The Charlie Kirk Show - The Trump Administration Honors Charlie Kirk + Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump Jr.

00:00:12.000 Please welcome to the stage, Sergio Gore.

00:00:27.000 Good afternoon.

00:00:30.000 Charlie Kirk was one of my best friends.

00:00:33.000 The world of politics can be full of transactional people.

00:00:37.000 Charlie wasn't one of them.

00:00:39.000 He was the polar opposite.

00:00:41.000 He loved life and he loved the people in his life.

00:00:45.000 Charlie led with his faith and fought with his heart.

00:00:50.000 One of the things I will miss the most is receiving a text every morning from Charlie with a daily Bible verse.

00:00:57.000 Charlie would help set the tone of the day for so many of us.

00:01:01.000 He loved Jesus Christ.

00:01:04.000 The other side was terrified of Charlie because Charlie embodied the spirit of MAGA.

00:01:11.000 Always fighting for America, never backing down.

00:01:16.000 He dared to debate.

00:01:18.000 Charlie didn't just step into the fight.

00:01:21.000 He ran towards it.

00:01:23.000 And he always did it with a smile.

00:01:26.000 Charlie knew this fight was bigger than politics.

00:01:29.000 Charlie was more than an activist.

00:01:32.000 Charlie was a modern-day disciple who preached about the greatness of America, not just across our land, but around the globe.

00:01:42.000 Charlie knew that we are in a spiritual war for the heart, soul, and future of America.

00:01:49.000 And he was ultimately killed because of it.

00:01:53.000 I want to share with you the personal side of Charlie.

00:01:56.000 Charlie was funny.

00:01:58.000 Charlie cared deeply about others.

00:02:00.000 Charlie looked forward to the next adventure.

00:02:04.000 For over a decade, we created countless memories.

00:02:07.000 From hunting alligators in Louisiana to eating seal in Greenland to countless nights on the Patio Mar-a-Lago as President Trump played Phantom of the Opera.

00:02:19.000 When President Trump started talking about the importance of Greenland to our national security, Charlie was one of the first people who thought it would be a great idea to visit.

00:02:29.000 He was also one of the first to fall in the snow upon arrival.

00:02:34.000 But without a beat, Charlie got up and continued onwards with a smile.

00:02:39.000 No matter what, Charlie always marched forward.

00:02:44.000 He embodied the MAGA warrior, never backing down.

00:02:49.000 Charlie was all Trump.

00:02:52.000 When the president had an idea, no matter how big it was, Charlie was always willing to make it happen.

00:03:00.000 One time, on a trip to Louisiana, Charlie forced the group to leave early and fly to New York City.

00:03:09.000 He had to rush and get to Fox News for an interview with Judge Janine.

00:03:14.000 When we arrived in New York, it turned out Janine wasn't even in New York.

00:03:19.000 She was filming remotely.

00:03:21.000 The real reason Charlie was in a hurry, he had dinner plans with the woman who would become the love of his life and the mother of his two beautiful children.

00:03:31.000 Erica, we love you, we support you, and we will always be here for you.

00:03:38.000 After we won the last election, the presidential transition kicked into high gear.

00:03:54.000 Charlie knew the importance of hiring loyal patriots for this administration.

00:03:59.000 And Charlie worked every single day to ensure we got the very best of them in the door.

00:04:06.000 Countless individuals are currently in key roles across our government because of Charlie Kirk.

00:04:20.000 Today, I want to ask every person in this arena and the millions more watching around the world, will you make sure that we continue to build upon what Charlie Kirk started?

00:04:37.000 I want to ask each and every one of you today, if you believe in America, stand up.

00:04:48.000 If you believe Charlie Kirk represented the best of us, stand up.

00:04:58.000 If you believe in the power of Charlie Kirk, his mission, his courage, his conviction, stand up.

00:05:09.000 Charlie, we miss you.

00:05:11.000 We love you.

00:05:12.000 We wish you were here with us today.

00:05:15.000 We will never forget you.

00:05:16.000 Rest in peace, my brother.

00:05:31.000 Please welcome to the stage, Stephen Miller.

00:05:50.000 Hello, turning point.

00:05:53.000 Hello, Patriots.

00:05:57.000 Hello to our fearless president, Donald J. Trump.

00:06:06.000 And hello to millions of Americans all across this land who are gathered in sadness and sorrow to mourn Charlie Kirk, but also to dedicate ourselves to finishing his mission and achieving victory in his name.

00:06:38.000 The day that Charlie died, the angels wept, but those tears had been turned into fire in our hearts.

00:06:50.000 And that fire burns with a righteous fury that our enemies cannot comprehend or understand.

00:07:01.000 When I see Erica and her strength and her courage, I'm reminded of a famous expression.

00:07:11.000 The storm whispers to the warrior that you cannot withstand my strength.

00:07:20.000 And the warrior whispers back, I am the storm.

00:07:25.000 Erica is the storm.

00:07:30.000 We are the storm.

00:07:32.000 And our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion.

00:07:42.000 Our lineage and our legacy hail back to Athens, to Rome, to Philadelphia, to Monticello.

00:07:51.000 Our ancestors built the cities.

00:07:54.000 They produced the art and architecture.

00:07:57.000 They built the industry.

00:07:59.000 Erica stands on the shoulders of thousands of years of warriors, of women who raised up families, raised up city, raised up industry, raised up civilization, who pulled us out of the caves and the darkness into the light.

00:08:18.000 The light will defeat the dark.

00:08:21.000 We will prevail over the forces of wickedness and evil.

00:08:26.000 They cannot imagine what they have awakened.

00:08:30.000 They cannot conceive of the army that they have arisen in all of us because we stand for what is good, what is virtuous, what is noble.

00:08:42.000 And to those trying to incite violence against us, those trying to foment hatred against us, what do you have?

00:08:50.000 You have nothing.

00:08:52.000 You are nothing. 0.97

00:08:54.000 You are wickedness. 0.89

00:08:55.000 You are jealousy.

00:08:56.000 You are envy.

00:08:57.000 You are hatred. 0.99

00:08:59.000 You are nothing. 0.99

00:09:00.000 You can build nothing.

00:09:02.000 You can produce nothing.

00:09:04.000 You can create nothing.

00:09:07.000 We are the ones who build.

00:09:09.000 We are the ones who create.

00:09:11.000 We are the ones who lift up humanity.

00:09:16.000 You thought you could kill Charlie Kirk.

00:09:19.000 You have made him immortal.

00:09:21.000 You have immortalized Charlie Kirk.

00:09:24.000 And now millions will carry on his legacy.

00:09:29.000 And we will devote the rest of our lives to finishing the causes for which Charlie gave his last measure of devotion.

00:09:40.000 You cannot defeat us.

00:09:42.000 You cannot slow us.

00:09:43.000 You cannot stop us.

00:09:44.000 You cannot deter us.

00:09:46.000 We will carry Charlie and Erica in our heart every single day and fight that much harder because of what you did to us.

00:09:56.000 You have no idea the dragon you have awakened.

00:10:00.000 You have no idea how determined we will be to save this civilization, to save the West, to save this republic.

00:10:11.000 Because our children are strong and our grandchildren will be strong and our children's children's children will be strong.

00:10:19.000 And what will you leave behind?

00:10:21.000 Nothing, nothing.

00:10:23.000 To our enemies, you have nothing to give.

00:10:26.000 You have nothing to offer.

00:10:27.000 You have nothing to share but bitterness.

00:10:30.000 We have beauty.

00:10:31.000 We have light.

00:10:32.000 We have goodness.

00:10:33.000 We have determination.

00:10:35.000 We have vision.

00:10:35.000 We have strength.

00:10:37.000 We built the world that we inhabit now, generation by generation.

00:10:43.000 And we will defend this world.

00:10:45.000 We will defend goodness.

00:10:46.000 We will defend light.

00:10:47.000 We will defend virtue.

00:10:49.000 You cannot terrify us.

00:10:51.000 You cannot frighten us.

00:10:53.000 You cannot threaten us.

00:10:54.000 Because we are on the side of goodness.

00:10:57.000 We are on the side of God.

00:10:59.000 And to my friend Charlie, to my brother Charlie, I know you are looking at us right now.

00:11:07.000 I know you're watching Erica right now.

00:11:10.000 I know you're watching your children right now.

00:11:13.000 And I promise you, my friend, I promise you, my brother, we will prove worthy of your sacrifice.

00:11:22.000 We will prove worthy of your time on earth.

00:11:26.000 We will make you proud.

00:11:28.000 We will finish the job.

00:11:31.000 We will defeat the forces of darkness and evil.

00:11:34.000 And we will stand every day for what is true, what is beautiful, what is good.

00:11:39.000 And we will achieve victory for our children, for our families, for our civilization, and for every patriot who stands with us.

00:11:50.000 God bless you.

00:11:52.000 God bless Turning Point.

00:11:54.000 God bless Erica. 0.99

00:11:56.000 God bless the Kirk family.

00:11:58.000 God bless our heroes.

00:12:00.000 And God bless the United States of America.

00:12:02.000 Thank you.

00:12:17.000 Please welcome to the stage, Susie Wiles.

00:12:36.000 Good afternoon, and what an honor to be here with all of you, those of you who loved Charlie and love Erica.

00:12:45.000 I was blessed to work with Charlie these past few years and I know he is looking down now, rejoicing because his life, his words, his courage to speak the truth about God, family, and country built the most powerful youth movement in our time.

00:13:12.000 Many of you knew Charlie better than I did, and if you did, you experienced the gift of being lifted by his conviction and his joy.

00:13:22.000 For Charlie, making America great again meant bringing young people to this movement and making sure they knew they belonged.

00:13:32.000 Like our president says, it's a movement of common sense and it makes sense.

00:13:39.000 Love your God, love your family, love your country, and help the next generation live into those values boldly.

00:13:51.000 Through Turning Point, Charlie gave us countless young Americans who had their first turning point the moment they decided to stand up, speak out, and make America all that she could be.

00:14:04.000 When the President's 2024 campaign partnered with Turning Point, Charlie did not just promise.

00:14:11.000 He delivered.

00:14:13.000 Charlie and his team embraced the assigned mission completely and they didn't meet expectations.

00:14:21.000 They shattered them and blew them out of the water.

00:14:26.000 President Trump's victory, winning the popular vote in every swing state, was powered by young people.

00:14:33.000 Most brand new to politics.

00:14:36.000 That was Charlie's army.

00:14:38.000 and he made sure they understood the stakes.

00:14:48.000 They outworked, they out-hustled, and outperformed everyone else.

00:14:54.000 Charlie just didn't help.

00:14:56.000 He made the winning difference.

00:14:58.000 I promise you that.

00:15:04.000 And I believe Charlie is still urging us on, urging us not to sit back, not to be quiet, but to carry on his mission forward, loudly, proudly, and with the same conviction he showed.

00:15:18.000 So I ask you, let us honor Charlie in the best way possible by continuing his work, by building on the foundation he laid, and by making sure this generation knows that this movement is their home.

00:15:36.000 May God bless Erica and their beautiful children, and may he hold them in the palm of his hands always.

00:15:44.000 Ladies 0.99

00:16:22.000 and gentlemen, Tucker Carlson.

00:16:35.000 Oh, that made me emotional.

00:16:38.000 Made me emotional to see that.

00:16:40.000 Susie Wiles had tears in her eyes, which you don't often see in politics, but it's real.

00:16:47.000 This is the most unbelievable thing I think I've ever seen.

00:16:50.000 And I don't.

00:16:54.000 Whatever happens next in America, I hope it's in this direction because God is here and you can feel it.

00:17:01.000 And Charlie would have loved this, not just because he loved large groups of people, but because ultimately he was a Christian evangelist.

00:17:09.000 And it actually reminds me of my favorite story ever.

00:17:14.000 So it's about 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem, and Jesus shows up and he starts talking about the people in power and he starts doing the worst thing that you can do, which is telling the truth about people, and they hate it, and they just go bonkers.

00:17:30.000 They hate it.

00:17:31.000 And they become obsessed with making him stop.

00:17:33.000 This guy's got to stop talking.

00:17:35.000 We've got to shut this guy up.

00:17:37.000 And I can just sort of picture the scene in a lamplit room with a bunch of guys sitting around eating hummus thinking about what do we do about this guy telling the truth about us.

00:17:47.000 We must make him stop talking.

00:17:50.000 And there's always one guy with the bright idea and I could just hear him say, I've got an idea. 1.00

00:17:54.000 Why don't we just kill him? 1.00

00:17:56.000 That'll shut him up. 1.00

00:17:58.000 That'll fix the problem.

00:18:04.000 It doesn't work that way.

00:18:08.000 It doesn't work that way.

00:18:09.000 Everything is inverted and the Beatitudes tell it, I think, the most crisply.

00:18:13.000 Everything is sort of the opposite of what you think it's going to be.

00:18:17.000 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

00:18:19.000 That is true, and you can feel it here.

00:18:22.000 The thing about Charlie's message, I've thought a lot about it, and I'm trying not to be emotional because, in addition to everything else, he was a wonderful man and a decent man and one of those rare people you meet who you just groove with in conversation and have these very intense conversations that you don't stop thinking about, which is my experience with him.

00:18:39.000 But the main thing about Charlie and his message, he was bringing the gospel to the country.

00:18:46.000 He was doing the thing that the people in charge hate most, which is calling for them to repent.

00:18:54.000 So how is Charlie's message different?

00:18:57.000 And Charlie was a political person who was deeply interested in coalition building and in getting the right people in office because he knew that vast improvements are possible politically, but he also knew that politics is not the final answer.

00:19:14.000 It can't answer the deepest questions, actually.

00:19:18.000 That the only real solution is Jesus.

00:19:24.000 And the reason, it's really simple.

00:19:28.000 Politics at its core is a process of critiquing other people and getting them to change.

00:19:36.000 Christianity, the gospel message, the message of Jesus, begins with repentance.

00:19:43.000 Christianity calls upon you to change. 0.97

00:19:49.000 Our core prayer given to us by Jesus, the Lord's prayer, Demands that we forgive other people, but preceding that is a request for our forgiveness.

00:20:01.000 In other words, forgive us our sins, meditate on what we've done wrong, how we've fallen short, and then it becomes possible to forgive other people.

00:20:12.000 That is a call to change our hearts from Jesus, and that is the only way forward in this country.

00:20:19.000 That is the only solution to where we all know we're going.

00:20:22.000 And Charlie knew where we were going without that.

00:20:26.000 And that is not a call for being politically passive, of course not.

00:20:30.000 I stood in many stages with Charlie calling for various people to be elected, particularly Donald Trump.

00:20:34.000 And I'm proud of that.

00:20:36.000 It's only an acknowledgement that what Charlie was really saying is that change begins the only change that matters when we repent of our sins.

00:20:48.000 We, me, a recognition that the real problem is me and how fallen I am.

00:20:56.000 And that was the reason that Charlie was fearless at all times, truly fearless, to his last moment.

00:21:04.000 He was unafraid.

00:21:06.000 He was not defensive, and there was no hate in his heart.

00:21:10.000 I know that because I've got a little hate compartment in my heart.

00:21:13.000 And I would often express that to Charlie about various people.

00:21:16.000 And he would always say, always say, that's a sad person.

00:21:20.000 That's a broken person.

00:21:21.000 That's a person who needs help.

00:21:23.000 That's a person who needs Jesus.

00:21:25.000 He said that in private because he meant it.

00:21:30.000 So I guess I would just say this gathering and God's presence, God's very obvious presence in this room, the presence of Jesus, is a reminder of what we've known for 2,000 years, which is any attempt to extinguish the light causes it to burn brighter every single time.

00:21:54.000 So as we proceed into whatever comes next, and clearly something's coming next, remember this moment.

00:22:06.000 Remember being in a room with the Holy Spirit humming like a tuning fork.

00:22:13.000 This is the way.

00:22:14.000 Right here.

00:22:15.000 This is the way.

00:22:17.000 And that is what Charlie Kirk was saying underneath it all.

00:22:20.000 Thank you, and God bless.

00:23:05.000 Please welcome to the stage director Tulsi Gabbard.

00:23:28.000 Charlie lived his life as a warrior for truth and for freedom, every single day choosing to step into the arena armed with the Constitution, sparring through debate on the battlefield of ideas, fighting for the heart of our democratic republic and the unalienable rights endowed upon every one of us by our Creator.

00:23:54.000 Charlie lived what our founders envisioned: freedom, the right to speak even when we disagree.

00:24:02.000 Freedom.

00:24:03.000 I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight to defend to the death with my very life your right to speak.

00:24:14.000 Free speech is the foundation of our democratic republic.

00:24:17.000 We must protect it at all costs because without it, we'll be lost.

00:24:24.000 Charlie knew this.

00:24:26.000 He lived it.

00:24:30.000 Charlie stood in the arena armed with superior arguments, with truth, reason, propelled and motivated by his love for God, his love for others, his love for our great nation.

00:24:45.000 His words were his weapons.

00:24:48.000 He slayed ignorance.

00:24:49.000 He cut through lies and he woke people's minds, inspired people's hearts, and imparted wisdom every day.

00:25:01.000 Now, for those of us who knew Charlie and even those of you who may never have had the chance to meet him in person, we all know and experienced how Charlie spoke with a calm courage, not asking, what will God do for me, but instead praying, God, Use me for your will.

00:25:22.000 He showed respect and compassion for everyone, even those who opposed him, and I think especially for those who opposed him, he invited them to his table or on his show saying, let's talk.

00:25:38.000 Sitting with Charlie here in Arizona at ASU last year, seeing and experiencing him in action was truly a sight to behold.

00:25:48.000 Because in Charlie, he sincerely wanted people to know the truth.

00:25:53.000 Because it's the truth that sets us free.

00:25:57.000 It is the truth that keeps us free.

00:26:09.000 Now Charlie, he chose our schools as his arena because he knows that they are meant to teach, to train our young people to think critically, to debate ideas, to test their strength through a clash of reason.

00:26:25.000 But too often, these schools silence debate, saying words are violence, and dissenting voices are hushed.

00:26:34.000 And those who speak of God, those who speak the truth, simple objective truths, like there are only two genders in these schools, they are told, you have no voice.

00:26:53.000 Charlie chose this arena to take these people head on, to challenge these institutions, these students and faculty, encouraging them to come, to speak honestly, bring your ideas, debate loudly, and think critically.

00:27:10.000 And Charlie did this so well.

00:27:13.000 He was winning, so much winning, so much so that the forces of darkness, hate, and evil were threatened by him and tried to silence him.

00:27:27.000 History shows this dark pattern that when ideas cannot withstand scrutiny, whether it's the ideology of so-called religious fanatics or political fanatics, their defenders, terrified that their weak ideas will be exposed for what they are, turn to intimidation, censorship, and violence.

00:27:47.000 They kill and terrorize their opponents, hoping to silence them.

00:27:52.000 But in this evil that we have experienced that Charlie faced, their flawed ideology is exposed.

00:28:00.000 Because by trying to silence Charlie, his voice is now louder than ever.

00:28:10.000 His message is more powerful and impactful than ever.

00:28:17.000 The truths that he spoke have spread hundredfold.

00:28:21.000 Charlie was fearless.

00:28:23.000 But where did his fearlessness come from?

00:28:26.000 The answer lies in Corinthians.

00:28:29.000 Therefore, be always of good courage and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.

00:28:36.000 We are of good courage, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.

00:28:44.000 Therefore, we have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to him.

00:28:54.000 So our call to action is now.

00:28:55.000 Every one of us needs to be a warrior like Charlie, to take shelter in God, to draw strength and fearlessness from the Lord who sits within every one of our hearts, to stand together, continue the mission that Charlie dedicated his life to, to sharpen our weapons of truth, common sense, and reason.

00:29:17.000 To train, to study, learn, and to speak, exercise our God-given right to speak, and carry that torch that shines brightly because of God's love.

00:29:31.000 So right now, if you feel afraid or lost, confused, not sure exactly what to do, don't be.

00:29:46.000 God says, don't be afraid.

00:29:49.000 I am with you.

00:29:51.000 I will strengthen you and help you.

00:29:54.000 And he is with us.

00:29:56.000 He sits within every one of our hearts, just waiting for us to choose him.

00:30:02.000 To say, as Charlie did, God, use me for your will.

00:30:09.000 To say, God, my life is yours.

00:30:12.000 I am yours.

00:30:13.000 My heart is yours.

00:30:14.000 Let me serve you.

00:30:18.000 Now is the time for us to step into the arena and to stand as warriors for freedom and truth and fight.

00:30:29.000 May God bless you all.

00:30:31.000 We love you, Charlie.

00:30:33.000 May God bless this great nation.

00:30:37.000 Thank you.

00:31:00.000 Please welcome to the stage, Secretary Marco Rubio.

00:31:18.000 About maybe 10 or 12 years ago, a person I knew very well had been very helpful to me in my campaigns when I was in the Senate came to me and said she had met this very impressive young man.

00:31:31.000 And he was going to start this group to go on college campuses and try to convince young Americans that ours is the greatest country in the history of the world and that Marxism was bad.

00:31:46.000 And I remember thinking back then, I'm going to admit to you guys, I was a little skeptical.

00:31:49.000 I said, college campuses, you're going to do that?

00:31:51.000 Why don't you start somewhere easier, like for example, communist Cuba, you know?

00:31:59.000 But my skepticism was proven wrong.

00:32:02.000 In place after place over the last 12, 14, 16 years, we've seen this renaissance.

00:32:08.000 Understand where we were at that time in our history.

00:32:11.000 Understand where we are still today in many places, where young Americans are actively told that everything that they were taught, that all the foundations that made our society and our civilization so grand, they were all wrong, they were all evil, that marriage is oppressive, that children are a burden, that America is a source of evil, not of good in the world.

00:32:31.000 And here was this voice that inspired a movement in which young Americans were told that is not true.

00:32:37.000 The highest calling we are called to is to be in a successful marriage and to raise productive children and a movement that taught them that ours was not a great country, but the greatest, most exceptional nation that has ever existed in the history of all of mankind.

00:33:00.000 And that it's worth fighting for, it's worth defending, it's worth preserving, and it's worth passing on to the next generation.

00:33:12.000 This was the mission and the work of Charlie Kirk.

00:33:16.000 And a couple things that stand out about him, he led this movement, but he did so with incredible knowledge.

00:33:22.000 It's unbelievable how much he knew.

00:33:26.000 He came to me very recently, he said some quote.

00:33:28.000 He said, I said, who said that?

00:33:29.000 He said, Marcus Aurelius.

00:33:31.000 I said, what district does he represent?

00:33:36.000 I kind of knew who it was, but he said back, no, it's a Roman, you know, philosopher king or emperor.

00:33:43.000 His incredible knowledge.

00:33:44.000 Let me tell you that one of the last messages I had with him was just a few days before his passing, where he wrote me from overseas.

00:33:52.000 I'm in South Korea.

00:33:53.000 I have many concerns I want to share with you when I get back.

00:33:56.000 He was constantly expanding his horizons, but he just didn't have knowledge.

00:34:00.000 He had wisdom.

00:34:02.000 An uncanny amount of wisdom for a man as young as he was.

00:34:06.000 Wisdom that sometimes it takes a lifetime to accumulate.

00:34:09.000 He had it in just 31 years.

00:34:14.000 He was also bold.

00:34:16.000 It is so easy.

00:34:18.000 And listen, I've been guilty of it.

00:34:19.000 I think many of us have been guilty of this.

00:34:22.000 You hide behind the walls and you surround yourself with people that agree with you.

00:34:26.000 We do it as a society all the time.

00:34:28.000 Increasingly, people are moving into neighborhoods with other people that agree with them politically and isolate themselves from people that do not agree with them.

00:34:37.000 But Charlie Kirk was bold.

00:34:39.000 He actively sought out to engage peacefully, respectfully, those who he disagreed with.

00:34:45.000 As recently as two days ago, we learned of one of the hosts on CNN who said that one of the messages he had gotten just a few days before Charlie's passing was from him, inviting him to dialogue.

00:34:55.000 And he did this on campuses.

00:34:57.000 He did this on podcasts.

00:34:58.000 He did this on radio shows.

00:35:00.000 He did this on television shows.

00:35:02.000 Time and again, he sought to engage those he disagreed with because he understood that we were not created to isolate ourselves from one another, but to engage.

00:35:10.000 The irony in all this is that what our nation needs, one of the many things it needs, is the ability to discuss our differences openly, honestly, peacefully, respectfully.

00:35:20.000 And Charlie Kirk did that more than anyone alive in America today is doing.

00:35:30.000 And Charlie Kirk was impactful.

00:35:34.000 Impactful because of all the things I've said.

00:35:36.000 But look around this place.

00:35:39.000 There's a hundred-something thousand people here.

00:35:41.000 The President of the United States is here.

00:35:43.000 His entire cabinet is here.

00:35:45.000 Television outlets and media outlets from all over the world are covering this.

00:35:49.000 I just came from overseas.

00:35:51.000 In every country I stopped, they gave us their condolences for his passing.

00:35:54.000 Impactful.

00:35:55.000 In just 31 years of life.

00:35:58.000 He made a difference.

00:36:00.000 He mattered.

00:36:01.000 And he will matter now more than he ever has before.

00:36:05.000 And let me close with this.

00:36:08.000 How do you remember?

00:36:09.000 This is a memorial service.

00:36:10.000 It's to honor him.

00:36:11.000 How do you best remember it?

00:36:12.000 I'll take the liberty of saying what I think we can best do.

00:36:17.000 Look, I think he had a tremendous impact on young Americans in general.

00:36:20.000 I think he had a very special and direct impact on young men in this country.

00:36:25.000 That's one of the greatest developments I've seen.

00:36:27.000 It's been very positive.

00:36:28.000 I think we remember him for that.

00:36:37.000 I think we remember him for constantly saying, you want to live a productive life?

00:36:41.000 Get married, start a family, love your country.

00:36:43.000 These are powerful messages.

00:36:46.000 But I hope many who are watching, I imagine there are people watching here tonight that didn't know much about Charlie Kirk until 11 days ago.

00:36:53.000 Maybe they were disengaged from politics.

00:36:54.000 Maybe they were partially engaged.

00:36:56.000 I hope one of the things they take from this is that the movement Charlie Kirk led and started and gave fuel to was about politics, but not only about politics.

00:37:06.000 It was broader.

00:37:06.000 It was deeper.

00:37:08.000 And I would say that taking the liberty, but I'm confident he would agree, one of the things he wants us to take away from this, from all of this, is the following.

00:37:19.000 His deep belief that we were all created, every single one of us, before the beginning of time, by the hands of the God of the universe, an all-powerful God who loved us and created us for the purpose of living with him in eternity.

00:37:34.000 But then sin entered the world and separated us from our creator.

00:37:38.000 And so God took on the form of a man and came down and lived among us.

00:37:43.000 And he suffered like men.

00:37:45.000 And he died like a man. 0.95

00:37:48.000 But on the third day, he rose unlike any mortal man.

00:37:52.000 And then, and to prove any doubters wrong, he ate with his disciples so they could see and they touched his wounds.

00:38:02.000 He didn't rise as a ghost or as a spirit, but his flesh.

00:38:06.000 And then he rose to the heaven, but he promised he would return and he will.

00:38:10.000 And when he returns, because he took on that death, because he carried that cross, we were freed from the sin that separated us from him.

00:38:18.000 And when he returns, there will be a new heaven and a new earth, and we will all be together and we are going to have a great reunion there again with Charlie and all the people we love.

00:38:29.000 Thank you and God bless you.

00:38:33.000 Ladies 0.99

00:39:16.000 and gentlemen, please welcome Secretary Pete Hegseth.

00:39:35.000 Charlie Kirk, A patriot, a conservative, a leader, a builder, an advocate, an author, a lover of freedom.

00:39:47.000 A husband, a father, a Christian, and a warrior.

00:39:54.000 You see, Charlie Kirk was a true believer for the cause of freedom, for the power of young people, belief in our republic and our founding principles, in America first, and make America great again.

00:40:09.000 But more importantly, he was a true believer.

00:40:16.000 Only Christ is King, our Lord and Savior.

00:40:27.000 Our sins are washed away by the blood of Jesus.

00:40:31.000 Fear God and fear no man.

00:40:39.000 That was Charlie Kirk.

00:40:41.000 You see, Charlie Kirk started Turning Point USA to change our politics.

00:40:46.000 That's when I first met him over a decade ago.

00:40:50.000 He was building a movement and nobody worked harder at it.

00:40:53.000 Bringing people to political small T truth.

00:40:59.000 I still have the sticker. 0.99

00:41:01.000 big government sucks. 0.98

00:41:14.000 And he pursued that truth with more vigor than anyone I've ever met. 0.98

00:41:19.000 But over time, he realized, like so many of us have, that this is not a political war.

00:41:24.000 It's not even a cultural war.

00:41:26.000 It's a spiritual war.

00:41:29.000 Faith and family first.

00:41:32.000 There is a God, and as Charlie would say, it is not us.

00:41:37.000 We're sinners saved only by grace in need of the gospel.

00:41:42.000 You see, we always did need less government, but what Charlie understood and infused into his movement is we also needed a lot more God.

00:41:53.000 Charlie had big plans, but God had even bigger plans.

00:42:08.000 You know, Marco mentioned this arena and the millions watching.

00:42:13.000 A couple days ago, I learned that Kirk, actually in German, the German language, means church.

00:42:23.000 So on this Sunday morning, I'd like to think we're all in Charlie's church.

00:42:34.000 Charlie started a political movement but unleashed a spiritual revival.

00:42:38.000 My pastor texted me the day after that horrific event and said, Pete, the devil overplayed his hand.

00:42:47.000 Charlie started with liberty, but ended up lighting our country on fire for Christ.

00:42:52.000 He started Turning Point USA, but this moment is the turning point for the USA.

00:43:00.000 Right now.

00:43:06.000 He died the way he lived, speaking the truth.

00:43:11.000 Charlie waged war not with a weapon, but with a tent, a microphone, his mind, and the truth.

00:43:20.000 and the gates of hell could not prevail against him.

00:43:29.000 He went into the darkest of places like Paul in the book of Acts.

00:43:34.000 He went into college campuses where they said we couldn't go.

00:43:38.000 And he was the light.

00:43:40.000 He was bold.

00:43:42.000 He was brave.

00:43:43.000 He was a hero.

00:43:46.000 You know, at the War Department, we know a little bit about heroism.

00:43:51.000 I've seen it personally on the battlefront field from Americans wearing camouflage.

00:43:57.000 And I'm surrounded by men and women today who had the chance to witness the same.

00:44:02.000 Most people don't know this, but Charlie Kirk wanted to go to West Point.

00:44:09.000 It never happened, obviously.

00:44:11.000 His personal loss at that moment was our nation's great gain.

00:44:24.000 Charlie Kirk was a citizen who had the biblical heart of a soldier of the faith who put on every single day the full armor of God with a smile as the scriptures tell all Christ followers to do.

00:44:41.000 Charlie Kirk, a warrior for country, a warrior for Christ.

00:44:47.000 He ran the race.

00:44:49.000 He finished the fight.

00:44:51.000 Now, it's our turn.

00:44:53.000 My charge to all of you: live worthy of Charlie Kirk's sacrifice and put Christ at the center of your life as he advocated for giving his.

00:45:19.000 Charlie has heard the words, echoing now in heaven.

00:45:25.000 Well done, good and faithful servant.

00:45:30.000 Charlie, we'll take it from here.

00:45:31.000 God bless.

00:46:15.000 Please welcome to the stage Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

00:46:36.000 Charlie's overarching passion was his Christianity and his devotion to his God.

00:46:44.000 He believed what St. Francis taught us almost a thousand years ago: that we should strive to live our lives in perfect imitation of Christ.

00:46:58.000 We should turn every day and every moment and every interaction into a prayer.

00:47:05.000 And Charlie understood the great paradox: it's only by surrender to God that God's power can flow into our lives and make us effective human beings.

00:47:17.000 Charlie, Christ died at 33 years old, but he changed the trajectory of history. 0.78

00:47:26.000 Charlie died at 31 years old, but because he had surrendered, he also now has changed the trajectory of history.

00:47:42.000 Charlie's, Charlie's other passion was free speech.

00:47:47.000 He understood that the free flow of information was the soil, the water, the sunlight for democracy.

00:47:55.000 He understood democracy's great advantage was that our policies were formed by ideas that had triumphed in a marketplace of debate and conversation.

00:48:09.000 He thought that conversation was the only way to heal our country.

00:48:15.000 And this was particularly important during a technological age when we are all hooked into social rhythms, social algorithms that are hacked into the reptilian cores of our brain and amplify our impulses for tribalism and for division.

00:48:36.000 He felt that the only way to overcome that biological impulse was with a spiritual fire and with developing community.

00:48:46.000 And the only way to develop community was through conversation.

00:48:50.000 And so he always gave the biggest microphone to the people who were most passionately aligned against him because he believed that we need to talk to each other and that we needed to be able to say what we mean without saying it mean.

00:49:08.000 A few years ago, my brother David died.

00:49:12.000 And I asked my mother, does the hole that they leave in you when they die, does it ever get any smaller?

00:49:21.000 And she said to me, it never gets any smaller.

00:49:24.000 But our job is to grow ourselves bigger around the hole.

00:49:28.000 And we do that by taking the best qualities, the best, most admirable character traits of the person that died and integrate them with restraint, with discipline, with practice into our own character.

00:49:42.000 And in doing that, we make ourselves larger, and the whole gets proportionally smaller.

00:49:49.000 We also give a kind of immortality to the person who left us because their work continues through us.

00:49:57.000 A couple of days ago, my niece or my granddaughter left for college in Europe.

00:50:05.000 Her mother noticed that she packed a Bible.

00:50:08.000 And her mother asked her why she made that choice.

00:50:11.000 She said, I want to live more like Charlie.

00:50:14.000 And in one of my first conversations with Charlie in July of 2021, we were talking about the risks that all of us take when we challenge entrenched interests, the physical risk.

00:50:34.000 And he asked me if I was scared of dying.

00:50:37.000 And I said to him, there's a lot worse things than death.

00:50:41.000 And one of those things is if we lost our constitutional rights in this country and that our children were raised as slaves.

00:50:50.000 And I said to Charlie, I said, sometimes the best consolation we can hope for is that we get to die with our boots on.

00:51:08.000 Well, Charlie died with his boots on, and he died to make sure that we didn't have to undergo those fates that are worse than death.

00:51:20.000 Oh, let's remember Charlie.

00:51:24.000 For those of us who were friends with Charlie, we don't need any more evidence of the love of God because the evidence of friendship is the best evidence that God loves us all.

00:51:39.000 Thank you and God bless you.

00:52:22.000 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Donald Trump Jr.

00:52:38.000 Welcome, everyone.

00:52:40.000 I'm not widely known for being a sentimental guy.

00:52:44.000 Anyone who's seen me on social media knows I'm far more likely to crack a joke or get myself in trouble for posting some grossly inappropriate memes than I am to shed a tear.

00:52:57.000 I know this because I've even gotten the call from that guy a couple times.

00:53:01.000 You know, Don, Don, you're getting a little aggressive on social media, Don.

00:53:10.000 But last week, when I received word that Charlie, who was like a little brother to me, had been assassinated, I was truly devastated.

00:53:36.000 We all were.

00:53:37.000 And we're here today to celebrate the way he lived his life and to remember the way he changed so many of ours.

00:53:49.000 So I want to start where I know Charlie would want me to, with what was most important to him, and that was his relationship with Christ.

00:54:06.000 To say Charlie knew more about the Bible than me is an understatement, folks.

00:54:12.000 It's like saying Donald Trump knows more about being president than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris.

00:54:18.000 No kidding.

00:54:29.000 But when Charlie was asked in an interview how he'd want to be remembered, he said, I want to be remembered for my courage for my faith.

00:54:39.000 And let me tell you guys, those were not empty words.

00:54:44.000 Last week, Charlie joined a long line of courageous men and women who were martyred for what they believe.

00:54:56.000 According to the book of Acts, the first martyr in the early Christian church was Stephen, who was stoned to death.

00:55:06.000 And as Stephen was being killed, he said, behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing, standing at the right hand of God.

00:55:18.000 Now, there are many times in the Bible where Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, but this is the only time he's seen standing.

00:55:29.000 And while the Bible isn't explicit about this, I like to think Jesus was standing to welcome Steph, the courageous martyr, into heaven.

00:55:46.000 And today, today that gives me great comfort.

00:55:51.000 Because 11 days ago, as a cowardly assassin crawled on his stomach to end Charlie's life on earth, I'm betting Charlie saw the Son of God standing tall to welcome him home.

00:56:17.000 I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the greatest treasures of Charlie's heart, his beautiful wife, Erica, and his two precious children.

00:56:28.000 To watch Charlie with his family, the joy on his face, the devotion in his eyes, was to see the gospel lived out.

00:56:42.000 And for me, for me, it was inspiring.

00:56:48.000 And now, in the face of unthinkable loss, Erica has shown extraordinary courage.

00:56:56.000 not only as a mother, but in stepping forward to carry on Charlie's mission as the CEO of Turning Point USA.

00:57:13.000 Charlie always brought out the best in all of us.

00:57:17.000 When Charlie first said to me during the 2016 campaign, hey, let's start doing events on college campuses, I was like, whoa, seriously?

00:57:27.000 Come on, man.

00:57:28.000 We've given up on that.

00:57:30.000 We're going to let those kids grow up and we'll get them when they start paying taxes. 0.98

00:57:38.000 But he convinced me to give it a shot.

00:57:41.000 And there were a couple events that showed just how brave and courageous Charlie was, even as a very young man.

00:57:49.000 At Michigan State University, five minutes before we were supposed to go on stage, the state police told us, and I quote, we can no longer guarantee your safety.

00:58:03.000 Because the left-wing activists, they were going crazy.

00:58:06.000 It was rough.

00:58:08.000 That sounded like a great reason to pack it up and head out.

00:58:13.000 But it was one of the many times that I would agree with Charlie, who said, no way, we're going out there anyway.

00:58:30.000 At one of the last events of the 2024 campaign at Arizona State, some lunatic called it a threat to try to keep us from going on the stage.

00:58:40.000 Again, we went out there anyway, without fear.

00:58:44.000 Charlie led the way.

00:58:46.000 His message was clear then, and his message is clear now.

00:58:53.000 We won't back down.

00:59:00.000 We won't be intimidated.

00:59:08.000 The Bible says over a hundred times in the pages of scripture, do not be afraid.

00:59:14.000 And the hundred thousand people here today are a signal to the world.

00:59:20.000 Our message of faith, family, and country will not be silenced.

00:59:35.000 It always amazes me how Charlie chose to use his platform.

00:59:40.000 He had one of the largest microphones in the entire conservative movement.

00:59:45.000 And what did he do with it?

00:59:47.000 Day after day, week after week, he handed it to the very people who opposed him most.

00:59:55.000 The media tried to smear him as some sort of dangerous radical.

01:00:02.000 But Charlie embodied something at the very core of our movement.

01:00:08.000 When people disagree with us, we don't silence them.

01:00:12.000 We don't destroy them.

01:00:13.000 And we certainly don't sink to violence.

01:00:25.000 We don't burn down their businesses.

01:00:28.000 We don't scream at their children at Disneyland.

01:00:32.000 No.

01:00:34.000 We debate.

01:00:35.000 We stand tall.

01:00:37.000 and we win with our ideas.

01:00:47.000 The true extremists are those who would justify and celebrate taking an innocent life over nothing more than disagreement.

01:00:57.000 That is the real radicalism.

01:00:59.000 and we reject it completely.

01:01:08.000 Charlie delighted in his belief that people could be persuaded.

01:01:14.000 He believed the way to win hearts was with truth, with courage, and with conversation.

01:01:22.000 He would always be the first to say, you are welcome here.

01:01:28.000 And that's what I want to leave you with today.

01:01:31.000 If we're truly going to honor Charlie properly, his loss cannot be the end of the story.

01:01:40.000 His legacy must be that when they took his life, a million more Charlies stepped up to fill the void. 0.98

01:01:56.000 We are all Charlie.

01:02:05.000 So let's send a message here today, guys.

01:02:09.000 I want to make sure the world hears us loud and clear.

01:02:14.000 Will you surrender?

01:02:18.000 Will you back down?

01:02:23.000 Will you give up in fear?

01:02:28.000 Good.

01:02:31.000 If you're among the millions of people watching today, please see this and know you are not alone.

01:02:47.000 Charlie's message, like Christ's, was an invitation.

01:02:54.000 If this resonates with you and you believe American values are worth defending, welcome.

01:03:02.000 If you believe in faith, family, and freedom, then you are with us.

01:03:14.000 No matter your past, no matter how you voted, no matter where you come from, this movement is your home.

01:03:32.000 If you're not already seated at this table, we have a seat prepared for you.

01:03:38.000 If you believe in God and family and country, you are one of us.

01:03:48.000 If you believe our government should put the interests of our citizens first, welcome.

01:03:57.000 If you believe American workers deserve dignity and American families should be able to afford a good life on one salary, welcome.

01:04:12.000 If you reject the propaganda of the fake news media, welcome.

01:04:24.000 If you want to eradicate the criminal cartels and get drugs out of our communities, welcome.

01:04:36.000 If you believe our best days are ahead and are willing to stand up to make America great again for your children and for generations to come, welcome.

01:04:53.000 Charlie loved this country, its people, and the work of persuading others to believe in something greater than themselves.

01:05:05.000 And if we live with that same courage, our legacy, like Charlie's, will live forever.

01:05:19.000 Charlie, my brother, we love you, we miss you, and we will not let you down.

01:05:34.000 And as the scripture promises, well done, good and faithful servant.

01:05:40.000 Enter into the joy of your Lord.

The Charlie Kirk Show - September 25, 2025

The Trump Administration Honors Charlie Kirk + Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump Jr.

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