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[00:07] NIGHT.

[00:11] OH OH.

[00:14] >> ALL RIGHT.

[00:15] WELCOME BACK TO THE HOUR TO THE

[00:19] CHARLIE KIRK SHOW.>> I'M ANDREWE

[00:20] EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THIS

[00:21] I'M JOINED BY BLAKE NEFF.THE NO.

[00:27] AND WE HAVE TWO GUESTS FROM OUR.

[00:28] EVERYBODY IS TALKING THE

[00:31] FIELD TEAM AND WHAT THE GREAT

[00:31] WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

[00:34] SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

[00:35] I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT GRE

[00:36] DOING.

[00:38] WE GOT NICK COKER CLUB AMERICA

[00:39] ENTERPRISE DIRECTOR.

[00:42] SIR.

[00:43] BY THE WAY, NICK IS LOOKING AND,

[00:46] HEALTHY.

[00:47] >> LOVE TO SEE THAT CHRIS

[00:47] GAFFER COLLEGE ENTERPRISE YEAH,S

[00:51] CORRECT.

[00:51] WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU,

[00:54] CHRIS?

[00:54] EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS YOU DO

[00:55] AND AND JUST START THERE.

[00:58] >> WHAT DO

[00:58] YEAH.

[01:01] SO ESSENTIALLY I OVERSEE ALL

[01:02] OF THE COLLEGE STAFF, ALL

[01:02] OF THE CHAPTERS, ALL OF OUR

[01:05] FIELD

[01:06] OF THE REGIONAL MANAGERS, ALL

[01:06] OF THE OPERATIONS THAT GOES

[01:09] INTO THE FIELD PROGRAM THAT

[01:09] CHARLIE BUILT OVER SO

[01:13] YEARS OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS.

[01:13] AND HAVE A PRESENCE ON SO

[01:16] MANY COLLEGE CAMPUSES

[01:17] ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

[01:17] WE HAVE A BIG PART IN THOSE

[01:20] STORIES CHARLIE LOVED SO

[01:21] MUCH ALL OF THE THINGS WE

[01:25] WERE DOING THESE LAST FEW YEARS

[01:25] ON WITH THE PROVING

[01:27] GROUND THESE EVENING EVENTS.

[01:28] THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT I IS

[01:29] JUST TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND

[01:31] WORK ONE ON ONE WITH THESE

[01:32] STUDENTS.

[01:32] I TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND WHAT

[01:35] IT'S LIKE BEING A COLLEGE

[01:36] CAMPUS AS A CONSERVATIVE BEFORES

[01:40] THERE.

[01:40] >> YEAH. I MEAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

[01:44] ASKING ABOUT THIS.

[01:44] WE'RE NOT DOING THE OPEN AIR

[01:47] PROVE WRONG.

[01:48] RIGHT.

[01:51] AND THAT'S FOR SECURITY

[01:52] AND THERE'S JUST A LOT I MEAN

[01:54] EMOTIONALLY FOR ALL OF US THAT

[01:54] GOES INTO THAT YOU KNOW,

[01:55] I'M CANDIDLY I'M RELIEVED THAT .

[01:59] BUT LIKE SECONDLY, WE ARE STILLD

[02:04] THESE EVENING DANCE TEAM IF YOU

[02:05] COULD THROW SOME IS I

[02:07] MEAN AT UTAH STATE THIS WAS

[02:09] WHAT PEOPLE?

[02:10] >> YES.

[02:14] AT UTAH STATE.

[02:14] YEAH.

[02:14] WE I GUESS GOVERNOR COX WE

[02:17] HAD ANDY BIGGS, GREAT ANDY

[02:18] BIGGS.

[02:18] LOVE ANDY.

[02:18] HE'S GOING TO BE THE OF ARIZONA.

[02:21] WE HAD JASON CHAFFETZ WHO WAS

[02:25] ACTUALLY THERE AT UVU.

[02:26] SO THAT WAS A PROUD I

[02:29] KNOW THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL

[02:29] FOR HIM OF GET BACK

[02:30] THERE AND YOU SEE THIS FOOTAGE

[02:33] I MEAN THE ENERGY'S JUST

[02:33] INCREDIBLE AT THESE THINGS AND

[02:35] THIS WAS OUR LARGEST EVENING

[02:39] EVENT TIME AT A CAMPUS,

[02:40] BY THE WAY, A LITTLE HINT WE'RE

[02:44] GOING TO BEAT IT.

[02:44] GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO

[02:45] EVEN EXCEED THIS IN THIS CAMPUS

[02:47] TOUR.

[02:47] TELL US US ABOUT THIS.

[02:48] YEAH, I MEAN I'VE BEEN MORE

[02:51] OF THESE TOUR STOPS THAN I

[02:51] HONESTLY CAN COUNT AND

[02:55] BACK TO UTAH THERE'S DEFINITELY

[02:55] SOME SOME CLOSURE THERE AND

[02:59] BEING THERE AND YOU KNOW FOR

[03:00] CONTEXT I WAS NOT AT UVU THAT

[03:01] DAY BUT COMING BACK TO UTAH AND

[03:03] SEEING SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS

[03:03] WHO ARE THERE AT UTAH VALLEY

[03:07] AND SEEING THEM BE ABLE GET

[03:08] THAT CLOSURE AND HAVING A ROOM

[03:10] THAT IS LARGER THAN A LOT

[03:11] OF OUR CONFERENCES I MEAN THAN R

[03:16] THAN YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR

[03:18] STUDENT ACTION SUMMITS THAT

[03:18] WE'VE DONE MUCH THAN

[03:19] CLASS.

[03:19] YOU KNOW, IT'S SIX TIMES OVER TR

[03:22] LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THAT WE'VE

[03:22] EVER DONE.

[03:24] THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT

[03:25] THAT FEELING OF STANDING ON THEE

[03:29] COMING OUT THREE WEEKS LATER

[03:29] AFTER A MAN WAS KILLED IN THE

[03:33] SAME STATE AN HOUR AND SON

[03:34] CHANGED AWAY AND SAYING I'M NOT

[03:38] AFRAID I'M GOING TO OUT.>> I'M .

[03:41] I LOVE THAT NICHOLAS

[03:42] SO YOU ARE CLUB

[03:45] AMERICA IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL

[03:45] BRAND TRUMP USA AND I WILL

[03:49] NEVER FORGET THIS ESPECIALLY

[03:49] BECAUSE OF OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY

[03:50] WHAT HAPPENED JUST A FEW

[03:53] LATER.

[03:53] BUT WE WERE IN ASPEN AND WE

[03:54] WERE TALKING WITH DONORS AND

[03:56] CHARLIE WAS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO

[04:00] HAVE WE'RE GOING TO GET A CLUB

[04:01] AMERICA AT 35,000 HIGH SCHOOLS.

[04:04] >> AND I WAS LIKE CHARLIE,

[04:07] THERE'S ONLY 23 OR 24,000 HIGH

[04:08] SCHOOLS.

[04:08] >> IT'S LIKE ALL RIGHT, FINE,

[04:10] 23,000.DID YOU KNOW ANDREW CIPHO

[04:13] IS THE VP OF FIELD GREG GUY WAS

[04:14] LIKE COULD WE MAYBE LIKE 10,000

[04:19] OR LIKE YOU KNOW JUST BECAUSE

[04:19] HE'S FREAKING BECAUSE HE'S LIKE

[04:22] I HARD THIS IS GOING

[04:22] TO BE AND TRIES LIKE FINE ART

[04:23] FINE YOU KNOW BECAUSE CHARLIE AD

[04:26] PUSHING US AND PUSHING US

[04:27] AND MORE AND MORE AND SO

[04:29] WITHIN DAYS HAPPENED,

[04:32] YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT THAT

[04:36] THERE'S 120,000 INQUIRIES,

[04:39] ABOUT 50% OF WHICH TO START NEW

[04:40] CHAPTERS ABOUT 50% MORE

[04:42] OUR HIGH SCHOOL CLUB AMERICA

[04:42] THAT'S RIGHT.

[04:46] >> TELL US ABOUT THAT, NICK.

[04:46] IT'S BEEN

[04:47] SEE, THERE ARE TWO TYPES

[04:49] OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN COUNTRY

[04:50] HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CLUB

[04:50] AMERICA CHAPTERS AND HIGH

[04:54] SCHOOLS THAT WILL SOON

[04:55] CLUB AMERICA.

[04:55] WELL SAID.

[04:55] YOU'RE TWO.

[04:56] WE HAVE HAD 1500 THAT

[04:59] HAVE STARTED.

[04:59] SO THESE ARE HIGH

[05:02] STUDENTS COMING TOGETHER,

[05:02] ORGANIZING, BUILDING GROUPS

[05:05] SINCE THOUGH

[05:06] THAT'S BREAKING NEWS FOLKS

[05:10] PROBABLY GOING HAVE TO TWEET

[05:11] THAT.

[05:13] >> GIVE ME THIS CLIP.

[05:13] THIS I WANT TO TWEET THAT

[05:14] THAT'S A THAT'S A REALLY BIG I

[05:17] MEAN YOU GUYS ARE MAKING QUICK

[05:17] WORK BACK IN 2023 SOMETHING

[05:26] THAT THOUGHT WAS JUST A

[05:30] MONUMENTAL GOAL WHEN WE FIRST

[05:31] LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN 20

[05:36] DONNER YES HONOR HE INSPIRES

[05:41] US.

[05:41] >> HE PUT JET FUEL BEHIND IT BY

[05:43] BEING HIS LIFE IN SUCH A

[05:44] WONDERFUL WAY, BEING SO

[05:47] COURAGEOUS AND SO THAT'S

[05:55] ENOUGH WHERE YOU EVEN SAW WHEN

[05:58] PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS STILL

[05:59] RIDICULOUS THAT WE COULD REACH

[05:59] THE NEXT GENERATION NEED TO

[06:09] LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING.>> IT WAST

[06:13] HAPPENED TO IT WAS LIKE THEY

[06:13] JUST A NEW FRESHMAN

[06:14] CLASS THAT SUDDENLY HAD BEEN

[06:16] ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO SAW

[06:16] CHARLIE AND IT WAS SINCE

[06:17] THEY WERE CONSTANTLY LIKE HE

[06:20] WAS THIS CELEBRITY.

[06:21] >> YEAH, THEY HAD PROBABLY

[06:21] YOU'RE RIGHT.

[06:22] RIGHT.

[06:22] IT WAS LIKE THESE KIDS HAD BEEN

[06:24] PROBABLY SEEN BEING SEEN

[06:24] CHARLIE VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

[06:28] FOR YEARS AND YEARS ALL

[06:29] OF A SUDDEN THEY COME INTO HIGH

[06:29] SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AND IT WAS IT

[06:31] WAS LIKE TURNOVER YOU KNOW,

[06:34] 18 TO HAPPENED AND IT WAS

[06:35] THEY WERE READY THEY WERE READY

[06:39] AND IT WAS ALSO GENERATION

[06:40] WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

[06:40] COLLEGE KIDS THAT HAD BEEN SO

[06:43] BEAT UP THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS

[06:44] WERE WRECKED BY WRECKED

[06:45] BY COVID 1,000%.

[06:47] >> I MEAN AND TALK ABOUT

[06:48] BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN AROUND LONG

[06:48] ENOUGH TO SEE THIS THIS

[06:51] BLOSSOM YEAH, YEAH.

[06:51] >> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY STARTED

[06:55] WHEN I WHEN I STARTED WITH POINT

[06:58] SO I WAS THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT

[06:59] IN MICHIGAN.

[06:59] IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

[06:59] DETROIT, THERE'S NOT A

[07:02] CONSERVATIVE CITY AT ALL.

[07:03] AND WHEN I WAS A CHAPTER

[07:04] PRESIDENT I SAYING

[07:06] HEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO CHARLIE

[07:06] KIRK

[07:07] AND UNFORTUNATELY EVERY ANSWER

[07:10] WAS

[07:11] NO ONE REALLY KNEW HIM BACK

[07:11] THEN AND THEN NOW THE

[07:15] DIFFERENCE IS EVERYBODY KNOWS

[07:15] TURNING POINT, EVERYBODY KNOW

[07:18] EVEN BEFORE HE DIED EVERYBODY

[07:18] KNEW CHARLIE KIRK LOVE HIM OR

[07:22] HATE THEY KNEW WHO HE WAS.

[07:23] LOVE TURNING POINT OR HATE

[07:24] TURNING POINT THEY KNEW WHO WE

[07:26] WERE AND TO SEE THAT THAT

[07:27] GROWTH OVER SUCH A SHORT PERIOD

[07:30] OF TIME AND SEE THE PASSION AND

[07:31] THE ENERGY I MEAN I'LL TELL THE

[07:34] STORY REAL QUICK RIGHT AFTER

[07:34] THE UTAH STATE EVENT WE WENT

[07:37] OUT AND GOT ICE CREAM AND THE

[07:38] GIRL BEHIND THIS IS LIKE

[07:42] 17 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL GIRL.

[07:43] SHE ASKED US SHE SEES

[07:46] JACKETS IS TURNING BROWN.

[07:46] SHE'S LIKE ARE A TURNING

[07:47] POINT USA I JUST AT THAT

[07:49] EVENT.

[07:49] I JUST CLOCKED BECAUSE I

[07:50] CALLED OFF AND I MOVED

[07:53] MY SCHEDULE SO I COULD BE AT

[07:54] THAT EVENT AND THEN SHE ASKED

[07:57] US FOR A PICTURE OF US THAT

[07:58] WERE THERE ANDREW AND MYSELF

[08:00] AND THE TOURIST TEAM AND

[08:01] IT'S JUST SO WEIRD TO THINK HOW

[08:03] MUCH THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS

[08:04] MOVEMENT HAS MEANT TO PEOPLE

[08:08] SINCE CHARLIE'S PASSING AND I IH

[08:11] BEING TOO CLOSE TO HOME, BEING

[08:12] A TOO CLOSE TO IT TO

[08:12] REALIZE TO TRULY REALIZE THE

[08:15] IMPACT THAT WE'VE HAD THAT THIS

[08:19] ORGANIZATION HAS HAD AT THE

[08:19] STUDENTS OF ED CHARLIE HAS

[08:20] HAD IN THE LAST DECADE.

[08:22] IT IS REALLY I MEAN IT'S EARTH

[08:26] SHATTERING.>> IT'S BREATHTAKING.

[08:27] I, I COMPLETELY RELATE TO THAT,

[08:31] BY THE WAY, BECAUSE AND I WOULDP

[08:34] RECALIBRATING HOW HE WAS

[08:35] BECOMING BECAUSE I WAS I WAS

[08:37] ALWAYS LIKE I DON'T KNOW LIKE A

[08:38] YEAR BEHIND IN INTERNAL

[08:39] CLOCK OF BUT THEN I WOULD TAKE

[08:42] HIM SOMEWHERE PUBLIC AND WAS

[08:43] LIKE DUDE, YOU'RE LIKE A BEATLE

[08:46] .

[08:47] >> IT SHOCKED ME THE MOST WHEN

[08:47] WE WERE THE WHOLE

[08:48] NEBRASKA PUSH AND SO WE WENT ON

[08:50] CAMPUS DURING THE TAILGATING

[08:51] BEFORE A AND JUST

[08:53] HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MOBBING

[08:57] AROUND AND OF COURSE IT

[08:58] HELPED A LOT THAT THEY AT

[08:59] ANY WAY AT THE UNIVERSITY

[09:02] OF THE BRASSICA SO IT'S LIKE

[09:03] EVERYONE'S RED STUFF.

[09:03] YEAH FOR THE HUSKERS GAME AND

[09:07] THEN CHARLIE TOOK THEN CHARLIE

[09:08] CHANCE THE GIANT CONVOY WHEN THH

[09:10] STATE.

[09:10] >> YEAH, YEAH THERE WAS A

[09:11] LOT OF CHANT LOT.

[09:13] I MEAN THAT FIRST EVENT THAT WE

[09:14] DID POST CHARLIE'S

[09:17] ASSASSINATION THE ENERGY IN THEG

[09:18] DIFFERENT.

[09:18] IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY

[09:21] DIFFERENT AND THERE WAS THERE'S

[09:22] HOPE THAT I THINK THAT'S THE

[09:23] BEST WAY TO PUT IT.

[09:25] THERE'S HOPE IN THE AIR IN

[09:26] AMONGST YOUNG CONSERVATIVES.

[09:28] THEY WANT TO

[09:29] THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.

[09:29] THEY DO WANT TO SIT IDLY

[09:33] BY.

[09:33] >> WHY A MAN DIED.WELL, I WANT R

[09:36] STOPS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE

[09:37] FUTURE PLANS FOR SCHOOL

[09:40] WITH CLUB AMERICA BECAUSE WE

[09:40] HAVE A REAL BIG REAL BIG TOUR

[09:44] THAT'S STILL ONGOING.

[09:44] LOTS COMING UP.

[09:45] DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

[09:47] WE'LL BE RIGHT BAC