Riley Gaines and Erika Kirk Inspire Record Numbers of Young Conservative Women at AmericaFest

[00:00] Young conservative women are feeling

[00:02] inspired all thanks to Erica Kirk.

[00:05] >> She's definitely the biggest female

[00:07] conservative role model for me right

[00:09] now. She's beautiful. She's smart. She's

[00:11] so reverent and humble and I think

[00:13] exactly the kind of leader that most

[00:15] young conservative women want to be. I

[00:17] realized that my opinion is just as

[00:19] valuable as anybody else's. And after

[00:22] this very unfortunate assass

[00:24] assassination,

[00:26] it wasn't time to be quiet anymore.

[00:28] The LA Times reporting women are joining

[00:31] Turning Point in record numbers. And

[00:33] according to Erica, they dominated

[00:35] America Fest attendance this year.

[00:38] Onethird of the attendees are students.

[00:41] 5 Yeah, [cheering]

[00:44] we love our students.

[00:47] 54%

[00:49] are female attendees.

[00:52] [cheering]

[00:54] Okay. So my challenge to you this

[00:56] weekend is very simple.

[01:00] Don't just attend Amfest.

[01:05] Let it mark you.

[01:08] Let it stretch you. Let it be another

[01:10] turning point in your life. Like Erica

[01:13] said, women making up 54% of the

[01:16] audience. Some other inspiring stats,

[01:19] 80% of attendees were first timers. All

[01:22] 50 states in Puerto Rico were

[01:24] represented along with 25 countries

[01:27] worldwide. My next guest is helping

[01:30] Erikica Kirk and Turning Point engage

[01:32] women ahead of 2028. Joining us is

[01:35] Outkick.com's host Riley Gaines. Riley,

[01:38] I'm so excited to have you and to talk

[01:40] about this topic because you actually

[01:42] also gave a fiery speech and riled up

[01:45] that audience and you pointed out the

[01:48] irony of the fact that they were

[01:50] applauding you simply because you were

[01:52] willing to say there are two genders.

[01:54] It's a fact and they loved you. But

[01:56] Erica, boy, did she really engage those

[01:59] people, particularly young women. Do you

[02:02] believe that that what you're seeing in

[02:04] the movement now with TPUSA will further

[02:08] engage young women possibly in 2028?

[02:13] >> 110% I believe that uh look in listening

[02:17] to Erica's speech first let's go back to

[02:18] the memorial service what we saw from

[02:21] Erica Kirk standing in front of tens of

[02:23] thousands who were there in person and

[02:24] where this video would play to millions

[02:26] streaming on the internet. How she

[02:28] forgave her husband's assassin. You have

[02:31] to imagine this was the hardest moment

[02:32] of her life. I mean, I think this was

[02:34] 10, 11 days after her husband had been

[02:37] publicly and graphically and

[02:38] horrifically and prematurely taken from

[02:41] this planet. Erica Kirk stood in front

[02:43] of thousands and in such a beautiful,

[02:45] bold manner forgave her husband's

[02:48] assassin. I think only through God can a

[02:51] grieving widow possess so much serenity

[02:53] and strength and comfort uh and and

[02:56] showed that to the world. I think

[02:58] especially young women saw that and they

[03:00] held on to that and then to be at

[03:02] America Fest and to listen to her

[03:04] remarks. I mean, you you played it in

[03:05] the clips that you you just showed those

[03:08] young women talking about the influence

[03:09] of Erikica Kirk. Look, they highlighted

[03:11] how what she's doing and what Turning

[03:13] Point USA is doing. It's not talking

[03:15] down to young women, which is what we've

[03:17] seen for many, many years. No, Erica

[03:19] Kirk is teaching young women how to be

[03:21] empowered. I believe and I think they

[03:23] spoke to how how under Erica Kirk's

[03:25] leadership Turning Point USA is creating

[03:27] spaces where women can talk about

[03:30] family, they can talk about faith and

[03:31] ambition and truth. Uh I think they've

[03:34] now understood that disagreement is not

[03:36] and should not be treated as violence

[03:38] and that courage is rewarded not

[03:40] punished as made evident as you alluded

[03:42] to. And when I got to the stage and and

[03:45] I mean the whole arena is standing

[03:47] clapping and you really do have to pinch

[03:49] yourself and your and remind the

[03:50] audience look I have merely said that

[03:53] there are two sexes and you can't change

[03:56] your sex and each sex is deserving of

[03:58] equal opportunity of privacy and of

[04:00] safety.

[04:00] >> Well you know Riley I think both your

[04:02] message and Erica Kirk's message we saw

[04:05] in 2024 57% of men under 30 voted for

[04:08] President Trump. only 41% of females. I

[04:12] think we could expect possibly if this

[04:14] trend continues and your message stays

[04:15] the same, resounding with young women,

[04:18] we'll see those numbers go up. Riley

[04:19] Gaines, thank you for taking time and

[04:20] have a merry Christmas.