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

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

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.

Could passengers have SAVED Iryna Zarutska?

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

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Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.