The Benny Show - Remembering Charlie Kirk One Year Later... America's Christian Martyr

Episode Date: September 10, 2026

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On that terrible day, September 10th, 2025, our greatest evangelist for American liberty became immortal. He's a modern now for American freedom. You know you are part of something bigger than yourself. You know that you are part of the most exciting, diverse, powerful movement in the history of this country. This movement is about the citizens, versus the oligarchs. This movement is about we the people versus the ruling class.

This movement is about America versus the globalists. This movement is about all of us against them. One of my favorite sayings of the Bible. In Hebrew, it is Nainan. Here I am. It means Lord Usen.

What are my marching orders? Abraham at the binding of Isaac He said Lord here I am Moses at the burning bush Lord here I am Samuel Isaiah Here I am It means give me the order

You still live in the greatest nation ever to exist In the history of the world There is still so much to be hopeful and to be thankful for Have that posture here I am I can't wait to see how this whole story played out. The stakes are hot. We have only begun to fight.

Only in America, is it possible to say, you know what, I don't like the way the country is going. And to do something about it. Take that risk. Take that leap of faith. Stay involved. Trust God and act obediently. Romans 12-2 verse. That God will use all things, all things, for good for those who love him.

It's bigger than you. I want you to remember. It is bigger than you. It's bigger than me. You are here to make somebody else's life better than pursuit of liberty and freedom. You know what gives me strength? With hundreds of thousands of you that say, Charlie, keep going. First Corinthians five and 15.

So that's all pretty amazing evidence. Not just intra-biblical evidence, but extra-biblical evidence, that Jesus Christ was a real person. He lived a perfect life. He was crucified, died, and rose on the third day, and he is Lord and God of God. Oh, man, this is going to be a tough one. I'm sorry that we're late today. We're traveling, and a year later, it just doesn't feel real.

It still doesn't feel real. I've been thinking about this all day and all night, and we're at the GOP convention here in Dallas. and it's something that I still haven't come to terms with and I want to just start off the show by saying we're just going to we don't really have a we have no script today we're just going to do this as a as a memorial to Charlie today this is what the show is going to be and we're just going to off the top of the dome

talk through who Charlie is what Charlie was because there's been so many forces that have tried to break down, atomize, and profit off of an alternative universe, bizarre world version of Charlie and what he stood for. And then we're going to define what Charlie gave his life for and how that is still living today, how Charlie Kirk is living today through that legacy. I was really close with Charlie. I built with Charlie. Here's the first and last photos I ever took with Charlie.

Right here. It's from 2018. Student Action Summit in Florida. And I knew him a year earlier than this. I knew him for nearly 10 years. And it's the last photo I took with Charlie. This is a month before. He was murdered.

and Charlie was more than just a brother to me. We built together. We fought for the country together. We created together. But what Charlie really was, was a prophet to me. He was somebody who spoke into my life, the truth of Jesus Christ. And when I was lost,

and when I had the wrong priorities in life, Charlie was there, Christ centering me. And he did so in a way that saved my life. Charlie cared a lot about saving America, but he cared more about building the kingdom of heaven. And Charlie reconnected me with my faith. He encouraged me to be a husband, then a father. than a builder, then somebody who could speak out about my faith. I never used to do that. Speak out for the kingdom of God.

And I'm not alone. Charlie encouraged millions of young men to do the exact same thing. And young people all throughout the country. And tens of millions, ladies and gentlemen, have been doing that. This is the legacy of Charlie, a legacy that cannot be ever taken away, ever. 2004 election edition, male voters swing towards Trump the first time in your lifetime or mine that a Republican president won an absolute majority of young men. This has never happened before.

Look at the Charlie Kirk effect in the 2024 election. Look at this. Men plus 13 for Donald Trump, 18 to 29. Young men swung hard to the right for Trump after campaign dominated by masculine appeals. This is the legacy of Charlie. Young people returning to church reshaping America's future. Young people are returning to church and doing something that has never been done before, attending church at higher rates than their parents.

A resurgence of faith among young people. A notable shift to Gallup poll this year found that 42% of young men, men now say that religion is very important in their lives, the highest in a quarter century, and it's up 14% since just 2023. According to this group, Gen Z churchgoers are now attending more frequently than any generation, marking a historic reversal for the first time that has ever been recorded. A spiritual interest has peaked among young people more than in older generations. Sociologists are bewildered.

something has happened, what happened. Young people saw that Charlie believed in something that he was willing to die for. That's what makes him a martyr. When Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian church, was killed, there were about 30 Christians in the whole world. And all Stephen had to do was renounce his faith. He was the same age as Charlie. He was taken out and killed the same way that Charlie was killed. by blunt force to the head, and it changed everything forever.

Ladies and gentlemen, hold on just a minute. It's been tough to relive this, and it's not about me. It's about Charlie's legacy, and this is Charlie's legacy, because people witnessed someone who was willing to die for what they believed. when Stephen was killed, the first Christian martyr, the faith of Stephen and Christendom spread throughout the entire ancient world, all of antiquity. The church grew from 30 people,

a church that could be wiped out to 30,000 people, and then 3 million people. And today, billions of people believe in Christianity, because of men who are willing to die for their faith, and that is what Charlie did. Look at this. Charlie constantly preaching to young people that you should be seeking to live a life centered around Christ

and around Christ's design for you, which is get married, start a family, Christ center your life. And look at this, here's the polling. What is the biggest priority of your life for young people, 18 to 29, male Trump voters. The number one priority, according to Gallup, is having children. 13 different priorities, having a job, finding a career, finding a career.

These are left-wing voters, male and female. Female Trump voters achieving financial independence, okay, have some work to do there. Having children is still, let's see, number six. getting married and having children are in the top four and number one priorities for male voters. We don't have to guess what Charlie wanted his legacy to be. He told us. He made it very clear in the final words that he said on this earth. Here they are.

Most important thing is, how do you want to be remembered? If I die, everything just goes away. How would you, if you could be associated with one thing, how would you want to be? associated with one thing, how would you want to be remembered? I want to be remembered for courage for my faith. That would be the most important thing. Most important thing is my faith in my life. I don't know if you know this, but everyone dies.

It's important to remind yourself of that. That you face God, the judge, and he's going to list everything you did wrong in your life. It's going to be a long sentencing hearing for me. Will you get justice, which is hell, because that's what we deserve. Mercy, which is less of that, which all allow the the theologians figure out. what that is or grace what is grace is something so unique so different so profound

which is as soon as the sentencing's about to be ushered in someone comes in and says no I will serve that prison sentence for him I will go into the prison cell for him or her said they can live forever that's grace you didn't earn it you didn't check boxes for it you didn't go park cars for a ministry and that gets you extra points to go to heaven none of that's true it's that it's equally accepted for all people that allow Jesus Christ to be your savior, the savior of the world, to be born new, and to be completely and totally renewed. That's a gift that we must try to give all people in the world. I mean, I've had an unbelievably blessed life.

Been doing this now. It'll be 12 years on June 5th. Such a young man to do it. And I'm so young. Yeah, so praise God. I mean, I've been all across the world. I've met with world leaders, flown in Air Force One, got to know a president. I have an amazing family, the podcast, Turning Point USA, all that stuff. And so you experience this. that and you're like, what actually matters? What matters is your relationship with the divine, your relationship with your family, your kids, and maybe a close collection of friends, and

your relationship with the truth. And you could decide to lie all the time, then you become a tortured individual, and you know those people, you just turn on television, they're constantly lying and they just become like disfigured either emotionally, spiritually, or physically. Because when you lie, I believe you're actually committing suicide of the soul. I really believe that. Are you a Christian? My understanding? Very, very much so. Like, why? is that exactly? Oh, Jesus saved my life. I'm a sinner, gave my life to Christ, most important decision I ever made.

So you believe the Bible is real? Yes, I believe the Bible is true and real. And why is that? Well, I could give you the technical answer. There's never been an archaeological discovery that has contradicted the truth of the Bible. And then of course the wisdom. There is not a truth of the Bible that if you apply to your life, your life does not improve dramatically. And then finally, we have the most accurate and transparent,

historically robust account that one can have of the most important figure ever to live in the history of the world, Jesus of Nazareth, and the resurrection. is the pinpoint of my belief that Jesus did rise from the grave so that we may live. And for those of you that have not given your life to Christ, I could tell you it is the most freeing, liberating thing that a human being can possibly do. The most important thing that you can do, which is to be born new into the kingdom of God. The political battles were important for Charlie, but he didn't give his life for an extra point of GDP,

and he didn't give his life for some extra of voter registrations, work to build the kingdom of Christ. And that is the lasting legacy of Charlie. My screen, please, Klein. Thank you. And I said this last year, and it's embittering to me, to be quite honest with you, that we have missed, I think, greatly, an opportunity to redefine the battle. In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's death, which the final words that Charlie said on this planet

was outlining transgender violence patterns and how dangerous they were right before a trune put a bullet into Charlie and killed him. So final words he was saying was warning us about left-wing violence. And we said, this is a historic opportunity. to unite and to dismantle brick by brick, dollar by dollar, and imprison and destroy and uproot and scorch the earth of the enemies of civilization. The domestic terrorist threat from the left is real. They've been proving this to us. They've shot Republicans in Congress.

They shot Trump in the head. They murdered Charlie. They're going to keep killing. and they haven't stopped. They're celebrating Charlie Kirk's death today. Jimmy Kimmel celebrated his death. He wasn't punished. Jimmy Kimmel went on to immediately celebrate and call for Donald Trump's assassination. He wasn't punished. It's a generational opportunity to dismantle, defund, and destroy. We have to focus and we will unite with anyone who's willing to join us in this mission.

they stole a president from us they stole a generational leader it's hard to not be angry at god for this because you know god is the author of life and death so this is what god chose and they'll be angry at god because that's a losing battle you'll always lose that battle but is this a battle that we've lost like what have we spent the last year doing infighting bickering bickering monitoring, monetizing the Charlie Kirk murder industrial complex, focusing on everything but the actual killer, the ideology behind the actual killer, focusing on everything but the warning signs and signals all throughout society that the left was ready to murder Charlie and will murder again, missing this one opportunity that we had where we had a unlimited ticket to

root out and destroy this ideology that keeps murdering us and will keep murdering for power and has always murdered for power? What does Jesus say about Satan? He was a murderer and he's always been a murderer. His language is a steal, kill, and destroy. And have we taken that mission seriously? One year out, a man named John Doyle is joining the program, who I think has very much kept the fight, the mission, and the clarity of Charlie Kirk honorably. And I want to talk to him about where we are today. Please welcome to the show, John Doyle. John, welcome back to the program. Hey, thank you for having me. What is the legacy of Charlie Kirk when you're out? You know, it's really tough. A lot of people have tried to define it for him and for his friends and for

his organization. I think ultimately, like you've been talking about, is that he wanted to be remembered for his faith and for his reverence. And like you were going over with the statistics about church attendance. I mean, this country really is experiencing, I think, a deeply spiritual crisis and especially in the aftermath of the assassination. I mean, everybody was very much ready to go back to church. I was being reached out to by people I haven't spoken to in 15 years, old playground nemesis even. And we were just all coming together in this moment that could have been a real moment of unity for the country, perhaps not seen since maybe even the September 11th attacks. But right now, a lot of people are working to try to tarnish that legacy or dissipate its energy into just complete nonsense.

And of course, the left is taking victory laps at that. The left is celebrating. They called us the Kirkversary. And they've showed us who they are. And they're asking us to stop them. And instead, so many people have spent the year infighting and bickering. and establishing what I call the Charlie Kirk Industrial Murder Complex, where they profit off of attacking or asking questions about anything other than the actual motivation that killed Charlie.

And I disavow that. I was worried that that was what was going to happen. And we've done our best to try and keep eyes on target. But maybe you can explain, like, why do you think that landscape developed? what is the way that we can reorient ourselves in this one year anniversary? I think it's probably just the influencer economy. I mean, there's a general problem we have with cynicism as a country where nobody wants to take anything seriously. But then, too, the dynamic we have on the right is very decentralized and focused on influencers and finding the real truth.

And so it's almost like a natural kind of breeding ground for this kind of thing to happen. However, there should be some kind of like morality and editorial standard that would perhaps compel one to not create. as you're saying, the Charlie Kirk murder industrial complex. But nonetheless, that's what happened. And Blake Neff has said something really smart about this, which is that the act of doing this to Erica and to the organization, to Charlie's friends, is actually, like, of equal immorality to the act itself.

Like, in terms of the wrongness of the assassination, is almost equal to the wrongness of deciding that you're going to destroy this man's legacy and try to burn his organization down because you want, like, you know, engagement on Instagram or something. I think that's true. And it also speaks to just how bizarre the behavior is. You know, murder is obviously evil, but you can at least understand why you might want to murder somebody like Charlie Kirk. I mean, if you can't debate him, you'll never stop him.

You really don't have any option left but to take the guy out. But I don't have a theory of mine for monetizing contents that would, you know, serve to dissipate all the momentum in unity following the assassination just to aggrandize my personal brand. That is actually much more bizarre, if evil behavior to me. How would you reorient the party and conversation one year out in order to eliminate that economy and that ecosystem and in order to re-center on Charlie's message? I really think that we need to stop associating with bad actors. We wouldn't tolerate this behavior if we were running a restaurant together. We certainly shouldn't tolerate this kind of behavior if we're involved in what is literally a like civilizationally scaled life or death struggle. for the soul of the nation. And it's not, you know, we're very diplomatic about it because we don't want to get

involved in the drama or anything. But, you know, we're talking about all the bickering and infighting. That's not coming from the Benny Johnson show. That's not coming from my show. It's a one-way thing with all of these kinds of people starting these problems because they want the drama. They want the clicks. I never see the people maybe more on our side of things doing that. They defend themselves occasionally because, you know, you have to defend yourself from these lies. But it's all of these other people who are trying to sow the division. And I think that we're learning that they don't have the influence they think they do. They're just trying to ruin it for us on the margins because they want the left to get back into power because the left is in power. They do better on social media because everybody's freaked

out, anxious looking for answers and they'll be happy to provide them those answers, even if the state of the country is declining and things are getting more calamitous and dangerous for well-meaning American Christians. These people are helping out just the left. And that is the antithesis of Charlie's life. And that would be Charlie would be very, very disappointed. I think he'd be horrified to find that people that he considered close friends, people that he considered loyal to the cause that shared the stage with him at turning point events are helping the left to win one year out.

One year out from the left killing Charlie. Yeah, and Hassan Piker celebrates this. He says, thank you for doing this. Thank you for making it so that the left is not blamed. And I just saw a poll just this morning that only 24% of the country knows that the assassin was a leftist. So the average American, because of these kinds of media trends, believes that it was just some maniac, maybe, or they believe it was some conspiracy or something like that. But nobody knows. And so we had this moment where you had unprecedented unity, not only on the right, but normal people were feeling very alienated about the left because they were watching all of their coworkers and friends and relatives, people that they thought were normal.

all of a sudden they're celebrating that the guy they'd seen on Instagram trying to talk to kids about ideas just got assassinated. And so there was this wave of alienation felt by normal Americans, boards the radical left, combined with a real unity behind the right. We had a very special moment where something could have been done. And it seemed like these people wanted to squander it, which if I were a leftist operative, that's of course what I would do. I want to redirect the blame. I want to sow division, cause in fighting. You know, it was interesting, too. You're mentioning the nature of how the devil operates. What is he, if not the father of lies?

He's the accuser. He bears false witness. He accuses his brother or he accuses others of doing wrong simply to sow division among otherwise good people oriented toward a good cause. So these people, whether or not they understand it, are ultimately serving the agenda of the devil

by doing this kind of stuff, which, you know, click, get your money, but this is not worth staking your eternal soul on. What would we do to continue to build the way that Charlie built for the Kingdom of Christ. I think that these are the single most encouraging data points in the entire ecosystem right now, which is that young men voted in an absolute majority for Donald Trump, that young

men and women are returning to church. And orthodoxy, in fact, has seen skyrocketing popularity. And that young men and women on the right and the right exclusively are finding marriage and the creation of families and having children to be the top priorities of their lives. And those are self-reported. And we've never seen those as number one self-reported Gallup priorities ever in the history of the country. And I believe that is the living, that is the living Charlie effect. People try and take Charlie out of context a lot, but he laid it out very clearly what his priorities were.

And they were, they were cultural more than they were political. I think that Charlie would trade, wouldn't trade for a second, like a point of GDP, if he could encourage more young people to have families. Yeah. And I think that that it's truly that what everybody, everybody's going to be talking about Charlie's legacy today. Those are the three defining points that mean Charlie is living today in our culture. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. And, you know, obviously we're never going to replace him. and I think we know that now quite clearly.

I remember in the aftermath of the assassination, all of these influencers were doing this like, who's going to be the next Charlie Kirk? Is it me? Is it me? And clearly we have our answer. There is none. It was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of guy. Cut from a similar cloth is someone like Donald Trump,

like a larger-than-life kind of figure who just commanded respect, inspired those around him. And you don't get those guys very often. They don't make them anymore. And if we can't replace him, which obviously we can't, we have to try to recreate him in the aggregate,

which is to say we need more good people getting involved. And obviously you're never going to fill the shoes. Nobody can, but we have to try because that's what Charlie would want. That is what he dedicated his life to forwarding the cause of good American Christians being able to live in a country that isn't trying to persecute them around every corner. And I have been very inspired to see the outpouring and instill the remains of that kind of energy being channeled into something productive, culturally, politically and spiritually. And I think that because it is still so effective, that is why we are seeing all of the attacks from the left, you know, trying to really demoralize us today especially.

But, you know, they've been doing this nonstop since the incident occurred. What must the Trump administration do? They have obviously released plenty of bangor video mashups. And they've released great statements on Charlie and I think made great motions. towards his memory when it comes to awarding, you know, Erica Kirk, presidential medals, and honoring Charlie in the posts. But what about the actions? What actions must the administration take in order to honor Charlie's legacy? Yeah, that's the real thing, too, because, you know, as much as I'm sure he would appreciate reverence, he certainly would rather have the administration,

you know, crack down on certain things. actually move the ball down the field more than anything. I think, you know, and I talk about this on my program, Adisa, a bit. I think the administration's basically doing a good job. I think that there are some things that need to be fine-tuned and worked out. But, you know, you talk to the guys we have in D.C., and it's not as though they're just like kicking their feet up on their desks. I mean, they're really working hard to try to undo what has literally been this, like, 60-year construction of a machine meant specifically to persecute American Christians. And so trying to reconfigure that kind of Leviathan into something that can actually serve

that population is very difficult. And so I think as long as the administration can kind of keep its head on straight and work through all of this while presenting itself as normal, I think that things will be very successful because Americans, you know, we don't really like the bowl in the China shop. I mean, we like that Trump went into D.C. and he was going to drain the swamp. But ultimately, Americans tend to do better when they think the political project is stable. This is the new normal. It's not something that's trying to be insane and chaotic and define itself as a kind of middle finger to Washington. And I think the second Trump administration has done a good job with that, especially with bringing someone like J.D. Vance into the mix. It's more polished. It's more articulate.

And I think as a result, it's better functioning than we saw in the first Trump administration. So if we can keep that up and then bring gas back down, I think things are going to look very good for us. Yeah, you bet at this GOP convention here in Dallas. Will you be there today? No. Okay. Well, we are going to be there today. And I'm very interested to see J.D. share the stage. I think Erica will perhaps speak. I encourage everybody to watch. What's the energy? What's the energy been like? It's been something that I think is quite fascinating, the resiliency of the Trump energy. And I saw that yesterday. And it's something that makes Trump and Charlie very similar in their ability to organize and electrify and to pull that kinetic energy into

action. And I saw that and I was like amazed when Trump took the stage and I just looked around. I said, man, this is like, this is more than 10 years. I mean, 2015 is when Trump took that golden escalator. This is more than 10 years out. And this arena is packed. This is a professional sports arena. This is the floor of the professional sports arena, not just the stands. And it's packed to the risers. There's people standing and cheering and they stand for the first 20 minutes of Trump's speech. And the energy hasn't gone away. And it would, it, it, it would be nice to see it as disciplined as possible, executed, I think, to the, well, final political order that I got from Charlie, which was we must get J.D. Vance elected. The last time I saw Charlie was in the halls of the

White House. We were there to ask a question during the press conference for the new media seat. And Charlie was there to, of course, stalk the president. He was there to stand outside of Donald Trump's office and to burst in, you know, when he first got the chance. And he just said, we must get J.D. elected. It's like, we must continue the MAGA movement through J.D. This was like the fine. This was Charlie's final sort of political order. And I view this convention as sort of a, like a bridge to that.

And so I'm very interested to see what happens tonight. But your takeaways, John. Yeah, I think it's been great. You know, sometimes you go to these events and they're a little stuffy, but I didn't get that impression from this at all. I mean, the energy was great. And Trump, you know, sometimes I'll see clips of him and it seems like maybe he's tired. And so I think, oh, you know, he's getting up there.

But no, he had a great energy. It reminded me of one of his old, you know, 2016 note card style rallies. And everybody's laughing and cheering and they love him. And there's just so many beautiful faces on the, teleprompter, the jumbotron behind him, that it was just a, it was a great showing from everybody and it was great to see the vice president. It was great to see Erica. Everybody was there. And that's the thing too. All of this division is so online, like, of course, the New York Times and the Atlantic and the Washington Post want to write about it and say, this is definitely happening because they

need their readers to rest assured that the liberals are still in control. But there's unprecedented unity behind Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. They have not obviously high approval ratings at the moment in terms of the general population, but in terms of the base, people who actually show up to vote for Republicans and elections, it's unprecedented, how the degree to which these people are, like, supported. So there really is no division insofar as that's concerned. It's just a matter of how do we, how do we pass that baton? How do we get that from Trump to Vance? Because as I'm sure you've seen, the knives are already kind of coming out in preparation for 2028 against Vance by all the usual suspects. Yes. How do we Vance guard, John?

This is my video from last night. This energy is, it was on level with 2016. It was on level with 2020 and 2024. 2020 was a little weird, but like 2024. And, you know, I think that tonight they're going to do, I know a number of things that they're going to do to honor Charlie. And I think they're going to do an incredible job. And JD will be taking the stage tonight with Trump.

There's going to be a major baton handoff. So what's next for the movement, John? Yeah, I think that's, well, the thing with Vance is he is the obvious choice. Not only does the base like him, but he's the vice president. He's an Ivy League lawyer. He's phenomenal on the issues. He's very articulate. And he's willing to engage with even critics in a way that, you know, you don't typically see.

Like, remember, not too long ago, he did that college event. And he fielded questions from students who were skeptical about certain things that he was associated with, you know, Peter Thiel and Palantir and all this other. stuff, which he was able to answer those questions, maybe more patiently than I would have, were I in his position. So he's very good on the issues, and he's good at sort of handling himself and presenting himself. And we saw in the debate with Tim Walls, which makes for some great content, but he can't be beat on the issues alone. None of his critics who call themselves conservatives can actually engage with him. And so they have to lie and say that he's some kind of socialist, or they have to smear him by association. These are the kind of tactics that you'd expect

to see from the left. Of course, these people want the left to win anyway. So I guess, you know, that makes sense. But JD is going to do a phenomenal job because he's just an incredible political talent. And I think our job is to just keep a level head and communicate that to people like, hey, you know, they're lying about him, but that's not true. He's not this. He's actually this. And so on. And I think it'll be a pretty easy and smooth handoff if we're able to do that. I, uh, from, from, uh, your mouth to God's ears, I would really love to see that happen tonight on the stage. It's going to be a very interesting evening. I will be bringing you coverage from the floor tonight. And last night, it was just very interesting. I was,

I mean, honestly, I was stunned, John. I just, I didn't, I wasn't sure what to expect. And it's just like another massive energetic stadium arena for the president and for the MAGA movement. It's just inspiring to see it 10 years out. the left can't do this Obama can't do this. Obama events are pathetic. Now the DNC convention was pathetic. No Democrat candidate can do this. No one on the left can bring this type of organization and energy. And so I would really, you know, it'd be really nice to keep it to keep it rolling. Maybe a final word on that, John. Like, yeah. In remembering Charlie, in remembering Charlie, what is it, you know, through 2028? What is it that must be done?

I think that we need to take an inventory of who we're up against with the Democrat Party and understand that they are having their own big problems right now where you have the sort of ascendant theater kid class, the DSA types, the young radicals. They're a war with like the elder swamp creatures. That aside, the party has no money. They're losing seats because of redistricting efforts. They have no political talent. They have no candidates. They don't even have a message. Remember when the world was going to end because of climate change?

And I don't even mean like in the Al Gore iteration. I mean the AOC, we have 18 months to pass the Green New Deal or we're all going to die. That was like seven years ago. Nothing's happened. That was almost their last real attempt at running on like an issue. Now it's just anti-Trump. Now it's punishing people who align themselves with Trump. That maybe worked in 2017. That maybe worked with the midterms in 2018. You know, we had the women's march with all the pink hats. It doesn't happen anymore. I mean, even when Trump won in 2024, they didn't have the mass demonstrations. Whereas the the first time you won, they were lighting police cars on fire in Washington, D.C. So we may be in a rough spot right now. However, what we're up against, which is to say the political force that is wanting to do the most evil to American Christians, they are unprecedentedly, I guess, broke, confused, disorganized, confused, like everything is in a very good position for us to succeed in them to fail, which by extension means America to succeed and evil to fail. Ladies and gentlemen, you've seen here in this interview why you must follow John Doyle, why you should watch his show, why we need people that are uniting in our side and in our

movement, keeping the energy going and willing to continue the fight and not help the left. Please, unsubscribe from the people who over the last year has shown that their sole objective in life is to help the left win. Do it for Charlie, do it today. Go follow John instead. Thank you, John. Godspeed. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to bring you this moment from last night.

That was really beautiful. That showed Trump still has Charlie's legacy and his family, full in heart. Here is Donald Trump and Erica Kirk and a moment last night that brought the entire arena to well, to its feet and to its knees in a way. Here we go. Because we've done so well and because our country is making so much money that only I can make this promise to you. The United States.

ALX, please shout out the clip. Extremist assassinated my great friend and conservative voice, Charlie Kirk, because Charlie Kirk spoke the truth. What shocked millions of American was not only the fact that Charlie was murdered as bad as it was, but also how many people made an excuse for it or cheered for it. They were cheering, some people, sick people. For a brief moment, the mask came off the radical left and you saw what they were really all about.

And now those same people are trying to get power over you in this election, and they are They are all voting Democrat, okay? They're all voting every one of them, and you can't let it happen. We will not let them win, and in Charlie's honor, I just want to say we love you, Charlie, and Erica is here someplace. Erica, where is Eric? Very much, and thank you, Erica, and I think Erica is going to be here tomorrow, too. She's put up with something, boy, oh boy, what she's had to go through,

and the most beautiful family, it's just terrible. But tough life. Tough life. Can't let it happen. From the very beginning of this journey, I've not stopped fighting and I never will stop fighting to protect you, your family. I had a great... Ladies and gentlemen, this is the energy that we need right now. There is an energy at this RNC convention that is unifying. It is in honor of Charlie. I encourage you to watch this evening. I have a feeling that Erica will give us speech and there will be more memorials to Charlie this evening. But the memorials and the sin liqueurs and the medals and the plaques, this is not what Charlie's legacy needs to be. Charlie's legacy needs to be is winning cultural victories. This is what he always constantly was on about, constantly. Spent 10 years building with him nearly and Charlie was only about

winning cultural victories. Young men returning to church, young women being good wives, being mothers, serving Christ for the kingdom of God, building the kingdom of God, and doing it through the power that we have on this earth,

both politically and spiritually. That was what Charlie's entire life was about. This is what Charlie gave his life for. I think it's just as I, you know, I just had a very reflective, morning thinking through where we've come from and where we are now. I'm disappointed in some things. I think Charlie would be very disappointed in some things. I'm encouraged by others.

And so I want to give a message of encouragement. Charlie was constantly encouraging. It's like amazing. This is such an unbelievable clip here. What a force. Listen to this. This is when Charlie was unifying Donald Trump and RFK Jr. together on stage two of the biggest political dynasties in American history from opposite parties, a message. This movement is not about Republican or Democrat. This movement is not about conservative or liberal. And I think you're going to see that on display in a little bit. Just maybe. this movement is about

the citizens versus the oligarchs this movement is about we the people versus the ruling class this movement is about America versus the globalist this movement

is about all of us against them he was a force minutes later Donald Trump would take the stage and unite with RFK in one of the greatest political dynasty moves in American history brought about by Charlie Kirk on a turning point stage.

He did this with Elon Musk as well. He united Donald Trump with J.D. Vance. Do you want to know why I'm part of the Vance Guard? Why I will be repping for J.D. Vance hard in 28 is because this was the last political action that Charlie asked for me to do. So I'll take that very, very personally. If you're wondering where we're headed, we're very interested to see how everything shapes up.

But ladies and gentlemen, this is the movement. The people who are trying to tear at this movement, the people who are trying to break it apart, are committing an act of evil, an act of evil, almost as evil as the murder of Charlie because you're trying to murder a man's legacy. And we mustn't let them win. We must keep up the fight, both culturally, but the only way to win culturally is to have political power.

The only way to have this political power, as you can see in the book of Romans, is for God to grant us favor. So we must keep our spiritual lives in check. And so that's why we're in Dallas. This is why we're fighting. I stand by every single word of the speech I gave at Charlie's Memorial. We're going to close the show with that. Just before we do, a shout out to the people that make our show possible. Advantage gold is who we trust with our precious metals.

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for us, which I got up on a memorial stage and memorialized my friend. And I didn't know what would happen over the course of the next year. I had my, you know, newborn child in the front row and the profoundness of Charlie's life and his effect on me is, was pretty simple in that moment as I just believe that I witnessed a miracle.

There is no more Charlie. There won't, like, you get sort of one of these sort of profit figures in your life. Charlie was a prophet. He was a martyr. the only way to interpret his life is not through again political numbers voter registration or GDP

it's through the acts of God and Charlie's life was a miracle and we all got to witness a miracle I got to witness a miracle close up and personal as Charlie reached into my life and saved my life multiple times through the power of Christ

and to the glory of Christ and so that's that's the lasting legacy of Charlie for me and for millions and millions and millions across the country. And we simply tried to crystallize that in the speech that we gave one year ago, approximately, at Charlie's funeral. And so I'll leave you with this, ladies and gentlemen on this show. We love you, we care about you.

This is what we're going to be building here. This is the purpose of what we're doing. And we're not ashamed of it. There is no higher purpose than to try and preserve this land for our children and our children's children. And Charlie certainly showed us the way. So this is what I'll, I stand by every word of this. May God bless you. We're going to keep fighting today.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Benny Johnson. Fight for Charlie Kirk. Who feels the Holy Spirit in the house tonight? You know that revival happening right now. How does it always work? What man intends for evil, God intends for good. Evil thought that there would be a funeral today. God has created a revival right here in this house right now.

Charlie always had that revival energy, didn't he? When Charlie first met me, I was a degenerate loser. I'm still a loser, but... I was addicted to alcohol. I had no wife, I had no kids, I had nothing going for me. After 10 years of work with Charlie Kirk, after his witnessing to my life, I have become a Christ-centered man.

I am happily married to the woman of my dream sitting right there with our youngest son who just turned eight today, eight months, and he's wearing ducks for Charlie's beloved Oregon today, that's Baby Whitaker in honor of Charlie. All of you had a Charlie moment in your life, didn't you? Raise your hand of Charlie Kirk centered you a little closer to Christ. Did Charlie help you achieve your American dream a little bit more? Did Charlie have that effect? Look at every single hand. Stand up. Say amen if Charlie Kirk had that effect on your life.

Look at this, 100,000 Americans, millions watching online, standing up and saying that is the revival spirit of Charlie Kirk's life. And that is the power of martyrdom. Because Charlie Kirk is a martyr in the true Christian tradition. If you take out a tyrant, his power goes away. You cut down a martyr, his power grows. And that's what we see. Time and time again, we're seeing it across this country.

Who's seen the full churches, the full parking lots? Who knows somebody now who's a Satanist or an agnostic, who's now looking at Charlie's life in this revival moment in our country and going, maybe I've got it all wrong. Maybe I do need a Christ center my life. This is what Charlie always wanted. This is how he wanted to be remembered. In the mold of Stephen, the first martyr.

Stephen was killed for speaking the truth about Christ, much like Charlie Kirk. The martyr Stephen was the same age as Charlie Kirk when he was martyred. At that time, Christianity was just a few very scared Christians in Jerusalem. And after Stephen's martyrdom, Christianity spread throughout the known world, the power. of martyrdom. This is how God and Christ always advances his kingdom and he's doing it right now with Charlie Kirk. It is a wonderful thing to see. We were all witness to a miracle. Charlie's life was a miracle. We could all see it, those who worked up close and those who watched from far away. We got to witness a miracle in Charlie's life. Someone who was there that day when

Stephen was martyred was Saul. Saul was the one who was taking the garments so that Stephen could be killed. And through Stephen's martyrdom, the Apostle Paul was reached by Christ to go out and write the majority of the New Testament. There was no one who is irredeemable. And that is what Charlie would have wanted us to know about his faith in Jesus Christ. The power of Christ's blood and the power of martyrdom speaks through Charlie. The Apostle Paul would go on to write the book of Romans, and I'd just like to close with this. In Romans 13, the Apostle Paul talks about a godly government

instituted by our Lord and Savior. And what does he describe? The Apostle Paul describes how God establishes the rulers of the nations. In the audience right now, there are rulers of our land. Represented right here is the State Department, the Department of War, the Department of Justice, the Chief Executive,

God has instituted them, God has given them power over our nation and our land. God saved our President Trump from an assassin's bullet for this moment. And what What does the Apostle Paul and Romans say about a godly leadership? He says that rulers wield the sword for the protection of good men and for the terror of evil men.

May we pray that our rulers here, rightfully instituted and given power by our God, wield the sword, wield the sword for the terror of evil men in our nation in Charlie's memory. I want to live in a country where the evil are terrified and where the good and the faithful and the moral people of our nation can live in peace. Debate in peace, disagree in peace, and start families in peace. And so we want to thank the administration for being here and carrying out that godly mission of wielding the sword against evil. In conclusion, I'd be remiss if I didn't say this to all of the young men in the audience

and I can see so many young men out there. Charlie really reached young men and women, but this is the advice that Charlie gave me. Center your life on Christ. Fall in love. Get married. Have a million kids. And live out your American dream.

And by doing that, we can create millions and millions and millions of Charlie Kirk's. And we can save our land. That will be our turning point. God bless you. And God bless Charlie Kirk. He's looking down on us smiling from heaven. God bless you. Thank you.

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