Chad Prather: September 16, 2025 | Charlie Kirk Today

September 16, 2025 | 26:2

Chad Prather steps in to honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, Chad captures the essence of Charlie's unwavering conviction and influence on a generation. With heartfelt tributes and a call to continue the fight for liberty, the show serves as a powerful reminder of the impact one man can have in shaping the future and standing up against societal challenges.

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Charlie Kirk Today | Chad Prather: September 16, 2025 | Charlie Kirk Today | September 16, 2025
  • Brought to you in part by the
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  • International fellowship of christians and jews.
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  • Hey, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the charlie
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  • Kirk show. my name is chad prather.
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  • I am the host of the chad prather show.
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  • And today i sit here in this position.
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  • A chair, if you will, that i never expected to sit in
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  • Is with a heart that's both heavy and grateful.
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  • Today it's heavy because we lost our friend.
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  • It's grateful because charlie kirk's life was not wasted.
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  • I think you all know that at this point.
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  • You know, charlie, he poured his life out.
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  • Let's be honest.
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  • He spent it.
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  • He lived it with purpose.
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  • And he's leaving behind a legacy
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  • That will not be erased.
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  • You know, charlie was not just a broadcaster.
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  • He wasn't just a podcaster. he wasn't just a speaker.
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  • He was not just
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  • A founder of one of the largest grassroot conservative
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  • Movements in the world.
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  • He was a voice of courage and a defender of freedom.
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  • He was a young man
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  • Who believed, deep down in his bones,
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  • That america was worth saving.
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  • And i agree with that.
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  • I'll never forget the way that charlie carried himself.
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  • You know, with all of the fame, for all of the crowds,
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  • For all of the headlines.
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  • Charlie was a humble guy.
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  • I got a story, actually,
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  • I want to share with you in just a few minutes
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  • About an interaction that i had with charlie years ago.
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  • That reminds me of that.
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  • You know, charlie was clear. he was steady.
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  • He was unafraid.
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  • He never did flinch. he didn't bow.
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  • He didn't water down the truth
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  • Just to make the world like him.
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  • And i like that about charlie.
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  • Charlie was a friend. and charlie understood
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  • Something that many never grasp.
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  • And that is the freedom is fragile, cultures fragile.
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  • The ideas, the ones that built this nation.
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  • They're not self-sustaining.
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  • They need defenders. they need champions.
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  • And charlie decided early on in life
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  • That he was going to be one of those champions.
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  • I don't think he intended to be, but he was built for it.
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  • I think god built him for it.
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  • You know, when he built turning point usa,
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  • He didn't build it as a monument to himself,
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  • But it was a movement for future generations.
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  • He rallied young people across this nation to stand up
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  • And to think critically,
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  • And to push back against the lies
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  • And the propaganda
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  • That saturate our schools and our media and our politics.
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  • Charlie knew that if we didn't fight, we were going to lose.
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  • And he wasn't willing to lose.
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  • And i believe that he's calling all of you, all of us
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  • To carry a torch.
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  • Now, i believe that
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  • Charlie's blood, quite honestly,
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  • Is going to call from the ground.
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  • The martyrdom is going to live for generations to come.
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  • And the truth is, my friends,
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  • To honor charlie kirk is not simply to mourn him.
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  • Although we do.
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  • To honor charlie is to pick up the torch
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  • He carried and keep walking forward.
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  • That's what he want us to do.
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  • He want us to do it in the name of christ,
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  • The the, the lord that he served.
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  • And i know that i've often told my audiences in recent days
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  • That that's what charlie
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  • Would want you to remember about him.
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  • Is that, first and
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  • Foremost, that his life meant something for eternity
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  • Because of his relationship with jesus.
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  • But his life also teaches us
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  • That one voice can spark a movement,
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  • That one young man from the suburbs of chicago
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  • Could take in,
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  • Take on entrenched powers and global ideologies
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  • And cultural corruption, that he could make a difference.
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  • And here's the thing.
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  • If he could do it, so can you. and i.
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  • That's the tribute.
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  • It's not just the tears.
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  • It's not just the words.
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  • It's not just the grief, but instead, what charlie
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  • Would want you to have is action and courage and resolve.
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  • You know, charlie used to say something
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  • That always stuck with me, and that is courage is contagious.
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  • It is actually communicable trait.
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  • And i think he was right.
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  • He was always courageous. and you could see that.
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  • You could feel it.
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  • When he spoke, people sat up a little bit straighter.
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  • They paid attention to a generation.
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  • The world paid attention.
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  • Charlie would remind us that truth still matters,
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  • That faith is still stronger than fear, that freedom
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  • Is still worth defending.
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  • So yes, today we grieve.
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  • Yes, today we feel the weight of loss.
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  • But tomorrow and the next day
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  • And the next we're going to fight on.
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  • We're going to stand up. we're going to keep speaking.
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  • We're going to keep building
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  • Because the enemies of truth, they don't rest.
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  • And so neither can we.
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  • The enemies of freedom will not stop, and neither will we,
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  • The enemies of god's order and the design that he created.
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  • They may rage and they plot, but they will not prevail.
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  • And if
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  • And if we
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  • Continue to carry the torch, they cannot prevail.
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  • Not if we refuse to be silent,
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  • Not if we take charlie's example
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  • And turn it into our marching orders.
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  • You know, i was thinking back about a moment
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  • That i had with charlie
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  • A number of years ago, and it stuck with me throughout
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  • The years that i've known him.
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  • It says everything about who he was.
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  • We were
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  • Speaking at an event together there in houston, texas,
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  • And charlie was back in the green room
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  • Before the event started.
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  • And now by that point,
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  • Charlie was already a pretty recognizable figure.
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  • His name carried a lot of weight.
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  • His voice was being heard across america.
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  • His influence was rising like a wave.
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  • But when he saw me walk in the door, when he saw me
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  • Come in the room, he didn't lean back and sort of
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  • Wait for me to come to him.
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  • Like a lot of people would do.
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  • But instead, charlie jumped up from his seat
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  • Like an old friend, and he saw me of the
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  • Like somebody had missed, and he ran across the room
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  • With just an eager lean in his in his posture,
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  • That big grin, and he stuck out his hand
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  • And he said, i'm charlie kirk.
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  • You know, i've been on your show before.
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  • I want you to think about that.
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  • He didn't he didn't lead with his status
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  • Or his reach or his reputation.
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  • He didn't assume that everyone was going to know who
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  • He was, though by the end, most
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  • Most of america certainly did.
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  • Instead, he introduced himself
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  • As if i were the important one, as if he needed to remind me
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  • Where our paths had crossed.
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  • That that to me, that's charlie
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  • Humble, even in the middle of his fame,
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  • Grounded even in the spotlight.
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  • And as it got hotter, i think he got even more humble.
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  • And i think that in that small gesture,
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  • In that quick moment of humility,
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  • You could see the core of the man that charlie was
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  • And what he was becoming.
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  • Charlie never forgot that he was just a servant of truth,
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  • That his mission was bigger than his name,
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  • That people mattered more than platform.
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  • He knew popularity would come and go,
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  • But integrity and kindness and humility
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  • Was going to speak louder and last longer.
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  • I will never forget that introduction,
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  • And not because i needed to be reminded of who charlie was,
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  • But because it reminded me
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  • Of what kind of man he chose to be.
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  • And i think he's implemented that in the lives of many,
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  • Many others in the days since and long before.
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  • The history books write about his impact
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  • And the history books.
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  • Trust me, my friends, they will write about
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  • The impact of charlie kirk
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  • Before the world
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  • Debates his words and his legacy.
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  • I'm always going to remember that handshake,
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  • And i'll remember the humility,
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  • And i'm going to remember
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  • The friend who,
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  • Even when the world already knew his name, took the time
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  • To simply say to me, charlie kirk,
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  • Folks, that's the kind of character america needs.
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  • That's the kind of leader charlie was,
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  • And that's the kind of memory
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  • That i'm going to carry with me.
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  • Folks, this is the charlie kirk show.
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  • And today i'm honored, humbled, and i'm sobered
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  • To sit in his place in his stead.
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  • Although you can't fill his shoes
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  • And you'll never be replaced.
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  • But let me let me tell you something.
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  • This, this microphone
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  • Is never going to go silent.
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  • His voice will never be crushed.
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  • The truth will not be buried, and the mission will not end.
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  • Charlie kirk live for something bigger than himself.
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  • And now it's our turn. it's our turn to live.
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  • Bold as he'd want us to turn our to our turn to live free.
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  • Our turn to carry the fight forward.
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  • So let's do it for charlie.
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  • Let's do it for the truth.
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  • And let's do it for america.
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  • We're going to take a quick break.
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  • We'll be right back with the charlie kirk show.
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  • In genesis
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  • 12 three, god made a powerful promise
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  • To abraham, the father of the jewish people.
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  • I will bless those who bless you.
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  • Hey, guys.
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  • Welcome back to the charlie kirk show.
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  • My name is chad prather.
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  • Filling in as nobody as possible.
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  • No one possibly can fill in for charlie kirk.
  • 00:09:21.051 --> 00:09:23.487
  • So i'm humbled and honored to be a part of this.
  • 00:09:23.487 --> 00:09:25.722
  • I am the regular host of the chad prather show.
  • 00:09:25.722 --> 00:09:27.858
  • Normally people see me with the cowboy hat on,
  • 00:09:27.858 --> 00:09:29.359
  • But as i said in the first segment, i'm
  • 00:09:29.359 --> 00:09:31.695
  • I'm hats off, for charlie, i really am.
  • 00:09:31.695 --> 00:09:34.631
  • And i want to bring on a guest here in a moment,
  • 00:09:34.631 --> 00:09:36.900
  • Somebody who also has shared some time with charlie and
  • 00:09:36.900 --> 00:09:39.603
  • Had a number of opportunities to to be with him, hear
  • 00:09:39.603 --> 00:09:41.838
  • What he had to say, and was influenced by him quite
  • 00:09:41.838 --> 00:09:44.074
  • Extensively, is a good friend of mine
  • 00:09:44.074 --> 00:09:45.909
  • And someone that you're probably familiar with.
  • 00:09:45.909 --> 00:09:47.778
  • She is the host of blaze tv's sarah gonzalez unfiltered.
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  • Welcome to the program, sarah gonzalez.
  • 00:09:52.182 --> 00:09:53.917
  • Sarah, how are you?
  • 00:09:53.917 --> 00:09:55.886
  • I think we're
  • 00:09:56.253 --> 00:09:57.888
  • All managing, aren't we, chad? i'm.
  • 00:09:57.888 --> 00:10:00.691
  • I've been better.
  • 00:10:00.691 --> 00:10:01.725
  • But we're, we're managing, we're processing, and,
  • 00:10:01.725 --> 00:10:05.362
  • Still grieving.
  • 00:10:05.362 --> 00:10:06.630
  • Honestly, the loss of is
  • 00:10:06.630 --> 00:10:07.998
  • It was really hard for me to just hear you say,
  • 00:10:07.998 --> 00:10:10.667
  • Welcome back to the charlie kirk show.
  • 00:10:10.667 --> 00:10:12.502
  • Like, i just, you know, when i.
  • 00:10:12.502 --> 00:10:15.439
  • When i woke up, the day after, the tragedy.
  • 00:10:15.439 --> 00:10:19.142
  • After the assassination, let's call it what it was,
  • 00:10:19.142 --> 00:10:21.678
  • There was a deep heaviness on me.
  • 00:10:21.678 --> 00:10:22.979
  • I woke up in a world of thinking.
  • 00:10:22.979 --> 00:10:25.816
  • We're in a world that charlie kirk is.
  • 00:10:25.816 --> 00:10:27.284
  • Is not.
  • 00:10:27.284 --> 00:10:28.318
  • And he's in another world. let's be very clear.
  • 00:10:28.318 --> 00:10:29.553
  • He would want you to know that, he welcomed eternity.
  • 00:10:29.553 --> 00:10:32.155
  • And i think eternity welcomed him.
  • 00:10:32.155 --> 00:10:34.291
  • Quite outspoken.
  • 00:10:34.291 --> 00:10:35.425
  • You've had charlie on your show
  • 00:10:35.425 --> 00:10:37.594
  • A number of times over the years.
  • 00:10:37.594 --> 00:10:39.096
  • Spent some time with him,
  • 00:10:39.096 --> 00:10:40.430
  • Had some lively debate, some back and forth,
  • 00:10:40.430 --> 00:10:42.966
  • Some discussions.
  • 00:10:42.966 --> 00:10:43.700
  • Charlie was a guy
  • 00:10:43.700 --> 00:10:44.768
  • Who was never one to shy away from what he was.
  • 00:10:44.768 --> 00:10:47.237
  • Was, figuring out.
  • 00:10:47.237 --> 00:10:50.307
  • I'll put it that way.
  • 00:10:50.307 --> 00:10:51.174
  • You know, we always look at charlie
  • 00:10:51.174 --> 00:10:52.075
  • As a guy who had it all together, but i.
  • 00:10:52.075 --> 00:10:54.377
  • You know, i know
  • 00:10:54.377 --> 00:10:55.612
  • What charlie was a learner, and that's why he was so great.
  • 00:10:55.612 --> 00:10:58.315
  • He was always trying to figure some things out.
  • 00:10:58.315 --> 00:11:00.050
  • Tell me about,
  • 00:11:00.050 --> 00:11:01.451
  • You know, getting to know charlie, having him on the show
  • 00:11:01.451 --> 00:11:03.553
  • And what you experienced through through,
  • 00:11:03.553 --> 00:11:05.789
  • Getting to know him over the years.
  • 00:11:05.789 --> 00:11:07.724
  • Yeah.
  • 00:11:07.724 --> 00:11:08.892
  • I mean, you know, we had him on the show several times.
  • 00:11:08.892 --> 00:11:11.261
  • He we i spoke at his events.
  • 00:11:11.261 --> 00:11:15.232
  • He also invited a lot of us
  • 00:11:15.232 --> 00:11:18.602
  • To a turning point influencer retreat
  • 00:11:18.602 --> 00:11:20.737
  • Where we spent a lot of time with him.
  • 00:11:20.737 --> 00:11:22.339
  • I spent, a lot of time with charlie, just, you
  • 00:11:22.339 --> 00:11:25.142
  • Know, talking about, the world and conservatism.
  • 00:11:25.142 --> 00:11:28.378
  • And if there was one thing that was immediately
  • 00:11:28.378 --> 00:11:30.380
  • Clear about charlie, from whether you spent
  • 00:11:30.380 --> 00:11:33.250
  • Five seconds with him or five days with him
  • 00:11:33.250 --> 00:11:37.120
  • Or five years with him, was that he was a genuine guy.
  • 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:41.858
  • He came from a place of conviction.
  • 00:11:41.858 --> 00:11:44.161
  • He, was very, very convicted about his faith,
  • 00:11:44.161 --> 00:11:47.664
  • And he was very convicted about changing the country and,
  • 00:11:47.664 --> 00:11:51.802
  • You know,
  • 00:11:51.802 --> 00:11:53.003
  • Making us all return to what our founding fathers intended.
  • 00:11:53.003 --> 00:11:56.206
  • This country to be.
  • 00:11:56.206 --> 00:11:57.107
  • It was very, very immediately clear.
  • 00:11:57.107 --> 00:11:58.708
  • This is not like this is not a grift for charlie kirk.
  • 00:11:58.708 --> 00:12:01.378
  • This was how he truly felt.
  • 00:12:01.378 --> 00:12:03.346
  • And, it was always a joy to be around him.
  • 00:12:03.346 --> 00:12:07.217
  • I was always inspired every time i was around him.
  • 00:12:07.217 --> 00:12:09.920
  • You know, whether it be on his show
  • 00:12:09.920 --> 00:12:12.389
  • Or my show, it just it was a true joy
  • 00:12:12.389 --> 00:12:15.258
  • Getting to, to hear charlie,
  • 00:12:15.258 --> 00:12:17.527
  • Because you knew that it was coming from the heart,
  • 00:12:17.527 --> 00:12:19.429
  • And you knew that he really felt it, and he felt it deeply.
  • 00:12:19.429 --> 00:12:22.032
  • And he lived that
  • 00:12:22.032 --> 00:12:22.899
  • Conviction out until a murderer decided
  • 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:26.570
  • That, he could no longer live that out.
  • 00:12:26.570 --> 00:12:29.306
  • You know, charlie was interesting.
  • 00:12:29.306 --> 00:12:31.508
  • He was. he was a serious guy. he was a fun guy.
  • 00:12:31.508 --> 00:12:33.510
  • But he was a serious guy.
  • 00:12:33.510 --> 00:12:34.711
  • And i remember when i wrote my book back in 2020, am i crazy?
  • 00:12:34.711 --> 00:12:39.082
  • The answer to that is yes.
  • 00:12:39.082 --> 00:12:40.684
  • And i reached out to chuck, reached out to charlie,
  • 00:12:40.684 --> 00:12:43.420
  • And i said, would you would you endorse this book?
  • 00:12:43.420 --> 00:12:45.689
  • And, he said, what have you gotten me in to
  • 00:12:45.689 --> 00:12:49.159
  • Have that?
  • 00:12:49.459 --> 00:12:50.327
  • I said, take a look at it and see it.
  • 00:12:50.327 --> 00:12:52.028
  • He wholeheartedly endorsed the book,
  • 00:12:52.028 --> 00:12:53.830
  • And i was very grateful and thankful for him to do that.
  • 00:12:53.830 --> 00:12:56.066
  • He was just that kind of guy.
  • 00:12:56.066 --> 00:12:57.601
  • Sarah, you, are very familiar to a lot of people,
  • 00:12:57.601 --> 00:13:02.172
  • Whether they realize it or not, because a lot of the,
  • 00:13:02.172 --> 00:13:04.674
  • The footage that's been captured over the years,
  • 00:13:04.674 --> 00:13:07.177
  • Whether it's drag queen story hours
  • 00:13:07.177 --> 00:13:08.879
  • Or the events where children have been exposed to,
  • 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:12.682
  • Living pornography in these events, you've been
  • 00:13:12.682 --> 00:13:15.652
  • The person who's infiltrated a lot of those events.
  • 00:13:15.652 --> 00:13:17.654
  • You've captured it.
  • 00:13:17.654 --> 00:13:18.889
  • You've literally put your life on the line quite extensively
  • 00:13:18.889 --> 00:13:21.625
  • By disrupting a lot of things.
  • 00:13:21.625 --> 00:13:23.059
  • More recently, you disrupted a jasmine crockett,
  • 00:13:23.059 --> 00:13:27.163
  • Speech there in dallas, texas.
  • 00:13:27.163 --> 00:13:29.733
  • And, you're a bold person.
  • 00:13:29.733 --> 00:13:31.801
  • I'll put it that way.
  • 00:13:31.801 --> 00:13:32.669
  • I've often said you
  • 00:13:32.669 --> 00:13:33.870
  • Not only are bold, but you have a grace about you
  • 00:13:33.870 --> 00:13:36.640
  • That can get away with doing certain things
  • 00:13:36.640 --> 00:13:38.174
  • That i would probably go to jail for.
  • 00:13:38.174 --> 00:13:40.176
  • You you got kicked out of a
  • 00:13:40.777 --> 00:13:42.512
  • Beta o'rourke, event which wound up in a lawsuit.
  • 00:13:42.512 --> 00:13:46.182
  • All these crazy things
  • 00:13:46.182 --> 00:13:47.484
  • I know in this industry, we try to do a lot of things
  • 00:13:47.484 --> 00:13:49.886
  • To become not only,
  • 00:13:49.886 --> 00:13:51.254
  • You know, keep a relevance or punch through the smoke.
  • 00:13:51.254 --> 00:13:53.456
  • Charlie never did that.
  • 00:13:53.456 --> 00:13:54.658
  • Charlie did it in
  • 00:13:54.658 --> 00:13:55.659
  • Such a way that it was, it was a a dialectic.
  • 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:59.362
  • It wasn't involved debate and discussion.
  • 00:13:59.362 --> 00:14:01.998
  • Did watching him over the years and those that he influenced
  • 00:14:01.998 --> 00:14:05.835
  • Because let's face it,
  • 00:14:05.835 --> 00:14:06.970
  • In a,
  • 00:14:06.970 --> 00:14:08.071
  • In a young life, at 31 years, he influenced a lot of
  • 00:14:08.071 --> 00:14:10.407
  • Us, right.
  • 00:14:10.407 --> 00:14:11.474
  • He way beyond his years.
  • 00:14:11.474 --> 00:14:14.377
  • Was that an influence to you to say,
  • 00:14:14.377 --> 00:14:16.046
  • You know, i'm going to have that boldness
  • 00:14:16.046 --> 00:14:17.380
  • To kind of step out in and do these things and quite
  • 00:14:17.380 --> 00:14:20.750
  • Literally risk a lot in order to do that 100%.
  • 00:14:20.750 --> 00:14:23.987
  • Absolutely.
  • 00:14:23.987 --> 00:14:24.854
  • I mean, i, i started in this space.
  • 00:14:24.854 --> 00:14:27.223
  • One of the first things that i did
  • 00:14:27.223 --> 00:14:28.792
  • Was become a turning point usa ambassador.
  • 00:14:28.792 --> 00:14:31.728
  • And, you know, i followed everything that charlie did.
  • 00:14:31.728 --> 00:14:34.264
  • And i loved what he stood for.
  • 00:14:34.264 --> 00:14:35.565
  • And i loved his boldness and his conviction.
  • 00:14:35.565 --> 00:14:37.634
  • And i knew one thing was for certain
  • 00:14:37.634 --> 00:14:39.202
  • He couldn't do it alone.
  • 00:14:39.202 --> 00:14:40.704
  • And so that was the thing, was that there were all of us.
  • 00:14:40.704 --> 00:14:43.139
  • I mean, there were so many ambassadors
  • 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.674
  • And so many people that turning point worked with
  • 00:14:44.674 --> 00:14:46.443
  • And so many high schoolers, college students,
  • 00:14:46.443 --> 00:14:49.112
  • I mean, you name it, there were just so many people,
  • 00:14:49.112 --> 00:14:51.348
  • Including myself, who were just influenced
  • 00:14:51.348 --> 00:14:53.283
  • By his boldness and his courage and his conviction.
  • 00:14:53.283 --> 00:14:56.619
  • And, you know, it's like you, you listen to this
  • 00:14:56.619 --> 00:15:00.223
  • And then you have children
  • 00:15:00.223 --> 00:15:01.257
  • And you have skin in the game and you're like,
  • 00:15:01.257 --> 00:15:02.859
  • We've got to all band together and save the country.
  • 00:15:02.859 --> 00:15:05.862
  • And, charlie was 100% an inspiration
  • 00:15:05.862 --> 00:15:09.165
  • For for what i do now, for what i do every single day
  • 00:15:09.165 --> 00:15:12.168
  • And for the, you know, the boldness
  • 00:15:12.168 --> 00:15:14.671
  • That i try to show and, going into the lion's den
  • 00:15:14.671 --> 00:15:18.408
  • And, getting this footage and exposing it
  • 00:15:18.408 --> 00:15:20.910
  • And putting it out to the masses.
  • 00:15:20.910 --> 00:15:22.379
  • I mean, it's it's all been, you know,
  • 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:24.581
  • Because of people like charlie and charlie himself
  • 00:15:24.581 --> 00:15:27.650
  • That we all do this right?
  • 00:15:27.650 --> 00:15:29.619
  • Sarah gonzalez
  • 00:15:29.619 --> 00:15:30.720
  • Is the host of sarah gonzalez unfiltered on blaze.
  • 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.023
  • I want you just to take 30s. sarah, tell me.
  • 00:15:33.023 --> 00:15:35.392
  • Tell me what that legacy of charlie kirk means to you.
  • 00:15:35.392 --> 00:15:37.627
  • The legacy of charlie kirk means that we have now
  • 00:15:38.661 --> 00:15:41.197
  • An entire young generation of, young men, but women, too,
  • 00:15:41.197 --> 00:15:45.869
  • Who have learned to love this country,
  • 00:15:45.869 --> 00:15:47.704
  • Who have learned about our founding principles,
  • 00:15:47.704 --> 00:15:49.939
  • Who have learned to be bold and stand up in the face of a,
  • 00:15:49.939 --> 00:15:53.243
  • You know, college
  • 00:15:53.243 --> 00:15:54.377
  • Professor or a school teacher or whoever it may be.
  • 00:15:54.377 --> 00:15:57.480
  • They're their peers
  • 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.715
  • Who are talking about,
  • 00:15:58.715 --> 00:16:00.183
  • You know, disgusting ideas that can tear this country down.
  • 00:16:00.183 --> 00:16:03.053
  • I mean, we are we have an entire generation
  • 00:16:03.053 --> 00:16:05.522
  • Of proud, patriotic americans because of charlie kirk.
  • 00:16:05.522 --> 00:16:08.992
  • And they then will teach their children that as well.
  • 00:16:08.992 --> 00:16:11.227
  • And it's just going to continue to, to, to carry on.
  • 00:16:11.227 --> 00:16:13.963
  • I mean, charlie kirk was a true patriot,
  • 00:16:13.963 --> 00:16:16.199
  • And as they called him, a happy warrior, he was exactly that.
  • 00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:19.269
  • And that's what he has created in the younger generation.
  • 00:16:19.269 --> 00:16:21.838
  • And that's what it will be remembered by.
  • 00:16:21.838 --> 00:16:23.206
  • Sarah gonzalez, follow her on social media at.
  • 00:16:23.206 --> 00:16:25.442
  • Sarah gonzalez starts with an s t at sarah gonzalez
  • 00:16:25.442 --> 00:16:29.813
  • On socials and check out her show
  • 00:16:29.813 --> 00:16:31.381
  • Not only sarah gonzalez unfiltered,
  • 00:16:31.381 --> 00:16:33.149
  • But also come and take it.
  • 00:16:33.149 --> 00:16:34.651
  • So you're running your mouth quite a lot, sarah.
  • 00:16:34.651 --> 00:16:37.220
  • You're good at it.
  • 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.188
  • You're one of the best and you're my friend.
  • 00:16:38.188 --> 00:16:39.289
  • Thank you for joining us.
  • 00:16:39.289 --> 00:16:40.757
  • God bless you, girl.
  • 00:16:40.757 --> 00:16:41.925
  • Sarah, now,
  • 00:16:41.925 --> 00:16:43.093
  • I've shared a lot of, a lot of tears over the years,
  • 00:16:43.093 --> 00:16:45.595
  • But a lot into the last days, particularly.
  • 00:16:45.595 --> 00:16:48.431
  • My name is chad prather.
  • 00:16:48.431 --> 00:16:49.866
  • Filling in for charlie kirk for the charlie kirk show.
  • 00:16:49.866 --> 00:16:52.735
  • Hold tight. we got more to say.
  • 00:16:52.735 --> 00:16:54.337
  • We'll be right back.
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  • Hey, guys.
  • 00:18:38.009 --> 00:18:38.910
  • Welcome back to the charlie kirk show.
  • 00:18:38.910 --> 00:18:39.945
  • My name is chad prather, filling in for charlie.
  • 00:18:39.945 --> 00:18:41.646
  • You know what, charlie
  • 00:18:41.646 --> 00:18:43.381
  • I think would have wanted me to do is how he knew me.
  • 00:18:43.381 --> 00:18:45.183
  • He'd want me to put this cowboy hat back on.
  • 00:18:45.183 --> 00:18:47.552
  • I've been talking under this hat
  • 00:18:47.552 --> 00:18:48.787
  • For a lot of years, and this is,
  • 00:18:48.787 --> 00:18:51.690
  • Charlie always kind of gave me a hard time about that.
  • 00:18:51.690 --> 00:18:53.325
  • He's. it looks good on you. you need.
  • 00:18:53.325 --> 00:18:54.559
  • I said, charlie, you need to get a hat.
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  • You need to get a cowboy hat, you know, and,
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  • And, i'll tell you, man, he was a blessing in my life.
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  • But, you know, as i've been considering the things that
  • 00:19:03.268 --> 00:19:05.837
  • That has happened
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  • And transpired in recent days, the grief, the tragedy,
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  • You know, something i've noticed
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  • Is there's people out there who can't defend their ideas.
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  • They can't do it with reason.
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  • They can't do it,
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  • And then definitely can't stay on reason for long.
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  • They kind of start with a smirk and a condescending smile,
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  • And then they slot in a name calling and then on the labels.
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  • And when that still doesn't
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  • Silence you,
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  • They're going to start swinging fists
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  • Or they're going to burn the buildings.
  • 00:19:30.762 --> 00:19:32.597
  • See, that's the ladder
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  • Of intellectual de-escalation to bankruptcy.
  • 00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:38.270
  • See the rage you see on the streets
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  • Or in the comment section.
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  • It's not confidence.
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  • They don't have any. it's panic.
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  • The reason they came after charlie
  • 00:19:45.243 --> 00:19:47.912
  • Is because he made them panic.
  • 00:19:47.912 --> 00:19:49.514
  • He made a difference and they were afraid of that.
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  • If you really believed your foundation was unshakable,
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  • You would not fear the question from the back row.
  • 00:19:55.787 --> 00:19:58.323
  • Rage is the confession that your worldview
  • 00:19:58.323 --> 00:20:00.525
  • Can't pass an open book test.
  • 00:20:00.525 --> 00:20:02.160
  • So what do we do? what do we do?
  • 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:04.963
  • What would charlie have us do?
  • 00:20:05.563 --> 00:20:06.631
  • I think he'd have us refuse the label.
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  • We keep our heads.
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  • We don't return insult for insult.
  • 00:20:09.834 --> 00:20:12.003
  • We speak calmly, clearly, consistently.
  • 00:20:12.003 --> 00:20:14.973
  • Truth doesn't need a mob.
  • 00:20:15.540 --> 00:20:16.741
  • It just needs a mouth.
  • 00:20:16.741 --> 00:20:17.842
  • And when they call your names, keep your name clean.
  • 00:20:17.842 --> 00:20:20.512
  • And when they throw stones, i want you to stay planted.
  • 00:20:20.512 --> 00:20:23.014
  • When they slam the door. speak from the street.
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  • We don't need permission to tell the truth.
  • 00:20:25.550 --> 00:20:28.420
  • Violence is not speech.
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  • It's a confession of defeat.
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  • You know,
  • 00:20:31.823 --> 00:20:32.524
  • You don't get to punch somebody
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  • Just because your feelings loss to their facts.
  • 00:20:33.625 --> 00:20:35.827
  • You don't get to burn a city
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  • Because your plan couldn't balance a budget.
  • 00:20:36.961 --> 00:20:39.464
  • Freedom means we argue in the open.
  • 00:20:39.464 --> 00:20:42.233
  • That's what america was built on.
  • 00:20:42.934 --> 00:20:44.235
  • Without that, we all, all we have left
  • 00:20:44.235 --> 00:20:46.371
  • Is theater in mobs.
  • 00:20:46.371 --> 00:20:48.640
  • But folks, here's the hope.
  • 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.475
  • History
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  • Resides with the debater, not with the brawler.
  • 00:20:51.776 --> 00:20:54.012
  • Every empire that outlawed questions,
  • 00:20:54.012 --> 00:20:56.948
  • They outlaw discovery.
  • 00:20:56.948 --> 00:20:58.516
  • Every movement that banned dissent
  • 00:20:58.516 --> 00:21:00.652
  • Killed its own progress.
  • 00:21:00.652 --> 00:21:01.953
  • Free speech doesn't just project and protect politics,
  • 00:21:01.953 --> 00:21:05.023
  • It protects progress, true progress, invention, art,
  • 00:21:05.023 --> 00:21:08.660
  • Architecture, even your children's future.
  • 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:11.930
  • So when they sneer, when they label, when they try
  • 00:21:11.930 --> 00:21:13.798
  • To cut out your tongue, don't quit.
  • 00:21:13.798 --> 00:21:17.569
  • That's your sign that you're over the target.
  • 00:21:17.569 --> 00:21:19.471
  • When they call your name. stay steady.
  • 00:21:19.471 --> 00:21:21.039
  • When they threaten you. stay brave.
  • 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.607
  • The goal is not to win a shouting match.
  • 00:21:22.607 --> 00:21:24.476
  • The goal is to win a generation.
  • 00:21:24.476 --> 00:21:26.378
  • And that's something charlie kirk understood.
  • 00:21:26.378 --> 00:21:28.446
  • So remember this vow we're not going to hate.
  • 00:21:28.446 --> 00:21:31.649
  • It feels like maybe we should at some times.
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  • I understand righteous indignation,
  • 00:21:33.618 --> 00:21:35.286
  • But that's very different from hate.
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  • We're not going to hit first.
  • 00:21:37.021 --> 00:21:38.456
  • We're not going to bow to the labels.
  • 00:21:38.456 --> 00:21:40.091
  • We're not going to let fear script our lives.
  • 00:21:40.091 --> 00:21:42.360
  • We will debate.
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  • We will keep up this legacy.
  • 00:21:43.261 --> 00:21:44.863
  • We will reason and we will persuade
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  • And we will outlast
  • 00:21:46.664 --> 00:21:48.199
  • Because their violence does not prove our guilt.
  • 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:51.603
  • It proves their loss.
  • 00:21:51.603 --> 00:21:54.506
  • Throughout human history, what we've realized
  • 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.275
  • Is that the light, particularly the light of jesus christ
  • 00:21:57.275 --> 00:21:59.778
  • And the light of truth, it's not leaving.
  • 00:21:59.778 --> 00:22:01.546
  • The truth is not tired. it's not worn out.
  • 00:22:01.546 --> 00:22:03.748
  • Our words are not weapons, but they're
  • 00:22:03.748 --> 00:22:06.017
  • Stronger than theirs because they are true,
  • 00:22:06.017 --> 00:22:09.053
  • Because they're free, because they're alive.
  • 00:22:09.053 --> 00:22:11.456
  • So we choose courage over contempt.
  • 00:22:11.456 --> 00:22:13.057
  • We choose debate over destruction.
  • 00:22:13.057 --> 00:22:14.659
  • We choose to keep speaking
  • 00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:16.161
  • Until the labels peel off and the rage burns out.
  • 00:22:16.161 --> 00:22:19.364
  • That's how free people live.
  • 00:22:19.964 --> 00:22:21.633
  • That is how free people win.
  • 00:22:21.633 --> 00:22:24.903
  • And see, charlie understood that they hated him for it,
  • 00:22:24.903 --> 00:22:28.006
  • And they hate you for it.
  • 00:22:28.006 --> 00:22:28.907
  • They hate all of us because of that.
  • 00:22:28.907 --> 00:22:32.510
  • But dear friends, that's the testimony of history,
  • 00:22:32.510 --> 00:22:34.479
  • Not the revisionist books.
  • 00:22:34.479 --> 00:22:36.214
  • No, that's true history.
  • 00:22:36.214 --> 00:22:37.282
  • That's how freedom wins.
  • 00:22:37.282 --> 00:22:38.416
  • That's how liberty lives.
  • 00:22:38.416 --> 00:22:40.285
  • When we understand that, it's with our words and our critical
  • 00:22:40.285 --> 00:22:43.388
  • Thinking and even common sense, and the facts
  • 00:22:43.388 --> 00:22:45.990
  • And the truth that went out of our feelings
  • 00:22:45.990 --> 00:22:47.592
  • And even our vibes, folks, that's how we live free.
  • 00:22:47.592 --> 00:22:50.395
  • God bless you.
  • 00:22:50.728 --> 00:22:51.362
  • God bless this country.
  • 00:22:51.362 --> 00:22:52.530
  • God bless
  • 00:22:52.530 --> 00:22:53.765
  • The country that charlie kirk fought to keep and remember.
  • 00:22:53.765 --> 00:22:57.101
  • And we're going to carry that torch forward.
  • 00:22:57.101 --> 00:22:59.137
  • So for the charlie kirk show, my name is chad prather.
  • 00:22:59.137 --> 00:23:01.873
  • I would love it if you joined me on the chad
  • 00:23:01.873 --> 00:23:03.408
  • Prather show from time to time.
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  • Grab a copy of my book.
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  • I wrote it about grief, about loss, and about tragedy.
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  • It's called born for meaning.
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  • You can get an abortion for meaning.com.
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  • I'd love for you to pick up a copy.
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  • It may help you in these days of loss
  • 00:23:13.351 --> 00:23:14.853
  • While you're trying to figure things out.
  • 00:23:14.853 --> 00:23:16.621
  • Because truly, we are all born for meaning.
  • 00:23:16.621 --> 00:23:19.157
  • So for charlie kirk and the charlie kirk show
  • 00:23:19.157 --> 00:23:21.025
  • And his production team,
  • 00:23:21.025 --> 00:23:22.126
  • Thank you so much for letting me to sit in this seat,
  • 00:23:22.126 --> 00:23:24.662
  • Allowing me to sit in this seat.
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  • I'm very humbled by it.
  • 00:23:26.564 --> 00:23:28.032
  • Again, my name is chad prather.
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  • Hopefully we get an opportunity to talk to you next time.
  • 00:23:30.001 --> 00:23:32.370
  • Until then, may god bless you and may god bless charlie kirk.
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  • Forgotten jews.
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  • Scripture says joy can come in the morning.
  • 00:23:49.787 --> 00:23:52.657
  • And you can be the reason.
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