JD Vance Honors Charlie Kirk on Tribute Podcast as Turning Point Chapter Requests Surge

[00:00] And the president-elect posted several

[00:02] comments in a WhatsApp group, including

[00:04] Charlie Kirk got shot, let's effing go.

[00:07] And here he is promoting violence

[00:09] >> to effectively create change in the

[00:11] world we desire. Inside Prop will argue

[00:14] that at times there is simply nothing

[00:15] else that can be required other than

[00:17] violent retaliation. And this is a view

[00:19] I wholeheartedly agree with. this view,

[00:21] the view that some institutions are too

[00:23] broken, too aggressive, too oppressive

[00:26] to be reformed like cancers of our

[00:29] society. They must and they should be

[00:31] taken down by any means necessary.

[00:34] >> I mean, you compare those words to the

[00:36] words of Charlie Kirk, someone who was

[00:38] promoting fighting with words, not with

[00:40] violence.

[00:42] >> Yes, he promoted with words. And you're

[00:43] absolutely right there, not violence.

[00:45] And this is what was very unique about

[00:47] him. He did though not just preach to

[00:49] the converted as they say the

[00:51] expression. He actually went to campuses

[00:53] where he knew that the views were

[00:54] totally and utterly opposed to him. And

[00:56] I've seen so many clips and interviews

[00:58] and I'm sure your audience has too where

[01:00] you're seeing him reason and he's giving

[01:02] facts and he's giving information. He's

[01:04] not turning to violence. And I think

[01:05] that's a very good role model for young

[01:07] people which I suspect is one of the

[01:09] many reasons those 37 new 37,000 new

[01:12] applications are for these existing

[01:14] chapters. And last but not least, he

[01:16] actually was at and everybody should

[01:18] look at when he attended um Oxford

[01:20] University. He was actually there and he

[01:22] talked to the students there talking to

[01:24] them about being pride in their uh

[01:26] taking pride in their British heritage,

[01:28] in the foundations that the um British

[01:30] culture has set for the world world in

[01:32] terms of law, in terms of inventions, in

[01:34] terms of civilization and instead of

[01:36] being um you know radical about it in

[01:38] looking at your history and what it's

[01:40] brought to the world in terms of

[01:41] civilization. Look, finally, Hillary,

[01:44] uh, just before we move on from these

[01:46] psychopaths that are celebrating Charlie

[01:48] Kirk's death, a public school teacher in

[01:50] Canada has been suspended after

[01:52] allegedly showing a video of Charlie

[01:54] Kirk's assassination to students as

[01:56] young as 10 in his class. That's

[01:58] according to reports from authorities.

[02:00] And this teacher also suggested that

[02:02] Charlie Kirk deserved to be killed and

[02:05] gave the young students a speech about

[02:07] anti-fascism and transgender issues.

[02:09] Now, hearing those reports, I just have

[02:11] to agree with Vice President JD Vance

[02:13] here. Now, JD Vance hosted Charlie

[02:15] Kirk's podcast this morning and what he

[02:17] called a a special tribute to his close

[02:19] friend. And JD Vance used the podcast to

[02:22] encourage people to go after anyone who

[02:24] celebrated Charlie Kirk's death and

[02:26] report them to their employer. Listen to

[02:28] this.

[02:30] And the entire administration is trying

[02:32] to do as much as possible to find

[02:35] everything that we can about what led to

[02:37] this, about how we got here, and of

[02:38] course ultimately how an assassin took

[02:40] Charlie's life. I wanted to zoom out

[02:42] with Steven a little bit and talk about

[02:45] all of the ways that we're trying to

[02:47] figure out how to prevent this festering

[02:50] violence that you see on the far left

[02:51] from becoming even more and more

[02:53] mainstream. And

[02:55] >> Hillary, what are your thoughts on what

[02:56] JD had to say? Well, I totally agree

[02:59] with J. D. Vance and with regard to the

[03:01] story and the teacher that you

[03:02] mentioned, I mean, these are fifth and

[03:04] sixth graders. He made them watch that

[03:07] violence, that assassination over and

[03:10] over and over again. I actually can't

[03:11] even think of a time when that would be

[03:14] appropriate for such young students, let

[03:16] alone the lecture that he gave them on

[03:17] top of that. And JD Vance is exactly

[03:19] right that anybody that does celebrate

[03:22] death on either side on either side of

[03:24] the political spectrum, they should be

[03:26] reported to whoever they they work for.

[03:28] Um I know that already there have been

[03:30] pilots, teachers, uh medical

[03:32] professionals that have done that that

[03:33] have been reported and I think it's the

[03:35] right thing to do because we shouldn't

[03:36] tolerate such violence and intolerance

[03:39] in our any society. Absolutely agree

[03:41] with you. And you know, Charlie Kirk was

[03:43] calling out the deranged assassination

[03:45] culture that seems to exist uh in the

[03:48] far left. He was talking about this uh

[03:50] months ago, even years ago. But you

[03:53] mentioned, Hillary, that Turning Point

[03:54] USA has seen a massive surge in

[03:56] inquiries for new college uh chapters as

[03:59] the organization works to advance

[04:01] Charlie Kirk's vision following his

[04:03] assassination last week. And look, would

[04:07] you say that his death is a bit of a

[04:08] turning point? I know that's become a

[04:10] bit of a talking point, I should say,

[04:12] but so many people just would love to to

[04:14] continue the mission that he started.

[04:17] >> Well, absolutely. And I actually would

[04:20] uh say that I really I think many people

[04:22] admired what his wife uh Erica said and

[04:25] what she said was that um his voice and

[04:28] his memory and his message will not be

[04:30] forgotten. And I think that you know we

[04:32] should all bear in mind what Shakespeare

[04:34] said as you know hell hath no fury like

[04:36] a woman scorned. She's been scorned by

[04:39] this death and she is not going to let

[04:41] this go. And the 37,000 applications, I

[04:44] think absolutely yes, prove that people

[04:46] are not going to let his very healthy um

[04:49] very lawabiding, hardworking message uh

[04:53] die. I think it's not going to die with

[04:54] him. In fact, it's a sleeping giant

[04:56] that's been awoken.

[04:57] >> Absolutely. Look, Erica Kirk, she's

[04:59] absolutely incredible. I'm in awe of

[05:00] her. Finally, before I let you go,

[05:02] Donald Trump will arrive in the UK soon

[05:04] for his second state visit, which will

[05:06] also include trade talks with Kia

[05:08] Starama. What else can we expect,

[05:10] Hillary?

[05:11] >> Oh, yes. It's going to be um rather good

[05:13] in terms of business for both nations.

[05:15] They're actually going to be talking

[05:16] about nuclear power that will power AI

[05:20] um these huge data centers that are

[05:21] going to be developed which will be

[05:22] beneficial to both um countries. They

[05:25] say that actually um data centers use

[05:27] about as much electricity as New York

[05:29] City does in a day. So, it's a

[05:30] tremendous going to be a tremendous

[05:32] agreement with regard to nuclear power

[05:34] and we're going to see not a carriage

[05:37] tour through the town of Windsor because

[05:39] of course there were predicted to be

[05:40] some protests in Windsor and he's not

[05:42] going to London, but President Trump

[05:44] will be attending a state dinner at

[05:45] Windsor Castle. He will be laying a

[05:47] wreath for the beloved former Queen

[05:49] Elizabeth II. She is interned at St.

[05:51] George's Chapel and there she is in turn

[05:53] with Prince Philip, her husband, her the

[05:55] Queen Mother, her mother and King George

[05:57] V 6 and her sister Margaret, Princess

[05:58] Margaret. So, President Trump will be

[06:00] visiting there.

[06:01] >> He will have a carriage tour with King

[06:04] Charles and Camila and actually the

[06:05] Prince of Wales and the Prince um

[06:07] Princess of Wales, Katherine through the

[06:10] grounds though of uh Windsor Castle

[06:12] extensively with military in attendance,

[06:15] the RAF, all of the different services.

[06:17] And there will be a flyover um American

[06:20] flyover, UK flyover, the state dinner

[06:22] Wednesday night and then he will be

[06:23] departing and going to checkers uh

[06:25] secure star the British prime minister's

[06:27] home uh country home in um Buckingham

[06:31] Shere and Princess Katherine

[06:32] interestingly will be spending some time

[06:34] alone with Melania the US uh first lady

[06:38] and they will be visiting some boy

[06:39] scouts events and doing some things

[06:41] together as well.

[06:42] >> Okay, Hillary Ford, president and

[06:44] founder of Strowmark, thank you so much

[06:46] for joining us. Absolutely pleasure

[06:48] Gabriella.