This Is the Most Important Thing We Can All Learn from Charlie Kirk
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Why does Dave Rubin mark the one‑year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death?
All right, as you guys know, today is the one year anniversary of the assassination of my friend Charlie Kirk, and I thought maybe I could share just a couple thoughts uh about Charlie and kind of where we're at with you. Uh I met Charlie back in 2017 at a David Horowitz event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Uh at the time I was still kind of f figuring out where I was landing politically. I saw a lot of craziness. on the left, but I still considered myself part of the left. And Charlie and I did not agree on a lot of stuff. But almost immediately, instead of treating those disagreements as a reason to avoid me or keep his distance, Charlie immediately was like, let's go on tour. We disagree, Dave, I like ya.
Let's do something, let's talk it out, let's meet kids, let's do events, let's go. And and I just said yes. Charlie and I ended up traveling together for nearly two years. We debated abortion, gay marriage, taxes, health care, and pretty much every other issue you can imagine. Uh, we disagreed openly, sometimes strongly, but almost always the conversation ended up the same way: with a smile, a handshake, a hug. A high five, and dinner afterwards, and by the way, at dinner afterwards, we just continued the same conversation we were having hours before.
How did Dave and Charlie first meet and decide to tour together despite political differences?
Charlie clearly and almost magically understood something that our culture has almost completely forgotten: that disagreement does not have to become a declaration of war. In an era where everybody seems determined to build walls around themselves, ideological walls, political walls, Digital walls. Charlie built bridges. He built them in college campuses that were filled with people who had been told to hate him. Trust me, I saw it. He built them towards people who disagreed with him. And on a much smaller and more personal level, he built one towards me. Over the years, Charlie and I became real friends. We sat together at weddings. We spent endless hours in cars talking about politics, life, family, and the future.
Uh he came to my house just a few months before he passed away just to have a cup of coffee because he was in Miami. When I went out on my book tour, Charlie showed up to open for me while he was dealing with insane, terrible, insane back pain. He could barely stand in the green room before.
What did their two‑year road trip teach them about arguing without turning disagreements into war?
Uh and he got up, he made a beautiful speech about me, and I tried to pay him for the appearance and he wouldn't even take a dime. Nobody watching a viral debate clip of Charlie would ever know. know that part of him, right? They saw the fighter and I saw the friend. They saw the guy willing to walk into the lion's den. I saw the husband, the father, the man of faith, the guy who showed up for the people he cared about. And there's one memory of Charlie that I haven't been able to shake. The last time I saw Charlie was actually at Mar-a-Lago. It was at a Prague U event. And uh President Trump was gonna make a few remarks to the group, but first he walked across one of the balconies that was up high at Mar-a-Lago.
It's quite a staggering building. And I was standing right next to Charlie, and he was sort of between me and the balcony. So I was looking up towards the balcony, but Charlie was standing in front of me, and y those of you knew Charlie if you saw my video, he was quite tall.
How did Charlie’s “bridge‑building” on college campuses contrast with today’s wall‑building culture?
So I was sort of looking at Charlie in my distance, in my just foresight right here as I'm looking at Trump. And I turned to Charlie and I said, Well that could be you one day. And without missing a beat, Charlie said, God help us all. It was funny, it was pithy. It probably had some real truth to what he thought about, maybe what his political future could be. And that was Charlie. And I've thought about that moment for a ton since we've lost him. Because when I looked at Charlie that day, I saw someone who had an unbelievably bright future in front of him. And who knows where it would have led. But I do know this. He was already doing something that may be even more important than holding any office.
He was teaching an entire generation, how to have the courage of their convictions without losing their willingness to engage the other side.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why does Dave Rubin mark the one‑year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death?
0:00–1:18
2
How did Dave and Charlie first meet and decide to tour together despite political differences?
1:18–2:15
3
What did their two‑year road trip teach them about arguing without turning disagreements into war?
2:15–3:08
4
How did Charlie’s “bridge‑building” on college campuses contrast with today’s wall‑building culture?
3:08–4:02
5
What personal moments reveal the side of Charlie that never appears in viral debate clips?
4:02–4:47
6
What was Charlie’s unforgettable response to Dave’s joke about a future presidency at Mar‑a‑Lago?
4:47–5:42
7
How can listeners honor Charlie’s legacy by building bridges instead of walls?
5:42–6:56
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