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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

VP JD Vance Honors his Friend Charlie Kirk

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.8 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

  • Tribute to Charlie Kirk

    • Vance portrays Kirk as a truth-teller, husband, and father.

    • He recounts personal moments with Kirk’s family, especially the grief of Kirk’s wife and children.

    • He frames Kirk’s death as not just a personal loss, but as symbolic of wider political violence in America.

  • Condemnation of Media & Political Opponents

    • Vance strongly criticizes The Nation magazine and other progressive media for allegedly misrepresenting Kirk’s words to justify his assassination.

    • He accuses left-leaning institutions, including the Open Society Foundation and Ford Foundation, of indirectly fostering hostility.

    • He calls for exposing and pressuring individuals and employers who celebrate or excuse political violence.

  • Religious & Moral Framing

    • The speech is infused with Christian references, such as reciting the Lord’s Prayer, citing Psalms, and affirming belief in Christ’s resurrection.

    • Vance presents truth-telling and faith as central to Kirk’s life and legacy.

  • Political Violence & Unity

    • Vance acknowledges calls for unity but argues that real unity requires confronting “difficult truths,” particularly that political violence is more tolerated on the left than the right.

    • He compares Kirk’s assassination to past attacks on conservative leaders like Donald Trump and Steve Scalise.

    • He insists there can be no unity with those who celebrate or excuse assassination.

  • Calls to Action

    • Encourages conservatives to get involved politically (e.g., through Turning Point USA, local parties, or running for office).

    • Stresses civic engagement as the best way to honor Kirk’s legacy.

    • Frames Kirk’s death as a rallying point for conservatives to strengthen their movement.

  • Law Enforcement & Investigation

    • Includes commentary from figures like Dan Bongino and Kash Patel about the FBI’s handling of the suspect.

    • Suggests there were warning signs that the assassin had expressed his intent in advance.

    • Notes DNA and forensic evidence tying the suspect to the crime.

    • Mentions discussions about whether the death penalty should apply.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.1

The Vice President of the United States of America had the honor of hosting the Charlie Kirk show.

0:11.3

He did it from the White House complex.

0:15.0

And it was a very interesting intro that I want to play for you.

0:20.7

As you can hear a couple of different things.

0:23.4

One, him talk about his dear friend, but even more than that, talking about what the media

0:28.2

has been doing to lie about what Charlie Kirk has said in the past.

0:32.6

And he's saying it's time for us to call them out for doing that.

0:36.8

He also talked about how many people are attacking and celebrating Charlie Kirk.

0:42.6

And it's time, as he described it, to call them out and even name their employers, or better

0:47.6

yet, tell their employers that they have someone they're employing that is actively supporting and advocating political violence through

0:57.2

assassination. Here is the vice president, Jady Vance, in his own words. And at the beginning,

1:03.2

you're going to hear some music. That is from the traditional Charlie Kirk intro, just to put it in

1:08.0

context, and then you'll hear what he says. Shortly after Usha and I left Charlie's family and Charlie's remains in Arizona,

1:17.2

I wrote a story in the Nation magazine about my dear friend, Charlie Kirk.

1:22.1

Now, the Nation isn't a fringe blog.

1:25.3

It's a well-funded, well-respected magazine whose publishing history

1:29.3

goes back to the American Civil War. George Soros' Open Society Foundation funds this magazine,

1:37.6

as does the Ford Foundation and many other wealthy titans of the American Progressive Movement. The writer accuses Charlie of saying,

1:47.1

and I quote, black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. But if you'd go

1:54.3

and watch the clip, the very clip she links to, you realize he never said anything like that. He never uttered those words.

2:02.6

He made an argument against affirmative action as a policy.

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