The Charlie Kirk Show - Three, Young, Conservative Candidates for Congress Who Give Me Hope

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00:01:58.000 Hey everybody, welcome to this episode of the Charlie Kirk show.

00:02:01.000 With us is congressman Byron Donalds.

00:02:03.000 Welcome man, it's good to be here.

00:02:04.000 Thanks for having me on you.

00:02:06.000 Um, you have a hundred percent voting record with turning point action congratulations.

00:02:11.000 Thank you, Tpaction.com.

00:02:13.000 You guys can see our scorecards and our endorsements, and one of the candidates we're enthusiastically getting behind is sitting right in front of me.

00:02:19.000 And so how did how did you uh, go to Dc and not totally get corrupted?

00:02:24.000 Um, I had principles before I got there.

00:02:26.000 Yeah, it's a good idea.

00:02:27.000 You know, the toughest thing about being elected is that if you don't really know who you are politically, what your philosophies are, if you haven't thought through these issues ahead of time, you can get moved a certain way by leadership or by a lobbyist or whatever.

00:02:40.000 The whatever the case might be.

00:02:42.000 Like I didn't come to the Republican Party just because I thought it was cool, like I actually am a self-discovered conservative, and then I became a Republican.

00:02:51.000 How did you become a conservative?

00:02:52.000 Financial collapse 2008, it was my career.

00:02:55.000 I had to investigate what was going on.

00:02:57.000 I started looking at fiscal policies from the federal level.

00:03:00.000 I thought that those guys didn't know what they were doing at all.

00:03:03.000 You were right and yeah, I was right.

00:03:04.000 And then from there I started, I read the law by Frederick Bashi.

00:03:07.000 I started reading about political philosophy, not Republican Democrat stuff.

00:03:11.000 And when you start thinking through these issues, and you're especially, look, as a black man, you're thinking about what your politics really are.

00:03:17.000 You really have to have this debate with yourself and other people.

00:03:20.000 So I've thought about a lot of these issues.

00:03:22.000 Like I've really thought about it and not talking point level like four, five, six, seven points deep to convince myself that I can stand up and debate this with family and friends who might be like, well, why are you a Republican?

00:03:34.000 Let alone be in elective office.

00:03:36.000 And a Freedom Caucus member on top of that.

00:03:38.000 Yeah.

00:03:39.000 So you said something interesting that I want to ask you about, not be influenced by lobbyists or leadership.

00:03:45.000 Yeah.

00:03:46.000 Like, so you're a freshman still.

00:03:48.000 Is that right?

00:03:48.000 Yep.

00:03:49.000 So what is that like?

00:03:50.000 I mean, you get there and people are trying to make you do what exactly?

00:03:54.000 Well, the first thing is that the lobbyists and the leadership, they really, the first thing they want to do is get to know who you are.

00:03:59.000 So you do the dinner circuit.

00:04:01.000 Everybody comes and talks to you.

00:04:02.000 Everybody comes and meets with you.

00:04:03.000 Show pony, right?

00:04:04.000 They try to figure out, and it's not a lot of coercion, actually.

00:04:07.000 It's actually quite soft.

00:04:08.000 It's a soft sell.

00:04:09.000 They want to know who you are.

00:04:11.000 They want to know what you're thinking about.

00:04:12.000 What makes you tick.

00:04:13.000 So how long does that courting process go on?

00:04:16.000 About six months, six to eight months.

00:04:19.000 And then they kind of know who's where in the chamber.

00:04:21.000 Everybody's counting votes in Congress.

00:04:23.000 Everybody's counting votes.

00:04:25.000 So then they figure out who's where.

00:04:27.000 By the first couple of votes you take, they kind of know whether where you're going to be depending on the issue.

00:04:33.000 Like if it's an issue where you were exhibiting, like you weren't quite sure where you were, you were wishy-washy.

00:04:38.000 They know they can move you a certain way depending on the amount of pressure or the things you might want or how your seat looks back home for re-election, so on and so forth.

00:04:47.000 But if you come in knowing where you are, and that's pretty evident from the initial get to know you stuff, they kind of leave you alone.

00:04:55.000 And so then, so then once they find out you're a conservative, do they leave you alone or what do they do?

00:05:00.000 Well, I mean, I don't want to speak for everybody else in the chamber.

00:05:03.000 They kind of, they leave me alone.

00:05:04.000 Let's put it that way.

00:05:04.000 Is that right?

00:05:05.000 I mean, look, I was asked by a couple of people, they were like, well, does Kevin or Steve tell you what to say?

00:05:05.000 Yeah.

00:05:11.000 And I was like, no, I say what I want.

00:05:13.000 I see Kevin and Steve.

00:05:15.000 We talk every now and again, but I say what I want.

00:05:17.000 I vote how I want.

00:05:19.000 The big thing I think that they're concerned about is they don't want to be surprised by something.

00:05:23.000 So if there's a deal that they're pushing, they want to.

00:05:27.000 Vote your district and don't lie to me or like the terms.

00:05:28.000 Just tell me where you are.

00:05:30.000 And that's kind of their deal.

00:05:31.000 And so I just tell them where I am.

00:05:33.000 If they ask me, I tell them.

00:05:35.000 A lot of times they don't.

00:05:36.000 And I just vote how I'm going to vote.

00:05:37.000 Last thing I'll tell you, though, it's easy to be conservative in the minority.

00:05:42.000 That's the easy stuff.

00:05:43.000 You could oppose everything, right?

00:05:44.000 Like, no.

00:05:45.000 Nancy wants to do this? 1.00

00:05:46.000 No.

00:05:47.000 You know, Biden wants to do that?

00:05:49.000 No.

00:05:49.000 When we're in the majority in the House, that's when the rubber is going to meet the road for a lot of people.

00:05:55.000 What does that look like?

00:05:57.000 So I think we're probably going to win 30 seats.

00:05:59.000 30-seat majority?

00:06:01.000 30 seats from where we are now.

00:06:03.000 That's a 20-seat?

00:06:04.000 20 seats.

00:06:05.000 Depends on who shows up.

00:06:05.000 It depends on how it goes.

00:06:07.000 That's what I think.

00:06:08.000 That's a big majority.

00:06:09.000 It is.

00:06:09.000 Could be better.

00:06:10.000 I think two things are going to matter into that.

00:06:10.000 It could be better.

00:06:12.000 One is redistricting, which is not going well for us.

00:06:15.000 The second is the mood of voters.

00:06:17.000 I get text messages from people I went to high school and college with, man.

00:06:20.000 They're not Republicans and they are not happy.

00:06:23.000 And so I think that's in spite of, oh, yeah, in spite of how redistricting's gone, I think we can have an even bigger night in November.

00:06:32.000 Yeah, it could go from like, it could get wildly out of control for these guys.

00:06:35.000 Yes.

00:06:35.000 If it's like a bad couple weeks, I think like 20 is baked in, like a 20-seat majority.

00:06:40.000 I hate to sound cocky, but this thing could be 60.

00:06:43.000 I mean, it could get just like out of control.

00:06:44.000 No, it could get real serious.

00:06:46.000 Because these house districts, it's like 3,000 votes could flip.

00:06:49.000 Like it's super thin margins.

00:06:49.000 You know what I mean?

00:06:52.000 Yep.

00:06:53.000 We're talking like 5,000 people have a bad week of gas and like pull in our ballot.

00:06:57.000 And it just swings the whole district.

00:06:57.000 Yep.

00:06:59.000 Well, the other part is, and this is where I think the Democrats have really underestimated where the country's going.

00:07:04.000 It used to be you could count significant, you count very strongly that black voters were going to be monolithically Democrat. 0.98

00:07:10.000 talking like 95%, 90 to 95%.

00:07:13.000 I don't think that's going to occur this November.

00:07:16.000 I think the black vote for Democrats is going to be somewhere between 80 and 85%.

00:07:21.000 That's a massive swing in some of these districts.

00:07:23.000 The Hispanic vote is 50-50.

00:07:25.000 Like it's completely up for grabs right now.

00:07:27.000 And so I think those are the things that they are looking at and they're polling, but I don't think they truly believe it's there.

00:07:27.000 Totally.

00:07:34.000 And I think that come November, they're going to see the reality.

00:07:36.000 So I'm interested in kind of the black Republican outreach.

00:07:41.000 So I think some people are confused about kind of what will it take to get the black community to be more conservative or Republican.

00:07:51.000 I'm sure you're tired of answering this question.

00:07:53.000 You get it all the time.

00:07:54.000 It's a good job, man.

00:07:55.000 Yeah, but it's like, I'm equally curious.

00:07:57.000 So you're going to have to humor me and our audience.

00:08:00.000 So black community has had a lot of problems.

00:08:03.000 Democrats basically run the black community.

00:08:06.000 What needs to change?

00:08:08.000 Republicans have to actually show up.

00:08:11.000 Look, it's not about what you do in August of an election year.

00:08:15.000 If you wait till August, September, you waited.

00:08:17.000 What would a show up looking like?

00:08:18.000 Go to churches, like speaking.

00:08:19.000 Going to the churches, doing the campaign, mail.

00:08:23.000 You might knock on doors, maybe.

00:08:26.000 Actually, not likely.

00:08:27.000 If you do that kind of stuff too late, you've already lost it.

00:08:30.000 You got to be in barbershops, man.

00:08:32.000 And the year before an election cycle, you got to go start talking to black pastors, Haitian pastors.

00:08:39.000 There's a lot of opportunity in the Haitian community.

00:08:41.000 Massive amounts of opportunity.

00:08:42.000 One of the most based guys I've ever met is a Haitian driver in Sarasota.

00:08:47.000 He hates Biden.

00:08:48.000 Yeah.

00:08:49.000 That's really good.

00:08:50.000 Well, look, black outreach is not like any other type of community. 0.92

00:08:54.000 No, you know what I was, you know, I'll put it like this.

00:08:56.000 I was watching the HBO documentary they just did on Obama.

00:09:00.000 I was watching it.

00:09:02.000 I actually watch a lot of MSNBC.

00:09:03.000 So I watch everything.

00:09:04.000 And that's just me.

00:09:05.000 I'm a student of the game, I guess.

00:09:07.000 So I'm watching, and they were talking about when Obama was actually struggling to get the black vote because they didn't think that he was black enough.

00:09:15.000 And what he did is he actually engaged in the community.

00:09:19.000 So I would say the same thing is for Republicans.

00:09:21.000 It's a longer road than, of course, with Obama.

00:09:24.000 But if you take the time to develop the relationship, the votes come.

00:09:28.000 Like you're not going to get some girl to date you if you just show up and say, hey, come get in the car. 0.98

00:09:33.000 We're going to dinner.

00:09:35.000 But if you take the time to get to know her and try to engage with her, you might get her to date you.

00:09:40.000 You might even build the relationship in the process.

00:09:42.000 That's what you have to do with respect to the conservative movement and the black community.

00:09:47.000 Because the black community, in terms of its level of conservatism, is actually fragmented.

00:09:53.000 West Indian black people of West Indian Caribbean descent are very conservative.

00:09:58.000 Like St. Kitts, like Turkey Caicos, Turks and Cakes, Haiti. 0.95

00:10:02.000 Super conservative.

00:10:04.000 Trinidad into Bago.

00:10:05.000 It's very conservative because that's how West Indian culture is.

00:10:09.000 Obviously, if you're dealing with black people in the Northeast Corridor, they're probably much more liberal.

00:10:13.000 If you're dealing with Black people in the South, they actually have a lot of conservative land.

00:10:17.000 Historically, they vote Democrats. 0.99

00:10:18.000 But you know, even like, I mean, I've said this for a while and Republicans laugh, but I think 90% of blacks don't agree with this trans crap. 0.99

00:10:27.000 No, they don't. 0.99

00:10:29.000 Like, I think they're like the least game for this whole kind of like men, women thing. 1.00

00:10:29.000 Is that fair to say? 1.00

00:10:35.000 So I'm going to tell you a quick story.

00:10:37.000 It's a buddy of mine.

00:10:38.000 He's a Dem.

00:10:39.000 I ran into him, I don't know, maybe a month ago or so.

00:10:43.000 He walks up to me.

00:10:44.000 He goes, I'm thinking we're just going to catch up.

00:10:47.000 He goes, listen, I don't know what's going on, but my party's lost their mind.

00:10:52.000 This whole, you know, the guy can swim against a girl, that's crazy.

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00:12:03.000 Very rarely do I get to interview candidates younger than I am.

00:12:07.000 And usually it's Madison Coffer.

00:12:09.000 That's like the only one, but we haven't won today.

00:12:11.000 Yes.

00:12:12.000 Caroline Levitt, did I say that right?

00:12:13.000 You did.

00:12:14.000 You worked in the White House and I asked around about you and everyone said you were terrific.

00:12:20.000 You weren't one of those people.

00:12:21.000 I'm glad to hear it.

00:12:22.000 No, I'm glad to hear it.

00:12:23.000 Plenty of those people.

00:12:24.000 Indeed.

00:12:25.000 Can I tell you, I got my role in the White House by applying on whitehouse.gov.

00:12:29.000 Says no one ever.

00:12:29.000 Is that right?

00:12:31.000 I was working in local news in New Hampshire, loved President Trump from the very beginning, was with him during the primary, was the only Trump supporter on my college campus.

00:12:31.000 Yes.

00:12:41.000 Went on whitehouse.gov.

00:12:42.000 They called, went down.

00:12:43.000 The second time I'd ever been to DC in my life was to take the job at the White House and rose the rinks and then worked for Kaylee, and the rest is history.

00:12:51.000 So your race is kind of an interesting one of like an ideological split in the Republican Party.

00:13:00.000 And I'm not going to attack your opponent, nor do I want you to do that here.

00:13:04.000 I'm sure he's a nice person, but he definitely represents more of an establishment wing of the party where you kind of come through it from more of like a Trump pro-America, strong country person.

00:13:16.000 Is that fair description?

00:13:17.000 Absolutely.

00:13:18.000 That's a fair assessment.

00:13:19.000 I am the America first grassroots candidate in this race.

00:13:24.000 And I have been very unapologetic about that.

00:13:26.000 You know, I came out on day one and said the election was stolen because it was, and I believe that.

00:13:31.000 And my opponent actually said Joe Biden legitimately won more votes than Donald Trump.

00:13:36.000 So that's an egregious statement on his part.

00:13:39.000 He has been backed financially by Chris Christie, endorsed by Nikki Haley.

00:13:43.000 She'll be in New Hampshire next week.

00:13:44.000 I'm proud to be endorsed by Madison Cawthorne, Senator Ted Cruz, true firebrands, turning point action, Charlie Kirk, the one and only.

00:13:53.000 So we're definitely pounding that message.

00:13:56.000 And that's why the people love us and they are flocking to our campaign.

00:13:59.000 And we've raised significantly more money from individuals in New Hampshire than my opponent by far, like hundreds of thousands of dollars more.

00:14:07.000 In state contributions.

00:14:08.000 In-state contributions.

00:14:09.000 So that tells me the people are with us.

00:14:11.000 And our average donation is under $100.

00:14:13.000 We've raised nearly a million.

00:14:14.000 So what's your website?

00:14:17.000 CarolineforCongress.com.

00:14:19.000 And it's Caroline with a K.

00:14:21.000 So no one can ever forget it.

00:14:22.000 Okay.

00:14:23.000 And we need all the support we can get because we are up against this establishment candidate in the primary.

00:14:27.000 And then we have to turn around and beat the Democrat and the general who Pelosi is heavily funding.

00:14:32.000 Correct.

00:14:33.000 It's one of the latest in the country, September.

00:14:35.000 So we have a long, hot summer, but we are.

00:14:37.000 But that's really where the race is decided, right?

00:14:39.000 Correct.

00:14:40.000 All the parades, all the long nights and early mornings.

00:14:45.000 Northeast summers are kind of like a thing.

00:14:47.000 It's like where a lot of attention, a lot of these decisions are made.

00:14:50.000 We're in Arizona.

00:14:51.000 We really don't do much in the summer here.

00:14:52.000 It's kind of like our winter, right?

00:14:54.000 So talk a little bit more about your.

00:14:55.000 So you worked in the White House.

00:14:58.000 I try and make a habit not to ask women's age, but I think it's interesting.

00:15:01.000 What's your age?

00:15:01.000 How old are you?

00:15:02.000 So I am 24 and a half.

00:15:04.000 Okay.

00:15:04.000 So I'm going to take a look there.

00:15:07.000 I will be 25.

00:15:08.000 Well, I say that because people say, well, you're not even old enough.

00:15:10.000 Well, I will be.

00:15:12.000 I will turn 25 just before the primary.

00:15:15.000 Younger than Madison was.

00:15:15.000 So I will be.

00:15:17.000 Yes.

00:15:17.000 So I have to say this.

00:15:18.000 I will be younger than Madison.

00:15:20.000 And Madison, he's a great friend.

00:15:21.000 He endorsed me.

00:15:22.000 He came to New Hampshire.

00:15:23.000 We had a great event.

00:15:25.000 He likes to say he's the first Gen Z candidate in American history.

00:15:28.000 He is not.

00:15:29.000 Generation Z starts in 1997.

00:15:31.000 He was born in 96.

00:15:32.000 So I need to make that.

00:15:33.000 He's a millennial.

00:15:34.000 He's a millennial.

00:15:35.000 I'm the first Gen Z candidate elected to Congress.

00:15:37.000 So I have to be part of Madison's generation.

00:15:40.000 Yeah, we guess we share a generation.

00:15:40.000 Yes, indeed.

00:15:42.000 So you're Gen Z. Gen Z.

00:15:43.000 So you're like the super problem.

00:15:44.000 Like millennials are the problem. 1.00

00:15:46.000 Gen Z is the super problem. 0.99

00:15:48.000 My generation is the plague of America. 0.97

00:15:50.000 Yes.

00:15:50.000 No, it's not.

00:15:52.000 I think they're going to be more conservative.

00:15:54.000 So like you're running for Congress.

00:15:55.000 You should be like, I don't know, working for Goldman Sachs.

00:15:57.000 Why are you doing this?

00:15:59.000 You know, I ask myself that every single day.

00:16:01.000 No, I'm kidding.

00:16:02.000 I'm doing it because I really believe it's a fight worth taking.

00:16:05.000 You know, when I called my parents to tell them, my parents are not political at all.

00:16:09.000 My dad served in the Marines.

00:16:10.000 They never knew about politics until I got involved.

00:16:13.000 And now they're deeply entrenched, obviously, no choice of their own.

00:16:16.000 My parents said, you're going to ruin our lives.

00:16:19.000 And I said, I probably will, but I really believe it's a fight worth taking.

00:16:23.000 I saw the political opportunity in my home district.

00:16:25.000 I love the state I grew up in.

00:16:27.000 It provided me with exceptional opportunities, obviously.

00:16:30.000 And I love this country.

00:16:31.000 And I live amongst a generation that is totally brainwashed and doesn't believe in America.

00:16:36.000 And I really feel passionate about changing that.

00:16:39.000 That's a great answer.

00:16:40.000 So September primary, what part of New Hampshire?

00:16:43.000 The district is undefined.

00:16:43.000 You don't know yet.

00:16:45.000 How do you run then in a district that's undefined?

00:16:47.000 So it won't change dramatically.

00:16:48.000 We only have two congressional seats in the state.

00:16:51.000 I am running on the one on the eastern part of our state.

00:16:54.000 Two in the whole state.

00:16:55.000 Yeah.

00:16:55.000 Two seats, four electoral votes.

00:16:58.000 But people care about us because we're the first in the nation primary, which we have to protect, by the way.

00:17:02.000 Yes.

00:17:03.000 With all costs.

00:17:03.000 And my Democrat opponent voted to threaten it.

00:17:06.000 So you're the eastern part of the state closer to the University of New Hampshire is in my district.

00:17:13.000 I spoke there once.

00:17:14.000 In fact, we are hosting, we are launching this upcoming week our own college campus tour.

00:17:14.000 Yeah.

00:17:20.000 We're calling it Wake Up Gen Z. 1.00

00:17:21.000 Okay.

00:17:22.000 I'm going to go to University of New Hampshire, Southern New Hampshire University, my alma mater, St. Anselm College, and then Dartmouth.

00:17:28.000 God bless us when we head up there.

00:17:30.000 So I'll be traveling to all of those campuses in the next month to target these voters.

00:17:34.000 And we're targeting them on Facebook and we're investing in the community.

00:17:36.000 So you're right up on the main border.

00:17:38.000 Is that right?

00:17:39.000 Yes, that's the district.

00:17:40.000 Yes, yes.

00:17:41.000 It's everything east of Manchester, which is the biggest city in the state.

00:17:44.000 So very rural.

00:17:45.000 So it's a very conservative area.

00:17:47.000 Yes.

00:17:47.000 I'm sure.

00:17:48.000 But also the campuses and like weird Massachusetts people that leave, right?

00:17:53.000 Unfortunately, we've seen a lot of that, especially during COVID because we're live free or die.

00:17:53.000 Exactly.

00:17:58.000 We care about freedom.

00:17:59.000 And so I pray that people come and vote the right way.

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00:19:06.000 Yeah, New Hampshire is such an interesting state.

00:19:09.000 I love it.

00:19:09.000 I've been there many times and I just don't understand like how it's become so liberal.

00:19:13.000 You know what I mean?

00:19:14.000 Like it's just, I think, I thought it was like a freedom-loving state and your governor's been a disappointment in more ways than one.

00:19:21.000 So I will disagree with you on the liberal, your comment on it being a liberal state.

00:19:26.000 I vehemently disagree.

00:19:28.000 I think our maps. have had been a disadvantage for us, which is why we have redistricting.

00:19:33.000 And I hope it turns out the way it should.

00:19:35.000 We have elected Republicans up and down the ballot at the state and local level.

00:19:38.000 Our legislature is controlled by Republicans.

00:19:41.000 You have a really big legislature, like the amount of people, right?

00:19:44.000 It's like 4,000.

00:19:44.000 Biggest in the world.

00:19:45.000 Yeah.

00:19:46.000 400.

00:19:47.000 It's about 430.

00:19:49.000 They get paid 100 bucks a year.

00:19:51.000 True citizen legislature.

00:19:53.000 So, well, that's probably why you guys remain free.

00:19:55.000 But I mean, like Jean Shaheen, she's like a commie.

00:19:58.000 Yeah.

00:19:58.000 Our whole federal delegation is a bunch of communists.

00:20:01.000 I'll tell you, because our elections are unfair because we have, we allow college students, non-resident college students to vote in our state. 0.95

00:20:09.000 It's a major problem that needs to be.

00:20:11.000 It's not constitutional.

00:20:12.000 It's not.

00:20:13.000 It's not.

00:20:14.000 And so there has been some push before this election.

00:20:17.000 I pray that it passes because these college students literally stuff ballots in their dorms.

00:20:22.000 It's one of the reasons Republicans have lost in the past.

00:20:26.000 And you look at where they lost those votes and it was always in our college towns.

00:20:29.000 And so it's a major issue that we need to fix.

00:20:32.000 And I think once we get rid of these non-residents voting in our elections, we will be a truly red state in the Northeast.

00:20:38.000 So your race is tightening.

00:20:40.000 And you have a very different vision for the country.

00:20:43.000 Like you believe in borders and you believe in all these.

00:20:45.000 I'm not saying your opponent doesn't.

00:20:46.000 I'm just saying just based on some of the endorsements, probably not exactly of that.

00:20:51.000 So what do you need to win?

00:20:54.000 Resources and support.

00:20:57.000 And that's what we've been earning every single day.

00:20:59.000 You know, six months ago, seven months ago now, when I said I wanted to run, literally all but two people who I worked directly for in D.C., one of them, Kaylee McInani, said, you don't have what it takes.

00:21:10.000 I don't believe in you.

00:21:11.000 And I said, they said, wait your turn.

00:21:13.000 No, no, no.

00:21:14.000 Everyone except for Kaylee.

00:21:16.000 No, Kaylee said, absolutely, you have what it takes.

00:21:19.000 So everyone in Washington told me to wait my turn.

00:21:22.000 You're a waste of time.

00:21:23.000 Exactly. 0.58

00:21:23.000 So we have smashed expectations. 0.58

00:21:26.000 We came out hot in the first quarter, raised over $330,000.

00:21:30.000 And everyone was like, who is this girl?

00:21:32.000 And it's because I go out on the trail every day and I speak truth and I push back and I fight and I speak my mind and I get.

00:21:38.000 I am attacked more viciously and more constantly than my opponent, by the Democrats, by Republicans.

00:21:44.000 Black Lives Matter is after me.

00:21:45.000 The Dartmouth Democrats think I'm a Nazi.

00:21:47.000 I mean, it comes, it comes from all angles.

00:21:50.000 But we always have a campus tour in New Hampshire.

00:21:53.000 Yes, we'll come for our.

00:21:55.000 I don't think so.

00:21:55.000 Gen Z yeah um well I, you don't want me for a couple of reasons, that that would be a that would be a problem.

00:22:02.000 Um, but I would love to, but I want you to win.

00:22:06.000 So uh, you'll help us win.

00:22:08.000 All right, all publicity is good publicity.

00:22:11.000 That's yeah, that's.

00:22:12.000 Come on up.

00:22:13.000 Sure.

00:22:14.000 But we've endorsed you.

00:22:15.000 We're behind you at Turning Point Action.

00:22:17.000 We enthusiastically endorse you.

00:22:19.000 So, yeah, like in closing, I guess that's a good way to ask a final question, which is like, Gen Z, like, how do we win over these people?

00:22:27.000 It starts by electing young candidates like myself up and down the ballot, whether it's for Congress or for school boards.

00:22:32.000 So, when young candidates come along, people need to support them both financially and very vocally.

00:22:38.000 And then, secondly, it's we have to be better messengers.

00:22:41.000 Our party has sucked at messaging for way too long, and that's why we're losing the young vote.

00:22:45.000 So, we need to get out there, share our message, make conservatism cool, right?

00:22:50.000 The left has seized every institution.

00:22:51.000 They made socialism really cool.

00:22:53.000 We know that it's not.

00:22:54.000 It won't be cool when we're waiting in breadlines as a country, and then it will be too late.

00:22:59.000 So, we need to make conservatism cool now.

00:23:01.000 We need to have better messengers for our party, and we have to, unfortunately, meet these voters where they are, which is on these big tech platforms and social media sites.

00:23:09.000 But that's where that's where they are.

00:23:11.000 That's where they read the news, and that's what you guys are doing so well here.

00:23:14.000 What I seek to do as a young candidate, Cawthorne certainly has, Byron Donald certainly has.

00:23:19.000 These other young leaders that are stepping up are really going to make the difference.

00:23:22.000 And it's a daunting challenge, you know, but we can win the war.

00:23:26.000 Gives me hope.

00:23:27.000 More young, the younger the candidate, the more based they are.

00:23:32.000 No, that's, I mean, I'm being very honest.

00:23:33.000 Like, there's very few like young moderates running for office.

00:23:37.000 It's true.

00:23:37.000 I'm sure Austin knows of a couple, but like you're running for a reason.

00:23:41.000 Like, it's really cool.

00:23:43.000 Madison is phenomenal.

00:23:44.000 Byron just had Anna, who's like more conservative than I am, which is hard to believe.

00:23:48.000 You, it's great.

00:23:49.000 And I'm really, I'm really encouraged by that.

00:23:51.000 And I want our listeners to support all three of you because we've had all of you guys on the episode.

00:23:54.000 So, it's again, it's K-A-R-O-L-I-N-E F-O-R-Congress.com.

00:24:00.000 That's right.

00:24:01.000 Caroline for Congress.

00:24:02.000 And the max is $2,700 per person.

00:24:05.000 Charlie, let's not dumb it down.

00:24:07.000 It's $5,800.

00:24:09.000 Per couple, though, right?

00:24:10.000 Per person.

00:24:10.000 But that's for the case.

00:24:11.000 Well, that's for the primary and the general.

00:24:13.000 You have to refund it if you don't win it.

00:24:14.000 Exactly.

00:24:15.000 But it goes towards our numbers.

00:24:16.000 So we'll take it.

00:24:17.000 $5,800.

00:24:18.000 But you can spend on $5,800 or you can only spend it.

00:24:20.000 You can only spend $2,900.

00:24:22.000 But the max for the primary is $2,900.

00:24:24.000 All right.

00:24:24.000 Max for the primary is $2,900.

00:24:25.000 It went up with inflation.

00:24:26.000 Is that right?

00:24:27.000 That's so funny.

00:24:28.000 That's funny.

00:24:29.000 CarolinesForCongress.com and September.

00:24:32.000 That's right.

00:24:33.000 That's a long ways away.

00:24:34.000 It's going to be a long summer.

00:24:35.000 It's going to be a long summer.

00:24:36.000 All right.

00:24:36.000 Thanks, Caroline.

00:24:37.000 Thank you.

00:24:38.000 You bet.

00:24:40.000 Does it make any sense that the same company who controls half of online retail also passively eavesdrops on your private conversations at your home?

00:24:48.000 What about the idea of a single company controlling 90% of all internet searches, run your email service and gets to track everything you do on your smartphone?

00:24:56.000 Big tech is more powerful than ever.

00:24:58.000 In fact, they're more powerful than most countries, and they profit by exploiting your personal data.

00:25:03.000 It's time to put a layer of protection between your online activity and these tech oligarchs and juggernauts.

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00:26:11.000 All right, everybody, we continue our endorsed candidate series, TurningPointAction TPAction.com, someone we enthusiastically support.

00:26:18.000 Known her for a while.

00:26:19.000 We spoke all across the country together.

00:26:21.000 I think we did Michigan State together.

00:26:22.000 All over the University of South Carolina, Anna Paulina.

00:26:26.000 Thank you so much for having me back on.

00:26:28.000 For those who may not know, it was actually Turning Point NU that first, I think, discovered me literally day before I was supposed to go to medical school.

00:26:35.000 You called me way out of the country too, like Grenada.

00:26:39.000 Yeah, it was like some random place, right?

00:26:41.000 Yeah, I was supposed to leave.

00:26:42.000 But the reason I ultimately chose to stay and fight is because even in 2018, I saw what was happening with the progressive left.

00:26:51.000 I saw what organizations like Justice for Democrats were doing and running candidates.

00:26:55.000 And I realized that identity politics is indeed alive and well on the left.

00:27:00.000 And I was kind of born with a certain amount of assets that I could use to fight that.

00:27:05.000 And so here I am, obviously pro-life, pro-God, pro-gun, and anti-globalist.

00:27:09.000 And you're running in like Pinellas County area.

00:27:11.000 Is that right?

00:27:12.000 We're redistricting, but the projected district is, yes, northern Pinellas area.

00:27:17.000 So your primary is looking good?

00:27:18.000 Yes.

00:27:19.000 Yes, we're projected to win by 64%.

00:27:21.000 So in the general, though, what's the tilt of the district?

00:27:25.000 So we don't know yet because we don't know the...

00:27:27.000 That's right.

00:27:27.000 DeSantis hasn't finished the maps.

00:27:29.000 Is that right?

00:27:30.000 Correct.

00:27:30.000 And we're hoping he holds the line.

00:27:32.000 Yes.

00:27:32.000 And I think he's setting the standard.

00:27:34.000 Obviously, there's a lot of people that I think claim to be conservative and then are working against him.

00:27:40.000 And so I think DeSantis is, he's not budgeting.

00:27:42.000 He's been phenomenal.

00:27:43.000 Yes.

00:27:43.000 So the district could be anywhere between a lean D to a lean R.

00:27:47.000 We don't know yet, right?

00:27:48.000 Correct.

00:27:48.000 But if it's the DeSantis maps, it's going to be an R plus four.

00:27:52.000 Wow.

00:27:52.000 That's really good.

00:27:53.000 And that'll perform way better, especially right now.

00:27:55.000 Totally.

00:27:56.000 So tell us about what you're going to do when you get to DC.

00:27:59.000 You're going to be offered all these dinner invites and opportunities for leadership.

00:28:04.000 Here's a young Hispanic congresswoman from Florida.

00:28:08.000 What's your agenda going to be?

00:28:09.000 So I can tell you one of the biggest things that I'm afraid of for this country is what big tech has been doing.

00:28:15.000 This is something that I don't care what dinner parties, I don't care what lobbyists, I don't care what billionaires come to try to talk to me in my office pending I'm elected, which I think I will be according to our polling.

00:28:27.000 That's going to be something that I want to help fix.

00:28:29.000 What we're seeing right now is there's many elected officials that understand what big tech might be, but they don't actually use it in the way that someone within my age demographic would.

00:28:38.000 And they don't understand the impact that it's having on elections.

00:28:42.000 So to give you an example, last election cycle, I noticed that as we were nearing the primary election and then into the general election, I could see my engagement on all of my social media platforms, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, throttling.

00:28:57.000 And I realized that they were censoring me.

00:29:00.000 Breitbart did a few articles on it.

00:29:01.000 I was not the only one, but then it progressively got worse.

00:29:05.000 And so I actually chose to sue the FEC and basically hold them accountable.

00:29:11.000 They're the ones that are ultimately at the end of the day responsible for enforcing election law.

00:29:15.000 And they said that it was not their job and that if we really wanted to help what was happening, we had to actually rewrite compliance for election law.

00:29:23.000 So I'd like to help rewrite that and actually help break up big tech.

00:29:26.000 I think that that's yeah.

00:29:27.000 So just so our older listeners understand, this is such an important point and it's going to be lost if we don't reinforce it.

00:29:32.000 So you have a tech company that can privately limit the reach, the people that can see your Instagram posts.

00:29:39.000 Correct.

00:29:40.000 Voters.

00:29:41.000 And that is election interference and without them ever even having to acknowledge it, right?

00:29:48.000 Exactly.

00:29:49.000 That's like a multi-billion dollar Democrat super PAC.

00:29:52.000 Exactly.

00:29:52.000 And I think the more important thing, too, is that you actually had, in my case, profiles that were popping up.

00:29:57.000 I don't know who was making them, but claiming to be affiliated with the campaign.

00:30:00.000 They were fundraising on behalf of the campaign.

00:30:02.000 Clearly, they were taking away messaging and then also to donations from us, but also to, I mean, there's something in donations called an in-kind contribution.

00:30:12.000 And that's basically something that someone can give as long as it's on record, somewhat like a donation.

00:30:16.000 Let's say it's food, for example, for an event.

00:30:18.000 You can make that as an in-kind donation.

00:30:20.000 But in these companies boosting or throttling engagement of candidates or elected officials, they are absolutely engaging in something that you typically have to report.

00:30:30.000 And so I think right now, not just from an information war perspective, but from an election integrity perspective.

00:30:37.000 I mean, we saw what happened with Hunter Biden with national polling.

00:30:40.000 This is going to be one of the top issues, not just for us, but for the rest of the world.

00:30:43.000 Yes.

00:30:44.000 I'm not on Twitter anymore.

00:30:45.000 I'm also off.

00:30:46.000 Are you off?

00:30:47.000 Yes.

00:30:48.000 I could get back on if I pushed the red button.

00:30:50.000 I refuse.

00:30:51.000 Don't do it.

00:30:51.000 Not going to happen.

00:30:52.000 True social.

00:30:53.000 Yeah.

00:30:53.000 Not going to bend the knee.

00:30:55.000 There's a lot of competitors.

00:30:56.000 So you go to DC.

00:30:58.000 I suppose my question is, what promises can you make?

00:31:01.000 How are you not going to get corrupted by leadership?

00:31:03.000 I know you well enough that you're not going to be, but tell us, tell our listeners about that.

00:31:07.000 One of the biggest things that I pride myself on is that I don't just take any money.

00:31:11.000 I'm actually very careful about PAC money that I do take.

00:31:15.000 I do that because Turning Point, absolutely.

00:31:18.000 But I say that because what I found is by the time people get into office, many of them are controlled because they're controlled by the DC delete, the Beltway, Washington, D.C. money.

00:31:28.000 I've been fortunate enough to be able to fundraise off of a national voting base and many people within my community who realize that I am a true conservative.

00:31:36.000 I promise everyone listening that I will never bend the knee on pro-life issues.

00:31:40.000 I will never bend the knee on Second Amendment issues.

00:31:42.000 The Second Amendment is one of the most important amendments.

00:31:45.000 It protects all of us in the entire Constitution.

00:31:48.000 But also, too, I am vehemently anti-communist and anti-globalist.

00:31:51.000 And I actually, when I met with President Trump, I told him that.

00:31:55.000 And so I think that you'll be able to see in who I'm fighting, the attacks that will be used against me, that I'm clearly not a part of the good old boy system. 0.90

00:32:03.000 And if I was, they wouldn't be working so hard against me to keep me out.

00:32:06.000 That's smart.

00:32:07.000 And that's exactly what is necessary.

00:32:09.000 So in closing here, just talk about like the state of the Republican Party in general.

00:32:13.000 I feel that they're out of touch with their voters on a lot of key issues.

00:32:16.000 You mentioned tech, definitely immigration, also kind of corporate issues as well.

00:32:22.000 I'm really pleased that you'll be very careful about what PAC money you take because a lot of these candidates will take money from anyone.

00:32:28.000 You can't do that.

00:32:29.000 It's a bribery system is really what it ends up being.

00:32:32.000 So talk about that.

00:32:33.000 So I can tell you that, like, let's talk on immigration, for example.

00:32:37.000 You know, the Republican Party under President Trump's leadership has had the largest show of support from the Hispanic demographic in a very, very long time.

00:32:46.000 I think the only other president previous to that was President Bush, but Donald Trump blew it out of the water with the Hispanic Demographic. 0.97

00:32:52.000 What we're seeing right now is the Republican Party, instead of, I think, hammering those issues, hammering the issues of human trafficking, what happens when you have an open border, they're not being as vocal.

00:33:02.000 It's organizations like Turning Point USA that are really taking the lead on that.

00:33:05.000 And I do believe that the Republican Party needs to get better at doing outreach to the Hispanic demographic.

00:33:10.000 And I'll tell you why.

00:33:11.000 Just this past week, I actually had a MSNBC film crew come down and film me.

00:33:18.000 And a lot of people kind of cringe when they say IMSNBC.

00:33:20.000 The agreement was that I would let them film me if I could film them so that they couldn't cut the content.

00:33:25.000 They proceeded to debate with me and tell me that human trafficking, specifically child trafficking, was not an issue at the U.S.-Mexico border.

00:33:33.000 Anyone with a bunch of people?

00:33:34.000 Have they been to Yuma?

00:33:35.000 Yes, have they been there?

00:33:36.000 But they're doing that because they realize that a lot of people will just turn on the TV and absorb it, not verify, not look into it.

00:33:42.000 So I debated those issues.

00:33:44.000 But the Republican Party with this whole, I guess, notion of going up to DC to get along is going to kill us.

00:33:51.000 Okay.

00:33:51.000 We can't do that.

00:33:52.000 Yeah, I totally agree.

00:33:53.000 And so you have to be a fighter.

00:33:54.000 I think that the Republican Party through Turning Point USA will have very good rebranding.

00:33:59.000 And I think that that rebranding will help save the Republic.

00:34:02.000 And also too, you know, what I found is that we need to work with candidates who might not necessarily fit the mold of what a traditional politician would be.

00:34:11.000 It shouldn't be that DC is the party of politicians and of people that basically have never had real life experiences.

00:34:17.000 That's exactly right.

00:34:18.000 And so that's what you guys are really doing.

00:34:20.000 And that's, I think, why, you know, you, you are going to be very instrumental in this next election cycle.

00:34:24.000 Thank you.

00:34:24.000 Yeah.

00:34:24.000 I mean, through Turning Point Action, for sure.

00:34:26.000 We have to be careful what words we use.

00:34:29.000 But yeah, Turning Point Pack and all that, I think, and Turning Point Action, where, look, we want to try to help the good guys and girls, and you're one of them.

00:34:36.000 We believe the difference is between a man and woman.

00:34:38.000 You can define a woman.

00:34:39.000 That's the last question.

00:34:40.000 Ana, what is a woman? 1.00

00:34:42.000 Double X chromosome.

00:34:44.000 Women can give birth and men cannot. 1.00

00:34:47.000 And that's science.

00:34:48.000 Yeah, that's right.

00:34:48.000 What is your website for people to help you out?

00:34:50.000 People can head over to www.voteapl.com.

00:34:54.000 That's alphapapalima.com.

00:34:56.000 So vote, www.vot.com.

00:35:00.000 Okay.

00:35:00.000 Thank you, Anna.

00:35:01.000 Please donate.

00:35:02.000 You got it.

00:35:05.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.

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The Charlie Kirk Show - April 02, 2022

Three, Young, Conservative Candidates for Congress Who Give Me Hope

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