Well, folks, obviously, we're all in mourning here at Daily Wire, and I think across the country for my friend Charlie Kirk.

And this weekend, I wanted to re-release an interview that I did with Charlie.

This is an America Fest in December, 2024, shortly after President Trump's victory in the last presidential election.

Charlie was in an amazing mood, obviously.

So was I, as I've said many times,

I knew Charlie for well over a decade from the time he was a young kid, to becoming one of the most

important political players in the country. And so I wanted to provide that interview for you here.

He talks about his origin story, his feelings about President Trump, his feelings about life.

It's definitely worth the listen. Thanks for taking the time.

Charlie Kirk, founder of TPP USA, Madood, you've built an actually enormous thing. Congratulations.

Seriously amazing. Thank you, Ben. It's great to see you and thanks for being here.

And yeah, it's been kind of a wild journey. You're one of the few people like I could say. You were at the

foundational levels. Oh, yeah. I mean, I remember 18- I could say, you were at the foundational levels.

Oh, yeah. I mean, I remember 18-year-old Charlie Kirk going around the David Horwood Freedom Center at the breakers trying to meet donors. And I remember saying to every one of those donors, this guy's going to be head of the RNC. And then you just basically built your own RNC. Yeah, you know, we kind of looked at the RNC and we said, yeah, maybe we could do something, you know, in our own likeness and image.

But no, I mean, glory be to God, it's amazing.

And this election cycle was a big test for us. And we were thrilled at the result. I have to say, it's actually incredible. So there was a tape of you from election night when it was announced that President Trump had won. And you got really emotional, and I was moved by it,

because I know how much work you've put in over the last 10 years just to get to this point

and to be so influential in this election. And listen, I mean, you were handed an enormous

responsibility, and that's a super hard thing. I mean, they basically said, okay, why don't you just

handle voter turnout? It's turnout? What in the world?

That's right.

So explain to me how you even build that sort of machine that leads to President Trump being reelected. Well, it was a couple of things. We had President Trump's back throughout the primary and the whole process. There weren't a lot of us that were kind of building this kind of machinery. And it turned out once we got to the general election, we must remember that the odds did not look great for his general election

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