Charlie Kirk gave forceful critique of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), slamming the former Democratic vice-presidential candidate for rejecting America’s founding principles, by denying that rights come from God.
Kirk read the Declaration of Independence, noting that the United States was founded on the belief that rights are inherent and unalienable. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” Kirk said, reading from the nation’s founding document. The role of government, Kirk said, isn't to create rights, but to protect those already given to human beings by their eternal creator.
“Government does not make your rights,” Kirk said. “Government can only respect them or violate them.” He said this quality “makes our country unique” and said that undermining it would fundamentally alter the American system.
Kaine's recent comments, he said, were“one of the darkest, most chilling things I have heard a US senator say.” The Virginia Democrat, in a recent hearing, likened the belief that rights come from a Creator rather than government to the theology of the Iranian regime.
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“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government but come from the creator—that’s what the Iranian government believes,” Kaine said, calling his idea “extremely troubling.”
Kirk slammed Kaine’s statement, saying the Democratic Party is at odds with the American founding due to this view. “Everybody, what you’re about to listen to is exhibit A of evidence that the Democrat Party represents a country not called America,” Kirk said. “If what he says is true, then what we are is no different than China… no different than North Korea.”
Kaine’s comments reveal a philosophy where rights exist only at the discretion of the state, Kirk said.
“He believes the government gives you rights, that laws give you rights. That’s why he’s okay with aborting babies… that’s why he’s fine with mutilating kids in trans surgeries… because the government hasn’t given those rights yet.”
“We believe in something transcendent above government,” Kirk explained. “Our rights coming from God makes them inalienable because they are rooted in the equal God-given dignity shared by all human beings.” By contrast, he said, Kaine and Democrats reduce rights to “like a driver’s license. Driver’s licenses can be given, suspended, or revoked. That’s what government-given rights look like.”
Kirk tied Kaine’s outlook to some of history’s worst atrocities, taking Kaine's view to its logical conclusion: “If Tim Kaine is right, Stalin was justified. Hitler was justified. Mao was justified. Maduro is justified,” Kirk said. “Rights aren’t favors from politicians. Government does not give you freedom. It protects the freedom you already have because you are a human being made in the image of God.”
Kirk also reminded listeners how close Kaine came to holding higher office. “That yammering fool was inches away—he was 40,000 votes away—from becoming the vice president of the United States under Hillary Clinton,” he said.
This debate, he said, goes beyond partisanship. “This is more than just a difference of opinion,” he warned. “This is an existential issue and a little window into what we’re fighting against.”
Kirk read the Declaration of Independence, noting that the United States was founded on the belief that rights are inherent and unalienable. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” Kirk said, reading from the nation’s founding document. The role of government, Kirk said, isn't to create rights, but to protect those already given to human beings by their eternal creator.
“Government does not make your rights,” Kirk said. “Government can only respect them or violate them.” He said this quality “makes our country unique” and said that undermining it would fundamentally alter the American system.
Kaine's recent comments, he said, were“one of the darkest, most chilling things I have heard a US senator say.” The Virginia Democrat, in a recent hearing, likened the belief that rights come from a Creator rather than government to the theology of the Iranian regime.
https://rumble.com/v6yhlc8-tim-kaine-on-american-rights.html
“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government but come from the creator—that’s what the Iranian government believes,” Kaine said, calling his idea “extremely troubling.”
Kirk slammed Kaine’s statement, saying the Democratic Party is at odds with the American founding due to this view. “Everybody, what you’re about to listen to is exhibit A of evidence that the Democrat Party represents a country not called America,” Kirk said. “If what he says is true, then what we are is no different than China… no different than North Korea.”
Kaine’s comments reveal a philosophy where rights exist only at the discretion of the state, Kirk said.
“He believes the government gives you rights, that laws give you rights. That’s why he’s okay with aborting babies… that’s why he’s fine with mutilating kids in trans surgeries… because the government hasn’t given those rights yet.”
“We believe in something transcendent above government,” Kirk explained. “Our rights coming from God makes them inalienable because they are rooted in the equal God-given dignity shared by all human beings.” By contrast, he said, Kaine and Democrats reduce rights to “like a driver’s license. Driver’s licenses can be given, suspended, or revoked. That’s what government-given rights look like.”
Kirk tied Kaine’s outlook to some of history’s worst atrocities, taking Kaine's view to its logical conclusion: “If Tim Kaine is right, Stalin was justified. Hitler was justified. Mao was justified. Maduro is justified,” Kirk said. “Rights aren’t favors from politicians. Government does not give you freedom. It protects the freedom you already have because you are a human being made in the image of God.”
Kirk also reminded listeners how close Kaine came to holding higher office. “That yammering fool was inches away—he was 40,000 votes away—from becoming the vice president of the United States under Hillary Clinton,” he said.
This debate, he said, goes beyond partisanship. “This is more than just a difference of opinion,” he warned. “This is an existential issue and a little window into what we’re fighting against.”
