From the Archive: Charlie vs. Critical Race Theory, Climate Change, and More at UNC

Charlie Kirk (0:03)

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SPEAKER_2 (1:18)

My question to you is, do you believe that there's a direct link between Christianity and conservatism?

Charlie Kirk (1:23)

So that's a good question. So let me answer it differently first. I get the question, Charlie, can I be a conservative about being a Christian? Of course you can. Yes.

You're welcome aboard as long as you believe in the natural law, liberty and freedom, you believe in our core tenets. But I do not believe you can have a cogent conservative worldview or philosophy without at least first theism and definitely without some sort of biblical view. You can't, because you're always going to be deriving it back to what standard, what moral worldview, what basis. Now said differently, you could be an atheist, you're an atheist here tonight. God bless you. Ha ha. Glad you're here.

And no, seriously, I mean that. And you could believe everything that I believe politically. I would just probably say you derived it from a theistic Christian worldview, if that makes sense. So do I think they're linked together? So let me say this. I think if you are a Bible believing Christian, you should be a conservative as well. You know, conserving the good, the true, and the beautiful, protecting the vulnerable, those that can't protect themselves, using strength to protect the weak, not the strength to crush the weak, all these things that conservatives believe. At the same time, I do believe in a movement that is not only for Christians because we live in a pluralistic society of differences of opinions. I'm always going to own the fact that I'm a Christian, as evidenced by inviting Frank Wright up, you know, to just witness for you at the beginning. He did a great job. That was great. He really did.

But it is a movement where we are trying to fight for liberty. You might think liberty is just an accident of evolution. I think liberty is God's idea, not man's idea. Does that answer your question? Thank you.

SPEAKER_2 (2:52)

Thank you.

Charlie Kirk (2:54)

Hi.

SPEAKER_2 (2:55)

So honestly, I just wanted to ask how your wife and baby are doing.

Charlie Kirk (2:58)

Thank you.

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SPEAKER_3 (3:18)

Hi. To address your previous assertion that race means nothing. Critical race theory is not being taught in schools. It is a academic theory that's pretty much delegated only to higher academia. They're not teaching it in schools. Your explanation of it was an oversimplification. You address the real history behind it, unlike most people.

And why if race means nothing, does it affect our history? Say, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Why is there such evil history with something that supposedly means nothing?

Charlie Kirk (3:51)

Okay. So first of all, you're wrong. It is being taught in elementary schools. I'll give you an example. Not only is it being taught, it's being enforced. So in Denver, there is a playground where they say white families not allowed.

Would you support that?

SPEAKER_3 (4:08)

That seems like a ridiculous edge case.

Charlie Kirk (4:11)

So I'll give you another example. Actually, in the National Education Association's training manual, which is the largest teacher union in the country, they had a seminar on how to teach critical race theory to kids. That sounds like it's in our schools, doesn't it?