BLOGJune 29, 2017

Serena Williams Pretty Much Agreed With John McEnroe In 2013

Tennis legend John McEnroe is no stranger to controversy. He was renowned for controversies during his heyday on the courts. Fast forward to 2017, and he's found himself in the middle of the silliest non-controversial controversy.

McEnroe made headlines answering a reporter's question as to why he qualified Williams as best "women's" tennis player --- not the best of ever, saying she would rank around 700th on the men's circuit. His comments ruffled the feathers of liberals and even Miss Williams herself.

Serena Williams Tells John Mcenroe to 'Respect My Privacy'

As luck would have it, Williams confirmed McEnroe's assertion in 2013 on The Late Show with David Letterman:

"Well, actually it's funny because Andy Murray, he has been joking about myself and him playing a match. And I'm like, "Andy, seriously, like, are you kidding me?" Because for me, tennis -- men's tennis and women's tennis are completely almost two separate sports. So I'm like, if I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose 6-0, 6-0, in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes."

Co-host Jeffy Fisher made a prescient observation.

"So all the people that are wanting to abolish sex-segregated sports entirely so women can compete against elite male athletes and get the recognition they deserve, I say yes," Jeffy said.

Glenn agree whole-heartedly.

"I want to see them on the football field. I want to see them on the baseball field. I want to see them absolutely everywhere. Let's just end this nonsense: There is no separation between men and women because we're all exactly the same. Go for it," Glenn said replied.

Enjoy the complimentary clip or read the transcript for details.

GLENN: Let's start with John McEnroe. John McEnroe caused a huge controversy. This is this guy's whole life. He said that Serena Williams, the best women's player in the world, would rank about 700 on the men's tour.

Now, the problem with this is, didn't we have this same debate with Billie Jean King? And who was the guy who --

PAT: Bobby Riggs.

GLENN: Yeah, Bobby Riggs.

PAT: Yeah, he was 55 years old at the time.

GLENN: Yeah. And so this was the same thing about women are just as good as men. Blah, blah, blah.

Well, I'm sorry. But the muscle mass alone is completely different with men. They just have more power than women. It's why there are no women boxers that are going against men. You know, you're not -- you're not going to put Mike Tyson in the ring with the strongest woman in the world because Mike will knock her out. And John McEnroe, he doesn't need anybody to run to his defense, other than the woman who is now playing the victim, Serena Williams. Listen to what she said on Letterman about herself and Andy Murray.

SERENA: Well, actually it's funny because Andy Murray, he has been joking about myself and him playing a match. And I'm like, "Andy, seriously, like, are you kidding me?" Because for me, tennis -- men's tennis and women's tennis are completely almost two separate sports. So I'm like, if I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose 6-0, 6-0, in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes.

No, it's true. It's true. It's a completely -- it's a completely different sport. The men are a lot faster than me. They get -- they serve harder. They hit harder. It's just a different game. And I love to play women's tennis. And I -- and I only want to play girls because I don't want to be embarrassed. I would not do the tour. I wouldn't do Billie Jean any justice. So, Andy, stop it.

PAT: Oh, my goodness. How could she say that?

STU: And how can you act like the victim when you said this on national television already?

PAT: Yeah, it is weird that she's acting like the victim.

STU: Yeah.

PAT: When she -- first of all, just to add another little element to this, Glenn, that you may not know, Serena Williams and her sister Venus, back in 1998 claimed they could beat any man who wasn't in the top 200 in the world.

So the man who was ranked 203rd in the world challenged them, and they played. And he -- he played golf that morning. And then while drinking a beer between games and smoking cigarettes on the court, he beat Serena 6-1, and he beat Venus 6-2. So I mean, it was settled with them almost 20 years ago. And then in 2013, she said that to David Letterman. I love the --

GLENN: That's not 700, Pat.

PAT: No, that's true. That's 203.

GLENN: So let me ask you this, why would McEnroe -- McEnroe loves controversy. Why is McEnroe even bringing this up?

STU: You know why he's bringing it up? And this is the part that everyone's missing in the story. He's bringing it up because he was being a wuss and bailing out of the actual point. He was trying so hard to compliment Serena. And John MacEnroe, knowing enough -- a lot obviously about tennis, being a commentator and a long-time player knows that her being seven hundredth in the world is ridiculous. He's actually going and saying --

PAT: He's giving her the benefit of the doubt.

STU: The benefit of the doubt. He said, she's the best female player of all time. He said she might be the best athlete comparatively of all time, because she has dominated her sport so incredibly. But in reality, the people who are 1,000th in the world would also beat Serena Williams easily. And it's not even a knock on Serena Williams. It would be an incredible accomplishment that she would be able to hang with these guys.

We're talking about players that have dominated, you know, entire countries that are ranked 700 and 1,000th in the world. She is a great tennis player and probably the best female player of all time. Though, you could argue that. But when it comes to playing against men, it's just -- there's not a competition there.

PAT: And we're supposed to pretend though now that they're exactly the same, even physically. That they have the same abilities. And the same structure. And the same makeup. And they can compete on an equal basis on every -- on every single playing field. And it's just not true. And we all know it's about it's not true. So why do we try to play this game?

STU: Yeah. And I think the most important thing as far as our audience and conversation is to watch the commentators -- it's the same thing we see in the media. Like, you know, I was watching a show on ESPN, where we were talking about this. And the only person I saw on ESPN all day who had the guts to even talk about this honestly was Will Cane. Who, you know, used to work here.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: But all these commentators are going into these points that they know aren't true. And they're trying so hard not getting fired by ESPN, who fires anyone who says anything mildly controversial. And they were saying things like this.

And Serena Williams kind of made this point here jokingly. But they all said, oh, come on. You can't compare these two.

Men's -- women's tennis is a completely different sport.

No, it's not. It is not. It is tennis. They play it differently because men are capable of more things. They hit the ball harder. They are faster, as Serena pointed out, herself.

It is the same sport. The only reason that women's tennis exists is because women can't play as well as men. Period.

PAT: That's why all women's sports exists. That's why there's a women's basketball league.

STU: Exactly. It's the same sport. If you wanted them all to compete against each other because they were capable of doing the same things, you would just have tennis. Because it's the same thing. They're hitting it the same way.

And it goes back to what you were talking about yesterday, Glenn. How many genders are there? All these basic questions that we all know the answers to and we all used to admit to ourselves. Now we have to deny.

GLENN: Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

(laughter)

GLENN: Listen to the oppression. Seriously. No, I'm dead serious. Listen to the oppression that's spewing out of Stu's mouth.

STU: I was quoting you. And, by the way, how many genders are there? I don't know. Ask tennis that has men's tennis and women's tennis. They seem to understand there are two. Why don't they have 27 or 96 different divisions?

PAT: They're working on Xi tennis right now.

STU: Xi tennis is coming?

PAT: Yes, yes. Xi tennis is -- X-I is coming.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Is that only being played by the president of China?

PAT: No, it's a different kind of Xi.

GLENN: Oh, the gender Xi.

PAT: The gender Xi.

STU: Pat, you brought this up. Because there's a movie coming out with Steve Carell in it as Bobby Riggs, which looks amazing.

PAT: Yeah.

STU: Partially because they admit what actually happened, which was Riggs took it as a giant joke. He was trolling people like Andy Kaufman did. He wanted to be the villain. He liked it. He thought it was funny as a 55-year-old to come in and play.

PAT: Plus, it brought everybody a lot of money. It created an aura around tennis. People got interested in tennis. It was a really good thing in the '70s.

GLENN: Wasn't Philadelphia Freedom written about that?

PAT: Yeah, it was written about Billie Jean King. Not necessarily the match about Bobby Riggs. But Elton John was a big Billie Jean King fan. But people forget that a few months before he lost to Billie Jean King, he had beaten the number one women's tennis player in the world, and he beat her severely. I mean, he crushed her. And she is the person who has the most grand slam wins of all time, Margaret Court. And he beat her, I think 6-2, 6-1. It wasn't even a match.

STU: And we all just remembered the second time, where he lost -- didn't train.

PAT: Yeah, right.

STU: Was completely out of shape.

PAT: Took it -- and not seriously.

STU: Fifty-five years old. And he wasn't even the best men's player when he was playing. I mean, it's so ridiculous.

PAT: Right.

JEFFY: And so all the people that are wanting to abolish sex-segregated sports entirely so women can compete against elite male athletes and get the recognition they deserve, I say yes.

GLENN: I say yes.

STU: Fully support it.

GLENN: I say absolutely yes.

PAT: Let's do it.

GLENN: I want to see them on the football field. I want to see them on the baseball field. I want to see them absolutely everywhere. Let's just end this nonsense. There is no separation between men and women, because we're all exactly the same. Go for it.

STU: And if you can't be honest about like a conversation like this about Serena Williams and admit that she, while a great player and incredibly skilled, would not be able to compete in the men's division -- if you can't admit that, why aren't you supporting these divisions being combined?

What the heck is wrong with you? If you think she could beat all these men, why is she only playing women? It's ridiculous. They should all be together. There should be no WNBA. There should be no women's tennis. No women's gymnastic. You could make a serious argument that women are more flexible and do things that men can't do in gymnastic. I don't know. Maybe they would dominate. There's a lot of things that they're -- that might happen.

But then let it happen. If you believe it, let it happen.

GLENN: What -- I mean -- apologize to this audience for the oppression that is happening right here, Stu.

STU: Yesterday, you were so soft-spoken and understanding. We're here for 18 minutes, and look at what's happening.

GLENN: I'm very understanding. What a sexist oppressor. What a white male oppressor?

PAT: Thank you. Don't forget privilege.

GLENN: Here's the thing I've really come to understand, Stu, you can't even discuss things, I mean, as a white male. You don't have any experience except the experience of an oppressor.

PAT: Right. That's right.

STU: I don't think that's right actually.

GLENN: Of course, that's what oppressors say.

PAT: Always.

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Is George Soros’ evil empire CRUMBLING?

George Soros has just turned 95 years old and Glenn has a birthday message for him! What a shame that after nearly a century of trying to destroy the West, Spooky Dude now gets to watch as his son brings his own empire to its knees…It couldn’t have happened to nicer people.

Transcript

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STU: It's a big day.

I was unaware of this birthday. It's not in my calendar, for some reason.

GLENN: I know. I know. Why do you suppose that is?

STU: I don't know. Here's a guy who has really made an impact on our world.

GLENN: He really has.

And he's 95 years old.

STU: Wow.

GLENN: He's outlived almost all of the people that tried to stop him.

And to be honest most of the economies that he tried to collapse, so it's nice.

And so I just wanted to say, happy birthday George Soros. I mean, I know we've had our quibbles. You threatened my life once.

You know, I've called you spooky dude. You know, but let's put all that aside. You have toppled a few currencies, just for sport.

You -- you have funded enough political movements, all over the world, to keep small nations and coups for over a century now. And you have turned philanthropy, into a really terrifying word.

You're like, wait. The Soros foundation is behind this?

It's kind of neat. You take people's breath away, when we talk about philanthropy, which is nice.

Somehow or another, you have learned to blame everything from inflation and a collapsing society. To the people who are pointing out the involvement.

You know, your involvement in our ever collapsing world. Or if you can't pin it on them, it's the weather.

So you've got that. And, George, all of this time. All of the hard work. Here you are, at 95. And to see it all come apart at the very end. To see it all collapse. It's got to be hard. It's got to be hard.

But the good news is, most of it is coming because unlike you, I know people are good and smart, and even decent. And in the end, the good guys win.

Kind of like they did, in World War II.
Remember, you were -- I think you were a young teenager. And when you threw your lot in with the Nazis.

I know. I know. You didn't have a choice.

And I actually believed that. You didn't have a choice.

I probably would have done the same thing, if I were your age.

And I mean that honestly.

However, what's always puzzled me. Is if I would have made that choice.

I think I would have, I don't know. More than just a fleeting moment of reflection.

On that. You know, maybe -- you know, what always puzzled me. You have never once, in your own words. Looked back on that. And had a second of guilt or regret.

I mean, I think I have this right. You took and sold the goods of homes that were taken by the Nazis from the Jews. They took the Jews to the death camps. And you cleaned out the houses and sold the valuables. Which is weird, that you have no regrets or reflexes on that. Didn't even think about it. Never gave it a second. You know, that was weird. And I was shocked to hear you say that, when you were on 60 Minutes, and they asked I about that. Now, my follow-up question would have been, have you ever been diagnosed as a psychopath? But they didn't ask that question, and probably didn't have to. Because it became very clear that you indeed were a psychopath, when you spoke about how when you, quote, do these little experiments with countries and currencies that you collapse, you know that people are hurt. But you find it, and still quoting, I don't know.

Fun!

Wow. Wow.

(laughter)
That's a different kind of -- that's a different kind of fun there, that I've never really kind of understood at all. But, you know, George people say, the measure of a man. A mark of a man's life is the good that he leaves behind.

And in your case, that good is still looking for a GPS signal. Haven't found it. But I'm sure we will.

And it's sad now to think, now that you're 95. Again, happy birthday, George.

And I mean that sincerely.

Now at 95, to think that all of your wildly strangely young girlfriends, are now only clearly with you for the money. And they might be losing some interest. Because the way your son handling your money, that may be gone faster than your. Girlfriends. You know what I mean?

And I know, it causes you pain. To hear about this. And see your entire world collapsing at the end.

And many people might see this, and see your pain. And say, well. You know

GLENN: Yeah.

But it's kind of fun to watch that pain.

In George Soros. But not me. Not me. Now, I've called you spooky died. And if it wasn't for the spooky dude, good looks, you know, of your son Alex. I've wondered. And maybe you wondered this. Is he really your son? He's nothing like you. Sure, he's spooky and everything else. But what a dope this guy is. I mean, you were the guy known for breaking the Bank of England.

That's what they called you, the man who broke the Bank of England. Your son breaking another bank. But it seems to be yours, which is weird. Because when it comes to investing and making money.

Wow. What a disappointment in a son. Huh.

George? Wow.

What went wrong there.

Anyway, several countries have banned you. You know, or your organizations from even being in their country. Because you were so good at what you did.

You know, collapsing currencies in societies.

But when your son took control of Soros fund management. You know, they can't be thing you set your whole life building. It was an empire. A global empire.

In December 2021, one of the first things he did was invest 2 billion dollars to buy nearly 20 million shares of an electric vehicle company called Rivian.

And he bought the shares, somewhere between 70 and $100 per share.

In fact, he was so confident, in your money. That it was the largest one-off investments your fund had ever made.

And now, I -- I hate to point out, you know, a year later, those shares were selling for $18.

And it looks like you lost over a billion dollars. In fact, with the moves that he's been making. With your life's work.

Wow!

Hedge Follow. This is a website that tracks and ranks US hedge fund performances.

They currently give the Soros fund management. Your company. That you dedicated your life to.

A performance rating of one out of five stars.

Which makes it one of the least successful in the country. Wow.

And, you know, another reason why I wonder if he's your son.

Is, you've always prided yourself on being the man in the shadows. And anybody could ever point to.

You know what I mean?

But your son is so filled with pride.

Pride, something. Something follows pride. I can't remember that saying.

I should look that up. But, anyway, Happy Birthday, George.

This guy, your son.

He takes selfies with some of the -- well, frankly, some of the biggest losers in the political sphere right now. But, you know, the actual influence of your life's work seems to be diminishing rapidly.

In fact, on July 2023, Open Society foundation, you guys announced that you were laying off 40 percent of your staff worldwide. Wow! What happened there?

Was that Rivian? Oh, does that hurt when I say that? Was it Rivian?

You halted all new grants, and you completely changed your operating model. Mainly because I think you were kind of getting out of money, you know what I mean?

And the crowning glory. The crowning achievement of your open society network, under Alex, was the passage of the so-called inflation reduction act.

You know, I don't think the people know. You were really involved in that.

In fact, one of the guys who worked for open society.

I mean, you reopened a -- an Open Society Foundation firm there, in New York. So you could lobby. And became one of the biggest. Just for that. In fact, he was so involved.

He was actually honored with the gift of being on the floor, when that passed. Wow!

Wow!

Gosh, gosh.

Now that -- now that that's all falling apart too.

I mean, oh. Now, let me ask you: When you passed that, was that because of Rivian?

I hate to keep bringing that up.

But the reason why I say that: At the same time, your son was doing that, your son was spending at least $4 million on Stacey Abraham's failed gubernatorial campaign.

And you think to yourself. Who would be this tuned?

Certainly not George Soros' son. He's really, really smart. Why would he do that? Well, it could be, because at the time, Rivian was starting to build a gigafactory, right there in her state.

And he was asking the state for some subsidies, which gosh, then she didn't win. And all that money was flushed down the toilet.

But the good news is, Biden, at the very last minute, gave -- Donald Trump cut, was it? Oh, man. That's got to hurt. But at least, it did wonders for Rivian's share -- no. The stock.

It's now worth less than $12 a share. That kind of...

Anyway, at least you have the Soros DAs. The defund the police. No bail. Go soft on crime. That seems to be working on really -- well, not really.

More than a dozen of your DAs. That was your jewel.

That was the one thing that you were like, I have all the DAs. And we will collapse this country.

Yeah.

More than a dozen have been removed from office, by recalls and scandals and just people -- people like, I can't do another one of these. You know what I mean? And the spike of urban crime, ended up being one of the key factors in the defeat of the Democratic Party of 2024.

Which seems to go exactly everything that you were trying to do.

You know, the second election of Donald Trump. Crime, immigration. And the economy, were the big topics.

Which had to bother you. Because those were your big topics too.

And how it must have hurt, you know, when he won. And then what he did for energy. And cutting electric car subsidies. Oh, gosh. That one hurts again.

Closing the borders. Defunding all your little NGOs. Now going after your sanctuary cities. And this week, taking crime on, in DC. And even the liberals are saying, you know what, I don't really agree with Donald Trump.

But I think he's right on this one. Man, I would imagine the mental torture of a 95-year-old man who was just -- just trying to make it to the pudding in the afternoon. To see your world fall apart.

That torture must be relentless. But, I mean, if I'm going to be honest.

I kind of find it fun!

Oh, now see.

You see how -- you see how that feels, George?

When somebody doesn't recognize your pain.

You might be thinking what I would be thinking.

Glenn, are you a psychopath?

You don't see the pain of others?

No. I'm just doing a comedy monologue here, George.

You actually meant that.

So I want to just give you your perfect birthday present. And what do you get a guy who has everything.

You know, you have to find something that he doesn't have. That's why I wanted to get you a soul. But I thought, no. He's already lost the one he had, so I don't know if he really would appreciate it.

But the good news is, you have all of that worldly power and that wealth to keep you warm at night. Which is good.

Because you should get used to the warmth.

Because where you're headed, I -- I hear, is very, very hot, all the time, a little beyond warm.

I hear it's terrifyingly hot there. But, hey! This has been fun, hasn't it?

I don't know. I just kind of find it fun, to wish you a happy 95th birthday, George Soros.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

How Obama Weaponized His Deep State Against Hero Vets | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 263

Over the past few months, classified document releases related to Russiagate, the deep state, and other scandals have shown us just how frightening the government can be. But as Gina Keating has proven, it is NOT invincible. Gina — an investigative journalist and lifelong liberal — was forced to question everything she knew when she discovered that the DOJ under Obama, at the urging of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was wrongfully prosecuting four Blackwater contractors for allegedly staging a massacre at Nisour Square in Baghdad, Iraq. Gina joins Glenn Beck to tell the story of these men, as documented in her new book, “Raven 23: How the Department of Justice Betrayed American Heroes.” She and Glenn discuss why the government really prosecuted these men, how Wikileaks helped expose the truth, and how Pete Hegseth helped convince President Trump to pardon them. But perhaps just as concerning was the media’s response to this story. Gina describes how her fellow journalists wouldn’t touch the case on “moral” grounds and provides solutions to help get partisan politics out of journalism.

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WHAT THE NFL is going on with male cheerleaders?!

The Minnesota Vikings and 11 other NFL teams now have male cheerleaders…and not the kind you may be thinking of. Is this really what NFL fans want, or will this be the next Dylan Mulveney moment? Glenn, Stu, and Jason discuss…

Transcript

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GLENN: So the Minnesota Viking. The Vikings!

That will have two male cheerleaders. Now, when I first heard this story, I said to my wife, wife, daughter. Because they brought this up to me. And I said, well, let's not be hasty. I said, there's loss of sports teams that have male cheerleaders, and I said to my wife and my daughter, who are both cheerleaders.

I said, didn't you have, you know -- when college -- they have the guys run out. And the cheerleaders. And they hold the girls up. And throw them and everything else.

And my wife went, that's not this.

And I haven't seen the footage yet. But here are the -- here are the two male Viking cheerleaders, cut 29.
(music)

STU: There they are.

GLENN: Dear God.
(music)

GLENN: Okay. All right. We can stop. We can stop. Please, no more. We can stop.

STU: Did you like it?

GLENN: Give me a Y. Give me an E. Give me an F. What does that spell? Yes! No.
(laughter)

STU: That came out of your mouth way too easily. That's been practiced in front of a mirror, I'll tell you that.
(laughter)

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. No. I don't -- I don't think so.

So the Vikings season ticket holders are canceling their season tickets.

Now, what part of Minnesota didn't you understand, when you bought a ticket?

You're in Minnesota. Of course, it's going to happen in Minnesota.

But Vikings. The Vikings would have killed cheerleaders back then. Well, they didn't have cheerleaders. It's not like, they were on their ship. Give me an R! Give me a P, give me an E. What's that? Raid!

I mean, I don't think they had that.

STU: Unlikely. Unlikely.

Yeah. You don't see that in the historic accounts of their practices.

GLENN: No. No. No.

So the Vikings having male cheerleaders like that. Not exactly makes a lot of sense.

STU: It's not a surprise, right?

GLENN: For Minnesota. No.

STU: Yeah. I would say most NFL teams, you would not be stunned to see it.

Cowboys you would probably be stunned to see it.

GLENN: I would. I would.

STU: Most of the people in the team, are players. So they wouldn't necessarily need them as cheerleaders.

GLENN: Oh, my God. How dare you. Hang on just a second. Hang on just a second.

STU: I just know Stu was there.

GLENN: Do you think that the Eagles would put male cheerleaders like that on the field?

STU: Yeah. Probably. They probably do. They do have male cheerleaders.

GLENN: Wait. Wait. Wait.

Do you think male cheerleaders like that, would walk off the field of Philadelphia? The same way, they walked on to the field?

STU: Not in the area where the stadium is. No. No. Yes. It's -- it would be a little rough.

But the team. The Eagles team is pretty liberal. And the conservative. The cowboys, relatively speaking. Pretty conservative.

GLENN: Yeah. They're not going to --

STU: You would be very surprised to see that at the Cowboys. I mean, this one is pretty over the top though.

Right, it's -- it's --

GLENN: Yes.

STU: As -- I don't know. It's as far as I've seen.

GLENN: That's who it is.
STU: Oh, I remember him.
GLENN: Adam, the American, he's a guy who seemed a little effeminate to be in ISIS.

STU: He was in al-Qaeda, wasn't he?

GLENN: Oh, that's right. Al-Qaeda. That's right. Al-Qaeda.

GLENN: Send back your soldiers, your spies, your attaches, et cetera.

JASON: From where to where?

STU: After Afghanistan to Zanzibar.

GLENN: To Zanzibar.

STU: I'll never forget that.

GLENN: From Afghanistan, to Zanzibar. Or we're going to -- if you don't do it, we're going to give you such a slap.

STU: It was not. It was not necessarily the persona you'd expect to lead an al-Qaeda messaging department. But it was effective. By the way, we lost him.

We've lost Adam, the American, in 2015.

GLENN: Oh, what happened?

Oh, what happened?

STU: He passed away, Glenn. We didn't just like lose him in the mall. He actually died.

GLENN: Hello, where is everybody?

Al-Qaeda! Where are you?

STU: Right.

JASON: You know he was looking forward to his shot as a Minnesota Vikings cheerleader too. That's so sad.

GLENN: And you know al-Qaeda would have loved that.

They would be all in support. Look at. Look at. Because, again -- this is, again. This is, again, the same people in Minnesota, that are wrapping their arms around the Somali flag.

They're ready to put in an Islamist, socialist mayor in Minneapolis. And you're putting in the two transgender bender cheerleaders? That's not going to go well with your people in Somalia.

STU: You don't think?

GLENN: I mean, we're the haters. They're the ones who kill them.

I mean, it's nuts!

JASON: Yeah. Adam Gadahn, he was early to that boat.

GLENN: Yeah. He was.

JASON: He was the red, green, pink alliance way back before it was even a thing.

STU: That's true.

GLENN: Now, I'm not sure that he was pink.

JASON: He was prophetic, Glenn.

GLENN: Are you just judging him by his accent. By his speech patterns.

JASON: No. No.

GLENN: All right. Good. You shouldn't do that.

By the way, I saw a promo for, oh, was it on Netflix? For the Dallas Cowboy cheerleader thing. Or saw it in the news.

It was a clip on I think -- on Instagram, from one of the enterprise where they're talking to the girls.

This is -- this was a mistake.

This was a mistake. If you're doing a -- how the Tallahassee Cowboy cheerleaders. Become Dallas cowboy cheerleaders.

Nowhere in that pitch, should it say, and we talk to the girls!

STU: It would be kind of a weird show, if they didn't actually speak to the girls. It's like a reality show, right?

GLENN: Well, you know, I thought it was -- I thought it was really weird when they did talk to them.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Because what they said. They asked the questions, like, who was the president of the United States?

Now, this was taken before Donald Trump.

Who is the president of the United States?

You know what the answer was? O Biden. O Biden. O Biden.
JASON: No.

STU: That's a completely accurate answer. I totally back that answer.

That's exactly who it was. That's exactly Obama.

VOICE: That's a good point.

GLENN: How many yards are there on a football field? Answer: 50?
(laughter)

STU: Well, there are 50. There's just another 50, and then two end zones.

GLENN: It was. I mean, it was -- it was -- if I were dad or mom, and I saw this episode, I would be like, sweetheart, you're cute and everything.

And you can dance. But we need to have a talk with you, using what's -- what God gave you upstairs, beyond the shoulders. You know, a little higher than the shoulders.

We need you to work on that one, a little bit. A little bit. It was horrible.

STU: Yeah. I will say too, it seems like they -- for a long time, they were putting him on this reality show.

And they were dancing at all their losses.

And they were -- they were paying them like 11 uncertainties a month.

Now, I guess, they've upped the salaries of them.

They're the most famous cheerleaders in the world, right.

And they were not exactly bringing in the cash. I guess they're finally making some money. Which is good.

GLENN: Yeah. You know why?

You know what the excuse was?

You have the honor of being a Dallas cowboy cheerleader.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: That actually is kind of like.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Hey.

STU: I mean, it is quite an honor, right?

GLENN: It's a real honor.

And you could probably -- you could probably marry some real, you know, dumb sexist money too.

You know, just --

STU: That's --

GLENN: I'm a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.

And somebody is like, I've got lots of money. We're made for each other.

JASON: I don't think they have, you know, a TV show for the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders, do they? I'm pretty sure they don't. I mean, in Minnesota, they have men now, as cheerleaders. But in Philadelphia, they have cheerleaders that are female, that just look like men.

GLENN: No. Have you ever seen it's Always Sunny In Philadelphia?

You're watching that show. It's Danny DeVito.
(laughter)

STU: It's true.

And I will say, there is -- I don't think there's any trans, you know, cheerleaders on the Eagles. I will say, their players keep wearing all this new jewelry, though.

They keep getting all this jewelry every couples years, Jason. How many years since the Cowboys picked up some new jewelry?

JASON: We had our time, you person there.

How can you be -- I'll tell you what. Sitting in the heart of Dallas Cowboys, you know -- you know, the Mecca there. We had the Philadelphia Eagles fan too. It makes absolutely no sense.

STU: Oh. I totally. You don't understand, Jason.

My entire life, I've been an Eagles fan, and living in areas where they hate the Eagles.

GLENN: Which is -- wait. Wait. Hang on just a second.

Which is everywhere outside of Philadelphia.

STU: Basically, yes. Basically, utter -- just hatred for the Eagles. Every place I've been.

GLENN: Right.

STU: And that, you know, normally sucks.

I will say, the past few years have been absolutely glorious living in this city. Watching the Eagles win two Super Bowls, with the Cowboys, in whatever the hell they're doing, right now.

Has been utter pleasure from beginning to end.

It is the only time in my life, I've ever been able to enjoy it. So give me this one thing.

That's all.

GLENN: I will tell you, I have season tickets to the Cowboys. And every time we go, I am shocked at how many non-Cowboy fans are in stadiums.

It's like the cowboys are almost booed. It's almost like, wow.

There's a lot of people here that don't like the Cowboys.

JASON: Yeah. It's true. And A lot of these stadiums we're building now, are built for that really. They're huge. They're not really about the football anymore.

More like a kind of rock crowd.

GLENN: You know, we have -- we're up, you know. The nose extent bleed. But it's close.

But you're in the seats. And we're at the 50-yard line. And we're eye level with the big, huge TV. The giant TV.

And every time, we're there. We're just watching it on TV.

And at some point, I look at, you know, my son, like, we could have done this at home.

We could have done this at home.

Why are we not looking at the field?

STU: That's legitimately distracting.

JASON: It is. Yeah, no. I don't like going -- it's a pain in the butt to go into a lot of these sporting arenas anymore. It takes like an hour to get in. It takes two hours to get out.

They all have these big screens. You may as well sit at home.

GLENN: Yeah. I don't know why -- it would be so much better with the yellow line down. Where the first down is.

STU: Yeah. Why would they do that? That's so weird.

GLENN: I don't know why they don't do that. They do it on TV all the time.

All right. Back in just a minute.
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GLENN: Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. We're glad you're here.

Stu, Jason, he is our head researcher, just found something out.

STU: Right. Chief researcher.

GLENN: What did I say?

STU: You said head researcher. You mean chief researcher. Jason Buttrill, chief researcher for Glenn.

GLENN: Now I introduce him with glee.
Jason.

JASON: That's right, Glenn. Breaking news. There are actually 12 NFL teams, that are introducing male cheerleaders this year.

Dallas Cowboys are not one of them. Coming in at the power spot of number five, students, Philadelphia Eagles.

STU: They could be recruiting their cheerleaders from al-Qaeda. And I would still love them. I don't care what they do.
(laughter)

STU: Unlike the Cowboys, people don't go just for the cheerleaders in Philadelphia.

JASON: It's a good part of it, Stu. It's a good part of it.

GLENN: It keeps the American man. It's hard beating.

STU: I can't disagree with any of this talk, I have to say, I would like to. I would like to.

But, no. They are fantastic.

GLENN: They are fantastic.

STU: They do a great job.

GLENN: And they're all 100 percent USDA grade women.

JASON: That's right.
(laughter)

STU: I thought you were going to say natural. I was going to say, I don't know about that one.
GLENN: No. I'm not tuned. I know there's 100 yards on the football field.

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