A Special Christmas Message from Rush and Charlie

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[00:08] every single

[00:10] Christmas and we will continue a

[00:13] dedication to El

[00:15] rushbo first let's play Cut 50

[00:20] please all of you how much

[00:24] I so appreciate everything you've meant

[00:27] to me and my family you don't have any

[00:30] idea how I know so many people think

[00:32] this program has changed their lives for

[00:35] the better you have no idea what you all

[00:38] have

[00:39] meant to me and my family the day is

[00:41] going to come folks where I'm not going

[00:43] to be able to do this I don't know when

[00:45] that

[00:49] is I want to be able to do it for as

[00:51] long as I want to do it I want

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[00:55] to but the day will come where I'm not

[00:58] going to be able to

[01:01] and I want you to understand that even

[01:03] when the day

[01:07] comes I'd like to be

[01:13] here rush and his Spirit was at America

[01:18] Fest he was a donor to Turning Point USA

[01:21] a supporter of all of our work an

[01:23] advocate a believer in so many different

[01:27] ways and Rush the movement that we

[01:32] celebrated

[01:33] 2024 was made possible thanks in part to

[01:38] the great work of Rush lumba no one

[01:40] comes even close to the impact to the

[01:46] vision Rush Limba loved Christmas he

[01:50] loved

[01:53] Christmas and this

[01:56] Christmas we we always dedicate the last

[01:58] segment that we do live to the great and

[02:03] legendary Rush Limba and we do that in a

[02:06] way with that clip as the

[02:08] start and then Russia's

[02:11] favorite Christmas song as we look back

[02:16] at this last year a time to be grateful

[02:19] to be filled with

[02:21] gratitude Rush lmah always talked about

[02:24] his love of Manheim

[02:27] Steamroller Manheim Steamroller

[02:31] one of

[02:32] the one of the greats this was one of

[02:35] Russia's favorite songs we are playing

[02:38] it over with some of the highlights of

[02:41] 2024 and soak it in and say a prayer to

[02:44] God thank you for delivering us last

[02:46] year it was a prayer Lord please deliver

[02:48] us and this time we say thank

[02:50] you all right play 4951 as a tandom here

[02:55] we go

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[05:06] what a year this has been I we are

[05:08] watching this and saying what happened

[05:10] in

[05:12] 2024 we uh we remember rush we say thank

[05:15] you for blazing the

[05:17] trail there will never be a year like

[05:20] 2024 ever again so much to be thankful

[05:23] for as we celebrate the birth of our

[05:25] savior merry Christmas everybody we will

[05:28] see you guys this Friday Friday and

[05:30] everything was possible through God who

[05:32] strengthens us we have our civilization

[05:35] back see you guys

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[05:38] soon tradition we wrap up with Manheim

[05:41] Steamroller and Silent

[05:43] Night and my ongoing attempt to thank

[05:48] everybody in the audience all of you for

[05:51] everything you mean to me that last

[05:55] call

[05:58] um that's

[06:03] reminds me how much I love all of you

[06:05] how much

[06:08] I so appreciate everything you've meant

[06:11] to me and my family you don't have any

[06:13] idea I know so many people think this

[06:16] program has changed their lives for the

[06:18] better you have no idea what you all

[06:21] have

[06:22] meant to me and my family the day is

[06:25] going to come folks where I'm not going

[06:27] to be able to do this I don't know when

[06:29] that

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[06:32] is I want to be able to do it for as

[06:35] long as I want to do it I want

[06:39] to but the day will come where I'm not

[06:42] going to be able

[06:43] to and I want you to understand that

[06:47] even when the day

[06:50] comes I'd like to be

[06:54] here as I have this sense of

[07:00] needing to constantly show my

[07:02] appreciation for all that you have done

[07:06] and

[07:07] meant to me so I hope you all have a

[07:12] great Christmas a great New

[07:16] Year and I hope that the things

[07:19] that are in store for all of us in the

[07:22] coming year are certainly better than

[07:25] what we have endured in 2020

[07:30] I don't know too many people have

[07:31] enjoyed 2020 probably some sickos out

[07:34] there who have

[07:37] but 2021 has to be better we're going to

[07:41] try to make it that way here at the eiib

[07:43] network again folks thank you so

[07:48] much I wish there were a way to say it

[07:51] other than thank

[07:53] you you're just the best my family is

[07:57] just the best

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[08:06] thank

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[08:24] you merry Christmas everybody from all

[08:27] of us

[08:29] for all of you make it happen