RADIOMarch 09, 2024

Why Glenn Beck Dropped the F-BOMB After Biden’s SOTU Speech

Glenn blew a gasket after President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address. During BlazeTV’s post-SOTU coverage, Glenn blasted Biden for using the speech to demean Republicans and the Supreme Court and flat-out lie to the American people. But then, he got a little colorful with his language. Glenn explains to his radio audience what Biden said to bring him to that moment: “How DARE [Biden] say that!” Glenn also discusses whether he regrets the outburst and whether Biden accomplished what he wanted with that infuriating speech.

Transcript

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GLENN: Well, I always like to say, when I make a mistake, I like to lead with it. Last night, if you're watching TheBlaze, I said, which I heard as I was walking away, Stu say, I worked with him for almost 30 years and I've never seen him do that or say that.

I lost my cool. Is that how you would describe that?

STU: That would be an excellent summary of -- of that moment. Yes.

GLENN: Yes. Yes.

CFA. The three words that come to mind, when I'm losing my -- complete, colossal FA. CFA. I will -- I've never -- I don't think I've ever done that before.

STU: I don't think you have either.

GLENN: No. And it happened because I just want to explain this. It happened because I just walked away from the television, where I had been pacing like a caged animal. Because I was so angry at the lies and not only that, the childish rubbing people's noses in it.

You know, when -- when -- first of all, he said, within the first five minutes, that Donald Trump didn't care about the American people during COVID. He know didn't care. How dare you say that.

How dare you say that.

How dare anyone say that about you.

My gosh!

So it started there. And then he went in to rubbing Republican's noses, like in the border. Which was a complete lie.

We all know what caused -- why, on his day of inauguration, all of a sudden, the border surge started. Why?

95 executive orders, allowing it to happen. That's why.

And when he said, oh. You don't care about fentanyl. Oh, you -- oh, suddenly, you want to stop fentanyl coming in, so it stops killing our American -- and I know, and probably you know, if you've been listening this last week, the truth on what's happening with fentanyl. That's coming from China. It's intentionally. It's the opium wars, that Britain did to China.

Oh, so many years ago. They're using the same tactic on us. They are transporting all of the ingredients for fentanyl, over to one of their Chinese ports in Mexico.

It then goes to a small town in Mexico, where a thousand Chinese workers have been transported, and now set up shop, to where they cook the fentanyl. Then China sent over for the drug cartels. Sold them, at cost.

The presses. Because you need to make it look like fentanyl or Adderall, or whatever drug, and so they take the fentanyl, that the Chinese have put together. Cooked up.

Send it over.

Then the drug cartel uses the Chinese presses to make it look like Adderall. And that's what's killing our children. And the president knows it, and he won't say it. He won't stop it. Because he's in bed with China. How dare you!

And when he said, you don't care. Oh. Oh. Suddenly, you care about fentanyl.

Oh, I didn't know that now.

Oh, my gosh.

So I get on. And I'm asked just to do a rundown. And I have my notes. And I'm going true my notes. And I'm talking about it. And I'm trying to make good points. And then I know it's fun. I'm on for like five minutes. And Stu says, thanks, again. And you start to say something else. And I realize, I haven't really expressed what that was.

I -- no point that I made from my notes, really summed up what I felt the president did. And who he was, in that. And that's when I dropped the -- the CFA. Maybe more than once.

And I shouldn't have done that. Because I -- I -- I want to be a better person.

And, quite honestly, I'm glad I am on federally regulated broadcast airwaves today. Because it's why -- one of the reasons why I joined my church. I need strong framework to help me be a better man. And if I were on a podcast only today, I would not be a better man.

So I am grateful for the first time in my life, for the FCC, who will make sure I'm a better man today.

STU: Can we guarantee our affiliates that that mistake from last night, will not occur on this program?

GLENN: We're on a 37-minute delay now. Okay.

Yeah. So we tarted this show, 37 minutes ago.

Yeah. It -- it -- it won't happen. But, boy, do I feel it.

STU: Look, the frustration is understandable. I think we all felt it watching that. Because it's so egregious. And so overt. I mean, I was losing my mind on the economic stuff. Where this guy who fights and campaigns on wanting a shutdown, shuts down millions of businesses.

And/or cheers on, and/or votes on it.

Right? Like he's in support of all these policies.

Donald Trump wants to end them. He criticizes them, and says, he doesn't care about anyone. He wants to kill everybody by ending these policies. He gets into office, he wants to continue this shutdown over and over and over again.

Then finally the American people are like, screw you. We're going back to work, whether you like it or not. A year after this --

GLENN: A year after that, he lifts the ban. Remember, a year? We're still under that.

STU: Right. We didn't even realize that in Texas, for sure. He finally releases it. Everyone is going back to work. Then he stands on stage. And takes credit as a job creator.

I mean, the cynicism of that argument, is almost impossibly egregious.

It is like, if you try to give the most dishonest argument possible, you couldn't craft one better. Than what he did last night. The same thing --

GLENN: In every case.

STU: And he did over and over and over again, on many different topics. So while I appreciate your concern for your own restraint. Last night.

Every -- if you would have been able to put cameras, in everyone's houses watching that. You would have heard a lot of that same word. Everyone felt that way watching that.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

STU: Because he's not even trying to be honest.

He's not even trying to craft an argument that makes any sense.

The border argument, makes no sense.

As if we've all been on another planet for the last 50 years. And have no idea what about he thinks about the border.

Maybe he's been really tough on it.

And it's been Republicans, stopping him from securing it all this time.

What moron could possibly believe that argument?

GLENN: 60 percent of the American people. 60 percent of the American people.

STU: I hope it's --

GLENN: No. There are so many people that don't pay attention to the news.

STU: I don't even think it's that high right now. He's trying to increase it.

But what's the poll on his handling of the border? Eighteen percent approve?

It's -- luckily, I think people are seeing through it.

GLENN: He looked like a bumbling idiot. Last night, let's give honest reviews.

Last night, he did not look like a bumbling old man. He -- he -- yeah, he slurred his speech.

But by the time most people tuned out at the end of his speech, just because of anger or boredom. That's when he started getting really sloppy.

But he made several great -- I mean, I believe if I'm on his side, I would say, that's a great speech.

STU: Well, it was a great speech, because he didn't fall over. He didn't fall asleep.

GLENN: Yes, and he had several moments of, I will not budge!

STU: And while it feels so contrived to me.

I think he -- he -- he cleared that lowest hurdle, which the lowest hurdle was, he has to show he has some vigor, even if it's completely drug-induced.

He has to show -- so he did hit that standard, which is big for him.

Let's be honest. For him the biggest problem he has, in every single poll, much worse than even the border or Afghanistan or any of these other topics, is his age.

And everyone thinks he can't do this job. I still think he can't do this job. And I think last night proved it for policy reasons, among others.

But he did show that he was awake.

GLENN: Yeah. He did. He did. He did.

STU: And that was important.

GLENN: And if you're uninformed.

Or you just believe in all the same things that he does, then you thought he did a great job.

And, you know, you give credit where credit is due. He did not perform the way I thought he would perform, as a doddering old man. However, he always performs best in that setting.

STU: Yes. That's it. Look, his biggest moments have been the moments where he's been able to show this.

Debates are another one. He's typically shown up for debates. He hasn't been good in them.
He hasn't been as bad as he has been in every other scenario.

GLENN: Correct. Correct.

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WARNING: How America Elects a Socialist President in 2028 | Glenn TV | Ep 444

The rise of Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old socialist who just won the Democratic primary for mayor, is not just a political earthquake shaking New York City — it’s a warning for the rest of America. Backed by Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani promises free everything, to tax the rich, and to dismantle capitalism. There’s nothing new about this tired strategy, but the media is propping him up as a new political genius. And with Democrat leaders lining up behind him, it’s clear: This radicalism isn’t fringe anymore. It’s the Democratic Party’s future. Mamdani’s rise is part of a larger movement that’s rewriting America’s values. Glenn Beck explains how New York is the prototype for the Left’s socialist makeover of America. Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Standford, gives a terrifying prediction on Mamdani’s mayoral race chances and warns the revolution is coming for mainstream Democrats. He also dives into MAGA’s frustration with the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files.

INSIDE Trump’s soul: How a bullet changed his heart forever

“I have a new purpose,” then-candidate Donald Trump told reporter Salena Zito after surviving the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Salena joins Glenn Beck to reveal what Trump told her about God, his purpose in life, and why he really said, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, as she details in her new book, “Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland”.

Transcript

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GLENN: Salena, congratulations on your book. It is so good.

Just started reading it. Or listening to it, last night.

And I wish you would have -- I wish you would have read it. But, you know, the lady you have reading it is really good.

I just enjoy the way you tell stories.

The writing of this is the best explanation on who Trump supporters are. That I think I've ever read, from anybody.

It's really good.

And the description of your experience there at the edge of the stage with Donald Trump is pretty remarkable as well. Welcome to the program.

SALENA: Thank you, Glenn. Thank you so much for having me.

You know, I was thinking about this, as I was ready to come on. You and I have been along for this ride forever. For what?

Since 2006? 2005?

Like 20 years, right?

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

SALENA: And I've been chronicling the American people for probably ten more years, before that. And it's really remarkable to me, as watching how this coalition has grown. Right?

And watching how people have the -- have become more aspirational.

And that's -- and that is what the conservative populist coalition is, right?

It is the aspirations of many, but the celebration of the individual.

And chronicling them, yeah. Has been -- has been, a great honor.

GLENN: You know, I was thinking about this yesterday, when -- when Elon Musk said he was starting another party.

And somebody asked me, well, isn't he doing what the Tea Party tried to do?

No. The Tea Party was not going to start a new party.

It was to -- you know, it was to coerce and convince the Republican Party to do the right thing. And it worked in many ways. It didn't accomplish what we hoped.

But it did accomplish a lot of things.

Donald Trump is a result of the Tea Party.

I truly believe that. And a lot of the people that were -- right?

Were with Donald Trump, are the people that were with the Tea Party.

SALENA: That's absolutely right.

So that was the inception.

So American politics has always had movements, that have been just outside of a party. Or within a party.

That galvanize and broaden the coalition. Right? They don't take away. Or walk away, and become another party.

If anything, if there is a third party out there, it's almost a Republican Party.

Because it has changed in so many viable and meaningful ways. And the Tea Party didn't go away. It strengthened and broadened the Republican Party. Because these weren't just Republicans that became part of this party.

It was independents. It was Democrats.

And just unhappy with the establishment Republicans. And unhappy with Democrats.

And that -- that movement is what we -- what I see today.

What I see every day. What I saw that day, in butler, when I showed I happen at that rally.

As I do, so many rallies, you know, throughout my career. And that one was riveting and changed everything.

GLENN: You made a great case in the opening chapter. You talk about how things were going for Donald Trump.

And how this moment really did change everything for Donald Trump.

Changed the trajectory, changed the mood.

I mean, Elon Musk was not on the Trump train, until this.

SALENA: Yeah.

GLENN: Moment. What do I -- what changed? How -- how did that work?

And -- and I contend, that we would have much more profound change, had the media actually done their job and reported this the way it really was. Pragmatism

SALENA: You know, and people will find this in the book. I'm laying on the ground with an agent on top of me.

I'm 4 feet away from the president.

And there's -- there's notices coming up on my phone. Saying, he was hit by broken glass.

And to this take, that remains part of this sibling culture, in American politics.

Because reporters were -- were so anxious to -- to right what they believed happened.

As opposed to what happened.

And it's been a continual frustration of mine, as a reporter, who is on the ground, all the time.

And I'll tell you, what changed in that moment.

And I say a nuance, and I believe nuance is dead in American journalism.

But it was a nuance and it was a powerful conversation, that I had with President Trump, the next day. He called me the next morning.

But it's a powerful conversation I had with him, just two weeks ago.

When he made this decision to say, fight, fight, fight.

People have put in their heads, why they think he said it. But he told me why he said that. And he said, Salena, in that moment, I was not Donald Trump the man. I was a former president. I was quite possibly going to be president again.

And I had an obligation to the country, and to the office that I have served in, to project strength. To project resolve.

To project that we will not be defeated.

And it's sort of like a symbolic eagle, that is always -- you know, that symbol that we look at, when we think about our country.

He said, that's why I said that. I didn't want the people behind me panicking. I didn't want the people watching, panicking.

I had to show strength. And it's that nuance -- that I think people really picked up on.

And galvanized people.

GLENN: So he told me, when he was laying down on the stage.

And you can hear him. Let me get up. Let me get up.

I've got to get up.

He told me, as I was laying on the stage. I asked him, what were you thinking? What was going through your head? Now, Salena, I don't know about you.

But with me. It would be like, how do I get off the stage? My first was survival.

He said, what was going on through his mind was, you're not pathetic. This is pathetic.

You're not afraid. Get up.

Get up.

And so is that what informed his fight, fight, fight, of that by the time that he's standing up, he's thinking, I'm a symbol? Or do you think he was thinking, I'm a symbol, this looks pathetic. It makes you look weak.

Stand up. How do you think that actually happened?

SALENA: He thinks, and we just talked about this weeks ago. He -- you know, and this is something that he's really thought about.

Right? You know, he's gone over and over and over. And also, purpose and God. Right? These are things that have lingered with him.

You know, he -- he thought, yes.

He did think, it was pathetic that he was on the ground. But he wasn't thinking about, I'm Donald Trump. It's pathetic.

He's thinking, my country is symbolically on the ground. I need to get up, and I need to show that my country is strong.

That our country is resolute.

And I need people to see that.

We can't go on looking like pathetic.

Right?

And I think that then goes to that image of Biden.

GLENN: You have been with so many presidents.

How many presidents do you think that you've personally been with, would have thought that and reacted that way?

SALENA: Probably only Reagan. Reagan would have. Reagan probably would have thought that.

And if you remember how he was out like standing outside.

You know, waving out the window. Right?

After he was shot.

GLENN: At the hospital, right.

SALENA: Had he not been knocked out, unconscious, you know, he probably would have done the same thing.

Because he was someone who deeply believed in American exceptionalism.

And American exceptionalism does not go lay on the ground.

GLENN: And the symbol.

Right. The symbol of the presidency.

SALENA: Yeah. Absolutely. And I think that affects him today.

GLENN: So let me go back to God.

Because you talked to him the next day. And your book Butler.

He calls you up.

I love the fact that your parents would be ashamed of you. On what you said to him.

The language you used. That you just have to read the book.

It's just a great part.

But he calls you the next morning. And wants to know if you're okay.

And you -- you then start talking to him, about God.

And I was -- I was thinking about this, as I was listening to it. You know, Lincoln said, I wasn't -- I wasn't a Christian.

Even though, he was.

I wasn't a Christian, when I was elected. I wasn't a Christian when my son died.

I became a Christian at Gettysburg.

Is -- is -- I mean, I believe Donald Trump always believes in God, et cetera, et cetera.

Do you think there was a real profound change at Butler with him?

SALENA: Absolutely. You know, he called me seven times that day. Seven times, the take after seven.

GLENN: Crazy.

SALENA: Talked about. And I think he was looking for someone that he knew, that was there. And to try to sort it out.

Right? And I let him do most of the talking. I didn't pressure him.

At all. I believed that he was having -- you know, he was struggling. And he needed to just talk. And I believed my purpose was to listen.

Right? I know other reporters would have handled it differently. And that's okay. That's not the kind of reporter that I am.

And I myself was having my own like, why didn't I die?

Right?

Because it went right over my head.

And -- and so I -- he had the conversation about God.

He's funny. I thought it was the biggest mosquito in the world that hit me.

But he had talked profoundly about purpose. You know, and God.

And how God was in that moment.

It --

GLENN: I love the way you -- in the book, I love the way you said that as he's kind of working it out in his own he head.

He was like, you know, I -- I -- I always knew that there was some sort of, you know -- that God was present.

He said, but now that this has happened.

I look back at all of the trials.

All of the tribulations. Literally, the trials.

All of the things that have happened. And he's like, I realized God was there the whole time.

SALENA: Yes. He does. And it's fascinating to have been that witness to history, to have those conversations with him. Because I'm telling you. And y'all know, I can talk. I didn't say much of anything.

I just -- I just listened. I felt that was my purpose, in that moment.

To give him that space, to work it out.

I'm someone that is, you know, believes in God.

I'm Catholic. I followed my faith.

And -- and so, I thought, well, this is why God put me here. Right?

And to -- to have that -- to hear him talk about purpose, to hear him say, Salena. Why did I put a chart down?

I'm like, sir. I don't know. I thought you were Ross Perot for a second.

He never has a chart. And he laughed. And then he said, why did I put that chart down?

By that term, I never turned my head away from people at the rally. That's true.

That relationship is very transactional. It's very -- they feed off of each other.

It's a very emotive moment when you attend a rally. Because he has a way of talking at a rally. That you believe that you are seeing.

And he said, and I never turn my head away.

I never turn my head away.

Why did I turn my head away?

I don't remember consciously thinking about turning my head away. And then he says to me, that was God, wasn't it?

Yes, sir. It was. It was God.

And he said, that's -- that's why I have a new purpose.

And so, Glenn. I think it's important, when you look at the breadth of what has happened, since he was sworn in.

You see that purpose, every day.

He doesn't let up.

He continues going.

And it brings back to the beginning of the book.

Where you find out, that there was another president that was shot at in Butler.

And that was George Washington. And how different the country would have been, had he died in that moment.

And now think about how different the country would be, had President Trump died in that moment. There would be --

GLENN: We're talking to -- we're talking to Salena Zito. About her new book called Butler. The assassination attempt on President Trump. And it is riveting.

And, you know, it is so good. I wish the press would read it. Because it really explains who we are, who Trump supporters are. Who are, you know, red staters. It is so good at that. She's the best at that.