Charlie Kirk Offers Biblical Guidance on Family Conflict, Arizona Politics, and Constitutional Principles for Conservative Members

[00:00] Jennifer Jennifer what is on your mind

[00:01] Jennifer thanks for being a

[00:05] member hi Charlie I um am Jewish and

[00:09] also a believer in Jesus and I'm going

[00:11] home to New York to visit my family all

[00:14] of my family members are Jewish and very

[00:16] left on the political spectrum and I am

[00:19] very far right and I am the only

[00:22] believer and I'm unsure how to navigate

[00:25] the waters um it's been a year since

[00:27] I've been home and obviously a lot has

[00:30] changed so I I feel like I'm going into

[00:32] hostile territory and I wish to make a

[00:36] good impression for my faith well first

[00:39] of all uh God bless you and so let me

[00:43] ask you are you visiting uh first your

[00:46] parents and number two okay that because

[00:49] that that matters that that's not just

[00:51] cousins because the Bible is very clear

[00:53] about how you deal with parents versus

[00:55] just other random relatives so I'm going

[00:57] to comment on that from a Biblical

[00:59] perspective

[01:00] and then number two are they either

[01:03] serious about their faith and or do they

[01:05] care about

[01:07] Israel great questions um they are not

[01:11] serious about their faith it's more of a

[01:13] traditional Jewish background cultural

[01:15] New Yorkers grew up in New York City and

[01:19] um they do care about Israel but not

[01:22] it's nothing I ever knew of growing up I

[01:25] didn't know what Israel was so obviously

[01:27] it wasn't that big on the on the

[01:30] importance list um and my brother will

[01:33] also be there um and he is not concerned

[01:37] I don't think he's just more political

[01:39] than they they've been watching

[01:41] mainstream media for 70 years so so here

[01:44] here is my my take number one is that I

[01:48] would try to have some baseline and

[01:50] saying look we're we're not going to do

[01:51] any politics now that that's a that

[01:54] might not be well received and let me

[01:56] tell you why especially with your

[01:57] parents as you know in the ten command

[02:00] ments the fifth commandment is honor

[02:02] your mother and father so that you may

[02:03] live long in the land of which you are

[02:05] in we are called to honor our parents it

[02:07] doesn't say hey only honor them if you

[02:10] have the same politics or only honor

[02:13] them if you see the world the same way

[02:15] but number two as someone who has also

[02:18] uh found Yeshua Jesus Christ if that

[02:21] does come up you it says in the

[02:24] scriptures be equipped to have an answer

[02:26] if you are questioned but do so in love

[02:29] in constantly try to diffuse if there's

[02:32] provocation say guys I'm not here to

[02:34] debate I'm not here to you know have a

[02:37] combative thing let's have a a sweet

[02:39] time together I honor you as my parents

[02:42] and let's find other things to talk

[02:44] about at the same time if you feel

[02:46] comfortable because look in some Jewish

[02:49] households they're uh they're

[02:51] notoriously known for having uh very

[02:54] contentious discussions uh in fact there

[02:58] is a there's a very good argument to be

[03:00] made I got this from yarin Brooke

[03:02] actually from the iron Rand Institute

[03:04] even though I think he's wrong on a lot

[03:05] of stuff very smart point and he's

[03:07] Israeli he was he once said one of the

[03:09] reasons why Jewish kids tend to be a

[03:11] little more advanced when it comes to

[03:13] reading and writing is because you sit

[03:16] at the table at like the age of two or

[03:18] three at a Jewish uh Jewish you know

[03:20] meal and you have to defend your

[03:22] position and your point and if not your

[03:24] uncle would just say that's stupid you

[03:25] almost have to reason at a young age I

[03:27] don't know if you can sympathize with

[03:28] that or not Jennifer I can yes and so uh

[03:32] it's it's it's it's built into Jewish

[03:34] culture that you better come with a good

[03:36] idea and a good argument if not the

[03:38] adult will not just treat you as a kid

[03:39] it be you got to really um kind of

[03:42] fasten and sharpen your reason so

[03:45] Jennifer I'm going to pray for you um I

[03:47] know that this is very difficult uh but

[03:50] the Lord is with you and read your Bible

[03:52] going into that situation and I'll leave

[03:54] you with a Bible verse 1 Corinthians

[03:56] 16:13 be on guard stand firm in the

[03:59] faith and be courageous and be strong

[04:01] and Jennifer send me an email how it

[04:03] goes and maybe the holy spirit will be

[04:05] at work God bless you thank you all

[04:08] right Anthony Anthony what is on your

[04:10] mind thank you for being a member what's

[04:12] up hey Charlie what's going on um so I

[04:14] have a question because not many people

[04:16] understand what goes on in New York

[04:18] Trump is meeting with hok today our

[04:19] governor and I know one of the things on

[04:22] the docket is this pipeline that goes

[04:24] through the New England states that he

[04:26] wants to have come through New York to

[04:27] help lower cost by $5,000 a month or a

[04:30] year whatever it came out to be the

[04:32] issue is hok and the previous Governor

[04:34] Cuomo have made sure that no fracking no

[04:37] pipelines will come through and come

[04:40] next year any new houses built in New

[04:42] York state cannot have natural gas

[04:44] hookup and then a couple years later new

[04:46] buildings can't have natural gas hookup

[04:48] so how does the EPA and how does TR can

[04:51] Trump do anything to override all these

[04:53] and I know they're state level but what

[04:55] can they do because New York has a ton

[04:57] of natural gas yes does it's a great

[05:01] question it is look if a state doesn't

[05:03] want to Frack it is going to be a

[05:05] state's right decision however and it is

[05:08] a big however there's a fair amount and

[05:11] this is where I think Trump has some

[05:12] leverage of national forest in New York

[05:16] if I'm not mistaken so I don't know if

[05:19] it's all state forest or national forest

[05:22] but National Forest is of course

[05:24] governed by the department of interior

[05:26] so there I mean there is a major so the

[05:30] mountains I think is largely state

[05:32] governed but there might yes that's a

[05:34] state park yeah I think there are some

[05:36] national forest nearby I I could be

[05:38] wrong with that being said is that Kathy

[05:41] hokel should resend the moratorium on

[05:44] fracking because it would create so many

[05:46] jobs for the people in New York look

[05:47] what it's happening in Pennsylvania and

[05:49] I think it is an insult and a tragedy

[05:51] that New York is not doing the same

[05:52] thing Anthony thanks so much really

[05:54] appreciate it let's go to uh uh the war

[05:57] on liquid natural gas is just unbel

[06:00] believable Christine uh thank you for

[06:02] being a member members. Charly kirk.com

[06:04] what's on your mind hi Charlie um I was

[06:08] super happy to be at amfest in December

[06:10] it was a absolutely electric time I am

[06:14] originally from Pennsylvania and I have

[06:15] lived in northern Arizona for over 30

[06:17] years wow when I first moved here um the

[06:21] state was red and in 30 years it has

[06:24] gone South is Scott Pressler available

[06:28] to leave with wiconsin and come to

[06:31] Maricopa County and help us

[06:33] out well yeah I mean we also have

[06:35] Turning Point here as well so no I know

[06:39] I know I know I I mean you guys are

[06:41] amazing and everything you're doing I am

[06:43] blown away by what you've created in

[06:46] such a short amount of time but um what

[06:50] can we do to get Fair elections within

[06:52] that County which tends to turn the

[06:54] entire State yeah well first I will say

[06:56] there is hope and I agree with you that

[06:58] it has gone South and we need to kind of

[07:00] turn this around but let's look at

[07:01] everything that we accomplished uh this

[07:04] last cycle uh it was President Trump's

[07:06] best ever performance in the state of

[07:07] Arizona a five and a half Point Victory

[07:10] almost 200,000 uh votes over uh kamla

[07:13] Harris uh we are Full Speed Ahead to win

[07:16] back the governor's race the attorney

[07:18] general and the Secretary of State's

[07:20] race and I think we're going to turn

[07:21] this into the Florida of the West it's

[07:23] not going to be easy but we're going to

[07:24] be pouring a lot of money in to this

[07:27] state and a lot of attention and a lot

[07:29] of ballot chasing people say Charlie

[07:30] what's your plan for the midterms my

[07:32] number one plan is to defend our home is

[07:35] we're going to get a lot of attention

[07:36] here in Arizona uh we have a great

[07:38] following here in Arizona no I'm not

[07:40] running for governor people keep on

[07:42] asking for that in fact there was a poll

[07:44] that came out we haven't talked about

[07:45] this on the program that showed that I

[07:46] was in first place if there was a straw

[07:48] poll for governor it was really

[07:49] something else and and I'm I'm not

[07:52] running people say oh you know you

[07:54] should run I said I'm running Turning

[07:55] Point USA and turning point action doing

[07:57] the show but to answer your question

[07:59] we're going to continue to chase votes

[08:01] and to register voters and turn Arizona

[08:04] into a red Paradise if I had nothing

[08:07] else going on it of course would be

[08:09] somewhat tempting to run for governor

[08:11] alongside Byron and V because I think

[08:14] Arizona could kick the tale of Florida

[08:16] and Ohio are you kidding me I mean you

[08:18] want to go be a Florida man in the I5

[08:20] Corridor or Orlando or do you want to go

[08:22] live in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona I

[08:24] mean no offense to Ohio but you'd be

[08:26] lucky if the sun comes out once in

[08:28] February March there is so much untapped

[08:32] potential in Arizona there again I'm not

[08:34] I'm not running for govern or anything

[08:35] but the the lack of vision that some of

[08:37] these candidates have for Arizona we

[08:39] should become the AI super uh super

[08:41] capital of the American West number one

[08:43] number two we should be the

[08:44] desalination capital of the world we

[08:47] could fix our water program overnight

[08:48] number three we need to build like three

[08:50] nuclear plants number four work with the

[08:52] federal government to purchase Rocky

[08:53] Point not a joke we need a coastline buy

[08:56] it from Mexico extend Arizona and byy

[08:59] the way Mexico can get tucon back and

[09:00] I'm half kidding thank you so much

[09:02] what's the next question uh beis beis

[09:05] what's on your mind uh thanks for being

[09:06] a member members. Charly kirk.com

[09:09] hi Charlie can you hear me yes what's on

[09:11] your mind thanks for being a member hi

[09:14] um so um first um so I have a almost

[09:20] six-month-old and um I mean I've just

[09:24] been super anxious about having to go

[09:25] back to work and everything so I was

[09:26] just uh wondering um you know for the

[09:29] future um does President Trump have any

[09:31] plans for like maternity leave or

[09:33] anything like that as far as like making

[09:35] it potentially better yeah that I don't

[09:38] think it's going to happen in this bill

[09:40] um I I do recommend you know

[09:43] homeschooling your kids how I know it

[09:44] might be really tough so so

[09:46] beatric I this this is a sad State of

[09:49] Affairs and you are a victim of a larger

[09:52] economic problem so I don't mean to

[09:53] Pride but is it one of those things

[09:56] where you have to work in order to

[09:58] support your family with your husband or

[10:00] your partner am I fair to say

[10:02] that yeah correct yeah we're in

[10:04] California if that changes anything so

[10:06] so this is so this is so important and

[10:08] be a TR here here's the problem and you

[10:11] are a perfect example of this because I

[10:13] would imagine you would rather not work

[10:15] than work am is that fair correct yeah

[10:18] but of course staying at home is working

[10:20] everybody this is the kicker in

[10:23] 1985 you could support a family of four

[10:26] in America with 36 weeks of labor

[10:29] in 2025 it requires 56 weeks of wet

[10:33] labor that's more than 52 weeks and

[10:35] that's for one person what does that

[10:36] mean Elizabeth Warren Believe It or Not

[10:39] wrote the best book in beat if you want

[10:41] some light reading you could read it

[10:42] this was like 15 years ago it was called

[10:44] the two income trap beatric I think it

[10:48] is wrong that we are forcing new mothers

[10:50] back into the workforce because our

[10:52] economic model is so screwed up I say

[10:55] that as a conservative there is nothing

[10:57] more noble than raising your kids there

[11:00] is nothing more noble than raising your

[11:02] children and so incomes are not keeping

[11:04] up enough to be able to raise kids the

[11:08] way you want to and so instead you have

[11:09] to do daycare and all that so here's the

[11:11] only thing that I would recommend viatri

[11:13] and just my one call to action do

[11:15] whatever you possibly can to try to cost

[11:18] saave try to not work all the time to be

[11:21] there to raise your child uh that is

[11:23] time you'll never get back I know it's

[11:24] so hard and I know because of the cost

[11:26] of living and because of inflation it's

[11:29] difficult but uh that is my my piece of

[11:32] advice I have pushed for paid family

[11:34] leave for quite some time I think we

[11:36] should have it and look there's a lot of

[11:38] work from home options as well home

[11:40] office uh things of that nature God

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[12:23] okay Ashton uh Ashton thank you for

[12:26] being a member Ashton what is on your

[12:28] mind and please unmute

[12:30] yourself hey can you hear me Ashton yes

[12:32] how are you thanks for being a member

[12:34] awesome thank you yeah I just had a real

[12:36] quick question um so just for people I

[12:39] mean I consider myself more of a strict

[12:40] constitutionalist you know believing

[12:42] that just the Constitution is the law of

[12:44] the land that kind of General Viewpoint

[12:46] what would you say is the best way to

[12:48] kind of communicate that when you're

[12:49] talking with people who would be more

[12:51] like performing a big government

[12:53] specifically when people are like

[12:56] bringing forth the argument that the

[12:57] country is so big now there's so many

[12:58] people that it's too large just be

[13:01] governed by the Constitution and then

[13:03] sort of the three branches of government

[13:05] that you need to have more of these

[13:06] federal agencies involved in that

[13:08] process yeah so um it's a good question

[13:12] the person who's asking it uh doesn't

[13:14] understand human nature so the

[13:16] Constitution was not written for the

[13:18] times it was written to stand the test

[13:20] of time the Constitution first and

[13:22] foremost alongside the Declaration and

[13:25] Dr Larry AR in his book The founders key

[13:27] talks about this that the Declaration

[13:29] and the Constitution are one document in

[13:31] the same as first and foremost an

[13:34] analysis an argument on human

[13:37] nature it was about the order of things

[13:40] as the classics would say you see every

[13:42] founding father was studied in the

[13:43] classics of Socrates and Plato and

[13:45] Aristotle and aquinus they

[13:47] knew their great ideas and their great

[13:50] thinkers so the Constitution has Eternal

[13:53] truth within it the Eternal truth that

[13:56] not one man should govern the

[13:57] Constitution spread power over

[14:01] time and it spreads time it spreads

[14:04] power over land in fact it gives states

[14:07] rights it diffuses power in very unique

[14:11] ways so Ashley I'm not able to kind of

[14:13] give you the entire Constitution speech

[14:15] that I would like to for the sake of

[14:16] time but here's what I can direct you to

[14:20] is that the best of all the Hillsdale

[14:22] online courses is the Hillsdale online

[14:25] course intro to the constitution in fact

[14:26] Ryan can attest to this I have been

[14:28] stuck it again the last couple of

[14:31] days I relisten and retake the Hillsdale

[14:35] online course on Constitution 101 once a

[14:38] year and Ashton you'll realize the

[14:42] profundity and the Brilliance of what

[14:44] our founding fathers authored because in

[14:47] order to have a free government you must

[14:49] have a form and a structure that

[14:51] respects and responds to the idea that

[14:54] Liberty is not man's idea but it is

[14:57] God's idea the Constitution is the

[15:00] greatest political document ever written

[15:01] and it is the longest lasting of its

[15:03] kind by the way because it was not just

[15:05] written for oh what happened in 1780 but

[15:08] for human beings everywhere that is why

[15:10] the First Amendment does not just apply

[15:12] to writing letters across the Atlantic

[15:14] but it also applies to tweets that you

[15:17] send out or Facebook posts because human

[15:19] nature does not change even though times

[15:21] do let's go to Brad Brad thank you for

[15:23] being a member members. Charly kirk.com

[15:25] what is on your

[15:26] mind hey Charlie uh thank you for all

[15:29] the work that you're doing uh everywhere

[15:32] fantastic

[15:33] stuff uh I've got a high schooler nearby

[15:37] who wants to start a chapter and he has

[15:40] approached a couple of uh teachers that

[15:43] he thought might be

[15:45] conservative um it's interesting that

[15:47] there's only one or two that he can

[15:50] identify because this is one of the more

[15:53] uh most conservative counties in

[15:55] Colorado what county but having trouble

[15:58] finding finding a sponsor uh both have

[16:02] declined uh because they're fearful of

[16:05] reprisal from other staff so what would

[16:08] you suggest how how can he move forward

[16:11] what what county is he in I'm just

[16:13] curious Douglas County in Colorado Okay

[16:16] so a couple things number one um

[16:19] obviously don't give up number two

[16:21] though this is largely why at our high

[16:24] school program uh we are renaming and

[16:26] rebranding the Turning Point High School

[16:28] scho chapters which will still be that

[16:30] that in practice to calling them Club

[16:32] America it'll be a lot harder for high

[16:35] school teachers to deny them I think you

[16:37] can resonate the wisdom behind that and

[16:39] the high school department has been

[16:41] pushing for that for a while and it's

[16:43] nothing against turning point but you

[16:44] you get it you're 15 16 years old these

[16:46] teachers are skittish and so they will

[16:48] be Club America chapters brought to you

[16:50] by turning point USA which I think is

[16:51] brilliant and it'll be a lot harder for

[16:53] these teachers to kind of say no to that

[16:56] I I wish I had better advice other than

[16:59] he has a constitutional right to Charter

[17:02] a chapter of his

[17:04] choosing I think he should appeal to the

[17:06] administration appealed to somebody say

[17:08] hey can just some teachers sign on to

[17:10] this and this is a culture of

[17:13] intimidation our Turning Point USA young

[17:15] Patriots they experience this on a daily

[17:18] basis but I'd love to uh send a note of

[17:21] encouragement uh to him and also uh

[17:24] maybe a signed book last thing I'll say

[17:26] is this is that even if it doesn't work

[17:30] out the process and the difficulty that

[17:33] he has to experience will mature him and

[17:37] will make him a better stronger young

[17:40] man as he grows up meaning this will be

[17:44] a phenomenal experience for him and so I

[17:47] know absolutely I'm sorry please I'm

[17:50] getting a lot of people my ear see

[17:51] please what' you say oh just totally

[17:54] agreeing absolutely that that struggle

[17:57] is going to instill in him uh drive and

[18:01] perseverance and uh make him a better

[18:04] man and I will I will reiterate

[18:08] this there is a great quote at Hillsdale

[18:11] College but it's not their quote but

[18:12] they use it

[18:14] strength rejoices in the challenge so

[18:18] tell him that in the challenge you

[18:20] should be

[18:21] rejoicing this will make you understand

[18:23] the world is not an easy place with safe

[18:25] spaces and cookies and milk and Trigger

[18:28] warnings and even if it doesn't work out

[18:30] he'll have a great Turning Point USA

[18:32] community and finally we'd love to have

[18:34] him come to our student action Summit uh

[18:37] I want to just throw the graphic up on

[18:38] screen here as we are uh having our next

[18:41] member what is our next member name let

[18:43] me see

[18:44] here Bo Bob not Bo

[18:49] Bob Bob thank you for sorry they wrote

[18:52] Bo but they meant Bob Bob thank you for

[18:55] being a member I hope to see you on

[18:56] Monday in okon walk what is on your mind

[19:00] uh yeah I'm just I'm happy you brought

[19:02] it up because uh you know here in the

[19:04] state of Wisconsin we are definitely

[19:05] read through and through except for Daye

[19:07] County and uh Milwaukee County obviously

[19:11] and uh it's it's just kind of crazy that

[19:13] uh you know our legislature is

[19:15] Republican but uh our Supreme Court

[19:18] right now is um you know 4-3 Democratic

[19:22] and now that she's leaving we've got to

[19:24] get uh shimo across the line because if

[19:26] they if we allow that Supreme Court in

[19:28] they're going to gerrymander them the

[19:30] districts and we might lose Wisconsin

[19:32] forever because they're going to get

[19:34] that legislature over to you know a

[19:36] liberal legislature and all the think

[19:39] tank in uh Dane County is just going to

[19:42] you know infect the rest of the or have

[19:45] the power to infect the rest of the

[19:46] state super quick I have a question for

[19:48] you Bob what percentage of the Trump

[19:51] faithful people that you know are aware

[19:54] and planning to vote on this spring

[19:56] election 100% of the people that that's

[19:59] a good sign that's a great sign Bob that

[20:01] gives me hope well yeah yeah but it's I

[20:04] think more people it's just so hard to

[20:05] get people to go out for elections like

[20:07] this um thankfully we have like I have

[20:09] the Turning Point action app I have

[20:12] Commit 100 um you know Scott Pressler

[20:15] here doing his thing is amazing to have

[20:17] but uh it's still just where it's it's

[20:19] you know we we had a lot of young people

[20:21] uh thanks to you and your organization

[20:23] that went out and voted for Trump it's

[20:25] harder to get them to understand how

[20:27] important it is on the state level

[20:29] um so that's the big thing you know I

[20:31] have a bunch of 20 year olds I I have a

[20:34] 20-year-old son and you know I just

[20:36] every one of his friends I'm talking to

[20:37] and it's just trying to get them to go

[20:39] vote you know for something they don't

[20:42] hear a bunch about is is the is the the

[20:45] hump to get

[20:46] over very good well thank you Bob hope

[20:49] to see you on Monday in okon walk God

[20:51] bless thank you yep thank you okay uh

[20:55] final question of the day of the week is

[20:58] Ted by the way if you guys want to

[20:59] register to the event one more time

[21:00] throw it up TP action.com Hall TP

[21:03] action.com Hall Ted you're the final

[21:05] question make it

[21:07] quick hi Charlie uh calling from British

[21:10] Columbia again uh spoke last week today

[21:13] Canada got a new prime minister Mark

[21:15] Carney uh former governor of the Bank of

[21:18] Canada the bank of England we also now

[21:21] may likely have an a federal election

[21:23] before May where another uh leader may

[21:26] take over the conservative leader Pierre

[21:27] PV

[21:29] uh if you were advising either of these

[21:31] men on their negotiations with Trump on

[21:33] the current tariff War what would you

[21:35] say if I was advising the Canadian side

[21:39] um so what I would say I I like Ezra's

[21:42] idea I would try to bring both our

[21:44] countries closer together number one I

[21:47] would advise them to try to expedite the

[21:50] Keystone XL pipeline number two be

[21:52] willing to sell the $ 13 trillion of oil

[21:56] oil sands number three I I would use the

[22:00] Canadian Troopers to really shut down

[22:03] the northern border it's just

[22:05] non-negotiable the advice I would give

[22:08] is I'd say look we are going to help

[22:10] secure this border America so you no

[22:11] longer have terrorists flowing across

[22:13] the border that's the advice that I

[22:15] would give here's my also public advice

[22:17] for whatever it's worth I think that all

[22:20] of our attention needs to be on the

[22:22] Mexican drug cartels and the Chinese

[22:23] Communist party we should tariff Mexico

[22:26] for harboring cartels we should terar

[22:28] China for obvious reasons those are the

[22:31] two in fact I think we should bring

[22:33] Canada closer to us to go after the

[22:36] Mexican drug cartels the Mexican drug

[22:38] cartels have done enormous damage to our

[22:41] country that is my advice thanks so much

[22:43] for being a member man thanks really

[22:45] appreciate it man to that thanks

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