I am told that as a state representative this is the moment where I'm supposed to express my heartfelt condolences and then stand in solidarity with those on the other side of the aisle as we condemn political violence and stand unified as one people.
But we aren't "one people" are we?
The truth is we haven't been for some time now, and there is really no point in pretending anymore, if there ever was.
We are two very different peoples. We may occupy the same piece of geography, but that is where the similarities seem to abruptly end.
I convinced myself for a long time that whenever the left called me a racist, a bigot, a sexist, a fascist, a "threat to democracy" for even the most innocent of disagreements, that it was simply hyperbolic rhetoric done for effect.
And now the "effect" is a widow and two orphaned children, because the left couldn’t bear the thought of a peaceful man debating them and winning.
I don’t think they realize it yet, but murdering Charlie is going to be remembered as the day where we finally woke up to what this fight really is.
It’s not a civil dispute among fellow countrymen. It’s a war between diametrically opposed worldviews which cannot peacefully coexist with one another. One side will win, and one side will lose.
Charlie tried to win that fight through argumentation, through discussion, through peaceful resolution of differences.
And the other side murdered him.
Not because he was “extreme” or “inciting violence” or any other hyperbolic slur they hurled at him. They murdered him because he was effective. Because he was unafraid. Because he inspired others and made them feel like they had a voice, that they were not alone. And he did it at the very institutions which have fomented so much hatred toward conservatives.
I don’t want to “stand in solidarity” with the other side of the aisle. I want to defeat you. I want to defeat the godless ideology that kills babies in the womb, sterilizes confused children, turns our cities into cesspools of degeneracy and lawlessness…and that murdered Charlie Kirk.
Social media is aflame right now with leftist celebration of Charlie’s death.
I wonder if any among them understand what has just happened. If there is a Yamamoto somewhere in their midst warning, that all they have done is awoken a sleeping giant.
I doubt it. I think they gave up such introspection and self-awareness long ago.
I don’t know exactly what will happen next. I just know that it won’t be the same as what has happened in the past.
There will be thoughts and prayers…Charlie would have wanted prayers. Not for himself but for those left behind and for the country that he loved.
But then there will be a reckoning.
My Christian faith requires me to love my enemies and pray for those who curse me. It does not require me to stand idly by in the midst of savagery and barbarism...quite the opposite.
So every time I feel tired, every time I feel discouraged or overwhelmed, I am going to watch the video of a good man being murdered in Utah…I will force myself to watch it…and then I will return to the work of destroying the evil ideology responsible for that and so much more.
Rest with God Charlie, your fight is over.
Ours is just beginning.
There’s a moment when every boy realizes no one is coming to save him.
And that’s when he becomes a man.
And some boys never get there and stay children forever.
Your circle should want to see you win.
They should be pushing you everyday.
They should be telling you the hard stuff to your face and talking you up behind your back…
If you don’t have that, get a new circle.
You need to control your thoughts, your mind. Sometimes you just need to tell yourself to shut the f*ck up and get to work.
This is part of being disciplined mentally.
I was trying to convince my dad to let me drop out of school because I hated it.
I remember I told him “Steve jobs, Robert Kiyosaki, Richard Branson and others didn’t have a college degree..”
He turned to me and said “they’re the exception not the rule.”
My mindset from that day on was to make sure to be the exception and not the rule.
Life gets good when business becomes a game…
When you’re not going to work to pay your bills but to see how far you can go
That’s how you really know you’re on to something 🙌
It’s crazy the people you think are rooting for you to win the most could actually be the people that are rooting for you to fail. Jealousy does things to people.
“In the end the truth always comes out.”
This is what my dad said when he was getting screwed over by a business partner/family.
I was so confused and so angry for him because they had done so much damage to him. I was hungry for revenge. He was hungry for Peace..
I never understood why until now..
People always overestimate what they can achieve in 1 year but underestimate what they can achieve in 10 years
Play the long game 🙌 it works! This is the secret many need to be reminded of
It’s all about the action, keep moving forward!
So what if an obstacle gets in your way… keep going! There’s always opportunities for those that keep looking.
The only way you lose is by quitting