Candace Owens

He's very kind to me.

And my point in bringing this up is not to throw any shade on him, but because I'm now interested in this origin story.

Anyways, he's in attendance.

He's absolutely floored.

at Benedictine University when Charlie speaks, he immediately knew that he was sort of looking at a future president.

This is an article, I think it was done in the Atlantic back in, it doesn't matter what year.

Anyways, it reads in the Atlantic, Montgomery was at Benedictine University in Western Chicago suburb of Lyle, Illinois for the college's youth government day in May of 2012.

The slate of speakers put the kids together

to sleep, he told the National Journal.

But when Kirk took the floor, the energy in the room completely changed.

The kids weren't sleeping anymore and their attention was wrapped on Kirk.

Inspired, Montgomery went up to him after his speech and told him, as only a man 50 years senior can say, that he needed to delay college to pursue a higher calling.

Quote, "'I don't know you,' Montgomery recalled saying, "'but you need to start an organization "'to reach out to young people with your message.'"

A month after Montgomery met Kirk, the duo launched Turning Point USA.

I want you to hold on to that phrase, I don't know you, but.

Again, that's the same story that I was told.

So I was a bit surprised to learn that there may be a larger story here.

Now, Bill Montgomery was Air Force.

He was in the Air Force Reserves.

Bill Montgomery also happened to be from Lincoln, Nebraska, getting into one of those Egyptian plane stops.