Alex Clark's Full Speech at This Is the Turning Point Tour | Utah State University

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[00:05] I was supposed to do this event with

[00:07] Charlie

[00:10] and I saw a video of a liberal student

[00:13] that goes to school here. She was on

[00:15] campus. She was being interviewed about

[00:16] what she thought of the event right

[00:18] before I came up and uh she said that

[00:20] she was actually really mad that we were

[00:22] all showing up. She said that TPUSA's

[00:25] presence was putting lives in danger,

[00:29] that we were putting lives at risk.

[00:31] Sweetheart, I think you're confused. The

[00:34] bullets only ever go one way. You're

[00:36] safer with us than we are with you.

[00:51] My name is Alex Clark and I'm the host

[00:53] of Culture Apothecary. That is Turning

[00:55] Point USA's top charting health and

[00:58] wellness podcast. And I think that you

[01:00] should know that this is the biggest

[01:02] crowd Turning Point USA has ever pulled

[01:04] on a tour. There's over 6,500 people

[01:07] here today.

[01:18] We are witnessing the most powerful

[01:21] conservative youth movement in the

[01:23] history of America.

[01:36] >> I love you, too.

[01:38] We're a family, aren't we?

[01:43] Speaking of family, there is a very

[01:45] special guest that I want to acknowledge

[01:46] tonight.

[01:48] Caleb, who is the Utah Valley University

[01:51] Tea Chapter president, is here. He was

[01:54] there two weeks ago, hosted Charlie.

[01:57] He's actually the only kid at that tour

[02:00] stop to get a solo photo with Charlie

[02:02] Kirk before he was killed. Caleb, would

[02:04] you please come up on stage?

[02:15] be so proud of you for being here.

[02:54] Absolutely incredible that he showed up

[02:56] tonight. Charlie would be very proud of

[02:57] him and proud of all of you for still

[03:00] coming.

[03:01] I was hired by Charlie in 2019, but it

[03:04] wasn't until I gave a speech in 2023 at

[03:06] our young women's conference where I was

[03:09] railing on hormonal birth control,

[03:11] talking about how predatory the

[03:13] fertility industry was and the dangers

[03:15] that daycare can have on childhood

[03:17] attachment that Charlie said, "I had no

[03:19] idea that Alex Clark was so based. She's

[03:23] insane.

[03:25] I love it.

[03:32] That was the best compliment that

[03:34] Charlie Kirk ever gave me. So, I have a

[03:37] question for you, Utah.

[03:40] Are you insane enough for Charlie Kirk?

[03:49] Are you based enough?

[03:56] If you were expecting a funeral, if you

[03:59] came to mourn the death of America, the

[04:01] death of masculinity and femininity, of

[04:04] faith, of truth, then you are at the

[04:06] wrong event. It is not over. It is not

[04:08] even close.

[04:18] >> I'm not here to eulogize Charlie Kirk. I

[04:20] am here to pass the torch on to every

[04:22] single one of you tonight. Each of us

[04:25] certainly feels the weight of this loss.

[04:28] But what we don't do, what we refuse to

[04:31] do is bow to despair.

[04:40] Charlie Kirk did not spend his two short

[04:43] 31 years on this earth building a global

[04:46] movement so that it could all fall apart

[04:47] and we could cry over its ashes. He was

[04:50] building something that would outlast

[04:52] him. And no one knows that better than

[04:54] his wife and our new CEO, Erica Kirk.

[05:14] I've seen many online this week

[05:16] speculating, how is Erica able to keep

[05:18] going?

[05:19] How is she able to smile amidst hosting

[05:22] the Charlie Kirk show? Let me tell you

[05:25] why. It is because Erica Kirk has a

[05:28] supernatural peace and strength that God

[05:30] gives to his children that surpasses all

[05:33] peace, all understanding. That is why

[05:47] when Charlie was only a teenager, a guy

[05:49] with no title, no degree, no

[05:53] connections, no blue check mark on

[05:55] Twitter, Charlie started Turning Point

[05:56] USA. And he didn't ask for permission.

[05:59] He didn't wait for legacy media to give

[06:01] him a platform. He did it himself.

[06:04] While the conservative establishment was

[06:06] writing op-eds speculating why Gen Z is

[06:09] disengaged or why young people will

[06:11] always be liberal, Charlie Kirk was busy

[06:14] going out to college campuses, setting

[06:16] up co uh tables and asking the left to

[06:19] prove him wrong.

[06:22] And guess what? They couldn't then. And

[06:25] they still couldn't now.

[06:36] Eventually, young people started to take

[06:39] notice. And at first, Charlie was an

[06:41] interesting curiosity.

[06:43] Next, he was a celebrity. And then they

[06:46] saw him as a hero. And now, finally, he

[06:50] will live on as a martyr.

[06:52] Evil thought that it could silence him,

[06:54] but evil forgot something.

[06:56] Martyrs don't disappear, they multiply.

[07:09] Charlie was always thinking ahead and

[07:11] practically about how to grow the

[07:12] conservative movement. He knew the right

[07:15] couldn't just speak to young men. We had

[07:17] to reach young women, too.

[07:20] If conservatives couldn't speak to the

[07:23] millions of girls who care about pop

[07:24] culture and fashion and relationships

[07:26] and health and wellness, then it was

[07:28] going to hit a dead end. Charlie and I

[07:31] agreed on this, and he was the only one

[07:32] who understood my urgency without

[07:34] hesitation.

[07:35] Most importantly, he listened.

[07:39] He asked what I thought about what was

[07:41] resonating with undecided female voters

[07:43] and young women.

[07:49] The left claims that Charlie Kirk was a

[07:51] misogynist, that he hated women. The

[07:53] reality is Charlie Kirk loved women

[07:55] enough to tell them the truth.

[08:06] Throughout the last several years, when

[08:08] I pitched my ideas, Charlie replied by

[08:10] saying, "Let's go flip culture upside

[08:12] down." He let me create my first show,

[08:14] Pop Politics, covering pop culture from

[08:16] a conservative perspective, which

[08:18] eventually evolved last year into the

[08:20] wellness podcast I now host called

[08:22] Culture Apothecary.

[08:27] Charlie wanted to fight the culture war

[08:29] and win. And on Culture Apothecary, I

[08:32] talk about healing a sick culture in

[08:33] order to win the culture war. We are

[08:36] sicker than we've ever been physically,

[08:39] emotionally, and spiritually. So, I

[08:42] interview the experts about

[08:44] relationships and parenting. We even

[08:46] talk about theology. We talk about

[08:48] corruption in our food system and the

[08:50] pharmaceutical industry, which is

[08:52] keeping Americans sick. And we do it all

[08:54] through the lens of truth.

[08:58] Charlie knew that if we wanted to win

[09:00] the culture war, we have to start at

[09:02] home with the women. The real change

[09:05] makers, the culture shifters, the ones

[09:07] who hold the key to revitalizing the

[09:09] American family and therefore our

[09:11] nation. It's women.

[09:24] I told Charlie that maha make America

[09:27] healthy again was the way to reach the

[09:29] young moms. I told him women may not all

[09:32] exactly agree on your gun stance or

[09:35] immigration, but they did agree on one

[09:38] thing and that is that America was sick,

[09:41] that our children are on a downward

[09:43] health spiral that cannot be ignored.

[09:47] Charlie trusted me and he said, "Then

[09:49] let's seize the common ground. Let's

[09:51] make TPSA maha.

[10:01] That choice may very well have altered

[10:03] American history because it was Charlie

[10:05] Kirk who called and urged Bobby Kennedy

[10:07] to join forces with President Trump.

[10:16] American children today have a chance at

[10:18] living a long, happy, healthy life

[10:21] because of Charlie Kirk.

[10:28] And now it's on all of us to heal a sick

[10:31] culture. Not just Charlie, not just me.

[10:35] The fix is not going to come by seeking

[10:38] useless compromises with the people who

[10:41] have poisoned us. It won't come through

[10:43] comfort and sitting idly by tweeting

[10:45] from the sidelines. It will come through

[10:48] courage.

[10:56] You are never going to heal a sick

[10:57] culture by blending in with it. You will

[11:00] only heal a sick culture by standing out

[11:03] apart from it.

[11:09] And I don't know what each of your

[11:11] stories are, but I do know this. Each of

[11:15] you came here tonight for a reason.

[11:18] Your calling might be loud like

[11:21] Charlie's or like mine. It also could be

[11:24] as quiet as a whisper.

[11:26] Your call might bring you to a stage

[11:29] like this one or it could keep you in

[11:31] your living room.

[11:33] But your call is real and I suspect that

[11:37] you know as much

[11:39] and that maybe you've been avoiding it

[11:42] just a little.

[11:44] Charlie Kirk refused to waste a single

[11:47] moment. Every second of his life was

[11:49] deliberately spent

[11:52] with his family, a devotion to the Lord,

[11:55] advancing the mission of TPUSA, or

[11:57] fighting to preserve the soul of

[11:59] America.

[12:00] It was as if he sensed time pressing in

[12:04] and on him, some inner clock reminding

[12:07] him how fleeting life was.

[12:12] And so he lived urgently, purposefully,

[12:15] driven to make every minute count.

[12:18] Do you feel your clock ticking?

[12:24] It is for each of us. And the good news

[12:27] is that you and I have the same time and

[12:30] a day that Charlie Kirk had. And I want

[12:33] you to remind me of that when I can't

[12:34] find something to wear.

[12:37] So now let me ask you, will you waste

[12:40] yours?

[12:44] Will you rise up?

[12:48] Ever since Charlie was taken from us,

[12:50] this nagging thought has been there. I

[12:53] could do more. I should do more. I've

[12:56] wasted too much time. And I'm willing to

[12:59] bet that those same thoughts have

[13:01] entered your minds as well. All of us

[13:04] could have done more in the past. We

[13:07] have an opportunity now to do more in

[13:09] the future.

[13:11] The lesson of Charlie's life is that one

[13:13] person fully surrendered to God and

[13:16] fully fearless in the face of the wider

[13:18] culture can change the course of

[13:20] history.

[13:30] We have to stop standing in our own way.

[13:33] Are you insane enough?

[13:37] >> Are you based enough?

[13:41] Be honest about what it is that's

[13:44] stopping you. If you are addicted to

[13:47] ultrarocessed food that is slowly

[13:49] killing your body and mind and keeping

[13:51] you from having the force of energy that

[13:53] you need to take back this country, now

[13:55] is the time to quit.

[14:03] If you're too busy scrolling on your

[14:06] phone to lead your family, it's time to

[14:08] put the phone down.

[14:18] If you have been stagnating in a

[14:20] long-term relationship without a

[14:22] proposal,

[14:29] I'm a girl's girl.

[14:31] It's time to nail it down or break it

[14:33] off.

[14:40] If your idea of pursuing a woman is with

[14:44] a snap streak,

[14:52] in the words of Demi Lovado, "Get a job.

[14:55] Stay away from her."

[15:02] No more coasting like life will last

[15:04] forever because as we learned a couple

[15:06] weeks ago, it won't.

[15:09] Maybe it's time to have kids instead of

[15:11] waiting for the perfect time. Guess

[15:13] what? There's never a perfect time.

[15:22] You will never have the perfect house

[15:24] for kids. You will never make enough

[15:26] money.

[15:28] As Charlie liked to say, have more kids

[15:30] than you can afford.

[15:39] Perhaps it's time to pull your kids out

[15:42] of public school and teach them

[15:43] yourself.

[15:51] Time to stop believing Satan's lies that

[15:54] you are unqualified because there's no

[15:56] one more qualified to teach your child

[15:57] than you.

[16:05] Oh, I hope you feel it because we are

[16:07] about to raise the most Christian

[16:09] conservative generation America has ever

[16:11] seen.

[16:20] And it will be in honor of Charlie.

[16:26] If you stopped going to church a few

[16:28] years ago because life got too busy,

[16:30] then the time to head back is now, not

[16:32] later.

[16:38] If you've never stepped foot in a true

[16:40] Bible believing church, I can help you

[16:42] find one.

[16:48] If you're already going to church, ask

[16:50] yourself, when was the last time you

[16:51] shared the gospel with a non-believer?

[16:53] Do you know how?

[16:59] Break the chains. Put down the phone.

[17:01] Step up. Lead your family. Heal your

[17:03] body. Take back your home. Reclaim your

[17:06] future.

[17:14] Oh, I'm not done. Let's get convicted up

[17:16] in here.

[17:19] You're here. You've got the TPS USA

[17:20] shirt on. You've got the lanyard on.

[17:24] You've posted about being here tonight

[17:26] on Instagram, but have you taken the

[17:28] next step? Have you started a chapter?

[17:31] Have you joined one that already exists?

[17:37] Have you prepared to door knock with

[17:39] Turning Point Action ahead of the

[17:41] midterms?

[17:45] Are you plugged in with a Turning Point

[17:47] education homeschool co-op near you?

[17:53] Imagine a nation where children grow up

[17:56] fearless and faithful. Where fathers

[17:58] lead with courage and not passivity.

[18:00] Where mothers prioritize the home. Where

[18:03] truth is spoken without apology.

[18:15] That is the America that Charlie Kirk

[18:18] envisioned.

[18:20] And that is the the America that Erica

[18:23] Kirk will spend the rest of her life

[18:25] carrying on.

[18:33] And not because Erica ever planned to,

[18:35] not because she wanted to, but because

[18:37] she has been called.

[18:40] You are being called. Are you listening

[18:43] and paying attention to what it is you

[18:45] are being called to do?

[18:48] Are you ready at a moment's notice to

[18:50] say, "Yes, God. Here I am." When he

[18:53] says, "Go."

[19:02] That baby's dancing in the crowd. That

[19:04] baby liked what I had to say. Yeah.

[19:11] If you have been afraid of being judged

[19:14] by your sorority, of being judged by

[19:16] other parents in dance class, by being

[19:18] judged by your co-workers, even your own

[19:20] family, if you are more afraid about

[19:23] being liked than standing with the

[19:25] truth, repent.

[19:35] That fear is not from God. It is from

[19:37] the enemy. It is a sin. God does not

[19:40] call those who are qualified. He

[19:42] qualifies those whom he calls.

[19:52] Charlie lived such a full life because

[19:54] he lived it free from fear.

[19:57] He placed his total trust in God to fill

[20:01] in the rest. That courage let him do and

[20:05] say the things that others wouldn't. He

[20:08] talked fearlessly about abortion. He

[20:11] talked about saving yourself for

[20:13] marriage.

[20:14] He talked about Islam coming for the

[20:16] West.

[20:19] He talked about drag queens and

[20:21] preschools.

[20:23] He simultaneously loved Israel and

[20:28] believed that we should be free to

[20:30] criticize their government. No more, no

[20:32] less.

[20:43] Charlie was continuously mocked and

[20:45] ridiculed. He was misqued and shamed. He

[20:47] was lied about. And finally, in the end,

[20:50] he was murdered in this very state.

[20:57] There will never be another person like

[20:59] Charlie Kirk.

[21:01] God doesn't send carbon copies of his

[21:03] faithful servants.

[21:07] But you don't have to be Charlie. You

[21:09] don't have to have a podcast or be on a

[21:11] stage like this one.

[21:14] You just have to be ready to obey God.

[21:24] Repent from the sin that is controlling

[21:26] your life. Join that church group.

[21:28] Delete that toxic app. Propose to that

[21:31] girl. Have that baby. Be a mother. Be a

[21:33] father. Live with holiness and lead with

[21:36] conviction.

[21:48] We fear God, not the left.

[21:56] You are called. You are needed. You are

[22:00] chosen.

[22:02] Charlie Kirk lit a fire and now it's in

[22:05] your hands.

[22:07] Charlie wanted me and all of us to be

[22:10] absolutely tenacious and insane in the

[22:12] best way to be unbelievably based. If

[22:17] you're not making the mob angry, you're

[22:19] not standing for anything important.

[22:30] Utah, are you ready to heal a sick

[22:33] culture?

[22:37] >> Thank you so much, Utah. Thank you. We

[22:39] love you.