Josh Parker
Appearances
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
Yeah, that's right, Charlie. I'm here at the northern border in upstate New York. And as you've said, Congresswoman Stefanik has been chosen by President Trump to be the ambassador to the United Nations. She has been our congresswoman here in upstate New York for the last 10 years. And the people of our district love her. She's done an incredible job.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And, you know, so we're obviously sad to see her go. But we are proud of the fact that she is going to be one of the most important voices on the global stage. I'm here at the north border, the U.S.-Canadian border. Charlie, most people don't realize that the northern border is actually in crisis. So this is known as the Swanton Sector up in upstate New York.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And in 2024, there were more illegal immigrants who crossed the Swanton Sector than the previous 17 years combined. That is a 550% increase. And Charlie, these are not just friendly Canadians. These people came from 97 different countries of origin. And again, Charlie, it's not just people, but it's also drugs.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
We have seen a 29% increase in the amount of drugs being smuggled across the northern border. And this is a shocking statistic, but 75% of the terrorists, the illegal immigrants on the terror watch list who cross into our country, cross the northern border, not the southern border. So as you know, this is the result of four years of Joe Biden's failed open border policies.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And Congresswoman Stefanik has done a great job of bringing light to this issue. But we need to stand with President Trump to secure our northern border and our southern border.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
Charlie, that's right. It is critically important to understand that, again, 75 percent of illegal immigrants on the terror watch list cross the northern border, not the southern border. So we don't know exactly where all of these people are coming from, but we do know that it's 97 different countries of origin. And talking to the farmer who lives on the border in that video,
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
He was telling me and he showed me videos of young men, military age men crossing into the border. And the point that he made is that what they'll often do is they'll send a group of five or six migrants who want to be caught. So Border Patrol will catch them. And while Border Patrol is with those migrants, a group of others will cross into his property through the forest.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And the question is, is why do they not want to be caught? This is not a desert in the middle of Texas somewhere. This is where this, you know, gentleman has kids, it's neighborhoods, and it's putting our communities at risk. It's extremely dangerous. And, you know, this is an issue that we face here every day. It's an issue that we didn't used to have to face.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And it's just terrible for upstate New York and for our whole country, because, again, When I talk to Border Patrol agents here on the northern border, they say they are so scared every day that a terrorist is going to cross into our country and cause the nation harm. And they're sure that if that happens, it's going to be through the northern border, not the southern border.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
Yeah, that's right, Charlie. So I'm standing here, again, at the northern border, about 20 minutes from where I was born and raised. It's where I'm choosing to raise my four children with my beautiful wife, Ali. And, you know, this is an area of the country where our jobs have been shipped overseas regularly. Our farms have emptied. It's extremely rural.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And what comes behind that, behind losing economic opportunity, drugs and despair. And so we have seen drugs come across our northern border. And we have a major opioid crisis here in New York 21. You know, this is a beautiful part of the country. We love swimming in the lakes. We love skiing the mountains. We love hiking the Adirondack Mountains. But.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
Slowly, that way of life that we have known for a long time has been slipping away over these last four years. And so it is so critically important that we deliver on President Trump's promise to put American businesses, American farmers first to create jobs in economically depressed areas like New York 21. to continue to support our military.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
You know, we're home of Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division, which is the most deployed division of the Army since 9-11. And so continuing to build on the gains that Congresswoman Stefanik has had for these last 10 years, reverse some of the negative results of the Biden administration and stand with President Trump. And that's what I would do if I'm, you know, honored to be able to serve
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
my friends, my neighbors, my family here in New York 21, I'm going to go to Washington and fight for them and fight for the president. This district voted overwhelmingly by over 20% for President Trump. And so we need to go and deliver on the mandate, bring our jobs back, fight crime, get rid of drugs, and secure both our northern and southern borders.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
Yeah, that's right, Charlie. So my background, as you know, I was born and raised here in upstate New York, about 20 minutes from the Canadian border. It's, again, where I'm choosing to raise my four beautiful children with my wife, Allie. And when I was 15, I started a company making maple syrup, but I learned how on a school field trip when I was 11.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
I just thought it was cool that I could tap the trees in my front yard and make it into syrup. And so I was able to turn that passion into a business, grow it from a couple of maple trees to ending up getting on Shark Tank, selling into about 8000 stores across the country. And it was just it was amazing thing.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
It's the American dream that I could start with, you know, basically no money, no connections and then be able to grow it into this this national brand. I was blessed to be able to sell that business in 2020. And then in 2021, I started another company, a construction company, a totally different industry.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And in four years, was able to build it to about 100 employees doing work all over the country. And you're right, Charlie. Here in what we call the North Country, it is my home. It's where my parents were born. It's where, again, I grew up. It's where I played hockey. It's where we go to church.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
And I grew up with this mentality that the North Country was a place that if you wanted to succeed, you had to leave. You had to go to Florida. You had to go to New York City. You had to move. wherever throughout the country. And that shouldn't be the case.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
You know, we should be able to have the economic opportunity here in New York 21 to be able to build a good life as our parents did, as our grandparents did, to be able to build businesses, to be able to, you know, work at the factory for the 30 years and retire and be able to raise our family here in this beautiful place. And again, swim in the lakes and hike the mountains, play sports.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
do all those things that we've done for generations here in upstate New York. It is a tough place today. It is approximately zero degrees, so it's cold, but we love it. We love the winters. We love the spring. We love the summer. We love the fall. And it's worth fighting for, as you said. And that's why I put my hat forward. I think that
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
You and I both agree that good people with common sense and real world experience need to go to Washington and actually stand up for what we believe in or else we're not going to have a country anymore.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Potomac Crash, The Northern Border, and The Confirmation Battles
Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.