The Charlie Kirk Show - The TPUSA Halftime Is Now Official + Danica Patrick

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

Charlie's friend Danica Patrick joins Tyler and Andrew to discuss the breaking announcement of a Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show during the Super Bowl, as well as Danica's final interaction with Charlie and the big question from him she is now ready to answer on air. Jack Posobiec discusses his participation in Donald Trump's Antifa panel. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com!    Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Andrew Colvitt executive producer of this show, and I am excited this morning to be joined by an Arizona, I guess, I don't know what I do, a native, a daughter of Arizona, celebrity of Arizona, I don't know, what do you want to call? A resident. Yeah, there you go, resident of Arizona. Yeah, there's a lot of people that are just residents as many people. people are from somewhere else and i am but i've been here for over 20 years well there you go danica patrick is in the house so if if you didn't recognize her name and uh i have our good friend tyler boyer co-o of turnip point action in here as well who is a native but we count anyone that's been in

arizona for more than 10 years as a native so i love this qualification which i do not count so and now i play golf so i really am a local that is true there's a lot of golf courses in this town there's a lot of golf courses which you'd think you know the water i don't know the heat the grass, but it works. I don't know how you guys pull it off in Arizona. Before we get into it with Danica here, which thank you so much again for just making it into the studio. It's always great to have people in the studio. I just, we have to bring it up. It has to be the first thing. Go ahead and throw up 336. And the rumors are true. Jack Posobic has manifested this via a joke on this show to that Turning Point USA will be hosting the All-American

halftime show a celebration of faith family and freedom and that of course will be on two eight twenty twenty six if you want more details as they come please go to american half-time show dot com american half-time show dot com so i know there's a lot of news in the world there's the gaza israel peace deal there's antifa there's so many things we got to get to there's like was it luke brian i always get the bryans exactly zach bryans There's a Zach Brian. We're going to get to all of this, by the way. But I just want to throw it to you.

You have existed at the nexus of pop culture, sports. So, you know, we've got Bad Bunny who's going to be performing at the halftime show, you know, the official one. I think we're going to get a lot of eyeballs on this event because I think because of that selection of somebody who doesn't speak English and sings only in Spanish and seems to have a lot of disregard and contempt for our country, it's going to turn a lot of people off. What say you, Danica Patrick? Well, I talked about this last week with Steve Bannon on a show War Room. And I had posted that I think that it's wrong that someone that doesn't speak English is performing at the halftime show for the Super Bowl for, I thought it was 100 million. I looked it up. It was like 127 million people to some degree watch that, watch the Super Bowl.

And, you know, I feel like it's such a uniting event. It's such a sports in general, I think, is unique. of course you've got your team and someone else does but generally it's like fun you come together and especially the halftime show everyone's excited to watch it what's it going to be um you know is there any surprises and um i think the only surprise that we're going to get is if not that if americans learn how to speak spanish in four months like he asked them to do on saturday night live but if he speaks english that would be the surprise of the show um i just don't think that i just don't think it represents our country and and our sort of crown jewel event of the year.

It's the highest rated show of the year on anything. And, you know, and obviously he sort of had a problem with ICE being at his shows and not wanting to have his fans. So he decided he didn't want to perform in the United States. And, you know, I just think that's all just kind of plays into such a weird narrative about why someone like that was chosen. the best excuse is when I use the excuse is that I don't know is the NFL trying to and create more reach in different demographics and areas and I think that had to have been the calculus because you know bad bunny I learned this from Daisy I had no idea but bad bunny is he he's apparently been the top stream or whatever for gen Z oh yeah for gen Z so and

and yeah and I mean his biggest audience is going to be in Latin America even I think he's Puerto Rican if I'm not mistaken so a lot of people I mean I get the calculus but the fact that you know you just had this election in 2024 you had the the whole country kind of seems you know it was it was not a close election let's be let's be fair and at least by electoral vote standpoint but also too big to too big to rig yeah so so you know the whole country's moving this one direction Trump remains extremely popular in his deportations all stuff so that seems to be the big crux with him so it just feels like a very tone-deaf thing to do for americans i get the idea of expanding out but this is our show yeah i mean obviously then there's

too been such a sort of conversation around the choices for the super bowl half-time show and jz being involved and they're being sort of a satanic angle to them and um i think it was jaden smith maybe was another one that just come up like a pop star with like red is a very common color that is used to like sort of sort of get this like like message across or maybe this sort of underlying message of satanic rituals or something look i i don't know all these things are speculation but it sure is an interesting choice and he has sure definitely had some very odd music videos recorded where he does look like a demon in them and is doing weird things or trans i mean very commonly wearing like dresses and heels and pearls and all kinds of things and i mean i just uh you know

fake prosthetics yeah here's some imagery oh really i haven't seen the fake prosthetics yet yeah like the satanic imagery it's just everyone is always on guard every year i think for the super for the the the yes you look at the at the event you're going through everything and they're always expecting to see what are they going to try to force upon america every year yeah and when it's when it's i mean we always used to joke about this with charlie because this was like he would always tweet this is an epicenter of like culture every year where everybody's paying attention and going okay are they trying to force on you know more trans stuff more uh more uh more debauchery more BLM more uh yeah more that was always the the question and and so sexual

anarchy so the reason why i like what we're doing here is because now the ball's back in the court of the planners of the main event, which is what we have to refer to it as the main event. We now have a cudgel to use against them if they're going to continue to heap contempt on the people that pay their bills and that go to their games and buy tickets. So now they're going to have to change things or go more intense, right? On their side, they're more debauchous, which that could actually be an outcome that comes out of this is that they actually respond and double down to triple down. Or you force their hand, essentially, right, by proving that this many people are going to watch this other show, as opposed to theirs.

And so, I mean, we saw this with the Jimmy Kimmel stuff, I feel like, you know, some of the things I posted about that opinionated. I'm like, look, it's all about ratings. It's about money. And if his ratings had gone down, he wasn't as funny. He was just making cutting personal sort of digs at people based on his own beliefs. It wasn't, you can take the stuff that's going on in the world, whether it's politics or whatnot, and make it funny and be super sarcastic. But when you sort of deliver it the way he does, and I'm like, look, at the end of the day, ratings are what matters. And as I said, I was like the clock is ticking again, Jimmy. And from what I read the other day, it looks like it's not going in the right direction for him. And then he just did an interview yesterday or the day before where he basically said he didn't really know there was a problem until he was taken off the air. It's like, wow, these people don't even, they really don't care, do they? They really don't care. And I think that it'll be very interesting to see how the American people or the public or the world even decides to vote with their viewership on whether or not

they watch the halftime show or whether or not they watch your show or whether or not they watch another one because maybe there'll be another one too yeah it's and listen everybody's free to do it I mean this is setting a precedent which again I don't like we want everybody to be united we want us all to have one cultural touch point I think it's important that we have one gathering point and listen we're not saying don't watch the game we're not saying anything like that we're saying there is a line and when you hire a guy to do the job that hates our country seemingly and hates the government and hates the rule of law that the american people just voted for and just like yeah all this weird satanic stuff it's like listen there there might

be some consequences that you don't like so much and there needs to be consequences because there have been halftime shows that that went too far i think they they reeled it back in you know and there's been some some better ones but this this this this was going to to happen whether we did it or not by the way to your point the people were outraged at bad bunny sometimes you don't try and fix what's there you start something new completely and that's the easiest way and that's what it's that's what you're doing i don't disagree i'll say this point to andrew is we have uh we have a huge opportunity in front of us now with this uh with this event to execute it in a way that might change how america views these big events in the future because this has never

really been attempted before. And I know, and again, this isn't unique. There's many different groups that have talked about this. And so we want to give a nod. There might be multiple different things, but America using the ability to press the off button and to use their wallet actually to make decisions is really critical. It's not just zombie their way through the things that are put in front of them. And so this is a really, really important cultural moment for America.

I agree. We'll see what happens. If you're tired of watching this country drift, away from the values that made it great. It's time to get involved. That's why I stand with AMAC, the Association of Mature American Citizens. Charlie loved this country, and he loved partnering with organizations that truly stand for what makes America great. One of our most trusted partners, Amac, the Association of Mature American Citizens, is doing something special in Charlie's honor. Amac is offering free memberships to all ages, no credit card, no strings

attached, just a chance to stand for faith, family, and freedom. Join this movement. Go to amac. us slash charlie today that is amac dot us forward slash charlie today i think what's going to happen here is i think the turning point one i mean everybody's been asking us to do this i have not seen anything in our inbox at freedom at charliecirk dot com that has been so unanimous everybody's like i want to go i want to go and i can just tell you because uh we have a website there uh let me make sure i got it's uh I want to make sure I get the exact right website here because I said it before but I'm not

okay okay it is American halftime show.com American halftime show.com I can already tell you that the response has been pretty dramatic. I'm super curious to see what the viewership will be like the yeah well I mean well look what happened with the service obviously and those being Christian bands and the moment of course that sort of led to what when it transitioned into all of the amazing speakers coming up with the it was like almost like a hymn and everybody i mean i was bawling my eyes

out there while that was all going on the music is really powerful and there's something to do with like the coming together in the community nature of it when everybody's sort of in the same energy space so um i i'm very interested and there's there's so many great christian bands these days that are really fun well and we're going to do my sister plays a lot of them for her kids so i listen to a lot of them i think it's going to be a mix of if you will like crossover but bands, Christian. You guys got Creed? You guys got Creed, don't you? We're not prepared. We're not prepared to make any announcements yet. But it could be a lot. It could be a lot of different things. And we're going to have just mainstream bands. I'm going to throw the red clay strays into

the mix because the red clay strays, have you ever heard of them? I have. They're kind of like, I don't know if they'd be considered rock, but they're a fantastic band. Check them out. But they sing a lot of like Christian driven music. And they say, why do we sit? We sing about our life. And we're not here to sing Christian music, but God is in our. our life. And so anyway, there's some great songs there. So I'm going to throw them in the hat for you guys. He said he had reached out to, he sent the lead singer had sent him an email to Turning Point and just said, look, I don't know if anyone's going to get it. I just want you guys to have the music and know it's there for you. So anyway, there's a lot of incredible bands that I'm sure would put

on a fantastic performance. Well, this has spurred a lot of conversation to you around just again, the broader sports community. We've been talking for many years about what would it be like? look like to have a pro-america bowl game like a real bowl game that had all the stuff for on the college side oh you mean leading in so i we've had some conversation so we're hoping this all spurs well this is all a testament to charlie's legacy i mean nothing like this would have been possible you know without just this outpouring and of of just energy that's just flush with energy and people want to get involved they want to see the culture changed yeah and i think this is a great way to do it is just flex their muscles in this way.

So I just want, for the audience's sake, we're going to be bringing Jack Posobic in just the next segment. We're going to talk about Antifa. We're going to talk about the Gaza peace deal. And Danica is going to sit around and hang with us for all of that, give her input. But in this segment, I want to give you a chance. I mean, you knew Charlie. You guys, we have pictures of, I'm sure the team's going to be putting that up on the B-roll. Charlie was recruiting you in a not-so-subtle way. Why don't you tell us about that and kind of some of your last interactions with them? Yeah.

Well, the last real interaction was not long after the election was over with and Donald Trump was put in the powerful position that he needed to be put in. And he sent a text to me and said, I have something I want to talk to you to call me if you have a minute. And I was like, that's awfully serious. And I don't, I mean, I know Charlie for sure, but I don't know him that well that it's like, what would this 911 kind of call? Colby. So I called him and he said, hey, we want you to run for Congress if you want to. We'll help you. We'll get that done. He seemed very, very confident about that happening in that position to be in, which would be for Schweikert's seat. And then he said, if you like it, after two years, we'll help you run for Senate. And I was like, whoa. I was like, I thought I just got

hit by a tornado. And look, it's not the first time that people have said, are you going to run for office at some point or now or but I told him I was like look this is a pretty big decision I don't think this is something I want to do but I have a lot more questions and he's like great we'll get together we'll talk about a lunch or dinner or something will whatever you ask we'll we'll we'll talk about it and we didn't end up having that that lunch or dinner that deeper conversation about it I think that's about the point that he ran off to Mara Lago for a couple of months and was doing the good work that ever whatever he was doing probably doing what he did to me with a whole bunch of other people.

Recruiting them into roles they didn't necessarily think. Planning the next, you know, 12 years of the country. And so, look, that that was brought up. And so then when you contacted me about, you know, talking about Tyler, talking about, you know, running for. I think maybe this would be a good time to bring Tyler in out of Dadeca. Because you were probably in the room for some of this strategizing. Yeah, I mean, obviously, we don't want to spring anything.

on you and that's part of the conversation. I think the broader context in the conversation is this concern for Arizona, right? And where things were at. So I don't know what developed or didn't develop in that conversation. But, you know, what are some of your feelings on Arizona? I mean, with or without running, you know, for office. I mean, I think that what I see is a whole, I always see Trump flags, American flags. It always feels very Republican or. conservative or American it feels very i was always surprising to me that it's the swing state but um so that's what i see um i think that of course we want to get people in position i think that's what charlie was so i mean he's just such a so he was just so intelligent and so adamant yeah

and and passionate and convincing like i'm not saying that he would have not convinced me if we'd had dinner uh and talked about all that but so so can i ask yeah um i'm oh wait let me let me let me let me Are you considering elected office? No, no. That's breaking news. That's breaking news. That's simple, straightforward, and to the point, which is how I operate. And that's why the answer to him was, wow, I don't think this will be what I want to do, but I have more questions.

Mostly because of in the context of how many people have asked me about that. I don't know what, I don't feel like I am qualified to do that kind of thing, but obviously people can see something in me. And so I'm not going to rule that out forever, but at this point in time, that is a no, I am not running for office. However, I would love to learn more, and I would love to support the right candidates in their journey and getting into office. And being able to keep this country going in the direction that it's going the way it needs to go. And, of course, Arizona to keep it, I mean, as many of these swing states as we can, you know, convert over and put into power in the right way for the long run. just it's just such a, it's such a guarantee for so many other things in the future. I'll just say this. The best candidates say they don't want to run. So that makes the best candidate.

We're going to channel our inner Charlie Kirk and we're going to convince Danica Patrick to run for office. So we're going to wish me a lot. Yeah. Hey everybody. This is Andrew Colvette, executive producer of the Charlie Kirk Show. Berna is proud to continue supporting Charlie Kirk's mission and the important work of Turning Point USA. because empowering Americans to defend their freedoms begins with protecting themselves, their families, and their communities. The Burna, less lethal launcher, looks like a firearm, but it isn't one. It fires powerful, chemical, irritant, and kinetic projectiles that can stop a threat in its tracks,

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That's B.YRNA.com slash Charlie. All right. So I'm going to take one quick second here. And we're going to bring in Jack. We've got a lot to do here. But I just, this is Chaley email. I'm a longtime listener and supporter of not only Charlie, but the entire Turning Point family.

I know probably thousands and thousands have reached out to you this past month. But if any of you ever needed another mouth to say how grateful we are and all the work you're doing, I will say it again. Thank you. Thank you so much. Halftime show from K.A., I'll just leave the name off. Skillet for the halftime show. Okay. Ashley says, I'd love to know more about the halftime show.

It's happening. That's about, and we're going to, it's going to be in an arena. it's going to be a real it's going to be a real production is it going to be local here maybe probably I would say probably Jack posted a poll on truth and X I'm told

about the halftime show okay so check out Jack's X for that maybe I'll have to do that Danica this one's for you please let Danica know this from Kevin that feeling she isn't qualified is the primary reason many voters feel they are qualified because not feeling qualified shows you truly realize the enormity

of the task you undertake when you become an elected official that truly has a servant's heart and is not in it for oneself and that's from kevin uh he's in tennessee not a voter for you potentially but well it's true though everybody feels that way the people want people who don't want to run for office that's the number one qualifier when we talk to people is that you don't want to run for office great you can rent for office yeah exactly well that actually that tracks back to even when it was the beginning of last year um when campaigning was getting rolling and it was who is who does amarillis on rfk's team she contacted me because she wanted me to run at that point in arizona for whatever was coming up and again i'm not qualified

i don't i don't even remember exactly what seat it would have been but she was talking to me about running and what she had told me was she's like of course that not wanting to run is usually a very good reason to run that you should and that you're this kind of person but she said look these are it's meant to be someone that comes in from your local community that helps out locally. It's someone that's going to support your needs and wants and really reflect what is needed in your local community and that a lot of times you come in and you go out. Like, right, you go into office, you serve and you come out. And what I will say from visiting the Hill and lobbying for a few different things over

this last, you know, six months or so in D.C., is that a lot of the senators and people from different states that I've met are these people? They are these people who have, yes, there are people that have been there for a long time, but there are many of them that I met that were like, look, I was a successful business person, this is what I did, I'm coming in, I'm going to do two terms and I'm getting out, and I'm like, wow, I can see that that might be a place in the future where I go, look, this is my, this is when I'm ready to serve, I feel called, I feel like I can really contribute and I really understand how the state, the city, the country, how all of this stuff is organized and how the cogs and wheels work and it's not that I don't want to you don't want to get so far that you are jaded or that you are somehow looped into the system in some manipulative way right that's how you want to get to you don't want to be corrupted um but I do think that knowledge is power and I do think that running would be something where I'd I want to I really would want to know a little bit more like you guys are talking about various things behind the scenes about yeah running and I'm like

I don't even have any idea what you're talking about right now I just want to the audience to be aware that we did try our best Charlie Kirk to convince her. And I would say we're no Charlie Kirk, but we got close. I feel like we're making progress. It's not over. It's not over. We have more breaks in this hour. Well, this would be the best team.

I want to bring in Jack Posovic, speaking of lobbying people in Washington, Jack, you were on the hill yesterday. You were in D.C. yesterday and you were talking about Antifa. My phone was blowing up. Everybody was loving what you were saying, Jack. So I'm going to start there, and then I'm going to throw it to you. Let's go ahead and play a cut 108, a particularly powerful moment from Jack Pesobit. And Mr. President, I think the situation is getting worse.

When you look at people like Luigi Maggione in his 20s, Thomas Matthew Crooks, of course, who took a shot at you, sir, the ice shooter in Dallas, and now there's Tyler Robinson. We're starting to see a pattern of more and more murderous violence. But Mr. President, we need to do something about this because I fear that the next one who could be killed could be sitting at this table right now. Jack Posobic, tell us your thoughts. What was the importance of yesterday? Well, guys, thanks so much for having me on

and, of course, honored to be participants at the panel there in the White House to talk to President Trump about what's going on with the violence that we've seen and hi to Tyler. to Danica as well. Danica, by the way, I can't wait to come out and campaign for you in Arizona. There's going to be an incredible, incredible race. It's going to be great. Oh, it's going to be wonderful. You'll see. And, and of course, I mean, who better to get in the race than an actual race car driver herself. And, and all our staff today, Jack, was sending me pictures of dressing up

with their kids as Danica for Halloween. This is a real thing. Hopefully not, hopefully not, hopefully not hopefully just the female staff right Tyler it's just the female staff just that all the all the girls on staff wanted to be danica when they were when they were when they were a little maybe bad bunny and then Andrew Andrew did Andrew did one year but for the record that was because he lost a bet that's right um but no no yesterday in all seriousness it it look this this violence has affected all of us and it's affected us directly I've been writing about antifa infiltrating antifa for almost 10 years now researching this group. I spent about a week inside the Chaz up in Seattle in 2020. I've been infiltrating these groups going back to 2015, 2016. And little did we know or how could

we have known that one of our friends, one of our friends who should be here today hosting this very show would be killed by someone who had a bullet casing that referenced Bella Chow, which is the international anthem of Antifa. And these symbols, this symbology, this violence, this rhetoric, it is absolutely getting worse. And so I applaud the fact that the President of the United States is willing to take time out of his incredibly busy schedule. He's securing peace in the Middle East at the same time, by the way. Talk about multitasking when the left tells us that he's not. He deserved 10 Nobel prizes for being able to pull this off, by the way.

But when you really look at it, the situation is grim because we are going to keep going forward. Turning Point USA will obviously keep going forward. The tour continues, 6,000 in Utah, another 5,000 in Montana just the other night. A number of us are going to New Jersey tomorrow to get involved in Jack Chitorelli's race in New Jersey's of Benny Johnson, myself, Cliff Maloney, Scott Pressler. A lot of turning point partners will be there in Wildwood. But at the same time, if Antifa is not dealt with, it is going to get worse and they will not stop on their own. So when the president came in and started discussing foreign terrorist organization designation, this is absolutely warranted. It is absolutely necessary.

And I applaud the fact that the president took our recommendations and says, yes, that he will be signing off on this. Because Antifa actually began in Europe. And that was what I started by briefing with explaining how they really rose up out of Weimar, Germany, then spread to the Spanish Civil War, other parts of Europe. And they still exist with pockets and cells all across Europe and even links to Middle Eastern groups. They went over to Syria for training all throughout the Syrian Civil War and then returned to the United States and parts of Europe to put that battlefield training into places like the Chad. They were, in fact, members of the John Brown Gun Club and members of those armed armed. checkpoints in Chaz that have received battlefield training in Syria. This is a foreign terrorist organization and if President Trump, when he designates them as such, we're able to use the full

power of the U.S. government against them. Well, Jack, I want to have you, you know, CNN was running cover for Antifa last night. I'm going to have you respond to Aaron Burnett. I think I might have been the one that got this clip circulating last night, which I just found it so obscene. I had to I had to post it. Let's go ahead and play cut 112. In fact, it's not even like far right groups like the proud boys and oath keepers, which have had national leaders, unlike Antifa.

There is no organized hierarchy to the group, and according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, compared to right-wing extremists, Antifa linked violence is rare and limited. But that has not stopped Trump from blaming Antifa for just about every act of violence in America since he first got

into office. Ah, but so, Jack, it gets worse the studies that she cites is about the rise of left-wing violence. It lists Islamic terrorism as right-wing and doesn't include the Tesla attacks or anti-ice protests and assaults as leftist violence. So there's egg all over Aaron Burnett and CNN's face right here. Well, look, CNN is in a world of heard after the beatdown President Trump gave them yesterday in the White House, and we got to be there for that. Look, that sounds like something that was, who's on the other side of that teleprompter. Did Antifa write that script? This is exactly how it works.

And I, you know, speaking as a guy who spent a year mobilized to Guantanamo Bay working in counterterrorism, terrorist cells operate in a decentralized fashion, especially with asymmetric warfare. That is the textbook definition of asymmetric warfare. You wouldn't want this hierarchy. You wouldn't want this ability for them to be able to be tracked easily. That's part and parcel of what Antifa does. But when it comes to the training, when it comes to the organizational level, when it comes to the front groups and the affinity groups that are used to fund the legal aspects of this, that are used for NGO dollars. And Seamus Bruner gave it an incredible briefing there in the White House. We've seen it all. We've tracked it all. We have

the receipts. The federal government is coming for all of them. And it's incredible to me. It's incredible that CNN will sit there even today, blue in the face, and say, they don't exist. They're not real. And here's what I'd say to Aaron Burnett. Here's what I'll say. Here's what I'll say to all of them. Come join us. I'll show you where they are. I'll show you how real they are. Well said, Jack. You did a great job last night, yesterday at the White House. So thank you for speaking up for your courage on this. And New Jersey, I'm feeling, I'm feeling positively, I'm feeling some optimism about New Jersey, especially with guys like Jack and Cliff going out there.

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So learn like Charlie did. for Hillsdale.com. That's Charlie for Hillsdale.com. I want to know who you want to see as the performances at the All-American halftime show, also known as the AAHS, I'm saying. It's already being acronymized online. It's pretty funny. Jack was like, it will be presented 100% in English, which is good to, which is a good thing, I guess, that we have to sort of, you know, remind people that we're acting, our show will be in English.

I think it's a joke at this point. You can watch the, you can watch the other one that will be in 100% Spanish and will be full of anti-ice raids and satanic rituals, or you could get some worship music, some rock music, some, so we want to know what kind of music you want. I want to send us your emails, Freedom at Charliekirk.com. You have some suggestions, though. You had one. I did. I did. You know, it's giving me flavors of like, remember for the Olympics when they had the halftime show in France? Were they in France?

Where were they? And it was like wildly cross-dressing, all kinds of like. A lot of controversy. A lot of controversy. That could be the Super Bowl. My suggestion was the the red clay strays. Oh, that's right. I've never heard of them. Have you heard of them? That just means nothing. That means nothing, by the way. I'm about as bad as Charlie. Yeah, when it comes to With pop culture Charlie was like What is Riz?

Let me say this I think we're going to have A lot of people who Want to perform This is why we said We need to create more opportunities With more events You know here's the thing

We Listen when this idea was floated My first instinct was like It's not what we do Let's like probably Slow our roles What are you talking about? Well that's thing

We put on events But our poor events team Always gets slammed I know But here's what I would say a lot of artists that are probably like, we want your pyrotechnics. The reason, exactly. The reason I ultimately was like,

I'm a yes on this is because Charlie wanted to take over culture. He wanted to win back culture. And this is how you do it. This is at least a way to prove a point. This is at least the way to prove a point. So the hour flies by. Do you agree? It flies by. This is our last segment with Danica

Patrick. We have Chris Cuomo, that might shock people. It makes sense. I promise. And then we're going to be talking about some other stuff with some pop culture stuff with daisy but here's what i'd say so trump has ended a number of wars we're on the precipice of this peace deal in gaza the prisoner exchange the the the hostage exchange um hopefully a ceasefire hopefully we get peace and i will tell you that's what charlie wanted in israel he just wanted peace he wanted the war to be done and i understand

there's nuances and that you campaigned a lot for president trump sometimes with charlie i was at some of those what do you what do you make do you did you of the of his however many months he's been in office are you how do you feel about the state of things well i think that uh i think he's done some seriously incredible things as he said ended seven wars um so uh he is a powerful influence he is someone just like charlie he's playing chest not checkers um he is incredible getting i think things done however they need to get done he's a great uh I'm not going to say bluffer, but there's a lot of times where something seems very extreme might affect a lot of people. And then at the 11 and a half hour, all of a sudden it's like, oh, everything changes and it's going to be okay.

And it's not really going to affect them negatively. Saber. We call it saber rattling. Saber rattling. Well, he's incredible at saber rattling. Posturing. Yes. And so that's really powerful. You need someone that has that level, that kind of confidence, that backbone and that ability to have so many people on his side. I think obviously the second time around having time to play. plan his cabinet and have the right people in power as opposed to just sort of getting what he

got and then trying to figure it out once you started that already began much longer before. So obviously, you know, he has people that he can trust, which as we're seeing is just such so important to have people around you that you can trust. But I think that, you know, as my hour wraps up, something I've been thinking about that I'd like to hit on is just the people's ability to have to do some critical thinking and make choices. We're talking a lot about the halftime show and I think in general we just get so romanticized, so manipulated into ways of thinking or new ways of thinking even at times or just perpetuating ones that you already do and whether it's through television, social media,

the propaganda, the algorithms that build. And you kind of don't even know how to think for yourself anymore. And you just sort of slip into a trance. And I think that making this decision to have a different Super Bowl show is a reminder to have critical thinking and make your own choices. And the other day I was just in D.C. I just got back last night. And I went and did the fit test, the Pete and Bobby fit test with, or the fitness challenge

with Tulsi Gabbard, Laura Trump, and Bobby Kennedy. Yep, it's 50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups for time. And Dakota Meyer, Tulsi Gabbard, Laura Trump, and myself. And before we did it yesterday morning, I had a little bit of time when I landed. And I walked on down to the Jefferson Memorial. and I walked down there and I read all the plaques inside of the memorial and I got done and I was like, wow, we used to talk about God all the time. It used to be everywhere, your creator, all of these, this language was normal and somehow culture removed it and made it inappropriate. Like I have the, there's an F1 driver named Lewis Hamilton.

He lost his dog Roscoe. And I always remember that because I'm from Roscoe, Illinois. And I don't really reply to many people's Instagram or X or anything. But I made a reply because animals are just like near and dear to my heart, especially dogs. And I said something, I replied to him. And at the end, I said, you know, praying for your, you know, your heart and, you know, Rosco. Anyway, a few people replied and said the last part was totally inappropriate. And I'm like, what kind of like, what kind of disillusioned, like, nihilistic world do we?

live in that you can't say praying for something without people being offended like you shouldn't say that was charlie's uh i think just truly remarkable ability to integrate his faith into everything that he did and i i genuinely believe that charlie kirk is a modern day founding father and and we we need these moments to restore the republic to restore people to our higher ideals and to our founding ideas and charlie did that and the key to that was his faith So 30 seconds. Don't get lulled into the ways. Think for yourself. And, you know, we used to talk about God all the time and all the sudden we didn't. And, you know, now all of a sudden it's okay to have satanic shows at halftime. Maybe it's not. Maybe it's not after all. And maybe the reason that this is important that we're doing this is because it's not okay. And that's the big message. Danica Patrick, she is not running yet. But we have a break coming up. So we'll let you know how it goes. For more on many of these stories and news you can trust, go to charliekirk.com.