Officer Tatum Honors Charlie Kirk's Legacy and Calls Young Americans to Rise Up and Lead

[00:00] And I wanted to come here and use the

[00:02] little bit of voice that I have left to

[00:05] just destroy everybody that have made me

[00:07] upset over the years. People that talk

[00:09] trash to me online. People that have

[00:11] bashed Turner Point USA. People that

[00:13] have talked down against Erica Kirk. But

[00:15] you know what? God told me very clearly

[00:18] through my wife. Like and subscribe to

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[00:30] >> [music]

[00:32] >> I want everybody

[00:34] to take this moment to give another

[00:36] round of applause to the legacy of

[00:39] Charlie Kirk. Give him a round of

[00:41] applause. [cheering]

[00:46] I came out here so hype I almost blew my

[00:48] voice out. So, I'm going to try to be um

[00:52] as excitable but maintain my voice

[00:55] today. But I am so excited to be here.

[00:59] I'm excited that all of you guys have

[01:01] made it. And I want you to know from the

[01:04] bottom of my heart that we did it. We

[01:07] held strong. We showed up and we showed

[01:10] out for our good friend Charlie Kirk.

[01:13] [applause]

[01:17] This has been probably the most excited

[01:21] AMFest that I've ever been to. You guys

[01:24] are more enthusiastic, more exciting,

[01:27] more driven than I've ever seen before.

[01:30] And that's what we should do. This is

[01:32] what we're called to do, ladies and

[01:33] gentlemen. And I wanted to come here and

[01:36] use the little bit of voice that I have

[01:38] left to just destroy everybody that have

[01:41] made me upset over the years. People

[01:43] that talk trash to me online, people

[01:45] that have bashed Turner Point USA,

[01:47] people that have talked down against

[01:49] Erica Kirk. But you know what? God told

[01:51] me very clearly through my wife. He

[01:54] said,

[01:58] "I do listen to my wife by the way."

[02:02] He told me, "This is not the arena to do

[02:07] that.

[02:09] [applause]

[02:11] What would Charlie Kirk do?

[02:15] You guys wouldn't see Charlie Kirk get

[02:16] on this stage and bash up other people,

[02:19] call them out by their name. Charlie

[02:21] Kirk focused on the mission that we all

[02:24] share together as Americans [cheering]

[02:30] and as patriots who love this country.

[02:34] So, I'm going to take my time here and

[02:37] I'm going to lift up what Charlie stood

[02:38] for and what we all stand for and that

[02:42] is the freedoms of America. That is free

[02:44] speech. That is going out [music] and

[02:46] getting it. One thing that you guys may

[02:48] not know, some of you guys are new to

[02:50] this game. Charlie Kirk worked his butt

[02:53] off every day. He didn't just show up

[02:56] because he was just so brilliant. He

[02:59] worked. He believed. He fought for

[03:02] something. And I want everybody in this

[03:04] room to have that same spirit, that same

[03:07] identity that Charlie had carried in

[03:10] your life. To save this country, you got

[03:13] to fight. To save this country, you have

[03:16] to have integrity.

[03:18] To save this country, you have to be

[03:20] loyal.

[03:22] And we don't do this just to get a pat

[03:24] on the back. We do it because we came

[03:27] here to win. We came to Afest to win.

[03:32] [applause]

[03:37] And before I get too deep in my speech,

[03:40] I got a special gift that I wanted to

[03:42] give Erica and the Charlie Kirk family.

[03:46] And the reason I want to present this

[03:48] because I want everybody in the crowd to

[03:50] understand that when I say I love

[03:52] Charlie and and I believed in him, this

[03:56] is what it means. So, we got a special

[03:59] gift. Erica knows about it. She couldn't

[04:01] be here this morning because she has a

[04:03] few things. But my wife is here, my head

[04:05] of security, Carl, is here. And we're

[04:07] going to present a special check that

[04:09] Officer Tatum, my followers, some of

[04:11] y'all in here helped in this that we

[04:13] want to gift to Erica Kirk and the Kirk

[04:15] family. All right, Carl.

[04:22] [applause and cheering]

[04:29] >> [applause]

[04:35] >> Thank you, Carl. I'll have it just hang

[04:36] out right here. [applause]

[04:40] And and my wife played a tremendous role

[04:44] in in the everything that we've done to

[04:47] support Erica Kirk and the Kirk family.

[04:49] Before I let my wife get off the stage,

[04:52] I'm going to tell y'all because she's

[04:53] shy. I don't want to make her I do this

[04:54] for a living. Jesus. I want to say to

[04:57] all the young men out here, all the

[04:59] young men out here, the best advice I

[05:01] can give you, the best advice that you

[05:04] can retain is that will lead to your

[05:07] success is who you marry.

[05:11] [applause]

[05:14] All right. Thank you. [applause]

[05:20] Now, I know she's shy, so I'mma brag a

[05:22] little bit when she get off stage. But I

[05:24] I wanted to to say that, address that.

[05:27] Thank you guys for all your support,

[05:28] people who supported to make that check

[05:30] happen. But also, I want to speak to the

[05:32] young men. Now, the young women can

[05:36] glean from this as well. So, it's not

[05:38] just for the men. Young women, listen to

[05:40] me as well. And you're going to have

[05:42] Alibet Stucky and some of the great

[05:44] women that are going to come and address

[05:46] things for the women specifically. But

[05:47] young men, I want to make this very

[05:49] clear.

[05:51] God is calling us to lead.

[05:56] The success and failure of America is on

[06:00] our backs. It's our responsibility. Let

[06:04] me tell you why. It's not just Brandon

[06:05] up here talking. Read your Bible. God

[06:08] made Adam first.

[06:11] And when the violation happened in the

[06:13] Garden of Eden, who did God address

[06:16] first? He did not go to Eve. He went to

[06:20] Adam first.

[06:22] Adam, what did you do? I gave you the

[06:25] responsibility. I told you what to do. I

[06:28] created Eve to help in the mission that

[06:30] I told you to accomplish. And young men,

[06:34] I want you to understand this very

[06:35] clearly. God is depending on you to step

[06:39] up and be the men that this country

[06:41] needs. [applause]

[06:47] [applause]

[06:51] And I wasn't playing. I wasn't trying to

[06:53] get brownie points with my wife when I

[06:56] said that one of the greatest decisions

[06:58] that a young man will make in his life.

[07:01] I'm not talking about in your young life

[07:03] when you're in your 20s and you're

[07:05] building and you're and you're finding

[07:07] out where God is calling you to. I'm not

[07:09] talking about at that point. But when

[07:11] you want to get to the maximum of where

[07:13] God is going to take you, the most the

[07:16] greatest decision is who you marry.

[07:19] Don't. If you marry a bad woman, you

[07:21] gonna have a bad life.

[07:24] I'm just telling you right now. Some of

[07:26] y'all will thank me later. You marry a

[07:30] wife like I got, a wife like Charlie

[07:33] Kirk has, when you marry a woman that

[07:36] believes in God, that believes in you,

[07:38] that allows you to lead according to the

[07:40] way God has established it, you will be

[07:43] the greatest man that you could ever

[07:45] imagine. You will lead properly. you

[07:48] will have vision from God and you will

[07:51] change the world. And young women, don't

[07:54] think this an indictment on you somehow.

[07:57] It's not. Because when you follow your

[08:00] husband, you're really not following

[08:02] him. You're following God's mission in

[08:04] him.

[08:07] [applause]

[08:10] Some people, they get it confused. They

[08:14] think that somehow it's the man that has

[08:16] the vision. It's really not. It's God's

[08:20] vision that the man is exercising. And

[08:22] you have a valuable role in making that

[08:24] mission happen. There is no mission that

[08:28] a man will accomplish without a good

[08:30] wife.

[08:33] [applause]

[08:34] The married people in here, they know

[08:36] what I'm talking about.

[08:38] And I I I want to add this as well. Uh

[08:42] for the mar married folks, y'all might

[08:44] hear somebody say this. I mean, it's not

[08:45] for the married folk. for the people

[08:46] that want to get married. Y'all may hear

[08:48] some different stuff from different

[08:49] people. God bless them. Take it in,

[08:52] digest it.

[08:54] I hear people say a lot. Get married

[08:57] young. Have as many kids more than you

[08:59] can afford. Don't do that. Please.

[09:03] Your mom and them know what I'm talking

[09:05] about. Let hear me. Hear me right here

[09:07] in my chest.

[09:09] Make sure that you are going in a

[09:13] direction to lead so you can actually

[09:16] give something or have something to

[09:17] offer a young woman that you propose to.

[09:20] Don't get out here and try to marry

[09:23] somebody and your mama still paying your

[09:24] phone bill.

[09:29] All the all the ladies clapping.

[09:32] Don't get out here and try to marry

[09:35] somebody and you don't know who going to

[09:37] pay for the bill at the dinner. You

[09:39] ain't ready yet.

[09:41] God is not giving you your vision yet.

[09:44] Build something. Become a good man.

[09:47] Build your faith so you have something

[09:50] to offer a young lady when you get on

[09:52] your knee and propose. Don't rush.

[09:56] You don't need to rush.

[09:59] Young women, you don't need to rush.

[10:02] Don't let nobody tell you you're washed

[10:04] up because you don't have 15 kids by the

[10:06] age of 20.

[10:09] God has a plan for you while you're

[10:12] waiting.

[10:14] Don't rush and get in a relationship

[10:16] with a dirt bag. Y'all know what I'm

[10:18] talking about. Some of y'all didn't

[10:19] experience it. Y'all coming out of

[10:21] breakup right now. Don't waste your time

[10:24] doing that foolishness.

[10:27] Spend your time with the Lord. Spend

[10:30] your time building virtue and character.

[10:33] Spend your time learning how to be

[10:35] submissive.

[10:37] Submissive doesn't mean you lay down and

[10:39] just let anybody talk crazy to you.

[10:41] Submissive mean that you know how to

[10:43] submit to the will of God through your

[10:46] husband.

[10:47] Build your time wisely.

[10:53] [applause]

[10:55] Don't look at Instagram.

[10:58] They show you that when they kids happy

[11:01] after they cleaned up poopy diapers and

[11:03] they've been up all night and they put

[11:04] their makeup on, they hold their kids,

[11:06] they make it look sweet. Kids crazy.

[11:10] I got a few of them. They crazy. We

[11:13] couldn't bring one of them today cuz he

[11:15] crazy.

[11:17] No, I love him though. But it's all

[11:20] worth it. But do it with wisdom.

[11:23] Some of y'all may get married early. I'm

[11:25] not telling you not to. If God has

[11:27] called you to do it, he's prepared you

[11:28] to do it, then do what you got to do.

[11:30] But some of y'all, you need to build.

[11:33] You need to grow. You need to get your

[11:36] Bible right. You can't lead a family if

[11:39] you don't know how to pray. Young men,

[11:41] you can't lead a family and you broke.

[11:44] I'm just telling you, you broke. How you

[11:47] going to do something?

[11:49] The biggest flex in America for a man is

[11:53] for your wife not to have to work. All

[11:56] right.

[11:59] All right. [applause]

[12:03] I did not say that your wife don't work.

[12:07] If that's what your if that's what your

[12:09] family decide to do, that's good. But

[12:11] your wife should not have to work. Your

[12:14] wife should be able to stay home with

[12:15] the kids if that's what she wants to do.

[12:20] >> [applause]

[12:22] >> Making your wife go be submissive to

[12:25] another man at a job that don't care

[12:27] about her. That's not a flex. My wife

[12:30] don't have to listen to nobody but the

[12:33] Lord and me.

[12:35] And she don't listen to me sometime, but

[12:37] I have to. That's why I got the Lord on

[12:39] my side.

[12:43] But I I got a short time. I wish I could

[12:45] talk forever to y'all. I got a couple

[12:47] more seconds. But I just want everybody

[12:50] in the room to notice, I say this every

[12:52] speech I do, that every single person

[12:55] under the sound of my voice have a

[12:57] purpose and a calling by God.

[13:01] Just the same as you have an identifying

[13:04] DNA strand that's only for you,

[13:07] fingerprints that's only yours. Why did

[13:10] God do that? That's because he wanted

[13:13] you to know that he sees you as an

[13:16] individual and he know you by name and

[13:19] that the calling that he put in your

[13:21] heart is just for you. Don't let nobody

[13:25] lie to you or trick you out of what God

[13:27] has called you to do. Some of y'all here

[13:30] are afraid

[13:31] because friends and others don't believe

[13:34] in your vision that God has showed you.

[13:38] You got to put that noise aside. You got

[13:41] to go for it. Take chances in life,

[13:44] young people. Don't be afraid. Have that

[13:47] childlike faith. Believe in everything

[13:50] that God has shown you. Believe in it.

[13:52] Do it. Go for it. You're going to fail

[13:53] sometimes,

[13:55] but you can get back up and know that

[13:57] the Lord got you.

[14:00] I got hated on online all year,

[14:05] especially after Charlie passed. But you

[14:07] know I don't give a flying flip about

[14:10] what people say about me if you don't

[14:12] pay my bills.

[14:14] [applause]

[14:16] You not you're not feeding my children.

[14:21] You don't put a roof over my head. You

[14:24] don't you don't you're not the Lord

[14:27] Jesus. Therefore, whatever you say don't

[14:30] mean a hill of beans to me. You can talk

[14:33] about me. You can say I got paid $7,000.

[14:37] And if y'all find the plug or connect

[14:39] for that $7,000, holl at me. I I'll take

[14:42] that money and put it in the bank. Don't

[14:45] listen to him. Continue to fight for

[14:47] what's right. Continue to believe in

[14:49] truth. And I want all of us together to

[14:53] continue to fight for Erica Kirk, Turner

[14:57] Point USA, [applause]

[15:00] for Charlie Kirk

[15:03] and his legacy. [applause]

[15:12] They may be able

[15:14] to kill the body,

[15:17] but they cannot kill the legacy.

[15:20] They tried to kill Jesus.

[15:24] They beat him. They hung him on the

[15:27] cross. They said, "If we can just kill

[15:30] him, we'll end the message." Well, the

[15:33] devil is a lie. Now, Christ reigns

[15:36] strong. The most sold book in the world

[15:39] in world history is the Bible. We still

[15:42] 2,000 years the biggest religion

[15:45] billions of people worshiping Jesus

[15:48] after they killed him. They thought it

[15:52] ended on Calvar's cross, but it only

[15:55] made the movement stronger. Just like

[15:58] Charlie Kirk, [cheering]

[16:02] they thought that if they killed him

[16:06] that this would end. That there will be

[16:08] no TPUSA. There will be no FS. But I

[16:12] came here to tell you that the devil is

[16:14] a dog on lie.

[16:17] [cheering]

[16:18] [applause] We're gonna keep fighting.

[16:21] We're going to keep pressing.

[16:23] We're going to keep putting God first.

[16:25] And Charlie Kirk's legacy will live

[16:28] forever. Thank you guys.

[16:34] >> [music]