How Trump Can Win the ICE Showdown And the Midterms
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Who is going to win the midterms, and more importantly, why will it matter? Two different perspectives come onto the show. Patriotic historian Larry Schweikart explains why Democrat retirements and voter registration numbers make him confident the GOP will hold onto Congress. Political reporter Mark Halperin dissects Donald Trump's attempt to deescalate in Minnesota, and predicts how the nationwide ICE showdown is likely to be resolved.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:04.6 | I run the largest pro-American student organization in the country fighting for the future of our republic. |
| 0:11.0 | My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth. |
| 0:14.0 | If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable. |
| 0:20.0 | But if the most important thing is doing good, you will end up purposeful. College is a scam, everybody. You got to stop sending your kids to college. You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start a turning point USA College Chapter. Go start a turning point. You would say high school chapter. Go find out how your church can get involved. Sign up and become an activist. |
| 0:39.0 | I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade. |
| 0:41.2 | Most important decision I ever made in my life. |
| 0:43.8 | And I encourage you to do the same. |
| 0:45.2 | Here I am. |
| 0:46.1 | Lord, use me. |
| 0:48.1 | Buckle up, everybody. |
| 0:49.5 | Here we go. |
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| 1:09.0 | All right, welcome back. Hour 2, the Charlie Kirk Show is underway. I'm excited about this next guest. He's a contrarian. He's a filmmaker. He's an author. He's a historian. We had him on when, I think in the campaign season quite a bit with Charlie ahead of 2024. And he had a way of looking at things that will make you think. |
| 1:29.6 | And if you are prepared or willing to black pill right now, don't. Because there's actually |
| 1:35.6 | things you need to be looking at that will give you hope, optimism, whether that's the midterms, |
| 1:40.3 | heading into 2028, about deportation. That's Larry Schweiger, the real Larry Schweiker. Again, |
| 1:46.6 | he's an author, historian, Ph.D., New York Times, number one bestselling author, filmmaker, |
| 1:51.0 | rock drummer, America's history teacher. Larry, welcome back to the show. Yeah, don't forget the |
| 1:55.7 | rock drummer part. That's really important. A study came out today showing that bison are returning to the |
| 2:02.6 | Illinois prairie to drumming. I thought, okay, about time. Bison? I need to go. Yep, Bison. |
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