Andrew Kolvet Reflects on Charlie Kirk Memorial Service and the Movement's Future Under Erika Kirk

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[00:00] AMERICAN COMEBACK FOR THE

[00:01] AMERICAN COME BACK TO HER IT'S

[00:03] GOING TO BE A BIG EVENT IN THE

[00:05] FIRST SINCE CHARLIE'S

[00:06] ASSASSINATION.

[00:06] ONE OF THOSE SPEAKING AT THE

[00:07] MEMORIAL DID A GREAT JOB

[00:11] CHARLIE'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF

[00:12] THE CHARLIE KIRK SHOW LONGTIME

[00:12] FRIEND AND CONFIDANT ANDREW

[00:13] COVID JOINS ME RIGHT NOW.

[00:16] YET THE LONGEST OF LONG DAYS AND

[00:18] THE LONGEST OF THE LAST TEN DAYS

[00:22] WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON THE STAGE

[00:24] AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES TONIGHT.

[00:28] >> I THINK SOMEBODY'S HOLY

[00:31] SPIRIT WAS HEAVY LIKE A TUNING

[00:34] FORK AND THAT'S WHAT IT FELT

[00:34] LIKE.

[00:35] IT FELT LIKE YOU CAN FEEL GOD

[00:37] WILL BEAD AND I DON'T THINK

[00:41] ANYBODY IN THE MEMORY CAN THINK

[00:43] OF A MOMENT LIKE THIS WHERE THE

[00:46] LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD WIDE

[00:48] AFTER THE NEXT GOT ON STAGE AND

[00:51] THEY TALKED ABOUT GOD IN THEIR

[00:53] FAITH AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW

[00:54] CHARLIE MOVE THEM TO BE BETTER

[01:01] HUSBANDS AND FATHERS AND WIVES

[01:05] IT WAS A TRULY REMARKABLE THING

[01:08] I WILL USE ANY NAMES BUT WE HAD

[01:13] A BUNCH OF GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING

[01:13] RECORDING ARTIST BACKSTAGE

[01:15] BECAUSE THEY WERE ON STAGE FOR A

[01:17] LARGE PART OF THE BOARDING AND I

[01:19] OVERHEARD THEM SAYING I DO THIS

[01:22] ALL THE TIME AND I'VE NEVER SEEN

[01:24] ANYTHING REMARKABLY ANYTHING

[01:27] REMARKABLE AS THIS AND I THINK

[01:33] WHAT A FITTING TRIBUTE TO OUR

[01:37] FRIEND BUSINESS PARTNER THE

[01:38] FOUNDER AND CEO OF TURNING POINT

[01:41] USA WHAT A GREAT TRIBUTE TO HIM

[01:45] HIS LIFE IS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST

[01:46] AND THE FOUNDATION OF WHO WE WAS

[01:48] ANY NEW EVERYTHING ELSE FLOWED

[01:50] FROM THEIR AND SOMEBODY FRIENDS

[01:56] CAME UP TO GO.

[02:04] WE WILL TRY TO GET ABOUT AS MUCH

[02:06] AS POSSIBLE IN SOME HIGHLIGHTS

[02:07] WHEN HE CAME ON THIS VERY SHOW

[02:12] HOW YOU HARNESS THIS MOMENTUM

[02:12] THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW I KNOW

[02:14] IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BE SAID

[02:20] TO HARNESS THIS MOMENT.

[02:23] UP TO 62000 CHAPTER REQUEST.

[02:32] >> IT KEEPS GROWING BY THE DAY,

[02:35] SOMETHING HAS IGNITED IN THIS

[02:38] COUNTRY SOMETHING'S BEEN

[02:39] UNLEASHED IN YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS

[02:42] THE COUNTRY FOR ALL AGE GROUPS

[02:48] TO REACH THE NEXT GENERATION IN

[02:50] THE RESPONDED RECORD NUMBERS IN

[02:55] THE BOOK: THE POCKETS OF THE

[02:57] RADIO SHOW AND THE CANDLELIGHT

[03:00] INDUSTRY BEAD A TV SHOW AS WELL

[03:11] AND SECONDLY THAT'S WHAT ERIKA

[03:12] KIRK HAS TOLD US IS GOING TO

[03:16] HAPPEN I'M EXCITED TO DO IT

[03:20] FORGIVE US AS THE PIECES COME

[03:22] TOGETHER AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT

[03:23] THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

[03:28] I THINK SOMETHINGS BECOME CLEAR

[03:29] TO ALL THE TURNING POINT STAFF

[03:29] AND ALL THE CHARLIE KIRK SHOW

[03:33] STAFF LOOKING CHARLIE AND PUT IT

[03:40] ON YOUR SHOW HE LOVED IT HE

[03:42] LOVED YOU AND HE WENT BOTH WAYS

[03:45] THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO CHARLIE AND

[03:51] HOW HE WAS LIKE IN THE ENERGY

[03:52] THAT HE PUT OUT AND THE LESSONS

[03:54] THAT HE LEARNED IN ABSORBING GET

[03:54] AROUND THIS AMAZING YOU CAN'T

[03:56] REPLACE THAT WE PULLED OFF THIS

[04:01] EVENT THAT SHOULD'VE TAKEN SIX

[04:02] MONTHS IT SHOULD'VE BEEN SIX

[04:04] DAYS AND THAT'S THE THINGS THAT

[04:06] CHARLIE IMPLANTED IN SOMETHING

[04:13] YOU CAN'T HAND OFF IS SOMETHING

[04:14] WE HAVE TO BE THE TORCHBEARERS

[04:15] OF ANY SUPPORT THAT WE DO THAT

[04:26] THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

[04:27] >> IF I CAN HELP OUT LET ME KNOW

[04:29] AND I HOPE YOU WILL BEYOND AIR I

[04:31] THINK YOU COULD DO THE JOB.

[04:33] I WAS STRUCK BY A FEW THINGS IN

[04:34] THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ONE

[04:37] OF THE THINGS IN THE NEW YORK

[04:39] TIMES ERIKA SAID SEVERAL OF HER

[04:43] HUSBAND HAD OCCASIONALLY HEARD

[04:45] HIM APPLY THAT HE KNEW HIS LIFE

[04:46] COULD BECOME SHORT BY VIOLENCE,

[04:50] SHE FOUND HERSELF WONDERING IF A

[04:51] PART OF HIM NOT ALREADY

[04:52] SURRENDERED TO SUCH A PROSPECT I

[04:53] WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO

[04:54] WEIGH IN ON THAT.

[04:56] IN THE MOMENTS OF THE BRAKES AND

[04:59] THE PODCAST AND GOING TO LUNCH

[05:00] OR DINNER, DO YOU EVER TALK

[05:01] ABOUT THE DANGER HE MIGHT BE IN.

[05:08] >> CHARLIE FACED THREATS ALL THE

[05:11] TIME WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE

[05:14] SECURITY TEAM THAT WORKS AROUND

[05:21] THE CLOCK AND MULTIPLE SHIFTS

[05:21] AND MULTIPLE GROUPS IN THE COURT

[05:22] MEETING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT

[05:23] INTO DEAL WITH THAT.

[05:25] THERE IS AN ELEMENT WHO IS SO

[05:30] CLOSE.

[05:39] I DO BELIEVE HE HAD GIVEN UP TO

[05:41] GOD AND HIS LIFE OVER EVEN IN

[05:43] HIS OWN HEART AND HIS OWN PRAYER

[05:45] TIME.

[05:46] OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT WHAT HE

[05:49] WANTED HE MADE EVERY PRECAUTION

[05:50] THAT HE KNEW WHAT TO DO TO MAKE

[05:51] SURE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN HE SAID

[05:54] MULTIPLE TIMES AND HE WEAVES

[05:55] SEEN THE CLIPS SENSE HE TOLD THE

[05:59] LORD IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ME TAKE

[06:01] ME.

[06:02] IT IS FUNNY IF I STAND FOR ONE

[06:06] MORE SECOND LAST NIGHT AS I WAS

[06:07] DRIVING TO THE VENUE SOMEBODY

[06:09] CALLED ME THEY WERE IN TEARS

[06:11] THEY SAID I HAVE A PICTURE OF

[06:13] CHARLIE THEY SAID IT WAS AMAZING

[06:16] THE MOMENT IT HAPPENED HE WAS

[06:17] SITTING BEFORE THE LORD CHARLIE

[06:21] WAS PERPLEXED AND HE WANTED TO

[06:22] GO BACK HE HAD JOY HE WANTED TO

[06:24] GO BACK TO BE WITH ERIKA THE

[06:25] LORD SAID TO HIM WHATEVER YOU

[06:28] WANT IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK YOU

[06:32] CAN.

[06:32] FIRST LET ME SHOW YOU THE

[06:33] HARVEST IF YOU SAY YES AND COME

[06:35] WITH ME CHARLIE STARTED THE

[06:37] HARVEST AND HE SAID YES LORD I

[06:38] AGREE ARE YOU READY I'M NOT

[06:43] SAYING THUS THE LORD BUT IT'S A

[06:44] BEAUTIFUL PICTURE AND I TAKE IT

[06:45] THE BEAT OF A PICTURE OF THE

[06:46] HEART OF CHARLIE KIRK SO

[06:54] PROFOUNDLY AND CONFIDENTLY AND

[06:59] ONE DAY HE WOULD'VE MADE THAT

[07:01] CHOICE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

[07:07] >> WHAT DO YOU THINK CHANGES

[07:08] LAST QUESTION I WILL LET YOU GET

[07:09] SOME SLEEP.

[07:10] WHAT DO YOU THINK CHANGES

[07:12] TOMORROW I SAW THE 73000 IN THE

[07:16] STADIUM THE THOUSANDS OUTSIDE OF

[07:19] THE STADIUM I KNOW EVERYBODY I

[07:20] KNOW WATCHING ALL DAY FOR FIVE

[07:21] HOURS IT SEEMED SHORT WHAT

[07:22] CHANGES TOMORROW ABOUT THE

[07:23] MOVEMENT THAT WAS ALREADY

[07:27] IMPRESSIVE.

[07:29] >> IN SOME WAYS EVERYBODY HAS TO

[07:31] PLAY THEIR OWN ROLE THE WAY THAT

[07:33] THEY ARE WIRED.

[07:36] ERIKA IS GOING TO BE HER OWN

[07:38] TYPO CEO.

[07:39] I WILL TELL YOU SHE IS AN

[07:42] AMAZING HUMAN EVERYBODY EARLY

[07:43] KNOWS THIS FROM WATCHING HER

[07:45] SPEAK AND THE STRENGTH THAT SHE

[07:49] GATHERED THE MOST INCREDIBLE

[07:52] CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH TRAGEDY

[07:53] ALL AROUND US SHE FOUND THE

[07:57] STRENGTH TO ADDRESS A GRIEVING

[07:58] NATION THAT NEEDED TO HEAR FROM

[08:01] HER.

[08:01] I WILL SAY THAT SAME STRENGTH

[08:02] THAT SHE EXHIBITED IN THE FRIDAY

[08:05] AFTER CHARLIE WAS ASSASSINATED

[08:09] SHE HAS THAT NEATLY IN HER AND

[08:10] THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION IS READY

[08:12] TO MARCH RIGHT BEHIND HER AND

[08:15] SUPPORT HER AND EXECUTE ALL

[08:16] DIVISION THAT CHARLIE HAD IT SHE

[08:19] SHARED WORKING TO GROW I BELIEVE

[08:20] WE'RE GOING TO THRIVE.

[08:25] >> I BELIEVE IT TO ITS COULD BE

[08:26] BIGGER THAN EVER I HOPE WE CAN

[08:29] SATISFY THOSE REQUESTERS AND

[08:31] CHAT ENTERED PEOPLE WILL BE MORE

[08:34] MOTIVATED AFTER SEEING WHAT WE

[08:35] SAW TODAY.

[08:35] THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDREW CALL I

[08:39] HOPE TO HAVE YOU