Charlie Kirk Calls Pro-Life Movement to Stay Engaged in Politics After Trump's Return to Office

[00:00] [Applause]

[00:09] hey everybody good morning how we

[00:12] doing thank you for that wonderful award

[00:14] uh isn't Kristen great I mean she does a

[00:16] wonderful job I'll tell you what I've

[00:17] been I've been working with her for

[00:19] years and she is a warrior for life in

[00:22] so many different ways um what a week

[00:25] what a

[00:26] week I'll tell you America is back and

[00:29] more way than one and for those of you

[00:32] that were on your campuses fighting for

[00:34] president Trump this is your victory for

[00:36] those of you that were advocating for a

[00:40] return of America that isn't weak and

[00:43] pathetic but instead one that has

[00:45] borders one that defends The Unborn one

[00:48] that believes in Liberty and freedom it

[00:50] is amazing to see how quick America can

[00:53] get back on Pace and back on track I

[00:56] have a couple uh messages for you guys

[00:58] in the couple minutes here number one

[01:00] it's very important to know that you

[01:01] guys have an amazing Ally in the White

[01:04] House in the fight for Life both

[01:05] president Trump and JD Vance fighting

[01:08] for life every single day president

[01:10] Donald Trump signed the pardons or the

[01:13] face Act of those political prisoners of

[01:15] the Biden Harris regime reinstated the

[01:17] Mexico City Policy Department of Justice

[01:20] is going to be a friend of all of you on

[01:22] campuses and by the way and Kristen as

[01:25] if any of you guys run into problems at

[01:27] your local campus well there's now a new

[01:29] sheriff in town at the Department of

[01:31] Education and the Department of Justice

[01:33] and if your civil rights are interfered

[01:36] with on campus when you're advocating

[01:37] for life then there's going to be

[01:40] hotlines established with the federal

[01:42] government to fight for your free speech

[01:44] rights on college campuses so you can

[01:46] advocate for life if you have a table

[01:49] and all of a sudden the administration

[01:51] is not doing their job to protect you or

[01:53] defend your first amendment rights well

[01:55] maybe we should cut their Federal

[01:57] funding because you have a right to be

[01:59] able to speak fre on your college campus

[02:01] you have an ally in this Administration

[02:04] and the second thing which I think is

[02:05] very very important if I had one piece

[02:07] of feedback to the pro-life movement

[02:09] it's you need to stay involved in

[02:12] politics I know that is tempting at

[02:14] times to say well politics is dirty and

[02:17] politics is makes me not as pure look

[02:20] I'm not asking you to ever compromise

[02:21] your values but imagine if we don't

[02:24] control the White House what today would

[02:26] look like these these people would still

[02:29] be in the doogs right now facing

[02:32] multiple years in prison for praying

[02:33] outside of abortion clinics the Mexico

[02:35] City policy would still be up and

[02:37] running by the way you know president

[02:39] Trump took down the uh abortion on

[02:42] demand website on Health and Human

[02:44] Services on the first day website is

[02:47] down not to mention when you now go to

[02:51] visit the White House it's just male and

[02:52] female those are the only two Sexes that

[02:55] you have

[02:56] to by the way where is the Great Matt

[02:58] wall she's around here somewhere where

[03:00] I'll tell you Matt Matt I have a lot of

[03:02] admiration for I think Matt Walsh is one

[03:03] of the reasons we won this election I

[03:05] have a whole I have a whole case on that

[03:07] because the trans insanity is one of the

[03:09] reasons why so many people open their

[03:11] eyes you have to stay involved in

[03:13] politics I know that it is for some of

[03:16] you not your primary concern it should

[03:18] not be your primary concern but politics

[03:20] is the highest form of community because

[03:22] it is the combination of morality and

[03:25] sociability and if you don't get

[03:26] involved in politics at the pro-life

[03:28] level politics Will will get involved

[03:30] with you the Democrat Party wants to

[03:32] eliminate and criminalize pro-life

[03:34] activism now you might say oh we'll be

[03:36] stronger because of it careful with that

[03:39] kind of an argument where's the pro-life

[03:40] movement in the United Kingdom where's

[03:42] the pro-life movement in France it's

[03:43] non-existent it's gone they basically

[03:45] and effectively outli pro-life activism

[03:48] and it has just retreated in America you

[03:50] are the center of the planet for

[03:52] pro-life activ activism around the world

[03:54] right here this is the center of the

[03:56] entire planet and involved in that is

[04:00] staying involved and staying engaged and

[04:02] holding your elected leaders accountable

[04:04] running for office yourself now it

[04:06] should not be your primary concern but

[04:07] still when you have State Rep races

[04:09] Governor's races presidential races

[04:11] Congressional races the untapped

[04:14] political potential of the pro-life

[04:15] movement is unbelievable I have to try

[04:18] to convince pro-life leaders at times to

[04:21] stay involved in politics and I can

[04:23] understand why you don't I totally get

[04:24] it because you think it's demoralizing

[04:26] because they are not as pro-life as we

[04:29] are but let me tell you we have to be

[04:31] incrementalist when it comes to politics

[04:33] sometimes this is a fight that's going

[04:35] to take 5 years 10 years 15 years 20

[04:38] years 30 years 40 years and that's this

[04:41] social movement that is built here in

[04:43] this room you're up for that fight

[04:44] that's why you are the pro-life

[04:46] generation and you're not going to win

[04:48] every referendum you're not going to win

[04:50] every single ballot measure you're not

[04:52] going to win every single contest when

[04:53] it comes to local politicians but if you

[04:56] stay involved and you take over your

[04:58] state parties if you stay involved and

[05:00] hold your leaders accountable you can

[05:02] then all of a sudden see so much of this

[05:04] legislative progress come to fruition

[05:06] and that is the final and third point I

[05:08] want to make here I understand that some

[05:10] people in the Republican Party want to

[05:12] say that abortion should no longer be

[05:15] mentioned anymore in the party platform

[05:17] and it should no longer be mentioned

[05:19] this is why you have to stay involved in

[05:20] politics I'm here to tell you right now

[05:23] that not only do we want it to be

[05:24] mentioned but if we don't fight for life

[05:26] then what good is politics if we're not

[05:29] going to fight for The Unborn than what

[05:30] good is corporate tax cuts however I

[05:34] need you guys in the room to back me up

[05:36] when I say that because some of these

[05:39] leaders say where are the pro-life where

[05:40] are the pro-life Warriors we need more

[05:43] of you as the Infantry in the political

[05:45] fight and I know that you might be jaded

[05:48] and I know that you might say well I'm

[05:49] pure than that first of all we're all

[05:50] Sinners that fall short of the glory of

[05:52] God you're not purer than that okay but

[05:55] the activism that you think for the for

[05:57] for those that do sidewalk Ministries

[05:59] God bless bless you those of you that do

[06:00] Pregnancy Resource Centers God bless

[06:02] you're the backbone of the pro-life

[06:03] movement I'm asking you just to dedicate

[06:05] a little bit not a majority a little bit

[06:07] of energy more than you have before in

[06:09] the political Arena I'm a political

[06:11] animal right that's what I do I focus on

[06:13] I emphasize it but I could tell you

[06:15] right now if you guys show up and you

[06:17] reinforce the arguments we're making you

[06:19] hold these elected leaders accountable

[06:21] if we combine our forces to say no we're

[06:22] not going to fund plan put Parenthood

[06:24] anymore we're going to encourage

[06:25] president Trump for being the most

[06:27] pro-life president in American history

[06:29] then we could start to see that

[06:30] multigenerational progress and that's

[06:32] what excites me the most about what I

[06:34] see in this room what I see in the

[06:36] pro-life movement is that we are

[06:38] starting to see these gains and these

[06:40] wins and these victories some would say

[06:42] well Row versus weight is repealed the

[06:45] fight is over wrong that is the

[06:47] beginning of the fight everybody now we

[06:49] have to go and we have to win

[06:50] referendums in States we have to win

[06:52] hearts and minds and the and the final

[06:55] final point for those of you that are on

[06:56] campuses this is where it all is going

[06:59] to hit the rubber hits the road I might

[07:01] be visiting a campus near you debating

[07:03] kids on the abortion issue it would my

[07:05] life would be a lot easier by the way if

[07:07] I was indifferent on the abortion topic

[07:09] on campuses but again why are we

[07:11] involved in this because we serve a God

[07:14] and we are not him and we are all made

[07:16] in the image of that Creator and so

[07:18] fight with joy with Whimsy encourage

[07:21] your fellow Warriors that might be

[07:23] silent on campuses you have an

[07:25] Administration that has your back you

[07:27] have a growing majority of the country

[07:28] that has your back and I believe truly

[07:30] when people are presented with the facts

[07:33] with the moral Clarity on the topic of

[07:35] abortion when they think deeply about it

[07:37] we can win converts by the thousands the

[07:40] tens of thousands the hundreds of

[07:42] thousands and the millions but guess

[07:43] what you might have to be you might have

[07:46] to say something that people might not

[07:47] have heard before you might have to be

[07:49] willing to go through the Apologetics of

[07:51] this sort of movement of what exactly is

[07:54] it that abort what is what happens when

[07:56] an abortion occurs why is it that we

[07:58] should say that someone is just smaller

[08:00] or a Le lesser degree of development or

[08:03] in a different environment or a degree

[08:05] of dependency why is it that they don't

[08:07] get human rights human rights do not

[08:09] stop just because the location of an

[08:11] individual or the size of an individual

[08:13] or how how developed an individual is

[08:16] and only this movement and you in this

[08:18] room are going to be able to bring that

[08:20] to Ultimate completion so you guys have

[08:22] an ally with us at Turning Point USA I'm

[08:24] excited to see where this fight leads us

[08:27] and I believe you guys are the backbone

[08:29] of what what is going to be the most

[08:30] exciting change for years to come but

[08:33] let us all just say thank you God for

[08:35] giving us a reprieve from the Biden

[08:38] Harris regime our best days are ahead

[08:40] God bless you guys thank you so much