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Is there ANY way Democrat Jamaal Bowman 'ACCIDENTALLY' pulled a fire alarm?

Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm right before an important vote on funding the government. Many accused him of trying to delay the vote. But he claimed he was just trying to open a door and had no idea it would actually trigger the fire alarm. Is that excuse believable at all? Glenn, who has been known to accidentally pull fire alarms all the time, reviews the evidence and reveals the only somewhat plausible way Bowman could have possibly thought pulling the alarm would open the door ... maybe. Plus, he and Stu review Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "delightfully stupid" defense of her progressive colleague.

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GLENN: Okay. So I -- let me just -- oh, jeez.

Oh. I am sorry. I -- I was trying to open my desk drawer to get another pain. And I didn't know how to open it.

And I just pulled the -- I thought that would open the desk -- it's a false alarm, you can shut it off now. Oh, boy.

Wow.

It's going to be one of those days.

STU: They need to label it better. You can't tell.

GLENN: Right. It says right here, pull in case of fire. Oh, no.

STU: No.

GLENN: My finger slipped. I didn't mean. It was a false alarm.

False alarm. We can -- thank you. Oh, my.

You know, this -- this happens more than you think. You know, I feel pretty stupid right now right now. Because everybody says, it's a fire alarm, it's clearly marked.

When was the last time you pulled the fire alarm by mistake? When was the last time you met somebody who pulled it by mistake?

And I would say, never. Okay?

I mean, yes, I knew somebody in grade school who pulled it intentionally.

But that's the only time, I've ever seen anyone involved in pulling a firearm.

Because they're clearly marked. Now, that's what you might think. However, there are a lot of people, a lot -- well, there's one person, who thought it would open a door. This is what happened, this weekend.

STU: In the building, he works in every day --

GLENN: Well, it's probably a door he's never been to.

STU: Does he think the doors work differently in different parts of the building? Like they just operate.

GLENN: I don't know what you mean.

STU: There's just a handle separate from the door?

GLENN: Well, no. He couldn't -- I mean, the door was marked.

STU: Right. Okay. Okay.
GLENN: Push the lever, and door will open and sound the alarm.

And said, it will sound -- push the lever, and alarm will sound for 15 seconds. Door will open.
And that was clearly marked on the door on the lever.

But he said, he needed to get out. Because, well, he had to get to a vote. Now, a lot of people will say that Jamal bowman, was pulling the fire alarm, to make sure everyone in the Capitol, got out of the Capitol.

So he would disrupt. What do they call it? Oh, an official proceeding.

STU: Hmm. Hmm. Sounds odd.

GLENN: But he was --

STU: Because you're not supposed to disrupt official proceedings. We've learned that quite a bit.

GLENN: Gosh, Stu, I'm sorry. I couldn't get this jar of pickles open. I was just going to have a pickle while I was listening to you.

And I couldn't get it open, and I pulled the fire alarm. I thought maybe that would -- it says twist to open right here on the --

STU: Well, they should be clearer on that.

GLENN: It was another false alarm! Thank you. Oh, man.

STU: Close call.

GLENN: It happens all the time, doesn't it?

GLENN: Now we have to delay the show?

We what?

STU: We have to delay the show.

GLENN: I just pulled the fire alarm because you said it would delay the show.

STU: Now, we can't do a show while the fire alarm is sounding.

GLENN: Sorry, guys. We all have to go away. Good night, everybody.

STU: Well, now it's off. So we can do the show again. I mean, this is unbelievable.

The idea that we're supposed to believe this.

GLENN: Well, AOC, she believes it.

Now, she was the one. She was the one who had never seen a disposal before.

Remember, she did an Instagram thing. She flipped a switch. And said, I don't know what this switch does by my sink. And she turns it. And it's the disposal.

And she goes, oh, my gosh. What is that?

I've never seen one of those. I don't know what that disposal is.

I've never seen heard of it.

Maybe if I do this, I can close it. Will it close the disposal?

I'm just trying to close the disposal!

STU: It really should have sent AOC to do this job.

Because people would have legitimately believed that she would have pulled the fire alarm and the door opened. She's the only person I know, that would actually believe it. I would totally buy it from her.

GLENN: Yeah. Now, first of all, let me give you AOC.

Here she is.

VOICE: I will be honest a bit. It doesn't really make sense to me, his explanation.

Did you talk to him? What's going on?

VOICE: Yeah. I think if you do see some photos of the sign. I think there's something to be said, about the government is about to shut down. There's a clock that's going down. The exits that were normally opened have been suddenly closed.

STU: Suddenly.

VOICE: So I -- what I'm here to say is that --

STU: What I'm here to say is...

GLENN: Capitol Police and Jamaal Bowman are active, and he's fully participating. And saying, there was a misunderstanding.

STU: Hold on.

He's active and fully participating in saying that there was a misunderstanding?

GLENN: Yes. He was actively --

STU: That is not our language.

GLENN: No. He was active --

STU: What language is that? What combination of words?

GLENN: That's American, okay?

You're American in you, speak American.

STU: She is delightfully stupid.
(laughter)
I know -- I know people don't like her.

I understand that. But I just find her just wonderful. She's so dumb. And so public about it.

GLENN: Hang. Hang on.

STU: What happened?

GLENN: There was apparently, one of our listeners was opening their mind.

STU: Okay. Oh, no.

GLENN: And they thought that's how they did it. Apparently not.

So false alarm!

STU: I mean, she is -- it's not like this is the first time she's ever been on television.

If that were the case. You might say, wow. She's really struggling in this moment.

GLENN: I want to ask you.

I want to ask you. Now, I have a method to the madness. Just to go with me.

STU: Sure.

GLENN: What does a fire alarm look like?

STU: It's a little handle. Usually says fire.

GLENN: Red and white, yeah? Where is it usually?

STU: On the wall.

GLENN: On the wall, okay.

Where did you learn about fire alarms?

STU: I don't know that I can trace that back.

It seems so blatantly obvious. I can't point to where I learned about it.

But it was certainly when I was very young.

GLENN: Probably in school.

Because you had, what?

Fire drills.

STU: That's right.

GLENN: And do you know anybody who accidentally has pulled a fire drill.

STU: Not until this week.

GLENN: Not until this weekend. Okay.

Number one, I learned about them in school, I'm sure. I didn't see them anywhere else, I'm sure. So I learned about it in school.

Guess what Jamaal Bowman did, before he was a member of Congress?

STU: I mean, gee. What could it be?

GLENN: Well, he was the principal of a school.

STU: School. Hmm.

GLENN: So I'm sure, he didn't have any run-ins with firearms, at a school.

STU: No. And surely, he wasn't taught, that people sometimes, pull firearms to delay things. By students.

GLENN: Oh, he never gave that message. Never gave that message.

Do not pull a fire alarm. It's not a joke. Not a joke.

Now, it's an offense for a couple of reasons this time. Pulling a fire alarm is illegal if there is no fire.

STU: It's like, yelling fire in a crowded theater.

Similar to that.

GLENN: Exactly right. Exactly right. And there's another reason you don't do it in the Capitol.

And that would be because you were trying to obstruct official proceedings.

So, in other words, if January 6th, just one guy, one guy would have walked in.

And pulled the fire alarm. He would have been given the 22 years. Just because he was obstructing an official proceeding.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Now, if that guy happened to be -- and this is very common.

If that guy happened to say, I'm sorry. I was just trying to open the door.

I thought this would open the door. It would have been gone. I mean, they would have even questioned it.

STU: Yeah. I think they would just let them go immediately. He just made a mistake. That was a door handle that was labeled fire.

That was not -- to the side of the door.

GLENN: Sure. And it doesn't say door. It says fire.

STU: No, it says fire.

GLENN: It says fire. So the best I can do on this, is he was trying to open the door, and he thought those were fire doors.

Now, seeing that they were glass doors, seeing that they were glass doors, you -- I have to grade him down on intelligence yet again.

STU: Wait. You are trying to give him this benefit of the doubt. Saying, okay. It's a fire door.

So, therefore --

GLENN: And it would open up.

But that's the exact opposite of what a fire door would do.

STU: Right. It would be the opposite. It would be close. You would want it to be closed, the fire.

GLENN: Yes. Yes.

Why, Stu?

STU: Because you want the fire to come through.

GLENN: Well, yes.

But if it's to the outside, it would also feed a fire. Because you don't want more oxygen coming in.

STU: Right. There you go.

GLENN: So I can't make this work.

I can't make this work at all.

STU: I mean, it's impossible.

It's impossible for anybody to believe this.

And it's one of those things, that let's just take him at his word, for a second. Let's just entertain this for a second. He walked in, he saw fire. He pulled the thing. He was going door to door. He should be immediately removed from Congress.

GLENN: Why is that, Stu?

STU: But you're obviously too stupid to be in Congress.

So either --

GLENN: I agree with this.

STU: You should be out of Congress, because you're too dumb.

GLENN: I agree with this.

Look, if he is this stupid, we don't have to impeach him. We don't have to do anything. He won't find his way to work, sometime this week.

STU: Right.

GLENN: Okay?

He won't find his pants or his underpants, sometime this week. And he will just walk out in his wing tipped shoes. And his tie and his shirt. And, you know, everything swinging in the breeze. And he will be like, what are you talking about?

Oh, my pants? I didn't know I was -- how do I put my pants on?

Just -- just have to -- get that. Would that help put my pants?

Hello. I need to put my pants. Somebody with pants. Come quick!

Oh. False alarm. I don't need pants.

I don't wear pants.

STU: But you're already wearing them.

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Meet the pro-Intifada candidate NYC Democrats just elected

New York City Democrats just elected 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a "socialist Muslim", as the Party's candidate for mayor. But Glenn Beck argues that his radical beliefs are actually communist and Islamist.

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VOICE: Z10852. Something weird is going on. The World Trade Center is on fire.

VOICE: Seriously the top of the building. We're trying to get information.

VOICE: Top level of one of the --

VOICE: To unfold from New York City.

VOICE: A plane crashed just --

VOICE: My sister is in that believe. I hope she's okay. I have to come to New York.

VOICE: It's pandemonium.

VOICE: It's raining papers.

VOICE: Wait a minute! Stop just a second. Why are we -- why are we -- I've got breaking news. Breaking news, yesterday. New York City just elected as their mayoral candidate for the left. And the Democrats, a -- a Muslim radical, who is also a communist!

So, you know, it only took you 25 years. It only took you 25 years, New York, to go completely insane.

Somebody who is -- well, I mean, if I might quote Michael malice today. I am old enough to remember when New Yorkers endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.

But you've got a -- you've got a communist jihadist apologist now.

Who was -- you know, well, CAIR put $100,000 behind his bid for New York City mayor.

So you have somebody who is endorsed by CAIR. That's really good.

He also was somebody who said, you know, he was -- he was for the shooting of the United Health Care CEO.

Said he was looking forward to driving down magnum Joan avenue. I don't know. Sounds like supporting people in the streets. Maybe it's just me.

Then he also said that he was going to globalize the intifada, which I think that's -- maybe -- maybe that's just me.

I mean, what do I know?

Tim Miller who is a podcaster. Asked him a few weeks ago. Asked him about his pro Palestinian slogan. Globalized the intifada. And he said, for me, ultimately, what I hear in so many, is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights, in standing up for Palistinian human rights. Oh, is that what you hear, Mr. CAIR?

Really? Huh, that's interesting.

Right. So globalize the intifada.

I mean, I mean, sure, that's -- I mean well, let me go on.

Because I don't want to take him out of context.

He then delved into the semantics of the intifada, citing the United States Holocaust memorial museum's use of a word for a translation for uprising, in an Arabic version of an article, a museum published about the Warsaw ghetto.

Oh!

So this is just a comparison, about the -- the armed rebellion against the Nazis!

I don't know if that makes me feel better!

I mean, if we're globalizing that.

We're the Nazis in this scenario.

Because I don't think it's the Palestinians.

I certainly don't think it's anybody who is like, hey.

Global jihad. I don't think it's those guys.

Or the Nazis. Who are the Nazis in that?

And it seems, if that's what you mean, then it's not just a harmless kind of slogan about human rights. It is a call for violence on the streets.

Because I don't know if you know, that's what happened when the Jews had their uprising against the Nazis.

I'm just saying!

But, hey, hey, free Palestine.

Oh, that's not what that means, gang. That is not what that means, but don't worry about it. He's just going to be possibly the new mayor.

And that's great. By the way, the Columbia faculty members signed a letter defending Hamas.

They were also among the donors to his mayoral campaign.

So, you know, you don't have anything to worry about.

And his father, who used to work at Columbia. Do you know, Stu?

Is his Dad -- is he still a professor at Columbia University?

He said that -- this violent terror thing of Islam, is not a part of Islam. Now, I've read the Koran, and much of the hadith.

And I'm pretty sure the violence is a part of that. But no.

No. This is something entirely new.

And his father while at Columbia university, wanted everybody to know, that this is actually -- this is something that came out of America!

America is really responsible for this.

And, you know, it really started with the Reagan administration, you know, when he started -- when he started with his very religious terms, to finish the war against the evil empire.

So, you know, that's where -- that's where 9/11 came from.

Is what -- don't worry about it! Don't worry about it!

Because who am I? I'm clearly just -- am I an anti-Semite today, or am I an Islamophobic? I can't remember which one.

Oh, it's probably both. Anyway, Islamophobia. Let me just explain Islamophobia. I haven't even gotten to the Communist part of it. Which is really, really -- New York, you're in one for hell of a ride. Buckle up.

It will be a fun rollercoaster for you. My gosh, I've never been happier that I've been away are if New York.

Anyway, I just want I to know, there is Islam. And then there is Islamists. Now, an Islamist is somebody who really wants Sharia law.

That's political Islam!

That's not a faith. That's political Islam.

Now, let me make really -- something really clear. Criticizing Islamism, is not Islamophobia. Pointing out the dangers of, oh. I don't know.

Political Islam. The ideology that seeks to use the tools of democracy, ultimately to destroy democracy, is not an attack on Muslims.

No. Uh-uh.

You know why?

Because Muslims are often the first people in line.

The first victims of the ideology.

So let's draw a bright, bright line between Islam as a faith, millions of people can practice that faithfully and peacefully.

It's mostly peaceful, okay?

Then there's the Islamism.

Islamism is something entirely -- that's a political project.

A theocratic political -- oh. Left loves theocracies. They love it.

Of course, you never see a problem with it.

See it when an Islamist is touting it. Anyway, it's not about prayer. It's not about fasting. It's not about spiritual life.

It's all about power. It's about merging of mosque and state. It's about implementing Sharia, not as a personal code of conduct. But as a governing legal system.

And it's -- it's supremacy.

Absolutely. Faith.

Religion.

It's -- there's one thing that's supreme.

It's misogynistic.

Deeply intolerant of all kinds of things.

Descent. Secularism. Other faiths. Even competing interpretations from inside the faith itself.

It will behead them too.

So let's -- let's be honest here for a second.

You know, CAIR should be labeled an international terror organization.

In my opinion. In my opinion.

Oh, does that make me -- that makes me an Islamophobe. I'm sure. I'm sure they will start a campaign against me on being an Islamophobe.

Stand in line, guys. You've been doing it since 2001, okay?

I don't really care. And I don't think the American people. I think that record, all the grooves are worn-out on that one, okay?

This is not a religion we're talking about. When we're talking about Sharia law. And we're talking about globalize the intifada. What does that mean, actually, to globalize it?

Does that mean we now want to do what is happening to Israel? All over the world?

Has the Palestinian plight become our plight you now, as Americans?

That there has to be an intifada here!

Because it's the kind of the same. You know. It's kind of the same over, you know, with what the Palestinians are going through.

Well, it's very much like what the Jews went through with the Nazis.

That's a weird one. That one makes my head hurt. It's very much the same as that. And very much the same as the fight against Donald Trump.

Oh, this is going to be fun. It's fun!

Really fun. You know, the irony here is, the ones that will scream Islamophobia the most, are the ones in the progressive left, the champions of feminism, LGBTQ rights. And secularism.

They're going to -- no. You want -- they're going to stand with the people, who want to kill them first.

See, this is how smart they are!

This is why it's going to work out well, in New York City.

Let me just say. If you have an ounce of common sense, you run a business, you have an ounce of wealth. And I don't mean wealth like, you know, hey, Lovey.

Let's get on the boat for a three-hour tour with a suitcase full of cash. I mean you saved anything, anything, get the hell out of New York City.

I mean, this is about survival. This is about free speech. This is about women's rights.
Religious pluralism. Secular legal systems. Liberal democracy.

But it's also about failed principles of Communism. Okay?

First, you have to call out political Islam for what it is. Okay?

And we have to do it with the clarity that we call out white nationalism.

Got to do it with that. Got to -- you know, the Klan. Really bad people.

Really bad people.

Anybody who is shouting for globalized intifada?

Pretty bad. Pretty bad people.

Okay?

Now, let's get to communism.

Because that's another cool, cool angle of the new Democratic candidate for -- for mayor of New York City.

That I just -- I think is cuddly and cute. Sure, it led to 100 million deaths. But this time, New York is going to be radically different. Oh, did I use the word radical?

I didn't mean to use that. What's radical about this guy?

Nothing. He's just like you!

Well, not exactly.

But let's talk about communism, next!

Now, the new mayoral candidate that's running there in New York City. That so many young people rushed to defend and vote for. He's promising free buses.

That's going to work out.

Where are you going to get the money for free buses.

It's free!

City-run grocery stores.

Oh, rent freezes. And finally somebody has done it. A 30-dollar minimum wage.

So under the banner of equity. And, you know, we will tax the wealthy. And the corporations. You know, we're going to squeeze another $10 billion out of them.

Really?

Because they're going to call a U-Haul.

You know, they will call something like U-Haul. There will be a lot of -- there will be a lot of movers that are like, how do I get the truck back from Texas or Florida back up to New York? Nobody is moving up there.

But he's going to do it.

Now, his vision isn't really new. You know, just -- just tax people, so we could have city-run grocery stores. You know, I remember -- I'm old enough to remember those city-run grocery stores in Moscow.

They were great.

The shelves were empty.

But that's just Moscow.

It worked out completely different in Venezuela.

Where, oh, no.

It didn't. That's right. The grocery store.

They were eating the zoo animals.

But it will be different in New York.

Because they have rent controls too.

And that will just choke the housing supply, but don't worry. As a young family.

You know, you voted for it.

You know better.

It will work this time.

So, you know, I like building ideas, I just don't like usually building on the graves of 100 million people.

But, you know, why not? Why not?

You know, use this dogma.

And this time, it will be different. It's not like it was in China. Where the great leap forward, was a gross -- a gross parody of progress. Venezuela, which was oil rich. One of the richest nations in the hemisphere now sees 90 percent of its population in poverty!

Yeah. Darn it. You know what they did?

They decided to take state control of things.

You know, like grocery stores. And it worked out well. How is that free busing working out in Venezuela?

I just want to -- I just want to know.

Anyway, then you've got the globalize the intifada. Which is going to drop a little violence in, and anti-Semitism in with your communism.

Which is weird!

Because violence and anti-Semitism, always happen. When it -- when it comes to -- when it comes to communism.

This is weird!

I've got to play something for you. Because this has talked about on me earlier this morning.

Oh, wow.

Wait a minute. This is -- this is the whole coalition coming together here.

So this is going to be good. New York, this is going to be great.

It's going to be great for you.

No. He's going to uplift you. Then the social fabric of New York City is just going to be -- just one.

It's going to be fantastic. Don't worry about your 120 billion dollars in debt. Or your 10 billion-dollar deficit that you have right now.

You are going to charge the rich more taxes, and they will stay right there.

They will be like, you know what, that 46 percent in taxes that I'm paying, this is just not enough. It's just not enough.

I need to pay 60 or 70 percent to be able to pay my fair share. So that's good. That's good. That's good.

You know, they're not risking 100 million people. It's just 8 million people.

This time, it's just 8 million people.

But, hey. For those of you in upstate New York. That aren't going to be part of this experiment.

Don't worry, you get to pay for it. Because they'll kick it up to the state. The state will have to subsidize everything. And don't you love it?

Really, don't you want to subsidize the really crazy ideas of New York City?

I mean, why don't you have a -- why don't you have a democratic socialist. A/k/a communist mayor.

Why haven't you done that? Are you not progressive enough? Are you not looking into the future?

Are you stuck in the past?

I don't know. I don't know. The graveyard is pretty big. I have a hard time getting past that one. You know, yeah, so I'm stuck in the past. Because I can't seem to pass that graveyard, and get to be down the path with you. But it's going to be a paradise.

Forget arithmetic. You know, or human nature. This time, it's going to work. It's going to work. So all right!

Wish I lived in this morning.

No wait. Nope. I don't. Nope, I don't.

And Ted Cruz, stop it. Stop writing, hey, come to Texas. No. No. Don't come to Texas. Don't come to Florida. Go to California. It's beautiful this time of year. Go there. Go there.