[00:00] The reason I call all of you my cousins
[00:01] is because I view my platform like a
[00:03] family dinner table. Sometimes we fight,
[00:05] often we laugh, and you guys roast me
[00:07] sometimes. But no matter what the
[00:09] disagreement is, we always welcome
[00:11] discourse. That's what democracy is
[00:13] really about. And no one embodied that
[00:15] more than Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk was
[00:18] a great man and someone who just earlier
[00:20] this year became a true friend and
[00:22] mentor of mine. He deserved to go home
[00:24] at night alongside his wife and two
[00:26] children. Instead, his life was cut
[00:28] short at only 31 years old because he
[00:30] dared to invite discourse on an American
[00:32] college campus in 2025. Only a coward
[00:35] who's terrified of truth would shut down
[00:37] respectful dialogue, let alone try to
[00:39] silence it permanently. But taking
[00:40] Charlie Kirk's life didn't silence him.
[00:42] It amplified everything he ever stood
[00:44] for. Charlie Kirk embodied the mantra of
[00:46] God, family, and country. I always
[00:48] admired how he was willing to hear out
[00:50] anyone, no matter if they disagreed. He
[00:53] continuously sought to uplift new,
[00:54] unique voices. He truly left a cultural
[00:57] shift and dare I say a revolution of
[00:59] guiding young people to love America. It
[01:02] was working. It was happening. Young
[01:04] people are patriots again. Young people
[01:06] realized that we could disagree and
[01:08] still work towards goals together. And
[01:10] personally, every conversation I had
[01:13] with Charlie made me feel a stronger
[01:14] sense of purpose. He taught me to never
[01:17] underestimate the power of my own voice.
[01:19] Without him, many of us would still be
[01:21] afraid to speak up. But Charlie, he
[01:23] championed fearlessness. He's a hero and
[01:26] that's why his life and legacy will
[01:28] forever embody the deepest price of
[01:29] freedom. May God cover the Kirk family
[01:32] and may we thank him for our time with
[01:33] Charlie Kirk.
