RADIOMay 10, 2022

‘It’s VILE’: Activists protest outside SCOTUS justices' HOMES

The far-left can accuse conservatives — like Glenn — of using ‘aggressive rhetoric’ all they want. But the clear evidence shows THEY are the ones committing such acts. In fact, leftist activists recently have gathered outside the HOMES of Supreme Court justices to protest the court’s alleged, upcoming decision on Roe v. Wade. Convening outside their homes is ‘vile,’ Glenn says, and carries an 'implicit' warning. And, perhaps surprisingly, some Democrat Senators may agree too. Senator Mike Lee joins Glenn to explain why his colleagues across the aisle may not be willing to publicly say what they privately believe...

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Yeah. So let's talk a little bit about, first of all, what is happening to the Supreme Court justices, in front of their homes.

Mike, that's clearly illegal. Is it not?

MIKE: Yes. It is. It's violating a statute. It also, quite arguably, violates a federal statute. 18 USC Section 1503, I think it is. That -- would see, that this is unlawful. But more than anything, Glenn, this is just really creepy.

It carries with it, an implicit threat of violence. Because it says to the occupants of the home, where they're protesting, we know where you sleep.

GLENN: Correct.

MIKE: That's the only purpose it serves. And that has no place in society. I actually dealt with this. The first time I dealt with it, I was 11 years old. My father filed a brief in a case, and it dealt with an issue related to abortion. Related to Roe vs. Wade.

The abortion rights movement didn't like it, so they protested in front of our home. I was the only one home at the time. Actually, my older sister Wendy was there, but she was asleep the entire time. She slept long.

So I went out to talk with them. You know, the movie Home Alone hadn't come out yet. It wouldn't come out for another 20 years, but when I saw that movie, many years later, I thought I know how that kid feels. I started thinking, what do I do?

Do I break out the illegal fireworks stash, where my cousins bought on the Indian reservation somewhere before. Do I turn on the sprinklers?

It occurred to me, if I did any of those things, news crews would show up, that would be bad. So I just went out and talked to them, instead.

And the very first thing the lady said to me. There's a lady who appeared to be in charge. We'll call her Karen.

And Karen said to me, well, hello, little boy. We're not here to hurt you.

That's creepy. And it's creepy any time you protest in front of the home of a public official. That's what's wrong.

GLENN: Right. And I'm wondering if that would even be said today. A lot of these protesters. I mean, the -- it's vile what's going on.

Just as it was vile on January 6th. That was a -- that was a mob. And not everybody, but the ones that really kind of broke down the door, et cetera, et cetera. Those people were in a mob mentality.

And just vile. So, Mike, yesterday, without anybody condemning these people and saying, it has to stop. The Senate voted to pass a bill, to provide security services to the Supreme Court justices, and their families.

And it was a unanimous vote.

MIKE: Yes.

GLENN: How can someone on the left say, that this isn't violent, and yet, vote unanimously to provide security?

MIKE: Well, if one of them were on knowinger show. I'm sure all the lefties were on your show all the time.

GLENN: All the time.

MIKE: I'm sure they would say, look, the potential is there. We want to make sure that they have safety, when they need it.

Look, there's no reason for them not to -- there's no reason for them not to call it off. It is inappropriate. I have yet to have this conversation with any of my colleagues. Republican, Democrat, otherwise.

Who -- in which they will disagree with the suggestion. It's inappropriate to show up to someone's home. To protest.

It's not appropriate. I don't know why it is that they can't find the moral courage to express publicly, what I think all of them believe privately. Which is, that is not acceptable.

GLENN: That was the problem with January 6th, for all of us. Where is Donald Trump? Why isn't he stepping up to the plate right now, and saying, this is horrible.

Stop it, right now.

Let me ask you. There's a bill now going through. And at the Senate. And it's to codify Roe.

Can you explain what's going on here?

MIKE: Yeah. There's a bill moving through the Senate. And they want to codify Roe. But it's Roe on steroids. It's worse than Roe. Far worse.

It basically says, that no state can have any law restricting abortion in any way. And guarantees abortion right up until the moment of birth. Without any restriction of law.

So this is a very radical proposal. This is substantial farther to the left, than what you'll see from any ordinary American.

Americans understand, that regardless of how they feel about abortion, more broadly, they understand that the closer you get to birth, the closer you get to the point where a baby could clearly survive outside the womb, nearly all Americans support some restrictions on abortion. But they want to get rid of even those.

GLENN: This act is intended to protect all people with the capacity for pregnancy. Cyst gender women, transgender men. Nonbinary individuals. Those who identify with a different gender, and others who are unjustly harmed by restrictions on abortion services.

Mike, I have to believe, that if I were running for the Senate. And I was kind of in a purple state. I would be really upset. At the Democratic leadership, if I'm running as a Democrat.

MIKE: Yeah. And why wouldn't you be?

But, look, they're trying to impress a certain radical fringe element of their own base. And this is where they're going to do it. The next step they're going to do it. They're going to try to hack the Supreme Court. Or hashtag expand the Supreme Court. As many of my liberal colleagues are using that hashtag. They want to add justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, which is a huge mistake. All these things are designed to delegitimize and denigrate and isolate those Supreme Court justices, to vote for Justice Alito's masterfully written majority opinion.

GLENN: Mike, you were part of the crew that you were a leader of the crew, to find these Supreme Court justices. They're saying now, that it looks like this will be the final ruling. Do you believe that?

MIKE: Yes. I do believe that. And I think the reason why people are freaking out so much, is they're afraid to follow the same thing. That's why, I think if this does, in fact, happen. The pivot will happen very, very quickly. And they will move on to say, this is an illegitimate court, so we have to change it. We haven't seen this since 1937.

It's why -- started seeing this about a year and a half ago. That's why I started writing the book, that comes out June 7th, available for pre-order now, called Saving Nine. Saving Nine explains what happened the last time they did this. How we stop it. And why it's such a horrible idea.

GLENN: It is a book that is right on time. Called Saving Nine. And very good.

Mike, the bill they're trying to pass. Let's just live in fantasy land. We say that it passes. Okay?

Isn't that still what the Supreme Court was saying shouldn't be done? That it should go to the states. It's not a federal issue?

MIKE: All right. Yes.

So the Supreme Court drafted the majority opinion. Written by Justice Alito. Said that the sorts of decision, about to be made by the people's elected lawmakers. And not by nine lawyers, wearing ropes on the Supreme Court of the United States. For the simple reason, there's nothing in the Constitution, that makes this something that the courts decide. Nothing in the Constitution, that even makes this federal, rather than state.

Now, there are some places for federal law, to weigh in on most areas. But most laws, most of the time. That affect your day-to-day life. Are state laws. Not federal laws. It follows logically. That there's nothing the Constitution making abortion distinctly a federal issue. Most laws dealing with abortion, should be handled at the state level.

GLENN: Does that include if New York or California includes, you know, partial-birth abortion, or after birth abortion?

Which is now strangely being talked about in those states? Does the federal government have a role in stopping any of that?

MIKE: Depending on how far Congress wanted to push the envelope. Congress could try to assert more authority in that area.

My personal view is that this is one of those areas, that -- it really is perfect for the Constitution or the constitutional principle in federalism. There isn't a lot of national unity. National consensus on this issue.

People in Utah, would decide this very differently, than the people of New York. And people in Mississippi, very differently than those in the state of Oregon.

And, you know, sometimes, that is part of the constitutional compromise. That's the part of who we are. That is the compromise. Because we allowed people to govern themselves differently. And according to local preferences.

GLENN: Well, Mike, I want to thank you for all the work you've done with it Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to get these devise on the Supreme Court. And -- and women as well.

It's because of I think your work that we have these people. And I am hoping, that when we get a Republican Party in office, that you are appointed to the Supreme Court. Because I think you would make a tremendous Supreme Court justice.

Thank you so much, Mike.

MIKE: Thank you very much, Glenn.

GLENN: You bet. By the way, if you want to support Mike in his race for Senate. You can do that by I don't know. Checking out Mike Lee for Senate. Or whatever the hell.

STU: I don't know. The best way to point people to a site. Yes, you should look at his site. And this is an important week, by the way, to consider that. If you are a person, who looks at the ruling, from -- from Alito. And looks at it, in a positive light. And maybe dreamt of the take that Roe vs. Wade, would be overturned, your entire life, for example. It's important to highlight, as you did right there at the end. The really vital role that Mike Lee has in this ruling.

He was the guy --

GLENN: This is why they're coming after him so hard.

STU: Right. He was the guy who put together the list. Along with the Federalist Society. Along with a couple of people you mentioned. But he was really the driving force, to get that list in front of Donald Trump, that he wound up selecting from. Three justices.

GLENN: And in the office, with him.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: Campaigning for these people. Really trying to educate Donald Trump on who they were, in getting them to be the candidate.

STU: Without Mike Lee, you don't have this situation, you're looking at this week. That's how crucial, he's been to this process. And if you care about this issue at all. You should remember that, as you look at who you're voting for, here in Utah, over the necklace --

GLENN: Well, you have Edwin McMuffin, running against him. Who is pro-choice. That's one thing you would have going for you.

STU: Is he pro-choice?

Regardless, it's one of these things. Even if you had somebody else that you were considering. This is such a vital issue. He was so vital to.

GLENN: And I will tell you, the left knows it. Too bad the right doesn't know it. But the left knows exactly what he's done.

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

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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.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

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.