Karoline Leavitt Honors Charlie Kirk's Legacy and Communication Style at Kennedy Center Memorial

[00:03] PETS DOT COM SLASH THESE ARE

[00:11] TERENCE BATES HERE WITH YOUR

[00:12] REAL AMERICA'S VOICE NEWSBREAK

[00:13] .

[00:14] WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE

[00:14] WITH

[00:14] FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR

[00:15] CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST AND TRUMP

[00:18] ADVISER KIRK ARE SET.

[00:19] THE ASSASSINATED 31 YEAR OLD

[00:23] WILL BE FUNERAL'S NEXT SUNDAY

[00:23] WITH THE SERVICE BEING HELD AT

[00:26] STATE FARM STADIUM IN GLENDALE,

[00:26] ARIZONA.

[00:27] PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE'LL

[00:29] ON HAND FOR THE FINAL GOODBYE

[00:30] NEXT WEEK CEREMONY REPORTEDLY

[00:33] BEING ORGANIZED BY TURNING

[00:34] POINT USA WHICH OF COURSE IS

[00:38] THE ORGANIZATION THAT

[00:38] FOUNDED.

[00:39] WE'RE ALSO HEARING SEVERAL

[00:39] PRIVATE FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL

[00:42] EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED LEADING UP,

[00:46] INCLUDING SOME IN THE NATION'S

[00:46] CAPITAL ON SUNDAY.

[00:47] THE WHO'S WHO OF WASHINGTON,

[00:49] D.C. CAME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER

[00:52] CHARLIE KIRK AT THE KENNEDY

[00:53] CENTER.

[00:53] THE LIST OF SPEAKERS INCLUDED

[00:54] CONGRESSMEMBER AN APPALLING

[00:58] ALUNA ANDY BIGGS AND HOUSE

[00:58] SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON.

[01:01] HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[01:01] SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR

[01:02] AS WELL AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

[01:05] INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD ALSO

[01:05] TOOK THE MICROPHONE.

[01:06] BUT IT WAS WHITE PRESS

[01:09] SECRETARY CAROLINE LEAVITT WHO

[01:10] BROUGHT A MESSAGE BOTH FROM

[01:13] WHITE HOUSE AND FROM HER HEART.

[01:14] >> I WOULD NOT BE IN THIS

[01:15] POSITION IF NOT FOR THE HEROIC

[01:17] EFFORTS OF CHARLIE KIRK WHO

[01:21] TURNED THE AMONG

[01:22] YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

[01:25] AND HELPED USHER IN PRESIDENT

[01:25] TRUMP'S HISTORIC VICTORY ON

[01:29] NOVEMBER 2024.

[01:30] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WIN IN

[01:30] NOVEMBER WAS FUELED IN NO SMALL

[01:32] PART BY THE TIRELESS WORK

[01:33] OF CHARLIE THE TURNING POINT

[01:37] ORGANIZATION THAT HE BUILT FROME

[01:40] TRUE ESSENCE AMERICAN

[01:41] DREAM.

[01:41] >> WHILE MUCH OF CONSERVATIVE

[01:44] AMERICA IS STILL COMING TO

[01:44] GRIPS WITH THE MURDER

[01:45] OF CHARLIE KIRK, A NEW WEEK AND

[01:48] LOTS OF NEWS IS US.

[01:49] THE FEDS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THE

[01:52] FIRST OF A TWO DAY

[01:52] MEETING TOMORROW.

[01:53] WHILE ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE

[01:56] MEETING TO SEE IF CENTRAL

[01:57] BANK WILL CUT INTEREST RATES

[01:57] FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THIS

[02:00] SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY.

[02:00] MANY WILL ALSO BE WATCHING TO IK

[02:04] WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

[02:07] YOU MAY REMEMBER PRESIDENT

[02:08] TRUMP TRIED TO FIRE COOK AND

[02:08] AMID AN INVESTIGATION INTO

[02:11] HOUSING FINANCE ALLEGATIONS

[02:11] AGAINST HER WHILE A COURT HAS

[02:15] RULED THAT COOK STAY ON THE

[02:16] JOB, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

[02:18] APPEALED THAT DECISION AND

[02:19] COULD GET AN ANSWER SOON AS

[02:20] TODAY.

[02:22] ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, THE

[02:23] SENATE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON

[02:23] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PICK TO FILL

[02:26] AN ALREADY VACANT SEAT ON THE

[02:27] FED BOARD.

[02:29] >> THAT'S A QUICK CHECK.

[02:44] HELLO, EVERYONE.VICE PRESIDENT .

[02:45] WELCOME BACK TO THE CHARLIE SHO.

[02:48] SO I AM MOONLIGHTING AS RADIO

[02:52] HOST TODAY OF COURSE IN HONOR D.

[02:55] AND YOU I WANTED TO BE

[02:56] LIKE MARCO RUBIO.I WANTED TO ADB

[02:58] HERE AS HOST AND VICE

[03:02] PRESIDENT IN THE WEST WING

[03:03] HERE IN THE WHITE

[03:04] COMPLEX.

[03:04] BUT I HAVE ANOTHER PERSON HERE

[03:06] WHO WEARS HATS AND IS ONE

[03:07] OF THE MOST GIFTED

[03:08] COMMUNICATORS I HAVE EVER SEEN

[03:11] RIGHT UP WITH GREAT

[03:12] CHARLIE KIRK.

[03:12] I'M GLAD TO BE JOINED BY

[03:15] CAROLINE LEAVITT, OUR PRESS>> C,

[03:16] MR. VICE

[03:17] VERY KIND.

[03:19] >> I APPRECIATE YOU'RE SAYING

[03:19] THAT.

[03:19] ME LET LET.

[03:20] WHY DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF AND

[03:23] TELL US A LITTLE BIT SO

[03:24] WHO DON'T KNOW WHO ARE

[03:24] LISTENING ARE WATCHING.

[03:26] ACTUALLY WERE INVOLVED WITH

[03:27] TPO SAY VERY EARLY ON WHEN YOU .

[03:30] TELL ME ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE

[03:34] AND ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW

[03:34] CHARLIE KIRK THROUGH THAT

[03:35] FORUM.

[03:35] >> SURE.

[03:35] WELL, I'M GEN Z CONSERVATIVE

[03:38] SO I WAS REALLY WITHIN

[03:39] THE MAGA MOVEMENT AND WITHIN

[03:42] THE MAGA MOVEMENT AS A GEN Z

[03:43] CONSERVATIVE MEANS YOU'RE VERY

[03:45] MUCH A PART OF THE TURNING

[03:45] POINT USA MOVEMENT.

[03:49] AND SO EDUCATION

[03:50] WAS NOT JUST THROUGH THE RISE

[03:54] OF PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT ALSO THE

[03:54] RISE OF CHARLIE

[03:55] AND WATCHING HIM AND LISTENING

[03:57] TO HIM AND I INQUIRING ABOUT A A

[04:01] CHAPTER ON COLLEGE

[04:02] ANSELM COLLEGE IN MANCHESTER,

[04:02] NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE WENT AND

[04:05] WHERE MY POLITICAL AMBITION AND

[04:06] LOVE OF MEDIA AND POLITICS

[04:09] REALLY BEGAN.

[04:09] AND JUST BY WATCHING CHARLIE

[04:10] FROM A DISTANCE SO

[04:13] INSPIRING TO A YOUNG

[04:13] CONSERVATIVE WOMAN.AND THEN I GW

[04:17] PERSONALLY WHEN I DECIDED TO

[04:18] RUN FOR CONGRESS AND HE A

[04:21] TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER AND

[04:21] FRIEND.

[04:21] >> RIGHT.

[04:22] SO YOU LITERALLY A LIVING.

[04:25] YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT SPEAKS

[04:29] TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND

[04:30] WORLD ON BEHALF OF THE WHITE

[04:30] HOUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

[04:32] DID LEARN ANYTHING

[04:33] PARTICULAR ABOUT THE WAY THAT

[04:37] CHARLIE KIRK COMMUNICATED WITH

[04:37] PEOPLE?

[04:37] AND WHAT I ALWAYS APPRECIATED

[04:40] IS THAT THOUGH

[04:41] SMART AND THOUGH YOU SEE ALL

[04:41] THESE CLIPS OF HIM OWNING

[04:45] PEOPLE OR OF HIM GETTING THE

[04:45] BETTER OF SOMEBODY IN A DEBATE

[04:48] IF YOU WATCH A FULL CHARLIE

[04:48] KIRK RALLY ALL OF THE

[04:52] AND WAS TALKING WITH WITH

[04:53] ANDREW ABOUT THIS OFF CAMERA

[04:55] 90% OF IT IS CHARLIE BEING KIND

[04:59] AND COMPASSIONATE AND

[05:00] OFFERING MORAL SUPPORT TO

[05:00] PEOPLE.

[05:01] DO YOU TAKE FROM CHARLIE

[05:03] KIRK THE COMMUNICATOR?>> SO MANY

[05:04] WATCHING HIM BY BEING

[05:08] AROUND HIM.

[05:08] BUT I OF ALL

[05:09] STANDING FIRM IN YOUR

[05:11] CONVICTIONS A FIGHT

[05:12] ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW

[05:15] HAVE THE FACTS AND THE TRUTH ON

[05:16] YOUR SIDE BUT DOING WITH A

[05:17] SMILE.

[05:19] AND THAT'S SOMETHING CHARLIE

[05:19] DID SO BRILLIANTLY AND WELL HE

[05:22] WOULD GO TO THESE CAMPUS REFORME

[05:26] CROWD IF YOU DISAGREE ME,

[05:27] COME TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE

[05:27] AND I FIND MYSELF DOING THAT IN

[05:30] THE BRIEFING ROOM, YOU KNOW, ONI

[05:31] KNOW VERY MUCH DISAGREE WITH ME.

[05:35] BUT AS LONG AS BELIEVE IN

[05:38] WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND YOU HAVEE

[05:39] TRUTH AND THE FACTS ON YOUR

[05:41] SIDE, IT MAKES LOT EASIER

[05:42] TO SAY IT.

[05:42] AND WHAT CHARLIE DID FOR

[05:45] AAND I KNOW HE INSPIRED ME AS A

[05:46] YOUNG VOICE.

[05:49] IF WE'RE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP

[05:49] NOW YOU SAID BEHIND THE

[05:52] WHITE HOUSE PODIUM AND BEFORE

[05:52] EVERY BRIEFING I ALWAYS PRAY TO

[05:56] JESUS CHRIST AND CHARLIE SO

[05:57] OUTSPOKEN WITH HIS FAITH AND I

[06:01] WILL CONTINUE TO IN

[06:02] OF HIM.

[06:02] BUT I ALSO THINK OF CHARLIE AND

[06:04] JUST HOW BRILLIANTLY HE

[06:05] ABLE TO COMBAT THE THE

[06:08] WITH AND TO DO IT WITH A

[06:09] SMILE.

[06:10] >>

[06:11] SO YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK

[06:12] OF CHARLIE KIRK DEBATING

[06:16] SOMETIMES THESE KIDS ON COLLEGET

[06:22] WAY BETTER QUESTIONS THAN

[06:27] RADICALS DO IN THE WHITE HOUSE

[06:27] PRESS>> THEY'D BE LIKE GOOD GOOD

[06:29] PREPARATION YOU TO LIE JV

[06:37] LEVEL WITH YOUR OPPONENTS

[06:37] BUT YOU DO SUCH AN INCREDIBLE

[06:40] JOB AND YOU WERE NOT

[06:41] JUST THE WHITE HOUSE PRESSYOU WN

[06:45] SPOKESPERSON THE TRUMP

[06:46] CAMPAIGN.

[06:49] AND YOU KNOW WHAT MADE I

[06:50] WANT TO ASK HOW IMPORTANT

[06:51] CHARLIE WAS TO THE VICTORY

[06:53] BECAUSE THERE WERE SO

[06:54] EVENTS THAT WE DID WITH TPS DAY

[06:57] WHERE WOULD SHOW UP AND THEY

[06:58] WERE INCREDIBLE AND ENERGY

[06:59] WAS OFF THE CHARTS AND CHARLIE I

[07:01] WENT TO ARIZONA HE'D SAY WITH A

[07:08] MINUTE AND 10S REMAINING JUST

[07:09] ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT CHARLIE WAS

[07:12] TO OUR EFFORT TO WIN MASSIVE

[07:19] GAINS WITH YOUNG AMERICANS

[07:20] ACROSS THE COUNTRY WAS IN NO PAE

[07:23] EFFORTS OF CHARLIE KIRK AND

[07:27] TURNING POINT YOU WOULD SAY ANDS

[07:28] CONSTANTLY CHECKING IN WITH HIMD

[07:31] OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS DOING

[07:32] AND SAYING BECAUSE WE

[07:35] HIS VOICE TO RELAY THAT TO HIS

[07:36] AUDIENCE WHICH IS MADE UP

[07:38] OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS

[07:38] COUNTRY THE PRESIDENT SPOKE

[07:42] AT MANY TURNING POINT EVENTS.HET

[07:43] THE INVITATION OF CHARLIE TO

[07:46] GET HIS MESSAGE ACROSS AND

[07:46] CHARLIE WAS INCREDIBLY

[07:47] SUPPORTIVE OF NONTRADITIONAL.>>E

[07:57] PRESIDENT AND KNOW THAT AND I

[07:58] KNOW HE DEEPLY PRESIDENT TO THE

[08:07] OVAL OFFICE AND I JUST

[08:08] THAT CLIP FROM ELECTION NIGHT

[08:10] WHEN CHARLIE REALIZED PRESIDENT

[08:10] TRUMP HAD.

[08:18] >> THANK YOU, CAROLINA.

[08:18] UP NEXT THE GREAT TUCKER

[08:21] CARLSON JOINS ME.

[08:22] WE'LL BE RIGHT BAC