RNC superstar Mia Love talks to Glenn on radio

August 29, 2012

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Utah's Mia Love found herself thrust into the spotlight today following an electrifying speech at the Republican National Convention. This morning, Glenn closed out the radio show with an interview with the mayor where they discussed the RNC, her local election, and the conservative principles that should be the foundation of the Republican party.

Read the transcript of their interview below:

GLENN: We have Mia Love. She is the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah. She is running for congress. She was born in Brooklyn, but her story is pretty amazing. Her parents came from Haiti with $10 to their name and now she is on stage. Last night she was at the Democratic National Convention
PAT: Republican.
GLENN: The Republican National Convention and hit it out of the park. Now she is being taken down by the left in really horrific ways. Let's first say hello to me a. Welcome to the program. How are you?
LOVE: How are you? This is such an honor to be speaking to you.
GLENN: Well, thank you very much. The same can be said back to you. You hit it out of the park last night.
LOVE: Well, I was just trying to tell the American people the truth and, you know, I really want them to remember that America that we know and have pride in and wanted to draw contrast to what is happening today and the leadership that we have in this country today.
GLENN: What did it what did it feel like? Because I've been I just asked the boys a few minutes ago if it felt to them as though there's been a change in the Republican Party, if this felt like a different convention than I have seen in the past. To me it has. Did it feel that way to you at all, or is that something I'm just misreading?
LOVE: You know, I think it may feel that way now because we have gone so far away from the America that we know. I mean, if you think about it, we've got this leader who has taken class warfare to new highs and lows. They judge us on, they try and point out people's genders, they try and point out, they divide us by income status and social level, and I think that that's why we get so we've got so much diversity, we've got so many people getting up and they're talking about the issues, they're talking about preserving this, opportunities for our children, and I think that people are waking up and saying and realizing what's at stake here.
GLENN: They have really taken you apart since last night. Do you care to go into any of this and what's happening to you?
LOVE: Well, you know what? I'm fine with it. You know, if I wasn't a threat, if I wasn't speaking if I wasn't speaking to the American people and having it have an effect, I'm sure they would probably leave me alone but, you know, I've got children I have to look after who are going to inherit this $16 trillion debt. So they can come after me with whatever they want to. I'm a I'm a mother, I'm a wife, I'm a concerned citizen, and they can they can bring it.
GLENN: The Wikipedia on you is, excuse me for repeating it, but calling you a house N word, a dirty worthless whore and
STU: Jeez.
GLENN: It is absolutely vile what they're saying. How do you how do you respond to the people, especially in the media, that say we're hate mongers and yet you can say in the same week that they hope that, you know, the hurricane comes in and washes all of the conservatives out to sea and kills all the conservatives, et cetera, et cetera? How do you how do you respond to any of this?
LOVE: Well, let's hope that the hurricane doesn't come and wash out the people that are all of the people that are working hard tightening their belts, living within their means out to sea because I would hate to see what our country would look like then. But you know how I respond to it is I think that we say, look, you know, these are the issues that we have. This is what we're going to need to get back on our feet. I'd rather have a leader tell me the truth. And I think that that's what we're going to talk about. We're going to talk about the serious problems that we're in. We're going to talk about that there's a reason why unemployment is so high. There's a reason why, you know, people have stopped looking for work, 23 million Americans unemployed, underemployed or just gave up. You know, there's a reason why we have this and it's because, you know, we don't have anybody that's concerned about economic growth. We're more concerned about redistribution of wealth, we're more concerned about divisiveness and that's the leadership we have right now. And we're going to have to change that.
GLENN: There was a last night there were two story lines going on. One was on small business. The other was on women. Do you know Ann Romney and what did you think of her speech last night?
LOVE: I thought her speech was great. You know, what was great was to listen to her just talk to the audience about Mitt Romney as a human being. You know, not so many people looked at him as being this man who understands the economy, but she drew this picture of what he was like as a husband and what he is like as a husband, what he is like as a father, what he is like in his community and the service that he's given. I think the most powerful word to me was the powerful line to me was Mitt will never tell you or brag about his service because he sees it as a privilege.
GLENN: You are LDS, correct?
LOVE: I am. I am.
GLENN: And Mike Huckabee is on tonight.
LOVE: Mmm hmmm.
GLENN: And that is seen as a good thing, I guess for, you know, people who say, "Well, Mike, you know, he'll be there." So I guess I guess there's some people that still believe that we wouldn't elect somebody of a different faith. Do you feel any of that is real, or is most of that media hype?
LOVE: Well, you have to figure out whether you've got two decisions here. Whether you're going to be hung up on somebody's rights to practice their First Amendment, which is their religion; or you're going to be hung up on, you know, somebody who is going to actually fix the problems. And I think that when people are suffering in this country, they want someone who's going to create jobs, who's going to give them opportunity, who's going to find solutions to the problems that we face today. Again, you know, to me his religion, my religion, it's my personal life, our personal right to practice and I think that what we need right now is we need by the way, just remember this, also. This is all by choice. Nobody's forcing anybody to believe in any faith. This is a choice that we all have, and that's what's great about this country is that we have, we have the ability to choose to work. We have the ability to choose our education for children and to choose the life that we have and to choose our religion and that's what's great about this. So, you know, I think that most people are going to be more concerned about what's happening in their lives and the fact that they cannot they don't have the opportunity to put food on the table or they don't have the opportunity to give their children an education.
GLENN: Well, you know,I find it interesting that people like Brian Williams are so worried about what's happening in the Mormon faith but I can guarantee you one thing that has never happened in a temple is anybody of any, any clout or power or I believe anyone at any time ever say "GD, America" like was happening in the church that Barack Obama was going to that Brian Williams never seemed to have a problem with.
LOVE: Right.
STU: Also, Glenn, I was on the looking at this Wikipedia page story about all the horrible things they've said about Mia Love and I just, I don't know how this happened but I happened to click on a couple of links and got over to this page that seems to be Love4Utah here, right here, dot com and there happens to be strangely this thing called a money bomb going on which Mia Love is only $10,000 away from this goal and it's just so weird. I wonder if people are also going to go to that same page and see what happens.
PAT: What page would you want to go if you wanted to?
STU: Probably go to love, the number 4 Utah and there's a big thing for a money bomb there. I'm not saying, of course, but I'm just interested because now it's just less than $10,000 from the goal. So that's interesting.
PAT: That's great.
LOVE: Well, we need we certainly need as much help as possible. After last night we've got a lot of liberals coming into Utah trying to do whatever they can to buy this race, and we are not going to let that happen.
GLENN: How are you doing
LOVE: I am calling on all Americans to send a message in saying we are not going to allow the left to buy these races. We are going to take back our country. We're going to unite the country.
GLENN: How are you doing in the polls against Matheson and what is the difference between the two of you?
LOVE: Well, he the DCCC released a poll having him about 18% ahead of us. We have our own internal polls that say completely different. Our governor just had a poll done and it's a dead heat according to the governor's poll. So, you know, we're doing well. We're going to win this race. We're building momentum and, you know
GLENN: What's the difference between what's the difference between you two?
LOVE: Between? Well, Matheson well, let's think about this. It's very easy. He voted for stimulus. Utah was completely against the $700 billion stimulus. He voted for card check. He voted for Cash For Clunkers. He voted for ObamaCare. He's actually stated publicly that he's going to vote for Obama again this November. In a state that Obama only has a 26% approval rating. He doesn't
GLENN: How do you wait, wait. How is this how is this possible he's doing as well as he is?
LOVE: Well, because he hasn't had first of all, we haven't had a candidate that's had enough money to put out his vote and put out the information out there. He's you know, if you think about ObamaCare, for instance, he voted for ObamaCare, against ObamaCare, for ObamaCare before it went to the Supreme Court and then voted against it. He waits to see if his party needs him and then he decides which way he's going to vote. If they need him, he definitely goes with Nancy Pelosi. If they don't, then he says I'm going to vote Republican and he can go back home and say, hey, by the way, I'm an independent thinker, I'm a bipartisan thinker. But he, in fact, has voted with the president 75% of the time.
GLENN: How are you
LOVE: We want to make sure we put it out.
GLENN: How are you with the 9/12 project, the Tea Party and Freedom Works?
LOVE: You know what? They have been great. I certainly don't put myself under a one category, but we have Tea Party support. We have support from all, all walks of life and we've gotten a lot
GLENN: Well, it's not like they're alien life forms. I mean, Mia, it's not like they're aliens. We have dogs and cats that are for us, too.
LOVE: Yes. No, we've just we have a lot of support from many people. We've got people that are just tired, whether you're Tea Party or not, that says, "Hey, I'm concerned about the future of my children and my grandchildren and I prefer to have someone who's going to be honest about it and find solutions to problems than to have somebody to just take this, lie about things and decide that they're not going to be concerned about the issues we have."
STU: Mia, one area of concern I would say is I'm at Love4Utah.com right now and the issue here is that you're so close to this goal, and a lot of people are asking if you hit this goal, is it still okay to donate?
LOVE: Absolutely. We need to donate
GLENN: What a good question.
LOVE: We've got a million dollar gap we're going to have to close and we need everyone's hope. We've been toe to toe with raising money with my opponent, but he came in with a million dollars and we're going to have to close that gap.
STU: This is my attempt to this is how they ask Democrats questions from the media. So I thought I would do the reverse.
GLENN: This is MSNBC all of a sudden except in reverse. All right, Mia Love, Mia Love4Utah.com.
LOVE: Love4Utah.com.
GLENN: Thank you very much and we'll talk again. God bless.

'Rage against the dying of the light': Charlie Kirk lived that mandate

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Kirk’s tragic death challenges us to rise above fear and anger, to rebuild bridges where others build walls, and to fight for the America he believed in.

I’ve only felt this weight once before. It was 2001, just as my radio show was about to begin. The World Trade Center fell, and I was called to speak immediately. I spent the day and night by my bedside, praying for words that could meet the moment.

Yesterday, I found myself in the same position. September 11, 2025. The assassination of Charlie Kirk. A friend. A warrior for truth.

Out of this tragedy, the tyrant dies, but the martyr’s influence begins.

Moments like this make words feel inadequate. Yet sometimes, words from another time speak directly to our own. In 1947, Dylan Thomas, watching his father slip toward death, penned lines that now resonate far beyond his own grief:

Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Thomas was pleading for his father to resist the impending darkness of death. But those words have become a mandate for all of us: Do not surrender. Do not bow to shadows. Even when the battle feels unwinnable.

Charlie Kirk lived that mandate. He knew the cost of speaking unpopular truths. He knew the fury of those who sought to silence him. And yet he pressed on. In his life, he embodied a defiance rooted not in anger, but in principle.

Picking up his torch

Washington, Jefferson, Adams — our history was started by men who raged against an empire, knowing the gallows might await. Lincoln raged against slavery. Martin Luther King Jr. raged against segregation. Every generation faces a call to resist surrender.

It is our turn. Charlie’s violent death feels like a knockout punch. Yet if his life meant anything, it means this: Silence in the face of darkness is not an option.

He did not go gently. He spoke. He challenged. He stood. And now, the mantle falls to us. To me. To you. To every American.

We cannot drift into the shadows. We cannot sit quietly while freedom fades. This is our moment to rage — not with hatred, not with vengeance, but with courage. Rage against lies, against apathy, against the despair that tells us to do nothing. Because there is always something you can do.

Even small acts — defiance, faith, kindness — are light in the darkness. Reaching out to those who mourn. Speaking truth in a world drowning in deceit. These are the flames that hold back the night. Charlie carried that torch. He laid it down yesterday. It is ours to pick up.

The light may dim, but it always does before dawn. Commit today: I will not sleep as freedom fades. I will not retreat as darkness encroaches. I will not be silent as evil forces claim dominion. I have no king but Christ. And I know whom I serve, as did Charlie.

Two turning points, decades apart

On Wednesday, the world changed again. Two tragedies, separated by decades, bound by the same question: Who are we? Is this worth saving? What kind of people will we choose to be?

Imagine a world where more of us choose to be peacemakers. Not passive, not silent, but builders of bridges where others erect walls. Respect and listening transform even the bitterest of foes. Charlie Kirk embodied this principle.

He did not strike the weak; he challenged the powerful. He reached across divides of politics, culture, and faith. He changed hearts. He sparked healing. And healing is what our nation needs.

At the center of all this is one truth: Every person is a child of God, deserving of dignity. Change will not happen in Washington or on social media. It begins at home, where loneliness and isolation threaten our souls. Family is the antidote. Imperfect, yes — but still the strongest source of stability and meaning.

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Forgiveness, fidelity, faithfulness, and honor are not dusty words. They are the foundation of civilization. Strong families produce strong citizens. And today, Charlie’s family mourns. They must become our family too. We must stand as guardians of his legacy, shining examples of the courage he lived by.

A time for courage

I knew Charlie. I know how he would want us to respond: Multiply his courage. Out of this tragedy, the tyrant dies, but the martyr’s influence begins. Out of darkness, great and glorious things will sprout — but we must be worthy of them.

Charlie Kirk lived defiantly. He stood in truth. He changed the world. And now, his torch is in our hands. Rage, not in violence, but in unwavering pursuit of truth and goodness. Rage against the dying of the light.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Glenn Beck resurrects the 9-12 Project to support Charlie Kirk's family

Glenn Beck is once again calling on his loyal listeners and viewers to come together and channel the same unity and purpose that defined the historic 9-12 Project. That movement, born in the wake of national challenges, brought millions together to revive core values of faith, hope, and charity.

Glenn created the original 9-12 Project in early 2009 to bring Americans back to where they were in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. In those moments, we weren't Democrats and Republicans, conservative or liberal, Red States or Blue States, we were united as one, as America. The original 9-12 Project aimed to root America back in the founding principles of this country that united us during those darkest of days.

This new initiative draws directly from that legacy, focusing on supporting the family of Charlie Kirk in these dark days following his tragic murder.

The revival of the 9-12 Project aims to secure the long-term well-being of Charlie Kirk's wife and children. All donations will go straight to meeting their immediate and future needs. If the family deems the funds surplus to their requirements, Charlie's wife has the option to redirect them toward the vital work of Turning Point USA.

This campaign is more than just financial support—it's a profound gesture of appreciation for Kirk's tireless dedication to the cause of liberty. It embodies the unbreakable bond of our community, proving that when we stand united, we can make a real difference.
Glenn Beck invites you to join this effort. Show your solidarity by donating today and honoring Charlie Kirk and his family in this meaningful way.

You can learn more about the 9-12 Project and donate HERE

The critical difference: Rights from the Creator, not the state

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When politicians claim that rights flow from the state, they pave the way for tyranny.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) recently delivered a lecture that should alarm every American. During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, he argued that believing rights come from a Creator rather than government is the same belief held by Iran’s theocratic regime.

Kaine claimed that the principles underpinning Iran’s dictatorship — the same regime that persecutes Sunnis, Jews, Christians, and other minorities — are also the principles enshrined in our Declaration of Independence.

In America, rights belong to the individual. In Iran, rights serve the state.

That claim exposes either a profound misunderstanding or a reckless indifference to America’s founding. Rights do not come from government. They never did. They come from the Creator, as the Declaration of Independence proclaims without qualification. Jefferson didn’t hedge. Rights are unalienable — built into every human being.

This foundation stands worlds apart from Iran. Its leaders invoke God but grant rights only through clerical interpretation. Freedom of speech, property, religion, and even life itself depend on obedience to the ruling clerics. Step outside their dictates, and those so-called rights vanish.

This is not a trivial difference. It is the essence of liberty versus tyranny. In America, rights belong to the individual. The government’s role is to secure them, not define them. In Iran, rights serve the state. They empower rulers, not the people.

From Muhammad to Marx

The same confusion applies to Marxist regimes. The Soviet Union’s constitutions promised citizens rights — work, health care, education, freedom of speech — but always with fine print. If you spoke out against the party, those rights evaporated. If you practiced religion openly, you were charged with treason. Property and voting were allowed as long as they were filtered and controlled by the state — and could be revoked at any moment. Rights were conditional, granted through obedience.

Kaine seems to be advocating a similar approach — whether consciously or not. By claiming that natural rights are somehow comparable to sharia law, he ignores the critical distinction between inherent rights and conditional privileges. He dismisses the very principle that made America a beacon of freedom.

Jefferson and the founders understood this clearly. “We are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights,” they wrote. No government, no cleric, no king can revoke them. They exist by virtue of humanity itself. The government exists to protect them, not ration them.

This is not a theological quibble. It is the entire basis of our government. Confuse the source of rights, and tyranny hides behind piety or ideology. The people are disempowered. Clerics, bureaucrats, or politicians become arbiters of what rights citizens may enjoy.

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Gifts from God, not the state

Kaine’s statement reflects either a profound ignorance of this principle or an ideological bias that favors state power over individual liberty. Either way, Americans must recognize the danger. Understanding the origin of rights is not academic — it is the difference between freedom and submission, between the American experiment and theocratic or totalitarian rule.

Rights are not gifts from the state. They are gifts from God, secured by reason, protected by law, and defended by the people. Every American must understand this. Because when rights come from government instead of the Creator, freedom disappears.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

POLL: Is Gen Z’s anger over housing driving them toward socialism?

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A recent poll conducted by Justin Haskins, a long-time friend of the show, has uncovered alarming trends among young Americans aged 18-39, revealing a generation grappling with deep frustrations over economic hardships, housing affordability, and a perceived rigged system that favors the wealthy, corporations, and older generations. While nearly half of these likely voters approve of President Trump, seeing him as an anti-establishment figure, over 70% support nationalizing major industries, such as healthcare, energy, and big tech, to promote "equity." Shockingly, 53% want a democratic socialist to win the 2028 presidential election, including a third of Trump voters and conservatives in this age group. Many cite skyrocketing housing costs, unfair taxation on the middle class, and a sense of being "stuck" or in crisis as driving forces, with 62% believing the economy is tilted against them and 55% backing laws to confiscate "excess wealth" like second homes or luxury items to help first-time buyers.

This blend of Trump support and socialist leanings suggests a volatile mix: admiration for disruptors who challenge the status quo, coupled with a desire for radical redistribution to address personal struggles. Yet, it raises profound questions about the roots of this discontent—Is it a failure of education on history's lessons about socialism's failures? Media indoctrination? Or genuine systemic barriers? And what does it portend for the nation’s trajectory—greater division, a shift toward authoritarian policies, or an opportunity for renewal through timeless values like hard work and individual responsibility?

Glenn wants to know what YOU think: Where do Gen Z's socialist sympathies come from? What does it mean for the future of America? Make your voice heard in the poll below:

Do you believe the Gen Z support for socialism comes from perceived economic frustrations like unaffordable housing and a rigged system favoring the wealthy and corporations?

Do you believe the Gen Z support for socialism, including many Trump supporters, is due to a lack of education about the historical failures of socialist systems?

Do you think that these poll results indicate a growing generational divide that could lead to more political instability and authoritarian tendencies in America's future?

Do you think that this poll implies that America's long-term stability relies on older generations teaching Gen Z and younger to prioritize self-reliance, free-market ideals, and personal accountability?

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