PragerU at CPAC '18: Candace Owens, Antonia Okafor, and Katie Pavlich! | Interviews

what's up guys this is will wit with Prager you today we're joined by candice Owens how are you doing today hey guys I'm doing really well are you excited to be here at CPAC I am and I just spoke so that was pretty cool first time on the stage yeah and what was your panel about fake news my favorite topic ever it was awesome we were just talking about how the media has been lying and what it means for the future and personally I told them I love fake news I think it's great it helps a conservative movement grow it helps bring people from moderates over to the right because they see what's actually going on in the media so what do you think about the whole CNN thing that's been going on with their fake news and you know pushing an agenda with gun control and everything well I think it's pretty obvious that CNN has absolutely no interest in telling the truth anymore which gives us a great opportunity for us to sort of Reese's or to seize the media period so I what I said in the panel saying was that I love fake news because it wakes people up it's given me a platform it's given you a platform we're on social media because when people are lied to they start to pursue alternative sources we Turning Point USA Prager you we are the alternative sources and so do you think that fake news media has portrayed the african-american community in a bad light or you know according to their views and principles that they're not really all like that way oh they're not all Democrats oh yeah so according to CNN black people are constantly crying constantly upset and we constantly have our hand our hand out asking for favors and free money and that could not be further from the truth it's the reason that I do what I do every single day is that it's time to inject a more sincere narrative in terms what the black community actually is we're built on humor and we just haven't gotten a fair shot in the media we are absolutely not all Democrats in fact what I say every day is that I proceed a very real split happening in the black community victim mentality versus Victor mentality so as the director of urban engagement for Turning Point USA how do you see yourself changing that narrative just we're doing what I'm doing I'm constantly on social media pushing out my videos every single day I just released one on a black panther review as we saw black people were celebrating this movie the leftist the strong leftist before they even saw the movie and really largely it's a very pro-trump message in that movie so III inject my voice I interpret what it means and hopefully if they're looking at the media and they say oh my god I love this marble superhero movie they can then apply that logic to their life to understand what Trump is trying to do for America which is to secure our borders to make sure that we're stronger than we ever were before and not to just baselessly allow refugees into this country on no merit and having them bring their problems with them a direct quote from that movie is refugees bring their problems with them if you think the movie was good though was it good it was excellent I loved it guys I loved it yeah okay fair enough I was gonna ask you you have a new video actually coming out with preview very soon could you tell us about that I know you're excited you're probably the most excited person for it I'm like the most excited person because we'll just inform me that it's coming out right after the Oscars and the video is entitled dear celebrities nobody cares what you think and it's high time that we start reminding celebrities that they aren't gods apparently they think that they have all fallen from the light a lightning rod of Zeus and they think they can say whatever they want and constantly insult us trend that we are not smart and I mean look at them the people that are out there telling us what to think are largely alcoholics I got into a Twitter spat with Chrissy Teigen this week right and we've got Chelsea Handler who sort of thinks I work right she thinks she's one of the great philosophers of our time so I was super excited to shoot it and I'm more excited for you guys to see what we have in store that's awesome so what do you think about the current administration right now and everything they're doing I absolutely love them so Mike Pence just spoke and he said really the strong message was promises made promises kept I don't think that we have had anyone in Washington that has kept more promises than Donald Trump he's doing everything and he will absolutely build the wall there's no doubt um so I think that's really what it comes down to is despite what your beliefs are you have to admit this man has been honest from start to finish and he is returning America to its glory making it a stronger country sending bringing the jobs back home is the most important thing black unemployment rate which the black caucus did not stand up for I would like to do that right now and applaud that it is the lowest that it has ever been so super exciting news won't admit that at all they won't even talk about it they pretend black conservatives don't exist so well they won't put you on CNN no they won't I will completely shred them if they put me on CNN you best believe what do you think is the most important thing going forward for the administration to work on oh that's a great question we have so many issues that are going on in this country right now especially obviously everyone's debating about gun control right now but I I really think what he's doing right now the the larger thing is just to restore hope in to the community and show people because they don't even understand how awful things were under the Obama administration so what he's doing right now we're turning money you know back into the American people's purses and I think he really should start focusing on our schools our schools should be the number one issue for sure they have liberalism is spreading like a disease we have college professors that are failing students that have conservative ideas so if we don't get back our schools I don't really see foresee a foreseeable future for the conservative movement yeah what do you think is the best way to fix are you talking about public education or higher education all of it I feel like they start brainwashing you in middle school these days with liberal ideas so it's it's starts when you're in first grade as soon as you can talk and walk and write they're starting to tell you what to think so it's all of it they're telling little boys that they're actually girls because they like the color pink a little bit right it's insane like you don't have to you can wake up one day and be a girl and wake up the next day and be a boy I read that that's actually going on they're almost creating mental disorders in our school and then they're surprised when somebody shoots up a University of college or a high school but what do you think it is you can't sanction mental disorders until somebody shows up with a gun we have to start hitting back hard especially in our schools so are then are you a fan of increased background checks and more emphasis on mental health definitely the issue is mental health it's unbelievable that people are pretending like guns walk out the building and shoot somebody like you have to raise a gun right you know it's the children you have to raise right and there's a lot of confusion were overmedicated in this country I am strongly against this trend of medicating your child you see a hyper kid and he's on 70 milligrams of Ritalin before he turns seven years old I've actually seen these children hyper children I'm chosen are supposed to be hyper for those you that don't know children have a lot of energy maybe I'm not medicating your child before he can read and write is a great idea a great starting point so yeah that's great Candace I want to thank you for being here today we can find you on social media what absolutely will wit I'm so happy to be here with you I love the alliteration in his name you guys can find me at real Candace Oh on Twitter Facebook at real Candace Owens and Instagram at real Candace Owens and look forward to her video coming out in just a little bit this is willow with Prager you thank you everyone how's it going everyone this is will wit with Prager you today we are joined by Antonia Okafor gun rights activist we're at CPAC 2018 in Maryland how are you doing good to see you again too what are you speaking on at CPAC this year so I'm not gonna be actually speaking at CPAC on mainstage several different ways though I'm gonna have a voice though the next couple of days a national ads I mean pushed out where I'm basically doing what I do best which is basically support our gun rights gun rights in general so you'll be seeing that on Facebook and a national ad probably next week in the next few days but I'm also gonna be speaking at the network of enlightened women's desert party they have every year for the showcase gentleman showcase so I'll be doing that as well yeah that's great so with the parkland shooting and everything what are your thoughts on that what do you think are the next steps concerning if we need gun control or any next steps that the current administration can take to help prevent these disasters yeah I mean it's been a really hard week the last week with the parkland shooting in Florida it's been really interesting because you know I've been set up to speak at Florida University a lot of people for campus carry one me to speak in general but it's always been a place that I've had in my heart because they've never passed campus Harry and that's one of the big issues but you know I think I'm very adamant and I'm so adamant regardless of the tragedies that happen that it really has to be a conversation about the law abiding citizen and empowering the law abiding citizen if we're not doing that then we're just doing the same insane insanity cycle each time where we're focusing on that perpetrator you know we have people who are saying now we should change the the age from 18 to 21 to buy a rifle I mean that's not that that's not really what's going to change these situations what's going to change the situations making sure that we don't have any more gun-free zones that those who are law-abiding who have concealed carry who have passed the background checks and the things that they need in training they need to defend themselves that they can also defend you know their classrooms and we already expect them to do so anyways why not give them the tools to do so yeah I think all of the last almost all of the last mass shootings occurred in a gun-free zone just shows how well that those zones actually do their job it doesn't drop at all it's all well-intentioned policies but it's not looking into the future of criminals are going to be criminals and they're not gonna follow the law regardless of the law so let's make sure those people we want to actually have firearm that those people who want to defend us are able to do so so yeah that's the logic there but unfortunately a lot of people don't see that logic yeah that girl from the high school when she was giving her speech and she was talking about the no BS or we call BS have you seen that and she said that gun when you have more gun control that gun violence actually goes down but we've seen that that's actually not the case like in Chicago right Chicago Baltimore I stayed in Baltimore with circa news actually for for three weeks and wow that's it's a it's a war zone it's like when I went to Chicago as well and funding fact about that one is that they implemented a lot of very restrictive gun control laws after Sandy Hook and they actually have worse by the in fact they had a USA Today just put out an article saying that Baltimore is the most dangerous city in the country why is that is because you put these restrictions that are really not helping the person who should be helped in the first place so yeah it's the opposite effect but we keep doing this every single tragedy we keep doing the same thing and it has to stop yeah we need more good guys with guns at these different places or girl yeah so you actually have a Prager you video though as well could you tell us a little bit about that yeah so I have this amazing video that I'm really glad I was able to partner with turning-point and they're free to think program with Prager and basically telling my story of how I became I went from a progressive Democrat voting for Obama and you then going to who I am today which voted for Trump more on the libertarian you know Rand Paul you know type of vibe there but as a gun rights activist now too as well so talking about that story really resonated with a lot of people and I've been very thankful and grateful to talk to so many people who reached out to me since then so I'm I'm still surprised how many people love that video it's funny the the main thing I get from that video is like you know what Antoni I know you lost a lot of friends in that video but you tell me that but I will be your friend yeah I'm like okay it's okay I really have friends I do I promise I have friends that's really sweet I I'm your friend yeah no you're my friend so it's goodbye it's funny that that's nice like it that's a key issue there is people like oh yeah I'll be your friend like thank you I appreciate that you lose a lot of friends where you make a lot of new ones that are probably better friends in the long run so you guys can check out her video on Praeger you calm on facebook and youtube it's a really good video definitely check it out I want to thank you for talking with me you have a good time I did I did thank you so much so he was supposed to ask me about my guns and say hey and 20 was the gun-free zone so he didn't ask me I was gonna I thought this was a gun-free zone it was good I should have done it before I got nervous this is will wit and Antonio Okafor for Prager you thank you hello everyone this is will wit with Prager you today we're joined by Katie Pavlich editor at townhall and Fox News contributor are you doing today doing really well are you um well are you enjoying CPEC so far yeah I'm sure you're not enjoying the weather as much coming from California but we're happy you're here thank you thank you see you are based in DC I am based in DC yeah Arizona Arizona girl at heart so really okay my whole family's from Arizona that's cool yeah and you're gonna be moderating a panel right yeah so we're Monterey I'm moderating a panel today called Kim Kim Jang University and we're gonna talk about how universities around the country which you guys are really familiar with have essentially become region camps on a variety of issues and the point is that it's not just about political points of us on campus it's about promoting freedom making sure that students are armed with the knowledge they need to know that they have rights outside of what their professors are telling them yeah Kim jong-eun University not as good as Prager University and you actually have a pretty video I do you guys graciously invited me to come out and do a video on women and firearms ownership so we produced that I think late last year and it was it was great I think there are a lot of people I got some notes from different women who were skeptical about firearms and parents who were also skeptical who really enjoyed listening to it and had changed her mind so that's what Prager you is all about yeah that's great you know getting out to young people and getting it to so many different people all across the world now so we just said a billion views it's great the scope of Prager U is amazing I remember I was at Dennis Prager at an event I think two years ago and he was just amazed at how he had a viewer of pregger you in Latvia and that's the extent of the internet right so Prager used being watched all around the world especially in countries if they have access to YouTube where they can learn about the freedoms that we have and how special America really is and you have people in America who don't like living here who hate America and I guess that's what you'll be talking about with you know students being taught to hate America right well they don't get out much I mean if you travel the world a little bit I love had the left claims to be so worldly and if you actually talk to a lot of these students they haven't really been out in the real world in America first of all but second of all haven't actually traveled to the world to these countries on an experienced real life under these brutal dictatorships that they claim to uphold yeah you know love communism until they actually experienced it Cuba don't just stay in the resort go out into the real community and see how it goes yeah on the subject of gun control you know with the shooting and everything what are your what do you think are the next steps to take to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again well I think you know for years and years and years we have talked about gun-free zones and we have never solved the problem that gun-free zones created gun-free zones are not gun free criminals always exploit victims in those places and for too long we've had students and teachers and staff members as sitting ducks in a place that criminals and bad people evil people know they won't be able to fight back so there's a lot of talk about gun control the usual suspects have been pushing that narrative it's not about the guns it's about soft targets in America and schools are some of the softest targets that we have and it's time to fight back and we've heard a whole lot about how you know students and parents don't want to live in a world where there has to be an armed guard outside their school but you can either live in the real world which is there has to be an armed guard outside of the school or you can live in a world that you wish you lived in and suffer the consequences which is seeing these things happen over and over again so I'm hoping that we can take security seriously because that's really the issue here okay what do you think about the leftist media biases going on now around gun control and what they're pushing on their agenda yeah I mean I would say it was typical because it is typical but it seems as though under a trump administration it's even more aggressive than we've seen in the past CNN yesterday held this town hall where they claimed different points of views were going to be heard it seemed to me like the audience was pretty packed full of anti Second Amendment anti rights anti-gun folks and over and over again we've seen the media promote this anti-gun anti NRA narrative and they don't point out the fact that the NRA is made up of millions of real people it isn't this big behemoth of it's not like Oz where there's a guy one guy behind the curtain pulling all the strings it's real people who believe that their second Amendment rights really back up all the rest of the men's amendments that we have in the bill of rights and so them just writing off a whole set of people and kind of enunciated this message that if you're part of the NRA you're somehow advocating for school shootings it's just absolutely ridiculous and it doesn't get us anywhere when it comes to actually preventing this in the future yeah it definitely doesn't well you can check out her video on Prager ucomm on Facebook and on YouTube if you haven't seen it it's one of my favorite videos definitely go check it out check me out check me out check the mustache up do you like the mustache we'll take that as a yes I'll take that as a yes I'd like to thank you for joining us thank you for talking this is will whit Prager you thank you