A leader at the ACLU is calling on the Biden Administration to set up firewalls to prevent mass deportations, including sweeping pardons of illegal immigrant criminals. Charlie explains the dark forces animating the left's agenda for America. Plus, Sen. Rick Scott explains why he thinks the GOP is about to unite firmly behind the nominations of Pete Hegseth and RFK. Corey Lewandowski talks about the border and how other countries are responding to Trump's mandate.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Senator Rick Scott from the great state of Florida. Senator, thank you for taking the time here. Yesterday, you met with Bobby Kennedy. We are big Bobby Kennedy fans here on this program. What was your impression? Bring us into the room of your discussions with Bobby Kennedy.
Very impressive. Number one is you'll be impressed with this guy If you sit down with him, you're impressed with his intelligence. Next, health and human services, which is what he's going to run, it says health. He cares about health. He doesn't care about, he's not focused on, oh, how much do doctors make? How much do hospitals make? How much do insurance companies make?
Pharmaceutical companies. He's saying, how do I keep you healthy? So you don't need any of these services. That's what he's going to focus on. So I think he's going to do a fabulous job. I'm a big supporter of this individual, and I think he's going to do a good job. I look forward to doing everything I can to get his confirmation accomplished as quickly as possible so he can get there.
And he's putting together a great team of people. I think Dr. Oz is going to do a great job running CMS. So these are guys that are serious people. They care. They're thinking about how do you keep you healthy? As an American, that's what you want.
Senator, the impression that people have of Bobby Kennedy is one of the most sinister and yet successful propaganda exercises the media has done the last couple of years. Can you just walk our audience? We've had Bobby on the show multiple times. However...
I'm sure you found him very rational, very thoughtful, because the impression that you get on the pharmaceutical funded propaganda networks is that this guy is going to start raiding doctor's offices and take away the polio vaccine. Please speak to this.
Well, we talked about vaccines and the book he wrote, he said the first sentence says, I support vaccines. The last sentence was, I support vaccines. But here's what he wants. He supports vaccines, but he wants you, the American public, to be more informed so you can make an informed decision whether you should get a vaccine or whether your child should get a vaccine.
And somebody should be held accountable if something goes wrong. So I think he's going to do a great job. That's what I want. I've run the largest company ever of any U.S. Senator, and the largest company I ran was a big hospital company. And guess what I try to do? Get people good information so they can make good, informed decisions. So that's what we all want.
I always tell everybody, I love my mom. I hated being told what to do. I said, just give me the information. I can make a good decision. So I think he's going to do a great job.
Health and Human Services is a $1.3 trillion behemoth. It is a beast. And to have someone there that can restore trust in our public health authority is incredibly important. As you mentioned, the emphasis on health. You ran the largest hospital company. You did a great job. But a lot of what we talk about in health care is actually treating sickness and ailments.
It is very effect focused, not cause focused. I'm confident that this came up in your discussion with Bobby Kennedy. Please speak to the senator.
Absolutely. I mean, what we want to do is we want people to be healthy. We want their kids to be healthy. We don't want to have more people in the hospital, more people on drugs. We want them to eat healthy foods. We want them to exercise. We want to make sure that if you do need service, you have the right and the ability to get the service you need. But that's not the first line of defense.
The first line of defense is we're going to figure out, he's going to put effort on how do we keep all Americans healthy. And so I think he's going to do a great job. We talked about that. We talked about vaccines. We talked about the people he's surrounding himself with. I was very, very, very impressed.
So, Senator, just last top of part on this topic, which is on Bobby Kennedy, which is if 20 years ago or 30 years ago, you would have just told somebody a Kennedy was going to be a nominee for a cabinet official. You would assume every single Democrat would vote for whomever that is. Do you think a single Democrat will vote for Bobby Kennedy?
Well, I've not heard of any Democrats going to vote for him. You would think they would. His family is a well-respected Democrat family in this country. So you would think they would, but I've not heard any Democrat come out and say they support him. They should because whether you're Republican or Democrat or independent, you should want what he wants. He wants you to be healthy.
He wants you to make informed decisions. How difficult is that? No one questions his intelligence. No one questions his honesty. So this is exactly the type of person you want to serve in the federal government. And I'm glad that Donald Trump, one, what he supported Donald Trump in the election. And number two, that Donald Trump supports him and nominated him for HHS secretary. He'll do.
And so what it's just think about is he's going to think about your health. Isn't that something nice for a change? Not about how somebody makes more money off of health care. Or like Fauci gets royalty. I mean, think about it. A federal worker, Fauci, got royalty payments for something he... monitored. I mean, this is crazy, but you won't see Bobby Kennedy doing that.
So Senator, let's now talk about Pete Hegseth. Pete Hegseth has been the center of a lot of media attention in the last couple of weeks where he really changed his chances from seeming as if it was unlikely to proceed to now heavily favored. What is the status of Pete Hegseth's nomination? You being a Navy guy, if I remember correctly, you know, and understanding our military very, very well.
your opinion on, or at least the status report on Pete Hegseth?
I believe every Republican is going to vote for Pete. And here's the reason why. Pete is somebody that, like I did, I joined the service. I joined, uh, during Vietnam. Uh, he joined, uh, during the, uh, the Middle East wars. He went to Iraq. He went to Afghanistan. He led troops. Um, in harm's way, all right? And he worked his butt off to keep them safe. He knows of families that lost loved ones.
He knows of people that were injured. That's exactly the type of person that you want. And here's why. You want somebody to run the Department of Defense that says, oh, he doesn't just willy-nilly want to send troops all over the world, put our men and women in harm's way. He knows they need to have the right resources to protect themselves.
He knows the importance of meritocracy versus wokeness because he lived it. That's exactly the person that you want to run Department of Defense. So I'm glad that he was nominated by Donald Trump. I think he's clearly going to be confirmed, and he's going to do a fabulous job.
And so that's a very serious prediction, Senator. You think all 53 that Pete Hegseth is poised to run the table. What do you attribute his change in odds over the last couple weeks? Why is all of a sudden he is looking as if he's going to run the table?
He told a story. He told the story of somebody that joined the service to defend the freedom of this country. He told the story of being in combat. He told the story of after he got out, he helped veterans across the country. So here's a guy that is the exact type of guy you want. Smart, hardworking, knows what it's like to serve. was willing to serve, and now will go and served in battle.
So I think the difference is he told his story. Instead of the media telling his story, he told his story. He's been around. He went around the Capitol. He met with senators. And everybody I know has supported him, and I believe that he will get 100% of all Republican senators.
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And this is beyond typical tactics of what the American Civil Liberties Union traditionally would advocate for. Usually they say, okay, we'll do some lawsuits to make sure that you don't deport some people. This is Anthony Romero.
Anthony Romero in this clip with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC is talking about how they're going to work with city and local governments to sever their relationships with the federal government. Anthony Romero is talking about widespread secession from the United States to protect the foreign invaders who have come into the United States and then pardon millions of illegals.
This would be the greatest schism severance since the American civil war. Prove me wrong. He calls it a firewall of freedom. I call it the Confederacy 2.0. Anthony Romero is talking about building micro Confederacies across the country. If you think I am exaggerating, listen carefully, take out your notebook and take notes. This is Anthony Romero, otherwise known as Jefferson Davis, play cut 32.
The local governments, you know, the state attorneys general, the governors, the mayors, we have this whole plan around a firewall for freedom, we call it. When they're going to try to detain and deport all these hundreds of thousands, up to a million people, that's an operation that they have the legal power to do, to do the raids, but the logistics...
And they're going to need mayors and governors or city councils to either give them access to police officers or not, jails. We're even going to house all these folks. And so part of what we're doing is we're preparing executive orders and we're organizing our folks to put pressures on elected officials so they don't roll over.
They should sever these relationships they have with the federal government on immigration enforcement. They should make sure that our prisons and our jails are off limits. They should begin to think about what actions they could take to pardon immigrants who have a criminal record because they drove on a suspended license. Well, let's take them out of harm's way. They could do that now.
Let's commute. They could do that now. Yes.
All right. Anthony Romero, you want to play hardball. You're going to sever the relationship, the federal government. How are you going to feed your communities without snap? Or food stamps? Food stamps, cut. How about EBT? Cut. Medicaid? Cut. You all of a sudden want to sever yourself? No money for schools? No money for police? Hey, Medicare payments. You want to all of a sudden play this game?
How about for the elderly people in elderly care facilities in Philadelphia? That are receiving Medicare. You want to sever from the United States of America? This is secessionist talk from Anthony Romero. And Rachel Maddow is cheering it on. Oh, they could do it now.
If Democrat leaders try to make jail off limits for illegals facing deportation, we should make it so that the jails aren't off limits for the leaders themselves. If states and cities revolt against immigration enforcement, it needs to be a complete cutoff of federal funds. There was an event in the 1800s called the nullification crisis.
South Carolina thought they could just end and ignore a federal law. Well, look how that ended. And by the way, the American people are against any city that is doing this. They are not playing with house money here. This kind of chatter is incredibly unpopular. We have a mandate. We won the popular vote, 312 electoral votes.
They've been screaming years about an insurrection because of a couple senior citizens with pocket constitutions want to go pray in the Capitol Rotunda. Meanwhile, they're openly planning a revolt against federal law, saying we have to sever ourselves away from the federal government. Two can play this game. Social Security, cut. Medicare, cut.
You all of a sudden don't want money flowing into L.A., San Francisco? Within a couple of days, San Francisco, LA, Seattle, and Portland would collapse. Think about how sick these ideas are. Pardon the criminal immigrants for their crimes just so that they can say that these criminals stay in America. These are criminals. He's talking about wiping the record clean of driving under the influence.
A DUI that might kill somebody. They want America ruined by foreign criminals. They want criminals to wreck it. They spent over $500 million on illegals in Chicago. So now they have to raise taxes. But they're planning on federal money to make ends meet. That dog's not going to hunt anymore. You said that, Anthony Romero. Not us. You said we have to disconnect on immigration.
Well, that doesn't work that way. You don't get to choose what parts of the government you want to show up and which ones you don't. It's either you are going to be part of a national small R Republican project or not. And Rachel Maddow just nodding along. You declare this form of secession. It will not end well for you. Confederacy 2.0.
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Corey, your thoughts on that tape that I played in the last segment of Anthony Romero talking about how cities are disconnecting from the federal government. What is your thoughts on that?
Hey, Charlie, let me just be crystal clear. Tom Holman has a job to do, and he has been empowered by the President of the United States to go in and find the felons who are in these cities, in these municipalities.
And if these cities think that they're going to have the opportunity to just say, we're not going to participate or you're not welcome here, they do not understand the resolve of President Trump or Tom Holman to rid these criminals from our communities. So it's just...
The idea that they're going to sever ties. Can you speak, Corey, about how in the first Trump administration, a lot of the difficult legal legwork was done? Remain in Mexico, Title 42, meaning that there was years and years of getting this stuff to the courts. In some ways, the table is really set for a mass deportation force. Do you agree with that?
And walk us through what Stephen Miller, Tom Holman, soon to be DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, will be able to do to help fulfill this mass deportation effort.
Well, first and foremost, Charlie, look, the most powerful tool we have in our toolbox is Donald John Trump and his truth message that says we're going to close the border clearly had an impact because Justin Trudeau made a pilgrimage down to Mar-a-Lago to talk to him. We know that he had a conversation with the
President of Mexico, and she said, we will help close that border because the first thing to do is to close our border. The next thing we're going to do, and people don't remember this, but part of the first Trump 1.0 success was the appointing of federal judges who understand the Constitution perfectly.
Those judges are going to be challenged by the left and the ACLU saying you cannot deport these people because some of them are American citizens. Here's what the president has said, and he was very clear about this on Meet the Press. He said if you are part of a family or an extended family and you want to stay with that family and part of your family members are felons,
They are going to be leaving this country and you can choose to leave with them or you can choose to stay, but that'll be a decision you make. But we are not going to be held hostage because children are going to be separated from felons who are in this country illegally. So closing the border. the deportation is going to occur.
We've got over a million people in this country who have final deportation orders, meaning they have nowhere else to go. The courts have adjudicated this. They say, you have to leave this country. We're going to go find those people and we're going to remove them immediately. That's the first step after we get the felons, the rapists, the murderers out of this country.
So Charlie, that alone is almost 2 million people who are running around our communities doing no good that we're going to find and we're going to deport very quickly.
And Corey, can you speak to this? A couple of concerns that it does us no good to return someone to Venezuela if they're going to come back in six months, that it's necessary to then, of course, have a secure militarized border in addition to the deportation force. Will both of those things be working in tandem?
Absolutely. Listen, on day one, January 20th, after Donald Trump takes his hand off of that Bible, the border is going to be closed, both the northern and the southern border. And here's what we're also going to do, Charlie. We're going to let people around the world know you can't come to this country illegally anymore.
So if you're in this country illegally and you want to self-deport, I recommend you do that. Because if we have to come get you, you won't have the privilege to come back to the greatest country the world has ever known. You want to self-deport, get in line and come back in the right way. By all means, we want you. If you try to come to this country illegally,
illegally the border will be closed we have a process just like every other industrialized country in the world has a process to come to this country legally you follow that process and we want you you try to come illegally we will stop you the border will be closed the men and women of the customs and border patrol have new mission coming their mission is to prevent
illegals from coming to this country and to protect the homeland. They are excited about it. We're seeing the excitement across the people who had the opportunity to retire under the Biden administration. They're saying now that Trump is coming, we want to stay. We're seeing that in the military. We're seeing that at the border with the ICE people, with Tom Holman.
People are coming back from government service who have retired because they want to do something great for this country. And so the border will be closed and people will be getting out very quickly.
Yeah, speak even deeper to that. The morale is actually increasing. I mean, I've had the opportunity to just meet a couple of the rank and file in the last couple of weeks. This weekend, actually, at America Fest, we're going to have the acting president of the Border Patrol Council there. And they're thrilled. You said something really noteworthy, Corey.
Can you just contextualize that further and deepen it? That people are foregoing an easy retirement to continue on this effort. Tell us more about that.
You know, Charlie, over the last four or five weeks since President Trump has won, I've had the opportunity to talk to a number of people who have the opportunity to retire from federal service who say, you know what, because Donald Trump is coming in, we'd like the privilege to stay. This is what our mission has always been. We got into the law enforcement community.
to go out and get bad guys, to protect our communities and our neighbors and our friends. And by unhandcuffing us, by giving us the opportunity to get away from our desk jobs and going back into the field, we want to do that. The other thing we've seen, Charlie, is a massive outpouring. of recently retired officers who said, I've done 10, 20, 25 years.
Let me come back into government service so that we can be in assistance immediately. There's a very small amount of training that they have to go back through. And we're also seeing massive increases in our recruiting efforts. So those individuals,
who go to the FLEXI, the Federal Law Enforcement Trading Academy, are saying, let us come to Border Patrol now that we know that we'll be able to do our jobs because for the last four years, we've been desk jockeys. We're going to put more officers on the street. We're going to make sure that our borders are safe.
Those ICE agents are going to go out and find the bad guys, and our communities are going to be better for it.
So, Corey, now let's talk more broadly about threats against the homeland that we are seeing. It's not just the quantity of people, but there are some potential very, very dangerous people as far as Chinese agents or Iranians that might have slipped through. What department is responsible for identifying these people?
And do you think our government currently even knows the bad hombres that are currently domiciling themselves in the interior of the United States?
No, Charlie, I think they know. I think the government has been complicit in this. They've allowed this to happen. You know, I hate to give any credit to 60 Minutes because they're a terrible organization, but they catalog the whole thing of these, you know, these Chinese individuals coming in, these military age males coming in. They're calling an Uber and saying, come pick me up.
Of course, the government knows what's going on. They've chosen to do nothing about it. As it relates to Iran and our enemies, we know what's going on. But these law enforcement officials have been handcuffed. They've been stymied from going out and stopping it. Those days are coming to an end in five weeks when Donald Trump puts his hand on that Bible.
And then what's going to happen is we will use every resource available to us. We will identify those foreign nationals, those people who are here as allegedly foreign students who are supposed to be doing you know, college work who are basically problems coming into this country and anybody else who's in this country illegally. The U.S.
Customs and Immigration Services has a record of all of these people, the people who've overstayed their visas who shouldn't be here, the potential criminal aliens. We're going to find these people. They're going to be out of this country very quickly and our communities are going to be safer.
So, Corey, can you just talk more broadly about the team that President Trump is assembling, how bold, how dynamic, and how issue-ready it is? Both of us have the opportunity to kind of be around some of the energy of the transition. Can you speak to how this is a day one, minute one, second one prepared operation?
You know, Charlie, I've had the opportunity to talk to, if not all of, most of the members of the president's incoming cabinet. And one thing they have in common is they have a backbone of titanium. They are ready for this war that we have been preparing for.
And I call it a war, Charlie, because when it looks to the mainstream media or the left, they're going to come after us with every single thing possible. And the difference in this term from what it was eight years ago when Donald Trump took over, was the people are ready. He is surrounding himself with fighters. And I mean that in a very positive way.
People who have the same vision as Donald Trump. I spoke to one of our nominees yesterday who said he's already met with 11 U.S. senators. He's back on the Hill this week. And he's got about 40 people already for his particular agency. ready to go on day one, January 20th, to walk in the door and tell the bureaucrats there is a new sheriff in town. And I'm sure your listeners saw this.
Joe Biden signed an executive order that gave federal government employees, I think, five years to continue to work from home. I hope and I'm very hopeful that the president rescinds that on day one and says, listen, if you want to continue to get paid by our taxpaying dollars, then you'd better get your butt into the office every single day like everybody in the private sector does.
That is the mindset of all of his cabinet nominees, of all of his executive team. Look, when Kash Patel comes into the FBI, they know that real fundamental and wholesale change is coming to that organization, and it's long overdue.
Corey, how can people support you and get behind what you are doing? And do you plan to go into the administration, Corey? I don't even know the answer to this question.
You know, Charlie, I think I'm probably best on the outside. I'm not really much of a rule follower, as you know. There's a lot of rules in the federal government. And so I've had a great privilege to be outside and help the president. He's got a lot of priorities that I want to help him achieve. And I'm always best to do that, I think, from the outside. So listen, you can find me on True Social.
You can find me on X is just C. Lewandowski underscore is the best place. But guys, we've got a huge opportunity in front of us. All that you're doing, Charlie, all that the MAGA movement is doing, we have to hold these U.S. senators accountable.
We must force them to get our nominees through very quickly, because if we don't, the Biden administration stays on board past January 20th if our nominees are not confirmed.
Corey, excellent. Thank you so much for your time. You're welcome. Anytime you're fighting really hard, you and me both are going to be on the outside. You and me both. Thank you. Very good, Corey. Thank you. Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here. MyPillow is excited to announce their Christmas extravaganza is finally here. Get this season's flannel sheets for as low as $59.98.
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I went from Palm Beach to Phoenix to Colorado, Phoenix, LA, then back to Palm Beach. Lots going on, obviously, back to Phoenix after we're done with this program here. And I saw our great friend, Dennis Prager. Dennis Prager, of course, from the Salem Radio Network, and more importantly, a mentor and author of the Rational Bible and
Happiness is a serious problem and think a second time and still the best hope. One of the most prolific minds and defenders of the good and of Western civilization. I cannot go into any detail exactly what medically Dennis is dealing with, but it's very serious. It's very serious. He is making progress. And Dennis was, we were able to communicate with Dennis when I was there.
And he was able to say, something that was so unbelievably powerful. And it takes a while for Dennis to communicate for multiple reasons, but piecing it together. And I heard Dennis say this for years past, but he updated it. So for the last couple of years, the last five years to be specific, whenever Dennis was asked the question, how are you doing?
Dennis would answer the question and say, I'm doing better than my country. That is how Dennis Prager would answer that question. I am doing better than my country. Dennis says he now answers the question. How are you doing, Dennis? My country is doing better than me. Now, there are two elements to the answer to that question.
He says he's not doing great, but he's getting better and he's fighting hard. But that his country is in a much, much better spot. That his country is in a much better position. He sees what President Trump is doing. And by the way, this is the type of guy that President Trump... Dennis was so touched by this. President Trump called Dennis... to encourage him, to tell him to keep fighting.
And Dennis said, that says more about President Trump than about me, Dennis. It's very deep. Dennis still has the same sort of joy, happiness, laughter. despite all of the associated types of issues. And God protected his mind. His mind is still razor sharp. And he said he's a changed man. That's what he said. He said he has more gratitude, and he always had happiness and gratitude for life.
And let that be a message to all of you in the audience. If you think you're having a bad day, you need to count your blessings. That's all I can say. I believe the hand of God is on Dennis. Doctor after doctor, we're saying things. I don't want to go into details, but he has defied the odds and continues to do that. And so your continued prayers, we still need him. And I brought Dennis a gift.
came to Dennis with his book of numbers. In fact, you might remember Dennis was on our program not too long ago promoting his new rational Bible book, the book of numbers. And he laughed. I said, Dennis, I brought you this book for a reason because it's not your last one. We still need Leviticus. Leviticus is not yet finished and has not yet been sent to the editor.
And he smiled and I said, now you have a reason to get out of here and to keep on fighting. But Dennis gave me permission to share all of this and saying that it is serious. He's doing better and he cannot thank you enough for his prayers, for the prayers, for the support. And I asked him a deep question. I said, are you angry at God? He said, no, not at all.
I said, do you still believe there's a God? And he says, more than ever. Very, very deep. Very deep. You see, some people get in situations like that and they say, there's no way there's a God. Other people say, of course there is. Dennis Prager is an American hero, and it was great to see him. Very difficult to see him in this condition, I'll be perfectly honest.
He has wonderful people around him. And he is a living testament to Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. In fact, we communicated about that when I was there. And God bless Sue and the entire family for being around him. And he remains joyful, full of laughter, despite everything. all of the physical difficulties.
And to Marissa and the PragerU community and Julie, they've had his back and continue to support him. So please pray for Dennis. The country and the civilization needs him. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us, as always, freedom at charliekirk.com. Thanks so much for listening and God bless.
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