00:00:52.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:03:09.000But if you just follow your feelings, you follow your heart, as it says in Jeremiah, you will not end up with a freer and better country.
00:03:22.000You must focus on what we can control.
00:03:27.000There's a great quote from one of my favorite thinkers.
00:03:31.000Actually, I have a bust of him in my office.
00:03:35.000Next week, we're going to talk a lot about philosophy and religion because it's kind of the end of the year and near Christmas, and we'll see how the news cycle is.
00:03:44.000Once Amfest closes, get your tickets, Amfest now.
00:03:47.000But one of my favorite thinkers is Marcus Aurelius, one of the great men ever to live.
00:03:53.000He was the most powerful man on the planet when he was probably the last of the great Roman emperors.
00:04:02.000He had a pretty awful son, Commodus, which is portrayed rather dramatically and somewhat accurately in the movie Gladiator.
00:04:09.000Anyway, Marcus Aurelius wrote a series of private journals that he never anticipated would be published or publicized.
00:04:17.000In fact, he would probably be shocked to hear that, and probably a little bit humiliated, that these are now, it's one of the most powerful books ever written called Meditations.
00:04:25.000Anyway, Marcus Aurelius, being the most powerful man in the world, could invade a country at a whim, actually had to deal with a big plague.
00:04:37.000He was one of the most articulate and powerful Stoics, Seneca being another and many others.
00:04:43.000But Aurelius had a belief that you must choose not to be harmed.
00:04:52.000He even said that the obstacle is the way, that what might be preventing you from getting what you want actually might end up being the most helpful, beneficial, and the blessing that you've been looking for.
00:06:05.000But we do have agency and free will to make a decision when things don't go our way.
00:06:14.000It is easy, it is tempting to disengage from the process when things do not go the way you want them to go.
00:06:26.000This is why I think the emphasis on behavior is so critical.
00:06:32.000I'm much more interested in what you do and how you act.
00:06:36.000If you have all of the feelings of cynicism and all of this and you're still fighting and you're still voting and you're still organizing and you're running for office and you're donating, then terrific, you're not allowing yourself to be dominated by a feeling.
00:07:05.000And so the question needs to be: what is the path forward for the grassroots for you, the everyday citizen?
00:07:20.000Despite all of the nonsense and that Ben Carson story and the changing of all this definitions of woman, all this garbage, we still live in a tremendously beautiful country.
00:07:34.000And what a time to be alive, to be able to organize and make a difference in that.
00:07:42.000It's not even a question of whether or not I'm going to fight.
00:07:50.000You know, someone says here, Charlie, you're no different than the mainstream media.
00:07:54.000It's just a wine fest offering no solutions.
00:09:29.000Feelings, voice to friends, emotions, perfectly legitimate.
00:09:38.000However, if you allow that to then take over, to domineer your behavior, to surrender and to give up, then you're acting immorally, in my calculation.
00:09:53.000And we're going to keep on talking about what you can actually do.
00:09:58.000And for those of you that are Christians, the most simple yet courageous thing that you can do every day is to speak truth to your friends, to your family, to yourself.
00:10:10.000And if you believe in truth, then by definition, you cannot give up.
00:10:15.000You are not allowed to give up if you believe in truth.
00:10:22.000The end of the year is right around the corner, and it's time for you to consider a change in your investment plan.
00:10:26.000This is Charlie Kirk, and I strongly recommend you go right now and see my friends at PAX to review your investments.
00:10:33.000They are the one firm I know that focuses on biblical, responsible investing and does not force you to invest in companies that literally attack Christian values.
00:10:43.000If we want religious liberty in our country, we have to stop investing in companies that are trying to suppress our freedoms.
00:12:29.000More Ukraine funding with no accountability.
00:12:32.000They want more COVID funding when there's still about half a trillion, excuse me, of unspent COVID dollars that have been appropriated makes zero sense.
00:12:44.000I know many House Republicans are opposed to it.
00:12:46.000Every House Republican should be opposed to it.
00:12:48.000But this is a concoction of the Senate dynamics where they think it's okay to brush the spending under the rug because they don't want to take the political hit for having to actually, you know, negotiate spending in January or February, which is the responsibility of Congress.
00:13:05.000Actually, it's the first responsibility.
00:13:07.000I mean, Byron, you're a grassroots guy.
00:13:09.000You vote really well and you understand the base.
00:14:04.000So, Byron, we have there's a lot, let's say, fired up opinions in our audience about what's going to be happening on 1.3 for the Speaker of the House vote.
00:14:16.000I have a concern that I have voiced repeatedly that if we do not get our act together, the Unit Party very well might get their own speaker and sneak this through.
00:14:25.000Who are you supporting for Speaker of the House and why?
00:14:28.000Well, first and foremost, I'm going to vote for Kevin.
00:14:31.000I think that when it comes down to getting the things done that we need to get done, he's the leader in the clubhouse.
00:14:36.000He's the guy that has the vast majority of the votes.
00:14:39.000But secondarily and more important, I think this has got to be clear as well.
00:14:42.000There are things in my view that Kevin needs to do.
00:14:45.000From my view, a lot of this is scar tissue from the John Boehner time and the Paul Ryan time.
00:14:51.000And so there are members who do remember a time when all the promises of open promise, of open process came, but when it actually came time to do the work, none of it materialized.
00:15:02.000And so there are members who are conservative members.
00:15:35.000I think the subpoenas and all that stuff is going to happen.
00:15:38.000My concern is when you come up to the next budget deal or a debt ceiling deal, what does that look like?
00:15:43.000The last part is Congress does not function.
00:15:47.000And so it is going to be the responsibility of the speaker to give authority back to the members so this place actually works and functions properly.
00:15:56.000What I've seen for two years, everything comes out of the speaker's office.
00:15:59.000Your member of Congress is not a legislator.
00:16:01.000They essentially come and push buttons when the speaker calls you to the floor.
00:16:05.000That is not the way Washington is supposed to work.
00:16:08.000And so for the concerns about uniparties, everything being in the hands of the speaker is what promotes that.
00:16:14.000And so I don't care who the speaker is.
00:16:16.000You got to give power back to the members.
00:16:18.000Members should have a lot more say in the process.
00:16:20.000That would actually help to break up the cabal that is Washington, D.C.
00:16:23.000And to Kevin's credit, he is a hell no on the omnibus.
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00:18:51.000So I did win the election and the recount is over.
00:18:56.000It's such a relief for that to be done.
00:18:58.000You know, of course, there are a lot of critics coming my way saying, well, little girl, have you learned your lesson?
00:19:04.000But if you actually look at the 2020 election and the 2022 election, there's a lot of similarities.
00:19:10.000I won the first election with 51% of the vote and I won this one with 51% of the vote.
00:19:15.000The difference being there was not a third party candidate in the race to take those Democrat votes away from my opponent.
00:19:22.000So it was much closer than any of us were anticipating, but I'm so honored to be in the House majority and here to serve my constituents in Colorado's third district.
00:19:33.000You know, there's certainly a weightiness to being in the majority.
00:19:37.000It requires discipline and targeted focus.
00:19:41.000And I'm ready and prepared to lead with strength and grace.
00:21:18.000We, as representatives, we need to be empowered to represent our constituents, and we need to be able to have a check on leadership rather than just this having a dictator just rule with an iron fist.
00:21:32.000We have to be able to have these communications and to have that accountability.
00:21:37.000Otherwise, any ask that we have, any promises that are made, they're simply just a wish list.
00:21:42.000And so I suppose the motion to vacate the chair, I think, is super reasonable.
00:21:47.000I guess the counter argument would be maybe it takes a threshold, 10 members, 15 or 20 members, not just that one member can pull that, right?
00:22:58.000So if, so without saying any specific names, I mean, let's say that we go on 1-3, and I know there's a lot of negotiations happening, and that we do not have a consensus for speaker.
00:23:12.000Does that potentially worry you, kind of going into that conference without a pick?
00:23:17.000Or do you think that might be a healthy kind of moment of chaos?
00:23:24.000So we'll see what January 3rd looks like.
00:23:26.000But, you know, I think that there are 220 other members that we can look at right here in the House of Representatives, if that's what it comes to.
00:23:35.000There are plenty of people who are well qualified.
00:23:37.000And then, of course, we don't even have to look in the body for a speaker.
00:23:42.000So I think these conversations are healthy and maybe we come to an agreement before that vote on January 3rd.
00:23:49.000But there's lots of rumors saying that a Democrat's going to be speaker.
00:24:12.000Maybe we do something completely brand new and bring in someone who's not in Congress.
00:24:18.000I don't know exactly what that looks like, but there has to be a consensus somewhere, whether it's with committee assignments and rules, vacate the chair, and how this place actually operates, or there's going to be multiple rounds of votes.
00:24:33.000We have to fundamentally change the way Congress operates.
00:24:37.000Charlie, you would be so frustrated if you sat in just a portion of the meetings that I am in in conference.
00:24:45.000There are so many placeholders who are happy with the way Washington, D.C. operates.
00:25:39.000I've never seen anything quite like this.
00:25:41.000Border Patrol officials telling ABC News they are at capacity and have to send migrants elsewhere along the border.
00:25:48.000Unauthorized border crossings in El Paso are now averaging more than 2,400 arrests and detainments per day.
00:25:55.000Today, adults carrying children through the river.
00:25:58.000This ahead of next week's possible end of Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allows for the immediate expulsion of migrants without allowing them to seek asylum.
00:26:08.000So the border's wide open, 2,400 people a day.
00:26:11.000And for whatever reason, we keep on sending money to Ukraine.
00:28:39.000So, Congresswoman, a lot of people, I wanted to zero in on this because there is a fair amount of cynicism that is coming across the movement.
00:28:48.000What can you give us that will be hopeful in this new Congress?
00:28:52.000Well, first, I hope that we can stop this omnibus because that allows Nancy Pelosi to rule with a dead hand for nearly a year.
00:29:01.000She would be in charge of these important spending items right at the end of her reign and would continue to rule in that way.
00:29:09.000And we also have, what, 75 new freshmen who wouldn't have a say on these things.
00:29:14.000So, first of all, we have to do everything that we can to stop these 10 Republican or rhino senators from voting for this omnibus spending package.
00:29:27.000But other than that, Charlie, the future looks so great in the House.
00:29:31.000We are going to have investigations into Secretary Mayorkis, into Anthony Fauci, into the FBI, and their corruption and their absolute weaponization on the American people.
00:29:44.000We are going to hopefully get spending under control.
00:29:49.000And Charlie, I got to say, that's another really important thing for that January 3rd speaker's vote.
00:29:54.000We, as a conference, we tried to get rid of earmarks.
00:29:59.000And that was something that our current leader did not stand up against.
00:30:04.000And this is something that if there would have just been a little more pressure put on the conference, there are plenty of members who are locked up with the leader and others who acquiesce when given that opportunity to, who would have just withheld their guest vote if he would have taken a strong stand on these earmarks.
00:30:25.000So hopefully we can get the spending under control because inflation is hurting Americans, and we have to take care of our energy production here in America and secure our southern border.
00:30:36.000I think that there's a lot of promising things that we can get the ball rolling on here in the House and certainly put a lot of pressure on the Senate.
00:30:44.000And maybe if Joe Biden can find his pen or read a teleprompter, then he just might go along with some of this stuff.
00:30:51.000But we have to show the nation that Republicans deserve to be in the majority for a reason.
00:30:57.000And we have to be able to govern as we've campaigned.
00:31:01.000One of my frustrations before I came to Congress and currently is that too many Republicans campaign one way and govern another.
00:31:09.000So this is our opportunity to show America, this is what we believe in.
00:31:42.000Email us your thoughts, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:31:45.000I want to just remind you guys of this piece of tape here.
00:31:48.000Again, I agree with Senator Kramer on a lot of different issues, and I'm only kind of resurrecting this clip for the sense that he was right.
00:31:55.000He was telling the truth about is there a limit of how much money we might spend on Ukraine?
00:32:47.000I have a lot of respect for Senator Kramer, just disagreement on that, because now we've now sent the equivalent of two North Dakota GDPs to Ukraine.
00:32:59.000But while our southern border is being overrun and invaded every single day, we are being invaded by foreign powers, foreign nationals, border jumped, flowing into America.
00:33:11.000We have a priority, it seems, to continue to finance and fund the Zelensky regime.