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Speaker 1: I'm amazed at what you have built and how you

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Speaker 1: have done it. And this may be a really simple,

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Speaker 1: talk radio. We have simple stupid questions. How did you

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Speaker 2: How did you do this?

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Speaker 3: Well, it's an interesting question. Grew up in the suburbs

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Speaker 3: of Chicago. I was going to go to West Point,

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Speaker 3: didn't get in and ended up being the best thing

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Speaker 3: that never happened to me, and decided to take a

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Speaker 3: gap year. It's now been a gap decade where now

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Speaker 3: I've had ten years off of college, and so it's

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Speaker 3: the great irony, the whole thing. I run a college organization,

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Speaker 3: not going to college myself, which actually makes me the

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Speaker 3: best and worst person to talk about college and its problems.

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Speaker 3: But I've visited my Fairshriff colleges over one hundred and

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Speaker 3: fifty schools all across the country, from Maine to Stanford.

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Speaker 3: I've spoken from University of Hawaii actually thevent there, and so

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Speaker 3: we also have obviously a very significant campus present at

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Speaker 3: Turning Point, USA. That gives me an insided what's happening.

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Speaker 3: But look, I gave my life to the Lord in

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Speaker 3: fifth grade. It's the most important thing to me. I've

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Speaker 3: always been a patriot. I can't stand when people take

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Speaker 3: for granted this beautiful republic that we've been given. We're

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Speaker 3: called the good Stewards as Christians, and boy are we

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Speaker 3: not doing that right now? We got to turn the

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Speaker 3: corner on that. I've never liked bullies, I don't like

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Speaker 3: tyrant and I don't sit idly by. Well, I'm not

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Speaker 3: really a spectator guy. So I try to get into

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Speaker 3: the arena to do what is necessary and to do

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Speaker 3: what is needed. And so that's where we're at right now.

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Speaker 3: And it's just been an amazing decade. Our ten year

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Speaker 3: so every day we're working to keep on growing the

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Speaker 3: foot Printature Point USA, maximizing our cultural influence. And yeah,

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Speaker 3: I'm just a small part of it. It's our staff,

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Speaker 3: it's our donors, it's.

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Speaker 2: Our board members.

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Speaker 3: Over one hundred thousand people financially contribute to Turning Point USA.

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Speaker 3: It's an extraordinary funding base. We have in every corner

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Speaker 3: who I am thanks to the people that have supported me,

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Speaker 3: and thanks to you know, the incredible blessing of the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Man, But I mean it's pretty cool to be you.

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Speaker 1: Right, Like if I show up to speak somewhere, there's

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Speaker 1: eight people, well most of them probably wandered in for

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Speaker 1: there's hundreds of thousand or thousands of people every time

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Speaker 2: That's a pretty cool existence.

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Speaker 3: It's it's awesome. It's a lot of pressure, it really is.

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Speaker 3: And you know, I remember the years where I remember

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Greenna.

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Speaker 3: Lay back when you had good folks out there, and

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Speaker 2: So there's hope, that's what you're telling me. I have hope.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's been a journey and I don't deserve it,

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Speaker 3: and it puts a lot of pressure on you.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 3: I'm not complaining, trust, But it's definitely there's a wrinkle

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Speaker 3: to that where you know, higher stakes, you got to

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Speaker 3: sorts of fun stuff. But yeah, it's it's awesome. I

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Speaker 3: mean I got to wake up every single day and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's possible.

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Speaker 3: No other country could you do something like that?

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Speaker 2: Before we let you go?

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Speaker 1: And Charlie Kirk is our guest from Turning Point USA.

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Speaker 1: People are hearing your voice right now in WIBC is

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Speaker 1: arguably the most powerful media entity in the entire state.

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Speaker 1: You motivate people every day. People are hearing this going, Man,

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Speaker 1: What should people do? What are those initial steps for

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Speaker 2: How to begin? What should they be doing?

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Speaker 3: So we talked a little bit about this with Mike.

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Speaker 3: You got to commit to learning, learning about your country,

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Speaker 3: the different issues at hand. You got to be a

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Speaker 3: lifelong learner. Number two, you got to commit to courage.

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Speaker 3: That's something that is easier since then done. A courage

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Speaker 3: a builder. It's what I enjoy doing. I enjoy taking

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Speaker 3: risks and thinking of new things. As a conservative movement,

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Speaker 3: Elon's far from a conservative, and I disagree with him

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Speaker 3: to try to take big risks, stand up to bulliefs,

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Speaker 3: That's I think a longer term, more optimistic, positive solution

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Speaker 3: us that love the Lord and love liberty and want

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Speaker 3: to save the country. So those are three things we

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Speaker 3: I'm a big believer in attitude. You know, I don't

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Speaker 3: I don't care where you went to college. The most

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Speaker 3: Do you have an attitude where you think things can

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Speaker 3: just a complainer. I hate complainers. I hate cynics. Drives

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Speaker 3: By the way, have an attitude of optimism, have an

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Speaker 3: attitude of positive action, and I think all of a

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Speaker 3: in a very very meaningful way.

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Speaker 1: Before I let you go, if people want to learn

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Speaker 1: more about turning quite Usa, if they love what they

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Speaker 1: heard today, which every time people hear you they do,

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Speaker 1: love what you say and what the message you bring,

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Speaker 1: how can people learn more about that?

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Speaker 3: Super easy to go to TPUSA dot com. We have

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Speaker 3: a giveaway right now, a gift of any amount you

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Speaker 3: guys get my latest book, small little booklet, The Conservative

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Speaker 3: Response to the Great Reset, which I think every person

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Speaker 3: Indiana should learn about that because your governor incredibly once

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Speaker 3: the World Economic Forum, which was just insane, So you

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Speaker 3: should all know what he's supporting when he goes there,

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Speaker 3: which is no private property, the destruction of America and

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Speaker 3: the destruction of the West. Besides that, they're all great people.

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Speaker 3: So you can go to TPUSA dot com for a

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Speaker 3: gift of any amount and learn what's happen with a

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Speaker 3: great reset and what we could do in response to that.

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Speaker 3: And then if they want to subscribe to the Charlie

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Speaker 3: Kirkshaw podcast, take out your podcast APT type in Charlie

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Speaker 3: kirks Show and just keep fighting. Everybody. Great radio station.

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Speaker 3: You guys have a great reputation, by the way, you

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Speaker 3: really do.

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Speaker 2: Charlie Kirkive Turning Point USA. Thank you, my friend, keep

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Speaker 2: up the good work.

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Speaker 3: Thanks God, blessed Tuck to you soon.

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Speaker 2: Okay,