Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - For Charlie

Sept. 11, 2025 - Triggered - Donald Trump Jr

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For Charlie

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	Hey guys.
	Thanks for being here on this uh incredibly tragic evening.
	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.
	So we don't have the usual show planned for you.
	Not doing the sponsors thing, you know, appreciate all your support of those guys.
	This is just one of those that's just sort of personal to me.
	I had to speak about it.
	So I'll take some time to reflect on this senseless act of evil.
	And then I'm going to take your guys' questions, but we're going to keep it to Charlie Kirk.
	Don't, you know, don't go way down the rabbit hole on stuff unrelated.
	I sort of wanted to be about my my buddy.
	Uh, I'll give you guys the latest updates on the investigation uh as best I can.
	Uh, and hopefully all of us find a way to digest this moment and figure out what's next.
	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.
	Uh, it only ever goes one way, it comes from the left, they preach tolerance, they do the opposite.
	Uh, and when you think about Charlie, um, who is nicer than Charlie?
	Who was kinder than Charlie?
	Who was more gentle than Charlie?
	I couldn't even get Charlie to go hunting with me because you know, that just wasn't his thing.
	He was a friendly guy who did things with conversation and with discourse.
	Uh, he had those conversations, and he took it into hostile territory, no doubt.
	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.
	You know, they tell everyone who already agrees with everything that is saying what they want.
	Charlie did the opposite.
	He went to places where conservatives didn't dare go.
	I remember when I first met Charlie back in this was the end of 2015.
	We started this campaign.
	We had really no idea what was going on.
	I mean, I got to Iowa for the Iowa caucuses.
	I was like, what's a caucus guys?
	They're like, here, here's a mic.
	Uh go dance like a monkey.
	Do your thing.
	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.
	They were like, hey, man, you really got to meet this guy.
	He's great.
	He knows so much about politics.
	He knows so much about this.
	He, you know, it's incredible.
	I was like, okay, tell me more.
	That sounds really good.
	Need more.
	This, that, and the other.
	Tell me a little bit more.
	Okay.
	Well, he's 21 years old.
	I'm like, wait, wait, what?
	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.
	I mean, it was just so foreign to us.
	We had a good message, we had a great messenger.
	Uh, but like, I we we don't need another person that doesn't know anything.
	Like, we we got we got plenty of that.
	Uh these guys were buddies, so they were pretty persuasive.
	Uh said, why don't you sit down, sit down with the guy, give it a couple minutes, let's see what happens.
	Reluctantly, I took the meeting, and in five minutes, I was like, this guy knows everything.
	It's incredible.
	Uh, and to watch, you know, Charlie take on every role then.
	I mean, from fundraising, speaking to carrying bags and um yeah, getting coffee.
	It it didn't matter.
	Uh the guy was there uh every step of the way.
	There was no task that was too big or too small.
	Uh he was just truly uh an epic guy that way.
	And it it was just such a shame.
	It was also so incredible to see him grow over the years.
	I mean, speaking at the original turning point events, you know, if you got 50 people in a room, it was a lot.
	If you got, you know, 200, 300 at one of the big annual events, it was like, ooh, well, look at this.
	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.
	At SAS, it was like 12 or 16,000.
	Uh, you know, and I wasn't even like the warm-up act for my dad.
	I was like two days before, and it was already packed.
	Uh, it's just truly truly incredible what he was able to accomplish for a 31-year-old father of two.
	I mean, he did more in that 31 years than most people would do in multiple lifetimes.
	Uh I guess that's what I was saying, you know, Charlie wasn't just a friend.
	He was at the time he was like a little brother to me.
	I mean, it was this young guy.
	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.
	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.
	But he he was that like brother to millions of people around the world.
	Um just a true patriot, uh, a great American and friend.
	And it was it was a rough, rough 24 hours.
	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.
	Uh he was one of the most courageous principled men I've known.
	And he lived every day with a purpose.
	I mean, like I said, he he had the guts to go into the Lions Den.
	He was there when we we've gotten threats before.
	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.
	Um, and he went out there and did it anyway.
	And that was because of his faith.
	His faith in God was unshakable.
	Uh, his love for Erica and his kids was inspiring.
	Uh, the way he really adored and cared for uh his two beautiful kids truly showed the kind of man he was.
	And you know, he was a unique guy.
	Charlie dedicated his life to something bigger than himself.
	He fought tirelessly for this country for the values that make America great.
	Uh and really for that next generation that he believed in so much and that uh he really moved the needle with.
	He was civil, he was kind, he listened and he responded with respect.
	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.
	I mean, the only threat Charlie ever posed was that he was incredibly effective.
	He was great at what he did.
	He was a powerful messenger of truth, and people heard that truth.
	And that's what made him a target.
	The fact that he could go into hostile territory and give someone else the mic on his platform.
	Uh no one does that.
	Everyone whoard their platforms for themselves.
	He gave his ardent, his most ardent detractors, he gave them the mic on his platform to millions of people.
	And then he talked and he spoke to him, and you could see it.
	Even even his biggest haters, they may not have always agreed with him, but I think they end up respecting it.
	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.
	The people that showed up that came there with an open mind, those were the people.
	When they heard the arguments of the left and they heard Charlie, they were like, ow, like no-brainer.
	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.
	Because once you heard the ideas of the left articulated, you're like, wow, not only are they bad ideas, they're absolutely ridiculous.
	They're asinine.
	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.
	Uh was really as profound as it gets.
	My father said earlier that he was a giant of a generation, and I I really believe that to be true.
	He's uh uh a truly a generational talent.
	Um there's no question that Charlie's work and his voice helped my father win the presidency.
	Uh he changed the direction of a nation uh in in such a positive way.
	Charlie's legacy doesn't end here, though, guys.
	As long as we don't let it.
	Uh he poured into millions of young people uh the will to carry forward the torch that he lit.
	He built something that will outlast him because it was grounded in faith, in truth, and in courage.
	Uh as many of you know, today's also uh the 24th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, and our hearts are even heavier.
	Uh on September 11th, 2001.
	Uh certainly we all felt the, I think the whole world felt that everything suddenly changed forever.
	Uh and the assassination of Charlie.
	Um makes it really feel that way too.
	It's a hard one for me.
	I I don't do the soft stuff so well.
	If you need someone just to go and scream at people, I can do that pretty well.
	That's what was so unique about Charlie.
	He could stay calm, cool, collected.
	Um, and again, that's why they went after him.
	You know, he had radical ideas like maybe love your country and your family and your kids.
	You know, the constitution is good, not evil.
	Uh, you know, men can't be girls.
	Men shouldn't play in women's sports.
	I mean, I know you're radical concepts like that.
	But that was enough.
	Moments like this also remind us how fragile life is.
	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.
	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.
	Um, so when I got that news yesterday, it was uh it was brutal.
	I think I think I was the guy that probably broke it to my father.
	You know, we'd heard obviously he'd heard he was shot, and he called me um to see what it was that like.
	And initially, you know, we heard, you know, hey, he's at the hospital and he's getting blood and he's stable.
	And it's like, man, you know, thank God.
	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.
	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.
	And my father just called, you know, randomly called me to follow back up just to check if I know anything else.
	And it was literally like two minutes after I got that call.
	And so I think I was the guy that you know broke uh that news to him.
	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.
	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.
	That was that was his mission.
	And if we can get that out of this experience and continue that legacy and remain unafraid.
	I know that's a common theme here on the show.
	We talk about that all the time.
	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.
	It's like, so, you know, guys, like, can you maybe go out and say, oh, we can't say it.
	There's that's a consequence for that.
	And you know, there is.
	Uh, there really is.
	More more so today than perhaps we ever knew.
	Um, but he kept going and he never stopped.
	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.
	Uh as I said, you know, let's keep it to Charlie Kirk turning point, that mission.
	I know I haven't done a you know an AMA in a little while.
	It's just it's been a little bit crazy.
	I've been on the road a lot, and so uh sometimes a little harder to do.
	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.
	And I promise I'll I'll get back to you know, fairly regular AMAs uh when we can.
	But you know, as far as far as the investigation goes, the FBI today released two photos of a person of interest.
	Um if you guys see anything, uh, you know, hopefully you can share that picture uh and you know get it out there.
	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.
	Uh you can also go to Tips.com.
	Uh sorry, tips.fbi.gov, tips.fbi.gov.
	Let's find this motherfucker.
	Um enough is enough.
	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?
	You know, anti-fascist.
	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.
	I mean, seems like the anti-fascists are actually fascists.
	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.
	Uh, but you know, that's the left, right?
	Whatever the hell they, you know, it's sort of like Congress or the left, I guess.
	Whatever the hell they call something, it's probably gonna do the exact opposite.
	Uh the fact that it has transgender ideology doesn't surprise us.
	Uh, and I'll continue to keep saying this because it's also true.
	Seems like per capita, the radical transgender movement is has to be uh the most violent uh movement anywhere in the world.
	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?
	Like, you know, yet they seem to be beyond reproach.
	No one in mainstream media will call them out.
	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.
	He calls this.
	He brought this upon himself.
	He fomented the hate.
	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.
	Those people, they're the ones saying, Oh, you fomented hate by having a conversation where you were right with the facts.
	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.
	Uh you called that out.
	Oh my god, truly sick people.
	So if you've watched any of that, uh, I bet you know what I mean.
	If you haven't watched any of that, I recommend you do it.
	Uh, I recommend you do it.
	Because I promise you, whatever disdain you have for the left-wing media, it is not enough.
	However, bad you think they are, they're so much worse.
	Uh, truly, truly terrible people.
	But, you know, that's gonna continue.
	Um the investigation is ongoing, so we'll we'll update you as soon as we hopefully learn more.
	Uh, hopefully that's sooner than later.
	Uh, but I guess we will find out.
	But I guess with that, uh, we can go to the live chat.
	Uh, I'll start trying to take in some of your questions.
	I'll try to, like I said, if you have questions, ask them like as questions.
	Obviously, the feed's feed's blowing up.
	Um pretty hard and fast, so I'm trying to keep up with it.
	But yeah, no, it's it is demonic.
	They are they are vile.
	Um, I'm trying to read some of these, they're just you know, going through.
	But let's see.
	All the people laughed at the fact that Kirk was killed.
	Uh, yeah, they're mentally ill.
	I mean, think about it.
	Yeah, they were laughing about it.
	Oh, who cares?
	I mean, think about it.
	What were the things that he said that were so controversial?
	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.
	You know, you know, 14 times.
	I mean, we gotta give the guy another chance.
	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.
	We we must make sure we welcome them with open arms.
	I'm sure they'll change their ways.
	Uh we really live in in sick times.
	Um I like this.
	Let's see.
	Uh Saf Glaser, a friend I never got the privilege to meet.
	And I think that's really well said.
	Charlie was like that.
	I mean, you you didn't have to actually meet him to know who he was.
	He wore that on his sleeve every day.
	A good man, man of great faith.
	Um, and I think maybe that's the the number one thing if we we get anything out of this.
	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.
	I mean, Charlie was so effective because he was willing to have those conversations, even again with those who didn't like him.
	Um, that's such a fundamental part of our republic uh to be able to have that discourse.
	I mean, Charlie literally said, uh, you know, basically, once the dialogue stops happening and starts to break, that's when the violence begins.
	And he was right, because the other side's not interested in talking.
	They've shown that to that same leftist media.
	The violence, it goes both ways.
	It doesn't go both ways.
	It doesn't go both ways, okay?
	That's bullshit.
	It goes one way.
	It comes from Democrats.
	Okay, they sow the seeds on TV every day, and they get the most radical within their agenda to act out on it.
	Okay, we talked about this when they tried doing it to my father twice.
	And honestly, I'm sick of it.
	I'm sick of having to have that conversation with my five young kids.
	The first two times was about their grandfather almost getting killed.
	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.
	They killed Charlie.
	It's like, oh Jesus.
	You know, uh wasn't ready to have that conversation for a third time in like 14 months.
	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?
	Uh, you know, these are young kids.
	I mean 12, 13 years old, my two youngest sons, and I mean they're calling, wondering about it because they actually watched him.
	I mean, they saw it watching some of his stuff and other conservative stuff online.
	I mean, that's that's how impactful he was.
	He wasn't, you know, the 87-year-old Republican guy going to speak to a room of Republican donors.
	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.
	Um it's it's bad.
	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.
	They are mentally disgusting.
	Uh yes, they are, but it is their fault because we've allowed it to happen.
	We've allowed them to be violent towards us uh across the board.
	Uh we've so many of us have we must be accepting, we must be a tolerant.
	Like, honestly, man, that that's getting old.
	Never would advocate uh for violence.
	Um, but these sick bastards should not be roaming the streets if they're doing these kinds of things.
	So uh okay, here's the one, you know.
	Advice to a younger person wanting to get into politics right now.
	Do it.
	Take that step.
	You know, if you're young and you're still in school or high school or college, like join a turning point chapter.
	I mean, the the biggest like I don't think anyone I don't think anyone can fill Charlie's shoes by themselves.
	Not yet.
	Uh I I think it's the first time perhaps we've ever had you know a bench, uh, which is nice.
	And I think Charlie was a big part of that bench, uh, and you know, and helped create that bench.
	But get involved, join a turning point chapter, keep listening.
	The one the one thing that's great about Charlie Man, he did this stuff day in and day out.
	So there's so much material, and it's evergreen stuff.
	It's not, you know, it's not stuff that has to relate to you know, the next thing that happens next week.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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%.
	Um, if we all do that and band together, uh we can we can win.
	You see that he proved it.
	If we can talk about these facts, if we can get it out there, we can do that.
	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.
	You can do that respectfully, but you know, we we have to be unafraid.
	They want us afraid, they want us in fear, they want to silence us.
	And the, you know, and they've shown I get it.
	It's it's not easy, trust me.
	I I think about these things every time I get on some of those stages myself.
	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.
	Um it's not fun.
	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.
	What happens if we uh if we don't get involved, if we don't stay in the game.
	Um that's that's truly scary because that's that's not just a generational effect, that's a civilizational change.
	That's the end of Western civilization.
	Um if these lunatics uh get to get to take over and and we sit there silent.
	Um, I I told the story about what I remembered sort of first meeting, Charlie, you know, back in 2016.
	That was it was pretty funny because again, it was I was reluctant to even take the meeting.
	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.
	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.
	I think we all probably believe that as well.
	Um and so his ability to do that, to do that day in and day out to work.
	Uh I mean, I guess his work ethic is uh second to none and maybe tied with my father.
	Uh, but the guy was a machine.
	So uh we can learn from that.
	We can remember that uh, you know, we we can do those things too.
	Um this is from DJ Cross 55.
	Uh I'm from Montreal, uh QC Canada, I guess that's Quebec.
	Uh, and I hope and pray there's a turning point chapter in Quebec or in Canada, R.I.P. Charlie Kirk.
	I'm sure there is.
	Um, I you know, I don't know.
	You know, Canada has its own problems uh as well.
	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.
	Uh no, we were wrong.
	We learned that during COVID, right?
	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.
	Uh that hasn't been the case in a while.
	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.
	I mean, that's feels like it's happening every day.
	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.
	It's it's absolutely sick, and this can't stand, guys.
	We can't uh we can't we can't keep doing that.
	Well, when are we gonna call and classify Antifa as a terrorist organization?
	These violent people need to be rounded up.
	I haven't been this torn up in a long time.
	This one hurts.
	Uh that's D R T Y B D 78.
	I tried reading that one, but I Dr. Ty 78.
	Um I don't know.
	Um that's a good question.
	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.
	They've burned down entire cities, they've caused billions in damage, they've murdered people.
	I mean, uh this is not just someone who disagrees with our our points.
	Uh the these are these are bad people.
	So you gotta figure that out.
	I don't know how that works domestically.
	It's a little different when you go after the drug cartels than you do a you know a domestic organization.
	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.
	I mean, it you know, it's very different, as we said earlier.
	The violence only comes from one side.
	Uh, and hopefully enough people wake up.
	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.
	Let's see.
	Uh younger people are reflecting or are rejecting leftism more and more, and now uh should be even more.
	Uh Listen, I think younger people should have probably never been leftist, but the problem is they were indoctrinated from such a young age.
	They, you know, every class, I mean, I saw it happening in places in kindergartens and elementary schools.
	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.
	You mean everything I've heard for twenty twenty years is total horseshit?
	Like it's it's it's nonsense.
	That's hard.
	You know, when we started some of these college campus tours, uh I mean, it it was rough.
	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.
	Every hand, every hand in the room went up.
	You know, those guys knew there was a consequence to that.
	Um and they were there anyway.
	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?
	It's not even like, okay, maybe it's a different take.
	No, it's just idiocy.
	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.
	Uh they they saw it and it made a difference.
	So the best way to honor Charlie and his legacy uh would be to continue to do that.
	Uh this is a horrible.
	How are you able to do this podcast?
	You're so strong.
	I don't know if I'm that strong.
	I I think I generally think of myself as fairly strong.
	This last 24 hours or so has been uh has been pretty brutal.
	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.
	And yet this is one of those instances.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	If we let them bully us into that silence, uh that's how they win.
	And you know, we we simply uh can't allow that to happen.
	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.
	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.
	No one is coming to save you, guys.
	No one.
	Okay.
	The left, you know, they're like the Borg, right?
	They're like a fungus.
	They all just sort of do the same thing and they follow it.
	There's no, you know, there's no individuality, there's none of that.
	I mean, no one's coming to save you.
	Learn how to defend yourself.
	Uh learn how to take care of yourself, learn about situational awareness.
	Um, you know, it perhaps a little bit easier um for me to say because now secret service detail and all this stuff.
	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.
	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.
	It's a little harder when the like swarm of people around.
	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.
	None of that matters.
	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.
	A big part of that conservative mindset is going to be that individualism of being able to take care of yourself and do that.
	So something I've always believed in and thinks really important.
	I think we all we all have to do that as well.
	So let's see.
	Okay.
	Let's see.
	I'm so disgusted at the devolution of this country.
	Charlie was a voice of logic who approached higher education and the free exchange of ideas the appropriate way.
	Yeah.
	I mean, one of the things Charlie was most proud of even in talking to him was that he didn't go to college.
	Now, Charlie, uh I guess he did a little bit of time at a community college.
	Before that, he was a good student in high school, obviously a very bright guy, uh, good athlete.
	Uh he applied to West Point and got rejected.
	Uh now when he was applying, this is probably 15, 16, this is probably the end of Obama.
	Uh uh a lot of the woke nonsense was getting in there.
	I imagine he didn't check enough boxes off.
	You know, he's a uh intelligent, articulate, uh, white male.
	So that that probably was a probably a strike against him at that time, got rejected.
	He wanted to serve his country, and I think he found a much better way to do that uh for himself.
	But um, he didn't get in.
	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.
	Uh he went out there and he created something.
	Uh he created a movement, uh, you know, maybe maybe second only to the overall MAGA movement.
	He was he was a big part of it.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	I mean, think of how incredible that is.
	Um so uh that that's a really big deal, and and and it and a true feat.
	Uh how can we support turning point and make it even stronger?
	Sign up for a chapter.
	Uh, you know, get your kids involved if you have kids.
	Um, you know, donate, make sure those programs can keep going, that they're funded.
	Um stay active, stay involved, get off your asses and vote.
	This is this is the thing.
	And Charlie was so good at articulating and did such a good job of this in so many places.
	You know, I remember I guess it was January.
	I did an event with him where he's like, hey man, like we got to get up to Wisconsin.
	There's a special election.
	You know, I didn't I I didn't know about it, and I kind of do this stuff.
	And I mean, I heard about it I guess peripherally, but I was like, well, what are we gonna do?
	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.
	And we're like, no one's no one's showing up.
	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.
	And so what's going on?
	I was like, dude, there's an election in like a couple of days.
	Like, what do you you know?
	Oh no, well, no, we won.
	We got what we wanted like a couple weeks ago, like we're good, right?
	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?
	We got Trump.
	It's like Trump can't do this by himself.
	Uh, you've seen that.
	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.
	That's such a big deal.
	But you know, it's like, well, you know, I don't know, we just voted a couple weeks ago, it's fine.
	You know, that apathy uh, you know, is is what's gonna get us.
	So get involved in those chapters, show up to the events, show up to the big ones.
	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.
	And I know I know all those guys are gonna you know stay there and continue with that legacy.
	But like, you know, if you have young kids, you know, bring them.
	If you have friends, bring them.
	Okay, they don't have to even be conservative, you know, bring them and let them experience it.
	You know, you know, it'd be really nice.
	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.
	It's really uh the best of America.
	It is it's what we want all of our kids to probably, it's how we want them to turn out.
	Um, you know, that's a really it's a really big deal.
	And so uh stay involved, don't give up.
	You know, this chapter, uh this chapter may have turned up, but the book is not even close uh to over.
	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.
	I'm not saying that's gonna happen overnight.
	I'm not saying that's gonna be easy.
	Um, but you know, Charlie will never be forgotten.
	Um, and most importantly, the mission will not be stopped.
	If we do, if we say, I don't know, it's it's you know, it's just a little controversial.
	We're working, you know, again, if you think what we've seen as of late is bad.
	Imagine those clowns were in control.
	You know, I mean, Charlie, they somebody I saw one of the great clips.
	Um, I think we have a little montage at the end of this that we'll we'll put up here.
	But you know, one of the clips is like, well, you know, why do you do this?
	And like, I I sort of said it the same thing in 2020.
	So why do I do this?
	It's like, because if we don't do this, like we're gonna end up in the gulags.
	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.
	Um from those guys.
	And you know, can't do that.
	Can't leave that country for our kids, uh, our loved ones.
	Uh um just doesn't work.
	Here's gold toys.
	Uh Don, please be careful.
	Our person can only do so much.
	God bless you and your family.
	Well, thank you very much.
	I I really appreciate that.
	That's it is true.
	Um it's true.
	Um, and I I just appreciate it.
	But I promise you, I'll try to be careful, but never gonna stop.
	Never gonna be silenced.
	If anything, honestly, if anything, my resolve is even more than it has been.
	And I've been out there pretty pretty hard for a long time, so that's never gonna change.
	Uh Joel Select one.
	Don't I have a lot to talk about, Charlie, but I just can't.
	Yeah, I get that.
	I think, you know, even yesterday, you know, I uh I was like, I'm traveling, so I was I'm in Europe.
	Uh I was doing ironically speaking tour uh over here.
	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.
	Can you go on TV?
	Can you do this?
	Can you do that?
	And I was like, uh honestly, man, I I don't want to.
	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.
	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?
	Because basically, you know, I guess, hey, maybe ill intentioned, maybe not, maybe innocent, whatever.
	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?
	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.
	They're like, you're the like the four designated people that are able to speak on behalf of Turning Point.
	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.
	And that's that's the other hard one.
	The one like so someone asked me, you know, hey, you know, you the video of Charlie actually getting shot.
	Do you think, you know, don't you think we should get that off the internet?
	And you know, man, you know, I don't want my kids to see that.
	I don't want his kids to see that.
	Um his loved ones, but if you're of age, um go see it.
	Um don't take it off the internet.
	You have to understand what these people loosely, but these demons will do to someone they disagree with.
	Again, you can't find a single thing that Charlie ever said that was violent or encouraging that or anything like that.
	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.
	Again, because you know, again, I it's I I liken it to me, like during Russia Russia, Russia.
	When I was like, okay, well, you know, I know they're trying me for treason.
	They want to throw me in jail for life.
	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.
	You're like, yeah, but I was like, there must have been something.
	I know I didn't do anything, but like maybe I took a thousand selfies earlier today.
	Maybe you know, someone came in the room and you know, it was Russian.
	Like I literally wanted to believe um, you know, the FBI said it.
	There must be some truth to that.
	I mean, they're doing great.
	Um, again, there's a difference between the door kickers and the bureaucracy.
	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.
	CIA, there must be something.
	Nope.
	There can be no pretense of objectivity anymore if you look at what's going on.
	So make sure you see it.
	So you just understand the length they will go to.
	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.
	If they can do that to him, they'll do it to anyone.
	They'll do it to your kids if they're standing in their way.
	Perhaps the only reason they haven't is because they don't know their names.
	Um watch it to understand the world in which we live.
	And maybe that's the ultimate motivation to stay engaged, to stay involved, to not quit.
	Um, and to really try to keep Charlie's legacy um alive um and going, because it's absolutely important.
	So I guess with that, yeah, never easy.
	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.
	I want to thank you uh for spending it with me.
	I want to thank you for frankly just letting me just help get this off my chest a little bit.
	It's you know, the five-minute TV interviews is just not quite the same.
	Can't quite vent uh the same way.
	It doesn't work that way.
	This is truly an unimaginable loss.
	Um for me, um, obviously for his family, uh, for everyone who loved him and and for America.
	So rest in peace, buddy.
	Um, you will be missed more than words can ever say, and your legacy will never be forgotten.
	We're gonna keep fighting.
	I have a feeling.
	I don't know, man.
	I'm reading the commentary.
	It seems like seems like all of you um you're not giving up either.
	So uh that's a really big deal.
	Keep fighting the good fight, and God bless all of you.
	Have a good night, guys.
	I'll see you soon.

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