September 11, 2025 • 6 mins
We ask American Mama, Teri Netterville, how she is processing the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Speaking of light a light on our show, our American mama,
Terry Netteville, thank you for joining us and coming in.
I know we normally do the little mama question thing,
but I think our question is how are you processing today?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I've been processing since I got the word. I happened
to be on the phone with my son Slade when
I got the word that he had been shot. We
talked about it. I felt sick to my soul, not
just sick to my stomach, just oh woll stick to
my soul. I was scared because somehow I knew this
was this was bad. And then I saw the video
that I wish I had never seen. It was a
(00:38):
close up.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yeah, can I can? I just suggest for anybody, if
you haven't seen the video, don't don't don't see the video.
You don't need to see it. You've got to protect
what it is that goes into your eyes, because that
goes directly to your brain. You've got to protect because
as a man thinketh so is he. So if you
don't need to see the video, you can't unsee it.
You can't trust us.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
It's horrifying. And so as continued I was praying, I cried,
I was asking God, why, why is this happening? And
then I got the word that he passed away, and
I was full of rage. Are really I've never felt
like this before? Rage? Rage. I have never wanted justice
(01:19):
so badly in my life. I feel like this is
the first time in my life. I thought, Oh, all March,
where do I go? What do I do? You have
to understand that Charlie Kirk was a man of great faith,
deep faith. He went into the Lions Den, as y'all
said before he went in, and he went. He wanted
to open up and have a safe space for dialogue
(01:41):
for these college kids. He went to space that really
politicians did not go into. Yeah, he decided or he
understood the importance of the young boat. He understood these
this is our future. So he would go in there
and he would allow those of dissenting ideas to come
in and ask him anything, and he responded with love
(02:03):
and grace. He responded with words of God, God's promises.
And James Wood posted a picture and it was.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
The actor James Wood.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yes, there was a picture of Charlie with his wife Erica,
their two little children, and he said, this is what
they hate. They hate the American family and the American
Christian values. They hate the fact that he was making
his voice was being heard. Not only was he being heard,
he was changing minds in hearts.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I think if you look at some of the data
from the last election, one of the groups that moved
the most towards the right was young men college aged men.
That something that Charlie was doing with Turning Point USA,
because they were on every campus in the country pretty
much was resonating with young men where they're going, Yeah,
I hear what he's saying.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Because he was giving them permission to be men, to
be the men that God meant for them to be. Right,
you know, they've been so suppressed and you know, you're
you're they're vilified if they don't act beta or if
they don't acknowledge that yeah, it's okay to be you know,
to date someone that's by or whatever's that's over. And
(03:17):
I'll tell you what this. Let me tell you something.
They have no idea. They have no idea what they've
just done. They have no idea what has been unleashed
in all of us. They have no idea how we
can stand up to They have no idea. They have
just made Charlie a martyr completely. They have just made
this man, this thing that we all want to aspire
(03:39):
to be. And I'm telling you this generation, as I
said to Slade, I said, slave for your whole life.
I didn't know why I was even saying it, but
I remember telling you kids, your generation is going to
save us. I didn't even know what I was talking about,
because this is before social media, but I knew that
we were kind of blinded. We weren't allowed to see everything.
And as social media came out, I said to my children, I said,
(04:00):
I'm telling you your generation, you're strong, you can do this.
Charlie Kirk was on the forefront. And the thing that
they hated the most is that he did. Everything he
did was through love, through the lens of love and
of guidance and of God's promises.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
And yet they've been distorting that today because if you'll
read mainstream media, big media articles about Charlie Kirk, I
just I haven't read all of them. But here's my
challenge to you. If you anybody want to just play
this game, go read one and see if it has
the word divisive in it. I bet it does. I
bet every article from big media has the word divisive.
(04:37):
Charlie Cook was divisive. Charlie Corker wasn't divisive. He listened
and he encouraged dialogue. How is that divisive? So there
are gonna be people who haven't actually spend any time
listening to what Charlie Kirk had to say, who will
be denouncing things that Charlie Kirk may or may not
have said.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Right. Well, the beautiful thing that I am seeing because
I am seeing those and the posts that people are making.
But you have some high powered liberals that are coming
out that are so sad it is such a tragedy,
and you're having them come out and say this is
uncalled for because they are Charlie had a way of
(05:16):
even ingratiating himself into their world. He was supposed to
do a podcast with some guy named Pike or something.
He was left and all of his viewers are like, yeah,
you know, good, good riddance, you deserved it. And he
got on there and he's like, stop it. This guy
was open to talking to us, trying to hear us,
trying to allow us to say how we feel, and
(05:38):
even if we didn't disagree. He was a good man
and that's what he was. He was a good man,
full of faith. When you saw him on this campuses,
these kids would sometimes just just rail him and they
would take personal shots. Oh completely, and how would he respond.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
He usually laughed it off.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
He laughed it off, or he would say, Okay, well
let's get down to your question. Let me He was
so kind, He was such a warrior for God. He
was such a wonderful Christian. And we all know that
Christians are under attack right now. We feel it. And
my advice to the left leaders in this country, you
better jump on board right now and tell all of
(06:13):
your constituents this is terrible, deplorable, we don't want this.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
You were using the phrase warrior. I'd like to add
an adjective to that. I think Charlie Kirk was a
happy warrior, absolutely, and I think that's part of why
he was effective, was because he was a happy warrior.
There's a difference between being just a warrior and being
a happy warrior. And he was a happy warrior for liberty,
a happy warrior for God, a happy warrior for family,
(06:39):
a happy warrior for America. And I think that's part
of why he was so successful at what he was doing.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
And I hope that America will pray for his wife,
Erica and his two little bitty children, because their life
has been altered forever and so unfairly
Speaker 1 (06:52):
And we now need more happy warriors
Speaking of light a light on our show, our American mama,
Terry Netteville, thank you for joining us and coming in.
I know we normally do the little mama question thing,
but I think our question is how are you processing today?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I've been processing since I got the word. I happened
to be on the phone with my son Slade when
I got the word that he had been shot. We
talked about it. I felt sick to my soul, not
just sick to my stomach, just oh woll stick to
my soul. I was scared because somehow I knew this
was this was bad. And then I saw the video
that I wish I had never seen. It was a
(00:38):
close up.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yeah, can I can? I just suggest for anybody, if
you haven't seen the video, don't don't don't see the video.
You don't need to see it. You've got to protect
what it is that goes into your eyes, because that
goes directly to your brain. You've got to protect because
as a man thinketh so is he. So if you
don't need to see the video, you can't unsee it.
You can't trust us.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
It's horrifying. And so as continued I was praying, I cried,
I was asking God, why, why is this happening? And
then I got the word that he passed away, and
I was full of rage. Are really I've never felt
like this before? Rage? Rage. I have never wanted justice
(01:19):
so badly in my life. I feel like this is
the first time in my life. I thought, Oh, all March,
where do I go? What do I do? You have
to understand that Charlie Kirk was a man of great faith,
deep faith. He went into the Lions Den, as y'all
said before he went in, and he went. He wanted
to open up and have a safe space for dialogue
(01:41):
for these college kids. He went to space that really
politicians did not go into. Yeah, he decided or he
understood the importance of the young boat. He understood these
this is our future. So he would go in there
and he would allow those of dissenting ideas to come
in and ask him anything, and he responded with love
(02:03):
and grace. He responded with words of God, God's promises.
And James Wood posted a picture and it was.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
The actor James Wood.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yes, there was a picture of Charlie with his wife Erica,
their two little children, and he said, this is what
they hate. They hate the American family and the American
Christian values. They hate the fact that he was making
his voice was being heard. Not only was he being heard,
he was changing minds in hearts.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I think if you look at some of the data
from the last election, one of the groups that moved
the most towards the right was young men college aged men.
That something that Charlie was doing with Turning Point USA,
because they were on every campus in the country pretty
much was resonating with young men where they're going, Yeah,
I hear what he's saying.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Because he was giving them permission to be men, to
be the men that God meant for them to be. Right,
you know, they've been so suppressed and you know, you're
you're they're vilified if they don't act beta or if
they don't acknowledge that yeah, it's okay to be you know,
to date someone that's by or whatever's that's over. And
(03:17):
I'll tell you what this. Let me tell you something.
They have no idea. They have no idea what they've
just done. They have no idea what has been unleashed
in all of us. They have no idea how we
can stand up to They have no idea. They have
just made Charlie a martyr completely. They have just made
this man, this thing that we all want to aspire
(03:39):
to be. And I'm telling you this generation, as I
said to Slade, I said, slave for your whole life.
I didn't know why I was even saying it, but
I remember telling you kids, your generation is going to
save us. I didn't even know what I was talking about,
because this is before social media, but I knew that
we were kind of blinded. We weren't allowed to see everything.
And as social media came out, I said to my children, I said,
(04:00):
I'm telling you your generation, you're strong, you can do this.
Charlie Kirk was on the forefront. And the thing that
they hated the most is that he did. Everything he
did was through love, through the lens of love and
of guidance and of God's promises.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
And yet they've been distorting that today because if you'll
read mainstream media, big media articles about Charlie Kirk, I
just I haven't read all of them. But here's my
challenge to you. If you anybody want to just play
this game, go read one and see if it has
the word divisive in it. I bet it does. I
bet every article from big media has the word divisive.
(04:37):
Charlie Cook was divisive. Charlie Corker wasn't divisive. He listened
and he encouraged dialogue. How is that divisive? So there
are gonna be people who haven't actually spend any time
listening to what Charlie Kirk had to say, who will
be denouncing things that Charlie Kirk may or may not
have said.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Right. Well, the beautiful thing that I am seeing because
I am seeing those and the posts that people are making.
But you have some high powered liberals that are coming
out that are so sad it is such a tragedy,
and you're having them come out and say this is
uncalled for because they are Charlie had a way of
(05:16):
even ingratiating himself into their world. He was supposed to
do a podcast with some guy named Pike or something.
He was left and all of his viewers are like, yeah,
you know, good, good riddance, you deserved it. And he
got on there and he's like, stop it. This guy
was open to talking to us, trying to hear us,
trying to allow us to say how we feel, and
(05:38):
even if we didn't disagree. He was a good man
and that's what he was. He was a good man,
full of faith. When you saw him on this campuses,
these kids would sometimes just just rail him and they
would take personal shots. Oh completely, and how would he respond.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
He usually laughed it off.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
He laughed it off, or he would say, Okay, well
let's get down to your question. Let me He was
so kind, He was such a warrior for God. He
was such a wonderful Christian. And we all know that
Christians are under attack right now. We feel it. And
my advice to the left leaders in this country, you
better jump on board right now and tell all of
(06:13):
your constituents this is terrible, deplorable, we don't want this.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
You were using the phrase warrior. I'd like to add
an adjective to that. I think Charlie Kirk was a
happy warrior, absolutely, and I think that's part of why
he was effective, was because he was a happy warrior.
There's a difference between being just a warrior and being
a happy warrior. And he was a happy warrior for liberty,
a happy warrior for God, a happy warrior for family,
(06:39):
a happy warrior for America. And I think that's part
of why he was so successful at what he was doing.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
And I hope that America will pray for his wife,
Erica and his two little bitty children, because their life
has been altered forever and so unfairly
Speaker 1 (06:52):
And we now need more happy warriors
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