ladies and gentlemen please well join me and welcoming michelle malkin. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. all right. let's get started. this is amazing. i can not tell you how at home i feel here and and how perfect a setting this is. i couldn't think of a better place. i owe so much to young america's foundation and the race began ranch. these are two of the finest liberty-promoting organizations we have in america. and i want to thank everyone who works for that organization. ron and michelle, who have been friends for so long. andrew and each and everyone of you who has done your part to support the work that they do. thank you. give yourselves a hand. [applause] i also definitely want to give a shoutout to c-span and booktv, who are here. over the course of my almost quarter century career now as an out out of the closet conservative journalist c-span has covered many of the events that i have done over the years. they welcomed me for "washington journal" last week and it is always an incredible ride to get phone calls from c-span listeners

michelle malkin. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. all right let's get started. this is amazing. i cannot tell you how at home i feel here and how perfect a setting business. i couldn't think of a better place. i owe so much to young america's foundation and the reagan ranch. these are two of the finest liberty promoting organizations we have in america come and have in america, and i want to thank everyone who works for the organization ron and michelle who have been friends for so long, andrew, and each and every one of you who has done your part to support the work that they do. thank you. give yourselves a hand to. [applause] i also doubt that want to give a shout out to c-span and booktv who are here. over the course of my almost quarter-century career now as an out of the closet conservative journalist, c-span has covered many of of the events that i've been over the years. they welcomed me to "washington journal" last week, and it is always an incredible ride to get phone calls from c-span listeners, and to get that no holds barred fully transparent discus