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Turning Point USA Executive Director Charlie Kirk speaks at the "Student Action Summit" in Tampa, Florida.
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00:00USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:03All right, have a seat everybody.
00:05Who's excited to be here in Tampa, Florida for the Student Action Summit?
00:11This is the largest Student Action Summit in history,
00:15by far, nearly double the size of the one that we had a couple years ago.
00:20And for those of you that are visiting that are not students,
00:23we give the best seats to students for a reason.
00:25Because these students, every day,
00:28are on the front lines, being smeared, being slandered, being canceled,
00:35being kicked out of classes, kicked out of fraternities, kicked out of sororities.
00:38These are the students that worked so hard to register voters this last election.
00:43These are the students that start these chapters.
00:45They are the vanguard for saving this country.
00:4913 years ago, when I first started Turning Point USA and this journey began,
00:54if you would have told me 13 years later
00:56that we would have someone running for the presidency as a Republican
01:01winning the youth vote in major states,
01:04I would say, how would that be possible?
01:0713 years ago, we started the journey,
01:09and it was chapter by chapter, student by student, person by person,
01:13prove me wrong by prove me wrong,
01:15liberal by liberal, proving one wrong at a time,
01:18and billions and billions of views later,
01:20what happened in November was a shot heard around the world.
01:24You see, all Kamala Harris needed to do
01:27was get younger people to vote at the same margins
01:31that Joe Biden got them to vote back in 2020.
01:34Did you know that baby boomers moved three points more Democrat back in November?
01:39Aha.
01:40But younger voters moved 22 points to the right in November.
01:49The youth delivered the White House to Donald Trump.
01:53The next generation rose up in record numbers,
01:56and I started to see it at the prove me wrongs across America.
01:59We would just start with a couple hundred students,
02:01and all of a sudden, like a thousand students would come,
02:03and all of a sudden, they'd be wearing red hats as far as the eye could see.
02:06I said, there's something profound happening in this country.
02:09There's something that is deep,
02:11that is larger than what the media is covering.
02:15And we turned that red MAGA hat from a symbol
02:18that everybody was afraid to wear back in 2016,
02:23where now in 2024, we turned that into a symbol of hope,
02:27into a symbol of optimism, of patriotism,
02:30and taking back our country.
02:31Back in November, when we rose up,
02:34younger voters saw President Trump as a lifeline.
02:40President Donald Trump represented for them
02:42a way to try to get everybody's attention
02:45that things were not all right for this generation.
02:49You see, I spend a lot of time talking to the next generation.
02:51We just did an entire prove me wrong
02:53with many of you out in the hall.
02:54I did over a hundred hours of campus debates this last semester,
02:59200 hours in one year, over 65 campuses that I visit.
03:03And a through line is repeated,
03:05whether they're Republican or Democrat or Conservative or Liberal.
03:08There is an angst, there's an uneasiness,
03:10there is a worry, there is a concern.
03:12And they say in no uncertain terms,
03:14Charlie, I'm trying to get my leader's attention.
03:17I can't afford a home.
03:20I can't afford basic necessities.
03:22If I ask a girl out on a date
03:25and I get one word wrong,
03:27she could report me for sexual harassment.
03:31I am surrounded by this political correctness,
03:34or if I don't get the pronouns correct
03:35of the trans activist next to me in class,
03:38it could be the end of my career.
03:41My town, my city is flooded by illegal aliens.
03:44Charlie, when will my leaders
03:46start fighting for me and my generation?
03:49I hear every single day from you in this audience,
03:52the students,
03:54Charlie, why is it that we spend
03:56hundreds of billions of dollars on wars abroad,
03:58but our own generation has to go endlessly in debt
04:01to pay our medical bills
04:02and suffer under credit card debt?
04:04Why is it that our young,
04:06why you, the next generation,
04:08have to compete
04:10to buy a home against a Chinese oligarch?
04:14Let me be very clear.
04:15No foreign national should be allowed
04:17to own single-family homes
04:19until this generation
04:20can have the same homes
04:22that their parents have.
04:26And this angst and this unease built up
04:29and built up
04:30and it culminated in the election of Donald Trump.
04:33The youth delivered the White House
04:35for President Trump.
04:37And understand
04:37that now six, seven months later,
04:40we've inherited a disordered economy
04:43from Joe Biden.
04:44If we do not deliver
04:45on economic promises,
04:47especially for the next generation,
04:49if we do not make you
04:50owners of this economy,
04:52not just renters of this economy,
04:55then you're going to see
04:56a lot more
04:56Zoran Mamdani's.
05:00Now, we should boo
05:01Zoran Mamdani.
05:02The guy is a bigot,
05:03anti-civilization to his core,
05:05anti-American,
05:06anti-Western,
05:07wants to nationalize
05:09or make all the grocery stores
05:11run by the government,
05:12defund the police.
05:13All that is garbage.
05:14But we fail to understand
05:16why he is rising.
05:19Yeah, part of it is that
05:20people in New York
05:20are not like you wonderful people
05:22here in Florida.
05:23That's partially it.
05:26But there's a deeper thing at play.
05:29Younger voters are trying
05:31to get their leaders' attention.
05:33We can't afford anything.
05:35Homes are out of reach.
05:37I'm tired of renting all the time.
05:39And I have zero equity to my name.
05:41If we do not solve
05:43the economic disorder
05:44that is facing this generation,
05:46from the debts, the deficits,
05:48student loan debt, cost of living,
05:50then Mamdani will just be the beginning
05:53of what you're going to see
05:55in communities across the country.
05:56So what is the solution?
05:58Well, the solution is
05:59what President Trump
06:00is trying to do every single day.
06:01And we need more of it.
06:02We need double and tripling down on it.
06:04Starting with,
06:05those of you that are looking for a job,
06:07you should not have to compete
06:09against a foreigner for your job.
06:11American college graduates
06:12should come first.
06:15And that starts with
06:16President Donald Trump.
06:18And this will affect everybody
06:20in this room, regardless of age.
06:22It is time
06:23for the largest deportation effort
06:25this country has ever seen.
06:27If you are here illegally,
06:30you are deported from
06:31the United States of America.
06:33Period.
06:34No amnesty.
06:36Repeat after me.
06:37No amnesty.
06:39Period.
06:39End of story.
06:40We will not put up
06:41with any exceptions,
06:43any carve-outs,
06:44any loopholes,
06:45any exceptions,
06:47any asterisks,
06:48any iotas.
06:49I don't care if it's
06:5010 years or 15 years.
06:51We voted for mass deportations.
06:53We did not vote for mass amnesty.
06:55And we expect our leaders
06:57to deliver it
06:58and bring back our country
06:59to a place of citizenship
07:00and Americans being put first.
07:03Number two,
07:04very important.
07:05It is more than past time
07:07for our elected leaders
07:09to understand
07:10that they are going to have to put
07:13the economics of the next generation
07:15into their calculus.
07:17This is something that Mom Donnie does,
07:19but he does it so sloppily.
07:20He says,
07:21if you're bitter
07:22and you don't like the country,
07:23vote for me
07:23and I'm going to give you
07:24a bunch of free stuff.
07:25Everybody,
07:26endless tax cuts
07:27just for the wealthy.
07:28That's fine.
07:29I like tax cuts.
07:29It's good.
07:30My radio show does really well.
07:31Podcast does well.
07:32But I'll tell you right now,
07:34you are going to see
07:34a massive breakdown
07:35of the political order.
07:37If people don't own stuff,
07:40our politics are about
07:41to get a lot more radical.
07:43But let's go a step further.
07:44We need to celebrate,
07:46embrace,
07:47platform,
07:48and sometimes,
07:49if necessary,
07:49subsidize,
07:50getting married
07:51and having children.
07:52We are not having
07:54enough children
07:54in this country.
07:56This is a national crisis.
07:58I don't want to hear about,
08:00well, you know,
08:00racism is a threat to America.
08:02It's a bunch of horse pucky.
08:03Oh, environmentalism,
08:05climate change.
08:06Do you know what a threat
08:06to our country is?
08:08We're not having enough babies.
08:10Now, my wife and I,
08:11we are doing our part.
08:12We have two young children,
08:13and we'll see what else
08:14the Lord has in store.
08:17But I was fascinated today
08:19by talking to this,
08:20to our amazing young patriots
08:22as part of Turning Point USA.
08:24I was so moved.
08:26And they say,
08:26Charlie, I want to get married.
08:27I want to have kids.
08:28It's hard to find other people
08:30that share my values.
08:31By the way,
08:31for everyone watching online,
08:32if you want to find
08:33your future husband or wife,
08:34that's why you should be here
08:35in Tampa, Florida,
08:36because there's a lot
08:37of eligible bachelor
08:38and bachelorettes here.
08:39A lot.
08:41But we must prioritize it.
08:43We should tell our young ladies
08:44that if you want to go
08:46be the CEO of a shoe company,
08:48that's fine.
08:49But do you know
08:49what's really going to matter
08:5030 years from now?
08:52What's going to matter
08:52is whether or not
08:53you have the love of your life
08:55and you have decided
08:56to raise children.
08:57It doesn't matter
08:58how many trips to Thailand
08:59you make.
09:00It doesn't matter
09:00how many nights out
09:01at the club.
09:02What matters is what lasts.
09:04And what matters
09:05is things that are hard.
09:06What strikes me
09:07about this generation,
09:08this generation is
09:10the most conservative generation
09:11that we have seen
09:12in well over 50 years.
09:14And the numbers show it.
09:16This is.
09:18This is the greatest
09:19generational realignment
09:21since Woodstock.
09:23We have never seen
09:24a generation move
09:25so quickly and so fast.
09:27And you guys are
09:28making all the liberals
09:30confused.
09:31They thought you were going
09:31to be the most liberal generation.
09:34But part of the reasons
09:34why this happened
09:35is those of you
09:36that are here in this audience
09:37and the millions of people
09:38that voted for President Trump
09:40and that are part
09:40of our movement.
09:42You were lied to
09:43so repeatedly.
09:44Wear the mask.
09:46Take the vaccine.
09:47No prom.
09:48No graduation.
09:50School closures.
09:51America is a racist country.
09:53You experienced
09:54the worst
09:54of the American left.
09:56And your politics now
09:57is a rejection
09:58of all of that garbage.
10:00No more political correctness.
10:02And you know
10:02what's amazing?
10:03Church attendance
10:04was going down steadily
10:06in America
10:06the last 20 years.
10:07it's gone up slightly
10:09because this is the most
10:10religious generation
10:11that we have seen
10:13in 40 years.
10:16Do you understand
10:17the significance of that?
10:18Because at its core
10:19what we are fighting
10:20is a spiritual battle.
10:22This is a spiritual sickness
10:24throughout the West.
10:25And if you're here
10:26and you don't believe in God
10:27okay fine
10:29I'll pray for you.
10:30And I hope you find
10:31Jesus Christ
10:31as your Lord and Savior
10:32because it will change your life.
10:33But understand
10:36you should even be cheering
10:39for a religious revival.
10:41You get the worst ideas
10:42when you have secularism.
10:44Men give birth.
10:46No borders.
10:48America is a terrible country.
10:49These things
10:50are almost all outgrowths
10:52of secularism.
10:53But this generation
10:54you guys want something deeper.
10:56You want something more.
10:58And let me put this
10:59in existential terms.
11:00If we do not deliver
11:02we are going to see
11:03all of these gains
11:05made by Donald Trump
11:06and many of these people
11:07will either not vote at all
11:08or they'll be scooped up
11:10by some Democrat opportunist.
11:13What needs to happen
11:14is a couple things.
11:15I'm still waiting for it.
11:17Where is the national apology
11:19to you guys this generation
11:21for what happened to you
11:22during COVID?
11:23Where is the apology
11:24saying
11:25we never should have
11:26shut down the schools?
11:27We never should have
11:29taken graduation from you.
11:30We never should have
11:31forced a vaccine on you
11:32that doesn't work
11:33and kicked you out of school
11:35if you didn't take it.
11:38And the lack of the apology
11:39shows
11:41that we are in
11:43a
11:44we are in
11:44dare I say
11:45a turning point.
11:48We are in a place
11:49where decisions need to be made.
11:51A time for choosing.
11:53And our leaders in D.C.
11:54better start to get the memo.
11:55Because there is a movement coming.
11:58And yes it is the most
11:59conservative generation.
12:01But that doesn't mean
12:01they're going to support
12:02every single Republican.
12:04If you're a Republican
12:04and you support
12:06yay
12:06more foreign aid
12:07to endless countries
12:08Gen Z doesn't want that actually.
12:10They want Americans
12:11to be put first
12:12not foreigners
12:12to be put first.
12:15If you're a Republican
12:16and all of a sudden
12:19you say
12:19we're just going to
12:21you know
12:21let the market
12:22do its job
12:23and we don't care
12:24even though things
12:24are incredibly out of reach
12:26you're going to say
12:27you know what
12:27no
12:27I like what President Trump
12:29is doing in tariffs.
12:30I want stuff made in America again.
12:32You see
12:32there is a new
12:34ascendant movement.
12:34I've done my best
12:35to try to warn people
12:36what is coming.
12:37And I think it's exciting.
12:38I think it's new.
12:40I think it's fresh.
12:40I think it's authentic.
12:42Because if you look
12:42at the last 50 years
12:44we've had a ton of problems
12:45in this country.
12:46From our debts
12:46and our deficits
12:47to our hyperinflation
12:48to mass migration.
12:50And another thing
12:51that this generation
12:52increasingly believes
12:53they don't necessarily
12:54believe that
12:54immigration makes
12:55your country better.
12:57You only get
12:58Mamdani
12:59you get
12:59Ilan Omar
13:00and Rashida Tlaib
13:01not just because
13:02of illegal immigration.
13:04It's legal immigration
13:06that is also the problem.
13:07When you allow
13:08a bunch of people
13:09into your country legally
13:10and they don't share
13:11your values
13:11turns out
13:12they don't always assimilate.
13:14Mamdani
13:15and his entire family
13:16came here legally
13:17they didn't come across
13:18the southern border.
13:19No one can tell me
13:20that that person
13:21is improving
13:21the United States of America.
13:23He's a self-righteous
13:24narcissistic parasite
13:25on New York City
13:27and should be expelled
13:28from politics.
13:29But we let him in.
13:31Maybe it's time
13:32maybe it is time
13:34for us
13:35to reconsider
13:36almost all
13:36of our political orthodoxies.
13:38Do immigrants
13:39really make our country better?
13:40Some do.
13:41Some of our amazing
13:42Cuban immigrants here
13:43that I see in the audience
13:44you've assimilated
13:45you make America better.
13:46But if you come
13:47from Somalia
13:49and you refuse
13:49to learn our language
13:50adopt to our customs
13:52and assimilate
13:53I'm sorry
13:54America is closed
13:55to the third world
13:57until further notice
13:58we are not a dumping ground
13:59for the rest of the planet.
14:06The
14:06the democrat party
14:08is trying to figure
14:08themselves out right now
14:09and they're in a position
14:11where they don't really
14:12know their leader
14:12but they will eventually
14:13figure it out.
14:14They're a major political party
14:15and they're desperate
14:16to get back into action.
14:18But this is where things
14:19really become real
14:21very quickly
14:21is that this is
14:23the greatest opportunity
14:24that I am afraid
14:26that some in the
14:27republican party
14:28are messing up.
14:28President Trump
14:29understands this
14:29better than anybody else.
14:31You understand
14:31how incredible that is
14:32what a death blow it is
14:33to win the youth vote
14:34as a republican?
14:36Do you know
14:36what that means?
14:37That means if you hold
14:38on that demographic
14:39and that generation
14:40it's done for the left.
14:42So shouldn't it be
14:43that our leaders
14:44should be thinking
14:45every single day
14:46how do I hold on
14:47to this and grow it?
14:49Instead at times
14:50I don't always feel
14:51that energy out of
14:51Washington D.C.
14:53Instead I feel as if
14:54they take you for granted
14:55the younger voters
14:57that are going through this
14:57and you know what?
14:58The next couple days
14:59we need to make
14:59our voice heard.
15:01We need to send
15:01a message to D.C.
15:03and to the rest
15:04of the bipartisan cartel
15:05that we want
15:06our own interests represented.
15:08Because if we allow
15:10the generational theft
15:12to continue
15:13which is the plundering
15:14of the next generation
15:15then I'll say it once
15:17I'll say it twice
15:18you will see a radicalization
15:20event from the left
15:21that will take your breath away.
15:23But here is the advantage
15:24everybody
15:24is that we are
15:26the ascendant political force.
15:28We did the impossible.
15:29We turned campuses
15:30into MAGA.
15:31We moved the youth vote
15:32by 20 or 30 points.
15:33We turned the country
15:34from super woke
15:35to all of a sudden
15:36super patriotic
15:37in a short period of time.
15:39But now this is where
15:40all of you
15:41it matters.
15:41If you are not yet
15:42involved in a
15:44Turning Point USA chapter
15:45start one.
15:46Start a high school
15:47or college chapter.
15:48Go to the Turning Point USA
15:49booth after this
15:50and say I want to go
15:51start a chapter.
15:53I want to get involved
15:53on my college campus.
15:55If you are not a student
15:56and you're listening to this
15:57politics is now
15:58a 24-7 sport.
16:00Get involved
16:00in your school board.
16:01Get involved
16:01in your city council.
16:02Support your local
16:03Turning Point USA chapter.
16:04Hold your senate accountable.
16:06Who here is from
16:06South Carolina?
16:07Anybody from South Carolina?
16:09Great.
16:09Go primary Lindsey Graham
16:11and make sure
16:12he's no longer
16:13a sitting U.S. senator.
16:15Who here is from
16:16let's pick a state.
16:17Who here is from
16:18Kentucky?
16:19Anybody?
16:20Anybody from Kentucky?
16:20Great.
16:21I'm behind Nate Morris.
16:22I think you'd be a great
16:23person to replace
16:24Mitch McConnell.
16:25We need to make sure
16:26that the Mitch McConnell
16:27era ends
16:28in Kentucky
16:29and does not
16:29continue to spread.
16:30Everybody
16:31this movement
16:33is a grassroots movement
16:35at its core
16:36and it's a question
16:38the next couple of days
16:39and you're going to hear
16:39from a wide variety
16:41of speakers.
16:42You're going to hear
16:42from Tucker Carlson
16:43tonight.
16:47You're going to hear
16:48from Donald Trump Jr.
16:49You're going to hear
16:49from Megyn Kelly.
16:52You're going to hear
16:53from Pete Hegseth.
16:54You're going to hear
16:55from Kristi Noem.
16:56And it is time
17:00for us to chart
17:01a vision.
17:03President Donald Trump
17:04took the entire country
17:05on his shoulders
17:05and was millimeters away
17:07from having his brains
17:08blown out.
17:09And by the way
17:09we're going to remember
17:10it this weekend.
17:11This weekend is July 13th
17:13where President Trump
17:14was this close
17:15from losing his life.
17:17But everybody
17:18what a tragedy
17:19it would be
17:20if by divine intervention
17:22God saved the country
17:23and we decided
17:24to just cast it aside.
17:26where we have
17:26this ascendant
17:27exciting
17:28charismatic
17:29bottom up energy
17:31of young people
17:32from across America.
17:34And the mandate
17:35is very simple.
17:36Business as usual
17:37as D.C.
17:37will no longer work.
17:39It is time for us
17:40to get involved
17:41in primaries.
17:42It's time for us
17:43to make our voice heard.
17:44It's time for us
17:45to take over
17:45the Republican Party
17:46in a conservative image.
17:48It's time for us
17:49to support the good guys
17:50and out the bad guys.
17:52And at times
17:52for all the young people
17:54out there
17:54you need to keep fighting
17:55on your college campus.
17:56I know you're outnumbered
17:57by the purple-haired jihadis
17:59on a daily basis.
18:01I know that everybody
18:02on a college campus
18:03they try to intimidate you.
18:05They try to threaten you.
18:07But everyone
18:08who's not a student in here
18:09I want to reiterate this.
18:11What they're doing
18:11is one of the hardest things
18:12to do in the United States
18:13of America.
18:14They are deciding
18:15to be less popular
18:16on campus.
18:18They are deciding
18:19to actually speak out
18:20with a high social cost.
18:22They're deciding
18:23even though it might
18:24jeopardize their job
18:25their career
18:26or their reputation
18:27to put their country
18:28over themselves.
18:30And I think that deserves
18:31recognition and gratitude
18:32because that is
18:33what is the best
18:34of this country is.
18:36I'll close with this.
18:39We've been given this gift
18:40popular vote majority
18:44electoral vote majority
18:45and now it's on us.
18:47We have to execute.
18:49We have to have
18:50mass deportations.
18:52We have to make sure
18:53the border wall is secure.
18:54We have to make sure
18:55that we fulfill
18:56all of our promises
18:57when it comes to transparency.
18:59We have to make sure
19:00that young people
19:00can afford homes.
19:01If we fail to do this
19:03the coalition
19:04will be put in jeopardy.
19:05I have faith
19:06in President Trump.
19:07I do not have faith
19:08in the Republican Congress.
19:10These next couple of days
19:11here in Tampa, Florida
19:12all 7,000 of you
19:13you are the center
19:14of the political universe
19:16on the planet right now.
19:17Everybody is looking
19:18to Tampa, Florida.
19:19What will happen here
19:20will determine
19:21we'll chart a new
19:22future course.
19:24Marriages will happen
19:25this weekend.
19:27Lifetime friendships
19:28will happen this weekend.
19:29Careers will start
19:30this weekend.
19:31And my challenge
19:32for all of you
19:32is hold yourself
19:34to a higher standard.
19:36Make this an action event.
19:38This is not like
19:39just going to a
19:40Tampa Bay Buccaneers game
19:41and applauding all the time.
19:43Every speaker say
19:44what are you going
19:45to do about it?
19:45What are you going to do?
19:47Apply the applause
19:49into action.
19:51We've been given
19:52this gift.
19:53The next generation
19:54helped put Donald Trump
19:56into the White House.
19:57What comes next
19:58will determine
19:59whether or not
20:00we're a civilization,
20:01we're just a collection
20:02of colonies and strangers
20:04in our own nation.
20:05God bless you guys.
20:06Thank you so much.
20:07We need to be able
20:31to have the confidence,
20:33the backbone
20:33to say this thing is true
20:35and this thing is false
20:36and moreover,
20:38we need to be able
20:38to say this thing is good
20:39and this thing is bad.
20:41We must not be afraid
20:42to speak our minds,
20:43to state our clear
20:44and informed opinions
20:45about the world
20:46as we see it.
20:46All you have
20:47is your voice.
20:48Speak the truth
20:49amidst a culture of lies.
20:51Courage is a virtue.
20:53Stand firm,
20:55take heart,
20:55and keep the faith.
20:56We will not roll over.
20:58Thank you very much.
20:59Thank you very much.
21:22How many people are here?
21:23Is this like 50,000 people?
21:25Every year I come,
21:27it's more people.
21:29It's more pyrotechnics.
21:33I'm going to come down
21:33in a trapeze next year.
21:35This is very impressive.
21:37Look at all these
21:38bright, young,
21:39beautiful faces.
21:41Thank you for having me.
21:43Always a pleasure
21:44to be here at SAS.
21:46I want to thank Charlie
21:47as always for the invitation.
21:49Truly a pleasure.
21:51Though I must say,
21:53some years are more
21:54pleasurable than others.
21:56Do you feel this?
21:57Bye, bye.
21:57she
21:59Because I have been
21:59watching with you.
21:59Now,
22:00they safety,
22:01peace are my parents.
22:01Thank you,
22:01next day.
22:02Thanks.
22:02Bye, bye.
22:03Goodbye.
22:03Bye, bye.
22:12Bye, bye.
22:15Bye.
22:15Bye.
22:16Bye.
22:16Bye, bye.
22:17Bye.
22:18Bye.
22:18Bye, bye.
22:18Bye, bye.
22:20Bye.
22:20Bye, bye.
22:22Bye, bye.
22:22Bye.
22:22Bye, bye.
22:23Bye, bye.
22:24Bye, bye.
22:24Bye.
22:24Bye, bye.
22:25Bye, bye.
22:26Bye, bye.
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