The Charlie Kirk Show - April 03, 2023


The Most Momentous Motorcade Since Dallas 1963 with Gavin Wax and Libby Emmons


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On today's episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, host Charlie Kirk is joined by his good friend Gavin Bogard to discuss the latest in the Trump/Russia scandal and why New York City is the perfect place for the President to make his first trip back to the Big Apple.

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00:01:03.000 We are on Trump Watch.
00:01:05.000 This has never happened before.
00:01:08.000 But just like something in New York history, it had to happen in New York, didn't it?
00:01:13.000 And Gavin, I wanted to ask you about this.
00:01:15.000 That's why I came here and we're going to talk a little bit about how you are going to be holding this event tomorrow to respond to everything that goes on.
00:01:24.000 President Trump will be flying to New York right now.
00:01:27.000 And we've got, I'm keeping, I'm literally looking at a live stream of the plane, Trump Force One, right now.
00:01:32.000 It's ready.
00:01:34.000 The steps are there.
00:01:36.000 He's ready.
00:01:37.000 He's going to be arriving very soon from Mar-a-Lago.
00:01:40.000 But, Gavin, tell me why.
00:01:42.000 Why is it symbolic that this is happening in New York?
00:01:46.000 I think it's symbolic for a number of reasons.
00:01:48.000 Trump is a man of the outer boroughs.
00:01:50.000 He grew up in Queens and he initiated his political campaign right here on Fifth Avenue, coming down the escalator, the famed escalator.
00:01:58.000 So New York City is sort of viewed as a battleground of sorts between these competing ideas.
00:02:04.000 You have the birthplace technically of the MAGA movement here in New York City.
00:02:08.000 And you also have the globalism, the elitism, the leftism that MAGA is up against, also based right here in New York City.
00:02:16.000 So Trump is coming back home.
00:02:18.000 He's coming back to where it all started, his hometown, to fight the enemies of leftism right here in New York City.
00:02:25.000 So it's very, you know, it's very poetic in a sense.
00:02:29.000 And we're coming full circle, but I think ultimately he will prevail and he'll prevail in New York in the same way that he emerged from New York.
00:02:36.000 You know, and I look at it, I look at this case, it's almost like there's, and we're hearing also news right now that there's going to be subpoenas of the Secret Service potentially for this quote-unquote classified obstruction case that was going on in Mar-a-Lago.
00:02:53.000 So there's this federal case that involves Florida.
00:02:56.000 There's a case that involves New York.
00:02:58.000 There's another case that involves Fulton County, Georgia.
00:03:03.000 And this is like Gulliver's travels when the Lilliputians go and throw their little lines and catapults at Gulliver, at the giant, because it's the only way they can think of to try to stop him. 0.99
00:03:19.000 And when I think of this and I think of these cases, this isn't Andrew Cuomo who killed thousands of people and ordered his officials to lie about it.
00:03:27.000 No, this is a, they're saying it's paperwork.
00:03:30.000 They're saying it's, you know, you filed this wrong.
00:03:33.000 You've got like, you've got one convict, excuse me, two convicted lawyers.
00:03:37.000 So Michael Cohen, Michael Avenatti, who's the original lawyer to Stormy Daniels that nobody seems to be talking about anymore.
00:03:44.000 And the word of a stripper, they're going to use that to take down the president of the United States who was elected by the people of this country.
00:03:52.000 Is that actually the plan right now?
00:03:53.000 I think it is, Jack.
00:03:54.000 I think they are getting desperate.
00:03:56.000 This is probably the weakest of their attempts to take down the president.
00:04:00.000 Like you mentioned, they're going after him on a novel legal theory, what effectively boils down to a bookkeeping error.
00:04:06.000 Who is the victim here?
00:04:07.000 I mean, I'm going to be a libertarian here for a second.
00:04:09.000 I mean, is this a victimless crime?
00:04:11.000 It looks that way.
00:04:12.000 And even if we accept District Attorney Alvin Bragg's framing of this case and the fact patterns around them, it's still past the statute of limitations.
00:04:22.000 There's still a whole litany of legal issues, legal questions that loom large over the validity of this case.
00:04:29.000 And it just goes to show that they're desperate.
00:04:31.000 They're willing to use whatever means necessary to take him down.
00:04:34.000 He still poses the biggest threat to the system at large.
00:04:37.000 And if it's not here in Manhattan, you mentioned Georgia.
00:04:39.000 You mentioned the federal cases.
00:04:41.000 They are throwing the entire kitchen sink at President Trump right now.
00:04:46.000 And frankly, despite all that, I don't think it's going to stick.
00:04:49.000 So, Gavin, you're planning to hold an event tomorrow, a response.
00:04:54.000 Let's call it a peaceful and patriotic response.
00:04:57.000 Tell us, what are you hearing?
00:04:58.000 I know you're in touch with officials here in New York, with law enforcement.
00:05:02.000 Tell us, what are you hearing on the ground in New York as this approaches?
00:05:06.000 By the way, just to let people know, the lay of this, Trump is flying in tonight.
00:05:11.000 He's spending a night in the tower, of course, one night in the tower, and then tomorrow morning, we'll be heading to face these demons directly.
00:05:20.000 Walk us through what's going to happen tomorrow, what you're hearing.
00:05:23.000 Well, it's definitely going to be a chaotic day tomorrow.
00:05:26.000 There's no ifs and buts about it.
00:05:28.000 We expect a full house tomorrow for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is coming to New York City to lead this protest against the politicized prosecution and persecution of President Trump, the presumptive nominee for 2024, leader of the opposition, unprecedented.
00:05:47.000 We're expecting a few hundred people to show up tomorrow.
00:05:49.000 We're expecting a few hundred counter-protesters as well.
00:05:51.000 I've spoken to my friends and sources within the NYPD.
00:05:55.000 They are expecting a very aggressive response from the left.
00:05:58.000 The park has been separated into two halves, a north and a south.
00:06:02.000 Now, this park, this is the lay of it.
00:06:05.000 Give folks the lay of it.
00:06:06.000 Is this near the courthouse?
00:06:08.000 Where is it?
00:06:08.000 Is it down the street?
00:06:09.000 It is right in front of the courthouse.
00:06:12.000 And up until a few weeks ago, you were still able to go up the steps into the courthouse.
00:06:16.000 It's just kind of this big, beautiful Art Deco building.
00:06:19.000 But that has now all been blocked off.
00:06:20.000 You can't even see the steps, but the park is as close to the courthouse as you could physically get.
00:06:25.000 I mean, it's within, you know, you could throw a stone.
00:06:29.000 So there's the park, there's the street, and then the courthouse.
00:06:32.000 Correct.
00:06:33.000 And the park, Collect Pond is the name of the park.
00:06:35.000 It has a long colonial history.
00:06:37.000 You know, this is all built on swamp, by the way.
00:06:39.000 This all used to be a swamp.
00:06:40.000 So another strange little fact about it.
00:06:44.000 But we are going to be on the south side of the park.
00:06:46.000 The counter-protesters will be on the north side.
00:06:48.000 I have full confidence in the professionalism of New York's finest, the NYPD, to keep things safe, to keep things secure.
00:06:55.000 We had a protest there about a week or so ago.
00:06:58.000 It was completely peaceful.
00:06:59.000 We had about 100 pro-Trump protesters out when the news came out, obviously before the official indictment.
00:07:04.000 Now with the Congresswoman and the fact that we've had more days to promote, the fact that it's public and the fact that it's the day of, it should be a crazy time.
00:07:11.000 We are going to be meeting there at 10.30 in the morning.
00:07:14.000 That is the new time, 10.30 a.m.
00:07:16.000 We expect Trump to arrive sometime around 11.
00:07:18.000 And I guess he'll go through the motions and then he'll be back on his way to Florida right after.
00:07:23.000 Tell us something about the state of the city right now.
00:07:25.000 So we understand that they're going to be starting to block off streets.
00:07:29.000 They're going to be cutting traffic.
00:07:31.000 Is that still the plan?
00:07:32.000 They're blocking parks, this type of thing?
00:07:34.000 Absolutely.
00:07:35.000 We expect most of the roads leading into the area in the vicinity around the courthouse and the park to be completely cordoned off and blocked, especially by the early hours of the morning.
00:07:45.000 So if you are attempting to come, I encourage you to go by foot.
00:07:49.000 You could find parking several blocks away.
00:07:51.000 You could take the subway down, whatever works.
00:07:53.000 But if you are trying to come by car, it will be difficult.
00:07:55.000 But the area is going to be, it's going to be chaotic.
00:07:57.000 I mean, last time.
00:07:57.000 Oh, and wait, I'm just told that this just happened, guys.
00:08:02.000 Play clip 17.
00:08:04.000 Play clip 17.
00:08:06.000 While there may be some rabble rousers thinking about coming to our city tomorrow, our message is clear and simple.
00:08:15.000 Control yourselves.
00:08:17.000 New York City is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger.
00:08:23.000 We are the safest large city in America because we respect the rule of law in New York City.
00:08:30.000 And although we have no specific threats, people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she's coming to town while you're in town.
00:08:44.000 Be on your best behavior.
00:08:47.000 As always, we would not allow violence or vandalism of any kind.
00:08:52.000 And if one is caught participating in any act of violence, they will be arrested and held accountable.
00:08:59.000 Well, Gavin, there you go.
00:09:00.000 Mayor Adams calling you a rabble rouser, saying that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, can I get your direct response to that?
00:09:07.000 Calling you guys out.
00:09:08.000 Well, it's funny.
00:09:09.000 Last time I saw Mayor Adams, he was nothing but nice to me, all smiles.
00:09:12.000 I don't think he knew who I was, but it's just funny to see that he's calling us rabble rousers.
00:09:17.000 We have seen this city destroyed by crime, destroyed by the criminality and violence of the radical left, of Antifa and others.
00:09:24.000 We have already demonstrated our ability to host many peaceful protests, whether it was originally for this indictment or for the vaccine mandates or whatever it is.
00:09:32.000 We have a long history of it.
00:09:33.000 I think tomorrow will be the same.
00:09:35.000 I'm more worried about the rabble rousers on the other side. 1.00
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00:10:35.000 We're told President Trump and his motorcade have just left Mar-a-Lago.
00:10:41.000 People lining the streets.
00:10:43.000 Trump supporters are out there in full force as the president, former president of the United States, will join a very select club of other heads of state who have been arrested by their political opposition to try to prevent them from returning to office.
00:11:03.000 Gavin, when you look at these scenes, what do you think?
00:11:07.000 Because it's incredible to see the support, but at the same time, we know what he's headed towards.
00:11:13.000 Absolutely.
00:11:14.000 And what he's heading towards is what the country as a whole is heading towards.
00:11:17.000 A very dark day in our political history.
00:11:21.000 You mentioned he joins a club of other heads of state, heads of government, who have been imprisoned and persecuted by their political opponents.
00:11:29.000 It was something the United States always stayed away from, that we did not count our nation among those that did this sort of thing.
00:11:36.000 But sadly, here we are.
00:11:38.000 Here we are in 2023, the current year.
00:11:41.000 And we are seeing not only...
00:11:43.000 This is very current year.
00:11:44.000 Yeah, not only a former president, but the presumptive nominee and the leader of the opposition, which makes it all the much, much worse.
00:11:52.000 So I've got here.
00:11:53.000 Got the list from Revolver.news, the great Darren BD has put it together for us.
00:11:57.000 Here's the club the United States has just joined: Cambodia, Tunisia, Nicaragua, the country of Georgia, Bolivia, Uganda.
00:12:08.000 Ah, Uganda. 0.98
00:12:10.000 Yes, that's it.
00:12:11.000 And so, Uganda.
00:12:12.000 So, that's we are now Uganda status.
00:12:14.000 Oh, and Ukraine, actually, Ukraine, of course.
00:12:16.000 Of course.
00:12:16.000 How could I forget?
00:12:18.000 How could I forget?
00:12:19.000 I wouldn't want to leave out Ukraine.
00:12:21.000 Of course, I will not be accused of Ukrainian erasure here on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:12:25.000 No, no, no.
00:12:26.000 What a select group of countries the United States now joins as we arrest our former leader.
00:12:34.000 And people will say, Gavin, people will say, look, I'm just going to say, right?
00:12:38.000 This is we're, you know, they say, well, it's, it's, you know, it's these documents, and it was a campaign.
00:12:44.000 Was it a campaign finance violation?
00:12:45.000 Was it this?
00:12:46.000 Was it that?
00:12:47.000 Is that really what's going on here?
00:12:48.000 Is this really about a campaign finance question, Gavin?
00:12:52.000 Jack, they would have found a crime.
00:12:53.000 They would have found a violation.
00:12:55.000 They would have found something to go after the president with.
00:12:57.000 This just happened to be the most convenient.
00:13:00.000 And frankly, it's probably the weakest thing that they could go after him for.
00:13:03.000 It's something that has never really been prosecuted before.
00:13:06.000 And let's bring it back home to New York here for a second.
00:13:08.000 You wanted to talk about the situation in New York, but the situation in New York is dire.
00:13:13.000 Alvin Bragg, District Attorney Alvin Bragg, has been refusing to prosecute violent criminals, people with long rap sheets, people committing assaults, burglaries, rape.
00:13:23.000 He's letting them all off the hook.
00:13:24.000 He's letting them walk on the streets, but he is wasting not only taxpayer resources, but the entire energy of his department, one of the most important and prestigious district attorney offices in the country.
00:13:34.000 He is wasting those resources to go after political enemies of the American, of the American left.
00:13:39.000 It's absolutely despicable.
00:13:40.000 Right.
00:13:40.000 And we're seeing now the motorcade headed towards.
00:13:44.000 I mean, and you look at the amount of security they have up for this, because of course, we know this route.
00:13:50.000 We know certainly just think of it from the perspective of if you were one of these radical jihadi groups and you wanted to take out Trump or some other psycho group, I mean, you would, you would obviously know that his route is a certain select route through Palm Beach, then West Palm over to the airport. 0.69
00:14:10.000 You know exactly what he's going to be.
00:14:12.000 And you're seeing these, I'm looking at aerial footage now of people lining the streets, standing there.
00:14:17.000 We've got it up with the motor.
00:14:19.000 It almost, I'm just going to say it.
00:14:21.000 It almost feels like you're watching a funeral procession.
00:14:23.000 Yeah, that's what they want it to look like.
00:14:25.000 Yeah, it's a sad day for our country.
00:14:27.000 You see these for our republic.
00:14:29.000 For us, this is a funeral set.
00:14:31.000 This is a funeral possession for our republic.
00:14:34.000 That's what you're looking at.
00:14:35.000 Dying embers of our republic.
00:14:36.000 And you're seeing it here. 0.98
00:14:37.000 I mean, I'm seeing it with these black suburbans going down in Palm Beach. 1.00
00:14:43.000 It's sad footage.
00:14:44.000 This is footage that's going to be played over and over throughout history.
00:14:46.000 This is the death of America 1.0.
00:14:49.000 You're looking at the death of our Constitution.
00:14:51.000 You're looking at the death of our freedoms, of our republic.
00:14:55.000 That's what this is a procession. 0.99
00:14:56.000 And the fact that they're all black, that's what makes that to me. 1.00
00:14:59.000 It makes it feel like a funeral procession. 0.99
00:15:01.000 This is neo-America now.
00:15:02.000 This is the USSA.
00:15:05.000 The triumph of anarcho-tyranny over our republic.
00:15:07.000 That's what today will be remembered as.
00:15:09.000 You think of OJ, the white Bronco, right?
00:15:15.000 And of course, OJ got acquitted, but we'll see what happens with President Trump here.
00:15:19.000 This is incredible.
00:15:21.000 And we've got, this is the image of that, that SUV.
00:15:25.000 But here's the thing: here's the thing that I will say.
00:15:29.000 Here's the thing that I will say.
00:15:31.000 This is President Donald J. Trump.
00:15:37.000 Never count him out.
00:15:39.000 Never, ever count him out.
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00:16:44.000 And now we also have Libby Emmons who joins us from she's the editor-in-chief of the Postmillennial and Human Events.
00:16:53.000 Libby, you're seeing this footage.
00:16:56.000 Can you break it down for us?
00:16:57.000 Can you tell me what you're feeling as you see this?
00:17:00.000 I got to say, I think this is absolutely insane that this is what is going on, that former President Trump, candidate Trump, is being dragged up to New York like this to face misdemeanor charges.
00:17:14.000 We don't even know what the felony charge is that DA Alvin Bragg is planning to unleash here.
00:17:22.000 I simply find this absolutely shocking.
00:17:25.000 And there's plenty of words that I would say that are not appropriate for any kind of feed.
00:17:31.000 It's a nightmarish scenario in which someone who is beloved by so many, hated by so many, is essentially being prosecuted for political means.
00:17:45.000 This is an attempt to squash the opposition, the opposing candidate of the current regime.
00:17:52.000 And I also think that this is a personal vendetta from Alvin Bragg, who's doing this.
00:17:58.000 And I think a lot of people on both sides don't want this to happen and don't see any use in this nonsense.
00:18:05.000 And just so people understand, if you happen to be listening to this, so the motorcade has just arrived to Trump Force One.
00:18:14.000 We're seeing it now.
00:18:16.000 These are the types of images that you just can't take your eyes off of it.
00:18:19.000 Does it look, I'm not sure we've got an aerial shot here.
00:18:23.000 I think we're going to see President Trump stepping out of the SUV very soon here, just in a few moments, but he'll then make the transfer of Cures, one of the most, of course, one of the most secure motorcades that we've ever seen.
00:18:38.000 You know, Gavin, as you're looking at this, how do you feel?
00:18:41.000 How do you feel when you see this going on in your country?
00:18:44.000 I feel sad.
00:18:45.000 I feel like I'm living in a country that I did not grow up in.
00:18:49.000 This is not the country that I remember in my relatively short life, but it's certainly a very sad day for our country.
00:18:59.000 And I think Libby made a good point when she said he's going to unveil these felony charges, whatever they may be.
00:19:04.000 And I think that points to the strategy of Alvin Bragg.
00:19:08.000 I think he wants to throw the book at Trump and try to force a plea deal of sorts.
00:19:12.000 But we know Trump.
00:19:14.000 We know the president is a fighter.
00:19:16.000 He's fought off things far worse than this before.
00:19:19.000 And he's come out on top.
00:19:20.000 And I think he will continue to fight and persevere through this politicized witch hunt.
00:19:26.000 As I see these images of, and I can't tell if that's President Trump yet stepping out, but to me, it's just, I can't, I can't escape the feeling that the Republic is dying before our eyes.
00:19:39.000 It's dying before our very eyes.
00:19:41.000 Libby Evans, am I wrong?
00:19:43.000 Am I wrong to be saying something like that?
00:19:45.000 Because that's exactly how I feel right now.
00:19:48.000 I think a lot of us have been feeling that the Republic has been collapsing before our eyes for at least a couple of years now.
00:19:56.000 But this really does seem to be quite a kicker.
00:20:00.000 There were also reports this morning that the judge may perhaps impose a gag order preventing Trump from talking about the indictment or any of this that's going on in court.
00:20:14.000 And that would absolutely be a complete travesty of justice because they know that supporters of the former president and supporters of his current campaign want to talk about this.
00:20:25.000 They want to know what's going on.
00:20:26.000 And this is an unprecedented moment in American history.
00:20:29.000 We have never seen a current president or a former president indicted on criminal charges.
00:20:35.000 Even Nixon was pardoned.
00:20:37.000 You know, Ford came in and didn't let that go forward.
00:20:41.000 So we certainly have not seen something like this before.
00:20:44.000 And the American people deserve to know every single detail about what Trump is being accused of and about those charges.
00:20:53.000 But it's not even a situation, right, where we would know.
00:20:58.000 We would know if President Trump had killed someone or if he had committed some violent act or one of these heinous crimes that Alvin Bragg himself routinely lets people off for.
00:21:11.000 This isn't a situation like that.
00:21:13.000 This is a situation where we know this is the type of routine matter that is dealt with. 0.84
00:21:18.000 Hillary Clinton just had an issue like this last year with the Steele dossier, where she was able to pay a fine to the FEC.
00:21:25.000 It was about $130,000, where she lied about the funding of the Steele dossier.
00:21:29.000 It was a fine.
00:21:30.000 It was dealt with.
00:21:30.000 Barack Obama had to pay the largest ever fine to the FEC.
00:21:33.000 It was a million dollars.
00:21:35.000 So the idea that there were campaign finance issues certainly is something that comes up with campaign after campaign.
00:21:41.000 I'm not even saying that was done here, but the idea that you would see someone who's not just the former president, he is also the leading candidate to win the nomination for the GOP and to win the presidency.
00:21:57.000 If you look at the polls as of today, he's up six points over Biden in some national polls.
00:22:02.000 He's up seven points in other polls.
00:22:04.000 And so the idea that we are going to now become a country that allows you to arrest someone, the current party in power, is arresting the opposition leader.
00:22:14.000 Again, seven nations.
00:22:16.000 Libby, we're now on the list with Ukraine and Uganda and Cambodia and Nicaragua that have arrested former presidents.
00:22:24.000 That's our status now.
00:22:25.000 That's where we are.
00:22:26.000 Gavin, this feels like such a low point, and they want us to feel this way, don't they?
00:22:32.000 Oh, it's a demoralization tactic.
00:22:34.000 They want us to feel, they want to feel a state of hopelessness.
00:22:38.000 They want things to feel bleak.
00:22:39.000 They want to demoralize their political enemies.
00:22:42.000 They want to show that we can do this to your president.
00:22:44.000 We could do this to your leader.
00:22:46.000 We could do it to anybody.
00:22:47.000 And that's really what it is.
00:22:48.000 He is a proxy for the American people.
00:22:51.000 And he has called this out.
00:22:53.000 He has said he's going to be the American People's Retribution.
00:22:56.000 Our club issued a statement that said that he is our champion, that he is the proxy for this war against the American people.
00:23:04.000 And it is a sad day, like you said.
00:23:06.000 And we are entering into a new stage, a new epic, if you will, in our nation's history.
00:23:11.000 And it's certainly a dark period as things begin to proceed.
00:23:16.000 And this is worse than Watergate.
00:23:19.000 I mean, and libs still talk about Watergate today.
00:23:21.000 It was their seminal moment.
00:23:23.000 Everything goes back to Watergate.
00:23:24.000 Well, I think the conservative movement, I think Republicans will have to look at what's happening to President Trump as a new inflection point in this nation's history.
00:23:33.000 And it's not a good one.
00:23:35.000 Libby, what do you think?
00:23:36.000 Because from, and it's as simple as this.
00:23:38.000 When I see this footage, we can never come back from this moment.
00:23:46.000 Can never go back to the country that we were before this day.
00:23:50.000 We never will.
00:23:51.000 And you know, you know, I'll tell the story.
00:23:53.000 Gavin, I was telling you before we were on, speaking of days we can't come back from that, and Libby, you know, you are a, you're not in New York right now, but you are a New Yorker.
00:24:03.000 Took my son to the World Trade Center for the first time ever last night, a four-year-old son, and he was asking me what these big reflecting pools were outside.
00:24:16.000 You know, we went up to the observation deck, we came down, and he was, he said, Daddy, what are these big pools here?
00:24:23.000 And I said, you know, I can remember thinking that this day will come one day where my son's going to ask me in the future, what happened.
00:24:33.000 And in Mint's words, I told him the entire story.
00:24:36.000 I told him everything that happened.
00:24:38.000 I told him why it happened.
00:24:40.000 And I'm not equating this day to that day, but I'm saying there are certain days that you can't come back from.
00:24:46.000 There are certain things that happen to your country that will never let you go back to the country that you were before.
00:24:51.000 So, Libby, if that is true and we are in a new country and we are in a new situation, how do we operate in this new country?
00:24:59.000 What do we do to go back from this moment, to go forward from this moment, and then to build a new structure, a new rebirth of freedom, as they might say?
00:25:12.000 You know, it's interesting that you talk about it like that.
00:25:14.000 And with regard to September 11, and I applaud you for telling your son the truth.
00:25:19.000 I had the same conversations with my son when we saw the reflecting pools and when we've talked about that day.
00:25:26.000 And he was, of course, born in New York City.
00:25:29.000 I kind of think of myself now as a New Yorker in exile.
00:25:33.000 New York is always my home, ancestral home, et cetera.
00:25:38.000 Yeah, how do we move forward from this?
00:25:40.000 How did we move forward from 9-11 or from Pearl Harbor?
00:25:43.000 There are stark differences.
00:25:46.000 Certainly, those were tragedies of loss of life.
00:25:49.000 This is a tragedy of justice, justice being completely mishandled and, you know, bastardized, is all we can say about this, including the DOJ continuing to go after Trump, now saying that he was obstructionist after the subpoena was served that led to the seizure of documents at his home at Mar-a-Lago.
00:26:11.000 Of course, they haven't found anything in those documents.
00:26:13.000 So now they have to go back and try and drum up some kind of procedural charge.
00:26:18.000 But how do we move forward?
00:26:19.000 Huge differences.
00:26:21.000 After 9-11 in 2001, the country came together and supported New York and supported each other.
00:26:27.000 After Pearl Harbor, certainly the country came together and supported each other, supported the military, supported the efforts of the country.
00:26:35.000 We are a divided nation.
00:26:37.000 There are many, many people in this country who are applauding this move, who are really on board with Trump being arraigned, with the indictment, who think that finally justice will be served by this.
00:26:51.000 And there are probably an equal number of Americans who see this as a complete travesty of justice.
00:26:57.000 So how can we move forward in our nation when we cannot rally together?
00:27:03.000 We cannot look at something like this event and say, okay, this galvanizes us as Americans, as patriots, to come together.
00:27:12.000 How do we reunite the country when you have such incredibly stark divisions?
00:27:18.000 And we have stark divisions all across the political and cultural landscape right now.
00:27:25.000 Wow, the plane is moving.
00:27:26.000 It's sort of shocking to see this happening.
00:27:29.000 But we have cultural divisions all across our country.
00:27:32.000 You have people who advocate for children to undergo sex changes and people who are starkly and fully against that.
00:27:39.000 That's a huge, huge deal.
00:27:42.000 You have people who think that Trump is a criminal who should be prosecuted on what are these misdemeanor charges, which is absurd anyway.
00:27:50.000 And you have people who think that he should fully be the next president and should serve the second term that he was denied in 2020.
00:27:59.000 So that's a huge difference.
00:28:01.000 How do we move forward?
00:28:02.000 We have to stand on truth.
00:28:04.000 I think that is so important.
00:28:06.000 We cannot express lies, even if we are told to express those lies.
00:28:11.000 And we have to uphold our values and principles above all else.
00:28:18.000 So we're looking now at this footage of President Trump as he's going up the stairs to Mar-a-Lago, excuse me, up the stairs to Trump Force One, left Mar-a-Lago for Trump Force One.
00:28:31.000 The plane is taxiing off right now on its way to New York City.
00:28:37.000 He waved.
00:28:38.000 He waved once to the cameras, to the crowd.
00:28:42.000 And in a sense, he's waving goodbye to the republic that once was.
00:28:49.000 He's waving goodbye to the country that we were.
00:28:54.000 We are a new country now.
00:28:55.000 And it's as simple as that.
00:28:56.000 We are a new country now, and we are in uncharted waters.
00:29:00.000 Gavin, what's your takeaway on that?
00:29:01.000 Look, I think he's optimistic.
00:29:04.000 He's in good spirits considering everything that he's facing right now.
00:29:08.000 You know, I think he's in good physical shape.
00:29:10.000 He didn't trip up like our current president does.
00:29:13.000 Uh-oh, I just have to point it out.
00:29:15.000 He made it up every step.
00:29:17.000 A perfect walk on the street.
00:29:18.000 Perfect walk.
00:29:18.000 Some would say one of the best steps.
00:29:20.000 One of the best walks.
00:29:21.000 But listen, I mean, he's under a lot of pressure right now, pressure that most politicians would break under.
00:29:28.000 And this is not new for him.
00:29:29.000 He's been under constant fire since he came down the escalator at Trump Tower way back when in 2015.
00:29:35.000 So this is a man.
00:29:37.000 This is Teflon Don.
00:29:38.000 I mean, he could put up this fight.
00:29:42.000 He can fight tooth and nail with the left every day.
00:29:45.000 And very few people in this country, very few, can say the same, particularly in the Republican field, other Democrats.
00:29:52.000 And this is why we need him back in the White House because he is the guy that can get into the line of fire every single day and come back up stronger and keep fighting, keep punching, and keep working for the American people.
00:30:03.000 And Gavin, I want to be very clear with something because I know you've been having reporters blowing you up like crazy over this about tomorrow.
00:30:10.000 People are going to be upset watching this footage.
00:30:12.000 I'm saying it right now.
00:30:14.000 Are we going to stay peaceful?
00:30:15.000 Or are we going to take the bait and give them what they want?
00:30:19.000 My members, this club will certainly stay peaceful.
00:30:22.000 We have a record of doing so.
00:30:24.000 We were just there, you know, not even two weeks ago, and it was completely peaceful.
00:30:28.000 And they wanted a January 6th.
00:30:30.000 They're trying to will it into existence.
00:30:32.000 And when we didn't give them that, when we showed that we were peaceful, we were civil, and we were protesting and exercising our First Amendment rights, they immediately changed the narrative to crowdsize.
00:30:41.000 And I imagine they're going to do something similar.
00:30:43.000 We had 100 people there last time on 24-hour notice.
00:30:46.000 I expect it to be much larger this time.
00:30:48.000 We are going to demonstrate peacefully.
00:30:50.000 We are going to let our voices be heard.
00:30:51.000 We are going to call out and draw attention to this obscene abuse of justice, this anarcho-tyranny that is taking over our country that's already taken over Manhattan in many ways.
00:31:04.000 And Alvin Bragg is personified.
00:31:07.000 He represents that nihilistic worldview that puts the criminal above the victim.
00:31:12.000 And in this case, puts his political opponents higher in the priority than a street thug.
00:31:17.000 And for folks listening on radio, look at this.
00:31:20.000 In New York City, there's already supporters out.
00:31:23.000 There's people up with giant signs.
00:31:25.000 We support President Trump, Trump 2024, finish the wall.
00:31:30.000 Folks, just to let you know, we've got about two minutes left, but we are bringing on Billboard Chris and Scott Pressler for the next hour.
00:31:35.000 We can't take our eyes off the prize of this.
00:31:38.000 We will rebuild from this moment.
00:31:41.000 Do you think that this moment is going to make us demoralized?
00:31:47.000 Do you think this is going to make us scared?
00:31:49.000 No.
00:31:49.000 This is giving us the fire in the belly.
00:31:54.000 The steely result.
00:31:55.000 The Rubicon has been crossed and the die has been cast.
00:32:03.000 It's as simple as that.
00:32:04.000 Last word, Libby Emmons.
00:32:05.000 To talk about something this wild.
00:32:08.000 I think Fox News is reporting that three of the planes did take off.
00:32:13.000 So I'm not sure what's up with that.
00:32:15.000 My editorial newsroom over here is checking that out and reporting back.
00:32:20.000 I am glad to see that there are some supporters for the president in New York.
00:32:24.000 I think he's actually got far more support in New York City than people are aware and certainly than Alvin Bragg wants anyone to know.
00:32:33.000 Yeah, I'm still sort of, I'm gobsmacked by this entire thing.
00:32:39.000 And I'm glad.
00:32:40.000 We all are, Libby.
00:32:40.000 We all are.
00:32:43.000 We never thought we would see this day.
00:32:45.000 MTG with Gavin and the rest of the rabble rousers.
00:32:48.000 All the rabble rousers. 1.00
00:32:50.000 We'll be down there.
00:32:51.000 We'll be, I don't know if we'll be rabbling, but we will be rousing.
00:32:54.000 I don't know if that makes sense, but we'll look back on it after.
00:32:56.000 But listen, this is a horrible day and tomorrow's going to be even an even worse day.
00:33:01.000 People thought it wasn't going to come.
00:33:03.000 And there were some cynical opponents of the president who were claiming up until the day the indictment dropped that it wouldn't happen.
00:33:08.000 It happened.
00:33:08.000 We need to unify behind him and we need to show our support.
00:33:11.000 I appreciate your time, Gavin, and the space, by the way.
00:33:14.000 Appreciate Libby Emmons, your time, your words.
00:33:17.000 Folks, this is the moment the comeback begins.
00:33:22.000 America's comeback starts right now and right here.
00:33:30.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
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00:33:34.000 Thanks so much for listening and God bless.
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