The Charlie Kirk Show

Conservative media and GOP lawmakers raced after the midterms to discard Donald Trump and declare Ron DeSantis the GOP savior. But could elites' support for DeSantis be the exact thing that does him in with primary voters? Rachel Bovard joins to present her interesting theory. Then, Hershel Walker joins to talk about how winning in the Georgia runout doesn't require finding new voters: It just req...

Still trying to figure out what critical steps went wrong in Arizona’s election, Charlie calls in some of the experts. First, Arizona State Senator-elect Jake Hoffman calls out Doug Ducey and Katie Hobbs, and warns what will happen if they certify this botched election. Next, Kari Lake legal team member Harmeet Dhillon joins Charlie to drop important news on current lawsuits regarding Arizona’s el...

For two years, laptop store owner J.P. Mac Isaac was defamed by the press, by Twitter, and even government officials as a hacker, Russian operative, or worse. Now, two years later, they belatedly admit he was telling the truth all along. Mac Isaac comes on to discuss his experience and his long struggle to both clear his name and vindicate the truth of the laptop's contents. Plus, Chris Buskirk di...

Hit a child, and you are a criminal. Mutilate a child, and you are a progressive. Left-wing journalists are blaming a shooting in Colorado on Elon Musk allowing conservatives to post on Twitter. Terry Schilling of American Principles Project joins to say the obvious, but necessary: The real source of violence against "LGBTQ" people is the left and its army of child-mutilating physicians. Then, Con...

We all know the 2020 election was an almost unbelievable mess, but why didn’t we learn our lesson then? What happened in the most recent midterm that turned the epic Red Wave into 2020 2.0? Conservatives have to think faster and quicker, and Charlie spends the entire episode brainstorming ways to win our country back, save our elections, and fight the chaos that’s ensued since midterms. Also, a ne...

Destroy the family. Co-opt the churches, Collapse the currency. Drown America in inane junk food pop culture. It's a perfect summary of what's happening to our country today -- but what if this is all happening according to a plan laid down four decades ago? "Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars" is a document supposedly written in 1979, and discovered in an old IBM printer in 1986. Dr. Keith Rose talks...

Republicans can't flip the Senate anymore, but that doesn't make the Georgia runoff irrelevant. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich explains why a 50/50 Senate split is so much better for Republicans, even if Democrats hold the tiebreaker vote. Then, he explores why the GOP elections model is "obsolete" and in dire need of an overhaul to compete with Democratic ballot harvesting operations. Plus, K...

The age of tyranny on Twitter is coming to an end, replaced by an age of liberation. And it’s all thanks to the Babylon Bee, whose suspension last spring inspired Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout. Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon joins the program to celebrate the Bee’s revival, as well as President Trump’s unbanning and all the other exciting updates that have taken place since Musk took over. Plus, Cha...

Charlie sits down with COO of Turning Point Action and RNC committeeman from the state of Arizona, to recap everything we know about the state of Arizona. Can Abe Hamadeh win? Will the state of Arizona certify the election results? Could 3-5% of Republican voters, i.e., moderates, cost Arizona conservatives? Was it the RNC in DC that failed the state? Was it a combination of all the above? Tyler a...

Charlie sits down with Christian missionary, Jacob Pursley, who is working among Armenians, Syriacs, Greeks, Kurds, Zazas, and Turks. Jacob gives a brief history of Armenia, the oldest Christian nation in the world, as well as the Armenian genocide. Jacob explains how a small Middle East nation, surrounded by Islamic nations on all sides has survived with its Christian identity in tact—even after...

Charlie is LIVE from Spokane, Washington as part of the TPUSA Faith, Free America Tour at Valley Assembly Church where he sits down with Executive Pastor Brian Nobel. What is Christian nationalism? What is globalism? How do the secular humanists move us from tolerating their values to then accepting, celebrating, and then participating in them? What can we do to help move complicit and cowardly ch...

Seven years ago, Donald Trump birthed the MAGA movement with his legendary presidential campaign. But is Trump still the best leader for the movement in 2024? Pedro Gonzalez of Chronicles magazine joins to discuss that question and lays out why he still think President Trump is uniquely positioned to take the America First movement to the next phase, plus the wider question of who should lead the...

Elections come every two years. As the post midterms world takes shape, Charlie explains how the only way to lose at politics forever is to give up, wave a white flag, and let Democrats win forever without a fight. Plus, Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote joins to how drop box ballot fraud may have continued into 2022. Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/support See omnystudio.com/lis...

Did you know the FBI director can take a private jet to go on vacation, in the name of "counterterrorism?" Senator Josh Hawley talks about his recent oversight battles with FBI Director Chris Wray, and explains why conservatives deserve a new leader in the Senate. Then, CEO Nate Jones talks about how his company's Xlear nasal spray has provided relief for many people ill with Covid, only to come u...

Republicans had ample warning that Dobbs would be a big issue in the 2022 election. The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway calls out the GOP's unpreparedness for talking about abortion, and explains how to avoid botching the issue moving forward. She also explains how the models and the polls were mostly right, but how a few minor details became big enough to sway key races. Plus, Trump Attorney Alina...

Arizona's crucial attorney general race will be decided by just a few hundred votes either way. In a race that close, the result isn't decided by messaging, it's decided by turnout, and which party is better at it. Mike Davis of the Article 3 Project joins to make the case for shifting every state to the Florida voting model, and then start piling up ballots by every means available. Plus, Charlie...

Donald Trump has decided to remove all suspense and immediately announce his new campaign for the presidency in 2024. Sean Davis of The Federalist reacts to the announcement, and explains why the press's unanimously hostile reaction only increases Trump's chances of reclaiming the presidency. Plus, RedState's Jennifer Van Laar explains how Republicans can get creative with ballot drop boxes to imp...

Last week, Matt Gaetz made news on this show by saying he was opposing Kevin McCarthy for House speaker no matter what. Now, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene comes on for an explosive interview to explain why, despite their past clashes, she is firmly in McCarthy's camp this time. Plus, Charlie explains why it's so important to look for lessons in the 2022 midterms, and not simply blame every...

Paper ballots, cast on Election Day, and counted by hand may be the ideal way to run an election. But right now, it's not the law, and the only way to change the law is by winning elections. Pastor Rob McCoy of Godspeak Calvary Chapel explains how his church and several others took advantage of California's liberal ballot harvesting laws to turn out voters and help win the House for Republicans. P...

Charlie is joined by Jack Posobiec, TPUSA contributor and host of Human Events Daily, along with Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet and finally by Tyler Bowyer, COO of Turning Point Action to give a crucial update on where things stand in Arizona, what emerging details shine a light on what the heck just happened, and why we might be headed toward an automatically triggered recount. Also, following...

TikTok is the most popular social media platform for America's teenagers. It's dominated by the left, but it also destroys children's mental well-being, and all of its data is being scooped up by Communist China. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr comes on to make a bipartisan case for banning TikTok outright. Plus, Darren Beattie explains how mass ballot harvesting changes American democracy by handin...

A planned election day wave transformed into an election day ambush, thanks to faulty machines, long lines, and incorrect guidance from poll workers. Did Republicans rely too much on a single strategy? Charlie and Andrew discuss whether or not the future of the GOP lies with embracing the same ballot capture techniques Democrats have already mastered. Plus, Charlie lays out how the only way Democr...

Hundreds and hundreds of Arizonans are emailing the show, saying they voted on election day, but the state of Arizona's database claims otherwise. What's going on? Is it a nothingburger, or incompetence, or something more sinister? Charlie investigates one of the most confusing and infuriating aspects of Arizona's election that no one seems to have a good answer for, and then asks what can be done...

Republicans are going to barely take control of the U.S. House—this seems all but certain after a few touch and go days. But who is going to be Speaker? In a bombshell interview, Rep. Matt Gaetz announces that he will under no circumstances support Kevin McCarthy for the job — and with such a narrow GOP majority, Gaetz may not need many allies to dictate what happens. But if not Kevin McCarthy, wh...

In the old days, politics was all about messaging to voters. But reality has changed. In today's world of mass mail-in and early voting, the party that wins is the one with the most effective machine for churning out ballots by whatever means available. Charlie and Andrew discuss how the GOP must change its attitude toward mail-in ballots if it wants to avoid more election disappointments. Plus, C...