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Ask Charlie Anything 193: Conservative Social Workers? Apathetic Christians? Birthrate Blues?

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Charlie Kirk: 保守派进入社会工作领域需要挑战该领域的传统观念,关注帮助人们摆脱贫困,而不是仅仅让他们在贫困中感到舒适。贫困的原因在于个人选择和价值观,而非仅仅是社会条件和系统性不公正。社会工作者应该帮助人们摆脱贫困,并培养他们的价值观。 Charlie Kirk: 民主党在副总统人选问题上存在不同派别,选择沙皮罗可能会引发与哈马斯和加沙地区有关的问题。民主党试图通过赢得温和派和犹太人的支持来弥补拜登的不足。 Charlie Kirk: 美国正面临生育危机,人口正在下降,应该优先考虑本国人口的持续发展,而不是依赖移民。媒体对呼吁提高生育率的言论进行攻击,但这不应该被视为是对无子女人士的攻击。 Charlie Kirk: 特朗普与传统基金会之间的问题更多是人际冲突而非政策冲突。传统基金会应该在未公开的情况下完成政策建议等工作,以避免特朗普因其未曾支持的立场而被追问。 Charlie Kirk: 在最近的一次峰会上,安保措施存在漏洞。 Charlie Kirk: 撰写《右翼革命》最困难的部分是决定哪些内容不包含在内,以及如何构建一个超越政治季节的论点。 Charlie Kirk: 如果特朗普赢得大选,过渡团队将寻找来自美国腹地的真正人才,而不是仅仅来自华盛顿特区。 Charlie Kirk: 要让冷漠或认为自己选票无关紧要的基督徒参与投票,需要从圣经的角度挑战他们,并指出政府对宗教信仰的影响。需要警告那些不投票的基督徒,卡玛拉·哈里斯可能会利用司法部和国税局来打压他们。 Charlie Kirk: 特勤局的安保工作更像是一种威慑,而不是真正的保护。 Charlie Kirk: 凯文·麦卡锡担任特朗普的幕僚长可能并非最佳选择。特朗普的幕僚长需要具备内部知识、工作能力、目标导向和谦逊的服务精神,并且不能渴望出现在电视上。

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Hey, everybody. Today on the Charlie Kirk Show, I take your questions and Ask Me Anything episode from only members. That's right. If you're a member, you get to ask me questions. It's members.charliekirk.com. That is members.charliekirk.com. As always, you can email us, freedom at charliekirk.com, and get involved with Turning Point USA at tpusa.com. That is tpusa.com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what's your name?

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Brandon, let's go. Brandon will be the first question. And we have a ton of questions to get to this hour. And so if you have questions, go in the Q&A box first. Our team will filter through that. And then we will call on you. And we're going to try our best to get through everyone. So let's get started. Brandon, you are first. Thank you for being a member. Members.CharlieKirk.com. What is on your mind? Good morning, Charlie. So I was curious if you had any advice for a conservative candidate

future social worker, considering that the social work field is primarily liberal? Wow. First of all, God bless you for wanting to get into social work. Yes. So my advice is that you need to challenge the orthodoxy of where social work has gone in the last couple of decades. Social work has largely gone towards

making people comfortable in their poverty rather than trying to break them out of the poverty that they are in. Those are two different things. So as a social worker, it's going to be very tough.

But people are going to be telling you it's hard to go against everyone around you all the time around you. They're going to say that the people are poor because of social conditions and systemic injustices, when in reality, people are poor because of the decisions that they make and because of the values that they either have or they do not have.

There is a wonderful book that I would recommend for you. And God bless you, Brandon, for wanting to be a social worker by a somewhat of a social worker himself. And he became a very, very famous author. We had him on the show. We should resurrect that episode. It was terrific. It was Theodore Dalrymple. The book is Life at the Bottom or Life from the Bottom, something like that. Life at the Bottom. It's a terrific book where he describes how people remain poor and why they are poor in the underclass, if you will.

And so that's my recommendation, Brandon, is try to challenge the orthodoxy of not just trying to make people comfortable in their poverty, but trying to give them the training, the education necessary to break them out of poverty and to try to get them into the middle class and try to teach everybody.

values, not just stuff. And the issue with how we talk about poverty in this country is that people think it is solely and only a lack of material goods, when in reality, it is a lack of worldview and a lack of principles and core values. Thank you, Brandon, for being a member. Hope that made sense. All right. Thank you very much. You bet. Next are two of my favorite people, Caleb and Michelle, great Americans. Thank you guys for being members as always. What's on your mind today, guys?

You're welcome, Charlie. Hey, so, you know, being from Minnesota, we're talking about the VP selection. I'm not sure how important it is, but I'm hearing two things. I'm hearing like the Biden camp wants Shapiro and Obama wants Walls. And I'm wondering if you think that the Dems are...

I'm kind of thinking they're worried about looking at Minnesota and the Muslim vote in the Somalis that maybe they're worried about that. Maybe they're worried a little bit about the state of Minnesota and that that's why they want to go with the governor for their VP pick. I wonder what your thoughts on that are. Yeah, it's a great question, guys. Thanks for being a member. So you're right. There are different camps that are different.

that are forming on the VP selection. The heavy favorite is Shapiro. However, Shapiro will ignite a Hamas and Gaza problem. And that is going to really start to cause some problems in Chicago at the DNC. And based on all current activities that the Israeli government is executing right now in the Middle East, it does not seem that war is ending anytime soon in the Middle East.

So in the long term, the left is importing the seeds of their own coalition's destruction. I think overall, Democrats have realized that Biden was alienating both sides. And now they've decided just to win back moderates and Jews and tell the radicals to basically buzz off. And basically they're saying, what are you going to do, vote for Trump? Well, they might vote for Cornel West and his Muslim running mate in Michigan. So there's some concern there.

According to the betting markets, again, Shapiro is the heavy favorite. He probably makes the most sense. He's probably the most talented. I think he's kind of a dork, but he is talented, no doubt. And he is well-liked in Pennsylvania. The markets are all over the place where 70% chance that Josh Shapiro, now Mark Kelly's in second place. Andy Beshear is in third place. Tim Walls is in fourth place. I think Tim Walls is unlikely. He's a party loyalist.

He's kind of a buffoon in some ways. I think the most talented on the list is actually Andy Beshear. I think Andy Beshear is by far the most talented guy on that list. He won in Kentucky multiple times, which is a deep, deep red state. I think Mark Kelly comes with the most amount of baggage, even though people think he comes with the most amount of benefits.

astronaut. His wife was shot. However, it's very, very well known that Mark Kelly has an open marriage with Gabby Giffords. Ask any senator, they'll say Mark Kelly has a girlfriend and multiple girlfriends. Not a great look, especially it's kind of this open marriage situation, not to mention the Chinese Communist Party spy balloon stuff.

very, very troubling for him. So the most likely pick is likely Josh Shapiro, which will solve two problems, but create two problems. The two problems it solves, they will raise a lot of money and they'll do better in Pennsylvania. How much better? We do not know. It creates two problems, though. It will alienate younger voters that care a lot about the Hamas situation and will further alienate their Muslim base in Dearborn, Michigan and parts of Minnesota and a little bit of Wisconsin, but not so much.

Thanks so much, Kayla and Michelle. Really appreciate it. Manny will be next. Manny, thank you for being a member. What's on your mind? Yeah, I was looking into all these intellectuals as yourself and Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, now J.D. Vance. They're really referencing this dismal birth rate in the United States, right? And how that's affecting the culture within the U.S.,

So my question is, how can we bring more awareness to this? Because I think, in my opinion, the Dems are just trying to shut it off and fix it with...

with illegal immigration, right? Just open the borders and then they can mask the problem. But I'm scared that the core, the American experiment will be deleted, right? And I'm a Cuban, right? And I come from parents that had to leave everything to give us a better understanding of society and life and faith, right?

So what to do with this crazy dismal birth rate, which could definitely be the demise of the American culture? And how do we make people aware of it? I mean, this is I see that you speak to it. So if you can enlighten me a bit, it would be fantastic.

Yes. So this is such an important topic. First of all, we need to be very clear that we are the pro-family party and that we are in the midst of a fertility crisis, that the population is collapsing because we are not having our own children, that we are not having enough children at replacement levels. And so the current very sick and perverted and twisted view of the ruling orthodoxy and regime is that we're not going to have our own children.

And instead, we are going to import the children of the third world and we're going to prioritize foreigners over American born. And I mean, you know this as a Cuban American that that should concern you is that you should want a native born population to be able to sustain itself. And that if you bring newcomers to your country, they are additive and force multipliers to

to what you already have in your homeland population. When J.D. Vance says that we want to have more children, the media attacks him. And they say that that's an attack on childless Americans. No, it's not. We want to reverse the pandemic.

fertility collapse and we are seeing a collapse in fertility rates in the west and instead of importing other nations children we should have our own manny wonderful question thanks for being a member who do we have next daisy let's see let's see what we have here members.charliekirk.com that is members.charliekirk.com by the way when jd vance says parents should pay less in taxes democrats suddenly shriek that it's evil that is repugnant

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Hi, Charlie. It's Michonne. You did a good job pronouncing it. My question has a little bit to do with the Project 25 leader stepping down and what you thought about that, because isn't the Heritage Foundation a good organization that went to Davos and spoke against liberal globalists and their agendas?

I mean, isn't this the kind of people Trump should be surrounding himself with? Yeah, heritage is great. Here's all I can say about this. The issue was more about personality conflict than policy conflict. That's the buried lead of this whole thing, is that there was not enough...

communication and coordination between President Trump and the Heritage Foundation. There was some great stuff in the Project 2025 document. There was some stuff that, I don't know, I didn't read the whole thing. There was some stuff that shouldn't necessarily have been ascribed to Trump's name. Here was the biggest issue, though, Michonne, is that President Trump got very upset, and I think rightfully so, that he was going to have to answer questions about things of positions he never took.

And that's where the issue really came. And so my advice to the Heritage Foundation, both privately and publicly, and I think they do wonderful work, is that they should have done all this work of policy suggestions, executive orders, personnel, no need to publish it. And also just try to work more in harmony with Trump's team. It was...

that's really where things started to fall apart. And President Trump was starting to get questions from journalists. Where do you stand on these 10 different things? And he'd say, I never took those positions. So it's a little, I see it from both sides there. So thank you for being a member, but very good, very good question. And I love Heritage. They do great work. Okay, Susan. Susan, what is on your mind? Thank you for being a member. I saw your post about the summit security that you didn't think it was well done.

Correct. Yes, I was there and it felt as a participant, which was an incredible summit. Thank you so much. It was life changing for me. But I felt like the security when Trump was there was very good. So tell me what I should be looking for in the future as far as any security issues that we should be aware of.

No, thank you. And I appreciate it. I'm glad that it was from your perspective. I say this as someone who has run in the event from backstage to flow of Trump from perimeter and from an objective view.

it i'm sure it looked fine however i could tell you that from 10 or 12 different instances of hosting trump previously and comparing it and contrasting to what we saw this last weekend we saw a porous perimeter we saw people not getting checked people allowed to go backstage and just the lower head count and a man count and so again that wasn't just my own opinion it was

from interns to events staff that have gone through many Trump events. And we have just this summer, we hosted president Trump three times. Um, and so we have a fair amount to be able to compare that to, but thank you. Uh, and you enjoyed the event, Susan, is that right? You enjoyed the, uh, it was truly life changing. It was truly life changing for me that the, the, the speakers that you had that I, I filled out the, um,

The survey, I could not think of a single negative critique. Everything just from my perspective, it was I can't stop talking about it. Well, thank you. That's that's very touching. And I will send this over to our team. So thank you.

Thank you. I'm very proud of what the team pulled off, both Turning Point Action and TPUSA Faith. Incredible weekend, Believer's Summit. Kimberly is next. Kimberly, make sure you unmute. What is on your mind and how are you doing today? Thank you for being a member. Hey, Charles. I'm doing great. Yeah, I just started reading your book, The Right-Wing Revolution, and it's so good, even the intro, especially that part about the

The shortcomings of conservative attitudes. But yeah, I was just wondering, you're such a good speaker. What was like the hardest part about writing the book and then maybe like what was the most fulfilling?

Yeah, well, first of all, thank you. And we had a great research team that helped put it together. Blake was instrumental in the composition of it. The hardest part was deciding what not to put in because we have so many thoughts. We have such a body of work. We have so many different opinions and perspectives. And then honestly, trying to make an argument that is cogent and applicable that will live just beyond a political season. I'd say that was one of the more challenging things.

is trying to make a series of hypotheses, but also contentions that will be timeless, that will not just live within an election cycle. But people seem to really like the book. I'm glad you're reading it. People can get it, Right-Wing Revolution. It was a bestseller in many categories and people can check it out. So thank you so much. Okay, who do we have next here? All right, I'm gonna just read Lucas's deal here.

Charlie, I very likely won't be able to unmute at the webinar. There you go. I did want to ask about a reading list, audible list. I've gone through Unvanquished, Influence, Long Version, Blood Money, VDH. Oh, wow. Okay. He's doing the Hillside Online Courses.

Man's Search for Meaning, Gap in the Gain, C.S. Lewis Collection, The Warrior Poet Way, a lot of Mark Levin books, Breaking Biden, Gift of Failure, The Great Awakening. Wow, you've really well read. And as they keep on coming out and reading the Bible with my wife and her kids, I'm keeping time open for your book when it shows. Looking forward to your suggestions. God bless.

Yes. So actually, let me take a look at some books I have here. That's right. Darkness at Noon by Arthur Kessler is a great book. Vishal Mangalwalde right here, The Book That Made Your World. By the way, these books are not just for show. These are legit books that I read and I study. Let's see here. What else we have? Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker is a phenomenal book. Let's see. I have some of the ones I just completed. Churchill's Trial by Dr. Larry Arnn. Soul in the Game was a really, really good book by...

Vitelli Costaleson. I enjoyed reading Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia, which is a non-political book, but all about the science of longevity. Lucas Miles, who's now the new director at TPUSA Faith, is a great book. The Christian Left have that one right there. Very biased, but I think The College Scam is a great book.

Bill Federer's Rise of the Tyrant, always a really good one. That is the best biography of Mao Zedong, by the way. If you're able to get your hands on it, it's been largely memory hold. I don't know if you guys can see. Actually, you can see it in the shot there. It is very good. Who's the author of that again? Actually, that's the second copy I still have in the original plastic, believe it or not. Very hard to get. And great book here on the early church fathers, A Year with the Church Fathers.

I'm only trying to recommend the good ones. Oh yeah, that's Unoffendable is very good by Brant Hansen. I'm reading another book called Willpower, all about the science of self-control. Fascinating book. Yeah, that's actually a really interesting one is Genius Foods by Max Lugavere. It's a very easy read. It's all about...

what he thinks are genius foods that if you eat these foods on a regular basis, less likely to have dementia, more mental acuity, more energy, less depression, less anxiety. And it's good. It's, you could literally the whole, if you buy the book and you just read the cover, it's a picture of all the books, which I think is salmon, like fresh salmon, ground beef, but grass-fed beef, blueberries, avocados, olive oil,

almonds, dark leafy greens. Trying to think which other ones he has off the top of my head. It's called genius foods.

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Alright, I'll read this out myself since I screwed up last time. It's a two-part question. I'll make it as fast as I can. I noticed your ground game in Ohio was started up. Is there a contact for that or do we just show up? They're not posting events very far off also. And this is piggybacking off what somebody else asked. I already went through all the Project 2025 stuff.

And, uh, very disappointing to see what president Trump did. Although I understand why it happens. Uh, do you know, cause he's proven with JD Vance, he's willing to look outside the beltway for some, for, uh, personnel. Do you know how he goes about finding those people?

because I feel like we really need that. Yes, on the Project 2025 thing, I just want to say again, it was a personality thing more than it was a policy thing. But anyway, we already covered that. So secondly, on finding people outside of the beltway, yes, that if we are to win, the transition team,

We'll be looking to source real talent from the American heartland, not just from the DC Beltway. And that is going to be a legitimate project. And it's going to take a lot of work and it's going to take a lot of effort. It's going to take a lot of focus to be able to do that. As far as the ground game, here's my recommendation. Get involved with Turning Point Action. We'd love to connect.

you to tpaction.com. That is tpaction.com. But thank you for that question. And look, as far as this time, I'm going to be more involved in the transition if they want me, right? If they'll have me. I don't want to make any broad claims or anything, but if they'll have me, I'll make some recommendations.

If we win, but I'm not even focused on a transition at all. I'm only focused on one thing, which is winning. And then we can figure out how to properly transition. But the project 2025 thing was not even on the merits. It was just the way that they went about things that really annoyed Trump that caused this whole thing to fall apart. All right. Thanks so much. Okay, let's go to Tom. Tom, thank you for being a member. What's on your mind?

Hey, Charlie, it's Tom from Pennsylvania. Thanks for all you're doing here. PA Chase is awesome. I'm involved. Very optimistic, but not talking any landslide talks here. So I'd like to ask you, how are you having any success in the area of Christians who are

still either apathetic or simply don't think their vote matters? I know you talk about that quite often, but recently, have you had any success in that area? And what arguments are turning their hearts?

What a beautiful question. So first, Tom, I want to ask you a question that I'm going to answer directly. What part of Pennsylvania are you from? And secondly, does it feel better on the ground than it did in 2020 as far as the vibe and the perspective of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania?

Oh, that's a great question. I'm in northeastern Pennsylvania, so the Pocono Mountains. It's really a lot of people from New York have migrated to this part of Pennsylvania. So that being said, it's a little bit of an uphill battle. It's a blue county, but we are having success with...

even with our local committee, we pretty much, I'm the vice chair now, and we took over that committee. So we are making traction because the MAGA spirit, I guess you could say it, is alive and well. So I'm optimistic, like I said earlier, but I know there's a lot of work. The doors I've knocked on, the number one, well, number one, two, and three doors,

seems to be people's economic situation. So they're bringing that up and, you know, they're low propensity voters because I can't waste my time on arguing with people to change their minds. Right. So they're saying, hey, look. That's right. That's right. No, I started interrupt you. The chase operation is that your time is better spent, Tom,

Finding people that are lazy or disengaged than just trying to persuade a suburban soccer mom who might have a hundred different questions and is a maybe after that conversation. That is not the best use of your time. And so that is not the best use of your time. But yes, to answer your question, as far as the Christians go, you must challenge them biblically and say, first and foremost, God cares about everything you do.

And secondly, do you think it's important that we have a government which impacts whether or not we can have church that allows us to say that the church is still is not is not non-essential like they did during COVID? Secondly, you need to scare them that Kamala Harris will deploy the Department of Justice and the IRS like she did in California today.

As the California Attorney General, after Christians, after people of faith, she will use them as the secret police and as the Gestapo and as the Red Guard to go after pro-lifers, to go after clinics that are pro-life, pregnancy crisis center clinics.

And yes, I think it is disappointing that people of faith who will profess to be people of faith will not vote, will not be engaged. But that's where, Tom, your energy is best spent. It's best spent on Christians who are disengaged to bring them back into the fold or into the fold for the first time than just pure persuasion. I hope that's helpful, Tom. But the most important thing is that you're charming, that you are sincere, and that you say you challenge people personally genuinely.

It takes 10 minutes to vote. If that you fill out the piece of paper that arrives to your house, just do the thing. Thank you, Tom. Really appreciate it. Thank you, Charlie.

Hey, everybody. Charlie Kirk here.

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Hi, Charlie. Thank you so much. So we were at the People's Convention. We had an absolutely amazing time. We are the couple that drove up from Florida. So it was quite a trip for us. And we had a great time. It's the first time we've seen Trump in person. It was beyond my expectations.

But my question is regarding Secret Service and security. So the day that Trump was there, we waited two and a half hours in line. I know there was an issue with, you know, there was a small breach. They had to resweep the area.

It seemed like kind of similar to what someone else said about the Believer Summit. It seemed like security was on top of issues. And when we were in the members room being escorted to the main hall, there was another person that had kind of come up and Secret Service was right on top of it. Why are you here? How did you get through? This shouldn't have happened. My question is, was there an event between the People's Convention and the attempted assassination that maybe...

You know, was there a difference in the security or do you feel like the People's Convention was also different?

pretty lax security. So that's such a great question. The People's Convention was far better staffed and far better than the Believers Summit. But the fact that you think that it was well protected means the Secret Service did their job. Because the more and more we are learning about the Secret Service through all of these congressional hearings is the Secret Service basically acts as a pretend security operation to trick would-be assailants into thinking the protectee is actually safe.

And people's was actually an example of them sort of doing their job, but they didn't communicate with local police. The local police didn't guard a door for people with backpacks came in. But understand, this is largely a deterrent. The Secret Service is actually not keeping people safe the way you think they are. Sometimes, of course, they are. But it is mainly a deterrent. They look like they know what they're doing. They slow things down.

The Secret Service is becoming kind of like the TSA. The TSA doesn't catch nearly a majority of the contraband that people try to bring through airports. And the Secret Service is very similar. And it's being exposed as largely a theatrical organization that has a lot of good people in it and a lot of heroic people, but they're actually not keeping the protectee or the subject safe. But yes, at the People's Convention, the...

The People's Convention is a perfect example of them not coordinating with local police because local police was supposed to guard a door and someone came in, didn't happen. But even at the People's Convention, we said afterwards,

That was not as well staffed as it should have been backstage. We were very worried. In fact, I did an interview at the People's Convention fearing that Donald Trump would be shot and assassinated sometime soon. And unfortunately, we were right about him getting shot. And thankfully, we were wrong about him being successfully assassinated. Thank you for being a member. Really appreciate it. Jeff, what is on your mind? Thank you so much for all you do. I'm a new member, actually. And I just am so grateful, unfortunately,

for all the work that Turning Point does. You really make a huge difference. I'll get to my question. Thank you. I have seen on X and some other places that, I don't know if it's just a rumor, that Kevin McCarthy's being considered as if Trump wins, which I assume he will, I hope he will, he would choose Kevin McCarthy as his chief of staff. And that's very disturbing to me. If that's true, I just wonder, do you know anything? Is that true?

True. Have you heard that rumor? And if it's true, would you try to talk Trump out of that selection? Yeah, look, so I don't think that would be the best selection. I've always gotten along with Kevin, so I'm not going to be totally negative. I don't think that would be the right choice. I have not heard that, though, at all from anybody. I have heard people like Lee Zeldin, who I think would be great, who I think really understands Washington. And I think he would just be terrific.

I think Vivek Ramaswamy would be terrific if it wasn't for him to be the head of the Department of Homeland Security. Vivek, I think, in a leadership role in the White House would just be excellent. So, look, you do need insider knowledge, but you need to have the work ethic and the capacity to be able to do the job. You need to be goal-oriented, driven people. And the most important thing for chief of staff is you must not desire to be on television.

It's so tempting. You're the chief of staff. You can get any interview you want. You have to want to be a backroom operator and be really good at it.

And so somebody that shares Trump's vision, someone who he trusts him and is able to get stuff done. He needs someone below him who doesn't crave the spotlight, just wants to get wins, will work late, will be there early, will be a humble servant, will be able to just ignore the media. And you have a press shop for a press shop. But and also know who to trust and who to distrust. So, all right. Appreciate that question very much. And good job unmuting. Okay, who do we have next?

It's the last question probably. Laura, Laura, you'll be the last question. Members.CharlieKirk.com. What's on your mind? Well, so I'm sitting here and I sent you that note about Acts 17. I want you to really look into it. You remind me of a Paul and how he had to go in and change people's minds and hearts. And so I just feel that you and your staff and all of these kids,

You guys are doing a fantastic job. You're doing the Lord's work. And then I wanted to ask you about, I have lots of grandsons and granddaughters, and I want to know how I can get them involved in watching you or what I can do to help them become more active in what you are doing. Because I have two 17-year-old grandsons that will be going to college in two years. Wow.

Well, first of all, thank you for being a member and thank you for those kind words. And comparing our movement to Paul is very touching. Just hope it ends better than decapitation. But thank you. I do appreciate that. No, I'm saying that tongue in cheek.

No, no, no, of course not. You are being so sweet and so nice. So, yes, we have the best way. Get them involved with Turning Point USA and then tell them to check us out on TikTok, on Instagram. We are very, very viral on these platforms. Say, hey, if you've ever heard of this Charlie Kirk guy, you should follow him on social media. Follow us on YouTube. Follow us on Rumble, all these different platforms.

And, you know, we are very unique. The team has done such a great job. Daisy and Emma and Ryan and Riley and Blake. I'm forgetting some people. But the whole tech team, we are dominant on all the social media platforms. Andrew does a great job. Yes, Andrew, you do a great job. Yeah.

Okay, but to be able to have full spectrum dominance on social media in particular, very, very important to be able to be aware that we reach people of all ages and all backgrounds. So Laura, thank you for closing this out so strong. And thank you. God bless you. People like you make the world a better place. I love our members. You guys are the best. I wish I could get to all the questions. We'll do that.

next week. And also, of course, join a Turning Point USA chapter. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us as always, freedom at charliekirk.com. Thanks so much for listening and God bless. For more on many of these stories and news you can trust, go to charliekirk.com.