Charlie Kirk Debates Young College Voter on Trump, Immigration, and Economic Policy for Gen Z

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[00:30] Yo, uh, my name is John, uh, Charlie

[00:33] Riley. Uh, I think a common, you know,

[00:36] like stereotype about college students,

[00:39] especially nowadays, we're all liberal

[00:40] and don't like know anything. We're all

[00:43] brainwashed, right? It's a common thing

[00:44] that that's like parited, right? What I

[00:47] would say is as someone who just turned

[00:49] 18, goes to the school, and was able to

[00:51] vote uh the last last election, I

[00:53] believe that Trump is not a good option

[00:55] for people like me, young young voters,

[01:00] people of color who are from immigrant

[01:02] families and want to be able to afford

[01:04] things and want to be able to have a

[01:05] good life. I don't believe that's the

[01:07] right way forward. I It's fair that you

[01:08] guys criticize the Democrats, this and

[01:10] that. I don't think that's the right way

[01:11] to go. And I I'll tell you why. Trump,

[01:14] just for example, people, it's a common

[01:16] thing. We don't know. We don't know why

[01:17] we hate Trump. We're all brainwashed,

[01:18] right? Trump said, and I quote,

[01:20] "Immigrants are poisoning the blood of

[01:22] our country." As of someone who comes

[01:23] from an immigrant mother, immigrant

[01:25] father, how can illegal?

[01:28] He said illegal immigrants. illegal.

[01:30] illegal immigrants. Okay. He said

[01:31] illegal immigrants are poisoning the I

[01:33] know people who are illegal and doing

[01:35] the opposite of that. Okay. They're

[01:36] doing they're living. You wouldn't even

[01:38] be able to tell their immigration isn't

[01:39] on their face. And it's not I think that

[01:42] I think that you Sorry. I think I think

[01:43] that that that you using that type of

[01:45] rhetoric is not really beneficial for

[01:47] me. Why would I vote for that? Like why?

[01:49] Explain to me why I vote for that as a

[01:51] young black man who has the ability to

[01:52] vote. You know what isn't beneficial?

[01:55] What happened to Lake and Riley?

[01:58] I mean, you're complaining the two

[02:00] things. If you're here illegally in this

[02:03] country, you've already broken a law.

[02:05] You are already a criminal. Therefore,

[02:07] you should be sent back. I mean, okay,

[02:09] that that's the immigration thing. I'm

[02:10] I'm still trying to figure out why would

[02:12] I vote for you? Because I think even for

[02:13] your case too, your whole kind of thing

[02:15] is trans people this and that. Trans

[02:17] sports. I'm going be honest with you,

[02:19] with all due respect, I don't care. I

[02:20] don't watch sports like that. I don't

[02:22] watch women's sports. So, why would I

[02:24] have kids one day? Um, yeah, but I just

[02:27] don't think that's important to me right

[02:28] now. I'm more worried about having money

[02:30] for myself. What do you worry about? I

[02:32] worry about cost of living. Uh, I think

[02:34] everyone does. If you're a young if

[02:35] you're a young person, you care about

[02:36] cost of cost of living. Uh, I do have a

[02:39] job. I do have a job. So, um, cost of

[02:41] living. Um, we're thinking about paying

[02:43] our college loans like like I like I

[02:45] have to pay my college loans. We're

[02:46] thinking about uh how can we survive,

[02:49] you know, health care and and our costs

[02:50] like that. What does Trump do to address

[02:52] that besides be like we're going to poor

[02:55] people? We're going to put tariffs on

[02:56] and trans people are bad. Why why would

[02:57] I care? Okay. So, you you work at what

[02:59] kind of job do you work at? Um, right

[03:01] now I internship at a tech network type

[03:04] of thing. So, it's unpaid, but it's a

[03:06] job. All right. Well, yeah. Okay. So,

[03:07] have you ever worked a job where you

[03:08] have overtime? Uh, yeah. I've worked at

[03:10] like Taco Bell. Well, Trump is no longer

[03:12] gonna tax overtime at all. So, no tax on

[03:14] overtime, which is great. Um, no t Have

[03:17] you ever been in a job where you get

[03:18] tips? No tax on tips as well. Um, and

[03:22] but by the way, I don't have to

[03:23] speculate it. Again, the election's

[03:24] over, so I don't want to spend too much

[03:25] time on this because it's kind of a

[03:26] waste of time, but like Trump's first

[03:28] term was objectively better for people

[03:30] of your what you want than Biden. And

[03:32] you're going to see it this time. You're

[03:33] going to see an amazing economic

[03:35] flourishing happen in the coming years.

[03:36] I feel like that's kind of like a we'll

[03:39] give it to you eventually type of thing.

[03:40] Like I just don't see I don't I don't

[03:41] remember that happen. I was alive 2016

[03:43] 2020. That wasn't a thing where it was a

[03:45] big like it was incredible. Well, what

[03:47] but I mean look, how old are you? 18.

[03:49] You were 10 years old at the time. So I

[03:50] understand that you weren't as like I

[03:52] get it. I'm not trying to accuse you.

[03:53] It's just you weren't as aware of

[03:54] economics. Well, in 2020 I was 15 and

[03:56] that was when the co hit and he it

[03:58] wasn't great back then that he was still

[03:59] president. So I don't know. Yeah. I mean

[04:01] obviously because we locked down the

[04:02] entire country. I mean obviously so. But

[04:04] when he was the president though when CO

[04:06] hit Yes. And the states were the ones

[04:08] that locked down, right? Not it was

[04:09] California that had the most draconian

[04:11] lockdowns. I don't want to get too far

[04:12] into this. This is too speculative.

[04:14] You're going to see Trump succeed and I

[04:15] want you to remember this conversation

[04:16] and give him credit when he does. Sure.

[04:18] We'll see it when it happens. Thank you.

[04:20] Appreciate it. Thanks for having open

[04:21] mind.