In this episode, Mike Gallagher broadcasts live from the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, as he delves into the contentious topic surrounding ICE agents and their portrayal by left-leaning politicians and media. With thousands of conservative young activists gathered in the heart of Tampa Bay, Gallagher asks probing questions about the future of law enforcement and political narratives. Featuring sound bites from Jesse Waters and discussions about the potential loss of ICE officers, this episode offers a critical eye on current events and their long-term ramifications.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior, Mike Gallagher, broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide and seen on your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel. Now at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, here’s Mike.
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Indeed we are. Welcome to Tampa Bay. What’s going to happen to the Democrats’ tone about ICE agents if and when that dreadful day comes when an ICE officer is actually killed? That’s a question I can’t get out of my head. I’m going to ask a lot of people here at the Turning Point USA Action Summit. We’re in the Tampa Convention Center, Meteoro, kind of the heartbeat right now of the young conservative movement in America. Thousands of young people from all over the world are converging upon Tampa Bay this weekend to take part in Charlie Kirk’s massive party. This is an incredible movement. that Charlie has launched years ago out of his parents’ garage in Chicago when he was a young kid. And we are honored to be a part of it all here at this Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If you haven’t been following the news, you may not be aware that yesterday, a pretty simple thing happened. Violent Mexican nationalists and open border extremists attacked and shot at federal law enforcement officers in Camarillo, California. These officers were conducting a raid on a drug farm that uses migrant child labor. Democrats turned it into a narrative that vicious, evil, Nazi ICE agents swooped in on poor migrants who were plucking strawberries from the field and tear gassed them. That’s the narrative Gavin Newsom wants people to believe. That’s the story, the lie that Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, wants you to accept. And that isn’t what happened. Let me repeat what happened. Violent Mexican nationalists and open border extremists attacked and shot at federal officers conducting a raid on a drug farm that uses migrant child labor. This is a marijuana farm. This is a cannabis farm. With migrant child labor, illegals and ICE officers were attacked by violent, violent agitators. My question is simple. What’s going to happen? What are the Democrats like Gavin Newsom going to say when an ICE officer is killed? Here was Jesse Waters last night on Fox News saying, you know what ICE has to do right now? Instead of backing down to these violent extremists, ICE has to go harder. ICE has to double down. And in fact, we need to bring in the Marines. They showed protesters being shoved by ICE agents.
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But isn’t the aggression, the attacks on ICE? ICE has to go harder, Emily. I’m not advocating for police brutality, but you can’t have a tug of war with a bicycle against Trantifa. It makes ICE look weak and it makes Trantifa look strong. The minute they start resisting and obstructing, you have to arrest these people. You have to put them… Like this, hands behind the back, headlock, knee to the back, get him down on the ground and get him the heck out of there. These little standoffs, these little skirmishes only empower Trantifa. It’s like being in a ring with Tyson, right? You survive one round. All right. You survive two rounds. You start getting your confidence up. You cannot let these guys get confidence. I saw the other day video of two ICE agents going after one migrant. And the migrant did the drunk dead body, where, you know, you go limp. And it’s impossible for a grown man to be pulled out, even by two grown men, when you go limp. And so he’s surrounded by other guys filming him. And then one guy has to leave dragging the migrant, and he has to address the guy filming. They need backup. I don’t know if it’s the Marines. I don’t know if it’s locals, marshals, whoever they need to get. The BBB, Big Beautiful Bill, I think doubles or almost triples these agents’ manpower, and this cannot come soon enough.
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Send in the Marines, four words that the left despises, four words that strikes terror into the heart of every Antifa creep. In America. But that’s what our law enforcement community needs right now. And I’m going to ask you again a direct question. I want to ask the folks that we’re going to interview. R. Willie Nelson from Salem News Channel talked to a lot of the arriving convention goers here at the Student Action Summit. We’ll play that for you here in just a couple of moments. In fact, he caught up with the wild and crazy Alex Stein. And I saw the look on Willie’s face as he’s interviewing Alex Stein. And I’m thinking, I think Willie knows who he is. Because he is a piece of work, this Alex Stein. And he goes into his thing about the big-bootied Latinas and everything. It’s hysterical. So you’re not going to want to miss our Salem News Channel’s Willie Nelson and his conversation with the hysterical Alex Stein. We’ve got that coming up in a few minutes. But we’re going to talk to Dr. Ben Carson. We’re going to talk to Jack Posobiec. We hope to talk to Charlie himself. With some of the guests we’re going to have, I’m going to ask them what I’m about to ask you. Because I really want to know. Will Democrats like Gavin Newsom and all the rest of them who are smearing law enforcement officers from ICE, are they going to change their tune if and when an ICE officer is killed by one of these violent, awful maniacs? And let’s start there here at the Turning Point Convention. 800-655-MIKE. It’s a simple question. Yesterday, Gavin Newsom, and I’ll play it for you, Gavin Newsom ranting and raving about these evil ICE agents plucking migrants from the fields. It’s a lie. It’s a diabolical lie. So I’m going to ask you to answer my question here in the Relief Factor studios on the road in Tampa. Will Democrats back down if and when that awful day finally arrives when an ICE officer is killed or a Border Patrol agent is killed? Will they change or will they double down? What do you think will happen? 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Call or text us on the MyPillow text line. I am tired of watching law enforcement get kicked to the curb like this. ICE is law enforcement. ICE is a sheriff’s deputy from Spartanburg, South Carolina. ICE is a detective from Tampa, Florida. ICE is a jail warden from California. ICE is law enforcement. This isn’t some mysterious, devious Gestapo, the way the Democrats are portraying this. They’re cops. They’re law enforcement. And if and when one or more of them get killed by these lunatics, will the Democrats change their tune? Yes or no? Simple question. I hope you join us. I want to put your voice front and center here on the Mike Gallagher Show. 800-655-MIKE. 800-655-6453. PhD weight loss has changed my life. And I’ve got a little secret for you. You know Big Pharma and semaglutide and the shots in the belly. You’ve seen the story recently about the study that shows that a lot of people that are getting this are going blind. You don’t want to do this. You want a program to lose weight that’s centered around science and nutrition. A proven roadmap that has helped over 8,000 clients lose weight and keep it off. Like me. I lost 53 pounds a few years ago and I’ve kept it off. I know what to eat and when. I know how to quiet any of the cravings I might get and finally release that unhealthy belly fat that I carried along for so long. Make the phone call that can change your life in the way it changed mine. It’s called PhD Weight Loss. PhD Weight Loss, Dr. Ashley Lucas’ program is brilliant. And how do I know? Well, 53 pounds later, here I am. 864-644-1900 is their number. Call and schedule your consultation. You can do this program from anywhere in America. Call 864-644-1900, 864-644-1900, or visit MyPhDWeightLoss.com.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior. Mike Gallagher. Broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide. And seen on your trusted conservative TV network. Salem News Channel. Now at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida. Here’s Mike.
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It’s fun to go where warriors are trying to make a difference for this great country of ours. And I don’t know that there’s any organization… better equipped to do that than Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. And today it’s the Student Action Summit where thousands and thousands of young people from all over the country are gathering at the Tampa Convention Center. To fight the good fight. And it’s just fun to sort of soak up the atmosphere. And it’s a joy to run into people who I have admired for many, many years. And I’ve been thinking a lot about the upstate of South Carolina because it’s where I first met Dr. Ben Carson in person. And I have a dear friend. He and his wife had a son, a very precocious young man, who sadly lost his life to a fentanyl overdose. As a little boy, he loved Ben Carson. And I’ve been thinking about that family a lot today when I realized that I could visit with the one and only Ben Carson. Of course, kind of a wunderkind. He became the youngest director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a role that he held for nearly 30 years. Co-founded the Carson Scholars Fund with his wife, Candy, who’s also with us today. He’s authored a number of books. Ran for president, of course, and a whole lot of people think we would be a lot better. We would be in good shape under President Ben Carson instead of, oh, I don’t know, Hillary or Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. and he served, of course, as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Trump. Dr. Carson, it’s a great joy to see you here in person.
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It’s always good to be with you.
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It was a number of years ago when I saw you in the hallways in Greenville, South Carolina. You were there for an event, and it’s an area that I know you know and love as well as me. Let’s talk about the condition of America right now, because you and I on the break before we started this segment together were talking about how crazy things have gotten, and yet things that are supposed to happen… Can you talk a little bit about that, Dr. Carson?
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Well, think about the fact that we’re a year out from potentially losing our president.
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Correct.
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And can you imagine what would have happened had that been successful? I don’t like to think about it. It’s incredible. or even if the election had gone in the other direction. And what I see happening right now, particularly young men, are starting to gravitate back toward common sense and toward conservatism because the two things go hand in hand. And I think a lot of people have seen the direction that their country was going in, and they recognize that it was not going to lead to a good thing.
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I think about your voice a lot. You’re obviously sort of a soft-spoken man. You’re one of those, you speak softly and you carry a very impressive stick. I am overwhelmed as a talk show host, and I’m not nearly as accomplished or as important as you, but as a big mouth talk show host, I think about the wickedness that we’re seeing everywhere. This good versus evil dynamic is being played out in the streets of America as we speak.
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There’s no question about it. When you look at things like having no borders, attacking children, who have incompletely developed brains, who are curious and very impressionable, and kind of confuse them about their gender, when you should be teaching them about our history, our wonderful history, about math and science, about things that make sense. And as a result of that, you’re getting people who are less educated. And what does Marxism do? Marxism feeds on people who are not well-educated so they can be easily fooled. And you see that happening in our school systems right now. And it was Lenin who said, give me your children to teach for four years and the seed that I sow will never be uprooted. That’s why they’re so anxious to get in our schools early on and to inflict our children with these alien concepts.
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I have a love-hate relationship with New York City. As a young man growing up in Ohio, I dreamed of living and working in New York for a broadcaster. That’s the holy grail. You know, you make it to New York. And I got there to WABC, and I did mornings, and I got to experience it. I love the city. I love the vibe. And yet I also hate what New York has become in many places dangerous. dirty, run down, and now they are on the precipice, Dr. Carson, of potentially electing a full-fledged Marxist, proud, self-described socialist, and I would argue communist, to be the next mayor. Does that bode terribly for the nation, or is that only a New York City problem today?
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Well, you know, I like to look at the positive side. If he gets elected, it’s going to be so clear to everybody that that is the wrong direction, that there’ll be a dramatic turnaround.
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You think there’ll be a bounce back from the shock of it?
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I think there will be. Most people don’t realize what socialism and Marxism is. And when you talk to them about it, it’s very clear that they don’t know anything about history.
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The late, great Rush Limbaugh used to say, it’s hard to beat Santa Claus. Free stuff, you know. I’m going to give you free stuff. And that’s a tough message to counter.
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And the whole class warfare thing, this is what they thrive on, and victimization. If you believe you’re a victim, you are a victim. But this is America. This is a place where the can-do attitude prevails. And if you’re willing to work for it, that’s the key thing. I was talking to somebody from Ethiopia the other day, and I said, why is it that all the Ethiopians that I see in this country are doing so well? And she said, because we come over here and we see nothing but opportunities.
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Right. I love that. Dr. Ben Carson is with us. Our booth here on Media Row at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay. And Dr. Carson, let’s face it, there’s nothing but optimism in this hall. These are young people who are wide-eyed and exuberant and excited about taking our country back. They want to do good for the country. It’s hard to get down and negative when you’re in an atmosphere like this one.
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And I’ve been going around to a lot of the universities, and the number of students who are coming out is impressive. And they wear their mega hats, and they wear their American flags. You used not to see that. They would be hiding in the corner somewhere.
SPEAKER 06 :
You couldn’t be seen. You had to stay hidden. But, Dr. Carson, I mentioned you were the youngest director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. You’re 33 years old. I’ve got socks older than 33, right? Charlie Kirk is a young man. And I often think about, and every time I see him, I say, is this going to your head? Because think about what he’s accomplished.
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Absolutely.
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Out of his parents’ garage in Chicago when he was a kid, He developed Turning Point USA. Now, I know you’re a big part of Turning Point. Even the legacy media suggests that Charlie is a big part of the reason that Donald Trump got reelected.
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No question about it. And what is it that stands out about him? He didn’t go to college. Yeah. He didn’t get indoctrinated. And yet he is as well educated as anybody you can find from Oxford or Cambridge or Yale or Harvard. That’s right. That’s true.
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And he’s written a book about the indoctrination of college campuses and what these professors are doing.
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That’s exactly right. So I think there’s a lot of hope when we see young people like that. And think about our founding of our country. Those were young guys. They were in their 20s and their 30s. That’s right. Think about Jesus Christ. He was 33 when he got crucified and changed the world.
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Amen. And we think about giving up on young people because we think they’re all… pro-Hamas, you know, pro-Antifa, violent young people. It’s not true. It just isn’t true. And this convention this week is a testament to that.
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Well, I also love the fact that you notice that Donald Trump’s cabinet is much younger than most cabinets have been in a long period of time. Correct. You’re right. And these are people who will still be around 20 years from now. That’s right. To see the impact of what they’re doing.
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Not to mention the 2028 cycle is going to be here before we know it. And we’re looking at J.D. Right. Marco Rubio. We’ve got a deep bench. Ron DeSantis. We’ve got young people. It’s not exactly like us old guys are going to be running for office, right?
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That’s exactly right. We can stay in the background and we can help.
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We’ll just be the wise sages giving advice from the sidelines. Dr. Carson, it’s great seeing you and your lovely wife again. I’m so glad you’re here. And have a great week this week. You’ll be speaking, I’m sure, and enjoying all that these young people have to offer.
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And thank you for continuing to be a great patriot. God bless you.
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Thank you, sir. Thank you. Dr. Ben Carson joining us here on the Mike Gallagher Show. We’ve got a lot more coming up. Don’t go away. Stay with us because lots of special guests, breaking news, immigration raids in Camarillo, California. And here we go. We’re off to the races at the Turning Point USA Summit. Stay with us.
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It’s really not hard to decide who the good guys are and who the bad guys are, is it? It’s just not hard. And, you know, talking to Dr. Ben Carson this hour kind of renews my confidence, my optimism about the goodness of America. Being here with all these folks surrounded by thousands and thousands of people who’ve traveled to Tampa to take part in the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. Just saw Andrew Colvett, who’s kind of the man behind the the man, Charlie Kirk. Andrew is the driving force, the guy that makes it all happen, who, you know, kind of the – he’s sort of the chief – I don’t know if chief of staff is not the right term to use for Andrew, but a really impressive guy. And there’s a lot of great folks here who are just optimistic about the things that can happen. And one thing that can happen, even when there’s an act of nature like these horrific floods in Texas – You have sprung into action as I knew you would. A lot of people came to me and said, Mike, how can we help? You have these partners that do good for people. Well, Food for the Poor is one of those partners. And I am very, very honored to tell you that you’re able to rush emergency relief kits to the victims of the Kerr County, Texas flooding by making a donation to our Food for the Poor emergency campaign. Food for the Poor.org. in coordination with a trusted partner in San Antonio, is responding to the flooding in Central Texas by delivering shipments of emergency relief supplies to support our fellow Americans. And already thousands of dollars have poured in. These kits, these emergency relief supplies, contain things that people need, tarps, women’s care kits, liquid IV, diapers, children activity kits, bottled water, hygiene kits. These are the things that flood victims desperately need. Well, $50 will send a relief kit. to one of the families victimized by these floods. Please go to mikeonline.com, click on the link, and make whatever contribution you can afford. $50 one kit, $500 ten families. A whole lot of people are going to benefit from your generosity, and there’s no audience as generous as the Mike Gallagher Show audience. So please step up, go to mikeonline.com. Click on the link there and make your secure online donation, or you can call 844-860-HOPE, 844-860-4673. And thank you, thank you, thank you for blessing these folks. You said, hey, how can we help? Well, guess what? You did. And by the way, can we – hey, Phil, can you see if Andrew wants to pop in with us for a couple minutes and we’ll join us? He’s right there. Can you get Andrew and we’ll see if – we kind of need to talk to Andrew and see if he might be able to do two minutes with me. Yeah, he said he’d come by. We’re going to do this on the fly, Johnny, so we’re going to go to a two-shot. This is live TV because you know what? I’ll share a little secret. We’ll pull the curtain back a little bit. Charlie is pulled in a million different directions. If Charlie Kirk walked in right now, he’d be mobbed like the height of Beatlemania, Elvis Presley, Andrew Colvett. You’re like the guy behind the wizard.
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I just clean up the mess that he leaves in his wake. Put out the fire. Yeah, exactly.
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And so I shared with everybody that we were going to hope to talk to Charlie, but good luck, right?
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We have been bending over backwards to make it work with his schedule. If people could appreciate. Just how complex his calendar is, especially at these events. But it’s always complicated. It takes about a team of like five people to plan every single day intricately. And then you compound that by 100 at these events.
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Well, and I think about looking around at this Tampa Convention Center and these thousands of people and these excited kids and these booths and this infrastructure. Charlie did all this. Charlie started in his garage and his parents.
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Lamont, Illinois.
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Gosh. And so, Andrew, if you don’t mind, and I’m pulling you on the fly here, so I hope you don’t mind. I know how busy you are, too. But can you take a couple of minutes and explain your role with Charlie, with all things Team Kirk, with Turning Point USA? Because here at Salem, we are so proud to have this partnership with Charlie, hosting his radio show, his podcast, all the different things that Charlie does with Salem. And it’s a blessing to have somebody of his stature on our team. Can you introduce Andrew Colvett to our audience?
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Yeah, absolutely. And I’d be remiss, Mike, if I didn’t also give you a lot of kudos and credit. I mean, when Charlie came to Salem originally… It was Phil Boyce, who I see over here, who really made the way, but it was knowing that we were joining a team with somebody of your stature. And, you know, obviously Dennis Prager, and we’re praying for Dennis, and Larry Elder, and the whole team. But, I mean, you are a titan in this industry, and we have nothing but the greatest respect for you and what you’ve accomplished here.
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You’re really kind. It’s fun to get a text once in a while. I can tell that Charlie has the radio on once in a while driving wherever he is in Phoenix. Oh. And I’ll get a text from him saying, hey, thanks for that shout-out.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, we watch you all the time. Yeah. I mean, you’re part of our show prep. What’s Mike talking about? So, yeah, I mean, what I – my name is Andrew. I’ve got sunglasses on here. My name is Andrew Colvett. Yeah, I’m the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show. I’m also the spokesman when Charlie’s not doing it for Turning Point USA, Turning Point Action. And, yeah, I mean – My role, you know, from booking the show, making sure the business is working, making sure that the audience number is growing. I mean, I’m really in the weeds trying to make sure, you know, that we’re headed in the right direction. And obviously there’s a big editorial place in that role as well. And we’ve got a great team of producers. And, you know, we’re just trying to absorb audiences. uh the news of the day makes sense of it some of it can be really complex some of it is is understanding where your base is at uh but it’s yeah it’s a full-time job you never sleep and uh it’s a lot going on between the the radio show as well as um you know the activism part and reaching out to these young people making sure gen z is headed in the right direction and you are often called upon andrew to be sort of the the as you said the spokesman for charlie you know and charlie gives quotes all the time but
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a lot of times they’ll go to you and they’ll say, well, Andrew says on behalf of Turning Point USA, on behalf of Charlie Kirk, because Charlie, like it or not, has become a movement. This is something that I cannot overstate. People don’t recognize the enormity of what Turning point USA has done in America. Legacy Media gives Charlie and the group credit for turning young people to conservatism. Legacy Media, the New York Times, gives credit to Charlie for quite likely being a big part of the reason Donald Trump got re-elected.
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Well, I mean, you mentioned New York Times, and so part of my role is kind of overseeing some of the press that Charlie does do. We say no to 98% of it. But I was involved in kind of shepherding that New York Times Magazine piece that I think the title was Charlie Kirk Youth Whisperer.
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Youth Whisperer, but it was a great. Well, no, it was a great piece.
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The author was Robert Draper, who’s a phenomenal writer. I mean, he’s one of the top talent in New York Times. And he’s a fair journalist. I mean, say what you will about New York Times. I try in my role, I have to have, you know, I have to take each reporter as they come. So I judge them not based on the masthead or the publication. I judge them on the character of the reporter. And Robert’s a good man.
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But you had to make a calculated decision there because that could have gone real south.
SPEAKER 09 :
You know, I won’t bore you with how long, how many hours we put into that piece, me specifically, and Charlie’s as well. But, I mean, it was a big piece. I mean, because it’s very thorough. And when you’re dealing with a – an outlet like the New York Times Magazine. It’s very thorough. A lot of fact-checking is involved and a lot of checking with sources. So when you open that Pandora’s box, you understand that you’re basically saying, New York Times, we know you’re going to call like 58, 65 people. You’re going to call people from Charlie’s high school experience. You’re going to call his parents. You’re going to call his associates, former employees. You’ve got to sort of embrace that. But when you talk about Charlie’s role in the election, Turning Point’s role in the election, there was actually a really fascinating – detail from that story and i didn’t know this before robert draper called tiktok to fact check it but we found out that charlie’s tiktok was the third most engaged most influential tiktok in the entire country for the election and let me put this in perspective for you this is the order it went trump trump campaign charlie Kamala Harris. Wow.
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Ahead of Kamala.
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And Taylor Swift, Kardashian. So that’s what an impact that Charlie did. And I found out a bunch of other things from that as far as his name ID. I mean, Charlie is more famous than basically anybody. In Congress. I mean, it’s getting to that point.
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He’s becoming ubiquitous. It feels like every young person knows him. Every young person has seen him. These one-on-one debates he gets into on college campuses.
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Those have been incredibly viral. This is what was interesting. In the spring of 2024, there was a campus stop. The old model is we used to try and book out, and we still do this to some extent, but we used to book The venues inside the university. Right. So you get like a hall. Right. But then you’re dealing with the university control. Right. And they will screw you every which way from Sunday. Right. Meaning they will – if you have 3,000 students that have reserved tickets, they’ll give you a venue that seats 500. But because of the fire marshal, they can only seat 300. So their whole game is to – upset your audience so they can’t actually attend, and make you look small. So we said, you know what? What happened was we went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and we just said, hey, let’s go. And this is in the spring of 2024. And I’ll never forget it because here you are, California, blue state, on the coast, supposed to be a bunch of liberal students out there, and we just set up a table in the quad, and we had like 1,500 kids. The crowds during the election got up to like 5,000, 6,000. But we had 1,500 kids. I mean, it was packed. It was very spontaneous. We had no idea how many people were going to show up. It was 1,500 kids, and out of the blue, They all just start singing the national anthem on their own. It’s not like we started leading the procession. They just started singing it. You could see all these kids. It was almost like they were breathing free air for the first time, loud and proud, in public, being able to show that they love America, love their country, that they have conservative values, traditional values. And it was whites. It was blacks. It was Hispanics. It was men, women. It was not this picture that MSNBC wants you to believe about what the actual grassroots looks like. And I told Charlie, we ended up putting that clip on social, and it went really viral. And I told Charlie, I said, something’s happening. He’s like, I can feel it, too. Something… Something is happening. Because if you think about when we started this and there was 12 kids that would show up to a tabling, it was Charlie and eight protesters and two staffers. It was like now the protesters are so outnumbered they don’t even show up and they don’t even try. And to see what happened from a polling standpoint, it was the biggest move of any age cohort to the right in the country. And by the way, boomers… went to the left a little bit. So, like, had the kids not showed up, we’d be looking at President Kamala Harris.
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Well, and these one-on-one debates that he does, you’ve got a microphone in the crowd, you’ve got one of these crazy blue-haired kids that’s going to come up and try to argue with Charlie. It’s very organic, Andrew, because people see these videos, and they’re everywhere now. They’re ubiquitous. And when they see them… He’s winning more and more people over as they see it.
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Because they expose themselves.
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Expose themselves. And Charlie does it great. In fact, that’s the last time I got a text from him. I said, have you ever noticed Charlie always seems to be eating something when he does those things? And he wrote me and said, ha, ha, ha, you’re right. I’m always popping lozenges because he’s got a talk show.
SPEAKER 09 :
So, I mean, if you’re a fan of the Charlie Kirk show, you might remember, and I’ll never forget this day. So we had Megyn Kelly booked on Charlie. We were going to do a whole hour with Megyn Kelly. Right. But he had just gotten done with a couple campus stops, and he had given a couple speeches, plus his radio show. His voice was gone.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
Gone. I mean, and when I say gone, it wasn’t just like raspy. Couldn’t speak at all. When he spoke as loud as he could, it was a whisper. Yeah, yeah. So I had to get on the show and sort of like, you know, we’re texting back and forth, and I’m like, Megan, Charlie would like to ask you.
SPEAKER 06 :
You’re the translator.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was that bad. You’re the interpreter. Because he just kept losing his voice. That’s funny. Because, I mean, the guy talks all the time for a living, so. Well.
SPEAKER 06 :
This is a big deal because – and honestly, it was real funny because we knew we were going to try to get him for a few minutes this morning, and it was like, no way. He’s on Fox News this morning. He’s over here. He’s pulled over there. But what a weekend you guys have planned. I mean, this roster of speakers – I mean, you were just telling me a moment ago, Andrew, and we’re visiting with Andrew Colvett, the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, and you came by to see us a few minutes ago. I said, well, let’s get Andrew over here and see if we can spend a couple minutes with him. Always honored. Thank you, Andrew. Tonight, big night, to this weekend. Tell us what’s on tap.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I mean, I think – From a theme standpoint, this weekend is really about, hey, we made these gains with young people. How do we keep it? Right. What are our challenges? What are our opportunities? And by the way, this is what I love about Turning Point. I mean, if you’re talking – and I don’t know how in touch with your audience they are or not. I’ve seen you debate some of these anti-Israel guys on your show, and I think it’s fascinating. You handle them well. But, you know, with kids under 30 – and you’re going to see this – a lot here is that they’re not anti-Israel. They’re certainly not pro-Hamas. They are skeptical about our arrangement with Israel. Our involvement with them.
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
Why do we send them money? Why are we defending the military?
SPEAKER 01 :
Which is fair.
SPEAKER 09 :
Those are fair.
SPEAKER 01 :
Sure is.
SPEAKER 09 :
And we need to, as a movement, stop calling that anti-Semitism. Right. What Trump did is he birthed an American-first nationalist, conservative, populist movement. Okay? We all know this. And that is going to necessarily come with some questions when we’re not just focused domestically. So we’re going to embrace that debate. We’re going to talk about Epstein. The kids are really upset about the Epstein files. We’re going to talk about dating. We’re going to talk about marriage. We’re going to talk about… The economy. How do we make sure that we turn a renter economy with young people that look up to their parents and grandparents that own homes, have assets, have equities, and they feel like they’re priced out, all that stuff, and they can’t see that first rung to get on the ladder. So we’re going to talk about all that stuff because if we do not address the economic issues, if we do not address these cognitive dissonance issues that they’re seeing, sometimes even with the Trump administration, we’re going to lose them because we built up a lot of trust, but it can be a fragile trust, and so we want to talk about that.
SPEAKER 06 :
How many people registered this weekend?
SPEAKER 09 :
About 7,000. You’re going to have about 7,000, and most of those are going to be young people. And it’s from all over the country. It’s fantastic.
SPEAKER 06 :
That is so neat. Look, I’m so honored to get to visit with you for a couple of minutes, and I hope you know how much we pray for you guys. How honored we are to have you on our team. You’ve always been so great to the show. And, Andrew, it’s real fun to watch all the success of you and Charlie and Turning Point. Thank you so much, Mike.
SPEAKER 09 :
And congratulations on all your success as well, my friend. God bless. Keep fighting the good fight. Thank you, sir.
SPEAKER 06 :
The great Andrew Colvin. Every big figure like Charlie Kirk has a guy behind the scenes a little bit making it all work. That’s this guy, Andrew Colvin. Stick around. More coming up on the Mike Gallagher Show from the Turning Point Student Action Summit.
SPEAKER 02 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
mike gallagher we don’t have a lot of guests on the mike gallagher show but the ones we have are pretty pretty big time and i’ve been trying to get congressman congresswoman anna polina luna for a long time and so we see her coming down the hall we grab her we kidnap her we bring you over here congresswoman and but here’s the rule if charlie kirk comes by i know i’m getting bumped you’re out you’re
SPEAKER 07 :
I’ll agree to give up my seat only for Charlie.
SPEAKER 06 :
Only for Charlie is the only one. Congresswoman, it was great to see you here.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you for having me on.
SPEAKER 06 :
My pleasure. You’re serving your second term. You represent Florida’s 13th congressional district, but we couldn’t help talking about New York City.
SPEAKER 07 :
I know.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the state of affairs for today’s Democrat Party. You’re a warrior. You’ve always been committed to fighting for conservatism. You’re fighting the good fight. You’re as sad as I am about the prospect of New York
SPEAKER 07 :
burnings over with Mayor Zoran Mamdani well it’s interesting because right now you saw that New York even just in the last couple of years I mean the crime has skyrocketed and then you’re seeing the policies that this guy is you know advocating for police free zones all of that what I will say is that there’s some great people in New York a lot of them actually end up moving to my district here in Florida it’s just funny I was wearing a Yankees hat well I was wearing a Yankees hat my husband’s like why aren’t you wearing the Rays I was like well I wear a Rays hat too but there’s a lot of New Yorkers so I make them feel at home right So the thing is, is that, you know, those policies have direct impact. But the reason why he won is because of the youth vote. And so I always tell people this is why Turning Point Student Action Summit is so important, because you have a lot of young people here and you’re able to share the messaging. Because remember, the youth vote is the future, and we have to make sure that we’re not forgetting them when we’re talking about politics.
SPEAKER 06 :
It feels like an event like this here in Tampa Bay is the antidote to a bunch of young kids waving pro-Hamas flags, doesn’t it?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, it’s not even just that. It’s a lot of young kids that are attending now these riots holding Mexican flags. What I will tell you is that they’re treating Hispanic Americans the way that they treated black Americans under BLM, except they’ve just inserted a Mexican flag and a new tagline on immigration. But it’s really still being funded by individuals like Neville Singham, who is a billionaire communist tied to the CCP. So you follow the money trail. The CCP is the ones that are trying to divide us.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s exactly right. And there’s a lot of division right now. When I see law enforcement get shot upon… like they were yesterday in Camarillo, California. You had this ICE raid. It’s like Congresswoman. It feels like good is portrayed as evil. Evil is portrayed as good.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and they don’t want to talk about the ICE raid. There was actually now I’m hearing women or migrant women and children. Why are children working on a weed farm? Are we going to have that discussion? Congress has the ability to increase the penalties on these corporations and businesses that are engaging in hiring slave labor. They’re not the only ones. You know, the weed farm is not the only one. Purdue and Tyson Chicken Farm actually were busted and under investigation, I think, by the Department of Labor for doing the same thing. And it’s just, it’s egregious. You know, any parent, I don’t care if you’re a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, that’s pretty common sense. You don’t want kids working on a farm.
SPEAKER 06 :
I’m asking our listeners today, do you feel, at an event like this, do you feel confident and optimistic? Do you feel negative? How do you feel?
SPEAKER 07 :
I feel optimistic. I talk to a big group of young conservatives and, you know, they look to people, especially people like myself, because I am younger, about how to get involved in politics, what they want to do in the future. You know, what did I do? I started out at Turning Point. How did I make my way into Congress? And what I will say is that, you know, hard work and effort only in the United States of America can someone with my background make it to the halls of Congress. So. It’s an honor and privilege.
SPEAKER 06 :
And it’s a story that a lot of us follow. That’s why I wanted to meet you in person, because you were inspirational for a lot of people. Thank you. Because a lot of people said, if she can do it, anybody can. Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Do you hear that? Yep, I do. And also, too, though, I don’t let, you know, my position get to my head. I still door knock every election cycle. I door knocked, and between last election cycle and this election cycle, me and my team of about five people and volunteers door knocked 60,000 doors and made 110,000 phone calls. So I’m not going anywhere unless I want to.
SPEAKER 06 :
As a former New Yorker, now Floridian, and I’m so glad to be in this free and fair state.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, we’re happy to have your vote.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, you got it. I’ll vote multiple times if I could.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, don’t do that. We don’t want fraud elections.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, we don’t. But Congresswoman, if the country ran the way Florida did. the way your district did?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, we’re making America Florida. You’re seeing that out of the White House.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, but it is true, though. And you’ve got to give a lot of credit to Governor DeSantis for that, correct?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, he’s been doing great, especially on election reform. We actually had people that went to jail for engaging in voter fraud. And the 2020 election for sure, somewhere in between then. So, you know, it’s not perfect, but it’s literally the ideal form of elections in the country.
SPEAKER 06 :
Let me close on a controversial note. I’ve got to ask you this because you’re a warrior and you’ve got sharp elbows. And there’s supposedly this big rift right now within MAGA. Are we upset about Epstein? Are we not upset about Epstein? President Trump seems to want to move on. What’s the Anna Polina Luna take on the Epstein file?
SPEAKER 07 :
I would say that the best way to restore trust is through transparency and that there’s information that can be released that doesn’t implicate children or victims. And that, you know, they should. They should do that. And I have exhausted all my tools as an investigator to try to do that. So it’s ultimately up to the DOJ. It’s not up to the FBI. It’s up to the DOJ. So I’m going to be asking for them to release information, not pertaining to those above subjects, because I think the American people need to decide for themselves.
SPEAKER 06 :
A lot of criticism being directed toward your fellow Floridian, Pam Bondi. I mean, is that fair? Is it warranted?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think that people want… And, you know, obviously, you know, don’t bully the woman. But, you know, I think it’s okay to make your voices heard.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sunlight’s the best disinfectant. 100%. It’s a joy to meet you in person. I know how busy you are, and we’ve had to grab you, and you were on the phone. Thank you. And Charlie didn’t interrupt us, so you’re all set. Well, he’s not here yet. If he gets here, thank you, Congresswoman. Thank you. Great seeing you. Thanks for your time. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna joining us here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Very busy day. Lots going on. Lots of breaking news. Let’s get your calls. I want to talk to you and find out if you believe… that the glass is half full? Is the glass half empty? Are you disappointed in the Epstein story? Is that something that bothers you? Lindsay’s in Pennsylvania, or Lindley is in Pennsylvania. Hey, Lindley, welcome to Tampa. You’re on the Mike Gallagher Show. Hello.
SPEAKER 12 :
Good morning, Mike. Hi, Lindley. I’m a Vietnam veteran from Pennsylvania. God bless you. I was listening to your show. I think this thing was a shooting of Trump and Butler. Yes, sir. It was a crazy mixed-up kid, and they ought to just… live with that, and move on. And as far as that scene goes, I think that anybody that was involved in politics with him, that was involved with him, ought to be jailed.
SPEAKER 06 :
Gotcha. Thanks, Lindley. Good to hear from you. 800-655-MIKE. Let’s see. Is it Norm in New York, I guess? Hey, Norm. Norm, how are you? Hey, how you doing? Good. Good, Mike. Thank you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thank you for everything you do.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 11 :
What do you think? I’ve got to tell you, the Epstein thing, it doesn’t matter to me if you find out who’s involved in it. You’re never going to convict these people. It’s the same old, same old.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, but that must frustrate you. It sounds like you wish it wasn’t so.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I wish it wasn’t so, but I mean, it’s like beating a dead horse. For instance, Congress people. How do these Congress people become millionaires? We never do anything about it. Nobody votes him out. And nobody cares that these people are… We’re in debt and are now multimillionaires.
SPEAKER 05 :
I know, I know.
SPEAKER 11 :
I support Trump 100%. Let him do what he has to do, and let’s move on.
SPEAKER 06 :
And, you know, I’m glad you said that, Norm, because ultimately people are upset about the Epstein thing. I follow Trump’s lead on a lot of this stuff, and if it’s not a priority in terms of wallowing in it, look, we’ve got bigger fish to fry. There’s a lot of people who make the argument There’s a lot more important things to worry about than the Epstein files. On the other hand, I love what Congresswoman Anna Polina Luna said. Transparency is everything. We need to know the truth about all this stuff, and that’s what people expect, and they don’t want to be let down. You never let us down, and every single day that I get to tell you about an opportunity to help Congress, people who have been struck by something like flooding in Central Texas, that’s a good day. And our partnership with Food for the Poor is here. Emergency relief kits are being shipped to flood-ravaged Texas thanks to your generosity. These are kits containing hygiene kits, tarps, women’s care kits, liquid IV diapers, children’s activity kits, and other essentials needed to ease the crisis. Look, once again, you can stand up. and make a difference in these people’s lives. The crisis is real. The need is urgent. And only you can make it happen by stepping up to help Texas through our friends at Food for the Poor. What a joy it is for us to again give you the opportunity. $50. will send an emergency relief kit to a deserving family in Central Texas as these poor people have been wracked, devastated by these horrible floods. A lot of you came to us and said, hey, what can we do to help? Well, here it is. Go to MikeOnline.com. Click on the link there. You’ll see the donation page. $50 will rush an emergency relief kit to one of these Kerr County, Florida, Texas families. And Texas is reeling. The nation is mourning over the loss of all these babies. And, again, instinctively, Americans want to do good. You can do good, and you can make a difference. Please, please go to MikeOnline.com. Click on that banner and make a donation. You can call 844-860-HOPE. 844-860-4673. And thanks to Food for the Poor for doing what they do best, stepping up and helping those in need. You can help too. MikeOnline.com.
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