THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 96 — The Great Flag Burning Debate
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.5 • 44.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Should conservatives ban the burning of the U.S. flag? Or fight hard to preserve the broadest version of free speech possible? The Thoughtcrime crew is divided and ready for an all-out debate throwdown. Jack, Tyler, and Blake hammer at the issue while Charlie tries to play moderator in the middle. Oh, and there was something about Taylor Swift in the news this week, too.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. It's now the Charlie Kirk Show thought crime with the gang. I think you'll love it. |
| 0:04.9 | Most importantly, get involved with Turning Point USA at TPSA.com. That is TPSA.com, starting high school or college chapter today at TPUSA.com. |
| 0:14.8 | Buckle up, everybody here. We go. |
| 0:16.8 | Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. |
| 0:20.4 | I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:24.0 | Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. |
| 0:27.1 | I want to thank Charlie. |
| 0:28.4 | He's an incredible guy. |
| 0:29.4 | His spirit, his love of this country. |
| 0:31.2 | He's done an amazing job. |
| 0:32.9 | Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. |
| 0:37.5 | We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going |
| 0:43.6 | to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. |
| 0:49.8 | Okay, everybody, welcome at this Thought Crime Thursday. I'm really excited for this thought crime |
| 0:54.0 | because I'm going to watch our panel debate. I'm going to chime in a little bit because it's going to be about topics where one topic in particular, I'm not really sure where I fall. We have Jack. We have Blake. We have Tyler. A lot to cover. Of course, the biggest event in the history of Western civilization. The biggest event |
| 1:11.0 | since the resurrection, Taylor Swift, is now engaged to Travis Kelsey. We will get to that, |
| 1:16.0 | obviously bigger than the American founding, the Emancipation Proclamation, storming, Normandy Beach, |
| 1:20.8 | and honestly, the biggest thing ever. So, but instead, what we're going to do is we're going |
| 1:26.5 | to debate flag burning. |
| 1:28.1 | What, when I understand, President Trump signed a executive order saying that flag burning shall be illegal based on the laws. |
| 1:36.7 | Jack, why don't you go through just the facts of it and then state your position because, Jack, you've been really going all in on this. |
| 1:42.2 | Yeah, no, thanks, Charlie. |
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