Charlie Kirk Opens AmericaFest 2023 With 13,000 Patriots Battling the Top-Down Revolution
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Charlie Kirk Opens AmericaFest 2023 With 13,000 Patriots Battling the Top-Down Revolution
Charlie Kirk launches AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, with 13,000 attendees from all 50 states and 14 countries for the largest multi-day conservative gathering in American history. Kirk chronicles Turning Point USA's remarkable journey from a humble garage in Illinois to a powerhouse movement with 1,800 chapters, 600,000 student activists, and dominance across social media. He issues a rallying cry against the elites waging a cultural revolution, challenges the American church to reject woke ideology, and calls for a grassroots takeover of the Republican Party while demanding accountability from establishment leaders.
Charlie Kirk welcomed 13,000 people to AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, celebrating what he described as the largest multi-day conservative event in the history of the country. The gathering drew attendees from all 50 states and 14 countries, including Albania, Canada, Finland, Germany, Honduras, Mexico, Israel, Korea, Poland, the United Kingdom, China, Austria, and Japan. Kirk emphasized that this was the third annual AmericaFest, with many attendees returning from previous years.
Kirk praised the Turning Point USA staff for their work organizing the event, noting they had to add additional bleachers to accommodate the massive crowd. He framed the gathering as both a celebration of America and a source of hope during challenging times, positioning it as a grassroots response to what he called a "top-down revolution" happening in the country.
The Real Division in America
Kirk challenged the conventional narrative about political divisions in America. While acknowledging some interesting divisions between right and left, he argued the true division is not ideological but structural: Washington DC versus America, the powerful and well-connected versus the middle class, and the decent versus the indecent. He referenced Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" in making this distinction.
Kirk expressed inherent distrust of organizations headquartered in Washington DC, explaining that Turning Point USA deliberately operates as far from the capital as possible. He characterized the current political climate as a revolution of the wealthy elite using their power and resources to destroy rather than build up the country, naming figures like George Soros, Laurene Powell Jobs, MacKenzie Bezos, Reed Hoffman, Mark Benioff, Reed Hastings, and President Joe Biden as examples.
The Elite Don't Mean Well
Kirk directly challenged the notion that America's elites have good intentions. He pointed to specific examples to support his argument:
The wide-open border with 12,000 people crossing daily
The medical treatment of children in the name of gender ideology
Attempts to imprison the leader of an opposition political party for 700 years
Opposition to the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence
Kirk argued that these elites have been able to accomplish their goals because Americans were too busy with important tasks like running churches, businesses, and raising families to notice the encroachment on their freedoms. He positioned the grassroots movement represented at AmericaFest as the awakening response to this reality.
Elon Musk and the Liberation of Twitter
Kirk celebrated Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter as one of the greatest free speech victories in the history of Western Civilization. He contrasted the current environment with the previous censorship regime, noting that people can now freely express opinions on controversial topics without fear of being silenced.
Kirk highlighted several examples of speech that would have been censored before Musk's takeover, including statements about transgender issues, January 6, and the George Floyd case. He expressed hope that Musk would sue Media Matters into oblivion for their attacks on the platform.
The Turning Point USA Story: From Garage to Powerhouse
Kirk shared the origin story of Turning Point USA, which began 11 years ago in a garage in Lemont, Illinois. He drew parallels to other companies that started in garages, including Apple, HP, and Microsoft. What started as a movement of one or two people with no money, no connections, and no idea what they were doing has grown into an organization with:
1,800 high school and college chapters across the country
600,000 student activists
300,000 grassroots donors
Massive social media presence that surpasses mainstream outlets like the New York Times and CNN
Kirk presented this growth as proof that only in America is such a story possible, where individuals can decide they don't like the direction of the country and actually do something about it.
Young Men Becoming More Conservative
Kirk highlighted polling data showing that high school boys are the most conservative they have been in 50 years. He contrasted this with what he characterized as the "leftwing beta male" promoted by progressive culture, showing a video encounter with a protester at the University of Arizona as an example.
Kirk argued that Turning Point USA celebrates masculinity as the answer to many of the country's problems, rejecting the narrative that masculinity is toxic or problematic. He stated there are "no genders, two sexes and unlimited personalities," crediting Billboard Chris for the formulation.
Reaching Young Women
While acknowledging that young women tend to be more liberal according to polling, Kirk showcased Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit, which drew 2,500 young conservative women. He presented this as evidence that the organization is actively working to counter liberal dominance among young women and build conservative leadership.
Digital Dominance and Campus Presence
Kirk emphasized Turning Point USA's massive online presence, with content creators like Joe, Bob, Alex Clark, and Savannah Hernandez reaching millions of young people daily. He cited the New York Times acknowledging that his social media posts garner far more engagement than mainstream news organizations like CNN and the Times itself.
On college campuses, Kirk described going viral with simple questions that students struggle to answer, such as "What is a woman?" He showed footage from Northern Arizona University where multiple students could not provide a definition without circular reasoning. Kirk used this as evidence that "college is a scam," arguing that students are going hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt for an education that fails to teach basic truths.
Turning Point Academy: An Education Revolution
In response to the failures of traditional higher education, Kirk announced the launch of Turning Point Academy, designed to lead an education revolution for homeschool families and parents across the country. The initiative focuses on curriculum development and teacher training as an alternative to the progressive ideology dominant in public schools and universities.
TPUSA Faith: Kicking Wokeism Out of the Church
Kirk shared how he gave his life to the Lord in fifth grade at Christian Heritage Academy in the suburbs of Chicago, calling it the most important decision he ever made. He encouraged attendees to make Jesus Christ the "chairman of the board" of their lives.
Kirk described his shock during COVID-19 when the American church failed to lead resistance against lockdowns, despite his initial prediction that they would fight back for liberty. He was appalled when churches stayed shuttered while strip clubs, marijuana dispensaries, and convenience stores were deemed essential, and when many churches embraced critical race theory in summer 2020.
This led to the launch of TPUSA Faith with a simple mission statement: to kick wokeism out of the American church as quickly as possible as the heresy that it is. Kirk argued that political engagement is biblical, citing examples from Esther, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel as counselors to kings, and Jeremiah 29:7 which instructs believers to seek the welfare of their nation.
Kirk stated that "disobedience to tyrants is obedience to God" because liberty is not man's idea but God's idea. He criticized pastors who refuse to speak on political issues, saying too many have bigger wardrobe budgets than book budgets and deliver TED Talks indecipherable from secular culture rather than preaching the Word.
America's Christian Foundation
Kirk emphasized America's Christian heritage, noting that 55 out of 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were Bible-believing, church-attending Christians, and nine out of 13 states at the founding required officials to be Protestant Christians. He pointed out that God is mentioned four times in the Declaration of Independence.
He argued that one reason for America's current problems is the silence of the church, and that TPUSA Faith exists to wake up the church with courage, clarity, and conviction to push back against secular totalitarians.
Blexit: Reaching the Black Community
Kirk praised Candace Owens as one of the most important and impactful voices in the conservative movement and highlighted Blexit, which is now part of Turning Point USA. Blexit is described as the largest black outreach program in the conservative movement, going into inner cities and promoting conservative values.
Kirk expressed disgust for how the American left has dominated the black community over the last 50 to 60 years and called for support in leading an exodus toward conservative principles. He also noted that Turning Point USA campus tours featuring Candace Owens have grown so large they struggle to find rooms big enough to accommodate all the students who want to attend.
The Case Against Tolerance
Kirk rejected calls for tolerance, stating "I think we've tolerated enough nonsense over the last decade." He specifically addressed the incident where someone destroyed a Satanic display in the Iowa state capitol, calling the person "a hero" and saying he refuses to tolerate Satan being in a state capitol.
When challenged about religious liberty, Kirk mockingly suggested that James Madison surely didn't write the Constitution hoping that "one day satanists can also have religious liberty too."
Turning Point Action: Remaking the Republican Party
Kirk introduced Turning Point Action, the sister organization co-sponsoring AmericaFest, with three primary goals:
Remake the Republican Party as a grassroots party from the bottom up and remove establishment figures like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
Hold elected leaders accountable through scorecards and public pressure
Win elections in 2024 by deploying grassroots organizing in key states
Kirk emphasized that it's not enough just to win elections; Republicans need to act like conservatives once in office. Turning Point Action downgraded members of Congress who voted for the National Defense Authorization Act, and Kirk said he's been receiving angry calls from politicians upset about their scores. His response: "You want a better score? Vote better."
No More Excuses for Republican Betrayal
Kirk expressed frustration with Republicans who betray their voters, stating he's "cut enough excuses for these Republicans over the last decade." He argued that Republican leaders need to feel the heat from the grassroots and deliver results.
Specific frustrations Kirk voiced included:
Senate Republicans allocating $200 billion to Ukraine while failing to secure the southern border
Continued support for Ukrainian President Zelensky while America faces an invasion at the border
Failure to stop medical child mutilation in the name of transgender ideology
Republicans like Mitt Romney protecting Democrats' interests and feelings
Romney's statements about not seeing evidence for impeaching Joe Biden
Kirk called Joe Biden "a traitor to the United States, period," emphasizing the point twice.
Ronna McDaniel Must Go
In a moment that drew massive applause, Kirk called for Ronna McDaniel to resign as chair of the Republican National Committee. When he asked the crowd if they agreed, the response was thunderous. Kirk acknowledged this stance wins him no favors in establishment circles but said he's "sick of being nice" and wants to win.
The New Paradigm: Grassroots Organizations Ascendant
Kirk described a paradigm shift in conservative politics where ascendant organizations and voices cannot be controlled by oligarchs. He pointed to the liberation of Twitter, Tucker Carlson being unleashed from Fox News, and grassroots energy as evidence that the political game has changed.
Kirk mocked establishment concerns about why Nikki Haley isn't doing better in polls, rejecting claims of sexism and stating it's "because of her awful ideas." He positioned Turning Point Action as playing offense, deploying the MAGA movement to take over state central committee meetings with an aggressive posture.
The 2024 Strategy: Chase Ballots in Three States
Turning Point Action announced plans to target Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia with aggressive ballot-chasing operations designed to get low-propensity voters to the polls during what Kirk described as "election month" rather than Election Day. The goal is to prevent Democrats from steamrolling conservatives again.
Kirk emphasized that the organization will "act out of obedience not out of the outcome," scrapping for every inch regardless of the final result. He expressed frustration that this is work the Republican establishment should be doing but isn't.
Get Married Young and Have Lots of Kids
Kirk offered unconventional advice to young people: get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. He explicitly rejected what he called the "siren song of modernity" that prioritizes career and education over family formation.
He shared that he regularly receives emails from women in their late 30s filled with regret because they followed cultural advice to pursue degrees and careers while delaying family, only to find themselves alone. Kirk questioned where society went wrong in valuing bank account balances over passing on legacy to the next generation.
Kirk praised his own marriage to Erika as the best decision of his life and encouraged attendees to meet their future soulmates at AmericaFest and start families.
Here I Am: A Call to Action
Kirk's central message throughout the speech was summarized in the Hebrew phrase "hineni" (here I am), which means "Lord, use me." He referenced biblical figures who responded to God's call with this phrase, including Abraham at the binding of Isaac, Moses at the burning bush, and the prophets Samuel and Isaiah.
Kirk encouraged attendees to adopt this posture throughout AmericaFest, remaining open to how God might use them. He listed various possibilities:
Running for office
Homeschooling children
Starting a Turning Point USA chapter
Getting involved in the 2024 election
Becoming a precinct committeeman
Holding elected leaders accountable
He reminded attendees that the globalists are worried about this awakening and the potential for accountability. The central nervous system of resistance to the elite agenda, Kirk argued, is represented by the people gathered at AmericaFest.
To Despair Is a Sin
Kirk directly addressed those who feel overwhelmed or hopeless about the state of the country, stating emphatically that "to despair is a sin." He urged people to "snap out of it," reminding them they still live in the greatest nation ever to exist in the history of the world.
While acknowledging challenges, Kirk emphasized there is still much to be hopeful and thankful for, and that Americans still have agency to change things. He expressed gratitude for the 300,000 donors to Turning Point USA, pastors speaking boldly, homeschool parents taking leaps of faith, and activists running for precinct committeeman positions.
Will We Win in 2024?
When asked if conservatives will win in 2024, Kirk gave a nuanced answer. He explained that if he said yes, people would go home and do nothing, assuming victory was assured. If he said no, people would give up in despair. Instead, Kirk stated that the outcome is "wholly dependent on what we do" and "completely dependent on how we act."
What the establishment fears, according to Kirk, is a grassroots, decentralized, people-first movement—exactly what was happening at AmericaFest with 13,000 people gathering in Maricopa County right before Christmas. He described these attendees as "micro sources of light against this overwhelming darkness" who would disperse across the country to take back communities and school boards.
The Stakes Are High
Kirk acknowledged uncertainty about the future, stating that while Christians ultimately win when Jesus returns, he appreciates "having a little uncertainty" in the present moment because it raises the stakes and demands action.
He committed to making 2024 the hardest year he has ever worked in his life, having already traveled 3,000 days over the past decade. Kirk challenged attendees to make the same commitment, crediting Turning Point USA's success to outworking the competition.
His closing message returned to the theme of service: "Here I am, Lord, use me." He thanked attendees and expressed excitement about what God will do over the next several days at AmericaFest and how the broader story will unfold in the coming year.
Video Transcript
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thank you guys wow you
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USA wow welcome to America Fest everybody it's great to be here in Phoenix Arizona
it's just great 13,000 people in Phoenix Arizona for the
largest multi-day conservative event in the history of this country everybody
unbelievable I got to tell you the first of all the Turning Point USA staff have
they not done an unbelievable job putting on this event we had to add all these bleachers
back here it's incredible it's unbelievable by the way all 50 states are represented here at America Fest all
50 states and 14 countries
represented Albania Canada boy you got a tough one there Justin Trudeau he's got
to go Finland Germany by the way conservatives are growing in Germany big
time I'm told that these people are here legally Honduras
Mexico Israel we love Israel don't we love Israel we love
Israel Korea Poland we love Poland we could learn a lot from Poland I'll tell
you what they have a border the United Kingdom now they got to watch out if
they'll let them back into their country China is here somebody from China got the new federal state of China is here
Austria and Japan 15 countries represented here at America Fest as well I just think that that's
[Applause] amazing and you look around you're here for a reason uh you are here to
celebrate this country but you are here to be filled with hope it's been a tough
year hasn't it there's been some winds and we'll celebrate those it's your third annual
America Fest it's a it's amazing who here has been here for multiple years raise your hand that's
amazing we're living through a top- down Revolution everybody we're living through a revolution that's different
than most others it is a cultural revolution similar to ma China but this revolution is when the
powerful the rich the wealthy decide to use their power and their wealth to go
after you instead of building hospitals and improving our country they are
spending their money to destroy the greatest country ever to exist in the history of the world George Soros Loren
pal jobs Kenzie Bezos Reed Hoffman Mark benhoff Reed
Hastings and yes the person who calls himself President Joe Biden that's
right the psychology is that of civilizational suicide this country has never lived
through the wealthiest hating the country what makes this movement
different is that you are here as a Grassroots response to the top down
Revolution happening in this country you are here as teachers as
mothers as students I want our Turning Point USA students to receive a round of
applause these are the Freedom Fighters of [Applause]
America it's unbelievable what they're doing this is a bottomup resistance and it terrifies the ruling
class I get asked sometimes by the media they say Charlie you know don't you think the country is so divided right
versus left I think there's some interesting divisions but no no no that's not the true division the real
division is Washington DC versus America do you know what makes Turning
Point USA different and America Fest different we do this event as far as
possible away from the kingdom of Washington DC I think we have too many groups headquarted in DC I think these
groups all we're in DC and we do all this work I inherently don't trust you if you have an office in Washington DC
I'm sorry you know what the other division is it's the powerful and the well-connected
versus the middle class versus the everyday Warrior the division in this
country is versus the decent and the indecent as Victor Frankle said in man search for meaning and we are living
through this time where the question is still an open question will the
people who are The Sovereign in this country do everything they possibly can with this incredible blessing given
to us by God to fight back and win against the elites that want to ruin it
now some people say oh you know these Elites mean very well I think this is an important thing to talk about talk about for a second the elites don't mean well
when you have a wide openen border and 12,000 people are coming across the border every single day the elites don't
mean well when they go after our children and they castrate our children in the m in the name of medicine our
Elites don't mean well when they put the leader of an opposition political party and try to put them in jail for 700
years these Elites don't mean well in fact they hate the United States
Constitution they hate the Declaration and what you represent your presence here the largest multi-day event in
conservative Grassroots history is a message that will be heard by these people
because what they have been what the reason they've been able to do what they have done is that we have allowed them
to do this we've allowed them and we were too busy doing things that were very important running our churches running
our business growing our families and 11 years ago when turning point USA was started I
could not have imagined what God had in store for this organization
and I want to take a second here because because you know every so often there's
some you know person from Media Matters that writes some organization some article about Media Matters by the way
God bless Elon Musk I hope he sues Media Matters into
Oblivion we'll talk about that in a second where they attack turning point and they say oh you know turning point
just does events and all this by the way if all turning point USA did was this
event that's a pretty amazing thing just pulling off this event is no small
accomplishment and by the way while I'm thinking about it Elon Musk liberating
Twitter will go down as one of the greatest Free Speech victories in the history of Western Civilization you know
how awesome it is where we can log on to Twitter and we could say yeah you know
Dylan Mulaney he's a man Rachel LaVine is a man and kind of like a creepy pervert
honestly that January 6 is probably an inside job it's more of a Fed surrection than anything anything else and that 99%
of people on January 6 did nothing wrong that we can go on Twitter and say that you know George Floyd wasn't a hero
and Derek schin was targeted in a Soviet style trial that was anti-American and
unamerican one of the reasons why the powerful are getting nervous is because we can finally speak
again online one of the main victories of 2023 is that we could say that's BS
no you're not going to trans our kids you're not going to groom our children you're not going to you're not going to
then call US these terrible awful names when in reality you're the you're actually the things that you're calling
us you see as this as as our ability to speak
and challenge authority and challenge power grows the likelihood of our Victory increases you see 11 years ago
when we started Turning Point USA we started in a very very humble way and I want to take a step back because I want
all of you to know the Incredible Journey that we have been on at Turning Point USA and I want to tell you the Turning Point story that's one of the
first pictures there Bill Montgomery may he rest in peace that was at the Republican National Convention in 2012
little did I know that God had in store that we were going to have an event nearly as big as the RNC 11 years
later it all started in this office in l
Illinois who's from Illinois anybody you know what's great about being from Illinois there's term limits
in Illinois one term in office one term in jail you know we have uh cell numbers
for our our Governors different not not not sell
numbers my grandmother passed away uh recently lifelong Republican she's been voting Democrat of her since and so um
all right see that's what's so great about Twitter being liberated I can say all these things thank you Elon mus thank you if I was streaming on YouTube
right now I would be completely gone it all started in this office and I love it Apple HP Microsoft and turning point USA
all started in a garage and so that garage right there in Lamont Illinois
was where this started what started as an idea what started as a
movement of one of two with no money no connections and no idea what I was doing
is now a movement on 1,800 high school and college chapters across the country with
600,000 student activists 300,000 Grassroots
donors only in America is a story like Turning Point USA Possible only in
America is it possible to say you know what I don't like the way the country is going and to do something about it and
throughout the years you know people have said oh you know Turning Point you guys uh you're too loud why don't you
just sit sit down and Obey I don't know about you but I think the people that have been running the conservative
movement the last couple decades to just go be liberals because that's what they actually are and leave the conservative
movement and allow us real conservatives to be in
charge and the numbers speak for themselves a recent poll shows that high
school boys are the most conservative that they have been in 50 years 50
years now I want to show you because to kind of give you an idea
and a picture of what we're up against I go to these college campuses and I just you know I set up a table and I talk to
these kids and and I listen and some of them are pretty fired up and I think this picture is a perfect picture of a
leftwing male you know they want a guy with a lisp zipping around on a lime scooter with a fanny p pack carrying his
birth control supporting his wife's career while he works as a supportive stay-at-home house husband he has a he
has a playlist that is exclusively Taylor Swift and their idea of strength is this
beta M's girl girlfriend opening a pickle jar just for him at Turning Point USA we resoundingly
reject this we believe in strong Alpha Godly High te High achiev
confident well-armed and disruptive men are the hope not the problem in
America now I got to show you this video it's unbelievable this is this is the leftwing beta male in one picture by the
way I just I sit down at this is at University of Arizona and I I'm just getting comfortable and this lunatic
comes up and he perfectly by the way describes what I'm just saying right he got he's has to get his Vitamin D level
up come on man you live in Arizona like come on this is what our Turning Point USA
students and warriors have to deal with on a daily basis watch this you I hate
you yeah would you like to have a substantive conversation or a substant yeah subtitute no man would you
like to have a conversation sure absolutely yeah yeah um I don't like you
I think you spread hate I think you spread bigotry I think you pissed a lot of people off because I just I mean you're just an awful person um I don't
think you really want to debate because you're just here to piss people off and energize your crowd of racists if I ever
said that's racist oh what can you name one thing can I support Charlie can you
name does that mean anything can you say a second thing I've ever said that's racist I think you're just trying to play a game and I think this is
obviously going to be used ever I just want to hate you you're awful get off my camera when have I ever said anything
that's hateful have a nice day he can't say anything I've ever said
that's racist cuz I've never said anything that's racist that is the American left in one picture everybody
lots of rage and no [Applause]
wisdom no country was ever saved by a male
feminist countless countries though were lost by weak beta
males and at Turning Point USA not only do we celebrate masculinity we believe
that masculinity is the answer to so many of our problems in this
country and let's put that poll up again the most conservative that young boys
have been in 50 years there's a lot of negative news out there everybody but young boys and young men are looking for
something to connect to that gives them purpose that says it's okay to be a man that says there's not unlimited genders
and by the way let just so we're clear I got this from billboard Chris there are no genders two Sexes and unlimited
personalities that's the way that we should all answer it unlimited personalities now you might say but
Charlie the women are so liberal now there's a lot of reasons for this and I don't mean to dwell on it but you know
what at Turning Point USA we're doing something about it right there the largest young women's Leadership Summit
2,500 young conservative
women I want to show you that in America you could start small and dream big and
make a difference I am sick of the negativity this was our first ever
Christmas event 100 students eight years ago8 years ago we had 100 kids at a
holiday in express in West Palm Beach Florida people laughed at Turning Point
USA they made fun of Turning Point USA they said Turning Point USA is never going to be anything you know Charlie
just you're a waste of time and you know what we did we kept our head down and we built and we outworked the competition
and we started with 100 kids look around everybody is now the largest event in
the entire conservative movement you can see this the whole room is just
unbelievable now I know many of you are saying but you know I have to send my kid to college I have to send my kid to
college one of the ways that we are reaching students is online you see here we are reaching ing millions and
millions of young people every single day Joe Bob Alex Clark Savannah Hernandez we have an army of online
influencers our Turning Point USA Digital team it's the most dominant year online don't take my word for it what
does the New York Times say writing in third person Mr Kirk's social media post garnered far more engagements a
combination of likes retweets comments and other interactions than those of mainstream news organizations like the New York Times and CNN thank you New
York Times for telling the world that we're bigger than the New York
Times now you might say but Charlie what exactly is going viral what what is the
content that is being seen so in another episode of Charlie
goes to an Arizona taxpayer funded campus I go to Northern Arizona
University and I I some lunatic Charlie you're scripting these things trust me I don't script any of this stuff I don't
need a script it and you know we were there was a whole mob there they were screaming at us and there were some very
very angry women that were screaming at me and I said okay you know Matt Walsh has the famous movie and God bless Matt
Walsh for it what is a woman right so I said why don't I ask this group of
women what is a woman what is a woman what is a that's a
stupid ass question dude that's a dumb question what is a woman it's not a trick question what is a woman identifies as a
woman you can't answer the question question with the question yeah Define the woman without saying
[Music] woman you're in college paying for an
education what is a woman how about you talk to someone media training how about you talk you don't need media training
it's not a trick what is a woman you can't answer the question with
the are you talking about the college kids of America going hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt who think
it's a trick question when you ask them what a woman
is college is a scam everybody you got to stop sending your kids to college I'll tell you
what and we're doing something to solve it at Turning Point USA newly launch Turning Point Academy you guys should go
by the booth and say hello leading an education Revolution for homeschool moms and
parents all across the country Turning Point Academy is leading the charge in curriculum development and teaching the
the teachers in addition at Turning Point USA in addition to our high school program and our college program and
student body presidents and our massive events we recently launched something very near and dear to my
heart we are in a spiritual war everybody that is beyond just the material that we are
seeing I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade in the suburbs of Chicago at Christian Heritage Academy most
important decision I ever made in my life and I encourage you to do the same making Jesus Christ the chairman of the
board of your [Applause]
life I started growing Turning Point USA and the Lord kept on blessing turning point and I just you know would speak at
a group here or there and people say oh you were spoke at a church oh not really and then Co happened and I made without
a doubt the worst prediction in the history of American
podcasting I look right into camera on the Charlie Kirk show and I say you know you know all these lockdowns and all
these orders to tell people to stay at home they're not going to last the American church is going to lead the
resistance is going to fight back against these lockdowns because the church loves
Liberty and that was one of the dumbest things I have ever said on the Charlie Kirk show I was shocked when the bride
of Christ the church shuddered in fear when they took Easter and Pentecost from us
when we saw the faithful stay atome when we needed a Revival more than ever when suicides
were going up when alcoholism was going up when drug addiction was going up the church stayed en cowered in fear and I
looked around and I said this is a time when the church should be defying these tyrants and these government leaders
they they called strip clubs essential and they called marijuana dispensaries essential and they sh they called
convenience stores essential and yet they said the church was not essential and so many pastors took it and then in
the summer of 2020 during Floyd aooa we saw churches parting a lie from the pit
of Hell when they said that America was systemically racist and that you were a racist person because of the color of
your skin and I looked around and I said why is the church pedaling this and I took a step back I said ah the marxists
have took over the FBI they have took over our colleges and they're trying to take over the church
next and of that we launched tpusa Faith the mission statement of tpusa faith is
very simple we want to kick wokeism out of the American church as quickly as
possible as the heresy that it [Applause]
is and we got to work we are organizing pastors across the country and some people say but Charlie you know stop
being political excuse me this is is biblical Esther Mori Nehemiah Jeremiah
Daniel all were counselors to the king Jeremiah 29:7 seek the welfare of the
nation that you are in because your welfare is tied to your nation's welfare it is biblical to defy tyrants the
midwin to the Hebrews in Exodus 1 were told to slaughter The Unborn the the
newly born children and they disobeyed Pharaoh which pleased God Disobedience
to is obedience to God Disobedience the tyrants is obedience to God
because Liberty Liberty is not man's idea it is
God's idea and we are at a period of time everybody where the American church
that most American churches are not speaking out on these issues they say you know well I I I just do the gospel
so do we do you think that the gospel includes allow ing the church to be called non-essential and to stay
shuddered and Afraid too many pastors have a much bigger wardrobe budget than
a book budget too many pastors are the cool kids giving a TED Talk and a rock
concert that is indecipherable from the world and not preaching the word you might say but Charlie I I don't like
this you know religion stuff well get over it because this country was founded by courageous Bible believing
Christians 55 out of 56 of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence were Bible believing Church attending Christians nine out of 13 of the states at the
American founding required you to be a Protestant Christian at the founding in the Declaration of Independence God is
mentioned four times laws of nature and nature is God we appeal to a supreme judge of the universe there has been
Revival after Revival Billy Graham led a Revival to this country and he also said that communism is Satan's religion
religion one of the reasons we are seeing the issues we're seeing in America today is because the church has
been silent and the secular marxists are taking over the nation TPA faith on a
daily basis seeks to wake up the church with courage and Clarity and conviction
to lead a movement to push back against the secular totalitarians in
[Applause] America and we are just getting started
you know I I love the quote from George Patton lead follow or get out of the
way when I first met Candace
Owens I said I'm getting out of the way and I will follow
you she's a superstar Candace Owens is without a doubt one of the most important
impactful voices in the conservative movement Candace Owens started
blexit and blexit is now a part of Turning Point USA blexit is the largest
black outreach program in the conservative movement going into the inner cities and reaching out for
conservative values on a daily basis and I believe many of you
share my disgust for how the American left has been dominating the black
community over the last 50 or 60 years we need to help assist blexit in leading
an exodus for the black community away from the Marxist and the left towards
conservative values and principles and away from this nonsense that has been plaguing our cities over the last 40 or
50 years this is Candace's Vision Brandon's vision and we're honored to carry it Forward at Turning Point USA
now we also bring Candace on campus tours now we have a big problem at Turning Point USA we can't find rooms
big enough of the campus tour stops we're doing to fit all the students that want to attend our campus tours we can't
find rooms big enough I love this short video clip
don't mess with pregnant Candace Owens hello what do you have to say to the
trans students on this campus who actively feel victimized by your presence here today life's tough get a
helmet man I'm too pregnant for this next
question get out of there you know some people say oh that's
not very tolerant good I think we've tolerated enough
nonsense over the last decade don't you by the way on kind of on the TPA
Faith thing you know some guy goes and he slay Satan in the Iowa state capital
and you know they say oh you know you have to be tolerant no I'm sorry I'm not
going to be tolerant of Satan that's where I draw line where do you draw line Satan actually that's where I draw the line yeah I'm Satan I'm not going to
tolerate actually Satan being in a state capital I'm sorry that guy's a hero for what he did for decapitating Satan in a
state capital and they say oh well what about religious liberty yeah you know I'm sure
that when James Madison wrote the US Constitution he was like you know what one day I hope in many generations
satanists can also have religious liberty too that is just a small picture
everybody of the amazing work we are doing at Turning Point USA High School chapters College chapters dominating
online blexit tpusa faith our student body presidency project and everything
that we're doing at Turning Point USA including this event and young women's Leadership Summit and our training conferences and our campus tours is
making a sizable and a meaningful difference but I know many of you are saying Charlie all that's great but what
happens if we don't win the next election now the co-sponsor of this
event is our sister organization that you're going to hear a lot of throughout the next couple days Turning Point
action and turning point action has three very simple goals number one to
remake the Republican party as a Grassroots party from the bottom up and kick the Romney the Paul Ryan from the
Republican Party once and for [Applause]
all number two holding our leaders
accountable it is not enough just to win elections we need Republicans to act
like conservatives not just Republican iname only when they go to Washington DC
when they betray their voters Turning Point action is holding
our leaders accountable we have a scorecard I love this so we have a scorecard and by the way we downgraded
the ndaa the National Defense authorization act they never should have voted for it it's a terrible Bill and
I've been getting calls from people they're very angry at Turning Point action they say why are you downgrading
us you know we're doing I said listen you want a better score vote better I don't know what to tell you okay you
don't get a special hall pass for betraying your voters because we have a friendship everybody I don't know about
you but I've cut enough excuses for these Republicans over the last decade I've seen
enough these Republicans need to feel the heat of the Grassroots and do you want to know the good news everybody the
good news is that you get it but your leaders don't you want results you want a border
more than you want zalinsky to get more billions of dollars
you are repulsed when you see that go go dancer show up with the turtle and Chuck
you Schumer and demand more of your taxpayer dollars while we are being invaded on a daily basis I find it
insulting that Senate Republicans have been able to get 200 billion dollar to
Ukraine while we cannot secure the southern border you want an end to the
medical child mutilation of our children that is called trans surgery
period you you do not want to hear a Republican
party constantly try and protect the interests
and the feelings of Democrats you don't need Mitt Romney going on the Sunday shows saying well
you know I haven't seen evidence of impeachment excuse me Willard Mitt Romney I've seen evidence of impeachment
before he was President Joe Biden is a traitor to the United States period he
is a traitor to the United [Applause]
States you have worked your tail off you've raised your kids you've built
businesses you've paid your taxes you deserve a better Republican party and
that's what Turning Point action is seeking to do and this wins me no favors in fact some people said Charlie are you
going to bring it up and I said I don't know it's you know you got to let the Vibes feel okay here we go R mcromney
has to resign as chair of the RNC she has got to resign do you agree do you
agree do you agree she's got to
go well there you go oh that's nice I'm sick of being nice
I want to [Applause]
win Turning Point action is playing offense you know somebody said Charlie you guys are awfully aggressive at
Turning Point action yeah about time it's about time we
deploy the Maga movement to take over State Central Committee
meetings we're not here to make friends we don't have a Washington DC office I don't care about cocktail parties I
don't care about this because you know what gives me strength the hundreds of thousands of
you that email us and say Charlie keep going that watch us on real America's voice
and listen to us on radio and you say Charlie don't give an inch you see the thing that the DC groups don't
understand is that there's a new paradigm shift the game has changed all
of a sudden the ascendant organizations and voices can't be controlled by the
oligarchs the people that all of a sudden you have Twitter that is liberated you have Tucker that is
completely Unleashed and I can't wait to hear from Tucker by the
way and they say well you know maybe we can keep on having you know Politics as Usual you are living through the change
you are living through the change we're all of a sudden Senate Republicans are very afraid they say oh my goodness and
why is Nikki Haley not doing better in the polls and you know why she's not doing better and they say oh it must be
because of sexism no it's because of her awful ideas that's why okay because her ideas are
awful Turning Point action build a Grassroots GOP give you a voice hold
elected leaders accountable through our scorecard and we're going to do everything we
can to help win in 2024 now we are going to have breakouts
we are going to have trainings we are going to have so much here at America Fest I want you to soak it all in I want
I want you to be a sponge one of my favorite sayings in the Bible in Hebrew
it is hen here I am it means Lord use me
these next couple of days I want you to have a posture of Lord use me what are
my marching orders Abraham at The Binding of Isaac he said Lord here I
am Moses at the burning bush Lord here I am Samuel Isaiah here I am it means give
me the orders and God will speak to so many of you these next couple of days it might be running for office it might be
homeschooling your kids it might be starting a turning point USA chapter it
might be getting involved in the most important election of my lifetime and
maybe the civilization's life and what Turning Point action is going to do
we've been very clear about this is we're targeting on Arizona Wisconsin Georgia to chase ballots to get low
perens City voters out to engage an election month so that we do everything
we possibly can to prevent the Democrats from steamrolling us again now some people say but Charlie what about these
other things we're going to do our part we act out of obedience not out of the outcome we are going to scrap for every
inch if we do our part we need to pray that God will do his part this is a short video that shows the plans that we
have to chase ballots in Arizona Wisconsin Georgia we are doing the work that I wish the Republican establishment
would do but Turning Point action is stepping up watch this Turning Point action we are targeting the three most
critical
State there is a right and a wrong way to educate a child everything that's
going on in public education isn't just bad it's actually evil and we have to
provide a place where Christian families can go their kids can know what's true one of the hardest things I've ever done
and already the most rewarding thing that I've ever done join Turning Point Academy and turning point USA to save
America one school at a time they're teaching you what they want you to learn
not what what the truth is you are my brother and I'm trying to help you and awake you from the LGE
bit's mission is to empower minority communities to pursue the American dream
and shape their own Futures we accomplish this through Electric live turning
action this state this County we need to do our part Arizona
Wisconsin Georgia and turning point action is growing like wild and tomorrow you're going to hear from Steve Bannon
you're going to hear from be ramaswami you are going to hear from the biggest voices in the political conservative
movement but these next couple of days are what you make of it now a couple other things that I want to make sure I
mention if you're a young person here and you say boy you know what do I want to do for my life honestly you should
get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible period
reject the siron song of modernity now some parents are probably o i I don't
like that you know uh they should basically you know they should go get a job first you're wrong I'm sorry honestly we are on the verge
of a population collapse in this country every day I receive emails from young women filled with regret in their late
30s and they say Charlie I'm sobbing as I write this email because what you talk about on the show is exactly right I
have a couple college degrees I have a great job and almost no debt but I was told you know to forego having a family
but now I'm looking around and I have a lot of cats and no
kids honestly where did we go wrong where we think that your bank account balance
means more than passing down to the Next Generation where did we go wrong
everybody so I hope you meet your future soulmate as I met Erica the best
decision I ever made in my life and the greatest blessing and I hope you get married and
have life lots and lots of kids now there's other people that already married and have kids you say
Charlie what are my marching orders have that posture of here I am throughout the next couple of days there will be
unlimited opportunities chances to get hired chances to get to work chances to hear from the biggest speakers in the
movement chances to be able to network and to have these lifechanging conversations we're going to be doing
our show off you know on media row here and also for members only we're going to be interviewing Tucker and Glen Beck and
all of that soak it all in we have people that have traveled from every corner to say you know I want to be used
and I hope that the story of Turning Point USA again we started with no money no connections and no idea what I was
doing resonates with some of you because to despair is a sin let me say that
again to despair is a sin and some people say oh Charlie you know it's just
two it's too hard it's too overwhelming it's too dark snap out of it you still live in the greatest nation ever to
exist in the history of the world there is still so much to be hopeful and to be thankful for and we have agency the
globalists are worried that you are waking up they are worried that they're going to be held accountable they're
worried that their fraud and their nonsense is finally being exposed and you are at the central nerve of all of
that ask God how to use you find a place to plug in I am thankful for you I'm
thankful to our 300,000 people that donate financially to Turning Point USA I'm thankful to the pastors that are
speaking out boldly despite the cost I'm thankful to The Homeschool parents that have taken that leap of faith I am
thankful to the amazing amount of you that say you know what I'm going to go run and become a precin committeeman I'm
going to run and hold my elected leaders accountable I'm thankful for those of you that came here and you maxed out
your credit cards and you went into your savings account because you love your country so much that just sitting idly
by and buying pillows promo code Kirk is not enough to save the country again
mypillow.com promo code Kirk I love Mike Lindell he'll be here I
don't know when he's going to be here he's great and that is the change that we
want to make a turning point we want to change the attitude instead of watching
TV and say boy I hope things get better instead it's use me any way you can I am
willing here I am what a blessing from God that we get to be here here in this
state during this time people ask all the time Charlie do you think we're going to win do you think we're going to
win in 2024 and I answer it all the same time because if I said oh yeah yeah we're going to win then you would go
home and do nothing because you say oh you know Charlie said we're going to win if I said no we're going to lose you would go home and do nothing because
said oh Charlie's going to lose here's my answer is that it's wholly dependent
on what we do it is completely dependent on how we act what they fear is a Grassroots
decentralize people first movement this is not supposed to be happening what you where you are right now 13,000 people in
Maricopa County right before Christmas gathering and hearing from Top speakers being filled with energy and enthusiasm
and marching orders and dispensing all across the country to go take back communities and take back school boards
and these little micro you know sources of light against this overwhelming Darkness this is not supposed to happen
and you guys can make it happen these next couple of days I am thankful for you I can't wait to meet so many of you
we're going to be doing our shows I can't wait to see what God does these next couple of days and I can't wait to
see how this whole story plays out because honestly we could lose the whole country and have fun while doing it
people say oh Charlie you know we're going to win in the end okay we win in the ultimate end Jesus is coming back I totally agree but you know
what I do like having a little uncertainty the
stakes are high we have only begun to fight we are just beginning to wake up
we are just beginning to scrap to hustle you know people criticize turning point
for years oh you guys are always pushing boundaries yeah we have outworked the competition that's right I traveled
3,000 days over the last decade I I outworked you that's right because we had a vision because we love the country
push yourself harder here's my commitment to you in 2024 it will be the hardest year I have ever worked in my
life and I want you to do the same Here I Am Lord use me God bless you guys and
