Roger Clemens on How His Sons Introduced Him to Charlie Kirk's Mission to Reach Young Men

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[00:04] Welcome back. It's been nearly two weeks

[00:06] since the world lost Charlie Kirk. Since

[00:08] his assassination, we've heard a lot

[00:10] about continuing his mission. But

[00:13] Charlie's mission wasn't just about

[00:14] politics. It was about culture. His

[00:16] voice rang loud to young men who

[00:19] traditionally felt ignored and

[00:21] increasingly lost in America. While

[00:24] Charlie focused on reaching the youth,

[00:26] those same kids began to introduce their

[00:28] parents to him. Can't tell you how many

[00:30] times over the last couple of weeks I've

[00:32] met someone my age or a little older

[00:34] that said they learned of Charlie from

[00:36] their son. And that story includes Roger

[00:39] Clemens whose sons introduced him to

[00:41] Charlie by talking about how amazing he

[00:43] was. Since then, Roger began to watch

[00:45] Charlie studying him and how he appealed

[00:47] to the youth of America. So joining me

[00:49] now here in Dallas is baseball legend

[00:51] Roger Clemens. Roger, awesome to meet

[00:53] you in person.

[00:54] Yeah. Well, thank you for having me and

[00:55] and and welcome to I know you've been

[00:57] here a while, but welcome to the great

[00:58] state of Texas and uh it sure is fun to

[01:01] watch and and listen to you.

[01:03] Thank you so much. Uh it's uh wow, never

[01:06] thought I'd receive a compliment from

[01:07] the Rocket, but I've got one and I'm

[01:09] going to put that in my pocket and keep

[01:10] it. Uh your boys pulled their phones out

[01:12] of their pocket. They introduced you to

[01:13] Charlie Charlie Kirk.

[01:15] Yeah, you said it perfectly. Um, I

[01:16] didn't know much about Charlie and uh a

[01:20] number um 6 months a year ago they uh

[01:24] they introduced me to him and uh I got

[01:26] to know him by just watching uh his

[01:28] debates and online and what a beast. I

[01:31] mean this guy he was verse in so many

[01:33] areas. Uh I loved his mannerisms like

[01:36] like when I would sit in the dugout and

[01:38] watch other pitchers and try and pick up

[01:39] pitches or stuff or mannerisms they do.

[01:42] I really enjoyed it. And the the one

[01:44] that I noticed the most with Char

[01:46] Charlie was uh he would take the

[01:48] microphone and set it down when he's

[01:49] done saying his piece so he could listen

[01:51] to the the the questions that uh the

[01:54] young kids, the older people were asking

[01:56] him questions. And I thought that was a

[01:58] really cool mannerism that he would

[01:59] always set that microphone down so he

[02:01] paid attention and listen to detail. Um

[02:04] so he could answer questions uh from

[02:07] both sides, whatever side it was. I

[02:08] mean, you knew his point and uh uh but I

[02:12] I loved it. Like I said, I watch so many

[02:14] videos of him now and um just appreciate

[02:17] the man.

[02:18] I love that you're watching him like a

[02:19] baseball pitcher, watching the opposing

[02:21] pitcher, watching the mannerisms and

[02:22] where he places the mic. There's a

[02:24] famous clip of Charlie um answering a

[02:26] question about how many times God is

[02:28] invoked in the Declaration of

[02:29] Independence and the Constitution. And

[02:30] you can see in his eyes, and you can see

[02:33] the smile he doesn't want to totally

[02:35] reveal that he's just ready. It's like

[02:37] knowing exactly what pitch you're going

[02:39] to throw and exactly how I'm going to

[02:40] hit this ball.

[02:41] Oh, you you can you hit it spot on

[02:43] again, too. I love it because when he's

[02:45] getting the question and he's already

[02:46] absorbing where it's going, he'll look

[02:48] over to some of his staff over his

[02:50] shoulder every once in a while and say,

[02:51] "This is going to be good." But, uh,

[02:53] when he would get a tough question or I

[02:55] loved it, too, because he would thank

[02:56] people for the question and, uh, just a

[02:59] sweetheart of man. Uh, his his wife

[03:01] Erica, I believe, um, what a tough

[03:04] cookie this lady is. I mean, listening

[03:06] to her the other day, u what strength

[03:08] she had to come on in front of all of us

[03:10] and and express uh her words and uh I

[03:14] want her on my team. I I want to be on

[03:16] her team. I mean, the way she came

[03:17] across and the same thing with Charlie,

[03:20] again, a baseball reference uh will when

[03:22] you have somebody like Charlie uh on

[03:25] your team, he makes everybody around you

[03:28] better. And that's what you look for.

[03:29] You look for traits in a person uh from

[03:32] that. And again, my boys, I have four

[03:34] young men. Uh, they turned me on to it.

[03:36] They're very versed in a lot of

[03:37] subjects, not just the sports field, but

[03:40] uh, what goes on in politics. So, uh,

[03:42] it's been a joy to have to to be able to

[03:44] talk to them about it.

[03:45] Yeah. Isn't that nice to be able to talk

[03:46] to your boys about something other, not

[03:48] just you, me as well, a lot of us

[03:50] talking about something other than than

[03:51] sports. Um, you and I were talking. The

[03:54] breaking news of the day is that Ryan

[03:55] Ruth has been found guilty in his

[03:57] attempted assassination of President

[03:58] Trump. And you and I were talking

[03:59] because you've played a lot of golf with

[04:02] President Trump.

[04:03] I have. And it was great to hear his

[04:05] comments on that, too. I mean, you just

[04:08] take a big deep breath. I mean, uh, you

[04:09] know, I still shake my head from, uh,

[04:12] not too long ago when in Pennsylvania

[04:14] they let a gentleman into I say a

[04:16] gentleman, they let a a crazy man into a

[04:19] rally with a golf rangefinder. I mean, I

[04:21] just shake my head at this stuff. When

[04:23] Why are you going to a rally with a golf

[04:26] rangefinder? Um,

[04:28] and why are you going to a golf course

[04:29] with an assault weapon?

[04:31] Yeah, 100% on that, too. And let me tell

[04:33] you what, when we golf with him last in

[04:35] Virginia, uh, the president hit the ball

[04:37] beautifully. Uh, but it was a little

[04:39] intense when you have 30 golf carts and

[04:41] you have SWAT teams and uh, Secret

[04:43] Service all around you. Um, he handled

[04:47] it great. Uh, he wasn't just golfing, by

[04:49] the way. He was working the entire three

[04:50] hours on the golf course. I was with

[04:52] him. He was he was answering phone

[04:54] calls. He was talking to head of states.

[04:56] the man I I don't know how he operates

[04:57] on

[04:58] and hitting all the fairways. You said

[05:00] he hit every fairway but but one and I

[05:02] think he missed it by six inches and I

[05:04] said after the sixth fairway hit, I

[05:06] rolled up next to him. I said, "Okay,

[05:08] I've got money. I went in on that bet

[05:10] you against Biden right now." Uh after

[05:12] watching this, I said I said, "President

[05:14] 47, you've gotten better." And he's

[05:16] gotten better. But uh uh he's I I don't

[05:19] know how he operates on five and a half

[05:21] hours sleep or whatever it is he gets,

[05:23] but uh again, I love I love him. Uh the

[05:26] reason I voted for him because he's no

[05:28] nonsense. uh common sense and no

[05:30] nonsense. I love that about him. Uh and

[05:33] again, will I I can I can re, you know,

[05:36] back up when when Obama became I didn't

[05:39] vote for him. We have the same birthday,

[05:40] by the way. I didn't vote for him, but

[05:42] once he became our president, I was

[05:44] rooting for him to do something well for

[05:45] us. And that's the way that people

[05:47] that's that's the way I always feel that

[05:48] people should come together.

[05:50] I want to ask you one more question. and

[05:51] I'm pushing the limits of our time

[05:53] together, but and it's going to take me

[05:54] a minute to set this up, but um I think

[05:57] in the wake of Charlie Kirk's

[05:59] assassination, what you've seen is a

[06:02] tiptoeing into the waters of being open

[06:04] and bold, not just about faith, but

[06:06] about politics from celebrities. You've

[06:09] seen uh for example, Chris Pratt and

[06:11] other really big celebrities start to

[06:13] reveal a little more about who they are

[06:15] and what they believe. The left has

[06:17] always been very bold in the celebrity

[06:19] culture of telling you what they

[06:20] believe. You are obviously as big as it

[06:23] gets in the world of sports and you feel

[06:25] strongly and bold in sharing your

[06:28] opinions. Would you like to see that

[06:30] more from athletes? Would you like to

[06:31] see a little more boldness and honesty

[06:33] from the celebrities in your world of

[06:34] sports?

[06:35] I would like to see that. Definitely. I

[06:36] would like to see that on both sides.

[06:38] Even if my celebrity friends are

[06:40] Democrats, uh, you know, we we don't

[06:43] have to agree. We still get along. you

[06:44] don't you don't go try and uh you know

[06:46] kill somebody. Um you know again I I

[06:50] have we have it's open for debate all

[06:52] the time and we talk about our opinions

[06:55] and we're what side of the table we're

[06:56] on but you know we're Americans last

[06:58] time I checked. You know what I'm

[07:00] saying? Uh and and that's just the way

[07:03] you know we we were brought up. You know

[07:04] my mom, my grandmother, they raised me.

[07:06] My pops died when I was young. So I was

[07:08] raised by two strong willed women. And

[07:10] uh I don't think I need to say any more

[07:12] other than that.

[07:13] All right. There you go. And I think the

[07:15] career speaks for itself. Again, it's an

[07:17] honor to meet you uh in person and and

[07:19] to get to know you. Thank you, Roger.

[07:20] Yeah, appreciate it.

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