The Charlie Kirk Show - November 08, 2026


Hold Firm and Fight On: Charlie after the 2022 Midterms

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00:00:03.000 My name is Charlie Kirk.
00:00:05.000 I run the largest pro American student organization in the country fighting for the future of our republic.
00:00:11.000 My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth.
00:00:14.000 If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable.
00:00:19.000 But if the most important thing is doing good, you will end up purposeful.
00:00:24.000 College is a scam, everybody.
00:00:26.000 You got to stop sending your kids to college.
00:00:27.000 You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible.
00:00:31.000 Go start a Turning Point USA College chapter.
00:00:33.000 Go start a Turning Point USA High School chapter.
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00:00:39.000 I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade.
00:00:41.000 Most important decision I ever made in my life.
00:00:43.000 And I encourage you to do the same.
00:00:45.000 Here I am.
00:00:46.000 Lord, use me.
00:00:48.000 Buckle up, everybody.
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00:01:17.000 Hey, everybody, we went back through the archive to find some timeless Charlie wisdom after the disappointment that was the 2022 midterms.
00:01:24.000 If you remember, we were supposed to have this red wave year and it turned into a trickle, and most people basically chalked it up as a loss.
00:01:31.000 Okay.
00:01:32.000 So this is not necessarily all the names are going to remain.
00:01:36.000 Relevant, and it's not all going to make perfect sense in our current moment, but the themes are so powerful.
00:01:43.000 So, you remember back, we had the whole Maricopa fiasco and things like that.
00:01:46.000 Those things have changed, and we have different contexts now, but Charlie's message remained the same.
00:01:52.000 We adapt and we overcome, and that's exactly what we're doing right now for the movement, for the country, and for Charlie and everything he built.
00:01:59.000 So, I really want you to dive into this, enjoy it.
00:02:02.000 Wanted to give you a little primer at the top of that because, of course, some things are different than they were in 2022, but the main lessons that Charlie is teaching and preaching.
00:02:10.000 Remain the same.
00:02:14.000 Now we have to game this out because if we are to surrender and engage in their psychological warfare, if we are to give up completely and totally, then they get all of their victories instantaneously.
00:02:32.000 This here is to try to demoralize you.
00:02:36.000 And I can understand it, by the way.
00:02:38.000 I understand.
00:02:39.000 I mean, I got another email right here.
00:02:41.000 This person says, You know, Charlie, I used to be really involved.
00:02:45.000 I'm done.
00:02:46.000 I'm going to go move to rural Arizona and only watch the news every once in a while.
00:02:51.000 I'm completely demoralized.
00:02:52.000 These people have broken me.
00:02:54.000 I'm giving up.
00:02:56.000 Okay.
00:02:58.000 People are, I understand that we're getting tons of emails of what looks like to be the biggest white flag surrender that I've seen in quite some time.
00:03:06.000 I know personally, we're just getting started to lean into this fight.
00:03:13.000 And what does that look like?
00:03:15.000 In many different ways, it looks like making sure first and foremost in Arizona that Abe Hamaday becomes Attorney General of Arizona.
00:03:24.000 Abe Hamaday is down 236 votes with still thousands of votes to be counted in Maricopa County.
00:03:31.000 Down 236 votes.
00:03:32.000 This thing is going down to the razor wire.
00:03:36.000 The razor wire.
00:03:41.000 What else can we do?
00:03:42.000 We can support good candidates for 24, we could pressure this Republican Congress to put points on the board.
00:03:48.000 We can stay involved in local issues and local government.
00:03:52.000 You could support your local Turning Point USA chapters, help start a high school chapter for Turning Point USA at your local high school.
00:04:01.000 You can get engaged in the homeschool movement.
00:04:03.000 There's so many things to do that we need to do right now.
00:04:10.000 And it's going to take effort.
00:04:12.000 It's going to take more work to fight the headwinds.
00:04:18.000 But if you're willing to give up, then you're willing to tell me that Rush Limbaugh was wrong.
00:04:23.000 Play cut 80, please.
00:04:25.000 We are not sunk yet.
00:04:27.000 We will never surrender.
00:04:29.000 We will never give up.
00:04:30.000 Never, never, never.
00:04:32.000 Never.
00:04:32.000 It's not who we are.
00:04:33.000 It's not what we do.
00:04:35.000 We never give up.
00:04:38.000 We never give up.
00:04:39.000 That's who we are.
00:04:40.000 We look at what went right.
00:04:41.000 We look at what went wrong.
00:04:43.000 We should be enraged by the grand larceny that happened in Arizona, demand a new election, understand realistically that a judge is going to be unlikely to do that, but let's do the best legal challenge we possibly can and look at what's possible.
00:05:01.000 Look at Florida.
00:05:03.000 Sometimes it's going to take a little bit of a turn in one way to get into a positive direction.
00:05:11.000 The people are with us.
00:05:12.000 That is what the national congressional vote shows us.
00:05:14.000 The people are with us.
00:05:16.000 The problem is, though, is I mean, it's the proverbial we're playing checkers and they're playing chess.
00:05:23.000 We're playing flag football and they're playing full contact football.
00:05:30.000 Things can improve, but it's going to take a citizen movement for quite some time.
00:05:37.000 And look, I see it in real, I see it one after the other of people saying, I'm done, I'm giving up.
00:05:41.000 Well, that's not what we're doing here on this program.
00:05:45.000 Welcome back, everybody.
00:05:45.000 Email us freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:05:48.000 A fair amount of people have responded to this nonstop email campaign of people that are giving up.
00:05:57.000 There's a fair amount of you that say, I'm not going to give up.
00:06:00.000 Charlie, these people that say we're giving up, what example are we setting for our kids?
00:06:04.000 You need to show your kids.
00:06:06.000 Never give up on something you truly believe to be right, and they're fighting for their future, and quite honestly, their soul from evil that is trying to enslave us.
00:06:13.000 And shout out to you and your team for keeping it real, but also showing there is a path.
00:06:16.000 It won't be easy, but it is worth it.
00:06:19.000 Charlie, I totally agree.
00:06:20.000 We can never give up or give in.
00:06:23.000 Thank you so much.
00:06:24.000 We have to keep fighting.
00:06:25.000 This one here is a little bit different.
00:06:28.000 Eric says, Charlie, I'm giving up.
00:06:31.000 I wish the best for you.
00:06:32.000 America is dead, and I'm not going to be engaged anymore.
00:06:37.000 Okay, so I think it's about 50 50.
00:06:40.000 It's honestly very interesting.
00:06:43.000 Something doesn't go our way, and just like that, we give up.
00:06:45.000 Like, okay, I get it.
00:06:47.000 It was an ambush, it was a sabotage campaign.
00:06:49.000 You got to look at this in terms of military terms.
00:06:52.000 We broadcasted our main play for the opposition.
00:06:55.000 We went straight through, and boom, they ambushed us.
00:06:58.000 We won the congressional popular vote.
00:07:00.000 The people are with us, and those trends are only going to increase.
00:07:03.000 We're only going to persuade more people, we're only going to adapt.
00:07:08.000 The people that came before us, our forebearers, they never gave up.
00:07:12.000 If you love your country, then you fight for it.
00:07:15.000 Now, not all of you are saying you're giving up.
00:07:17.000 There's plenty of you that are saying, Charlie, you know what?
00:07:19.000 I agree.
00:07:21.000 I'm not going to give them the gift.
00:07:22.000 I'm never going to give up.
00:07:24.000 And what does it mean not to give up?
00:07:25.000 It means you keep on watching programs like this.
00:07:27.000 You keep on praying for your nation.
00:07:29.000 You keep on trying to influence your neighbor.
00:07:31.000 You stay engaged.
00:07:32.000 You stay involved.
00:07:33.000 You donate where you can.
00:07:36.000 Email me freedom at charliekirk.com and subscribe to our podcast.
00:07:41.000 They win when we surrender.
00:07:43.000 If they can break our will, That is the final ingredient for their takeover of America. 0.83
00:07:50.000 That's it.
00:07:51.000 Someone says, Charlie, why are we giving up?
00:07:53.000 We're not the weak party.
00:07:54.000 Stop crying like the Democrats.
00:07:56.000 You know, that's an interesting point.
00:07:58.000 I would say that about half of the emails of people that have emailed us, got a couple thousand emails today, are people that want to quit.
00:08:03.000 And that's fine.
00:08:04.000 Maybe you just need a break and need to blow up some steam.
00:08:06.000 But when Democrats get something they don't like, they raise more money than ever before and they organize.
00:08:11.000 We got to take a page out of them.
00:08:12.000 Remember, Donald Trump became president in 2016, sworn in in 17, and they created this mass oppositional movement, mass oppositional movement.
00:08:23.000 Someone emailed us freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:08:26.000 Charlie, I am ready to give up.
00:08:28.000 I want to just stop acting.
00:08:30.000 I just want to stop being an activist.
00:08:31.000 Basically, this whole thing.
00:08:32.000 They've cheated.
00:08:32.000 They've done all these things.
00:08:34.000 What hope can you give me, Tyler?
00:08:35.000 How often do you get messages like this of people that just want to totally give up?
00:08:39.000 Look, there is no giving up.
00:08:40.000 We've said this, right?
00:08:41.000 There is no giving up.
00:08:43.000 The moment you give up, weak men are what enable tyrants.
00:08:50.000 This is what they want.
00:08:51.000 Tyranny wants you to give up.
00:08:53.000 Tyranny wants you to quit.
00:08:55.000 Tyranny wants you to be your little guy that punches your heart. 0.81
00:08:58.000 Guys, think about Soviet Russia. 0.74
00:09:00.000 That's what I think about.
00:09:00.000 That's why I studied.
00:09:01.000 I lived over in Russia.
00:09:02.000 I speak fluent Russian.
00:09:03.000 I'm a 17th generation American, so I'm not a Russian plant or spy.
00:09:08.000 But I studied that because I went on my mission to Russia.
00:09:12.000 And I'm telling you, what the Soviet era did is the expectation was that you show up, you punch your card, and you go home, you shut up.
00:09:21.000 That's what Marxism wants.
00:09:22.000 That's what Marxism calls for.
00:09:25.000 This is what these people want.
00:09:26.000 They want you to shut up, punch your time card, and go home, and you'll like whatever is given to you.
00:09:32.000 That's as simple as you can put it for any of your friends and family that aren't studious to Marxism versus freedom, right?
00:09:40.000 Is that the life you want to live?
00:09:41.000 Or do you like living the life where you get to go freely on vacation wherever you want?
00:09:44.000 And you can buy whatever you want.
00:09:46.000 You can do whatever you want.
00:09:47.000 You can give the birds to the government and not get thrown in jail for it.
00:09:51.000 Because that's not the trajectory we're on with these people that we're up against.
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