Brandon Tatum Reacts to Tom MacDonald's Charlie Kirk Tribute Song and Shares Memories of His Friend

[00:00] Let's play the Tom McDonald song that he

[00:02] made for Charlie Kirk. I haven't watched

[00:03] it yet. Tom McDonald normally have

[00:06] bangers and so I'm assuming that it's

[00:08] gonna be good. Nick said it was awesome.

[00:10] I want y'all to listen to this Tom

[00:11] McDonald song that he wrote in tribute

[00:13] for Charlie Kirk.

[00:17] Wrote a clip.

[00:20] [Music]

[00:28] Shot down. and he was barely 31. Another

[00:31] woke coward took a life with a gun. He

[00:33] left behind a wife and a daughter and a

[00:35] son. All he did was try to speak for all

[00:37] of us. And I'm so tired of the hatred

[00:40] and the narratives. The patriots ain't

[00:42] dangerous. Woke people are the

[00:43] terrorists. They shot and killed the

[00:45] father. Send a message to Americans.

[00:47] They ain't going to stop until they bury

[00:48] us. Dear Charlie, I don't know if you

[00:51] can see us now, but if heaven has a

[00:53] window, I sure hope you're looking down.

[00:55] Cuz we ain't going quiet. We going to

[00:56] scream your name loud and you're gone.

[00:58] But I swear to God that we going to make

[00:59] you proud. We ain't backing off for

[01:01] giving up. I'll preach what you taught

[01:02] me. They may have killed a soldier, but

[01:04] that man had an army. This is far more

[01:06] deep than some political parties. And

[01:08] you can't kill freedom. So this one is

[01:10] for Charlie. This ain't the America that

[01:13] all our parents love, but good men tried

[01:15] to keep making it great. Pray that God

[01:17] will take care of us. The system is

[01:18] failing us. Good men die for the things

[01:21] that they say. And I can't just be

[01:23] quiet.

[01:26] So I got to be brave cuz this is America

[01:29] lately. It's hearing us. But one good

[01:31] man can change it all in a day.

[01:34] Killed in cold blood for having a

[01:35] discussion. And liberals are celebrating

[01:37] murder like it's justice. You didn't

[01:39] kill a villain or the evil that it comes

[01:41] with. You killed a father and a husband.

[01:44] And I'm so tired of the left and all the

[01:46] vulery. We can't get along if you just

[01:48] kill us when we don't agree. Sniper

[01:50] rifle fire from a liberal that no one

[01:52] sees. Scared I might be next to die when

[01:53] I'm just buying groceries. Charlie,

[01:56] we'll make sure your children know that

[01:57] defending all our freedom is why you

[01:59] aren't coming home. I hope heaven has a

[02:01] window. You can watch your children grow

[02:02] and hear your message echo from below.

[02:05] And we ain't backing off or giving up.

[02:06] I'll preach what you taught me. They may

[02:08] have killed a soldier, but that man had

[02:10] an army. This is far more deep than some

[02:12] political parties. And you can't kill

[02:14] freedom. So this one is for Charlie.

[02:16] This ain't the America that all our

[02:19] parents love, but good man tried to keep

[02:21] making it great. Pray that God will take

[02:23] care of us.

[02:23] >> That was a good song, man. I tried to

[02:25] hold them back. Y'all see them. They

[02:26] were they were welling welling. I don't

[02:28] know how you say it. I was getting ready

[02:30] to They about to drop, but I held it

[02:32] back. That was a good song, man. I love

[02:33] that. I think I think that was a good

[02:35] song, man. Charlie, it's it's sad, man,

[02:37] because it's it's just like the rest of

[02:39] y'all, man. I'm human, too, man. So, I'm

[02:41] I'm I'm like one minute one minute I'm

[02:43] accepting it. meaning that I I I accept

[02:45] the reality and the next minute I'm

[02:47] confused like what did this really

[02:48] happen? One minute I it's not a reality.

[02:51] It's like oh yeah Charlie Charlie got

[02:52] Yeah. It's just a it's just an internet

[02:54] thing, right? I just saw it on the

[02:55] internet. It's not a reality. It's not

[02:57] real. And and I think unfortunately I

[02:59] think it's going to get real soon for me

[03:02] because I'm going to go to the

[03:03] headquarters at Turning Point. I'm not

[03:04] going to see him there, you know, and

[03:05] I'm going to go to um go to the funeral

[03:08] and and he going to be in he going to be

[03:09] in a casket and it's going to be real.

[03:11] Then the same guy that when we started

[03:14] out, you know, he gave me opportunity in

[03:16] 2017, 2018. You know, he's a good dude,

[03:20] man. Charlie was always on it, man.

[03:22] Charlie was always on it, boy. That boy

[03:24] running 100 miles per hour. Charlie was

[03:26] on it, man. You know, he was traveling

[03:28] everywhere. I remember I remember we

[03:30] went out to eat. That dude had a garment

[03:32] bag that was this thick. He had to have

[03:35] like 10 suits and clothes in his garment

[03:37] bag. He running around with a garment

[03:39] bag. That's all he had. just just

[03:42] slopped over Gorman bag. Probably had

[03:43] toiletries in it, bunch of suits and

[03:45] clothes because he just going like this.

[03:47] Nobody did. Charlie inspired me to to be

[03:50] who who I am today when it come to

[03:52] hustle. Like dude, I was like, man, I'm

[03:54] not going to let Charlie outdo me. If

[03:56] Charlie can do a 100 shows, I do 100

[04:00] shows, too. I remember we were at

[04:01] Turning Point. I said, I'mma never say

[04:03] no to nothing. I think I went to 22

[04:05] universities in one calendar year. Every

[04:08] time they said something to me, yes.

[04:09] Yes. Anything Turnpoint ever asked me?

[04:12] Yes. Anything Charlie ever asked me?

[04:14] Yes. Let me see. What was the last thing

[04:15] that Charlie text me? It was just him

[04:18] saying, "Can you please post this today

[04:20] uh for the for SAS?" That was the last

[04:23] time I talked to him was SAS. What was

[04:24] the answer, y'all? Yes. What else do we

[04:27] talk about before that? I invited him to

[04:29] some to an event. He asked me where was

[04:31] it? He sent me a YouTube video that he

[04:34] put out. I told him, "Uh, we already

[04:37] made one about about your video. You

[04:39] cooked." He asked me about uh a kid

[04:41] named Austin that used to work with us.

[04:43] One of our last tech I think they were

[04:45] going to give him an opportunity and I

[04:46] told him, "Oh, he's a great kid." Told

[04:48] him, "Happy New Year's. You know, we we

[04:50] you know, this Charlie Charlie was

[04:52] Charlie is is the man." You know what I

[04:55] mean? I I He a good dude, man. You know,

[04:57] we got some Charlie shirts that's coming

[04:59] out. All the proceeds to go to his

[05:00] family. Um unless the family want us to

[05:03] send it to Turning Point, but we going

[05:04] to send it directly to his family. Um,

[05:07] and we got a we got a we got a little

[05:09] funding link where you can donate and

[05:11] we'll send that to his family, too. So,

[05:14] um, if you're interested and no

[05:16] pressure, I wanted to wear a Charlie

[05:17] shirt, so I'm making them. And if you

[05:20] want to buy one to support Charlie's

[05:22] family, you can. But, uh, I I want to

[05:24] wear it cuz I'm going to somewhere and I

[05:27] want to have a a shirt that represents

[05:29] Charlie in front of the world. And uh

[05:31] that's and I say since I'mma make me

[05:33] one, I might as well other people want

[05:35] one, they can get one, too. Uh we'll

[05:38] have them ready for you guys soon. Um

[05:40] and I'll put it out there. But all

[05:41] right, we're going to end it with a with

[05:43] a with a Charlie tribute outro. So I

[05:46] love you guys. Y'all stay prayed up.

[05:48] Stay tuned. There's more to come. All

[05:51] right. I love you. Y'all stay keep your

[05:53] head up. It's just the beginning.

[05:56] Charlie's legacy will never die. I

[05:58] promise you that. I'm out.

[06:06] >> We're we're active in about 15 campuses

[06:08] and we're growing very very quickly. And

[06:10] keep in mind, this is not just a flash

[06:12] in the pan movement. Uh we're going to

[06:13] become an institution to give them the

[06:15] power and the confidence to stand up and

[06:17] let their voice be heard. I started this

[06:19] organization when I was 18 years old. I

[06:21] decided uh not to go to college. I

[06:22] didn't get in my dream school, which was

[06:24] the United States Military Academy at

[06:25] West Point. I have this idea to

[06:26] galvanize and motivate the future youth

[06:28] of this country around a core set of

[06:30] ideas, not just political parties or

[06:32] politicians. And the ideas are really

[06:34] America's the greatest country in the

[06:35] history of the world. Constitution is

[06:36] the greatest political document ever

[06:38] written and free enterprise the most

[06:39] assured way to lift people out of

[06:40] poverty and create prosperity for all.

[06:42] Those are the three big ideas. Um, and I

[06:44] think that's something that can win.

[06:53] We as Christians are called to go into

[06:55] the public arena to correct error with

[06:59] truth. So I go to college campuses and

[07:01] there's a lot of error. We're all

[07:02] sinners. We all live in error. I'm far

[07:04] more interested in what God wants of me

[07:07] than what I want of from God.

[07:08] >> I have to say this without getting

[07:10] emotional, but I'm very proud of my

[07:11] husband. And I know many of you are too.

[07:17] You have worked so hard and I know a lot

[07:19] of you have seen obviously his videos on

[07:22] Tik Tok and all the stuff he does on

[07:24] campus, but no one gets to see him from

[07:28] my angle except for myself and our

[07:30] children.

[07:33] [Music]

[07:39] >> The best

[07:40] >> and the sacrifices that he made this

[07:43] year.

[07:45] He's amazing. I'm very blessed

[07:47] >> and I I would not have been able to do

[07:48] any of it without Erica. And that's the

[07:50] real truth. I'll tell you what.

[07:53] You are here as a grassroots response to

[07:57] the top down revolution happening in

[07:59] this country. I want our Turning Point

[08:01] USA students to receive a round of

[08:03] applause. These are the freedom fighters

[08:05] of America.

[08:07] [Applause]

[08:09] The media said that Turning Point could

[08:11] never run a ground game. They weren't

[08:13] experienced. They didn't know Charlie,

[08:14] right? This is the greatest generational

[08:18] realignment since Woodstock. This

[08:20] generation is the most conservative

[08:22] generation that we have seen in well

[08:24] over 50 years. And the numbers show it.

[08:27] What young people especially are

[08:29] screaming at is they say, "Give me a

[08:32] structure that I can live my life by."

[08:36] And especially with young men, more

[08:38] challenging of them, more saying, "You

[08:40] know what? Honestly, I'm not going to

[08:41] talk down to you. Stop being a boy and

[08:43] become a man. You want to learn what

[08:45] that means? Come to church and I'll tell

[08:46] you what it means to become a man. Cuz

[08:48] we have the greatest story ever told.

[08:51] What can I do to save the country? You

[08:53] answer that question every single day

[08:55] because you are doing the work to save

[08:58] this beautiful republic. You are doing

[09:00] something that is bigger than you.

[09:03] >> If everything

[09:06] completely goes away, how do you want to

[09:08] be remembered?

[09:08] >> I want to be I want to be remembered for

[09:10] for courage, for my faith. That that

[09:13] would be the most important thing. Most

[09:14] important thing is my faith in my life.

[09:20] [Music]