The Charlie Kirk Show - Ask Charlie Anything 224: Chinese All-Cash Buyers? Biggs for Arizona? Conquering California?

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

Charlie takes an hour of questions live from CK Exclusives subscribers, including:   -Can Andy Biggs win back the  Arizona governor’s mansion? -How can conservatives fix the purple GOPs created by the “Red State Paradox?” -What’s the plan for helping more young people buy homes in America?   Become an Exclusives subscriber and ask Charlie a question on-air by going to members.charliekirk.com.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here live from the Bitcoin.com studio. Ask Me Anything episode, one of our best member calls ever. If you want to join these member calls, it's members.charliekirk.com. We talk about the impact that we're making on college campuses. Why is it that housing prices keep going up? Is there something wrong with the fact that moms have to go right back into work after having a kid? Am I optimistic about California? And why is it that we're unable to stop men from

winning female sports championships? Email us as always, freedom at charliekirk.com. Become a member today, members.charliekirk.com. And get involved with Turning Point USA at tpusa.com. That is tpusa.com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country.

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Okay, everybody, welcome back. Email us, freedom at charliekirk.com. It is a beautiful Friday here. We have the members call. That is members. charliekirk.com it is a beautiful friday here we have the members call that is members.charliekirk.com members.charliekirk.com if you want to join the show you could become a member ask whatever you'd like our first member question is from donna donna thank you for being a member happy friday. What is on your mind? Ah, yes. Ah, yes. Ah, yes. I'm just curious. When you go to the colleges and universities, how many of those students come to faith when you're there? Great question.

You have a little bit of a reverb, Donna, so we're going to mute you while I answer that question. So the answer is quite a few. Now, we don't tabulate it, but I would make an argument that, because we get hundreds of emails, thousands of testimonials, people that are constantly saying, Charlie, I'm going back to church because of it, because of you, because of your videos, because of your campus attendance. I would say at least thousands. And we had well over 38,000 people that attended in person my campus event this semester.

In fact, our team, yesterday we had a really great C-level meeting at Turning Point USA. They had a great report. 100,000 students attended our events in person this semester. I want you to think about that. 100,000 students attended our events in person this semester on campuses across the country, and that doesn't include high school. That is a remarkable accomplishment, everybody. Remarkable. When you have a hundred thousand students that attend your events in person, no one comes close. I'm not here to criticize the other Christian campus groups, but I will say this. I never see them on campus usually. I don't think they're really moving the dial. I don't think that they're really preaching the gospel in the way

that is biblical and scriptural. And I would make an argument that what we are doing, even though we are not a quote-unquote ministry the way that like Young Life is, I think that what we are doing is actually bringing more people to faith, more people to a belief in God than even some of these very well-funded Christian ministries on campuses are. Not trying to criticize Campus Crusade and all that, but I don't see them on campus. I don't feel their vibe. There really is no aura where we're able to draw thousands of people and talk about the

Lord, talk about Jesus, and of course, talk about America, conservative principles to bring back purpose. It goes back to one of my favorite books. I encourage everybody in this audience to read this book. If there are like five books you should read in life, this is one of them. It is Man's Search for Meaning. Viktor Frankl makes an explicitly biblical argument and spiritual argument in the book, which is outside of food and outside of water, man's greatest need is meaning. It is not sex. It is not notoriety. It is not popularity. It is purpose and it is meaning. In fact, he proves in the will to meaning in this book, Man's Search for Meaning, he proves that in the concentration death camps of which he was subject to it, the people that happened to live at a much higher correlation and survive terrible sicknesses and

diseases were ones that had the meaning. And there's a lot of scientific data to show this, that you can literally die of a broken heart, that people that give up hope, they're more likely to die, more likely to have their body just give up, that your immune system is actually tied to your purpose and your teleological aim. So the answer is quite a few give their life to the Lord, and we hope to have that increase.

And I only wish that there were evangelists willing to go sow into the harvest right now. But I'm not seeing it. I'm not seeing enough pastors. I'm not seeing enough people on campus that are willing to lean into this moment. Instead, I see far too much wokeism and the weak, fake gospel being taught on many of these campuses. Jeff, thank you for being a member at members.charliekirk.com. What is on your mind?

Hello, Charlie. Thanks for all you do. In my humble opinion, Kerry Lake should be the current Senate governor of Arizona, but that didn't happen because of voter fraud. And I am all for Andy Biggs, but in your opinion, has enough been done to clean up voter fraud in Arizona so that Andy Biggs and other mega candidates can actually be elected and put into office? Great, great question. So the first answer is we don't know, but probably yes. And the reason being, of course, President Trump won the state by nearly 200,000 votes. And it's because we embraced early voting and we did ballot chasing, which increases our ability to not have a bunch of machines fail on election day.

So I think we proved in 2024 that we can win statewide. Also, just so we are clear, we just had a major legal decision where we just removed a bunch of non-citizens and questionable people from our voter rolls here in Arizona. A huge decision that was not covered. But look, no election is going to be perfect. Nothing is going to be, you know, 100% precise. But this is a fact, and this is why I believe Andy Biggs can be governor of Arizona. Of course, obviously, and that's why we endorsed him,

is that Donald Trump won the state in Arizona more than any other battleground state. It's the best performing battleground state. That's remarkable. And we won House seats and we won legislative seats. And it was large in part thanks to our turning point action ballot chasing operation. So Andy Biggs is a disciplined guy. He's a conservative guy. He's a family guy. And I will also notice this. Some people say, well, Andy Biggs can't win a general election. Well, first of all, Andy Biggs is the only person running who's actually ever been elected to something. So that's a weird contention.

Number two, be careful thinking that a more moderate candidate can automatically win statewide. Just say that to Senator Martha McSally. She lost twice statewide, being a moderate candidate from Tucson. Did work. Thirdly, do you know that one out of all three people in the Phoenix metro area live in the East Valley? It is a largely forgotten ingredient to the Arizona political formula. The East Valley, of course, is Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek. This tends to be a very Mormon population. Andy is LDS. They tend to have undervoted for Republicans in recent years. They have significantly undervoted.

The main reason being is they might not like Trump or they were too tied to Jeff Flake or whatever. Andy will run up the score in the East Valley, and that is in Mesa and Chandler and Apache Junction. Why? He represents that area, and he is very well respected. He was a state legislative candidate there, officeholder there. So for all those reasons, and I believe that Andy Biggs could actually be a better election candidate versus a more moderate candidate. And let me make a third argument, is that if we are trying to rebuild the Trump coalition where Trump won this state by nearly 200,000 votes, yes, of course, moderates matter. But do they matter as much as the hundreds of thousands of working men that may not vote in the midterms?

I can make an argument. Someone more in the Trump mold in November of 2026 in a statewide election is actually more likely to defeat Katie Hobbs than someone that is a more moderate kind of lookalike of Katie Hobbs. Nothing against the attempt to try to run a more moderate candidate. I know the intent. The intent is like, look, we want to win back the governor's mansion. But I would actually say that Andy Biggs being more conservative is not a disadvantage. It is actually an advantage to winning the governor's race in Arizona. Or else the plumbers, the welders, electricians, the young men on campus that I talk to, they are going to need a reason to go vote. And a more MAGA-type candidate is one in a lower turnout election like we are going to see in 2026 versus 2024. Someone like Andy Biggs is,

in my opinion, a no-brainer. So one out of three voters from the East Valley, and not to mention the rules. If you run a more moderate candidate, the counties like Cochise and Yuma, the counties that are very, very conservative, they tend to have an under representation they tend to under vote and we want to see candidates that are able to communicate in yavapai which is a very conservative candidate and run up the score there so to answer your question yes i have full faith that andy biggs can win we've made some changes we need to make even more but president donald trump winning by 200 000 votes in 2024 is evidence that a Republican can win statewide here in Arizona. And I hope to win back the attorney generals,

the secretary of state and the governors. And Andy Biggs being at the top of the ticket will give us a great advantage to do that and will help us tremendously to make J.D. Vance the 48th president of the United States in 2028, because this state will matter significantly in the 2028 map. Let's go to our next member here, Matt. Matt, thank you for being a member. How are you doing? Hey, Charlie, can you hear me? Yes, I can. Wonderful. Well, good afternoon here on the East Coast and thanks for everything you do. My question would be around Senate candidates for Georgia and North Carolina, certainly pivotal states. Obviously, choked, I think, probably with pressure, along with the kind of

the Sununu GOP establishment type kind of crew to keep MAGA from advancing in 28 or 26. Any thoughts on candidates in those, Georgia, North Carolina? So keep going, sorry. No, just any thoughts on, you know, do we have any candidates in the works? I know Georgia's bench is pretty light. North Carolina, we've got a couple options. Clearly, it's one of our strongest state parties with Watley, Lara, et cetera. Yeah, you know, it's interesting. Yeah, no, that's a great question.

So, yeah, thank you. Sorry, the connection was not great for me. The feedback was there. Not your fault. So Michael Watley is the chair of the RNC. I like Michael Watley. I get along great with him. And he's been very good to me.

He's been a very honest broker. I've got to be honest. A big upgrade from Rana. Michael's always been a straight shooter. He's from North Carolina. I think, look, if Tom Tillis doesn't run, look, I only hesitate. Do we really need another bloody primary? Maybe we do. Because maybe we just got to make an example out of Tom Tillis. What he did to Ed Martin was so wrong and was just so inexcusable. And so I think Michael Watley would be a Trump loyalist. He'd be great. I have no idea if Michael Watley would be as conservative as I'd like, but who knows? Honestly, he could win. Tillis is no good. And so I don't think Laura Trump will do it, but I think Michael Watley would be a phenomenal potential replacement there,

someone who could win a general election, someone who's got the Trump endorsement. So I think Watley would be someone worth considering for sure. Thank you, Matt. Sorry, Charlie. With Kemp not running, our Georgia bench is even lighter than North Carolina on a statewide level, with Raffensperger and Duncan, all those guys, and Chris Carr, the whole team there. I mean, I don't even know.

Would Collins consider leaving the VA? I mean, is there anybody that can win a statewide out there? Yeah, man, that's such a good question. You know who I wanted was David Perdue. But David Perdue is the U.S. ambassador to China because Perdue was a former... Yeah, keep going. Yeah, sorry. Continue. Is a Le because Perdue was a former. Yeah, keep going. Sorry.

Is a Loeffler re-dex an option? I mean, I know we're kind of scraping the bottom here, but Ossoff, he is just a nobody and he's a fool. Just like, man, he's sort of like a theater kid, white Obama. And he needs to be beat. Georgia is our state. And he's very beatable. With the right candidate, he is very, very beatable. I don't have a great answer for you. I don't know Georgia politics that well.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has declined running, so she has said she's not going to run. So it's a kind of open question, and I would love to see a good candidate kind of pop up. Honestly, I think that if we just kind of run a normal Georgian, no novelty stuff, I think we got a good chance. I think that the state wants just kind of a normal Georgian type candidate. So thanks so much, man. Thanks for being a member. God bless you. Happy Friday.

Let's go to David. David, what is on your mind? Members.CharlieKirk.com. You hear me okay? Yes, David. How are you? Okay, good. Question here. Got.com. You hear me okay? Yes, David. How are you? Okay, good. Question here.

Got two questions. We're in Communist California, and we want to know how we can battle the rogue judges. We have a boy running in a girls' event. I'm aware of it. A.C. Hernandez. A. A.C. Hernandez. A.B. Martinez. Yes. There you go.

That's close. And what's your thoughts on that? How do we, you know, how do we corral it, I guess? Well, first of all, your governor, who told me that he doesn't like men and women's sports should do something about it. I actually texted him this morning. I'm not going to say what I texted out of. I want to have some level of confidentiality there in case he actually does something. I'm not holding my breath, but essentially I'll tell you the essence of it. You said you're against this. Why don't you stand up against it?

I want to actually keep you up to the break. there is a piece of tape that i sent this morning that of this this man bragging about how he's going to win this the state title i sent it this morning is it okay let's play it's is that even registering as you're competing um honestly no i'm still a child you're an adult And for you to act like a child shows how you are as a person. And nothing I can do about people's actions. Just focus on my own. On Saturday, other competitors beat Hernandez in two of her three events. She won first place in triple jump. She is not currently ranked nationally, and she has been outperformed by over two meters in her jumps by girls competing in states that have banned gender affirming care. All I thought was, I don't think you understand that this puts your idiotic claims to trash.

Now you have no proof that I can't be beat. No, no, you lost to a girl. You lost to a girl. We'll be right back. Charlie Kirk here. Crime is skyrocketing. You may already own a firearm, but before you face the financial and emotional weight of pulling the trigger, consider Burna. Burna's less lethal launchers fire tear gas and kinetic rounds designed to incapacitate attackers for up to 40 minutes, giving you time to escape and call for help without deadly consequences. I use Burna. We'll be right back. confidence building. It fires at 400 feet per second with 41 joules per square inch of stopping power. That's enough force to halt a threat cold about the legal and moral complexities of lethal force. What I love about Burna is they're proudly American. Over 80% of their compact launchers

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about it because the worldview of the left rejects any distinctions of male, female. They reject any male, female distinctions. They do not exist. They believe they are constructs, not biological realities. We believe that there are biological realities rooted in the natural law designed by a creator. They believe they're just social constructs. So I don't have a good call to action other than we need to just keep on making a big stink out of it. But this man is likely going to steal and to cheat a medal away from a woman. I actually believe of all the culture war issues, I'm the most optimistic here. I think we're going to win this one in the long run.

They made the full culture war push and they failed. It was too ridiculous. And honestly, I mean, the Democrats, the fact that they are holding onto this, it's only going to continue to be a political win for us in the midterms and a political win for us in the general election. So the more they hold onto it, the worse they're going to be a political win for us in the midterms and a political win for us in the general election. So the more they hold on to it, the worse they're going to be politically. But eventually, I think we are going to deliver a final death blow to this cult. I really believe

it. I think we're going to win in the long run. I think it is so outrageous. It's so ridiculous. It's such an affront to our senses that i do think we're going to win so one more question one question so say she wins the state title she's jumping actually she's jumping the triple jump she's four feet longer than the second place so what happens to that she gets this she gets this title or she gets this record, what girl is going to beat that? Right. I have to keep correcting you. It's not a woman.

It's a he. Yeah, it's a he. Right. But no woman is going to beat that, and that's the point, is that male-female distinctions mean nothing, and they're going to receive the medal with no contention whatsoever. We just have to fight it in the press. We have to fight it in the culture.

And one day we will win. Thank you so much, David. Next question. Gracie, thank you for being a member. Members.CharlieKirk.com. What's up? Hi, Charlie. This is actually Gracie's mom.

I'm Lisa. Hi. Gracie had called in and you were telling us about the red state paradox. We're in Texas. Yes. And Texas has gone insane um what can we do to get the republican party back on track with the trump administration i mean we are so far left right now it is they're putting rubber snakes on the floor of the

the house and so so that the speaker can say, I wasn't calling y'all snakes. There's snakes all over the floor. It's just childish, petty craziness. And our Republican leadership on the local levels say, oh, well, we don't use the term rhino. That's not nice. Don't call out fake Republicans. That's not nice either. And it's counterproductive.

So if we're not supposed to call them out or we're not supposed to call them fake Republicans or rhinos, how are we supposed to root them out and get a Republican party that's red again instead of purple? Great question. You are a victim of your own success and you are a great listener and member because the fact you mentioned the quote red state paradox warms my heart, which means that something I'm saying is being listened and internalized. So if people understand the red state paradox is when a state becomes too red and becomes too conservative, it actually can work against you because then the Democrats run as Republicans and there is not a competitive Republican Democrat dynamic. Therefore, they infiltrate the Republican Party. And these are

people that just want to be elected to anything. They are they are the kind of quasi narcissistic sociopathic types that will do whatever possible to get political power and say the things and learn the phrases and learn the mantras. And they will infiltrate your party. Can I give you an example? Former Democrat county chair all the way back to Carter. Party swapped ran as a Republican, got elected as a Republican judge because his wife went on Facebook and said, hey, all of my liberal friends, go grab a Republican ballot and vote for my husband. And these are all people that support abortion. I mean, it's all over their social media. But the local Republican Party said, oh, we don't want to do anything about that.

I have some recommendations. And part of it is that Texans have to start acting like Texans again. Thank you. Learn the history of Texas. Number one, you have to get involved in your local Republican Party. That is number one. Number two, as the state continues to get more conservative, you have to be very clear of what a Republican actually stands for and what that means. And a great example, and I'll just kind of leave it here because I could do a whole show on this, is the fact that more Republicans are not up in arms about Epic City, East Plano Islamic City that is being put in Plano. And you're aware of this. Let me ask you, I mean, you're a member, you're tied into this, you're smart. How many of your fellow Texans either know about it or are read into it or have concern about it?

Everyone that I talk to has concern about it. The problem is we can raise all kinds of cane, but and I am involved in our local Republican Party. We try and be as active as we possibly can because we're trying to raise the alarm. What is going on here? But the people that are in leadership in our local Republican parties are very, like I said, don't say rhino. Don't say fake Republican. Everyone needs to get along. And I don't know how to fight a battle if you're not fighting. I agree. Well, look, listening to this program and being a member helps, I hope, fortify your worldview and strengthen you.

It does. But you are in the middle of a good problem. And let me just leave you off with some encouragement. It is much better to be stuck in a red state paradox than a blue state terror. Our listeners right now in Colorado and in Illinois and in New Jersey to some extent and to Rhode Island. They say, I wish that we had a red state paradox. You have a good problem. Your problem is much easier to fix than the California and the Hawaii problem.

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Go to NobleGoldInvestments.com. Trey, thank you for being a member. Members.charliekirk.com. What's on your mind? Hey, long time no talk, Charlie. How are you? Been doing great. How are you?

Good, good. Well, I just wanted to say thank you. I feel like I haven't gotten the chance to formally thank you for April 7th. Man, that was the largest. We had the largest event ever held on Green Street at the University of South Carolina. I mean, the energy and the crowd was completely unmatched. And Trey, I have to just say, I'm sorry about the lightning. I would have stayed for three to four hours. I hope you know that.

So first, before we get to your question, educate the audience. I believe you're our turning point chapter leader. Is that right? At Columbia? Is that correct? Former chapter president. I just graduated this past Friday. Very good. I love the adherence to the technicalities, but you're still the turning point chapter leader in my mind. Talk about what happens when we do one of these events. What is the impact? What is the vibe? What is the ripple effect when we come and do an event on a college campus? Walk our audience through that absolutely so I mean when when we bring Charlie out to when we brought Charlie out to Green Street it was just a completely unmatched energy from the crowd I mean we had 1600 that was probably it was probably one of the it was the biggest crowd that we've had on or the biggest event that we had on that street but all in all I mean we everyone is

so everyone in that crowd was so open- minded to just hearing what you have to say. And you're able to just change a lot of minds and a lot of perspectives we saw. I mean, we've completely since the seventh. I mean, we've completely changed the culture on campus. So talk about that. Talk about what happens post leaving. That's what gives me the real affirmation. Please continue. Those that were independent started to shift more conservative, and the conservatives became even stronger conservatives. I mean, the impact and the effect that it had on the students was just, it's unlike, that crowd was unlike anything that I've ever seen. And I've seen so much, you know, positivity from people. I've gotten so many thanks and gratitude for bringing you out to campus that day. And it warms my heart. It really does warm my heart, Charlie.

This organization has changed my life, man. It's, and, you know, students are just so much more, you know, like, open to talking about their people are a lot more on this campus, specifically, like people are much more, you know, like, open to talking about their conservative beliefs, and either, and for Democrats as well. It's's like they're all open and willing to discuss, you know, whatever's on their mind. And that's what I really tried to make our weekly chapter meetings about is just engaging in and facilitating, you know, civil conversations and debates. So it's been great. It's a beautiful testimony. Thank you for that. And I don't know, what do you plan to do now that you're a graduate? And then we'll get to your actual question.

Well, I actually just applied for this political organization. I don't know if you heard of it, but it's called Turning Point USA. I'll put in a good word. I'll put in a good word. And I'm sure we getting my broker's license within the next year or so as well. So I'm going to be studying over the summer and then probably practicing in South Carolina or Florida. We'll see what happens. You present yourself very well. You've got a great spirit about you. And you rolled with all the punches on that torrential downpour day in Columbia, South Carolina. I'll never forget it.

Yeah, please, Trey. What is your question? We want to make sure we get some other members, but phenomenal testimony. What's on your mind? Right, right, right. So when I actually was invited onto the webinar with Secretary Besson, it got me thinking that there were a lot of – I remember he was addressing the housing crisis and how the Trump administration is taking measures to ensure that we and semiconductors back into the U.S. for manufacturing domestically. But really what caught my ear was the housing crisis.

I feel like people my age are being forced to rent because of bigger corporations buying houses and those corporations are forcing you know people my age uh gen c-ers um to rent and not buy but we want to buy so my question to you uh is the trump administration taking any actions to mitigate this, what I could call a renting crisis, where bigger corporations will stop buying up houses in urban and suburban areas? So, yes. So homeownership, by the way, is critically important. We want people to own. This is by a tangent, by the way, why we went so hard on the Invest America idea earlier in the week. We're going to have a whole other program when I get back from the debating at Oxford and Cambridge about the Invest America because owning stuff matters. It's worth considering the penalties on the ownership of tons of housing by large firms. I think that a prohibition on major firms buying single-family homes is something we should entertain. Because the problem is this, is that there are kids that are then being outbid of their dream home by Chinese cash buyers and major private equity firms with $10 trillion. BlackRock comes in and buys a home, buys a single-family home,

and a young person's like, well, I finally got— think about how tragic this is. There's this young couple that I know of in Phoenix, and their combined family income is about $110,000 a year. They're doing pretty well. I mean, that's in today's economy. It's not as well as it used to be, but, and they really want to own a home and they found their home and they went to the bank and they had to wrangle the bank. It was months of meetings with the bank and back and forth with the bank. And finally they were able to get a loan approval and it was like their dream. And so they go and they put an offer on the

house. And as soon as they finally have that house and everything is finalized, they get a phone call from the realtor. Sorry, you've been outbid by a cash offer by 5%. The house is now gone. And so then they go back to the bank and they have to go back to this whole process. And so they have to go find another house that fits their criteria. This is happening every single day. Real families of young people are being outbid by major corporations and foreign buyers. I'm sorry. There's something fundamentally morally wrong with that. I'm a free market guy.

I'm all about free markets. You will cease to have free markets if people don't own stuff. It is it is definitionally prerequisite numero uno to a market which is owning, not renting. It's a no brainer. So while I'm not like excited to have prohibitions on who can buy what? Number one, I think we can all agree the Chinese Communist Party coming in with cash buyers should not happen. I think President Trump should sign an executive order prohibiting foreign nationals from China to be able to buy single family homes. I bet he could do that by just a national security executive order. I have no idea the technicalities of it, but I bet he could. Number two, which is more complicated, is why is it that our young

people that we have a social compact to, that we have sewed into, then have to go into the world. They have tons of student loan debt. They've done everything right. They get married. They're 28 years old and they want to start a family and they have to go pile together all of their savings from families, from their family, and maybe even take out a loan from a family member to just get the down payment for their dream home. And poop to the poop, the American dream gets stolen by a major firm. I'm sorry. That's insane.

When you rent and you don't own, it creates a different incentive structure. You view things differently. You do not make improvements on a rental. Rent and you don't own, it creates a different incentive structure. You view things differently. You do not make improvements on a rental. You don't have the same sort of honor or pride or understanding or connection to the asset. You don't have the same community. And I just keep going back to this. And Trey, thank you for the question. I know we spend a lot of time on this, but you're terrific is I keep going back to this mantra that was repeated by people I don't like. And they told us

that you will own nothing and you'll be happy. I'm sorry. That creepy statement keeps on repeating in my head. And then I look at the purchasing of all these homes to rent back to kids. I say, is that what they meant? I'm sorry. I remember that. I remember that. I want young people to own lots of homes and to flourish. Thank you, Trey. What does a mechanic and auto shop owner in Georgia, a taco restaurant operator in Arizona, and a life-saving medical innovator in Tennessee have in common? They're all small business owners, and they're all thriving on TikTok. Across the U.S., over 7.5 million businesses, from family-owned shops to entrepreneurs,

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Yes, Myra, what's on your mind? Do you have hope for California at this coming governor election? You know what? I don't want to get your hopes up. But if the stars align, I give you guys a 25% chance. And that is much more than I thought I would say previously. You can elect a non-Democrat governor of California. Might have to be an independent. I endorse Steve Hilton. Steve Hilton is great. Even though I've endorsed Steve Hilton, I'll say if Caruso runs for governor as a Democrat, that would be very interesting. I'm just going to be honest. A lot of people in

California are upset with the status quo. Cost of living is too high, homelessness, wealth gap, housing prices. Am I optimistic? No, but I give you a 20% to 25% chance if the stars align. And why is that? San Francisco and L.A. are such heavy beasts to overcome. If you just look at the numbers, it is so overwhelming. It's so difficult.

Someone puts in our chat. They're hell holes. Yes. Okay. I mean, yeah, that's one way to put it. All right. I was over in Arizona. Yes.

Keep going. I was over in Arizona with my husband to, for the commit 100 over in October. Thank you for doing that. We got to meet you in your studio. Yes. I remember that. Yes, yes, yes, yes. It was your anniversary or your birthday or something. Yeah, exactly. Yes. Would we be able to use a out. Although we will not have people on the ground full time in California, we will have activists like you. And I could not. California is like a second home.

Don't tell the California Franchise Tax Board that. But it's like a second home in the sense where I spend a lot of time there, give a lot of speeches. There are a lot of friends there. My pastor is there. We vacation there. And I want to see California safe. There's still a phenomenally amount, millions of decent people in California. I can't say the same

about Massachusetts. I'm kidding. No, I'm not. Look forward to seeing you on June 30th. Thank you. Look forward to it as well. Yeah, that's Pastor Rob McCoy's retirement party. Looking forward to that. Joseph, Joseph, what is on your mind? You're the final question of this week. Members.CharlieKirk.com Hi, Charlie. Do you know

if there's any plans or actions or plans, even financial burden of childcare, making it easier for parents to have more time at home or just trying to lower costs out there? I say this because my wife's not going to be an officer while I'm a CBP officer and having a two-hour drive each way on top of that, it starts to kill us financially. Yeah. I mean, look, first of all, God bless you guys. Actually, I would love to do a longer conversation about this. It is increasingly economically impossible for the wife to stay at home, and that is bad for the country. It is bad for America if the wife wants to stay at home. And that is bad for the country. It is bad for America if the wife wants to stay at home and the mom wants to stay at home. And you can't make that happen. I do encourage families to try to think outside the box. Try to really live within your means. Vacation locally.

Use coupons. Homeschool. I will say this, that at Turning Point USA, we already offer three months maternity leave. We just had a meeting. We're probably going to extend that to six months for people that have been around for a certain while. We got to look through all the legal technicalities, but we want to be the most pro-family organization in the country. And I have a lot of more thoughts on this, but it's more of a macro tragedy that it is not economically simple for a father to work and support the family and the wife or the mother has to go back into the workforce. There is something structurally wrong with our economic configuration if moms are able to give birth and then 90 days they have to be back at a cubicle. I find something wrong with that. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us as always, freedom at charliekirk.com. Thanks so much for listening. God bless.

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