Charlie Kirk on KFAB (from April 9th, 2024)

I was honored to talk with the Turning Point USA founder a few times, most recently last spring when he was looking at Nebraska's "Blue Dot."  That's the basis of this conversation from 4/9/24.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Scott Vordie. Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning
Point USA, joins us here. Charlie, thanks a lot for
coming on the show here today.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
All right, you're coming to Omaha to encourage who to
do what?

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Yeah? So excited to be coming first. It's just it's
been an amazing week. We sent out a couple of
social media posts last week and seems to have really
lit a fire. We're trying to encourage the governor, which
I think he will, I really think he will, to
call a special session to try to get Nebraska to
be Winner take All. It's not an unusual thing for

(00:33):
state to go Winter take all. As you said, forty
eight states already do it. It's supported by a majority
of Nebraskans. It's a common sense thing to do. And
from national implications, you see a lot of the left
wing media. They're coming out and they're saying that, oh,
this is the one electoral vote that Joe Biden needs
the most, and so obviously on Donald Trump's team inside

(00:54):
and want to see him successful. So I think it's
time for Nebraska to go Winner take All. I think
you guys have an excellent governor here and I think
he really has an opportunity to be a national hero.
And if he calls the special session, this could this
could make Nebraska winner take all and all the electoral
votes to go to whoever whoever wins wins the most

(01:14):
foots of Nebraska, which almost certainly will be Donald Trump.
And credit also to Senator Ricketts who has come out
and supported this as well. So hope the governor calls
a special session, and we believe that he will, and
tonight is to try to just encourage that rally the
grass roots, explain the importance of it, and that's why
we're coming tonight.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
This was tacked on as an amendment to a larger
bill and it failed miserably, and the state senitor in
charge of the committee, who's a conservative guy, says, there's
just not the political will or the time to do
this during this legislative session. To that, you would.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
Say, what, well, yeah, maybe during that legislative session. We'll
see what happens during a special session and we'll see
if we actually have the votes. I know that the
will of the people is there. And you have to
understand last week, with a kind of bedlam came from
all of a sudden. This think came from the debt
on Tuesday, and there were votes happening on Wednesday and Thursday,
and there are questions of how Jermaine the issue or
the topic was. I've kind of become a quick study

(02:09):
expert in the legislative rules of Nebraska politics. But I
believe that the people are behind this, and I think
when it's all said and done, and this goes to
a vote in a special session, when it's not being
rushed and there's a clean bill that can be introduced,
I believe that the votes will be there to make
Nebraska winner. Take on.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
It's easy to become a quick study in Nebraska politics.
We only got the one house right now, it's super easy.
But the state Democratic Party here has dismissed you and
your role in all of this and pushing for this
because they say, well, Charlie Kirk is an outsider. He's
not from Nebraska, so you're not from here. You're not
allowed to care about the electoral college map.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Apparently, Yeah, that's true. I'm not from Nebraska. I'm from Illinois,
but that doesn't even border, so it doesn't really even count.
But I care about the country, and I think it's
good that Nebraska goes winner take all. I'm not here
to tell anybody what to do. I'm here to encourage
and try to use the platform that we have to
try to support the good guys. And this is really
a Nebraska let effort, and I just want to compliment

(03:09):
and praise the governor and his wonderful leadership. He's come
out really strong on this against so is Senator Ricketts,
and so we're just here to lend a voice to
try to support those that see that this is the
right way forward, which we believe is the vast majority
of Nebraskans. And the Nebraska Democrat Party can dismiss me
all they want, but we'll be there tonight. It's going
to be a very positive, uplifting event, and we hope

(03:33):
that we're ultimately going to see a special session.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Sometimes in more details about Turning Point USA at tpaction
dot com. Charlie, I know you've got a radio show
to do and I do not want to interfere with that.
Look forward to having you tonight in Omaha. Thanks a
lot for the time this morning.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
Thanks so much. Talk to you so.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Scott for mornings nine to eleven. Our news radio eleven
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