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A Historic Realignment Beyond Party Lines
Charlie Kirk opened his Georgia rally by acknowledging what he called a historic moment in American politics—a fundamental realignment that no longer follows traditional Republican versus Democrat divisions. The crowd witnessed something remarkable: two former presidential candidates who ran as Democrats, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert Kennedy Jr., endorsing Donald Trump and being warmly welcomed into the movement.
Kirk framed this as evidence of Trump's deal-making prowess: "We get Tulsi Gabbard and Bobby Kennedy, they get Liz Cheney. We get Elon Musk, they get Adam Kinzinger." When he asked how many in the audience were former Democrats, a significant portion raised their hands. Kirk welcomed them, saying the Democrat Party left them long ago, not the other way around.
The College Campus Awakening
Drawing from his campus visit to the University of Georgia the previous day, Kirk described a stark contrast that illustrated the shifting political landscape among young Americans. While a Harris-Walz table attracted just five supporters, his Turning Point USA event drew 5,000 students—a turnout he characterized as evidence that conservatism and ideas of freedom, liberty, and American exceptionalism have never been more popular on college campuses.
Kirk attributed this generational shift to material conditions facing young people. He described them as "the most depressed, sick, medicated, anxious generation in history"—the first generation since George Washington to have a lower standard of living than their parents. This broken social contract, he argued, has made them receptive to a different political message.
The Economic Reality Facing Young Americans
Kirk presented specific economic data to illustrate the challenges facing the next generation. In Atlanta, purchasing a home required a $75,000 annual income during Trump's presidency; now it requires $135,000, with interest rates approaching 10%. He framed this as intentional policy designed to create "a nation of renters" who can be controlled, rather than property-owning free citizens.
To create more conservatives and people who love the country, Kirk argued, young people need what he called "the 3 M's": they need to get married, they need to mate, and they need to get a mortgage. He accused the Democrat Party of opposing all three, pointing to the abortion truck at their national convention as evidence of their hostility to family formation.
Twelve Days of Voting Remain
Kirk's central tactical message focused on the time remaining before Election Day. He emphasized that Election Day is "the last day of voting," not the only day, with twelve days of voting still available in Georgia. While early voting numbers showed strong Republican performance, Kirk warned strongly against complacency.
"Do you really think after they tried to put Donald Trump in prison for 700 years, they've tried to assassinate him a couple times, impeach him a couple times, that they're going to roll over in the next 12 days?" Kirk asked. He named former intelligence officials—John Brennan, James Comey, James Clapper, Susan Rice, and Barack Obama—suggesting they would not simply concede despite unfavorable early indicators.
Kirk urged the crowd to remain vigilant, describing a palpable panic and desperation among Democratic establishment figures. The task ahead, he emphasized, was not just voting but chasing every low-propensity voter in Georgia and other swing states including Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
The Ten-Point Message for Swing Voters
Kirk provided attendees with a memorized talking point list to use when engaging undecided or low-propensity voters. The ten points to emphasize were:
- No new wars
- No tax on tips
- No tax on overtime
- No tax on Social Security
- Largest deportation effort ever
- Drill baby drill
- Gas prices low
- Restoration of the Constitution
- Supreme Court Justices we can trust
- An end to the lawfare
This messaging framework, Kirk argued, should be committed to memory and deployed in every conversation with swing voters over the remaining twelve days.
Why This Election Feels Different
Kirk explained why this election feels more consequential than typical political contests. Rather than debates over corporate tax rates, he described this as a "civilizational defining" moment when "the Constitution was put in suspense." He framed it as a battle between citizens who own the country and a DC ruling regime that has forgotten whom it serves.
"We're in charge, not them. We're the boss, not you. You work for us," Kirk declared, describing Donald Trump as a "metaphorical Tomahawk missile" against the DC establishment—a reminder of who truly holds power in a republic.
The Resilience That Inspires
Addressing media criticism of Trump as a role model, Kirk offered a defiant defense. He said he would indeed tell his son to look up to someone who, when facing an assassination attempt, rose and shouted "fight, fight, fight." He praised Trump as a man who "has nothing to gain and everything to lose" by staying in the political arena—someone facing the loss of his business empire and potential imprisonment yet continuing to fight not for himself but for ordinary Americans.
"There has never been a candidate in modern American history that has lost so much for something that did not benefit him but instead put you in the room," Kirk stated.
The Establishment's Nightmares
Kirk painted a picture of establishment panic over potential Trump administration appointments. Pharmaceutical companies are worried that Robert Kennedy Jr. might run the FDA and CDC. War hawks are trembling at the thought of Tulsi Gabbard exposing the fraud of sending $200 billion to Ukraine while the border remains open. Government officials are nervous that Elon Musk might audit their budgets through a proposed Department of Government Efficiency.
"The only people supporting Kamala Harris are the ones that are happy robbing more from you and covering up for their crimes," Kirk declared, framing the divide as between those who have prospered from the current system and those who have been exploited by it.
The Wealth Transfer from Heartland to DC
Kirk described a fifty-year trend in which the heartland of America has grown poorer while Washington DC has become extraordinarily wealthy. The wealthiest counties in America, he noted, are all centered around the capital. Meanwhile, the industrial base where "the muscular class built this country" has seen jobs shipped to China, receiving in return opioids, plastic products, and deteriorated neighborhoods.
In what Kirk described as a series of events "only God could orchestrate," a billionaire from New York had to enter the arena to tell other billionaires who have been robbing ordinary Americans that "the game is over, you're fired, and the American people are back in charge again."
A Direct Challenge to Georgia's Pastors
Kirk closed with what he called his "biggest concern" about the election: the silence of many pastors and the faithful. Speaking directly to Georgia's Christian community, he issued a challenge to lovingly confront pastors who remain disengaged from the political process.
"You have a biblical obligation to engage in this election. You have a biblical obligation to fight evil and to exalt righteousness," Kirk stated. He cited the 320,000 missing children at the Southern border as a form of modern-day slavery that demands moral engagement.
Kirk praised Trump as "the most pro-life president in American history," crediting him with the reversal of Roe v. Wade and moving the embassy to Jerusalem. He framed the choice in stark spiritual terms: "The Democrat Party supports everything that God hates." He listed the death of the unborn, the mutilation of teenage children through gender procedures, open borders, the destruction of sovereignty, and the elimination of currency status as evidence.
Looking directly into the camera, Kirk addressed pastors directly: "I hope you give a Sunday sermon and you talk about how the Democrat Party believes everything that God hates. I hope you tell your congregation how to biblically vote. I hope you challenge them and tell them to get in the arena."
The Final Call to Action
Kirk's closing message emphasized urgency and personal responsibility. With twelve days of voting remaining, Georgia would determine the future of America. His call to action was simple and direct: "Go vote now, fight evil, get in the arena."
If these steps are taken, Kirk promised, on November 5th the audience would see "that beautiful CNN clip" declaring Donald Trump elected the 47th president of the United States. The speech ended with a rallying cry that encapsulated the entire message: citizen engagement over the next twelve days would define the future of the American republic.
Video Transcript
[00:00] how we doing
[00:04] Georgia we love you I'll tell you this
[00:07] is a historic moment Everybody by the
[00:10] way have you been seeing the early
[00:11] voting numbers out of this
[00:13] state who here has voted already raise
[00:16] your hand if you voted already look at
[00:20] that you are living through a once in a
[00:23] generation reignment everybody where it
[00:26] is no longer Republican versus Democrat
[00:29] it's no longer the traditional dividing
[00:32] lines of a generation prior you've seen
[00:35] tonight something remarkable you saw two
[00:39] people who ran for president of the
[00:42] United States as a Democrat endorsed
[00:44] Donald Trump and be here as our movement
[00:48] accepts them
[00:51] warmly you
[00:53] see they say Donald Trump is the best at
[00:58] deals the world has ever seen
[01:01] and just look at this
[01:02] deal we get Tulsi Gabbert and Bobby
[01:05] Kennedy they get Liz
[01:08] Cheney not
[01:12] bad we get Elon Musk they get Adam
[01:16] kinzinger you can have them you can have
[01:19] the war mongers of a generation prior
[01:22] while we diversify deepen and strengthen
[01:26] our movement to include people that
[01:29] otherwise would never have been part of
[01:31] the Republican Party who here is a
[01:32] former Democrat raise your hand look at
[01:35] that and by the way you are all welcome
[01:37] in our
[01:38] movement because the Democrat Party left
[01:41] you a long time
[01:44] ago as many of you know I visit college
[01:47] campuses so you don't have to just
[01:50] yesterday we were on the campus of
[01:52] University of
[01:54] Georgia some dog fans
[01:58] here now I'm going to get a text message
[02:00] from Ted Cruz but good job guys last
[02:02] weekend that's all I'm going to
[02:05] say it was so amazing off to the side
[02:09] there was this sad pathetic display of
[02:11] Misfits of five people at the Harris
[02:12] walls
[02:14] table and just feet away we had 5,000
[02:18] students attend our event at the
[02:21] University of Georgia 5,000 students in
[02:25] fact the Democrats are so confused at
[02:28] what is going on
[02:31] never before has conservatism the ideas
[02:34] of Freedom Liberty American
[02:35] exceptionalism been so popular on these
[02:38] college campuses you see they're feeling
[02:40] what you're feeling but even more so
[02:42] this is the most depressed sick
[02:44] medicated anxious generation history
[02:46] they are the first generation since
[02:49] George Washington to have their life and
[02:51] their standard of living worse off than
[02:54] their parents this is a broken social
[02:56] contract and how many of you feel as if
[02:59] the DC political class has forgotten you
[03:01] the college students that I'm talking to
[03:03] when they hear kamla Harris continue on
[03:06] her diet tribe of
[03:09] nothing they recognize and realize that
[03:11] the DC political Elite has failed them
[03:13] for one exception that there were new
[03:16] Wars under Bush and new Wars under Obama
[03:18] and new Wars under Biden but for four
[03:20] years there were no new Wars and that
[03:22] for the last four years people have been
[03:23] getting poor in Atlanta in order to buy
[03:26] a home when Donald Trump was President
[03:28] you need to make 75 ,000 a year now it
[03:31] requires
[03:33] $135,000 a year and interest rates are
[03:36] near 10% and understand this is
[03:39] intentional they're trying to create a
[03:42] nation of renters because when you rent
[03:45] they can control you when you own
[03:47] property you're a free Citizen and they
[03:49] can't tell you what to
[03:54] do in order to create more conservatives
[03:58] and more people who love the country you
[04:00] need to have the 3 M's young people need
[04:03] to get married they need to mate and get
[04:06] a mortgage the 3M are three things the
[04:09] Democrat party is against they do not
[04:12] celebrate marriage they certainly do not
[04:14] celebrate having children they had an
[04:15] abortion truck at their National
[04:17] Convention and they're making it harder
[04:19] than ever to buy a home Donald Trump is
[04:23] running on a once in a generation
[04:25] campaign to revitalize the American
[04:27] dream for a generation that has been
[04:30] mortgaged by the DC political class over
[04:33] the last 50 years and where we are right
[04:37] now in Georgia will determine the future
[04:39] of America you see we are we are doing
[04:43] exceedingly well with early voting right
[04:45] now and this is a very important
[04:47] distinction election day is the last day
[04:50] of voting we have 12 days of voting left
[04:53] in this state we have days of voting
[04:56] still to remain so for those of you that
[04:58] already voted you need to go find a low
[05:00] propensity voter someone that is a
[05:02] little shaky about voting and get them
[05:03] out to the polls you have 12 days to
[05:06] outwork the Democrats and that is my
[05:08] main message to you here do you really
[05:10] think after they tried to put Donald
[05:12] Trump in prison for 700 years they've
[05:14] tried to assassinate him a couple times
[05:16] impeach him a couple times that they're
[05:18] going to roll over in the next 12 days
[05:21] you think they're going to hand us the
[05:22] keys to the White House what Tucker said
[05:24] is correct the early voting numbers are
[05:26] good the voter registration numbers are
[05:28] good we draw crowds 10 times 100 times
[05:30] bigger than them but you're trying to
[05:32] tell me that John Brennan and James
[05:35] Comey and Clapper and Susan Rice and
[05:38] Barack Obama are just going to say you
[05:40] know what we're 12 days out go have the
[05:42] White House Maga no no no no instead you
[05:46] must be on guard in fact you must be
[05:48] vigilant that these people are going to
[05:51] try something in a panic despair the
[05:53] likes of which we've never seen because
[05:55] they know that their time is running out
[05:57] they know the American people are a
[05:59] ascendant and that their time will soon
[06:02] come on November 5th so what does that
[06:03] mean and you could smell it in the air
[06:05] you could smell the Panic you could
[06:07] smell the desperation you could smell
[06:10] the the disgust of what they what they
[06:13] see coming forward and the thing that
[06:15] scares them and terrifies more than
[06:17] anything terrifies them more than
[06:18] anything else is that we not just vote
[06:21] but we get new people to go vote and we
[06:23] Chase every single voter in this state
[06:26] and in Arizona and in Nevada and
[06:28] Pennsylvania and North Carolina and
[06:31] Wisconsin and Michigan you see you're
[06:34] going to be able to tell your kids and
[06:36] your grandkids about this moment you're
[06:38] going to be able to tell them about the
[06:40] moment that you were in Georgia and the
[06:43] entire country was put in Jeopardy you
[06:46] were going to be able to tell them about
[06:49] when the Constitution was put in
[06:51] suspense and that is why this election
[06:53] feels bigger than any other election
[06:54] that we live through because it's not
[06:56] just the typical corporate tax rate
[06:58] debate that we have enjoyed instead it
[07:01] is so much bigger it is civilizational
[07:04] defining and you need to go to every
[07:06] single person you know and say are you
[07:07] voting for Trump oh you know I don't
[07:09] know if I'm going to vote and you have
[07:10] to repeat this you say no new Wars no
[07:13] tax on tips no tax on overtime no tax on
[07:16] social security largest deportation
[07:18] effort ever drill baby drill gas prices
[07:21] low restoration of the constitution
[07:24] Supreme Court Justices we can trust and
[07:26] an end to the law fair those 10 things
[07:28] you tell every swing V you know in this
[07:30] state and you committ it to
[07:39] memory and it's going to require a
[07:42] citizen Force because these next 12 days
[07:44] we Define the future of our Republic and
[07:47] that is why you are here that is why you
[07:49] waited hours and hours and hours to get
[07:51] into here and that is exactly what we're
[07:53] doing what we're doing at Turning Point
[07:54] action to register new voters in states
[07:56] that are still registering voters like
[07:58] Michigan and same day register
[08:00] and as I travel the country and I'm
[08:02] doing this on college campuses I can
[08:04] feel a surge the likes of which was even
[08:08] greater than 2020 the likes of which
[08:10] that was even greater than 2016 it is a
[08:12] citizen lend movement and let's just
[08:14] remember what we have been through
[08:16] everybody the forces of Darkness have
[08:19] tried everything they possibly can and
[08:22] what does success looks like it looks
[08:24] like said no matter what you throw at
[08:26] this movement no matter how much you tar
[08:28] and feather us SME
[08:30] slander call us names cancel us you call
[08:33] us a racist or you try to put our
[08:35] candidate in jail that we understand
[08:37] that this is a different type of divide
[08:40] this is the citizens of a country who we
[08:42] own the country not them we own the
[08:45] country not them we're in charge not you
[08:49] you work for
[08:50] us and we are going to send a message
[08:52] and Donald Trump is a metaphorical you
[08:55] hear that media a
[08:56] metaphorical Tomahawk missile against
[08:59] against the DC ruling regime to send
[09:02] them a reminder we're in charge you're
[09:04] not we're the boss you're not you see
[09:08] the media they they're starting to
[09:10] really get upset and say why is it that
[09:12] people are still voting Trump after all
[09:14] these things it's because of all these
[09:15] things that we're still voting for Trump
[09:17] cuz I look at a man who refuses to give
[09:21] up they say well is this someone that
[09:22] you want your kids to grow up and to
[09:25] look up to I say yes I'm going to tell
[09:27] my son that in the line of fire
[09:29] that if you ever think as if things
[09:32] could ever get dark and you rise and you
[09:33] say fight fight fight I want my son to
[09:36] be like that one
[09:41] day I want my kids to look up to a
[09:44] president that even though they take his
[09:47] business Empire away and he's facing
[09:49] seven lifetimes in prison he keeps on
[09:52] fighting for you where he has nothing to
[09:55] gain and everything to lose to get into
[09:58] the arena there has never been a
[10:00] candidate in modern American history
[10:02] that has lost so much for something that
[10:05] did not benefit him but instead put you
[10:07] in the room and that is why they are so
[10:09] anxious and nervous I want you to
[10:11] understand what's going on here right
[10:14] now they are popping pills at fizer that
[10:17] Bobby Kennedy might run the FDA and the
[10:19] CDC everybody
[10:30] right now the war mongers in DC are
[10:33] shaking they're trembling like a leaf
[10:36] that Tulsi gabard might go in and expose
[10:38] the fraud of us sending $200 billion do
[10:41] to Ukraine while our border remains wide
[10:50] open the government gangsters as cash
[10:53] Patel would put it that have robbed us
[10:55] blind they're starting to get really
[10:57] nervous saying um is Elon musk really
[10:59] going to come in and look at our budgets
[11:01] oh you better believe Elon Musk is going
[11:03] to come in and look at your budgets the
[11:06] department of government efficiencies
[11:09] are and what a combo team everybody it
[11:13] is it is from people that have gain that
[11:16] have gained so much in the system and a
[11:18] bottom up and the only people supporting
[11:20] kamla Harris are the ones that are happy
[11:23] robbing more from you and covering up
[11:26] for their crimes let me say that again
[11:28] the only only people supporting kamla
[11:30] Harris are comfortable robbing more from
[11:33] you and covering up for your crimes for
[11:36] for 50 years this part of America has
[11:39] grown poorer while the kingdom of
[11:41] Washington DC has grown infinitely
[11:44] richer the wealthiest counties in
[11:45] America are all centered around
[11:47] Washington DC and the heartland of this
[11:49] country and the industrial base of this
[11:51] country where the muscular class built
[11:54] this country have seen their jobs
[11:55] shipped over to shipped over to China
[11:57] and we got a bunch of opioids in return
[11:59] and piles of plastic and deteriorated
[12:01] neighborhoods that we no longer
[12:03] recognize and in a in a in a series of
[12:06] events that only God could orchestrate
[12:08] and a series of events that only our
[12:10] divine father could put together the
[12:13] most unusual set of circumstances is
[12:16] that a billionaire from New York had to
[12:18] get in the arena to tell the other
[12:20] billionaires that have been robbing you
[12:22] the game is over you're fired and the
[12:24] American people are back in charge again
[12:37] I will close with this we are here in a
[12:39] state that is a very Christian State a
[12:42] state that loves God and loves Jesus if
[12:45] there was my biggest concern of this
[12:46] election it is the faithful it is the
[12:49] pastors that are not engaging right now
[12:51] in this election we have 12 days left
[12:54] and you need to lovingly challenge
[12:56] pastors that are silent that you have a
[12:58] biblical obligation to engage in this
[13:01] election that you have a Biblical
[13:03] obligation to fight evil and to exalt
[13:05] righteousness for one other reason no
[13:07] other reason than 320,000 missing kids
[13:11] on our Southern border right now which
[13:12] is modern-day slavery and Donald Trump
[13:14] will put an end to it Donald Trump is
[13:16] the most pro-life president in American
[13:18] history as he was responsible for the r
[13:21] reversal of R versus way moved the
[13:22] embassy to Jerusalem and more than
[13:24] anything else every everybody is on the
[13:26] other side the Democrat Party
[13:29] supports everything that God hates the
[13:32] Democrat Party is
[13:34] espousing the death of The Unborn the
[13:37] mutilation of our teenage kids open
[13:39] borders the destruction of our
[13:41] sovereignty the elimination of our
[13:43] currency status I believe there is a
[13:46] spiritual battle happening around all of
[13:47] us but don't expect a spiritual a
[13:50] spiritual Victory if our own pastors do
[13:53] not engage right now this state is a
[13:55] Christian State I want to see that to
[13:57] continue but we need the faith F we need
[13:59] those of you that have influence over
[14:01] your congregation to put pressure on
[14:03] your pastors and those if you're a
[14:05] pastor watching this right now I hope
[14:06] this touches you I hope you and I'm
[14:08] looking right in the camera right now I
[14:09] hope you give a Sunday sermon and you
[14:11] talk about how the Democrat Party
[14:13] believes everything that God hates I
[14:16] hope you tell your congregation how to
[14:17] biblically vote I hope you challenge
[14:19] them and tell them to get in the arena
[14:21] cuz everybody we have 12 days of voting
[14:24] left this state will determine the
[14:26] future of America go vote now fight evil
[14:30] get in the arena and if we do that on
[14:32] November 5th we'll be looking at that
[14:34] beautiful CNN clip yeah Donald Trump
[14:38] elected the 47th president of the United
[14:41] States God bless you guys thank you
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