BLOG August 25, 2017

Missouri Dem Calls for Trump’s Assassination — Is This a Sign of Things to Come?

A Missouri Democrat was removed from eight committees following a Facebook status calling for the assassination of the president.

Senate leaders stripped Democratic State Sen. Maria Chappell-Nadal of her committee assignments after she posted to Facebook last week: “I hope Trump is assassinated!” Chapelle-Nadal later deleted the Aug. 10 Facebook post following mounting backlash and issued a forced public apology at a press conference.

“President Trump, I apologize to you and your family,” Chappelle-Nadal said during a live Facebook stream. “I also apologize to all the people in Missouri. And I also apologize to my colleagues in the Missouri legislature for the mistake that I made.”

“I made a mistake. And I’m owning up to it.”

Although she expressed remorse for her comments, she remained defiant when calls for her resignation and an apology surged from colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens and Republican lieutenant governor, Mike Parson. A special voting session was called by lawmakers to vote to oust Chappell-Nadal from office if she refuses to resign.

On Think Tank Wednesday, the panel discussed Chappell-Nada’s comments and the vitriol from the left.

EVENTS

Restoring the Covenant: History is made again. Make sure your family is there.

VIDEOS

FULL EPISODE: 'The Democrats' Hydra'

VIDEOS

DEMOCRACY DOES DIE IN DARKNESS: Glenn Beck presents a Ukraine special on the mainstream media

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VIDEOS

'The Raven' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' as read by Glenn

Glenn reads some of his favorite poetic works of Edgar Allen Poe—"The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"—stories he used to read to his kids every Halloween. He also tells the love story of Edgar Allan Poe and his wife, Virginia, whom he married when she was only 13 years old.

RADIO

Bill O'Reilly: How corrupt media twisted Joe Biden Ukraine scandal onto Trump

Bill O'Reilly gives his take on whether or not President Trump DID promise or threaten the President of Ukraine for dirt on Joe Biden, and whether or not the action is grounds for impeachment. But O'Reilly explains that either way, the media has demonstrated its corruptness yet again by manipulating the story away from a scandal for Joe and Hunter, and towards a potential, rumored wrongdoing by Donald Trump.

RADIO

The Fed, banks printing money to 'prevent' trouble: Recession WILL come soon

Glenn discusses the current state of the economy with author of "Zero Hour," Harry Dent. He says the federal reserve is still funding big banks daily to increase their excess reserve, signaling that something is wrong with the system. Dent says the banks printed money back in the 1930s to climb out of the Great Depression, which only created an aftershock that was even worse. Banks and the Fed are doing the same thing today, so will the coming economic crisis be worse than the 2008 recession? Economist Dent says it's possible, and that it could come as early as 2020.

RADIO

Lessons from Bill and Monica: Trump, Biden, Obama, Ukraine, and corruption

Glenn says there's an important lesson we can all learn looking back on the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal: corruption should matter, no matter which political party is to blame. So why are Democrats and the media trying desperately to shame President Trump for alleged corrupt action, but ignoring Joe Biden's clear intention to help his son, Hunter, profit through foreign policy in the Ukraine? How do we fix such a double standard?