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e were showing up as early as 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning and walking long distances because the parking lots weren't even opened at the venue yet. And the spirits are very high. I mean somber of course, but something's happening.

I would like to read to you, um, where is it? Uh, maybe I won't read to you that.

All right. Well, one of my friends is there and gave me a little report on what's happening and I asked her, you know, are you there in person? Because that's not very close. And apparently she got inspired to go all the way there and is feeling a renewal of faith and wanted to be part of this thing.

Apparently there are also two plane loads full of White House people and I guess Trump's going to speak. And whatever you thought about this phenomenon, can we call it a phenomenon? The tragedy seems to have awakened something. There's definitely a religious renewal that's happening right now and it's because of Charlie Kirk. There's no doubt about it. And so I'm expecting that this memorial, besides being tearful and sad, will be one of the more impactful things that happens maybe all year. I mean aside from the shooting itself.

And I'm here for you people if you're waiting for hours and you need something to do. Well, maybe that's one thing we can do for you. Give you maybe an hour of the news without any commercial breaks depending on what you're watching it on. But best wishes to all of you people who are experiencing it. Probably almost everyone is feeling some kind of religious revival. And if you were the Democrats and you were watching this, forget about the politics of it. There's something that's beyond politics now. We've entered some new domain.

But if you're a Democrat, whatever this power is that's been unlocked, I don't know where it goes, but it looks like a powerful positive force and it may not be what you had in mind if you're Democrats. So if you're a Democrat, today would be a day to just stay quiet. That would be my advice. I'm not going to say something rude like, "Yo, hey, you guys just shut up." Just today, the best thing you can do if you're a Democrat, unless you're being supportive and saying something positive, the best thing you can do, the smartest thing you can do, take the day off. This is not your day.

So there will be magic happening today. Maybe literally.

Well, there is a story related to the Charlie Kirk murder that I don't know what to say about this. There's a sort of a magic bullet story. Have you heard that yet?

Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet says this in a post on X. I want to address some of the discussion about the lack of an exit wound with Charlie. Wait, what? There's a lack of an exit wound. Now, you know, there's some people who say that the wound that we saw was the exit wound, but that would assume that there's an entry wound on the other side. And apparently the surgeon who worked on him says that's not the case. What?

So here's what we know. All right. It's from Andrew Kolvet. I'm usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter talking about the exit wound. And I apologize this is somewhat graphic. But in this case, the fact that there wasn't an exit wound is probably another miracle and I want people to know. I just spoke with a surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital. He said the bullet quote absolutely should have gone through, which is very normal for a high-powered rifle, high-velocity round. I've seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc. But it didn't go through Charlie's body. Charlie's body stopped it. His neck stopped the bullet from passing through it.

And Andrew goes on and says, I mentioned to his doctor that there were dozens of staff, students, and special guests standing directly behind Charlie on the other side of the tent. And he replied, quote, "It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn't get killed. His bone was so healthy and the density was so impressive that he's like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him, too." In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin. So even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him.

Well, those of you who are familiar with my content are expecting me to debunk that and say that's not how bullets act. They don't sometimes go through soft tissue and bone and sometimes not. But today is the Charlie Kirk memorial. Today, miracles are allowed. So I'm going to accept that one.

Trump says the gas prices are heading below $2 a gallon. It might be some of the best prices we've seen in a long, long time. Fox News is reporting that. I don't know if it's going to get that low. It's not going to get that low in California because we have a defective state.

No ricochet, no second shooter, just a miracle today. Today is just a miracle. That's the beginning and the end of the conversation. But gas prices going down.

So Trump was at some event speaking yesterday and he asked Dr. Oz while the president was speaking, he sort of tongue-in-cheek but maybe not, asked Dr. Oz if Trump derangement syndrome should be added to the official mental disorders. And Trump said it's a mental disorder and they've got it in levels not seen before. Dr. Oz, why don't we list that on Wednesday? I know I guess something's happe

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ning on Wednesday. Now I thought that TDS, Trump derangement syndrome, was actually already in the literature as a genuine mental health issue. Am I wrong about that? I mean, I don't think it's in the most official DSM, whatever six or whatever it is. I don't think it's there yet, but I'm pretty sure that the literature recognizes it as a major problem in mental health. It's not nothing. So even…

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