Losing It All, And Building It All Back: Live at AmFest with James O’Keefe
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Hey everybody, my exclusive conversation with James O'Keefe. Listen to the entire conversation, advertiser-free, when you become a member, members.charliekirk.com. That is members.charliekirk.com. And email me as always, freedom at charliekirk.com. That is freedom at charliekirk.com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
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Well, thank you, Charlie, for having me. And I just had three whistleblowers on stage, two from the Border Patrol, one from FEMA, and then another gentleman from Disney. Four brave people, three of them federal government employees, came on stage, told their stories, and it was really powerful. It was really, really powerful. Thank you.
So James, you've been doing a lot of work with whistleblowers and it seems like you're really hitting a powerful stride. If I ask kind of a personal question, you went through hell many times, but a year and a half ago, is that, am I approximating correctly? Are you at a place now where you can say that, not that you're thankful for it, but that you have grown in ways you never thought you would because of what you went through in that?
Man, that's quite a question. I would say that that was definitely the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life because I was fired from my own creation. And what I said on stage 30 minutes ago was the fight is not what you think it is. It's not external. It's often a fight within ourselves. So the fight is good versus evil. And to be fearless, to take on powerful institutions, you have to make sure the people around you are unbreakable. And, you know, I made some poor decisions about who I surrounded myself with, I think. But it was very painful, Charlie, but it taught me the importance of surrounding myself with the right people.
I ask, James, only because I think it could be an inspiration for people in this audience that are going through hell right now and to show how you can build out of it and that you can keep on fighting. Yeah. And...
I would say that a friend of mine says life is like an elevator ride. Most people get off too early. They get off the elevator on the wrong floor. Just stay on the elevator and keep doing it. But I was fired from Project Veritas, and we're currently in litigation. It's horrible. But I think when you're going to take on BlackRock, Pfizer, the FBI, the New York Times, and you're winning, you better make sure the people around you are very strong. And they're not going to betray you. And nothing that you can offer those people, nothing that, so I can't be bought, right? If someone tries to bribe me, I'll just film it. But it's not about me. I have to make sure that the men around me are also the same way. And that's hard. And you think you have friends? Well, when you're raided by the FBI and they're pointing guns at you, you will figure out who your friends are. And I think, Charlie, we're entering a new era, and I said this on your show yesterday, where I think people inside the government can come forward right now.
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