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Glenn: "The United States is the biggest wuss on the planet"

February 05, 2015
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The Jordanian king has taken swift action in the wake of the Islamic State's murder of a Jordanian pilot, executing two prisoners and quoting Clint Eastwood. The White House, on the other hand, continues to falter when it comes to taking any kind of action against Islamic extremism. Glenn reacted to the news on radio this morning.

Read the rough transcript below:

Glenn: Yesterday, we posted the video of -- of the Jordanian pilot being burned to death. And I -- I recommended that the world watch this video. I thought it was important for people to see this video so you know exactly who we're dealing with.

And if you watch the video, I couldn't get my wife to watch it. But if you watch the video, you saw something that was remarkable. One, you saw a lead-up of about three or four minutes that was worth watching in and of itself. Just, this is not the execution part, but they made this remarkable movie, and it shows truly that these people are very sophisticated and they understand Joseph Goebbels. They understand propaganda.

So that's the first part. Then once it gets into the execution. They march this guy out. They have doused him in gasoline. And they march him out into this -- almost this -- looks almost like a bullring in a way. They march him out into this -- into this ring, and the soldiers are all around in formation in a circle around this cage. They march him out. They put him in the cage.

Then in ceremonial fashion, they light a torch and they hit the ground. And in high speed photography, you see that flame slowly reaching the cage, and then it sets the cage on fire, and he begins to burn.

Then if you make it through that part, it is truly one of the most horrific things you've ever seen. If you make it through that part, then they put him out. After he dies and you see his body cook and he begins to almost just become a statue and he rises up a bit and then he falls back. And he's completely dead, but they need to put it back. Then they bring a bulldozer. And I couldn't figure this one out yesterday.

I thought, what is that all about? That's the way you're going to end this? They take a bulldozer full of rubble, huge stones, like, just like construction wreckage, and they take that, and they put it over the cage and they dump it on and the cage collapses under the weight of these stones. And through the stones and the rubble, they put him out.

Today, I want to explain why they did that. But I want you to know that these guys, listen to the president of the United States. This has nothing to do with Islam. This has nothing to do can W the Koran. Right?

Are we all clear on that?

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Stu, Jeffy, you clear on this. This has nothing to do with Islam. This has nothing to do with the Islam.

STU: Sure. Yeah.

GLENN: Good.

STU: There you go.

GLENN: You got it?

So here is the story from the newspaper in Pakistan called The Dawn. And they have explained why this happened. It's not for Americans to understand or anybody in the West. We shouldn't pay attention to any of this. It's called -- and I'm probably mispronouncing this -- a qisa. Q-I-S-A-S. Qisas. The Koran provides two options to deal with somebody who is found guilty of intentional murder: Qisas. Whether he or she has to be killed in the manner that the victim was murder and forgiveness by the heirs of the victim.

So what was this guy's crime? This guy's crime was that he was a pilot and -- because it's against the Koran to burn bodies. You can't cremate bodies. So it's against the Koran to light a body -- a Muslim on fire. So what are they doing? Qisas. According to the Koran. What they did was they looked at his crime. He was a pilot. He was firing rockets. He was killing children and burning them with their rockets. And the rubble of the buildings fell and killed others.

So that's exactly what they did. They put him in a cage, and they lit him on fire, just like his rockets were lighting children on fire. And the rubble to put him out at the end was to signify the buildings collapsing on people.

PAT: So that he was killed in the manner that he killed, supposedly.

GLENN: Exactly right. So that's why they executed him that way.

PAT: But, again, it has nothing to do with Islam. Has nothing to do with the Koran?

GLENN: Nothing. Nothing.

PAT: I get so sick of these bigots that is it has something to do with Islam.

GLENN: That they're religious in nature.

PAT: Come on. They're secular people.

GLENN: This is a very secular organization.

PAT: Very secular.

GLENN: And that they're following some dictate in the Koran is ridiculous.

PAT: They're more secular than a Moose Lodge. They're like the Rotary Club, sort of. That's how secular these guys are. You can't get any more secular than ISIL. You just can't.

GLENN: What does the I stand for?

PAT: Islam.

GLENN: All right.

PAT: Had nothing to do -- just a name they came up with. They liked the sound of the word. That's all.

GLENN: Right.

PAT: Could have been just as well, could have been Rotary Club.

GLENN: Moose Lodge.

PAT: It doesn't matter.

GLENN: Right. Sure. Sure. So there you go.

Now, the Jordanian king has quoted Clint Eastwood. Now, of thing this. The Jordanians are getting tough on this. The United States is the biggest wuss on the planet. We have no respect. There's no one who fears us. There's no one who respects us anymore. The Jordanians quoted Clint Eastwood.

PAT: Yeah, they believe it to be -- they wouldn't say exactly which quote it was, but they believe it to be this one.

CLINT: Any man I see out there, I'm going to kill him. And if the son of a bitch takes a shot at me, not only will I kill him, I'll kill his wife, all of his friends, burn his damn house down.

PAT: Yeah, that's amazing if King Abdullah really did say that. Because --

GLENN: Well, they have confirmed that he did quote Unforgiven.

PAT: Yes. Yes.

GLENN: So what's more amazing to me is that we are told, we're too cowboyish. We don't want to be cowboys. You can't be cowboys. That was the complaint on George Bush. He's just a cowboy. He's just going in there as a cowboy. And nobody respects cowboys. Nobody -- you can't go over to the Middle East and be a cowboy. Here's King Abdullah actually quoting the most famous cowboy in Hollywood.

PAT: Uh-huh. Now, we don't quote cowboys. We're nothing like that.

GLENN: No.

PAT: We're not ready to kill anyone.

GLENN: No, no.

PAT: We want to -- talk them to sleep and make them calm again.

GLENN: And make sure they understand that we have no problem with Islam and that they aren't following Islam. That's what we want to make sure that they understand. By the way, guys, you know you're not following Islam. Right?

I know. I know. I know. You're actually following the Koran word-for-word. Now, we used to do those things 1,000 years ago with our scriptures. But what we did was we had a reformation. You guys haven't had one yet. So you're still following word-for-word your Koran. But I want you to know, guys, before you burn somebody else to death, I want you to know, you have nothing to do with Islam.

[laughter]

PAT: I don't think we're convincing them of that. They seem to feel like they do. But King Abdullah, according to -- I think this is the -- this is according to Duncan Hunter Jr. who has been communicating with him. And Duncan Hunter said, he's angry. They're starting more sorties tomorrow than they've ever had. They're starting tomorrow. The only problem they're going to have is running out of fuel and bullets. He's ready to get it on. He really is. It reminded me of how we were after 9/11. We were ready to give it to them. So that's apparently what the Jordanians are preparing for right now. And they said it's going to be a war to destroy these guys. We won't say that.

We don't come anywhere near that.

GLENN: No, we want to dismantle their infrastructure.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: The Jordanians -- don't mess with the Jordanians, man. They slaughtered the Palestinians. Slaughtered them in 1968.

PAT: That's when the Palestinians were conducting their terror strikes against the Jordanians. And they didn't seem to react well to that. They didn't appreciate that.

GLENN: Nope. You want to talk about the Holocaust that the Israelites are causing. The Jordanians slaughtered the Palestinians.

Now, meanwhile, we have the king of Jordan quoting an American cowboy, and Obama yesterday met with American Muslims about anti-Muslim discrimination.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: So he was -- while Jordan was talking about going after ISIS, our president was talking about going after Americans who might be discriminating against Muslims.

PAT: This is what happens every time. Every time, we turn this around --

GLENN: On us. Every time. It's why America has lost her way. Because we keep being told we're a bad group of people. We're not a bad group of people. We're not. We're good people. We just need to stop being told we're such bad people because it doesn't ring true to us.

And I warn you, the longer you're told you're bad people, the longer you accept being told you're bad people, the more likely you will become a bad people.

PAT: Yeah. And it is --

GLENN: We will become a very bad nation if we allow them to convince us that that's who we are.

PAT: And you're right. It's pretty ironic that on the same day that Jordanian's king is quoting Clint Eastwood movies, the president reiterates the administration's commitment to safeguarding civil rights to Muslims through hate crimes prosecutions and civil enforcement actions. What?

GLENN: Okay. I want to make sure everybody understands that I'm -- you take it out -- of course, we're against that. Of course, we're against that.

PAT: Of course, we're against discrimination.

GLENN: But even more closely to the point, while the Jordanian king is saying, I'm going to kill them. We're going over there and we're going to stop them. And having righteous outrage --

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: What does Josh Earnest, what's his reaction about being asked, do you agree with the execution of the two terrorists by the Jordanians?

VOICE: -- yesterday say, you know, we're here, we support Jordan. They're a key member of the coalition. They make this decision overnight. And you can't say whether or not you support the executions?

JOHN: It is certainly possible for us to continue to support and stand with the people of Jordan at this very difficult time. You know, clearly their nation, in the same way that we all are, is shocked and appalled at this terrible act of violence that was captured on video by ISIL and released to the world. And the United States stands with our friends in Jordan as they confront this awful, barbaric act.

But as it relates to decisions that are carried out by the Jordanian justice system, I refer you to them.

PAT: He's always referring.

JOHN: I don't have the -- a working knowledge of the Jordanian justice system to render an opinion on this. All I know is that the individuals that we're discussing here were individuals who were convicted of terrorism-related crimes. They were individuals who were sentenced to death. And these were individuals who had been serving time on death row. So --

PAT: I mean -- and then they move on to another subject.

GLENN: Let's be clear, yes, they were terrorists. If the Jordanian law says execute them, we're fine with their execution. We stand behind the Jordanians. This mealy mouthed wishy-washy apologist is going to be the death of us. We're headed towards war. What I've been warning about is upon is now.

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Who is Ryan Wesley Routh, Trump's second would-be Assassin?

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For the second time in two months, Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.

Fortunately, this time the former president walked away from the incident unharmed, as did everyone else involved. Is anyone surprised that as the election cycle heats up and Democrats and the mainstream media have increased their false and hateful rhetoric against Trump, another assassination attempt should be made against him?

The second would-be assassin, Ryan Wesley Routh, was allegedly deeply affected by the rhetoric and propaganda regurgitated by the media and evidently decided to take matters into his own hands. Delving into the turbulent past of Ryan Routh reveals a violent and unstable man with many radical beliefs and an impressionable mind. How Routh apparently managed to avoid any FBI/terrorist watchlists is just one of the mysteries surrounding the second attempted assassination of President Trump.

Here's what we know about Ryan Wesley Routh so far:

The assassination attempt

Photo of Routh's Sniper Nest

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At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, September, 15th, the Secret Service opened fire on a concealed gunman who was hidden in some bushes along the perimeter of Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The gunman was in a makeshift sniper's nest on the outside of the perimeter chain-link fence only a couple hundred yards from where Trump was golfing. He had been camping there for over 12 hours. After being fired on, the gunman ran back to his car and was quickly apprehended by the police, where he was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh.

After Routh's arrest, investigators discovered the sniper's nest built within the perimeter fence. Routh had hung two backpacks with bullet-proof ceramic plates inside on the fence with a narrow gap between them for his rifle to poke through. It is clear that Routh had come prepared for a shoot-out and had possibly taken notes from the last would-be Trump assassin, who was taken out by counter-snipers before he could finish his task.

His background

Routh at a pro-Ukraine rally Kyiv, Ukraine

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Routh is a long-time supporter of the Democrat party and a vehement Trump hater. He has written a multitude of deranged social media posts that express his loathing of the Republican nominee and parrot the rhetoric spewed by the mainstream media. Last year, Routh wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate President Trump for the "tremendous blunder” of leaving the Iran nuclear deal.

Routh is an outspoken advocate for the Ukrainian cause, and many of his social media posts are centered around this interest. He even made a trip to Ukraine with the bizarre mission of recruiting former Afghanistan troopers to fight for the Ukrainian cause. He returned home after six months without accomplishing his goal.

Shortly after the shoot-out, Ryan Routh's son, Oran Routh,, gave some personal information about his father. He claimed that he had no prior knowledge of the planned assassination attempt, and in fact, he had grown distant from his father after a falling-out. Oran did admit to sharing his father's "reasonable" hatred of Trump and claimed that his father was a peaceful, hard-working man. He also claimed that, as far as he knew, his father had only a few speeding tickets on his criminal record and had never even owned a firearm. This claim was quite contrary to reality.

Ryan Wesley Routh has quite the criminal record, which culminated in an arrest in 2002 when he fled the police during a traffic stop and barricaded himself in his roofing business with a machine gun. Routh was later convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, but managed to dodge the 20-plus years in prison typically associated with charges of that nature.

His goals

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While Routh's exact motives are still unknown, we can infer some things from his background.

It is clear that Routh has an extreme hatred of President Trump that has been brewing for many years, as expressed by his social media posts and deranged book. Routh is also not immune to extreme ideologies, as demonstrated by his strange Ukrainian escapade, and he is clearly no stranger to violence, as evidenced by his criminal record.

There is also the matter of his weapon of mass destruction conviction, along with many other crimes. How did he manage to avoid the lengthy prison sentence typical of convictions of such magnitude?

One thing is clear: Routh is clearly a disturbed individual who has been exposed to the onslaught of anti-Trump propaganda that has portrayed him as an embodiment of evil and an existential threat to the country and the world.


Presidential debate recap: The good, the bad and the ugly

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The second presidential debate was many things--some good, some bad, but one thing was made clear: this election is far from over.

If you were watching the debate with Glenn during the BlazeTV exclusive debate coverage, then you already know how the debate went: Kamala lied through her teeth and Trump faced a three-pronged attack from Harris and the two ABC moderators. This was not the debate performance we were hoping for, but it could have gone far worse. If you didn't get the chance to watch the debate or can't bring yourself to watch it again and are looking for a recap, we got you covered. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly from the second presidential debate:

The Good

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Let's start with what went well.

While there was certainly room for improvement, Trump's performance wasn't terrible, especially compared to his performance in other debates. He showed restraint, kept himself from being too brash, and maintained the name-calling to a minimum. In comparison, Kamala Harris was struggling to maintain her composure. Harris was visibly emotional and continued to make obnoxious facial expressions, which included several infuriating eye-rolls and patronizing smirks.

The Bad

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Despite all that, the debate could have gone much better...

While Trump was able to keep his cool during the debate, he was not able to stay on track. Kamala kept making inflammatory comments meant to derail Trump, and every time, he took the bait. Trump spent far too long defending his career and other extraneous issues instead of discussing issues relevant to the American people and revealing Kamala's failures as Vice President.

Trump's biggest blunder during the debate was his failure to prevent Kamala from leaving that debate looking like a credible option as president. Kamala was fairly unknown to the American people and had remained that way on purpose, giving only one interview after Biden stepped down from the campaign. This is because every time Kamala opens her mouth, she typically makes a fool of herself. Trump needed to give Kamala more time to stick her foot in her mouth and to press Kamala on the Biden administration's failures over the past four years. Instead, he took her bait and let her run down the clock, and by the end of the debate, she left looking far more competent than she actually is.

The Ugly

If anything, the debate reminded us that this election is far from over, and it's more important now than ever for Trump to win.

The most noteworthy occurrence of the debate was the blatantly obvious bias of the ABC debate moderators against Trump. Many people have described the debate as a "three vs. one dogpile," with the moderators actively participating in debating Trump. If you didn't believe that the media was in the back pocket of the Democrats before, it's hard to deny it now. Kamala stood on stage and lied repeatedly with impunity knowing that the moderators and the mainstream media at large would cover for her.

The stakes have never been higher. With so many forces arrayed against Trump, it's clear to see that the Left cannot afford to let Trump win this November. The shape of America as we know it is on the line. Kamala represents the final push by the globalist movement to take root and assimilate America into the growing global hivemind.

The election is far from over. This is our sign to stand up and fight for our nation and our values and save America.

Glenn: Illegal aliens could swing the 2024 election, and it spells trouble for Trump

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Either Congress must pass the SAVE Act, or states must protect the integrity of their elections — especially the seven swing states that could shift the outcome of 2024 by a hair’s breadth.

Progressives rely on three main talking points about illegal aliens voting in our elections.

The first is one of cynical acceptance. They admit that illegal immigrants are already voting but argue that there is nothing we can do to stop it, suggesting that it’s just another factor we should expect in future elections. This position shows no respect for our electoral system or the rule of law and doesn’t warrant further attention.

This election will be very similar to 2020. It’s like football — a game of inches.

The second talking point targets the right. Progressives question why Republicans care, asking why they assume illegal immigrants voting would only benefit the other side. They suggest that some of these voters might also support the GOP.

On this point, the data says otherwise.

Across the board, immigrants vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, regardless of what state they’re in. The vast majority of migrants are coming up from South America, a region that is undergoing a current “left-wing” experiment by voting for far-left candidates practically across the board. Ninety-two percent of South America’s population favors the radical left, and they’re pouring over our border in record numbers — and, according to the data, they’re not changing their voting habits.

The third main talking point concedes that illegal immigrants are voting but not enough to make a significant dent in our elections — that their effect is minuscule.

That isn’t what the numbers show either.

Texas just audited its voter rolls and had to remove more than 1 million ineligible voters. The SAVE Act would mandate all states conduct such audits, but the left in Congress is currently trying to stop its passage. Dare I say that the left's pushback is because illegal immigration actually plays in Democrats' favor on Election Day?

Out of the 6,500 noncitizens removed from the voter rolls, nearly 2,000 had prior voting history, proving that illegal aliens are voting. But do the numbers matter, or are they “minuscule,” as the left claims? Let’s examine whether these illegal voting trends can make a dent in the states that matter the most on Election Day.

The corporate legacy media agree that Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin will swing the election in November. By Election Day, an estimated 8 million illegal aliens will be living in the United States. Can these 8 million illegal immigrants change the course of the 2024 election? Let’s look at the election data from each of these seven swing states:

These are the numbers being sold to us as “insignificant” and “not enough to make a difference.” Arizona and Georgia were won in 2020 by a razor-thin margin of approximately 10,000 votes, and they have the most illegal immigrants — besides North Carolina — of all the swing states.

This election will be very similar to 2020. It’s like football — a game of inches. The progressives are importing an electorate to extend their ground by feet, yards, and often miles.

This is why Democrats in Congress oppose the SAVE Act, why the Justice Department has ignored cases of illegal voting in the past, and why the corporate left-wing media is gaslighting the entire country on its significance. This is a power play, and the entire Western world is under the same assault.

If things stay the status quo, these numbers prove the very real possibility of an election swing by illegal immigrants, and it will not favor our side of the aisle. Congress must pass the SAVE Act. If it fails, states must step up to protect the integrity of their elections — especially the seven swing states that could shift the outcome of 2024 by a hair’s breadth.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on TheBlaze.com.

Hunter pleads GUILTY, but did he get a pass on these 3 GLARING crimes?

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Last week, Hunter Biden made the shocking decision to suddenly plead guilty to all nine charges of tax-related crimes after claiming innocence since 2018.

Hunter first tried an "Alford plead" in which a defendant maintains their innocence while accepting the sentencing, typically due to the overwhelming evidence against them. Hunter's Alford plead was not accepted after the prosecutors objected to the suggestion, and Hunter quickly pleaded guilty.

Glenn could not believe just how disrespectful this situation was to the justice system and the American people. After years of lying about his innocence, which only served to deepen the divide in our country, Hunter decided to change his tune at the last minute and admit his guilt. Moreover, many expect Joe Biden will swoop in after the election and bail his son out with a presidential pardon.

This isn't the first time Hunter's crimes have turned out to be more than just a "right-wing conspiracy theory," and, odds are, it won't be the last. Here are three crimes Hunter may or may not be guilty of:

Gun charges: Found guilty

This June, Hunter Biden was found guilty of three federal gun charges, which could possibly land him up to 25 years in prison. Hunter purchased a revolver in 2018 while addicted to crack, and lied to the gun dealer about his addiction. While Hunter could face up to 25 years in prison, it's unlikely to be the case as first-time offenders rarely receive the maximum sentence. That's assuming Joe even lets it go that far.

Tax evasion: Plead guilty

Last week, Hunter changed his plea to "guilty" after years of pleading innocent to federal tax evasion charges. Since 2018, Delaware attorneys have been working on Hunter's case, and just before the trial was set to begin, Hunter changed his plea. According to the investigation, Hunter owed upwards of $1.4 million in federal taxes that he avoided by writing them off as fraudulent business deductions. Instead, Hunter spent this money on strippers, escorts, luxury cars, hotels, and, undoubtedly, crack.

Joe's involvement with Hunter's foreign dealings: Yet to be proven

Despite repeated claims against it, there is ample evidence supporting the theory Joe Biden was aware of Hunter's business dealings and even had a hand in them. This includes testimony from Devon Archer, one of Hunter's business partners, confirming Joe joined several business calls. Despite the mounting evidence Joe Biden was involved in Hunter's overseas business dealings and was using his influence to Hunter's benefit, the Bidens still maintain their innocence.