Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - For Charlie

00:02:40.000 Hey guys.

00:02:42.000 Thanks for being here on this uh incredibly tragic evening.

00:02:46.000 As I posted earlier, I don't really even know how to begin to put into words the loss I'm feeling right now over the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

00:02:57.000 So we don't have the usual show planned for you.

00:03:02.000 Not doing the sponsors thing, you know, appreciate all your support of those guys.

00:03:06.000 This is just one of those that's just sort of personal to me.

00:03:08.000 I had to speak about it.

00:03:09.000 So I'll take some time to reflect on this senseless act of evil.

00:03:16.000 And then I'm going to take your guys' questions, but we're going to keep it to Charlie Kirk.

00:03:21.000 Don't, you know, don't go way down the rabbit hole on stuff unrelated.

00:03:24.000 I sort of wanted to be about my my buddy.

00:03:26.000 Uh, I'll give you guys the latest updates on the investigation uh as best I can.

00:03:31.000 Uh, and hopefully all of us find a way to digest this moment and figure out what's next. 0.98

00:03:39.000 Um I know from the comments I've seen online today, from everything I'm seeing even in uh in the feed already, it's going fast, but uh people are just sick of this shit. 0.97

00:03:51.000 Uh, it only ever goes one way, it comes from the left, they preach tolerance, they do the opposite. 0.97

00:03:58.000 Uh, and when you think about Charlie, um, who is nicer than Charlie?

00:04:05.000 Who was kinder than Charlie?

00:04:06.000 Who was more gentle than Charlie?

00:04:08.000 I couldn't even get Charlie to go hunting with me because you know, that just wasn't his thing.

00:04:11.000 He was a friendly guy who did things with conversation and with discourse.

00:04:17.000 Uh, he had those conversations, and he took it into hostile territory, no doubt.

00:04:21.000 He actually did the opposite of what everyone does in politics, which is they go to their comfort zone, you know, they go to their little vacuums and bubbles and they preach to the choir.

00:04:31.000 You know, they tell everyone who already agrees with everything that is saying what they want.

00:04:34.000 Charlie did the opposite.

00:04:35.000 He went to places where conservatives didn't dare go.

00:04:41.000 I remember when I first met Charlie back in this was the end of 2015.

00:04:48.000 We started this campaign.

00:04:49.000 We had really no idea what was going on.

00:04:51.000 I mean, I got to Iowa for the Iowa caucuses.

00:04:53.000 I was like, what's a caucus guys?

00:04:54.000 They're like, here, here's a mic.

00:04:56.000 Uh go dance like a monkey.

00:04:57.000 Do your thing.

00:04:58.000 Uh, but a couple friends at the time who were, you know, not political guys, just business guys that were buddies of mine from college, and they wanted to help out.

00:05:08.000 They were like, hey, man, you really got to meet this guy.

00:05:10.000 He's great.

00:05:10.000 He knows so much about politics.

00:05:12.000 He knows so much about this.

00:05:12.000 He, you know, it's incredible.

00:05:14.000 I was like, okay, tell me more.

00:05:15.000 That sounds really good.

00:05:16.000 Need more.

00:05:16.000 This, that, and the other.

00:05:17.000 Tell me a little bit more.

00:05:18.000 Okay.

00:05:18.000 Well, he's 21 years old.

00:05:20.000 I'm like, wait, wait, what?

00:05:21.000 Guys, like, I remember telling him I was like, hey, man, the one thing we don't have a shortage of in uh this campaign is guys that have no idea what they're doing.

00:05:31.000 I mean, it was just so foreign to us.

00:05:33.000 We had a good message, we had a great messenger.

00:05:35.000 Uh, but like, I we we don't need another person that doesn't know anything.

00:05:38.000 Like, we we got we got plenty of that.

00:05:40.000 Uh these guys were buddies, so they were pretty persuasive.

00:05:44.000 Uh said, why don't you sit down, sit down with the guy, give it a couple minutes, let's see what happens.

00:05:50.000 Reluctantly, I took the meeting, and in five minutes, I was like, this guy knows everything.

00:05:54.000 It's incredible.

00:05:55.000 Uh, and to watch, you know, Charlie take on every role then.

00:06:00.000 I mean, from fundraising, speaking to carrying bags and um yeah, getting coffee.

00:06:10.000 It it didn't matter.

00:06:11.000 Uh the guy was there uh every step of the way.

00:06:14.000 There was no task that was too big or too small.

00:06:17.000 Uh he was just truly uh an epic guy that way.

00:06:21.000 And it it was just such a shame.

00:06:24.000 It was also so incredible to see him grow over the years.

00:06:27.000 I mean, speaking at the original turning point events, you know, if you got 50 people in a room, it was a lot.

00:06:32.000 If you got, you know, 200, 300 at one of the big annual events, it was like, ooh, well, look at this.

00:06:37.000 You know, when I was speaking there this last December at SAS or in Tampa a few short weeks ago, um, you know, I think it was 7,000 in Tampa, and my father wasn't even going to be there.

00:06:48.000 At SAS, it was like 12 or 16,000.

00:06:51.000 Uh, you know, and I wasn't even like the warm-up act for my dad.

00:06:54.000 I was like two days before, and it was already packed.

00:06:56.000 Uh, it's just truly truly incredible what he was able to accomplish for a 31-year-old father of two.

00:07:04.000 I mean, he did more in that 31 years than most people would do in multiple lifetimes.

00:07:09.000 Uh I guess that's what I was saying, you know, Charlie wasn't just a friend.

00:07:12.000 He was at the time he was like a little brother to me.

00:07:15.000 I mean, it was this young guy.

00:07:16.000 He was pretty knowledgeable, uh, but you know, sort of understood other things and how the world worked and sort of helping him with the fundraising operation, trying to help him, you know, grow it.

00:07:25.000 But it really became uh, you know, one of those where maybe maybe I end up being like a little brother to him uh in the end.

00:07:33.000 But he he was that like brother to millions of people around the world.

00:07:38.000 Um just a true patriot, uh, a great American and friend.

00:07:45.000 And it was it was a rough, rough 24 hours.

00:07:51.000 Um I'm having a little problem over here on the feed, but I I think we can all agree that he was an inspiration.

00:08:01.000 Uh he was one of the most courageous principled men I've known.

00:08:07.000 And he lived every day with a purpose.

00:08:09.000 I mean, like I said, he he had the guts to go into the Lions Den.

00:08:12.000 He was there when we we've gotten threats before.

00:08:15.000 I mean, the last time I got a threat with him, I guess it was more on me, was back in Arizona right before the election uh this year, but you know, he got it daily.

00:08:27.000 Um, and he went out there and did it anyway.

00:08:29.000 And that was because of his faith.

00:08:31.000 His faith in God was unshakable.

00:08:35.000 Uh, his love for Erica and his kids was inspiring.

00:08:38.000 Uh, the way he really adored and cared for uh his two beautiful kids truly showed the kind of man he was.

00:08:48.000 And you know, he was a unique guy.

00:08:50.000 Charlie dedicated his life to something bigger than himself.

00:08:54.000 He fought tirelessly for this country for the values that make America great.

00:09:00.000 Uh and really for that next generation that he believed in so much and that uh he really moved the needle with.

00:09:08.000 He was civil, he was kind, he listened and he responded with respect.

00:09:15.000 You know, the when they talk about Charlie as a threat, and you've seen all those liberal NGOs, you know, oh my god, domestic terror threat.

00:09:22.000 I mean, the only threat Charlie ever posed was that he was incredibly effective.

00:09:27.000 He was great at what he did.

00:09:29.000 He was a powerful messenger of truth, and people heard that truth.

00:09:34.000 And that's what made him a target.

00:09:36.000 The fact that he could go into hostile territory and give someone else the mic on his platform.

00:09:42.000 Uh no one does that.

00:09:43.000 Everyone whoard their platforms for themselves.

00:09:45.000 He gave his ardent, his most ardent detractors, he gave them the mic on his platform to millions of people.

00:09:54.000 And then he talked and he spoke to him, and you could see it.

00:09:59.000 Even even his biggest haters, they may not have always agreed with him, but I think they end up respecting it.

00:10:05.000 And I think the real purpose of all of that was the people that showed up on these college campuses, you know, those tours that I've done so many times.

00:10:14.000 The people that showed up that came there with an open mind, those were the people.

00:10:19.000 When they heard the arguments of the left and they heard Charlie, they were like, ow, like no-brainer.

00:10:23.000 It's why he swung, you know, 40 something percent with you know, young males and you know, 25% or so, you know, overall in just the youth vote. 0.95

00:10:33.000 Because once you heard the ideas of the left articulated, you're like, wow, not only are they bad ideas, they're absolutely ridiculous. 1.00

00:10:42.000 They're asinine. 0.98

00:10:44.000 Uh, you know, the impact he had on young people, reaching them in masses, giving them courage to stand up, making us unafraid, but letting people get out there and learn to think for themselves and to fight for freedom. 0.97

00:10:56.000 Uh was really as profound as it gets.

00:11:00.000 My father said earlier that he was a giant of a generation, and I I really believe that to be true.

00:11:05.000 He's uh uh a truly a generational talent.

00:11:10.000 Um there's no question that Charlie's work and his voice helped my father win the presidency.

00:11:16.000 Uh he changed the direction of a nation uh in in such a positive way.

00:11:22.000 Charlie's legacy doesn't end here, though, guys.

00:11:25.000 As long as we don't let it.

00:11:26.000 Uh he poured into millions of young people uh the will to carry forward the torch that he lit.

00:11:36.000 He built something that will outlast him because it was grounded in faith, in truth, and in courage.

00:11:44.000 Uh as many of you know, today's also uh the 24th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, and our hearts are even heavier.

00:11:52.000 Uh on September 11th, 2001.

00:11:56.000 Uh certainly we all felt the, I think the whole world felt that everything suddenly changed forever.

00:12:03.000 Uh and the assassination of Charlie.

00:12:06.000 Um makes it really feel that way too.

00:12:15.000 It's a hard one for me.

00:12:17.000 I I don't do the soft stuff so well.

00:12:19.000 If you need someone just to go and scream at people, I can do that pretty well.

00:12:21.000 That's what was so unique about Charlie.

00:12:23.000 He could stay calm, cool, collected.

00:12:26.000 Um, and again, that's why they went after him.

00:12:30.000 You know, he had radical ideas like maybe love your country and your family and your kids.

00:12:36.000 You know, the constitution is good, not evil.

00:12:39.000 Uh, you know, men can't be girls. 0.99

00:12:42.000 Men shouldn't play in women's sports. 1.00

00:12:44.000 I mean, I know you're radical concepts like that.

00:12:47.000 But that was enough.

00:12:49.000 Moments like this also remind us how fragile life is.

00:12:55.000 Um I remember talking to him, what was it, two, three days ago, literally planning to do, you know, be part of this same college campus tour.

00:13:04.000 Uh I was gonna do events with him, and we're figuring out dates that work, you know, trying to sync up our schedules to make sure that could happen.

00:13:11.000 Um, so when I got that news yesterday, it was uh it was brutal.

00:13:15.000 I think I think I was the guy that probably broke it to my father.

00:13:18.000 You know, we'd heard obviously he'd heard he was shot, and he called me um to see what it was that like.

00:13:24.000 And initially, you know, we heard, you know, hey, he's at the hospital and he's getting blood and he's stable.

00:13:30.000 And it's like, man, you know, thank God.

00:13:32.000 If if it was one person that could could take that and harness all his energy and his faith to come back and utilize that terrible experience to be able to teach people, it would have been Charlie.

00:13:46.000 Um, and I I heard from some of the guys on the turning point team that were there a little bit later, probably 40 minutes or so later, uh, that Charlie didn't make it.

00:13:56.000 And my father just called, you know, randomly called me to follow back up just to check if I know anything else.

00:14:03.000 And it was literally like two minutes after I got that call.

00:14:05.000 And so I think I was the guy that you know broke uh that news to him.

00:14:10.000 Uh I think I think it's so incredible that my father is going to give Charlie the presidential medal of freedom, because I think if there's someone who's earned it and uh did it, it's him.

00:14:22.000 So I will honor him every day by continuing to speak truth without fear, to speak with confidence and courage, uh, to find a better way to build the future of our country.

00:14:38.000 That was that was his mission.

00:14:40.000 And if we can get that out of this experience and continue that legacy and remain unafraid.

00:14:49.000 I know that's a common theme here on the show.

00:14:51.000 We talk about that all the time.

00:14:52.000 I mean, I think I started that with Charlie in 16, where you get in a room and we'd sit with people and they're like, yeah, we love everything you're saying.

00:14:57.000 It's like, so, you know, guys, like, can you maybe go out and say, oh, we can't say it.

00:15:03.000 There's that's a consequence for that.

00:15:05.000 And you know, there is.

00:15:07.000 Uh, there really is.

00:15:08.000 More more so today than perhaps we ever knew.

00:15:11.000 Um, but he kept going and he never stopped.

00:15:16.000 So, you know, I'll go on to everyone uh in the chat in a moment and give you an opportunity, perhaps to share stories if you guys have them.

00:15:24.000 Uh as I said, you know, let's keep it to Charlie Kirk turning point, that mission.

00:15:30.000 I know I haven't done a you know an AMA in a little while.

00:15:33.000 It's just it's been a little bit crazy.

00:15:34.000 I've been on the road a lot, and so uh sometimes a little harder to do.

00:15:38.000 Uh I'm on the road right now, but it's I just you know, I had to do this one and I wanted to open it up to you guys, but let's let's keep it on point and on topic uh for now.

00:15:46.000 And I promise I'll I'll get back to you know, fairly regular AMAs uh when we can.

00:15:51.000 But you know, as far as far as the investigation goes, the FBI today released two photos of a person of interest.

00:15:59.000 Um if you guys see anything, uh, you know, hopefully you can share that picture uh and you know get it out there.

00:16:09.000 Uh but if you if you have any real tips, uh call the number 1800 call FBI 1800 C-A-L-L-F-B-I.

00:16:20.000 Uh you can also go to Tips.com.

00:16:22.000 Uh sorry, tips.fbi.gov, tips.fbi.gov. 1.00

00:16:28.000 Let's find this motherfucker. 0.99

00:16:30.000 Um enough is enough. 1.00

00:16:33.000 The authorities say they also uh had obtained foot palm forearm print linked to the crime, uh a rifle recovered uh uh in the hunt for the assassin uh reportedly contained ammo engraved with quote transgender and anti-fascist ideology, right?

00:16:52.000 You know, anti-fascist.

00:16:53.000 I mean, think of how anti-fascist you are to kill someone who disagrees with your opinion, who's not violent, who will go and actually try to have that conversation with you. 0.77

00:17:05.000 I mean, seems like the anti-fascists are actually fascists. 0.98

00:17:08.000 I really wish we we gotta stop calling these fucking clowns anti-fascists, because uh if anyone uh resembles the fascists, the brown coats, uh, it's certainly the anti-fascist movement. 0.99

00:17:22.000 Uh, but you know, that's the left, right? 0.99

00:17:24.000 Whatever the hell they, you know, it's sort of like Congress or the left, I guess.

00:17:26.000 Whatever the hell they call something, it's probably gonna do the exact opposite.

00:17:29.000 Uh the fact that it has transgender ideology doesn't surprise us. 0.95

00:17:33.000 Uh, and I'll continue to keep saying this because it's also true.

00:17:38.000 Seems like per capita, the radical transgender movement is has to be uh the most violent uh movement anywhere in the world. 1.00

00:17:48.000 Uh, I think they make Al-Qaeda and the Taliban seem calm again on a per capita basis, because you know, what is it, 0.02% of the population? 0.89

00:17:56.000 Like, you know, yet they seem to be beyond reproach.

00:18:00.000 No one in mainstream media will call them out. 0.99

00:18:05.000 Uh frankly, some of the sick bastards uh, you know, on uh on the mainstream media has been saying Charlie deserves this for having conversations. 0.99

00:18:15.000 He calls this. 0.99

00:18:16.000 He brought this upon himself.

00:18:17.000 He fomented the hate. 0.96

00:18:19.000 I mean, these people, truly, the people I call you, me, probably anyone watching, except for perhaps the trolls, um, Nazis and racist and fascist and uneducated, and you know, everything they could possibly throw at us for years.

00:18:37.000 Those people, they're the ones saying, Oh, you fomented hate by having a conversation where you were right with the facts.

00:18:42.000 Uh, where you know, when they told you to trust the science and the science didn't line up and didn't make any sense and clearly wasn't science.

00:18:49.000 Uh you called that out. 0.95

00:18:50.000 Oh my god, truly sick people.

00:18:53.000 So if you've watched any of that, uh, I bet you know what I mean.

00:18:58.000 If you haven't watched any of that, I recommend you do it.

00:19:01.000 Uh, I recommend you do it.

00:19:03.000 Because I promise you, whatever disdain you have for the left-wing media, it is not enough.

00:19:11.000 However, bad you think they are, they're so much worse.

00:19:16.000 Uh, truly, truly terrible people.

00:19:21.000 But, you know, that's gonna continue.

00:19:24.000 Um the investigation is ongoing, so we'll we'll update you as soon as we hopefully learn more.

00:19:32.000 Uh, hopefully that's sooner than later.

00:19:34.000 Uh, but I guess we will find out.

00:19:37.000 But I guess with that, uh, we can go to the live chat.

00:19:43.000 Uh, I'll start trying to take in some of your questions.

00:19:45.000 I'll try to, like I said, if you have questions, ask them like as questions.

00:19:49.000 Obviously, the feed's feed's blowing up.

00:19:53.000 Um pretty hard and fast, so I'm trying to keep up with it.

00:19:57.000 But yeah, no, it's it is demonic.

00:19:59.000 They are they are vile.

00:20:01.000 Um, I'm trying to read some of these, they're just you know, going through.

00:20:04.000 But let's see.

00:20:07.000 All the people laughed at the fact that Kirk was killed. 1.00

00:20:11.000 Uh, yeah, they're mentally ill. 0.99

00:20:12.000 I mean, think about it. 1.00

00:20:13.000 Yeah, they were laughing about it.

00:20:14.000 Oh, who cares?

00:20:15.000 I mean, think about it.

00:20:17.000 What were the things that he said that were so controversial?

00:20:19.000 He criticized the attacker of that young Ukrainian woman on the bus that was just sitting there on her phone minding her own business that was stabbed in the neck by a 14-time offender, released by a radical leftist judge.

00:20:30.000 You know, you know, 14 times.

00:20:32.000 I mean, we gotta give the guy another chance. 0.98

00:20:33.000 I mean, the same clowns were like, I can't believe you killed a boatload of narco-terrorists carrying fentanyl into the country that could kill tens of thousands of people. 0.98

00:20:41.000 We we must make sure we welcome them with open arms. 0.97

00:20:45.000 I'm sure they'll change their ways.

00:20:47.000 Uh we really live in in sick times.

00:20:51.000 Um I like this.

00:20:55.000 Let's see.

00:20:56.000 Uh Saf Glaser, a friend I never got the privilege to meet.

00:21:01.000 And I think that's really well said.

00:21:03.000 Charlie was like that.

00:21:04.000 I mean, you you didn't have to actually meet him to know who he was.

00:21:08.000 He wore that on his sleeve every day.

00:21:10.000 A good man, man of great faith.

00:21:13.000 Um, and I think maybe that's the the number one thing if we we get anything out of this.

00:21:17.000 What I think Charlie would have wanted is to make sure that the left does not get what they want by silencing us, by putting us in fear and having us hide in a corner uh and not having these conversations.

00:21:30.000 I mean, Charlie was so effective because he was willing to have those conversations, even again with those who didn't like him.

00:21:35.000 Um, that's such a fundamental part of our republic uh to be able to have that discourse.

00:21:43.000 I mean, Charlie literally said, uh, you know, basically, once the dialogue stops happening and starts to break, that's when the violence begins.

00:21:51.000 And he was right, because the other side's not interested in talking.

00:21:57.000 They've shown that to that same leftist media.

00:22:00.000 The violence, it goes both ways.

00:22:02.000 It doesn't go both ways.

00:22:04.000 It doesn't go both ways, okay? 1.00

00:22:05.000 That's bullshit. 1.00

00:22:06.000 It goes one way. 1.00

00:22:07.000 It comes from Democrats.

00:22:09.000 Okay, they sow the seeds on TV every day, and they get the most radical within their agenda to act out on it.

00:22:16.000 Okay, we talked about this when they tried doing it to my father twice.

00:22:20.000 And honestly, I'm sick of it.

00:22:21.000 I'm sick of having to have that conversation with my five young kids.

00:22:25.000 The first two times was about their grandfather almost getting killed.

00:22:30.000 Yesterday, you know, before I could before I could even call them, they were still, I guess, finishing up school and sports and whatever it was, before I even could get to them, you know, my 12-year-old son Spencer calls me.

00:22:41.000 They killed Charlie.

00:22:42.000 It's like, oh Jesus.

00:22:44.000 You know, uh wasn't ready to have that conversation for a third time in like 14 months.

00:22:51.000 Uh, you know, then my son Donnie followed up and daughter Kai and Tristan, uh, you know, go dead, you know, when's the funeral can we go?

00:23:00.000 Uh, you know, these are young kids.

00:23:02.000 I mean 12, 13 years old, my two youngest sons, and I mean they're calling, wondering about it because they actually watched him.

00:23:12.000 I mean, they saw it watching some of his stuff and other conservative stuff online.

00:23:17.000 I mean, that's that's how impactful he was.

00:23:18.000 He wasn't, you know, the 87-year-old Republican guy going to speak to a room of Republican donors.

00:23:24.000 I mean, it was Charlie who spoke to everyone who went out there, who made that happen, who opened uh the umbrella uh of conservatism to so many others to be able to come in.

00:23:35.000 Um it's it's bad.

00:23:39.000 Yeah, I'm seeing this one from Bakawa, and it's in quotes, so I'm assuming they're being it's not their fault. 0.99

00:23:46.000 They are mentally disgusting. 0.95

00:23:48.000 Uh yes, they are, but it is their fault because we've allowed it to happen. 1.00

00:23:52.000 We've allowed them to be violent towards us uh across the board.

00:24:00.000 Uh we've so many of us have we must be accepting, we must be a tolerant.

00:24:08.000 Like, honestly, man, that that's getting old.

00:24:10.000 Never would advocate uh for violence. 1.00

00:24:16.000 Um, but these sick bastards should not be roaming the streets if they're doing these kinds of things. 1.00

00:24:22.000 So uh okay, here's the one, you know. 1.00

00:24:25.000 Advice to a younger person wanting to get into politics right now.

00:24:29.000 Do it.

00:24:30.000 Take that step.

00:24:31.000 You know, if you're young and you're still in school or high school or college, like join a turning point chapter.

00:24:35.000 I mean, the the biggest like I don't think anyone I don't think anyone can fill Charlie's shoes by themselves.

00:24:44.000 Not yet.

00:24:45.000 Uh I I think it's the first time perhaps we've ever had you know a bench, uh, which is nice.

00:24:51.000 And I think Charlie was a big part of that bench, uh, and you know, and helped create that bench.

00:24:57.000 But get involved, join a turning point chapter, keep listening.

00:25:02.000 The one the one thing that's great about Charlie Man, he did this stuff day in and day out.

00:25:05.000 So there's so much material, and it's evergreen stuff.

00:25:08.000 It's not, you know, it's not stuff that has to relate to you know, the next thing that happens next week.

00:25:15.000 It so many of the lessons that he talked about and his faith and all these things, these are enduring concepts that will stick around.

00:25:22.000 You know, my my kids, your kids, my you know, my grandkids could watch Charlie, the way he conducted himself and handled himself, uh, and and then even talking about the facts, those will remain germane for four years uh and decades to come.

00:25:38.000 So there is not someone that can replace Charlie, but I think if we all get involved, uh, again to the advice of the younger people, if we all get involved, if we all you know, pick up what we're good at and stay out there and don't let them silence us, that's number one.

00:25:55.000 And I think if we do that, um, even if it's not, you know, one Charlie Kirk, but maybe 30 guys doing one thirtieth or 100 guys doing 1%, 1,000 guys doing 0.1%.

00:26:07.000 Um, if we all do that and band together, uh we can we can win.

00:26:15.000 You see that he proved it.

00:26:17.000 If we can talk about these facts, if we can get it out there, we can do that.

00:26:20.000 So I'd say, you know, number one, if you're younger person wanting to get involved, you know, get in the game, join a turning point chapter, start having these conversations.

00:26:29.000 You can do that respectfully, but you know, we we have to be unafraid.

00:26:33.000 They want us afraid, they want us in fear, they want to silence us.

00:26:38.000 And the, you know, and they've shown I get it.

00:26:40.000 It's it's not easy, trust me.

00:26:41.000 I I think about these things every time I get on some of those stages myself.

00:26:45.000 Um, you know, I've opened up my fair shore of white powder substance envelopes with hate mail and uh, you know, other things like that.

00:26:52.000 Um it's not fun.

00:26:54.000 Frankly, it can be it can be outright scary, but what's even more Scary uh than that is what happens if we don't do it.

00:27:08.000 What happens if we uh if we don't get involved, if we don't stay in the game.

00:27:14.000 Um that's that's truly scary because that's that's not just a generational effect, that's a civilizational change.

00:27:22.000 That's the end of Western civilization. 0.80

00:27:25.000 Um if these lunatics uh get to get to take over and and we sit there silent.

00:27:31.000 Um, I I told the story about what I remembered sort of first meeting, Charlie, you know, back in 2016.

00:27:37.000 That was it was pretty funny because again, it was I was reluctant to even take the meeting.

00:27:41.000 I was like, you know, I did I didn't need uh I didn't we didn't need that uh at the time, but um what I remember you know most about him was just that passion, uh his zeal, his faith.

00:27:55.000 Um, you know, he went into those hostile environments each and every day because he believed, and I believe uh he was serving a higher purpose.

00:28:04.000 I think we all probably believe that as well.

00:28:08.000 Um and so his ability to do that, to do that day in and day out to work.

00:28:13.000 Uh I mean, I guess his work ethic is uh second to none and maybe tied with my father.

00:28:19.000 Uh, but the guy was a machine.

00:28:21.000 So uh we can learn from that.

00:28:24.000 We can remember that uh, you know, we we can do those things too.

00:28:29.000 Um this is from DJ Cross 55.

00:28:33.000 Uh I'm from Montreal, uh QC Canada, I guess that's Quebec.

00:28:38.000 Uh, and I hope and pray there's a turning point chapter in Quebec or in Canada, R.I.P. Charlie Kirk.

00:28:45.000 I'm sure there is.

00:28:47.000 Um, I you know, I don't know.

00:28:49.000 You know, Canada has its own problems uh as well.

00:28:53.000 But you know, honestly, some of these ideas, these principles, uh, it's not about USA and everyone else, or like these are things that uh, you know, man, uh Western Europe could use some of, and some of these other places that we thought were great bastions of freedom and democracy and yada yada yada.

00:29:13.000 Uh no, we were wrong.

00:29:15.000 We learned that during COVID, right?

00:29:16.000 I mean, you would have said, you know, England and Europe and uh Australia and New Zealand, like Canada, I mean, they're all great bastions of freedom and expression and wrong, wrong.

00:29:29.000 Uh that hasn't been the case in a while. 0.71

00:29:32.000 Now that you know that they're more likely to jail uh a mother of a daughter who was raped uh for calling out their attackers and maybe saying a mean name about them than they are the rapists who raped her daughter.

00:29:45.000 I mean, that's feels like it's happening every day.

00:29:47.000 I think that those the the mother who's calling them out serves a larger jail sentence for her commentary on social media than the rapists. 1.00

00:29:57.000 It's it's absolutely sick, and this can't stand, guys.

00:30:00.000 We can't uh we can't we can't keep doing that.

00:30:06.000 Well, when are we gonna call and classify Antifa as a terrorist organization?

00:30:10.000 These violent people need to be rounded up.

00:30:12.000 I haven't been this torn up in a long time.

00:30:14.000 This one hurts.

00:30:15.000 Uh that's D R T Y B D 78.

00:30:21.000 I tried reading that one, but I Dr. Ty 78.

00:30:26.000 Um I don't know.

00:30:28.000 Um that's a good question.

00:30:29.000 Uh hopefully, you know, the FBI is thinking about that, because you know, again, um if you if you look at things per capita, I mean, Antifa is not a peaceful protest organization.

00:30:39.000 They've burned down entire cities, they've caused billions in damage, they've murdered people.

00:30:43.000 I mean, uh this is not just someone who disagrees with our our points.

00:30:48.000 Uh the these are these are bad people.

00:30:50.000 So you gotta figure that out.

00:30:52.000 I don't know how that works domestically.

00:30:53.000 It's a little different when you go after the drug cartels than you do a you know a domestic organization.

00:30:57.000 And again, when you have the cover of mainstream media and you have the cover of big tech and they're running and pretending that, oh no, they're just they're just have a different opinion.

00:31:05.000 I mean, it you know, it's very different, as we said earlier.

00:31:08.000 The violence only comes from one side.

00:31:10.000 Uh, and hopefully enough people wake up. 0.97

00:31:13.000 Maybe if what they did to my father wasn't enough, maybe this is to get people to wake up to understand that and to call it out uh and to call out the hypocrisy from those leftist clowns uh and propagandists, because that's a big deal. 0.97

00:31:28.000 Let's see. 0.70

00:31:29.000 Uh younger people are reflecting or are rejecting leftism more and more, and now uh should be even more.

00:31:37.000 Uh Listen, I think younger people should have probably never been leftist, but the problem is they were indoctrinated from such a young age.

00:31:44.000 They, you know, every class, I mean, I saw it happening in places in kindergartens and elementary schools.

00:31:50.000 Um, you know, so it takes a guy like a Charlie to be able to go there and actually talk to them and be like, wait a second. 0.98

00:31:58.000 You mean everything I've heard for twenty twenty years is total horseshit? 0.99

00:32:01.000 Like it's it's it's nonsense. 0.99

00:32:03.000 That's hard.

00:32:04.000 You know, when we started some of these college campus tours, uh I mean, it it was rough.

00:32:10.000 I mean, I uh the question I always asked when we opened up those things, um, was basically, hey guys, you know, if you're in this audience right now, you know, raise your hand if you think your teachers would penalize you uh for being here if they found out universally.

00:32:30.000 Every hand, every hand in the room went up.

00:32:34.000 You know, those guys knew there was a consequence to that.

00:32:36.000 Um and they were there anyway. 0.97

00:32:40.000 Uh one once you hear that truth, you realize that the the house of cards of leftist ideas are just it's it's so I mean it's again, it's asinine, right?

00:32:48.000 It's not even like, okay, maybe it's a different take. 1.00

00:32:50.000 No, it's just idiocy. 0.96

00:32:52.000 Um, and so when you do have that dialogue and you do it respectfully, again, maybe the lunatic that's having the conversation with you may be not getting it, but the millions of people who are watching when Charlie did the you know, prove me wrong tours, uh they got it right away. 0.98

00:33:09.000 Uh they they saw it and it made a difference.

00:33:15.000 So the best way to honor Charlie and his legacy uh would be to continue to do that.

00:33:20.000 Uh this is a horrible.

00:33:22.000 How are you able to do this podcast?

00:33:24.000 You're so strong.

00:33:25.000 I don't know if I'm that strong.

00:33:26.000 I I think I generally think of myself as fairly strong.

00:33:29.000 This last 24 hours or so has been uh has been pretty brutal.

00:33:34.000 I you know, I don't I guess when you've been messed with the way they try doing to me for so long, you sort of get numbed to so much.

00:33:42.000 And yet this is one of those instances.

00:33:44.000 Uh perhaps, you know, perhaps my father when that when that was going on, I guess is comparable, but you know, I found out he was okay within two hours.

00:33:53.000 So it was it was a long, a long two hours, but you know, I had two hours of not knowing, then you know the next 22 hours of knowing one of my closest friends on the world with two young kids and an incredible wife and a great organization and millions of friends and fans and followers uh was assassinated in cold blood because people didn't like that he used words. 0.98

00:34:15.000 Uh so I I don't know that I'm that strong, but I'm not gonna let these fuckers win um by shutting up or by going into hiding, um, or by you know not being out there. 0.97

00:34:28.000 So uh that that's it's easy to do, frankly, probably would be understandable, but I think that's the surest way they win. 0.99

00:34:37.000 If we let them bully us into that silence, uh that's how they win.

00:34:43.000 And you know, we we simply uh can't allow that to happen.

00:34:47.000 So uh I think we have to you know follow Charlie's example and and get out there and put ourselves in uncomfortable situations and watch out for each other.

00:34:58.000 And uh I think maybe the the bigger thing I've seen so much lately is we also have to, you know, uh you you've probably all seen the meme.

00:35:09.000 No one is coming to save you, guys.

00:35:12.000 No one.

00:35:13.000 Okay.

00:35:14.000 The left, you know, they're like the Borg, right?

00:35:16.000 They're like a fungus.

00:35:18.000 They all just sort of do the same thing and they follow it.

00:35:20.000 There's no, you know, there's no individuality, there's none of that.

00:35:22.000 I mean, no one's coming to save you.

00:35:24.000 Learn how to defend yourself.

00:35:27.000 Uh learn how to take care of yourself, learn about situational awareness.

00:35:32.000 Um, you know, it perhaps a little bit easier um for me to say because now secret service detail and all this stuff.

00:35:43.000 I didn't for the first five months of the administration, I just didn't want to live that way, and I don't really like living that way.

00:35:48.000 Incredible guys love them all, but you know, I'm like driving my own truck and carrying my own stuff and uh you know being able to go under the radar if I want to a little bit because I'm just casual and no one's expecting me in that crowd.

00:36:01.000 It's a little harder when the like swarm of people around.

00:36:04.000 But um even still, I think what what yesterday proved, and I knew Charlie's guys and his security team really well, and he had that because he had a lot of real threats and he was in the bad positions a lot of time.

00:36:15.000 None of that matters.

00:36:16.000 So we we also got to take it upon ourselves to learn how to do that because no one's ever coming to save you.

00:36:23.000 A big part of that conservative mindset is going to be that individualism of being able to take care of yourself and do that.

00:36:30.000 So something I've always believed in and thinks really important.

00:36:34.000 I think we all we all have to do that as well.

00:36:36.000 So let's see.

00:36:40.000 Okay.

00:36:43.000 Let's see.

00:36:48.000 I'm so disgusted at the devolution of this country.

00:36:51.000 Charlie was a voice of logic who approached higher education and the free exchange of ideas the appropriate way.

00:36:57.000 Yeah.

00:36:58.000 I mean, one of the things Charlie was most proud of even in talking to him was that he didn't go to college.

00:37:03.000 Now, Charlie, uh I guess he did a little bit of time at a community college.

00:37:07.000 Before that, he was a good student in high school, obviously a very bright guy, uh, good athlete.

00:37:12.000 Uh he applied to West Point and got rejected.

00:37:15.000 Uh now when he was applying, this is probably 15, 16, this is probably the end of Obama.

00:37:21.000 Uh uh a lot of the woke nonsense was getting in there.

00:37:24.000 I imagine he didn't check enough boxes off.

00:37:26.000 You know, he's a uh intelligent, articulate, uh, white male.

00:37:31.000 So that that probably was a probably a strike against him at that time, got rejected.

00:37:37.000 He wanted to serve his country, and I think he found a much better way to do that uh for himself.

00:37:43.000 But um, he didn't get in.

00:37:46.000 And with that rejection, he didn't just again crawl into a corner and roll into a ball and suck his thumb and cry for mommy.

00:37:54.000 Uh he went out there and he created something.

00:37:58.000 Uh he created a movement, uh, you know, maybe maybe second only to the overall MAGA movement.

00:38:05.000 He was he was a big part of it.

00:38:06.000 I mean, in this last election, I think um, you know, he single-handedly probably won us Arizona, meaning him and his team, um, probably Wisconsin.

00:38:15.000 Uh certainly uh the incredible shift you saw in the you know demographics of the youth vote, you know, going conservative and you know, you know, understanding. 0.79

00:38:24.000 And again, that it's not like you know, okay, well, now you're getting a paycheck and maybe you get it and you're paying taxes for you know for transgender surgeries and you know Mogadishu or whatever the stuff we you know, all the crap we found out from USAID. 0.53

00:38:36.000 It's like, no, these were people before they even got to that point, before they were even on the hook for the nonsense and the waste and the abuse and the fraud, most of it probably channeled back to Democrat fundraising operations.

00:38:47.000 Um, he did that on his own and he was able to influence people before they even got a taste of that and and literally undo 20 years of programming.

00:38:58.000 I mean, think of how incredible that is.

00:39:00.000 Um so uh that that's a really big deal, and and and it and a true feat.

00:39:07.000 Uh how can we support turning point and make it even stronger?

00:39:12.000 Sign up for a chapter.

00:39:14.000 Uh, you know, get your kids involved if you have kids.

00:39:19.000 Um, you know, donate, make sure those programs can keep going, that they're funded. 0.99

00:39:24.000 Um stay active, stay involved, get off your asses and vote. 0.98

00:39:29.000 This is this is the thing. 0.98

00:39:31.000 And Charlie was so good at articulating and did such a good job of this in so many places.

00:39:35.000 You know, I remember I guess it was January.

00:39:39.000 I did an event with him where he's like, hey man, like we got to get up to Wisconsin.

00:39:43.000 There's a special election.

00:39:44.000 You know, I didn't I I didn't know about it, and I kind of do this stuff.

00:39:46.000 And I mean, I heard about it I guess peripherally, but I was like, well, what are we gonna do?

00:39:50.000 You know, he got people engaged and involved because you know, we had won an election that we'd won Wisconsin in November, it's now January, and there's a special election which basically would decide control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is about redistricting and you know, a lot of important things.

00:40:09.000 And we're like, no one's no one's showing up.

00:40:12.000 And like not to our event, our event was packed, but people showed up even to the Charlie Kirk event because I was gonna be there and because he was gonna be there.

00:40:18.000 And so what's going on?

00:40:19.000 I was like, dude, there's an election in like a couple of days.

00:40:22.000 Like, what do you you know?

00:40:23.000 Oh no, well, no, we won.

00:40:24.000 We got what we wanted like a couple weeks ago, like we're good, right?

00:40:26.000 Like the other side just was able to mobilize and radicalize And just, you know, we sit there, you know, if Trump's not on the ticket, right?

00:40:33.000 We got Trump.

00:40:34.000 It's like Trump can't do this by himself.

00:40:36.000 Uh, you've seen that.

00:40:38.000 I mean, you see the difference this time versus 16 because he's got a cabinet that supports him and actually you know believes in the message.

00:40:44.000 That's such a big deal.

00:40:45.000 But you know, it's like, well, you know, I don't know, we just voted a couple weeks ago, it's fine.

00:40:49.000 You know, that apathy uh, you know, is is what's gonna get us.

00:40:53.000 So get involved in those chapters, show up to the events, show up to the big ones.

00:40:58.000 I I promise you, no one no one does a better job of the production value than turning point, the team team there is spectacular.

00:41:04.000 And I know I know all those guys are gonna you know stay there and continue with that legacy.

00:41:09.000 But like, you know, if you have young kids, you know, bring them.

00:41:12.000 If you have friends, bring them.

00:41:14.000 Okay, they don't have to even be conservative, you know, bring them and let them experience it.

00:41:20.000 You know, you know, it'd be really nice.

00:41:22.000 How about like seeing like young kids, you know, teenage kids that like are joyous, not miserable, you know, purple-haired lunatics with you know body piercings all over their face because they're they're trying to get attention some other way that uh like if you see these kids, uh you'll be truly impressed.

00:41:43.000 It's really uh the best of America.

00:41:46.000 It is it's what we want all of our kids to probably, it's how we want them to turn out.

00:41:52.000 Um, you know, that's a really it's a really big deal.

00:41:55.000 And so uh stay involved, don't give up.

00:41:59.000 You know, this chapter, uh this chapter may have turned up, but the book is not even close uh to over.

00:42:06.000 Um, you know, there will be people that will end up stepping up and and coming through this and becoming that next, you know, hopefully generational voice.

00:42:15.000 I'm not saying that's gonna happen overnight.

00:42:16.000 I'm not saying that's gonna be easy.

00:42:18.000 Um, but you know, Charlie will never be forgotten.

00:42:22.000 Um, and most importantly, the mission will not be stopped.

00:42:27.000 If we do, if we say, I don't know, it's it's you know, it's just a little controversial.

00:42:31.000 We're working, you know, again, if you think what we've seen as of late is bad. 0.96

00:42:38.000 Imagine those clowns were in control. 0.66

00:42:41.000 You know, I mean, Charlie, they somebody I saw one of the great clips. 0.79

00:42:44.000 Um, I think we have a little montage at the end of this that we'll we'll put up here.

00:42:49.000 But you know, one of the clips is like, well, you know, why do you do this?

00:42:52.000 And like, I I sort of said it the same thing in 2020.

00:42:54.000 So why do I do this?

00:42:55.000 It's like, because if we don't do this, like we're gonna end up in the gulags.

00:42:58.000 And you know, you can have a you can have a one-on-one with me in the adjoining cell, not because we did anything wrong, but because um we're personal non grata.

00:43:08.000 Um from those guys.

00:43:11.000 And you know, can't do that.

00:43:16.000 Can't leave that country for our kids, uh, our loved ones.

00:43:20.000 Uh um just doesn't work.

00:43:23.000 Here's gold toys.

00:43:24.000 Uh Don, please be careful.

00:43:26.000 Our person can only do so much.

00:43:28.000 God bless you and your family.

00:43:30.000 Well, thank you very much.

00:43:30.000 I I really appreciate that.

00:43:32.000 That's it is true.

00:43:34.000 Um it's true.

00:43:36.000 Um, and I I just appreciate it.

00:43:39.000 But I promise you, I'll try to be careful, but never gonna stop.

00:43:43.000 Never gonna be silenced.

00:43:45.000 If anything, honestly, if anything, my resolve is even more than it has been.

00:43:48.000 And I've been out there pretty pretty hard for a long time, so that's never gonna change.

00:43:54.000 Uh Joel Select one.

00:43:57.000 Don't I have a lot to talk about, Charlie, but I just can't.

00:44:02.000 Yeah, I get that.

00:44:03.000 I think, you know, even yesterday, you know, I uh I was like, I'm traveling, so I was I'm in Europe.

00:44:09.000 Uh I was doing ironically speaking tour uh over here.

00:44:13.000 Uh so I got the news and it was you know late at night in the middle of dinner, and by the time I found out and by the time I got to bed, it was like 4 a.m., just all the stuff going on, and you know, I'm getting blown up.

00:44:22.000 Can you go on TV?

00:44:23.000 Can you do this?

00:44:23.000 Can you do that?

00:44:24.000 And I was like, uh honestly, man, I I don't want to.

00:44:27.000 I don't even want to be one like one of those guys clap chasing because you know, you knew someone and it's um so basically said no to everything.

00:44:34.000 And then some of the the heads of turning point were like, hey Don, uh they called me, it's like, can you please go on TV?

00:44:41.000 Because basically, you know, I guess, hey, maybe ill intentioned, maybe not, maybe innocent, whatever.

00:44:46.000 But it's like there's a lot of people going on TV being like they're Charlie Kirk's best friend, and we don't even know who these people are, and whether they're clout chasing or not, you know, who knows?

00:44:53.000 I'm not I don't I don't need to uh go down that road, but they're like, you know, you um Benny Johnson, Jack Pasobic, uh, Alex Marlowe from Bright Bart.

00:45:03.000 They're like, you're the like the four designated people that are able to speak on behalf of Turning Point.

00:45:08.000 So I spent most of the day today just, you know, on TV, on radio, on podcasts with Megan Kelly, and just talking about this to make sure that people understand.

00:45:21.000 And that's that's the other hard one.

00:45:23.000 The one like so someone asked me, you know, hey, you know, you the video of Charlie actually getting shot.

00:45:30.000 Do you think, you know, don't you think we should get that off the internet?

00:45:34.000 And you know, man, you know, I don't want my kids to see that.

00:45:37.000 I don't want his kids to see that.

00:45:39.000 Um his loved ones, but if you're of age, um go see it.

00:45:48.000 Um don't take it off the internet.

00:45:51.000 You have to understand what these people loosely, but these demons will do to someone they disagree with.

00:46:03.000 Again, you can't find a single thing that Charlie ever said that was violent or encouraging that or anything like that.

00:46:09.000 If they can be so radicalized to try to literally assassinate that kid in cold blood, uh, you probably owe yourself uh owe it to yourself to go watch that terrible thing, just so you understand.

00:46:27.000 Again, because you know, again, I it's I I liken it to me, like during Russia Russia, Russia.

00:46:32.000 When I was like, okay, well, you know, I know they're trying me for treason.

00:46:36.000 They want to throw me in jail for life.

00:46:37.000 The head of the intelligence committee in the Congress is saying, you know, I committed treason, which is a crime punishable by death, you know.

00:46:44.000 You're like, yeah, but I was like, there must have been something.

00:46:47.000 I know I didn't do anything, but like maybe I took a thousand selfies earlier today.

00:46:50.000 Maybe you know, someone came in the room and you know, it was Russian.

00:46:54.000 Like I literally wanted to believe um, you know, the FBI said it.

00:46:59.000 There must be some truth to that.

00:47:00.000 I mean, they're doing great.

00:47:02.000 Um, again, there's a difference between the door kickers and the bureaucracy.

00:47:05.000 There's a difference between the leaders today and the leaders, then okay, we understand all that, but like you still like the entire institution, like gent, and I'm sure they're bad apples, but like it had nope.

00:47:14.000 CIA, there must be something.

00:47:16.000 Nope.

00:47:19.000 There can be no pretense of objectivity anymore if you look at what's going on.

00:47:24.000 So make sure you see it.

00:47:26.000 So you just understand the length they will go to.

00:47:30.000 If they can do that to a Charlie, I mean, Charlie's, like I said, the sweetest, kindest, you know, of all the people I know in politics by a lot.

00:47:38.000 If they can do that to him, they'll do it to anyone.

00:47:41.000 They'll do it to your kids if they're standing in their way.

00:47:43.000 Perhaps the only reason they haven't is because they don't know their names.

00:47:46.000 Um watch it to understand the world in which we live.

00:47:50.000 And maybe that's the ultimate motivation to stay engaged, to stay involved, to not quit.

00:47:57.000 Um, and to really try to keep Charlie's legacy um alive um and going, because it's absolutely important.

00:48:07.000 So I guess with that, yeah, never easy.

00:48:13.000 So I know it's not often uh that you see me at a loss for words, but uh uh it's it's a difficult time.

00:48:21.000 I want to thank you uh for spending it with me.

00:48:24.000 I want to thank you for frankly just letting me just help get this off my chest a little bit.

00:48:30.000 It's you know, the five-minute TV interviews is just not quite the same.

00:48:34.000 Can't quite vent uh the same way.

00:48:36.000 It doesn't work that way.

00:48:37.000 This is truly an unimaginable loss.

00:48:40.000 Um for me, um, obviously for his family, uh, for everyone who loved him and and for America.

00:48:49.000 So rest in peace, buddy.

00:48:52.000 Um, you will be missed more than words can ever say, and your legacy will never be forgotten.

00:48:59.000 We're gonna keep fighting.

00:49:00.000 I have a feeling.

00:49:00.000 I don't know, man.

00:49:01.000 I'm reading the commentary.

00:49:02.000 It seems like seems like all of you um you're not giving up either.

00:49:07.000 So uh that's a really big deal.

00:49:08.000 Keep fighting the good fight, and God bless all of you.

00:49:11.000 Have a good night, guys.

00:49:13.000 I'll see you soon.

Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - September 11, 2025

For Charlie

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