000 As you all know, I like to keep things on time here.
00:12:10.000 So, just a very quick thank you to the RNC staff that is here.
00:12:14.000 There are a lot of opinions this week in this room.
00:12:17.000 I think the one thing when I looked out and heard the chairman talk about Mariana Herrera and her member services team, everyone, every single person of this room, I think for about three hours, along with about a dozen other meetings that we had to get through, and everything went off without a hitch.
00:12:31.000 So, huge kudos to you and your team.
00:12:34.000 Josh Fisher, Elise Dickens, our CFO and finance director, our whole finance team, thank you for everything you do.
00:12:41.000 I would said it in a few meetings this week, but it is just unheard of that the political committee that has the White House is outraged by the political committee that does not.
00:12:50.000 And that happens nine months out of 10, and it happens so often now it barely gets noticed.
00:12:54.000 So, thank you.
00:12:55.000 Your team does just an absolutely incredible job.
00:13:01.000 Christian Shaper, our digital director, our digital team has just gotten incredibly innovative.
00:13:06.000 They have grown our email list from under 5 million to close to 50 million emails.
00:13:10.000 They have grown our text file immensely in an incredibly competitive email, both fundraising and political outreach market.
00:13:17.000 They just do an incredible job contacting both donors and voters.
00:13:21.000 So, thank you, Christian, to you and your team.
00:13:23.000 Elliot Eccles and Trip Looser, our political director and deputy political director, thank you for everything you've done.
00:13:29.000 Your team has just rocked it all cycle long, from taking on a brand new election integrity coming out of the dissent decree from last cycle and standing that operation up fully this cycle to everything you've done with ballot chasing and community centers and all the rest.
00:13:42.000 Thank you.
00:13:43.000 Thank you to you and your team and all the RPDs that are here.
00:13:45.000 Matt Raymer and the legal team, our legal team is like six to eight people.
00:13:50.000 They both stood up the legal side of election integrity this cycle and also handled every other legal challenge that was thrown our way, including the January 6th Committee and everything else.
00:13:59.000 They do it with ease.
00:14:00.000 They're in the building till midnight.
00:14:02.000 It is absolutely incredible, everything you do.
00:14:03.000 So, thank you very much to the legal team.
00:14:06.000 Daniel Alvarez, and sorry, thank you, the legal team.
00:14:12.000 Daniel Alvarez, Zach Parkinson on our research and communications team.
00:14:15.000 I'm going to, I can name a million people here, but Johanna and Keith Schipper, Nathan, and the rest, they do an incredible job.
00:14:22.000 Our regional communications, our media affairs operation, our research operation.
00:14:26.000 I think our research, RNC research account is world famous at this point.
00:14:29.000 So, you guys do an incredible job setting the narrative every week.
00:14:33.000 Our co-chair team, Tommy, you're right, you've come a long way.
00:14:33.000 Thank you.
00:14:36.000 I remember seeing you in Albuquerque at that first meeting, and you have done an absolutely incredible job.
00:14:41.000 Very, very proud to work on your behalf.
00:14:44.000 Ann Pierce, Cole, Mallory, thank you, thank you for all your service over these years.
00:14:48.000 I wish you all the best.
00:14:49.000 You all have been incredible.
00:14:50.000 Tina Jackson, our COO, who's not here, she was under the weather this week.
00:14:55.000 But Tina, thank you.
00:14:56.000 She does so much around the building to keep us operational.
00:14:59.000 Our state party strategies team, led by Mike Ambersini.
00:15:03.000 Thank you, Mike.
00:15:04.000 Again, standing up a brand new department this year.
00:15:06.000 And I think the full 168 would agree was incredibly successful.
00:15:10.000 I'm sure I'm forgetting some folks.
00:15:13.000 We just have an incredible team.
00:15:14.000 The chairman and I are so very proud to lead it.
00:15:17.000 Our staff makes it so easy on us.
00:15:20.000 The bottom line is: look, our staff just loves the party immensely.
00:15:23.000 I think I can count on one hand, the amount of days on weekends that we had quiet the last two years.
00:15:28.000 I mean, there was always something that I was reaching out to a department director, and they pick up the phone and they hand it with ease, no matter what time of day it is, and they all work their butts off so hard.
00:15:37.000 So, thank you.
00:15:37.000 All of our directors have already dove into after action items, both looking at, I didn't even ask some of them to, looking at what went well last cycle and what they need to do better next cycle.
00:15:48.000 They'll be working with, of course, the after action committee once we get through all those.
00:15:51.000 So, I'm just very, very proud of the team.
00:15:53.000 I'm very fortunate to be here and very lucky to have the RC staff we do.
00:15:56.000 Thank you.
00:16:02.000 We will now move on to the committee reports.
00:16:04.000 Beginning with the Rules Committee, I would like to recognize Jeff Kent, Nash Committee Man for Washington and chairman of the Standing Committee on Rules for the purpose of giving his report.
00:16:14.000 Yeah, or you can come up here.
00:16:19.000 Thank you, Madam Chair.
00:16:20.000 The Standing Committee on Rules met yesterday morning immediately following the members-only breakfast.
00:16:27.000 And due to the lengthy pleasantries being shared at the members-only breakfast, we had to abbreviate the rules committee down to only one major piece of business, which did pass unanimously, and that was the motion to adjourn.
00:16:45.000 I want to tell you guys about COVID tax relief.
00:16:48.000 COVID Tax Relief is an amazing service that exists for you because of Washington, D.C.'s addiction to overspending.
00:16:56.000 Again, I'm not a fan that this money exists or that's out there or that it's available, but as they say, it is what it is.
00:17:02.000 Look, COVIDtaxRelief.org got a small retail business, almost $80,000.
00:17:08.000 COVIDTaxRelief.org got a manufacturing business, nearly $250,000.
00:17:12.000 COVIDTaxRelief.org got a large distribution business, almost $900,000.
00:17:16.000 If you run a business, church or nonprofit, and paid your employees through all or part of the pandemic, you could qualify for up to $26,000 per employee through the Government Cares Act.
00:17:26.000 COVIDTaxRelief.org receives a low commission, very reasonable, only after you receive the money.
00:17:31.000 So go to covidtaxrelief.org.
00:17:32.000 That is covidtaxrelief.org, covidtaxrelief.org.
00:17:37.000 Check it out right now, covidtaxrelief.org.
00:17:42.000 I would now like to recognize Glenn McCall, Budget Committee Chairman and National Committee Man from South Carolina, for the purpose of giving the budget committee report.
00:17:52.000 Glenn.
00:17:53.000 Thank you, Madam Chair.
00:17:55.000 I want to begin by thanking the members of the budget committee for all their hard work and dedicated efforts throughout the entire budget review process.
00:18:04.000 And if we could just give them a round of applause.
00:18:07.000 The budget that was sent to every member of the RNC 10 days ago has not been modified, amended since, and is the same budget that we'll consider today.
00:18:19.000 During meetings on Wednesday, this same proposed 2023 budget, RNC budget was adopted as a placeholder by the budget committee and approved by the executive committee without amendments, with the understanding that the budget committee will make changes to the budget if needed at future meetings.
00:18:42.000 So now, Madam Chair, on behalf of the Budget Committee and to comply with RNC Rule Number 1083, directive that the annual budget be passed at the first meeting of the RNC held each year, I move the adoption of the 2023 RNC budget.
00:19:04.000 Glenn McCall has moved adoption of the 2023 RNC budget.
00:19:08.000 Do I hear a second?
00:19:09.000 It is moved and seconded that we adopt the 2023 RNC budget.
00:19:13.000 Is there any discussion?
00:19:15.000 Hearing no further discussion, we will proceed with the vote.
00:19:17.000 All those in favor of adopting the 2023 RNC budget, please signify by saying aye.
00:19:23.000 All those opposed signify by saying no.
00:19:26.000 The ayes have it, and the 2023 budget is adopted.
00:19:29.000 Thank you, Glenn.
00:19:31.000 Before we move to the officer elections, I want to personally thank our officers and committee chairs.
00:19:35.000 You've done amazing work, and I greatly appreciate all your support and guidance.
00:19:40.000 To our committee chairs, you have been incredible leaders for each of your committees.
00:19:43.000 Can we please thank them?
00:19:47.000 And now we will proceed with the election of RNC officers.
00:19:50.000 Without objection, I would now like to hand the gavel to Jeff Kent, National Committee Man for Washington and Rules Committee Chairman for the purpose of presiding over the officer elections.
00:20:02.000 Hearing no objection, Jeff Kent will now preside.
00:20:08.000 Thank you, Madam Chair.
00:20:10.000 Okay, folks, strap yourself in.
00:20:12.000 Here we go.
00:20:15.000 I will begin by providing a brief overview of the election process.
00:20:20.000 RNC officer elections are governed by rule number 5B, which reads, the chairman, co-chairman, and all other officers shall be elected in January of each odd number year.
00:20:31.000 All officers except the vice chairman shall be nominated from the floor and shall have at least the majority vote of the Republican National Committee members in each of three states in order to have their name placed in nomination.
00:20:46.000 Evidenced by written documentation submitted to the council's office, three candidates received the necessary support for each of the three states for the election of chairman.
00:20:56.000 Three candidates received the necessary support for the election of co-chairman.
00:21:01.000 Two candidates received the necessary support for the election of treasurer.
00:21:06.000 And two candidates received the necessary support for the election of secretary.
00:21:12.000 Elections shall be held in the following order.
00:21:15.000 Chairman, co-chairman, treasurer, and then secretary.
00:21:21.000 The floor will not be open for nominations to an office other than for the election of chairman, which shall occur first until the presiding election has been completed.
00:21:33.000 Each candidate will be allotted five minutes total for nominating and seconding speeches, and the parliamentarians will keep time.
00:21:42.000 The parliamentarian will hold up a green card when one minute is remaining, a yellow card when 30 seconds are remaining, and a red card when time has expired.
00:21:53.000 The presiding officer will allow the speaker to finish the sentence that began before the allotted time expired, but no more.
00:22:02.000 Time limits will be strictly enforced.
00:22:04.000 Nominating speeches and seconding speeches may be made from the podium or from the microphones on the floor.
00:22:11.000 Only RNC members or valid proxy holders nominating and seconding the candidates will be allowed to speak.
00:22:18.000 When all nominations have been made for an office, the presiding officer will declare the nominations closed.
00:22:26.000 If the five-minute limit has expired and additional members wish to second the nomination, those members will be able to approach the council's office table and add their names.
00:22:38.000 When the nomination for an office has ended, the chair will repeat the names in nomination.
00:22:44.000 Pursuant to RNC Rule 7D and precedent established by previous RNC officer elections, elections will which have multiple candidates are nominated.
00:22:55.000 The election will be held by secret ballot.
00:22:58.000 The election is won by attaining a majority of the eligible votes cast.
00:23:04.000 As soon as a nominee receives a majority of the votes cast, he or she will be declared elected.
00:23:10.000 Blank ballots and abstentions will not count as votes.
00:23:15.000 A ballot cast with the name of a candidate not properly nominated or ineligible to serve in the position will count towards determining the majority needed to win the election.
00:23:27.000 If no candidate receives a majority vote, we will stand at ease for five minutes and then vote again until a candidate ends up with a majority.
00:23:37.000 After each election, the elected officer will have the opportunity to briefly address the body.
00:23:44.000 These are the Procedures we have used in the past and without objection, these are the procedures that we will follow today.
00:23:54.000 Hearing no objection, we will begin with the election of chairman of the Republican National Committee.
00:24:02.000 You see, for me, this vote is not about polls or who loves America more or who's going to fight more.
00:24:09.000 It comes down to two questions when it comes to what matters to me: Can I trust you?
00:24:15.000 Can I rely on you?
00:24:18.000 And the answer to those two questions regarding Ronna McDaniel are yes and yes.
00:24:24.000 You see, great leaders, they're trustworthy, they're humble, they're not afraid to say I'm sorry when they've made a mistake.
00:24:33.000 They can be fierce when necessary, and they have the wisdom to navigate challenging waters, and they have the ability to unify all stakeholders for a common goal because they are relational, not transactional.
00:24:49.000 It's for those reasons and many more that this more seasoned mom is enthusiastically nominating Ronna McDaniel for the chairman of the Republican National Committee.
00:25:08.000 The chair recognizes David Bossi, the National Committee Man from Maryland.
00:25:16.000 I'm proud to stand before this dedicated committee today to second the nomination of Ronna McDaniel for RNC chairman.
00:25:24.000 Under Rana's leadership, we retired Nancy Pelosi and ended Biden's socialist agenda in the House of Representatives.
00:25:33.000 We cut ties with the biased committee on presidential debates.
00:25:39.000 We launched the largest election integrity effort by this committee in nearly four decades.
00:25:45.000 And we built upon President Trump's outreach to the minority communities.
00:25:50.000 And we raised a record $1.5 billion to support candidates and state parties across the country.
00:25:59.000 I look forward to working with Ronna and the entire 168 to take back the White House, the United States Senate, and build upon our majority in the United States House.
00:26:11.000 The RNC needs experienced and proven leaders, and that's what we have in Ronna McDaniel.
00:26:18.000 I hope you will support Ronna.
00:26:20.000 She is the leader we need, and I encourage you to join me in supporting her re-election.
00:26:27.000 Thank you.
00:26:31.000 Thank you, David.
00:26:32.000 And the chair recognizes a modern rider wagon, the National Committee Woman from American Samoa.
00:26:46.000 Thank you.
00:26:47.000 As RNC chair, Ronna McDaniel has tirelessly advocated for the grassroots, supporting all 56 state and territorial parties, and And has delivered resources to help us each achieve success.
00:27:02.000 It did not matter if the request was coming from a solid red state with a large party infrastructure, the deepest blue state with tough election battles, or even the territories.
00:27:13.000 She has been a steadfast leader and friend for us all.
00:27:17.000 Rana instituted positive change at the RNC in so many ways by establishing the GROW program to empower state parties, engaging minority voters in meaningful and effective ways through the community centers, establishing a year-round field operation, and built a large donor network for both small and major donors to better support our Republican candidates and state parties.
00:27:44.000 In the face of adversity, Rana's character has remained unchanged, her faith unwavered, and her focus to continue to lead our party unfazed.
00:27:56.000 Thank you very much.
00:27:57.000 The chair now would like to recognize Robin Armstrong, the National Committee Man from Texas, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for RNC chairman.
00:28:06.000 Ladies and gentlemen, my friends on the RNC, I rise to nominate Harmeet Dillon for the position of chair of the Republican National Committee.
00:28:17.000 The race for chair of the RNC has never been about blame.
00:28:22.000 It's never been about fault finding.
00:28:25.000 It has always been about putting together the strongest team to win elections for Republican candidates at every level.
00:28:35.000 Harmeed plans on moving to Washington, D.C. and plans on being at the RNC offices every day, working, managing, learning, and demanding excellence of herself and everyone in the building.
00:28:50.000 Harmeed plans to examine RNC relationships with vendors and with consultants so that we can be assured that every single penny that is donated to the RNC is being used to help Republican candidates win elections.
00:29:08.000 And Harmead plans to use the talents of every member of this body, every member, to advance our cause, which is again to win elections.
00:29:20.000 For far too long, the Democrat Party has victimized impoverished and minority communities by their policies, which have failed.
00:29:32.000 We as a party have to be in the strongest position to win elections, implement our conservative policies, and bring hope to millions of Americans.
00:29:44.000 Harmeet will put us in a position to win.
00:29:48.000 We are not here to criticize what has happened in the past, but to look forward and to look out for what lies ahead.
00:29:59.000 We have a great responsibility and a great opportunity to do something that has not been done by the RNC in a very long time, if ever.
00:30:10.000 We have the opportunity to elect a chair of the RNC who has the approval and the excitement of almost all of our grassroots activists at home.
00:30:23.000 And with this overwhelming support, Harmeet will be in a position to lead with strong wins behind her, paving the way for big wins in 2024 and truly seeing a red wave.
00:30:40.000 Members of the 168 friends, we are at an inflection point.
00:30:46.000 Our party and our conservative values are the only thing standing in the way of absolute tyranny.
00:30:55.000 But if we show the courage to change today, I believe in my heart that rather than the tyranny and the depravity that we see amongst the Democrat Party, instead, we can have hope that we will see, and I quote, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom.
00:31:20.000 Just like Abraham Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address, please join me today and many others in supporting and voting for Harmeet Dylan.
00:31:30.000 Thank you.
00:31:31.000 And now the chair would have to make an apology because I have not yet developed Micki Drummond's pronunciation skills.
00:31:37.000 Therefore, I recognize Laura, the gentlewoman from Hawaii, National Committee.
00:31:43.000 Thank you, Jeff.
00:31:44.000 I appreciate that.
00:31:46.000 I rise to second the nomination of Harmeet Dylan for RNC chair.
00:31:49.000 I'm Laura Nakamilua, National Committee Woman from Hawaii.
00:31:52.000 When Harmeet called me to tell me that she was running, I was excited.
00:31:56.000 I really was.
00:31:57.000 We all know Harmeet's credentials and her unmatched skill at representing the RNC in national, in our national biased media.
00:32:05.000 She has been an articulate and passionate warrior for this body and all of you and many conservative causes that we hold so dear.
00:32:13.000 She's fought for Christians like me for my right to worship in my own church.
00:32:18.000 She's fiercely pro-life.
00:32:19.000 I could go on.
00:32:23.000 I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the committee and to so many of you with whom friendships have been created over our last 11 years together.
00:32:35.000 We all know and recognize the difficult task before us today.
00:32:41.000 I want to touch upon three issues being discussed in our leadership struggle that demand different solutions.
00:32:48.000 This vote today for the RNC chairman is my six.
00:32:53.000 Until this moment, I don't remember these three issues ever being relative to those previous elections.
00:33:00.000 First and foremost, a warning.
00:33:04.000 We appear to many of our faithful constituents, the Republican activist, as out of touch with their wants and their needs.
00:33:15.000 There is a deep concern for our strongest and most loyal supporters that we no longer listen to them, and some believe that we totally disregard their opinion.
00:33:29.000 Second would be the concerns of the donors.
00:33:31.000 I think politicians fantasize that there is an endless supply of money to wage these important battles.
00:33:39.000 I fear that our donors are not as confident in the RNC's abilities after the disappointing midterms.
00:33:47.000 If you don't believe that, just ask them.
00:33:51.000 And third and most importantly, we as a party have failed to engage in the most critical struggle of our lives, the fight to keep fair and honest elections in America.
00:34:04.000 But fortunately, this day, the Republican Party has a choice.
00:34:08.000 I rise in nomination of an individual who comes from the grassroots.
00:34:13.000 I rise in nomination of a man who is a major donor, who works and understands with the concerns of the donor class.
00:34:22.000 A man is comfortable with the donors in their boardrooms as he walks a precinct or in organizing a rally with the grassroots.
00:34:33.000 I stand in this moment of time on this day of destiny for our party, and I nominate the one individual in America, besides President Trump, of course, who has stood against the corrupt Democrat apparatus that demands fealty to the machines.
00:34:51.000 The one man who has not just pledged his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor, but who has spilled a significant amount of that on the field of battle already.
00:35:02.000 I proudly stand with confidence in the ability, commitment, and integrity of a problem solver.
00:35:10.000 The one person that can deliver new and innovative solutions to our most difficult problems.
00:35:16.000 I proudly nominate Mike Lindell for RNC chair.
00:35:20.000 Thank you.
00:35:24.000 Thank you.
00:35:25.000 The chair would now like to recognize Gordon Ackley, state chairman from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
00:35:34.000 And the names of the following individuals are properly in nomination for chairman of the Republican National Committee.
00:35:50.000 Ronna McDaniel, Harmeet Dylan, and Mike Lindell.
00:35:55.000 Before beginning the role of a state, I'd like to go over some brief voting instructions so we can proceed in an orderly manner.
00:36:02.000 When the state is called, the delegation will proceed to the voting booths located in front of the council's table to my right.
00:36:11.000 You each have a pen at your desk.
00:36:14.000 Please bring it with you when you walk to the voting booths.
00:36:17.000 Blank ballots will be placed in each voting booth upon each delegation's visit to the voting table.
00:36:24.000 Members are serving, or members are serving as proxy will be provided a corresponding number of ballots.
00:36:31.000 RNC staff will assist with directing members to their respective voting booths.
00:36:38.000 All right, so we got a little break going on right there.
00:36:41.000 You heard the nominations going down.
00:36:43.000 Look, here's how it works: 168, but you need 85 votes to win.
00:36:49.000 If no one wins on the first ballot with that 85 majority, it goes to further rounds.
00:36:55.000 This is similar to what we saw in the Speaker McCarthy race.
00:36:58.000 Of course, you remember the 15 rounds of voting.
00:37:01.000 And there's no auto runoff.
00:37:03.000 We're going through the rules here for this.
00:37:05.000 You need a majority to win.
00:37:07.000 There is no automatic runoff.
00:37:09.000 So it can be as many ballots as it takes.
00:37:11.000 We remember, of course, the night after night after night, the high drama that was going on with the speakers race here in Washington, D.C., where I sit.
00:37:22.000 Now, I don't think anyone's expecting the ballots to go that long here for the RNC chair race.
00:37:29.000 But what's interesting is that we do have, of course, three candidates have been nominated formally.
00:37:36.000 Ronda Ron McDaniel, Harmeet Dylan, and Mike Lindell.
00:37:40.000 And the interesting thing is that even as the delegates put their votes in, it is a secret ballot.
00:37:47.000 So this is not going to be, in a sense, the way that the RNC or excuse me, the speaker race was, that you would know exactly who it was that had voted against, or if somebody voted present, and then you can go over, wrangle the votes, et cetera, et cetera.
00:38:02.000 We have all those great videos that came out of that.
00:38:03.000 That was fire content.
00:38:04.000 I love being able to post those videos.
00:38:07.000 But what we're going to have here is a secret ballot.
00:38:10.000 So even if it's close, we don't know who specifically it is.
00:38:14.000 And I'm going to see, though, I'm going to see if there are ways for us to be able to tell maybe which delegation votes which way, things like that.
00:38:25.000 We're getting some reports from in the room that there's tons of deals being cut.
00:38:30.000 The vibe is weird in the room.
00:38:32.000 Someone just said, believe it or not, someone just said that the loudest applause was for Harmeet in the room.
00:38:38.000 The loudest applause in the room was for Harmeet.
00:38:43.000 Interesting.
00:38:44.000 Interesting.
00:38:45.000 I'm not there just reading what I'm seeing.
00:38:47.000 I'm just reading what I'm seeing.
00:38:49.000 But in theory, if there is a deadlock between the three, in theory, unlikely, but is it possible that a new candidate could emerge if there is a deadlock and nobody can get past those three?
00:39:02.000 Could a compromise candidate come forward?
00:39:04.000 Could you have a situation where the Lindell supporters and the Harmeet Dylan supporters come together and go for another candidate?
00:39:13.000 Maybe there's another reason that Charlie Kirk is there.
00:39:18.000 I'm just saying, folks.
00:39:19.000 I'm just saying Charlie Kirk is in the room.
00:39:23.000 And so it is possible that if we get to a deadlock, that they turn to Charlie and say, sir, if you are nominated, will you serve?
00:39:33.000 If elected, will you be the RNC chairman, Mr. Charlie Kirk?
00:39:38.000 I'm just saying, Charlie's Kirk.
00:39:40.000 I don't know if he's listening right now, but Charlie's going to love that one.
00:39:43.000 Charlie, I'm putting you, I'm throwing your hat in the ring.
00:39:45.000 Sorry about that, buddy.
00:39:49.000 Hey, everybody, Charlie Kirk here.
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00:40:52.000 Got a hot tip in from Orange County there in the room.
00:40:56.000 Four people came up to Charlie and said they were not public, but that they were going to vote for Harmeed.
00:41:02.000 So this is four people from the 168.
00:41:05.000 We're also, we also hear that John Fredericks, we may be able to get John Fredericks here in with us in studio.
00:41:12.000 He's wrapping up another hit, but then he's going to be getting to us.
00:41:14.000 So John's been rubbing shoulders with everybody there today.
00:41:17.000 He's going to have a good read on what's on.
00:41:19.000 That's how John is.
00:41:20.000 He's very gregarious individual.
00:41:23.000 And so whenever you see, put him in a room, definitely an extrovert.
00:41:26.000 He's going to be working that room.
00:41:27.000 He's going to be talking to everybody, finding out what's going on.
00:41:30.000 Because we really do want to know in this three-way race, which, as I've said, and I'll ask Charlie Kirk when he comes on the show here, will Charlie Kirk, if it comes down to it, if there is a deadlock, would it be possible for Charlie Kirk to emerge as the consensus candidate between the warring factions?
00:41:54.000 Probably pick up some Romney people, probably pick up a lot of Harmeet people, probably pick up some Lindell people.
00:41:59.000 Could it be that Charlie Kirk could get to 85?
00:42:03.000 And then Charlie Kirk would have to run the RNC and all the problems that come with that.
00:42:07.000 He's definitely not going to like the fact that I did this.
00:42:10.000 But don't worry.
00:42:11.000 You guys do me a favor.
00:42:12.000 Definitely don't tell him.
00:42:16.000 What are they saying?
00:42:17.000 Oh, they're saying Charlie is literally unlovable because he's trying to sway voters right now.
00:42:22.000 Yeah, but we'll see.
00:42:23.000 We'll see.
00:42:24.000 I don't know.
00:42:25.000 I'm just saying.
00:42:25.000 I'm just saying, guys, I don't know.
00:42:28.000 I think, look, let's unmove, excuse me, unmovable.
00:42:31.000 So we're about to be joined by Charlie Kirk.
00:42:33.000 The vote is imminent.
00:42:35.000 In fact, the voting is going on right now, but of course, because it's secret ballot, it's not the same as when we had the speaker's race and the speaker's race.
00:42:42.000 We were able to see every vote.
00:42:43.000 It's very dramatic.
00:42:44.000 People get up, they actually call out their votes.
00:42:47.000 It's actually wonderful.
00:42:48.000 But I also understand the importance for secret ballot at times as well.
00:42:48.000 I love that.
00:42:51.000 And so I would honestly, at this point, if you're a member of the RNC, if you're an elected member, if you're there in an official capacity, I don't think it should be a secret ballot.
00:43:02.000 I'm for a secret ballot for the citizens.
00:43:04.000 That's different.
00:43:05.000 But I want, I think that it should actually be public.
00:43:07.000 We were about to go live.
00:43:08.000 We've got folks, the host of the Charlie Kirk Show here joining us live from Orange County himself.
00:43:14.000 Charlie, tell us what's in the mood in the room.
00:43:16.000 What's going on?
00:43:17.000 Hey, Jack, sorry for the delay, been actually working the room talking to members all morning.
00:43:22.000 I'll be honest, it's a very strange vibe.
00:43:24.000 There's not a lot of enthusiasm for Rana.
00:43:26.000 Rana still might win.
00:43:26.000 She's definitely the favorite, just talking to some members, but there's not a lot of enthusiasm there.
00:43:31.000 But credit to Harmeet and her team.
00:43:33.000 They've worked very hard.
00:43:35.000 I had a couple of members come up to me and they said, hey, I can't tell anyone, but I am going to be voting for Harmeet.
00:43:40.000 So they're going through a roll call right now.
00:43:41.000 They're calling state by state by state.
00:43:44.000 And the three members from each state come up and then cast their ballot.
00:43:47.000 And then there's a tabulation of the results and there'll be a lot of suspense.
00:43:50.000 And it's going to require somebody to get the majority of votes here.
00:43:54.000 So as President Trump says, we'll see what happens.
00:43:57.000 We're working it really, really hard though, Jack.
00:44:00.000 And I feel an obligation to do so because our audience has been emailing us 50, 60, 70,000 emails about this saying, Charlie, we care about who's going to run the RNC.
00:44:09.000 We're tired of losing.
00:44:09.000 We want to win.
00:44:10.000 We want to see us, the grassroots wishes actually represented.
00:44:13.000 So I felt an obligation to be here on the ground.
00:44:17.000 No guarantees.
00:44:19.000 I'm keeping my expectations low and manage them, but there's a lot more support for a change at the RNC than I think ever was expected this late in the game, Jack.
00:44:29.000 Charlie, a process question.
00:44:30.000 This is something that we were just chatting a little before you came on about how it goes.
00:44:34.000 Now, this isn't like the speaker race, obviously, where people get up and they announce their vote and you can see who it is.
00:44:40.000 Now, in terms of the delegations and the tabulation, though, is there even a way to see the way a state delegation voted or is it completely locked?
00:44:48.000 It's completely secret ballot.
00:44:50.000 Now, the tabulators might know that, but they're not supposed to tell anyone.
00:44:54.000 I actually think a secret ballot's a really good thing here, especially when you're dealing with basically a country club election.
00:45:01.000 That's what you're dealing with right here.
00:45:03.000 This is not a race for the RNC.
00:45:05.000 This is a race for Augusta National, basically.
00:45:09.000 It's the members of a very high and elite country club.
00:45:12.000 Yeah, exactly.
00:45:14.000 And that's where we're at.
00:45:16.000 And I actually think that's part of the problem because the grassroots, I think, actually needs to actually have a voice in the party and the direction of where the party is going and whether or not they're going to listen to their voters.
00:45:28.000 But this has been so instructive for me, Jack.
00:45:30.000 As you know, I've been traveling the country like crazy.
00:45:32.000 I was all over the place, made a priority to be here to actually talk to these members and hear what I consider to be lackluster arguments for why the current regime needs to stay in place was very illuminating.
00:45:44.000 And I had one guy, I tweeted this quote out.
00:45:46.000 I said, you do know that 98% of the people that put you where you are think it's time for change.
00:45:51.000 And he said, I don't give a flying flip what the small dollar donors think.
00:45:55.000 They're not voting today.
00:45:56.000 That's not every member.
00:45:57.000 I want to be very clear, but there certainly is that attitude here.
00:46:00.000 Now, Charlie, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you just came from Tallahassee on one side of the country where you were interviewing Governor Ron DeSantis.
00:46:09.000 And now here we find you in Orange County.
00:46:12.000 So it definitely took the red eye last night.
00:46:15.000 We also saw an extreme, I don't even know if you could see it if you had Wi-Fi or whatever on the plane, but the entire media, the entire political media, Politico, Axios, Washington Post, CNN, Fox, they were all covering your interview with Governor Ron DeSantis.
00:46:31.000 We hear that, you know, we were told that it was like a tactical nuke or one of Putin's hypersonic missiles going off there.
00:46:38.000 Tell us, what has the effect of that interview been there in the room at Dana Point?
00:46:42.000 I've had at least 20 members come up and mention it to me saying that it was the talk of the RNC in the last 24 hours.
00:46:48.000 And I'm pleased.
00:46:49.000 Obviously, Governor DeSantis said something that I fully agree with.
00:46:54.000 And it was totally unscripted.
00:46:55.000 I had no idea what he was going to say or his sentiments on it.
00:46:58.000 If you watched the interview, I just said, hey, they're meeting in Dana Point.
00:47:00.000 Like, what do you think?
00:47:01.000 And he said, it's time for fleshblood.
00:47:02.000 It's time to change.
00:47:03.000 I like what Harmit Dylan has said.
00:47:05.000 That's powerful words.
00:47:06.000 In fact, he weighed in more heavily than Donald Trump has in this race, which I find to be notable, interesting, and noticeable.
00:47:12.000 And so, look, this is very important.
00:47:15.000 The grassroots is going to, the grassroots is going to determine who is going to be the nominee in 2024.
00:47:24.000 But the actual machinery of the RNC is so critically important.
00:47:28.000 And win or lose here, I have no idea what's going to happen.
00:47:31.000 As I said, Ron is obviously the favorite, but it's a really positive thing that so many people have weighed in and now they're aware.
00:47:39.000 And this party is metamorphosizing in front of our very eyes to actually become more people-centric and listen to their voters.
00:47:46.000 And I think that's a good thing.
00:47:47.000 I hope it actually manifests in a change in leadership.
00:47:51.000 Are you saying that it's directed evolution?
00:47:53.000 Is it mutating through directed evolution?
00:47:55.000 Possibly.
00:47:56.000 Yeah, it's going through data function research is what it's going through.
00:48:00.000 So directed evolution.
00:48:01.000 You can't say that.
00:48:02.000 Charlie, a question that's right.
00:48:03.000 I know it's the new term.
00:48:05.000 Right, right.
00:48:06.000 Is there any regional breakdown that we know of?
00:48:08.000 Are our red or blue states more establishment, pro-change?
00:48:12.000 Are you seeing any trends like that?
00:48:14.000 Yeah, so this is just from talk.
00:48:16.000 Again, I talked to probably 50 members this morning, shook a lot of hands.
00:48:20.000 Yeah, and this is just while you were hosting my show.
00:48:24.000 Thank you, Jack.
00:48:24.000 I was out in that hall and in this room, just going and introducing myself and saying hi.
00:48:29.000 And there were some members that did not want to talk to me and they did not like me here.
00:48:33.000 And there's some members that were super enthusiastic.
00:48:35.000 So there's obviously that divide.
00:48:36.000 And that's fine.
00:48:37.000 That's kind of part of how things work.
00:48:39.000 Definitely the American South, very, very in favor of change in leadership.
00:48:43.000 The South, incredibly upset.
00:48:46.000 The South, not happy.
00:48:48.000 The West, a little split.
00:48:49.000 Northeast is very pro-Rana.
00:48:51.000 Midwest is about 50-50.
00:48:53.000 And so, yeah, you tabulate that all together.
00:48:55.000 There you go.
00:48:56.000 And Jack, I know the break schedule very well.
00:48:58.000 You're doing a great job.
00:48:59.000 Thank you.
00:48:59.000 I'm going to go back to trying to talk to folks and we'll see what happens.
00:49:02.000 Thanks, Jack.
00:49:02.000 God bless.
00:49:03.000 Appreciate it, Charlie.
00:49:04.000 God bless.
00:49:05.000 All right.
00:49:05.000 And I want to get on as well.
00:49:07.000 Charlie's out there working, folks.
00:49:08.000 Charlie's out there working.
00:49:10.000 He's working for you.
00:49:11.000 Look, he didn't have to be there.
00:49:12.000 He could have done the show.
00:49:13.000 He could have said, he could have just sat back in the studio in Arizona.
00:49:17.000 He's got a great studio, very nice studio.
00:49:20.000 He's got everybody there.
00:49:22.000 It's all the way across the country.
00:49:24.000 He's doing this because he actually believes in the things that he says.
00:49:28.000 So make sure that you send in your questions, your comments, your suggestions.
00:49:32.000 Freedom at CharlieKirk.com and understand.
00:49:34.000 He took that red eye last night from Tallahassee all the way to Orange County, California.
00:49:39.000 So from the Gulf of Mexico to Orange County, California, because he believes in what he's doing.
00:49:48.000 We are live with John Fredericks, the host of Outside the Beltway.
00:49:52.000 He is there in Orange County Dana Point.
00:49:54.000 John, tell us what's going on in the room.
00:49:56.000 Well, right now here, we're live, Jack.
00:49:58.000 Thanks for having me on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:50:00.000 Charlie's here, as you know, as well.
00:50:02.000 We've been here since Monday.
00:50:03.000 The voting is going on right now.
00:50:05.000 I think they just went over Nevada.
00:50:08.000 So probably about 20 minutes, half hour, the voting will be done.
00:50:12.000 And then they'll count the votes.
00:50:13.000 Hopefully, it's going to be a little bit faster than Arizona.
00:50:16.000 No machines involved.
00:50:18.000 These are paper ballots.
00:50:19.000 The biggest opportunity here, Jack, for Hermit Dylan is this is a secret ballot.
00:50:25.000 Exactly.
00:50:26.000 There's no last.
00:50:27.000 They call them state by state.
00:50:29.000 There's only three votes each per state or territory.
00:50:32.000 So McDaniel is going to be 86 votes on the first ballot.
00:50:37.000 Alphabetical.
00:50:38.000 Alphabetical.
00:50:39.000 Okay.
00:50:39.000 Yeah.
00:50:41.000 Yeah.
00:50:41.000 So they're in there.
00:50:42.000 They're in there voting now.
00:50:43.000 Do you think that any of the candidates will have 86 on the first ballot just based on your read of yes?
00:50:50.000 Yes.
00:50:51.000 Yes.
00:50:53.000 I would be shocked if this went to a second ballot.
00:50:55.000 I mean, Mike Lindell has a handful of votes, really, but those on a second ballot, if it goes to a second ballot, Harmeet Dylan's going to be the chair.
00:51:06.000 There's no way McDaniel survives a second ballot because if five or six or seven people vote for Lindell, there's no way they're voting for McDaniel.
00:51:14.000 They'd vote for Harmeet on the second ballot, who is clearly in second place.
00:51:19.000 As I said a little bit earlier, the wild card here, Jack, is the secret ballot.
00:51:24.000 I mean, McDaniel went into this thing today, about 15, 16 votes ahead.
00:51:30.000 Eight or nine people, seven to nine people have to flip on a secret ballot.
00:51:35.000 Whether or not that happens, time will tell.
00:51:38.000 But I got to tell you, Jack, the tone deafness of the people in charge of the Republican National Committee right now, they are tone deaf.
00:51:48.000 The complete disconnection with the grassroots is stunning.
00:51:53.000 I don't know how you have a party when you don't talk to your own people that are supporting you, the working people of the United States.
00:52:00.000 I mean, they have no clue as to what is going on outside of the bubble here.
00:52:07.000 And if Ronna McDaniel is successful on this first ballot, I mean, the party is going to collapse because nobody is going to give them any money.
00:52:17.000 Nobody is going to knock on any doors.
00:52:19.000 Nobody's going to do anything.
00:52:20.000 I mean, they just don't get it, Jack.
00:52:23.000 Charlie was just saying that there were people in the room that didn't even want to talk to him.
00:52:26.000 I mean, talk to Charlie Kirk.
00:52:29.000 You know, I mean, you could at least say hi.
00:52:31.000 I mean, he's chairman of Turning Boy.
00:52:34.000 He runs one of the most successful shows.
00:52:35.000 You can at least say hi.
00:52:37.000 He said they wouldn't even give him the time of day there.
00:52:39.000 That's how bad it is.
00:52:41.000 Well, Jack, what has happened here is I've been here since Monday.
00:52:46.000 My wife and Fredericks, who's the chief operating officer of our company, we've been here since Monday.
00:52:52.000 This is a total media lockdown.
00:52:55.000 Basically, we couldn't even get media credentials until today at 8:30 a.m.
00:53:01.000 And the RNC put out numerous memos instructing their members not to talk to anybody in the media lest they be reported.
00:53:10.000 We tried to have a gaggle in the lobby two nights ago with Carrie Lake, a press gaggle with Harmeed and Carrie Lake and the RNC, RNC head security come and throw us out.
00:53:28.000 I mean, we've got about 90 seconds left in the show.
00:53:34.000 Tell us, regardless of what happens, what should the folks at home be ready for this weekend?
00:53:40.000 What should they do?
00:53:41.000 They should be ready to tell the RNC if McDaniel wins, we're done.
00:53:47.000 They're not going to get any money, right?
00:53:49.000 They're not going to get any volunteers.
00:53:51.000 And to take this party over, what we now understand with the transparency, Jack, that we brought is that the 168 people that are here, in two years, half of them are going to get, they're going to be gone because, Jack, we're going to vote them out so we can get a chairman that cares about us.
00:54:11.000 I love this.
00:54:12.000 John Fredericks, thank you so much for joining us.
00:54:14.000 Thank you so much for giving us that update from the ground there.
00:54:18.000 We're going to make sure to be able to cover all of this as we continue.
00:54:20.000 This show here is ending, but I'll encourage everybody.
00:54:23.000 I'm sure you'll be on tomorrow, right?
00:54:26.000 Yes.
00:54:26.000 Yeah, you'll be on tomorrow from there.
00:54:29.000 Well, from Phoenix.
00:54:30.000 And then, so we'll have all the updates continue to go in War Room.
00:54:33.000 I'm sure we'll have the updates as we go.
00:54:35.000 But folks, we need to understand, and Charlie said this as well, that the RNC is not the RNC of your grandparents, of your parents.
00:54:44.000 The RNC is ripe for a hostile takeover.
00:54:48.000 And if not so, at least on this ballot, then perhaps running for office, getting into those positions of the RNC National Committee chairs and telling these people that they can shove it because we're taking the party back and there's nothing you can do about it.
00:55:07.000 Thanks for listening.
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