High School Senior Gregory Honors Charlie Kirk's Legacy After Conservative Leader's Tragic Death

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[00:10] >> Todd: AS THE U.S. MOURNS

[00:12] THE LOSS OF CONSERVATIVE LEGEND,

[00:14] CHARLIE KIRK ON THE

[00:15] PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LOOKING BACK

[00:16] AT THE LASTING LEGACY THAT KIRK

[00:20] LEFT.

[00:20] >> CHARLIE KIRK TRAVELED THE

[00:24] NATION JOYFULLY ENGAGING WITH

[00:25] EVERYONE INTERESTED IN GOOD

[00:27] FAITH DEBATE.

[00:28] HIS MISSION WAS TO BRING YOUNG

[00:30] PEOPLE INTO THE POLITICAL

[00:31] PROCESS, WHICH HE DID BETTER

[00:33] THAN ANYBODY EVER!

[00:36] TO SHARE HIS LOVE OF COUNTRY AND

[00:37] TO SPREAD THE SIMPLE WORDS OF

[00:41] COMMON SENSE.

[00:43] >> Carley: OUR NEXT GUEST

[00:44] SPOKE AT A "TURNING POINT" EVENT

[00:48] AND CHARLIE WAS HIS MENTOR

[00:50] WRITING IN AN OP-ED, "I CAN'T

[00:51] BRING BACK HIS VOICE BUT I CAN

[00:54] CARRY FORTH HIS LESSONS FIGHTING

[00:56] FOR EDUCATION AND REFUSING TO

[00:56] GIVE UP ON THE MISSION HE

[00:59] BUILT."

[01:01] HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, GREGORY

[01:01] JOINS US NOW.

[01:03] I WISH WE WERE SPEAKING UNDER

[01:05] DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

[01:06] WHAT MADE CHARLIE SO SPECIAL?

[01:08] >> IF YOU LOOK AT IT, HE WAS

[01:10] ONLY ONE WHO TRULY CARED ABOUT

[01:11] STUDENTS MY AGE AND REALLY

[01:13] VALUED US WHETHER WE VOTED OR

[01:16] NOT.

[01:17] HE WENT TO THE COAL, COLLEGE

[01:19] CAMPUSES AND ESTABLISH A

[01:21] "TURNING POINT USA" CLUBS AND HE

[01:23] GOT STUDENTS TO FINALLY BECOME

[01:24] ENGAGED.

[01:25] A GENERATION THAT WAS ONCE KNOWN

[01:28] AS THE LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE

[01:29] GENERATION TURNED INTO THE

[01:31] GENERATION THAT IS NOW A

[01:32] CONSERVATIVE OR HOPEFULLY WILL

[01:34] BECOME CONSERVATIVE STRONGHOLD.

[01:35] IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF CHARLIE

[01:37] KIRK AND HIS INFLUENCE ON

[01:40] MILLIONS OF STUDENTS.

[01:40] >> Todd: WHEN THIS TRAGEDY

[01:42] OCCURRED, YOU WROTE ME YESTERDAY

[01:43] SAYING YOU WANTED TO COME ON

[01:44] HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT CHARLIE

[01:46] KIRK MEANT TO YOU.

[01:47] SO DESCRIBE FOR THE AUDIENCE IN

[01:50] THE INFLUENCE HE HAS HAD ON YOU.

[01:52] >> LET ME TELL YOU A QUICK

[01:54] PERSONAL STORY OF MINE.

[01:55] FOR 16 YEARS I HAD UNDIAGNOSED

[01:59] ADHD.

[02:00] WHAT THAT MEANT IS I'M A FAILING

[02:02] STUDENT AND I COULDN'T READ OR

[02:04] WRITE AND ONLY LAST YEAR MY

[02:05] ENTIRE LIFE CHANGED.

[02:07] I FOUND MY INTEREST WITH

[02:08] POLITICS AND THAT IS WHEN I

[02:10] STARTED LISTENING TO PEOPLE LIKE

[02:11] CHARLIE KIRK AND HIS SHOW IN

[02:13] PARTICULAR SHOWS ME DEBATE

[02:14] MATTERS.

[02:15] THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T

[02:18] SEE IN OUR POLITICAL WORLD

[02:19] ACTUALLY MATTER.

[02:20] THAT IS WHAT HE SHOWS AMMO BUT

[02:23] THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH CHARLIE

[02:24] KIRK OR DEGREE BUT CHARLIE

[02:25] KIRK HE WOULD DEBATE YOU.

[02:27] AND WHEN HE DOESN'T WIN THE

[02:28] DEBATE IS NOT THE POINT.

[02:29] THE DEBATE IS TO HAVE A

[02:32] CIVILIZED CONVERSATION.

[02:32] THAT IS WHAT WE ARE MISSING

[02:33] HERE.

[02:34] THAT IS WHAT HE TAUGHT ME THE

[02:36] MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF

[02:37] EVERYTHING.

[02:38] YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO OTHER

[02:41] CONSERVATIVE WHO CARES THAT MUCH

[02:43] ABOUT CHILDREN, ABOUT STUDENTS

[02:45] AS MUCH AS HE DID BECAUSE TO BE

[02:47] HONEST, FOR MANY, MANY DECADES,

[02:50] STUDENTS WERE CONSIDERED

[02:50] PROGRESSIVES AS THEY SAID

[02:52] BEFORE.

[02:52] SO, THEY WERE KIND OF A VOTING

[02:54] CLASS THAT WAS NOT REALLY

[02:59] NEEDING TO BE REPRESENTED

[03:00] BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO

[03:00] STUDENTS VOTING FOR RED

[03:03] CANDIDATES.

[03:04] CHARLIE CHANGED THAT.

[03:05] WITH THAT IMPACT, IT IS GOING TO

[03:08] LAST DECADES.

[03:08] >> Carley: LET'S TAKE A MINUTE

[03:10] TO LISTEN TO CHARLIE OVER THE

[03:13] COURSE OF HIS VERY INFLUENTIAL

[03:14] POLITICAL CAREER ENCOURAGING

[03:16] PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

[03:17] LISTEN TO THIS.

[03:19] >> OUR GENERATION, OUR BELIEF

[03:20] SYSTEM WILL BE PAVING THE WAY

[03:23] FOR MILLENNIALS FOR DECADES TO

[03:24] COME.

[03:25] >> AS SOON AS YOU MAKE THE

[03:27] DECISION I WILL BOLDLY SPEAK MY

[03:28] MIND COURAGEOUSLY, WHETHER WITH

[03:30] FRIENDS, FAMILY, OR PRIVATE OR

[03:33] PUBLIC, THAT IS THE MOST BORING

[03:35] THING TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS.

[03:37] >> I GO AROUND UNIVERSITIES AND

[03:40] HAVE ENCHANTING CONVERSATIONS

[03:41] BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS SO

[03:42] IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTRY IS TO

[03:47] FIND OUR DISAGREEMENTS

[03:48] RESPECTFULLY.

[03:49] BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE STOP

[03:49] TALKING, THAT IS WHEN DIVISION

[03:52] HAPPENS.

[03:52] >> AND WANT TO ASK TO ADVISE HOW

[03:54] I CAN PURSUE AND MAINTAIN A GOD

[03:58] CENTERED MARRIAGE.

[03:59] >> GOD MUST ALWAYS COME FIRST

[04:01] WITH SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES.

[04:02] HONOR THE SABBATH AND TURN OFF

[04:03] YOUR PHONE FOR ONE DAY.

[04:05] >> THERE IS A CYAN MX MAKE

[04:07] SILENT MAJORITY ON COLLEGE

[04:09] CAMPUS TO IDENTIFY

[04:10] WITH LIBERTARIAN VIEW POINT AND

[04:11] WE ARE PACKING THE LECTURE HALLS

[04:14] AND CHAPTER GROWING AT A RECORD

[04:15] RATE.

[04:17] >> HOW I GOT MY POLITICAL START,

[04:17] WHEN THEY DOUBLED THE PRICE OF

[04:19] COOKIES THAT WE LIVE IN

[04:20] HIGH SCHOOL.

[04:22] I SAID THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE,

[04:23] UNWARRANTED AND WE NEED TO

[04:26] REBEL.

[04:27] >> CONSERVATIVES ARE DOMINATING

[04:28] IN MEDIA AND PODCASTING TIKTOK

[04:30] AND DOMINATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

[04:32] BECAUSE WE ARE A MOVEMENT THAT

[04:33] LEADS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND

[04:35] ABLE TO HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS

[04:37] THAT BUILD COALITIONAL TYPE

[04:39] POLITICS.

[04:39] >> ANOTHER GREAT WARRIOR, YOU

[04:42] ARE A GREAT WARRIOR.

[04:44] THANK YOU.

[04:45] I APPRECIATE THAT.

[04:46] [APPLAUSE]

[04:46] >> Carley: HE HAD SO MUCH

[04:47] LIFE, SO MUCH DRIVE, SO MUCH

[04:49] STRENGTH IN HIS CONVICTIONS AND

[04:51] SO MUCH LEFT TO GIVE.

[04:53] WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

[04:55] >> YOU KNOW, OUT OF EVERYTHING,

[04:57] HE WAS ALWAYS THE MOST HUMBLE

[04:59] PERSON.

[05:00] HE NEVER TOOK ANYTHING FOR

[05:01] HIMSELF.

[05:01] I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT

[05:02] TAUGHT ME WHO I WANT TO BE AND

[05:05] HOW I WANT TO REPRESENT MYSELF

[05:08] IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

[05:09] I WANT TO BE AS HUMBLE AS CARING

[05:12] FOR PEOPLE AS CHARLIE KIRK WAS

[05:14] BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, HE DIDN'T

[05:15] HAVE TO OFFER ME A SPOT TO SPEA"

[05:19] EVENT.

[05:20] HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO LISTEN TO

[05:22] ME TAKE A PHOTO AFTER SPEAKING

[05:24] 15 HOURS STRAIGHT ON THE STAGE,

[05:25] BUT HE STILL DID IT.

[05:26] IT IS BECAUSE HE TRULY CARES

[05:28] ABOUT STUDENTS LIKE ME.

[05:30] HE CARES ABOUT OUR GENERATION.

[05:32] THERE IS NO ONE ELSE THAT

[05:34] COMPARES TO THE AMOUNT OF CARE

[05:35] THAT HE HAS PARENTS ARE REALLY,

[05:37] THAT IS WHAT SHOCKS ME, IS THAT

[05:40] WE CAN HAVE A POLARIZED WORLD

[05:41] RIGHT NOW WHERE SOMEONE SO

[05:45] CARING, EVEN IF THEY DISAGREE

[05:45] WITH THEIR BELIEVES IS DEAD FOR

[05:48] NO GOOD REASON.

[05:49] >> Todd: TEN SECONDS, HOW

[05:50] WOULD YOU CARRY ON HIS LEGACY?

[05:53] >> I WILL CARRY ON HIS LEGACY BY

[05:56] MAKING SURE HIS EDUCATION, HIS

[05:57] EDUCATIONAL REFORM IS CARRIED

[05:59] ON.

[06:00] I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

[06:02] I THINK REFORM IN OUR K-12 AND

[06:03] HIGHER UPPER EDUCATION ON IT IS

[06:07] EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MATTERS.

[06:08] >> Todd: GREG, THANK YOU FOR

[06:09] REACHING OUT TO ME A