How To Win Back The Youth: Chapter Leaders Roundtable

Charlie Kirk (0:03)

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Blake (1:17)

All right. Welcome, everybody. Here we are at Chapter Leadership Summit 2026 in Washington, DC., our nation's capital. We have thousands of young leaders in Turning Point gathered together. And around this table, we have some of our top leaders for an interesting discussion, we hope, we believe, on domestic issues, right?

What affordability, AI, what is President Trump doing? What about conspiracy culture? These are all things we want to get into. So without further ado, why don't we go around the table and introduce yourselves and your school to our audience?

Molly Curtis (1:48)

Hi, my name is Molly Curtis, and I go to the University of Maine.

John Paul (1:53)

I'm John Paul, and I go to UC Berkeley.

Jules Devine (1:55)

I'm Jules Devine, and I go to Colorado State University.

Anna Claire Hathaway (1:58)

I'm Anna Claire Hathaway, and I go to the University of Alabama.

Blake (2:01)

Awesome. Well, welcome, guys. If we had to break it down like this, this is a question Blake and I are always interested in with, you know, Gen Z students and our chapter leaders.

On campus, among your chapter, conservatives that probably voted for Trump if they were old enough to or supported him. What are the biggest concerns or issues? What's the number one topic that you guys are currently worried about or talking about on campus? We'll start with University of Alabama.

Anna Claire Hathaway (2:29)

I would say we talk a lot about foreign policy right now. A lot of people are really invested in that. It's been very relevant recently.

Blake (2:36)

The Iran.

Anna Claire Hathaway (2:37)

Yes, we really dive into that, the economy, AI, social media, basically anything like social, some identity politics as well. So we really dive into everything.

Blake (2:47)

So I asked you for one, you gave me five.

Anna Claire Hathaway (2:48)

Sorry.

Jules Devine (2:49)

That's great.

Blake (2:50)

I'm kidding.

Jules Devine (2:51)

Trust in the administration.

That's the biggest thing. I've seen a lot of people are like, I don't know if I can trust Trump, I don't know if I can trust the administration. Again, same with like Turning Point. They're like, I don't know if I can trust Turning Point about all the like rumors and lies that are going around. And they're wondering what is the truth? Like, are we hearing the truth or are we still looking for it?

Blake (3:07)

About like with the admin?

Jules Devine (3:09)

With the administration, with the war and everything, with Turning Point and all the stuff that's going on with the trial and stuff.

Blake (3:15)

Okay. We'll get back to that.

John Paul (3:18)

I would say, I use you Berkeley, there's a lot of things that we discuss. And I think it's kind of hard to pinpoint the number one thing. So I'll probably put in a number one tie, which is economics and abortion.

Molly Curtis (3:30)

Similarly to what you guys said, we talk a lot about Trump's war in Iran, and specifically the fact that he did say he wasn't going to start any wars when he was campaigning. And a lot of my chapter members are split on Trump support now because of that.

Blake (3:46)

Okay. Nobody said Epstein, but does that, when you kind of said trust, and I was thinking you were going to go there?

Jules Devine (3:54)

Yeah, no, that's a little bit. There was, I feel like there's a lot of promises that were told by Trump, like releasing Epstein, no new wars, lower gas prices, and a lot of people are saying that we have, we're technically not at war.