Hello everybody. Welcome to our live signing of the MAGA doctrine. I'm Charlie Kirk and this is AJ Casmatitis. Uh dear friend of mine and Turning Point USA. So we're honored to be with you tonight. Uh right now this is the number one book on Amazon. Not a huge fan of Amazon, but we'll go with it. So it's number one. Been very honored by your support and by everyone who's got a copy. And you guys can get a copy at premiercollectibles.com/kirk uh a signed copy and I'm going to be signing them throughout this hour and answering many of your questions. So uh we got some of your questions here and as you guys buy them I will sign them. So number one in the country thanks to you guys. But let's keep it there and I'd love to sign. Boy, we got thousands and thousands and thousands that I can sign for you guys. So uh let's get started. AJ, we got some questions. Yes, we do. So many questions. So, let's kick this off because you wrote this book about the MAGA doctrine. Yes, I did. What do you feel is the single biggest threat to our democracy today? Well, I I hate to be too uh dark to begin with, but as I sign my first book, I will say the left is the biggest threat to our democracy. Now, it's important to remember that we're a republic, not a democracy. Very big difference. I actually talk about that in the book. But uh look, the left is a is a threat to everything we hold near and dear. Uh they are a force of chaos. They're a force of confusion uh when we actually need to be a stabilizing force of order. So uh I wish it wasn't that sad to open up the book signing, but uh that's what it is. So well, it's I just signed a copy for one of you guys. You guys can get your copy, too. Well, it's great that you started this organization for over 250,000 students now in Turning Point and that's so exciting. Um, one of the people also wants to know, what do you see for the future of Turning Point since they've done so much already? Well, thank you. Uh, we're we're growing very quickly. We're on 2,000 high school and college campuses across the country. Uh, which reminds me, you guys can go to the magdadocctrine.com. So it's maggodocctrine with the So it's literally the title of the book the magdadocctrine.com and you guys can get your signed copy right now and that is an exclusive offer. But with TurningPoint USA we're doing quite well. Uh we're growing very quickly. We had 5,000 students at our end of the year event in Palm Beach. The president spoke there. We have our young women's leadership summit. And hey, if anyone's interested in getting involved with Turning Point USA, that's not why we're here tonight, but I always have to plug it. It's uh tpusa.com and uh we're honored to keep on growing. So, I'm going to sign another book for you guys. That's awesome. The orders are coming in. So, we want to thank you guys. Very good. So, you just mentioned uh seeing the president and I imagine that you spend a lot of time with our president. What is your favorite President Trump story? Uh that's a very good question. So, I'm going to tell you, let me see. I don't want to, you know, betray any confidence or anything like that, but uh, you know, every time I spend time with the president, he always ends every conversation with, "How can I help you? How can I help turning point? How can I help what the students are doing across the country?" And one thing that every, you know, people have to know about our president is he asks more questions uh than he tells you things. He's always asking questions. He wants to hear from other people. He wants to hear differing opinions. Um, I've I've had the opportunity to spend a good amount of time with him and he has an amazing memory. He has a wonderful recall, an incredible love for our country, but you know, he loves sports. People don't realize that. I love sports, too. So, I love to talk, you know, sports with him. I actually, you know, in a different life would love to talk about sports even more, but we could talk about that later. Um, he's he's a bluecollar billionaire. You know, you don't feel like you're talking about talking with someone from the ruling class, and you've spent time with him. He's a real special guy. uh and he's endorsed this book. He said it's a great book and he said you should get it and you guys can go to the magdadocctrine.com and I will sign a copy for you at the magdoctrine.com. So that's it and I'm going to sign my third book which is a lucky number. So amazing. So now that you're making your mark with Turning Point and this amazing book and I know you've written other books in the past, are you planning to use your new found authorship to run for office anytime soon? Well, I get this question a lot. The answer is no. I'm far too happy uh to run for office. Uh you know, I spend a time with a lot of politicians and they're always upset about something and they got to spend time with my least favorite thing place in the world, which is Washington DC. So, no running for office. Uh not for me. Uh I love the battle of ideas. I love Turning Point USA. I love what we're doing and uh I want to keep on I want to see it continue to succeed. So, amazing. Well, you're doing really important work. So, thank you. Thank you. And another book to how about Earl in Washington. Thanks for placing the order. Go ahead, AJ. That was so lucky. Um, yes, he was. Got to love Earl in Washington. The magodocrine.com. It's coming straight to your mailbox soon. And by the way, it drops tomorrow. So you guys can get this beautiful book signed. Number one book in America right now. What's next? All right. while creating this organization and this book. What advice do you have for other people across the nation who's looking to follow in your footsteps? Well, uh it's a very kind question. I never went to college, which I highly recommend. Uh I'm I'm of course kidding, but uh I do I do recommend a gap year. I think far too many people are going to four-year college and universities. I think we need more plumbers, HVAC, electricians, people that have character. You know, it's very funny. If you gave me the option, you said, "Hey, Charlie, here's a hundred people that didn't go to college or 100 people that went to college. What would you rather hire?" I'd take the hundred people that wouldn't go to college. And I say this as someone who has 160 employees and, you know, we have a a big, you know, growing organization. And I'm not against college, but college is not about the maturity process anymore. In fact, it's about training activists to hate our country. Uh, it's about a credentiing exercise. If you want to become a doctor or a lawyer or something very specific, an engineer, an architect, college is for you. But that's less than 15% of people that go to college. I want people with character. You know, I always laugh. I think parents are the people that, you know, push their kids to go to school. And I I I cringe when I see these people with their bumper stickers. They say, "My son is an honoral student." And I say, "So what? How about a bumper sticker that says, "My son is a good person." Like I How about character? I mean, I I couldn't care less if they're on the honor roll. And why do you have to tell the world about that, by the way? I mean, I if my parents ever did that, I would be ashamed. I go, "Oh, you need to tell the world that you're an honoral student." And by the way, no one talks about the amount of cheating that happens in school. It's an industrial complex of cheating. That's another conversation for another time. However, I didn't go to college. I learned early on life is about grit. It's about perseverance. And it's about character. You have integrity. You act ethically. uh you do what you say you're going to do and you outwork other people. It's amazing what you can succeed in our country and I don't think college is always the uh the option for that. Uh and I talk about that in the book the mag the magdadocctrine.com. I almost got the name of the book incorrect. It's been a long week today. The magdoctrine.com. We didn't get to number one in Amazon without me doing a couple thousand radio interviews today, but I appreciate the support. It's rigged. It's it's it might be a rigged system. I'm kidding. It's not rigged. Okay. number one on Amazon. Thank you guys. The magdadocctrine.com if you guys want to if you guys want to check it out. Uh we highly appreciate it. It's it's uh it's great. So what else we got? So the message that you were just talking about is a very important one. The American dream, the idea of being able to work hard and be successful and it's one that's very important to me and my family and why I got involved in Republican politics. And your family is an amazing family, by the way. one of the most successful in America and it deserves a lot of credit. So, it really touches my heart when you talk about that. But you're also mentioning about how when people go to colleges, they're indoctrinating these students with these teachers and I know you're doing such important work to combat that. So, this is also probably contributing to the divide. What do you think has led to this massive divide in the political culture today? And is there any hope of repairing? Yeah, look, there has to be hope. Um, and that that's part of what we're doing and that's part of, you know, the organization that we're building at Turning Point USA. And that's why I wrote this book and that's why I think it's having the success it's having. It's really resonating with a lot of people and it's communicating in a very effective way. You know, I'll tell you that the country right now I think is not as divided as people think. I think that we're still a country of hard work. It's but it's people like Elon Omar and Cortez and Talib and Presley and Sanders that are the ones that are dividing our country. President Trump seeks to unify uh despite what the media might tell you. He seeks to unify our country, which is what I write about in this book about American greatness and American renewal uh and bringing strength back to forgotten America and bring dignity back to forgotten America. You know, I'll tell you that if you look at the the fundamental tenants of what our country stands for, individual responsibility, strong families, uh, faith. I think that the president has been such a champion for that. And, uh, you know, people, just just so you understand, if you're just joining this live stream, the magdadocctrine.com. Don't forget the the uh, the magdoctrine.com. You guys buy a book. I will sign it for you right here. And I see you, William from Wisconsin. Thank you, William from Wisconsin. You're doing great. Thank you. Um, I just signed that for you, William, in Wisconsin. But, uh, I'll tell you that I think our country is under such amazing leadership with President Trump and what he's doing for our country. And so, uh, yeah, what else we got? So, your message is so inspiring to a lot of young people, and I see a lot of people asking, how would a young person get more involved in the political realm and maybe start a career? Where should they begin? Well, it's a great question and people ask that all the time. They say, "I love politics. Where do I start?" And I say, "If you have not knocked on doors till your knuckles bleed, if you have not made phone calls till you've lost your hearing, then you should not be involved in politics." I got my start in politics as a freshman in high school after football practice. I used to take my parents 1993 Ford Explorer, uh, which basically was a public health hazard. The fact I drove that thing, I think I got four miles per gallon, but it was all we had. And I used to drive it from Wheeling, Illinois to Deerfield, Illinois. And I have Tony Espazito is out there. He'll vouch for this. And I would make phone calls for then Congressman Mark Kirk to become Senator Mark Kirk. This is in the 2010 election, fall of 2010, the Tea Party wave. And I would make calls till 8:30 or 9:00 at night. And I would go on the weekends and in between AAU basketball games uh on the north side of Chicago, I would make phone calls. I had a passion for politics. I had a passion for the future of our country. And I believe conservative values were the best way to do that. And I talk about that the magadocrine.com. I will sign a copy for you guys if you buy it right here and right now. But look, I think young people, they expect to get into politics and they expect to make it big early. Um, and it was tough. I mean, I would be knocking on doors personally independent of Turning Point for Governor Bruce Rer in 2014, a couple years after I started Turning Point USA, going to phone calls, doing phone banks. Um, politics seems glamorous on the outside, but if you do not canvas for candidates, if you don't knock on doors, if you don't do that tough work where you're rejected, um, then you're not going to really understand what the political process is all about. Where do you start? Go find a schoolboard race. Go find a state rep race. Go find a congressional race. Get engaged, get involved, run for office. Um, you're not going to become Twitter famous overnight. In fact, if you do, you're probably not going to have the most sustainable political career if that's the case. Um, and so that's that's kind of the best way to get involved in politics and start at the absolute grassroots level. I think it's very important. And Carl from Connecticut, I see your order and I'm signing your book, the magadocra.com. Buy your signed copy right now. What else we got? I see the questions pouring in. They're coming in. So, a lot of other people really want to know um since the schools are indoctrinating all these kids, how can the Americans teach their kids the right values to help make the country great again and keep this on the right path? No, it's a great question and I just wrote this one that said my can be yours right now. Do you guys want this book? This is the only book I'll sign this way. And maybe 20 or 30 years from now, you guys will be able to say, "I got that limited edition book of the MAGA exclamation point at the the MAGA Doctrine book signing." You can go the magdadocrine.com, the magocodocrine, and get this book. So, whoever gets this book, whoever buys in the next couple minutes, the magocodocrine.com, I will send this book. I'm going to place it just right here for you guys. Uh, the question was about what can we do to stop the indoctrination? Um, homeschool your kids. I'm a very big proponent of homeschooling. I think we need to double the US homeschooling population in the next 5 years. Don't send your kids to government schools. Look, the most prized possession we have in our country is not our oil, natural gas. It's not our gold. It's not our silver. It's our young people. And why we are sending our young people to government schools that train Marxist activists to hate our country is beyond me. And so, I think we need to take this much more seriously. Uh the reason why Bernie Sanders has had the success he's had, the reason why Senator Sanders has the following of Omar Talib and all these other people is uh because we have sacrificed the schools. We have turn these are activist education camps where they turn people into they have resentment for our country. And again, I think it's about how you act. People say, "Well, my kid needs to go to college to succeed." That's nonsense. First of all, it does not need to go to college. You do not need to go to college to succeed. You need to act ethically and work hard. Those are the two things you need to do to succeed. And people say, "Well, I don't want my kid to fall behind." They'll fall behind if they get student loan debt and if they hate America. See, it used to be back in the 1970s, the parents used to tell their kids, "You're the problem and America is great." Now, we tell our kids, "America is the problem and you're great." It's much more important that we teach our kids self-control than self-esteem. And on that note, I'm going to sign another book. You know, you're absolutely right. And these kids are fortunate that they were able to grow up in the United States and of America where it's one of the greatest blessings to worry about is that and they can get this one the magdadocctrine.com limited edition 30 years from now you'll be able to go this screenshot and say I bought that book. I'm going to keep it right here. Seeing the orders flow in. They're flowing in the magdadocctrine.com. Go ahead. Oh, it's too bad I can't go on this iPad and buy some. And you know what? You can do it afterwards. The magdadocctrine.com. Perfect. So, tomorrow is Super Tuesday and for the first time in over a hundred years, we could nominate an extremely radical candidate. That's right. We haven't nominated a socialist in over a hundred years in this country and they could nominate Bernie Sanders. What is the term Democratic socialism? And do you see Bernie Sanders winning the nomination? He very well could win the nomination. It's a meaningless adjective is what it is. It's an absolutely meaningless adjective. Um, it adds nothing. And I could think of an equivalent, but I'm going to ponder on that so I make a perfect analogy, but it's it's absolutely irrelevant. And so, look, here's Bernie Sanders. He comes up and he says, "Well, look, Fidel Castro, he really cared about literacy rates, okay? So that they people could read their their their graves before they got killed." Fidel Castro was a tyrant. To even add some sort of moral equivalency to an absolute authoritarian tyrant is is incredible to me. Bernie Sanders is an exploitationist. He's an exploitationist who takes advantage of people that want to blame others. And some some Bernie people are are out there. I hope you buy the book. I think you'll be very enlightened by it. I hope you'll be moved by it. Hope you'll be blessed by it. In fact, I'm signing this right now for a Bernie bro out there. Anyone out there that's a Bernie bro. In fact, here here's the thing. If you're a college kid and you're saying, "How how how do I how do I move the dial? How do I get the message out? Or maybe how do I maybe upset the Bernie Sanders revolution?" If you buy this book at the magodrin.com and you I don't know if it'll fit underneath a dorm room. I don't know if it'll fit on dorm dorm uh dorm door. Is that the right dorm door? I don't know if it'll fit. But if you give this to a Bernie bro, I can guarantee a reaction. I don't know if it'll be positive, but it'll be a reaction. And you guys can get it right here. I'm going to sign this one to a Bernie Sanders supporter right now that says, "I'm praying for you." I'm going to say, "God bless." How about that? Okay. And I hope this doesn't end up in the hands of an atheist, but who knows? Um, look, Senator Sanders is a threat to the republic. And, uh, his whole movement is based in victimology. It's based on anti-Americanism. Um, and look, I I I won't go as far to say every, you know, most Democrats followers aren't that way. Most Democrats just have a difference of opinion. Bernie Sanders has a difference in patriotism. I fundamentally challenge his love of America. He says nicer things about the Cuban dictatorship than he does about the greatest gift that God has given his people in the last thousand years, which is the United States of America, the greatest beacon of freedom and liberty we could possibly ever imagine. We're talking about literacy rates in Cuba. What is this, a joke? Um, and so, you know, Senator Sanders might have a good Super Tuesday. Joe Biden is the default candidate because Mike Bloomberg is the worst politician in American history. Uh, he's uniquely uncarismatic. I mean, I don't know how the guy made $61 billion. I I I mean, I I don't know how you run a board meeting. The guy can't string together two or three sentences. It's It's actually laughable. I thought he was a pretty good mayor of New York, though. Stop and frisk was great. He continued the policies of Mayor Giuliani, and now he apologizes for everything that he wanted to do, and it doesn't look like he's going to win the nomination. But, I hope he spends another $700 million on vapor because, uh, you know, it's better in the hands of nothing than actually in the hands of the left. But uh anyway, we'll see what happens tomorrow. And uh you know, I think I think Senator Sanders is going to have a good night and Joe Biden is going to be the default establishment pick. And you saw, and by the way, if you guys are just tuning in, the magdoctrine.com, you guys can get one signed by me right here. Um if you guys see what's happening uh with um with Joe Biden, he he doesn't know what state he's in. He confuses talk show hosts all the time. President Trump's at the best. Why does he just write down what state he's in so he can reference it? Florida. I'm in Florida. It's the guy is absolutely clueless, but he's very corrupt and I think it's a good matchup for President Trump because I'd rather run against corrupt than free. I think Joe Biden's actually a better matchup than Bernie Sanders. I know I'm a contrarian opinion in that, but I think Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders is harder to beat than Joe Biden. Interesting. What else we got? So, you're talking about all of these socialist voters and signing books for them. Now, is there a way that we can get through to the far left? Um, yeah. Look, you have to speak truth uh unapologetically and definitively. I think that far too often we try to cushion our uh beliefs to try to not offend other people. Now, this is very important and I talk about this in this book. You guys can get it signed right here, which is why we're here. Um, don't say something to offend. Don't say something for the purpose of offending somebody, but never not say something because you're afraid it's going to offend somebody. It's a very important distinction. Do not be provocative for the sake of provocative. However, if what you're going to say is going to be somewhat provocative, then don't be afraid to say it. The left tries to censor our speech and tries to censor what we're doing in many different ways. Um, and it's almost like this idea of self-censorship. So, look, how do you reach out to the far left? You ask good questions. uh you uh you you present them with truth, you buy them a copy of the MAGA doctrine, which I think can be very helpful to them. I think that the MAGA doctrine could hopefully be a great gift to the left and uh hopefully they'll learn something. And with that, I'll sign another book. What else we got? Can we go to those other question? I like those other questions, the the the non-political ones cuz I never get to answer those questions. Non-political ones. There was like a way I don't this is an older iPad, but there are those. Oh, but we could take our time on these, right? This is more fun. Here we go. All right. Who would you like to have dinner with, past or present? Well, that's a very good question. Um, so in the in the past, I would love to have dinner with Jesus Christ. I would love to pick his brain on a couple things. Um, and I'm I'm not even kidding. I think it would be actually amazing. And my belief actually says that I will see him again. I see him actually for the first time. So that would be amazing. Um, Julius Caesar is one of my favorite historical figures. Uh, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, I love the Roman greats. Uh, I would love to have Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all alive at the same time. I think that would be very fascinating. Um, and American history. I I'm fascinated by our founders. I think our founders have not had a good enough job done for them in Hollywood. I love Ben Franklin. He's a very very compelling and interesting person. Uh an inventor, a visionary, a writer, a diplomat in many different ways. He was phenomenal. um other people in world history that you know I I would love to I would love to be able to kind of pick the brains of like just like I mean who if you can't go too far back in time obviously because it's all theoretical. How about present? I'll answer some things in present who I'd love to have dinner with in the present. Um someone who just I really find to be compelling and interesting uh just because of his perseverance and his vision is Elon Musk. I think the guy is really interesting even though we might not agree politically. He has real grit, which I really appreciate and that I really enjoy. Um, let me think who else uh currently. Oh, I'm sure there's all sorts of other people I could think of. But, uh, and also I would love to have another dinner with the president of the United States. You guys can learn about it here at the magdadocctrine.com. Well, you know, who knows? Elon Musk might see this and you might have your chance to have dinner with him. Well, and then maybe we can uh discuss his car company and you can give him a copy of your book. I would love to give Elon Musk a copy of the MAGA doctrine. If you guys buy enough copies right now, he'll probably see it. In fact, he might have seen it. Uh because our book sold better than Has he ever wrote a book? I'm sure Elon has read a book, right? I don't know. Who knows? Anyway, I'm sure we did fine. Which one? Game of Thrones or Stranger Things? This is not even a convers. Now, when I say these things, I don't mean to offend anybody, okay? I don't want to taper off. Um, I'm not trying and there's no right or wrong answer. Well, I shouldn't say that, but you might have your own opinion and that that's fine. Game of Thrones is one of the greatest pieces of television ever created. Stranger Thrange Things. It's awful. It's unwatchable. I I try I I've tried it multiple times. Has no depth. And again, people are going to criticize me. I'm going to get more emails about Stranger Things. I I find it to be so lacking in any I I substance. And I've tried so many times and all I it does not resonate with me. It's about the kids, right? It's about Is that right? It's about kids. Um is very little resonance with me. But Game of Thrones is probably one of my favorite TV shows ever created. Breaking Bad might be my favorite. Different category though than Seinfeld and Frraasier. Those are much more light-hearted, kind of just more run-of-the-mill. Breaking Bad is so great, and I could do a whole show on Breaking Bad, which I might do right now. Do you know what I love about Breaking Bad is that the the it starts with the ultimate character of innocence, right? A teacher in the suburbs, perfectly healthy, with the last name of White. I mean, could you could you think of somebody that is a more stereotypical picture of innocence? And what made Breaking Bad so unique and so special is that it wasn't the hero's journey. It was the anti-hero's journey. It was the descent into confronting your own evil. And so, he lost his hair as he lost his innocence. He confronted his cancer and it was the old adage of how far are you willing to push your own morality for what you consider to be the greater good. Um, and Walter White becomes not just the hero, he becomes the villain that you're almost cheering for. When you watch Breaking Bad, you start in the third or fourth season, you're cheering for his murder. You're like, you can do it. You can cook more meth and you're like, wait a second, I'm cheering for a meth cook. And they deceive you as a viewer. So it pushes the morality of the actual viewership where you as a watcher wait is that the right term wa it's been a long week today because we've been selling a lot of copies of the magodocctrine.com of which I have to sign more but you almost are like yes I believe you can get that next batch of perfect meth out. I want you to get that match next batch of perfect meth out. And you're what the heck am I doing? I'm cheering for a meth cook. And he be he he he el he el he el he el he el he el he el he el he el he el he el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el elicits sympathy and it is so beautifully constructed. The people that are supposed to be the heroes which are the ATF and the cops end up being the people you're cheering against. Jesse is a beautiful character and I don't mean beautiful in the aesthetic but the character journey of Jesse if you see it is someone who struggles with addiction multiple relapses and I think he it's phenomenal the way they wrote it. So, Breaking Bad is probably one of my I've not watched Breaking Bad in years and I remember scenes and I've only seen once is Vince Gilligan Gill. Gileiam, what was his name? Gilligan. Gilligan. Phenomenal. Unbelievably great job. Game of Thrones was great. I actually loved the end of Game of Thrones. I did a whole podcast on it. If you guys want to see it, you guys can check out the Charlie Kirk show. Press subscribe. I don't even know where. It's very far back in the archives. But I actually loved seeing Daenerys Targaryen become um the brutal uh let's just say leader that she was actually foreshadowed throughout the years because she was not this benevolent liberator that people made her seem. She was actually much more of a churchillian Dresden figure than people would actually imagine. I didn't like the whole Jon Snow he kind of killed her. Would that be a fair way to say it? Did Jon Snow kill her? I think it was very weak writing. I didn't like that. Um, I would have liked to see that done a little bit differently. Um, I mean, she turns into a tyrant, but ultimately she dies because of love is something like what she thought was love. But yeah, that's that's it's a fair point. Stranger Things, there's a much better use of time like buying the MAGA doctrine or watching Game of Thrones or listening to my podcast. Again, I mean, no offense. If that if that gives you purpose, I hope I I I I I hope it does. Um, what's the next question? So, uh, speaking of meth, I don't know if meth makes you hungry. I don't know. No, I mean, actually, I've never done meth. I have no plans to do meth. I'm very anti-meth. Um, in fact, I speak against how much against meth I am, but that's a very interesting segue. Where are you going with trying to segue with uh what your favorite breakfast food? Well, that's a very good question. What my favorite breakfast food and what I've actually eaten as my favorite breakfast are two different questions. I don't think I've eaten my famous f favorite breakfast food since I was like six. I think the last time I ate my favorite breakfast food, I think I was a young child. Gluten-free pancakes because I'm celiac. Uh I'm actually allergic to gluten. I'm not one of those trendy coastal elite, you know, ruling class people that are gluten-free for the sake of doing it. In fact, I actually do recommend it though because it would actually give you a better lifestyle. Um gluten-free pancakes with real maple syrup, a very important distinction. Um, fresh berries. Actually, no. I take all that back. I love French toast. I love French toast. Interesting. I really do. I thought you would go for the Ron Swanson breakfast. What's that? The the bacon. Just all the bacon. You know, I I I I can tolerate bacon. I don't love it as much as I I think it's overblown. I think bacon is overrated. Not I'll eat it. I think it's fine, but it's I I don't have the focus on bacon that other people do. So, what else? I respect your bold opinion. We're supposed to do these in 2 minutes, but we're not. No, that's okay. I actually I This is much more fun than answering the questions I answer on every other single radio interview. I'm I'm behind on the signing, so thank you guys for buying the magadocrine.com. I'm going to keep on signing. So, what is your favorite genre of music? Well, that's a very good question. I like good music. I like the best music of every category. I like good jazz. I like good classical. And now I'm really going to lose. Should I say I'm not even going to say what I don't like. You guys can guess what kind of music I don't enjoy, but I refuse to alienate my audience. Um, but there's just some mu there's a difference between music and noise. Ah, music is not music. So, I'll let you guess what kind of music I don't like, but I love classical music. I love good Christian music. I I love absolutely love 70s and 80s rock. I love it. It's very very uh in a lot of ways it draws inspiration from some of the greats. Um, and so if it's a good music, I think music today is mostly garbage to be perfectly honest with you. It's uh it's very repetitive. It's not very tonal. Um, and I and I play the saxophone, clarinet, piano, all all forms of saxophone, all forms of clarinet. Uh, I haven't played it in quite a while. I play I was all state bass clarinet back in a different life at a different time. Um, and so I actually music is something I wish I could spend more time with. So And you played the clarinet and signed books at the same time? That's a very good question. only I can only play the half the scales because it wouldn't actually be physically possible. However, if I did uh if I did the entire scales uh from uh all the way down my goodness, I can't even remember where it starts. Um then it would be uh it would be quite difficult. Interesting. So, who was your idol growing up? Wow, that's a great question. Um my idol growing up I I love, you know, it's very funny. You guys can check this right now. Actually, do we have this in the book? I think we do. Andrew, I think we have this in the book where I have my tweet from 2011. I say this with no pandering at all whatsoever. In 2011, I sent out a tweet begging Donald Trump to run for the presidency. I grew up loving Donald Trump. And you know, people, you know, people say, "Oh, you supported Ted Cruz in the primary." Okay, yes, that's correct. So did Mike Pence. Okay. But I was a Trump supporter back in 2011, begging the guy for run to running for the president of the United States. Um, and so I loved Donald I loved his embrace of success and his love of our country and I love that today. Uh, growing up I loved Ronald Reagan. Uh, I really did. I loved the conservative greats and giants and uh, you know, I talk about that in the book as well. It's great. I was a fan of his in 2011 as well. Wow. We need somebody that can someone tough. Yes. This book that I signed is now going in the pile. One of you lucky people will be the recipient of that limited edition. So, I know we're all very pro America here, but what is your favorite international? Now, I I say this with no pandering at all to you, AJ at all, but I and and I will have third and third third and fourth party verification. I love Greek food. I really do. Now, the only problem with Greek food is what happens after because it's not food that I necessarily think I'm going to climb Mount Olympus after I eat it. It it slows me down, which is fine, by the way. That's that's that's perfectly okay. But I love everything about Greek cuisine. It's a little It's thick, though. You know, you got humumus, tasiki. Um, what's what's the burnt cheese? What's that called? Oh, saganaki. H the best. It's the I could eat Greek food indefinitely. You have cheese and fire. What's that? It's unbelievably good. I mean, I I when I went to Athens not too long ago and I I I I I had this beautiful these unbelievably great Greek meals and I I kid you not, I I I I had to take a nap after it's like you you wake up and then you have to take a nap after and that's okay. It's I I'm sure that you know you there's you get used to it, I guess, right? It is some of my favorite. I love Mediterranean food. I love the olives. I love the salad. I love the feta cheese. International cuisine. Um, I'll tell you, you know what type of food I really does not resonate with me, which is weird because I love hot sauce. And there'll be an announcement on hot sauce soon, but I won't I won't tease that too much. The type of I I I don't love Indian food. I'm just not a big fan of Indian food. I have nothing. I love the Indian people. I think it's a beautiful culture. I just am not a big fan of Indian food. Um, Israeli, Mediterranean, Greek, Lebanese food. I absolutely love it. You know what other food I don't like is German food. Not a fan. I just it's just not for me. Uh English food, too. If you could tell me what that is, I don't like it. Beans on toast. Yeah, that's not it's not for me. And again, it's this is not an indictment of the culture. It's just the taste. I love Mexican food, though. I absolutely love Mexican food. I love Greek food. Um and then I I am a fan of sushi if it's done correctly. You know what you can do to burn off some Greek food is sign some more books. That's a very good point. And that's what I'm going to do at the mag.trint.com. What is your favorite candy bar? Well, that's a good question. Um, I have a single go-to candy bar, and I think they have one of the greatest marketing campaigns because it's so true. Uh, is Snickers, and it's you're not you're not you when you're hungry. I love a good Snickers bar. Um, I grew up I grew up eating Snickers. It's it's perfect. And I I I I could I could do an entire I could do a whole thing on the Snickers, but it's so beautifully constructed because like the best hits of all of your your candy, but you got the chocolate, you got the nuts, you got caramel, and you got nougats, and you have the thing they got in Milky Way, right? What they the fluff or they I don't know if they have that in Snickers. Maybe they do, but it's it's perfect. And everything else is too is too weighted in the wrong direction. Twix, I I can't even eat Twix. It's It's overrated. Peanut M&M's, too. Love peanut M&M's. Um, Twits is overrated. Kit Kats is also overrated. Overrated. Um, Junior Mints. Overrated. You know what's another very, you know what's an underappreciated candy bar? Is Chunkies. You've ever had a chunky? A chunky is phenomenal. Look it up. Baby Ruth is also very good. Milky Way is garbage. Not good. Right. We agree. But Snicker Bar definitely. I'm not a huge fan of Twix at Kit Kats, but you know they have their own Kit Kats in Japan. Is that right? I did not know that. Like random flavors like donut flavor, ice cream flavor. Like I think that goes that goes too far for me. Crazy. Um I I don't know who wrote this, but the next question is, do you have a favorite season? Yes, summer. Um I I abhore winter. I I can't wait for it to be over. Um Christmas helps get through it, but it's a it's a kind of a stressful time of year at Turning Point. We have our big student action summit. And if you guys are just joining right now and you're wondering what we're doing, we're signing books. Uh we're number one on Amazon right now. You guys can go to the magdadocctrine.com and I will sign a book for you right now. In fact, that might be your book right now. So the magdoctrine.com. I love summer. Um I I love the heat. I'm in I'm in a minority with that. I love the sun. Winter is a very very tough time. I just when it gets dark at 2:45, it's it's very hard to be I think optimistic and and I know I know that's probably too seasonally, you know, adjusted. I'm not I what I find to be the most depressing though is like late October, early November when you know winter is coming. That's a Game of Thrones reference. When you could just feel it and you say, "Oh my gosh, the clocks have changed. Now it's 4:40 in the afternoon and it's dark." February I can get through because it's starting to get a little bit lighter and brighter and I love it. Summer is my absolute favorite. Yeah. So spent a lot of time in Florida, the swing state. We can go campaign. I love it. I'm a Florida res. Fantastic. I'm a Florida res. So jealous. But all my constituents go there in the winter so I can go there and campaign. You're doing a very good job by the way. I think we're performing very well. The magdadocctrine.com. So what is your favorite childhood memory? That's a very good question. My favorite memory is visiting all the national parks. It gave me great appreciation for our country, the Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone. Um, I visited every single one except Yusede. My parents made a point to make sure I saw our national parks and the gift that we've been given by God and our natural beauty. If you have not done this, I highly recommend it. Uh, you can do the Grand Staircase, Escalante, and you could do Bryce Canyon, which is unbelievable. Zion National Park, Grand Canyon, you can do that in the span of 5 to seven days. I highly recommend it. Rocky Mountain National Park. You can do uh also Glacier National Park is unbelievable. It's probably my favorite childhood memory. That's amazing. We have the most beautiful country. Oh, I totally agree. Did you ever have an imaginary friend? Not really. Uh that's I mean, no. But growing up, you play makeelieve and all that. That wore off by like the age of four. So, uh no, I did not have an imaginary friend that I would bring around and say, "Hey, this is Carl." Um, I was much more actionorient to actionoriented, but I will sign a book for Carl. I'm sure we just had a book signed for Carl somewhere. Another Carl. That's two Carl's. Good memory. Um, and we have Mikey from Montana. Okay, how about that? Uh, and the magdadocctrine.com. So, the next question, don't say elephant. That's very funny. Do you have a favorite animal? I love dogs. I lost my dog uh in October and I'm still not over it. He was an amazing dog. Uh I believe dogs are windows into God's almost a window into God. And I I think gods bring out the best in us. They make us laugh. They are so loyal. Uh I'm not anti-at but I'm not pro cat. Okay. There's a difference. I grew up with cats. Not a fan. Um but I'm not one of those pro cats though. That's exactly right. That's very funny. But dogs are just such beautiful creatures. I I now again I don't mean to offend anybody but if I can pick up your dog with one hand not a fan. Um I mean no offense it's just a taste. It's just I the bigger the dog the better. If it's a great day and good. I like dogs to be like horses. Big, strong, confident. Love my German shorthaired pointer. He was the best. And it's we we got we got another one. It's not the same. She's great but it's it's different. And everyone who's lost the dog knows exactly what I mean. They truly are your best friends. Um, and uh, absolutely a dog without a doubt. Sorry to hear about your dog. Um, what is your go-to workout? You know, that's a very sensitive subject. Um, and everyone's laughing. I was a workout maniac for a couple years and I wish I still was. And I had a horrible back injury that I'm still recovering from. Two slip discs in my back. Uh, I'm able to bike right now, which I enjoy. Praise God. I can walk around still. Um, I used to run like 15 miles a day. It was pathological. I loved it. For those of you that are addicted to running, please take care of your backs. You might think you're invincible. I was 25 years old and I couldn't walk for a week. It took me out of it. I I I mean this with no no level of sarcasm at all. If you guys get injured with your back, it's it's one of the most not just painful but demoralizing things you could possibly have. And at 25, it took me completely out of it. Um and I it it happened because I didn't stretch enough to be honest with you. Now I look back at it. But my favorite workout would be it's 98 degrees outside. You know, I'm gonna go for a 15 mile run. And I know that sounds like horror to most people. Nothing nothing I would rather do than go for a 15 mile run in the in the heat. And for those of you that have that, you know, do that, you know exactly what I speak. There's nothing more fulfilling than that. Uh I I hope one day to run again, and I don't know if I will, but uh you know that uh that's in God's hands. run for office or run. Well, no, I'm not running physically run if I if you again, as soon as I What's the most depressing part of it, I don't mean I don't I don't play the victim. I don't mean it as a pity show. I don't want I don't want reparations or condolences. All I want you to do is to buy our book at the magdadocctrine.com. That's all I want. And I'll sign a copy of it. Um, however, uh, what what were we talking about? Working out. Oh, yeah. Running. But, but you know what else is a great workout? What's that? Signing books. Signing books. That's right. I'm burning more calories doing this than ever before. You're doing a great job. Um, the next question. All right. Uh, what do you never leave home without my phone, unfortunately. Uh, that's I'm I'm very into my phone. It's too much. I'm trying to reduce it. Uh, and I and the only way I'll I I am going to try to take a hiatus from my phone once this book promo onslaught is over. That will never happen. Yeah. the magdadocctrine.com. Do you have a favorite superhero? I absolutely do and I can do about a 20 minute speech on my favorite superhero. I have a very I'm very opinionated about these questions by the way and I love them because I never get to talk about them. So I believe a super superhero must be relatable. So Superman never resonated with me because he had he could do everything. He could literally turn back time. He had laser beam. He had ultimate strength. I said this this this doesn't bo what is this and the only way you could defeat him is kryptonite from another planet like the whole thing was too complicated okay and you know what I didn't like about Superman is that he was a superhero that became less super no because he came a human being and he became like what was it not not Peter Parker that was Spider-Man what was what Clark Kent he was a loser he was he was he was disoriented he had he was he was okay he was humble I'll give him that but he was a loser okay and eventually he found he's like what kind of Superman be superhero becomes less powerful when you when you go through that I I don't like it. My my favorite is Batman by far. I love the story of Batman. I could talk about this endlessly and let me tell you why. Confronting your demons, absolute tragedy to triumph, understanding the thing that he fears the most is what he embodies. Hero's journey. I absolutely love it. The stories are relatable. And Batman is conceivable. Everything in Batman and see they're rolling their eyes. It's Superman's conceivable. You come in with laser beam vision. It's boring. How about How about Superman? You're scadaddling up buildings and you're putting people in webs. Never resonated with me. Green Goblin. Okay. Batman is conceivable. Okay. Elon Musk could create a Batman in 50 years. No, seriously. And that's what always resonated with me. I saw this and I said, "This could happen." And by the way, it reminds me of Donald Trump. I'm going to get killed by Media Matters for this. But it's the benevolent billionaire. It is. It's the benevolent billionaire that comes to save the citizenry from the havoc of the left. No, seriously. Gotham City was in total pandemonium because of bad management of the left. High crime, lack of leadership, run by gangs. And I'm not kidding. I'm being very, very serious. And so, I think Donald Trump and Batman have a lot in common. Bruce Wayne is one of the most beautiful characters because he's someone that uses his wealth and his prestige and his power. He had all the trappings of what it means to be part of the ruling class and he went to go save people. I love that Batman is my favorite superhero. Awesome answer. I'm going to go quicker because we're running out of time. What is your favorite time of day? My favorite time of day is the evening. Um I can do mornings, but I don't prefer them. I think the most clearly around 10 or 11 at night. Have you ever ridden in a hot air balloon? I hated it. I'm never doing it again. No one should ever do it. What is your favorite board game? That's a very good question. I like chess because it create it it it makes there's a there's a decisive winner. It it has a it has a preference towards intellect and analysis. Monopoly is a waste of time. I' I grew up playing Monopoly and at one time I realized this is this is like never going you're never going to win. No one ever wins Monopoly. You just won at the most furthest extent. The only way you win is if your opponent goes bankrupt. Silly game. uh not a fan and it's unrealistic and it gives you money just for passing go. What is this? UBI. You get money just for existing. I don't like it. Chess is a wonderful game. I wish I was better at chess. Um but I absolutely love it. It makes you think and it pushes the boundaries of human intellect. What is your favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni. Great choice. Do you have a favorite teacher? Uh growing up, yes. I will not name this teacher because they'll probably get fired. But I had a teacher my junior year who was a liberal, but she took what she did so seriously and she dropped her political preference at the door and she taught me more about American history than almost anyone and she got me passionate about the founding of this country. I will not say her name because I don't want her to get doxed, but uh she was a wonderful human being and yes, a public sector teacher, a public sector union teacher, but it was evidence that good teachers should be paid more. She got in at 5:00 a.m. She left at 8:00 p.m. She was a hero. She deserves to earn a lot of money and her colleagues that were all Marxists should be fired. I had the same experience and my teacher still hugs me to this day even though she's a Democrat. Amazing. Very good. Do you like movie popcorn with or without butter? See, this is a very good question because why would you indulge in the calories of that butter? I don't understand it. If you're going to if you're going to begin to eat the It's like saying, "Well, I'm going to eat a bunch of calories and it's not going to taste good." You have to you have to not just have butter. It has to be soaked. It has to be it has to be absolutely avalanched in butter. And so these people that don't want by saying, "Okay, so you're going to have 800 calories to enjoy hopefully Batman, Star Wars. I could do a whole thing on and you're not going to have butter on it doesn't make sense to me. Not Stranger Things. Who is your favorite author?" Donald Trump Jr. No, no question. Uh because he's a friend of mine. I don't say that facitiously. You guys should check out his book triggered. But my favorite author, uh, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, one of the most important books that built Western civilization. Our book is selling better than meditations today. I never thought I would say that. And finally, who has impacted you the most? Uh, probably my parents. And I think that's the correct answer for anyone. Uh, the Bible commands you to honor your mother and father. And they they had a very big impact on my life. And I think that summarizes our signing today. So, I'm going to stay here, guys, for the next couple years to sign all the books that you guys bought. Not too late. No matter when you're watching this video or where you're watching it in perpetuity, the magadctrine.com. I will sign your book for you. We want to keep this on Amazon. We want to keep this keep moving. Tell your friends about it. I will sign it. I've signed a couple I will sign a couple thousand more post this production. Thank you guys so much for watching. It's been a lot of fun. And AJ, thanks to you. Uh, this was great. Thank you for having me.
