RADIOJanuary 04, 2023

Chip Roy: GOP House Speaker fight is about ENDING THE SWAMP

The Republican Party found itself in chaos on Tuesday when Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to receive enough votes to secure the House Speaker position. McCarthy told reporters the party is still ‘unified,’ but after tense meetings on Tuesday, Rep. Chip Roy tells Glenn some conservative members of Congress are hardening their anti-McCarthy stance. So what’s going on, and why is it VITAL the correct Republican gets the job? Rep. Chip Roy describes why the battle for the House Speaker position is about ending the D.C. swamp and ultimately about protecting the American people. Plus, Rep. Roy explains what YOU can do to help…

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GLENN: Chip Roy is with us.

Talk to us about the battle for the Speaker of the House.

Hello, Chip, how are you?

CHIP: Glenn, I'm doing well. We're engaged in yet another series of meetings this morning. We were here until midnight last night at the Capitol, and we will continue to fight for the people that sent us to fight for them.

GLENN: Well, A, I appreciate that. And I hope that America responds. I think the Karl Roves of the world are thinking that people like you, are going to get the a lot of calls and deluge at your office today saying, don't you dare. You'll always be McCarthy. I think the other will happen. Because I'm done, Chip.

I'm done.

When the Senate passed the omnibus bill, I was done. If you guys don't have the freedom to investigate and the teeth and the back bone to actually do things in the interest of all Americans, why did we vote for any Republicans?

CHIP: Well, Glenn, that's the question. That's the central question. People have been asking. What's the message?

And I tried to deliver a message on the floor of the House last night. And what we're fighting for, are the tools and the leadership necessary to stop the swamp from rolling over the average American, who are sick and tired of seeing this town undermine their freedom, spend money we don't have, and continue to violate every promise they've ever made in the campaign. I'm going to come up and I'm going to cut spending. We're going to balance the budget. We're going to secure the border.

Bull. You saw what happened unfold with that ridiculous $1.7 trillion bill.

There was no real significant pushback from the House leadership, when Mitch McConnell stuck it to the American people, made it impossible for us to secure the border.

Took away our leverage. And did it so that the current DC establishment can get what they wanted, in terms of a big spending bill. For the defense complex. And it jammed through something, that the American people didn't want. That's what we have to stop, Glenn. That's what this is about.

GLENN: Okay. So I am with you.

So now, will -- will those of you who are mounting this battle. Is there a compromise, McCarthy can make?

CHIP: So I would have told you 48 hours ago, that the answer to that question was yes. The problem is, that there is a growing group of hard-core no votes against Kevin.

Because of the way things unfolded yesterday, at the Republican Congress meeting. In which Mike Rogers stood up and threatened members from losing their committees.

And when lies were being told about what was behind the motives of members seeking, quote, petty personal privileges, of being on certain committees, which was a total lie.

Because members offered in good faith. All right. Put me on the appropriations committee. I don't want to be on the appropriations committee, but I'll do it. Right?

Or put me on the rules committee. That was me. I said, sure. Put me on the rules committee, as somebody who would do it.

Even though I don't want to fly away from my home and miss my family on Sunday night, and fly here to be here on Monday morning, to accept the rules.

And the rules committee is the funnel through which all things get to the floor.

The fight in 1923, when there were nine rounds of votes for the Speaker. The culmination of that was a complete change of the rules committee because it's so powerful. It's a secret committee kind of. That nobody knows about. That just sits there, and decides what bills get on to the floor. What's in them. And what it looks like. So we had a debate in that. Now people lied about it.

So now you have a bunch of members that are saying, you know what, I can't trust him. I'm not going to be able to vote for the guy.

Now, that being said, Glenn, literally, the conversations I had until midnight last night and this morning, is trying to work in good faith on how to change the institution. I speaking for myself, would there be a path for me to get there?

But the path for me requires us to be able to control the ability -- control the legislation that gets to the floor. And stops something like that omnibus bill in December.

GLENN: So hang on just a second. May I just break this down for idiots like me.

I think what you're saying. Because I was stunned when I saw you all sitting in the chamber yesterday. I say, wow. I haven't seen that since the turn of the century.

The problem is, all of these bills are being done behind closed doors by just a small group, and then it's brought to the floor, not for discussion. But for a vote. Yes or no? And you want that to stop, right?

CHIP: Correct. Correct.

GLENN: Yeah, me too.

CHIP: And we made progress.

And, look, Glenn, this is important.

The progress we've made over the past 60 days to get rules is not because Kevin was standing up, trying to figure out, oh, I've got these great ideas on how to make this place better.

It was because some of us, five in particular, publicly, that were noes said they weren't going to support Kevin. And another seven of us signed a letter saying, here are the things that we want to see change. That forced the conversation to change. Now these guys are running around saying, well, we gave you everything you want. No, you didn't. You gave us some things that would be an improvement. But you didn't give us the key things. Which is necessary to stop big bills, that the defense world and the liberals, among Democrats, jammed through. Remember and consider, Kevin voted in the minority, more Democrats than Republicans multiple bills over the last decade. Since he's been a Republican leadership. The debt has gone from 11 trillion to 32 trillion. He voted, for example --

GLENN: You don't need to -- Roy, I am not for. And I get it.

Tell me what the specifics are, that have to be changed. Because I think people need to know specifically, what are we fighting for?

CHIP: The key thing, that I believe needs to change, is that we have to have people on the rules committee, who reflect the conservatives, who send Republicans to Washington to change the town.

That seems wonky. What is the real message? Is that we need conservatives. Enough conservatives. I'm not saying, put every -- Freedom Caucus member on that.

I'm saying, you need to have actual conservatives, who will stand up, in defense of the American people. From the big spending in this town. Be on the committees, that actually determine, what gets to the floor. Combined with the changes to the rules, that we are partway down the road in getting, of opening up the floor, so we can have amendments and debate on the floor --

GLENN: That is so important.

CHIP: -- so that we can kill this stuff. So we're kind of halfway there. But halfway there, ain't there. And so if they're not going to work with us to get us there, then that's the problem. And yesterday damaged that. And may have created an environment, where there's too many guys here, saying, we can't cut a deal with Kevin. I don't know. That's what we're working through.

GLENN: And is there somebody that you think everybody could agree on?

CHIP: Look, I think there's -- here's the problem. If I go out and say, I think person X is the guy. Then that might poison person X. So like, we're having conversations. I promise you, there are people that would surprise you that are in the sort of center of the world, around McCarthy, who are having conversations openly.

Or, I say openly. I mean privately with us. But having conversations.

But let me give you an example. I nominated yesterday, two guys on the floor. I picked one. Byron Donalds is my first vote.

Why did I pick Byron?

Because Byron is a second-term congressman, who is not sullied by the swamp. Successful businessman. Father. Conservative. He's a friend.

Proven track record. Worked in the -- in the Florida legislature. He's a good man. The Speaker doesn't have to know the ins and outs of the swamp to make it work. And, in fact, we would be great. It would be a breath of fresh air, who doesn't come with a taint of the swamp. So I picked Byron Donalds.

Second, I nominated Jim Jordan. He's been here longer. But he has a history and track record of fighting the swamp. That's the whole point. Kevin doesn't have that, okay?

So if we're cutting a deal with Kevin, we better damn well get the rules that will box him in. Otherwise, you have to have a deal with a leader, who you can trust to break the swamp. To break the cartel, that is destroying our country. Spending money we don't have. Leaving our borders open. Continuing to power bureaucrats that undermine our freedom. We have to stop it, Glenn. The tools we need, have to give us the tools to stop, continuing to do the things we have been doing, over and over again, while every Republican comes back and campaigns. And it comes to this God forsaken town, and throws our country down the drain, and undermines everything that the men and women in uniform has fought so valiantly to save for our kids and grandkids. That's what this is about.

GLENN: Do you have -- are you fighting for, or do you already have enough power of investigation, to be able to answer the questions that must be answered this year. Must be answered.

CHIP: So I would say, we're going way down the path of organizing. And we have to fire and we're ready to go after a lot of the enemies that need to. Jim Jordan and the Judiciary Committee, for example. And we've already been having lots of conversations and meetings. Everyone is freaking out, oh, you don't have the Speaker. It's like, hold on. Twenty-four hours. Forty-eight hours.

The world is not going to implode, if we don't have a Speaker in place, while we try to get it right. But we're ready to go, on a lot of things. You ask me, do we have everything?

I think we need a more aggressive expanded church committee style effort to go after the government.

I think that we got some headway in that. There were some offers to do it. That was -- I think good conversations were going on that. They kind of stalled on Monday night, around other factors. So I think we made headway. And we're in a good place, to be able to do something good with that. But we have a lot more to do.

GLENN: Do you see us -- where it went on for 130 votes.

Do you see us in an 1856 or a 1920s kind of situation?

CHIP: Well, right now, we're through three votes. We will go there in an hour and 15 minutes. We know there will be at least a fourth.

My guess, there might be a fifth or sixth.

And we will continue to have conversations today.

Like I said, Kevin doesn't have the votes. So we have to work through on getting it there. We'll either get it through fixing the rules and getting it to where we can protect the American people. And do what we said we would do, to stop the swamp. Or we need a new leader. Or both. But we're working on it as hard as we know how to do. But the American people need to be patient, knowing there's a group of people up here, fighting for you. That's what this is about. Fighting to defend the American people against the swamp. That's everything we're trying to do.

GLENN: And the most effective thing any listener can do?

CHIP: Call your member and tell them to stand with us. To get what we need to get to stop the swamp. And that means Kevin McCarthy needs to come to the table. Or we need a new leader. But don't walk away, because you're hearing people go, oh, my God, you might end up with a Democrat Speaker.

That only will happen if Republicans vote for a Democrat. If Republicans vote for a Republican, you will get a Republican Speaker, and we will keep working to do that.

GLENN: Thank you so much, I appreciate it. Chip Roy from the great state of Texas. Congressman from Texas.

Democrats' Trump rants reach new heights

The Democrats need new material, and they know it! In just recent weeks, Democrats have compared the Trump administration to the Handmaid’s Tale, Nazi Germany, the Iranian theocratic regime, and, of course, a stooge of Russia. But meanwhile, the DNC has blacklisted woke terms. Glenn and Stu take a look at the insanity…

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GLENN: You know, the Democrats are just losing all kinds of credibility. And people are switching parties. Like they've never switched away from the Democratic Party before.

And here's why: Everybody's favorite Congresswoman Crockett on the DC crime crackdown.
Listen to this.

VOICE: ICE, for the most part, is nothing but a ride. That's all they were supposed to do for the most part, right? Is like, you know what, this person is undocumented, or this person reentered the country illegally. All the things, and then they have ICE holds. And then ICE gets them. So they can -- that's all ICE is supposed to do.

Look at them for a fancy Uber driver for immigrants. That's all they're supposed to do. And they're falling all over each other, injuring each other. Like, we are a joke.
(laughter)

STU: She's awesome.

GLENN: She's with Gavin Newsom. She's fabulous. Can we go to cut three? Here she is on the crime crackdown.

VOICE: Tell me what it's like in DC. Tell me what you think this is really all about.

VOICE: So it's very dystopian to see. It's funny because I used to watch the handmade's tale. And I can't, right?

I never finished. And I can't watch it, because it is too close to reality.

STU: Oh, yeah.

VOICE: And so what we're seeing is this militarization.

And obviously, it started in your state. That was kind of the testing grounds. Going to your state. Going to a black woman, mayor city.

First. And now, you're in yet another black woman-led city.

GLENN: Uh-huh. That's why he's doing it.

VOICE: And taking over. To me, it's going again to the level of racism and hate. That is constantly seen --

STU: Shocking she went there. Wow. What a stunning twist.

That's like M. Night Shyamalan. I would never expect her to go to a racial claim.

GLENN: I know. I know.

Now, let's go to Pritzker, the governor from Illinois.

And what he has to say, about what's going on.

STU: Must we?

VOICE: I built a Holocaust museum, and one thing about that experience that I can tell you when I got the Holocaust survivors for more than a decade to build this museum.

One thing I learned in the process of that, is that it doesn't take very long to tear apart a constitutional republic.

And the Nazis did it in 53 days.

GLENN: No.

VOICE: And our democracy is almost fragile.

GLENN: Started in 1922.

GLENN: And we're seeing it right now. Yes. Who has been tearing it apart, you fat? Anyway. So now we're pre-Nazi Germany, according to him.

Uber drivers. ICE. It's the Handmade's Tale in -- in Washington, DC. It's pre-Nazi Germany in Illinois. And here comes Stacey Abrams to help us with more.

Cut six.

VOICE: I want to tie this back to the abundance agenda. And how you think about blue state power.

If it is true, that he's a grand ayatollah. That mystical power extends. And can be, you know -- he can anoint his -- you know, his profits.

And he can remain this --

GLENN: Okay. Stop. Stop.

STU: It's so good.

GLENN: So we are now -- he is now the ayatollah.

He's Hitler.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: In the handmade's tale. Who is also the mystical ayatollah, who is appointing new prophets.

STU: We have said, it's a lot of energy, Glenn. It's a lot of different roles to pull off.

GLENN: He does. He is covering a lot.

Now, he has also tried to make peace. But Susan Rice, with all of her deep, deep credibility, has something to say about that.

VOICE: It's pathetic. It's been clearly and repeatedly established. Including bit bipartisan Senate intelligence community. Led by Marco Rubio. Did Russia interfere in the 2016 election by disinformation campaigns. By social media efforts. By all sorts of means, short of manipulating the actual vote.

GLENN: She's still pushing it.

VOICE: And that's just a fact now. Obviously, Donald Trump does not like that fact. He does not like the fact that the intelligence community. And the Senate bipartisan intelligence community assessed that this interference was intended to --

GLENN: Stop. Stop. Stop.

STU: Unreal. I can't --

GLENN: How is this still happening?

With no pushback, from what was it? ABC or NBC.

No pushback from NBC. None. Zero.

All of the documentation has come out nap shows she was part of the conspiracy.

She was part of it. She was a ringleader in this. It's now showing all the documents. The facts. There are -- there's this -- this little fantasy, that the Deep State has been pushing.

And then there are the actual documents, written to and by people like Susan Rice, showing, this was all made up!

Wow! So wow.

And that -- and that strange Hitler mystical ayatollah.

STU: And handmade's tale.

GLENN: And handmade's tale. Guy who wants everybody dressed in red robes. Cannot get that stopped. That is so very weird. So weird.

STU: Glenn, you've worked with charities for a long time. You've founded your own. Almost incredible work around the globe.

Would you consider potentially putting together a fundraiser for the Democrats to come up with another literary reference, than the handmade's tale?

Is it possible, we give them a different book, just so they can say that title of it?

Now, I know Jasmine Crockett is, of course, so stupid, she couldn't even act like she read the book.

She only said she was watching the Hulu show. But still, can we get them some reference other than the handmade's tale.

GLENN: Well, they're already doing it. They're already doing it.

When you talk about literary stuff, they're already doing it. Here we go, you ready?

They have now. The DNC has now blacklisted terms that they don't want any of their people using. Okay?

STU: Oh, okay.

GLENN: Now, tell me what these terms have in common.

Blacklisted terms. Privilege. Violence. As in, environmental violence.

Dialoguing.

Triggering. Othering. Microaggression. Holding space. Body shaming. Subverting norms. Systems of oppression. Cultural appropriation. The Overton window. Existential threat to the climate.
Existential threat to democracy. Existential threat to the economy. Radical transparency. Stakeholders. The unhoused. Food insecurity. Housing insecurity. People who immigrated. Birthing person. Cysgender. Dead naming. Heteronormative. Patriarchy. LGBTQIA+. BIPOC, allyship, incarcerated people, and involuntary confinement. Those are the words that the Democrats are now telling their people, don't use any of these words. Those are the words that he forced everybody to use!
(laughter)
So they are reading from a new book. They're just burning their own book.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: It is absolutely incredible, what is happening right now! Just absolutely nuts.

STU: I don't see how they're going to get through conversations without those words.

Those are the only words they say.

GLENN: I know. I know.

I could just add -- I could just add some conjunctions in there. And I could make that into a speech.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Astronaut Entrepreneur WARNS: China Could Beat Us Back to the Moon!

For the first time in decades, America has a true competitor in space—and it’s China. Glenn Beck sits down with astronaut and entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to uncover the sobering truth: China is advancing faster than anyone wants to admit. From building 6th-generation fighters to preparing for a moon landing as early as 2028, Beijing is seizing the high ground of space while the United States remains bogged down in bureaucracy and misplaced priorities. With over $100 billion already spent and no return to the moon, NASA risks falling behind in a race that defines technological power, national defense, and the future of humanity. Are we heading for another “Sputnik moment”—and will America even wake up this time?

Watch Glenn Beck's FULL Interview with Jared Isaacman HERE

IHEART FEED

The DISTURBING secret George W. Bush revealed to Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck recalls the eye-opening meeting he had when George W. Bush called him into the White House. After tearing into Glenn with a profanity-laden rant, Bush revealed a secret about the Deep State and presidents that was meant to calm Glenn’s nerves. It did the exact opposite…

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GLENN: I was in -- during the -- was it, 2007, 2008 election?
I went to the White House. Because I was called on the carpet by George W. Bush. Because I was not happy with -- with the war. And the way it was going.

And I had made some comment about, I don't remember even what it was. But I made some comment on the air, that, you know, hey, left. You want to impeach him. Here's the thing you impeach him on.

Because this is actually impeachable.

And that didn't sit well with the Bush administration. They didn't like that. And I get a call on the way home from the studios. And it's the White House. And is this the first time the White House had ever called me, without me reaching out first. And I get a call. And it's a 202 number. And I'm like, it's 1414. 202. I can't remember. 458 or something. 1414. And I remember 202. That's Washington, DC. And 1414, I remember, that's the number of the White House.

And I look at it for a while. And I'm like, I think that's the White House. And I pick it up.

Mr. Beck?

Yes. The president would like to see you in the Oval tomorrow morning at 10:00.

Now, I'm on the morning at 10 o'clock in the morning. Do you think you could make that -- I didn't even know what to say. I literally held the phone away from my head. I'm driving. And I look at the phone. And I look at the road. And I don't even know what to say.

And I'm just -- you know, I said, well, hang on. Let me check. I check.

And I put the phone back up against my ear, and I said, okay. It looks good. Yeah. I can be there.

Hang up the phone.

It was freaky. I get there, and the first thing the president says -- I sit in the chair, in the Zelinsky chair. And the first thing the president says to me is -- and laced with profanity. You know, a lot of people think they know how they could be the F-ing president. Well, they have no idea how to be the F-ing president.

I'm like, oh, my gosh, this is going to be the longest hour of my life.

And he read me the Riot Act.

After it was all over and he had it out of his system, we stood up at the end, and it was the day that Barack Obama had said that if he were president, he would just fly our planes over the border into Pakistan. And he would just bomb Pakistan.

Well, this is a point where Pakistan is kind of helping us, okay? They're not our friends. They're more frenemies. But they're kind of helping us at this point. And he says, Barack Obama says -- and if he would have done that, the whole -- the whole coalition of the willing, all of that crap would have gone right out the window.

And so I said to the president as I'm walking out, he's standing by the Oval. Or by the Resolute Desk. And I said, Mr. President, I don't know if you heard this, but today, Barack Obama -- he said, oh, I heard about that. Don't worry about that. Don't worry about that.

I said, okay.

He said, trust me, Glenn, whoever comes into this office, no matter which party they're in, they are going to sit behind this desk, and they're going to realize, because they're going to be advised by exactly the same people that have been advising me, that they really have no choice. This is what they have to do.

And he said, have a good day.

And I'm like holy cow! I walked out. And I -- do you remember me calling you after that, Stu?

STU: Yes.

GLENN: And I was freaked out. I was like, this is not good.

The president isn't really the president! The president is just listening to all these advisers, who are in, advising the last president. And the president before that. And it's all State Department stuff.

And they're just -- they're just suiting a long plan. What difference does it make who we have in the office, if that's true, remember that?

STU: Yeah. One specific part of that, that you didn't mention was -- because he was very angry at you. But that part of the conversation was meant to make you feel good, right?

GLENN: Yes.

STU: It wasn't like an anger thing. It was like a, hey, it's okay! Calm down. All of the decisions will remain the same. And it's like, that didn't calm you down much.

GLENN: No. It made it worse.

STU: Yes.

GLENN: And so why do I bring this story up, which I've told before. Why do I bring this story up?

I bring this story up because when Donald Trump sat at the table and said, just going to get old Vlad on the phone. And he stands up, walks out of the room. With all the world leaders.

And he just picks up the phone and calls Vladimir Putin. And says, hey. I mean, want to keep you up to speed on what's going on.

He didn't ask for permission.

He didn't have anybody whispering in his ear. He's leading the State Department. He's leading the world.

He's keeping his own counsel. That hasn't been done by a president in, I don't know how long. And it's why we're once again the leaders of the world!

Because these -- these advisers, all of these doctors and professors and, you know, people who have been in the State Department their whole life and know better than everybody, Donald Trump has said to them, shut up. I've seen your record. It doesn't work!

We've been doing it for 100 years. We're losing credibility. We're losing money. We're losing power and influence.

I don't want to hear it! This is the direction we're going. And he didn't have the juice to be able to fire all of those people, last time.

And he put the wrong people in position. Now, at the State Department is Rubio.

And I've got to tell you, Rubio is one of the last guys I would have picked. I would have thought, Rubio was a big, big globalist.

Look at who Rubio has turned out to be.

So the two things that are happening, are really -- are really based on one thing. And that is, the president of the United States is in charge of his administration.

The president of the United States keeps his own counsel. The president of the United States listens to the -- his own gut. For the first time that I have seen since Ronald Reagan -- and Ronald Reagan did it in one place, and that was the Soviet Union. He knew the difference between good and evil, and he called it, and he didn't care what anybody said.

Donald Trump is doing this in -- in example after example after example. He's keeping his own counsel. And he is telling his people: This is what I'm going to do. Find the Constitutional way to do it.

Because this is what has to be done! And he's not taking no for an answer. And he's not kowtowing to the people who have been there forever. Oh, Mr. President, you have to listen to this man.

He's not listening to him. If it doesn't make sense to him, he's not listening to him. And he is not waiting for permission from anyone.

That's the takeaway from this last four days. America is leading, because we actually have a leader who knows who he is, knows what he wants to do, and is not going to take no for an answer, unless it's unconstitutional. He gets it done.

That in six months? That's a remarkable development.

Glenn Beck almost got ATTACKED in DC?!

Glenn Beck has seen firsthand how bad the crime and mental illness on the streets of Washington, D.C. were before President Trump’s crackdown. Glenn tells the story of his last visit to DC, where he was approached by a man who “looked insane.” So, why are some DC Democrats practically begging for MORE crime?!