Has the GOP Become the Party of Bill Clinton?

October 11, 2016

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How many evangelical leaders in the 1990's said they were not electing a pastor-in-chief when it came to Bill Clinton? Answer: None. Now, ask same question about Trump. Following the release of Trump's less-than-Christian remarks about women, evangelical leaders circled the wagons around him, saying he wasn't meant to be pastor-in-chief.

"If you are comfortable with your vote for Donald Trump right now, if you're really comfortable with it, you might want to reconsider some of the things. Because I think we're becoming a nation . . . or, no, I'm sorry . . . I think the GOP has become the party of Bill Clinton," Glenn said Tuesday on his radio program.

Read below or listen to the full segment for answers to these uncomfortable questions:

• Why might Donald Trump voters want to reconsider?

• Why won't Glenn vote for Hillary Clinton?

• Is the GOP now the party of Bill Clinton?

• Will Glenn vote for the lesser of two evils?

• How many evangelical leaders said they weren't electing a pastor-in-chief about Bill Clinton?

Listen to this segment from The Glenn Beck Program:

Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors:

GLENN: So my daughter says to me -- oh, I've already ratted her out now, I guess.

My daughter says to me, "Dad, don't you believe that these things -- don't you believe -- because you've been saying how bad he is, do you have a choice? You have to -- you have to vote."

And I said, "I haven't really considered that." Question with boldness. So I considered it. It took me about all of five minutes.

And what I realized was, "Oh, my gosh. She is so bad. And you know it, Glenn. You know she is so bad, but you think that he is so bad that you will vote or consider voting for somebody who you know is horrible. You know she is horrible. And you'll consider that, just because he's worse? Oh, my gosh." No, because I would sell out all of my principles. I know she's horrible.

Hmm. I would become exactly like those people who have been with Donald Trump from the very beginning, when you had other choices.

And now, the people who are very uncomfortable with their -- if you are comfortable with your vote for Donald Trump right now, if you're really comfortable with it, you might want to reconsider some of the things -- because I think we're becoming a nation -- or, no, I'm sorry. I think we're becoming -- I can't even say we. I think the G.O.P. has become the party of Bill Clinton.

Because everything that was said in defense of Bill Clinton is now being said about Donald Trump.

PAT: Yeah. How many -- how many of these evangelicals said during the '90s, we're not electing a pastor-in-chief. Yeah, that's all --

GLENN: None of them. None of them.

PAT: None of them. Zero.

GLENN: And now they're all saying the very same thing about him.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: And if you think it's going to magically change if he gets into office, he's going to be more powerful and even more invincible.

PAT: Well, that was my point with this whole -- with the women he was talking about on tape. A celebrity can get away with that?

GLENN: And here's the thing: Bill Clinton was trying to convince us that he atoned for that.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: That he asked for forgiveness and he worked it out.

PAT: Trump doesn't.

GLENN: Donald Trump doesn't. He's not trying to convince anybody that he had anything to be sorry for or ask forgiveness for in his whole life. He's sorry now because it's hurting his poll numbers. That's the difference.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: So I rejected Clinton because I know who she is. And I don't want to look at the lesser of two evils.

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POLL: What did YOU think about the 2nd GOP presidential debate?

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Wednesday was a big night for the Republican presidential candidates during the second GOP debate... OR WAS IT?

Glenn wasn't impressed with the debate. In fact, he went as far as to say it was the worst Presidential debate BY FAR he had ever seen for THIS reason: NO ONE discussed the major issues that Americans are actually facing.

Inflation has doubled Americans' grocery bills. Gas is nearing a historic record of $100/barrel. We have DOUBLED our national deficit. Bidenomics and the globalists' green agenda pose an existential threat to core American industries while we continue to fund the Ukrainian people's pensions and small businesses. It is as if our government has forgotten the American people.

It is as if our government has forgotten the American people.

Do YOU think the candidates hit the mark during the second GOP debate? Do you support Trump's decision to skip two debates in a row? Let us know in the poll below!

Do you think the 2nd GOP debate was overall positive?

Did the candidates debate issues you are concerned about?

Do you think the "real" debate was between Trump and Biden in Michigan?

Do you think any of the other GOP candidates can beat Trump?

Do you think Trump can beat Biden?

Do you think any other candidate besides Trump can beat Biden?

Do you think it was a mistake for Trump to miss the first debate?

Do you think it was a mistake for Trump to miss the second debate?

THESE 6 institutions have reinstated COVID-era mask mandates

COVID is back! Or that is what we’re being told anyway...

A recent spike in COVID cases has triggered the left's alarm bells, and the following institutions have begun to reinstate COVID-era mandates. You might want to avoid them if you enjoy breathing freely...

Do YOU think institutions should bring back COVID-era mandates if cases increase? Let us know your thoughts HERE.

Morris Brown College

Both of Upstate Medical's hospitals in Syracuse, New York

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Get THE DOCUMENTS for the 'Parental Advisory' Glenn TV special

There was a time when both the Left and the Right agreed that parents have the final say in raising their children... Not anymore.

In the People's Republic of California, the STATE, not parents, will determine whether children should undergo transgender treatments. The California state legislature just passed a law that will require judges in child custody cases to consider whether parents support a child’s gender transition. According to the law, the state now thinks total affirmation is an integral part of a child’s “health, safety, and welfare.”

We are inching closer to a dystopia where the state, not the parents, have ultimate rights over their children, a history that people from former Soviet nations would feign repeating.

Glenn dove into the law AND MORE in this episode titled, "Parental Advisory: The EXPLICIT plot to control YOUR kids." To get all the research that went into this episode AND information on how YOU can fight back, enter your email address below:

If you didn't catch Wednesday night's Glenn TV special, be sure to check it out HERE!

The Biden admin has let in MORE illegal aliens than the populations of THESE 15 states

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There are currently an estimated 16.8 MILLION illegal aliens residing in the United States as of June 2023, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). This number is already 1.3 million higher than FAIR's January 2022 estimate of 15.5 million and a 2.3 million increase from its end-of-2020 estimate. Even Democrats like New York City's Mayor Adams Mayor Adams are waking up to what Conservatives have been warning for years: we are in a border CRISIS.

However, this isn't the same border crisis that Republicans were warning about back in 2010. In the first two years of the Biden administration alone, the illegal alien population increased by 16 PERCENT nationwide, imposing a whopping net cost of $150.6 BILLION PER YEAR on American taxpayers. That is nearly DOUBLE the total amount that the Biden administration has sent to Ukraine.

This isn't the same border crisis that Republicans were warning about back in 2010.

These large numbers often make it difficult to conceptualize the sheer impact of illegal immigration on the United States. To put it in perspective, we have listed ALL 15 states and the District of Colombia that have smaller populations than the 2.3 MILLION illegal immigrants, who have entered the U.S. under the Biden administration. That is more than the entire populations of Wyoming, Vermont, and South Dakota COMBINED—and the American taxpayers have to pay the price.

Here are all 16 states/districts that have FEWER people than the illegal immigrants who have entered the U.S. under the Biden administration.