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Charlie Kirk: “Part of the problem are parents around the country would…”

Featuring: Charlie Kirk, Conservative, Right-wing Populist | Conservative Political Activist and Media Personality | National

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Charlie Kirk and Mike Rowe Discuss the Future of Blue Collar Jobs and AI Impact at the Energy and AI Summit

Published | Video Starts at 05:36

But part of the problem, and we call them the muscular class on the show, as you know, Mike, Part of the problem are parents around the country would rather have their kid go into debt to study sociology at Wellesley than to go work construction. Can you speak to that? Part of that needs to be a cultural change for specifically suburban America. If their son says, mom, I want to be an electrician, they should applaud that. (05:36–05:48)

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Asserts that parents prefer their children to incur debt for a sociology degree at Wellesley over working in construction.

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