RADIOJanuary 25, 2024

Republican governors DRAW THE LINE on Biden’s border invasion

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has drawn the line on Biden’s border invasion and other Republican states are joining him. Glenn reads the letter Abbot wrote, accusing Biden of violating his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress and the federal government of breaking its compact with the states: “States should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president.” It’s time for the states to stand up, Glenn says, as we face yet another constitutional crisis spurred on by the Biden administration.

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GLENN: Let me tell you what's going on. Greg Abbott, yesterday, wrote a letter to the American people, and to the president. And defined his authority and the authority of the United States.

So here's what he wrote. Let me give you the whole letter.

From Governor Greg Abbott, January 24th, 2024: The federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the states.

Yesterday, we were talking about on this program, is the Constitution a suicide pact?

You know, you joined in, and you said, oh. These are the laws.

And states didn't want to join.

And when they didn't want to join. They said, okay.

What's your problem?

Well, I don't believe you're actually going to, you know, hold these rights. I don't believe you're going to hold the line.

And so the first step was to add the Bill of Rights.

And that was because the states were pushing back saying, I don't believe a federal government.

They had just come out of the war with England, who violated every right. Let's restate these, so we are very clear on the rights of the people. The rights of the states.

And the shackles that are on the government, the federal government.

When it comes to the states coming in, they were afraid, that because it was a -- you know, a weak federal government, and the federal government in the Constitution has the responsibility to protect the border.

But the states said, well, what happens if you don't?

We need to have the authority to be able to protect our own border.

Just in case, somebody comes in, and starts crossing our border.

And it's a -- you know, it's an invasion.

Now, of course, they were thinking about an invasion of an army.

But this is the textbook definition of invasion, if you look at what China planned to do, to invade Russia.

They thought, if there was ever a war with Russia. And they wanted to collapse Russia, all they had to do was send a million people over the border.

On day one.

And have them all surrender.

Day two, another million, would cross the border into Russia.

And surrender. Day three, the -- a third, again, 3 million people now, another million would cross the border and surrender.

They said, by the end of the week, our invasion plan of Russia would collapse Russia.

Well, that's exactly what's happening.

So he said, the executive branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws, protecting states including immigration laws, on the books right now.

President Biden has refused to enforce those laws, and has -- and has even violated them.

The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration. Despite having put on notice in a series of letters, one of which I, Greg Abbott, delivered to him personally by hand. The president has ignored Texas. Demand that he performs his constitutional duties.

President Biden therefore, has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws, enacted by Congress.

Instead of prosecuting immigrants, for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas, for taking action to secure the border.

President Biden has instructed his agencies, to ignore federal statutes, that mandate, the detention of illegal immigrants.

The effect is to illegally allow their en masse parole into the United States. By wasting taxpayer dollars, to tear open Texas border security, infrastructure. President Biden has enticed illegal immigrants away from the 28 legal entry points, along the state's southern border.

Bridges, where nobody drowns, into the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande. I always get that wrong. Is it right? The Rio Grande? Or Rio Grande?

STU: It's Rico Suave.

GLENN: Okay. Thank you much. That's what I thought.

Under President Biden's lawless border policies, more than 6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our Southern border in just three years.

That is the population. That is more than the population of 33 different states in this country.

And that's the 6 billion, not the ten.

This illegal refusal to protect the United States has inflicted unprecedented harm on the people all across the United States. James Madison. Alexander Hamilton. And other visionaries, who wrote the US Constitution, foresaw that states should not be left at the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats, like cartels smuggling millions of illegal immigrants across the border.

That's why the Framers included both article four, section four, which promises that the federal government shall protect each state against invasion.

And article up, section ten, clause three, which acknowledges, quote, the state's sovereign interests in protecting their border.

Arizona, versus United States.

Blah, blah, blah.

The failure of the Biden administration, on it fulfill its duties, imposed by article four, section four.

Has triggered article one, and section ten. Clause three.

Which reserves this state to the right of self-defense.

For that reason, I have already declared an invasion under article one, section ten, clause three.

To invoke Texas' constitutional authority, to defend and protect itself.

The authority is the supreme law of the land. And supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.

He is declaring the Constitution covers this. He's pointing out, where it covers this.

How it covers this.

And that now the federal government has no authority, because they failed to do their duty, and he has declared an invasion.

That authority is supreme law of the land. Supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Texas National Guard. The Texas Department of Public Safety and other Texas personnel, are acting on that Constitutional authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border. Sincerely, Greg Abbott, governor of Texas.

So what does this mean? Well, it means a constitutional crisis. Because now, we have a state, declaring its constitutional right to protect itself.

And the government saying, you can't do that.

Also, the -- the National Guard, can be called out by a governor. But a National Guard is still under the authority of the president.

So I don't know how that works. But there's plenty of Americans and Texans that will, you know, sign up to protect the border. Not vigilantes. But enough security, enough police officers, former police officers.

That would go and -- and join that, if they were serious about stopping illegals from coming in.

Now, Biden says, well, he just can't get the money.

I just can't get the money.

I -- you know, I would love to do it. But Congress won't give me the money to increase the number of -- it's not about the number of border agents.

It's allowing them to do their job. They're not babysitters. They're -- they are taking their time and taking people to and fro, to NGOs. That then put them on buses, and ship them all over the country.

Last night, I did a TV show. And they cell tracked the routes.

And if you look at where these immigrants are going, mainly they're going back east. But the flow is incredible!

I mean, it looks like a human body, with the artery system. In the veins.

It is an invasion of this country.

And everybody knows it. Sanctuary cities are saying I -- we can't handle it. It's going to collapse us.

You as a state, have a right, if the federal government fails to do its constitutional duty, which we all know it has.

They have failed to do it. This isn't a Trump problem. Trump had this under control.

Biden came in, on day one. And completely, through executive order, overturned everything that Trump had done.

We saw it. And it's only getting worse now.

Our government through NGOs, public/private partnerships. I showed you last night. It is stunning.

What the UN alone is doing, and we're paying for it.

They are intentionally moving people from South America, Central America, and Mexico.

Into the United States. This is all part of the UN. And the WEF. Which Joe Biden is fundamentally signed on for. And leading the world.

So do they have the right to do this?

Well, Ted Cruz says, yep. DeSantis has signed on. And I believe there are four other states. They're not?

DeSantis said, the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion.

It would never have been ratified in the first place. And Texas certainly, a republic.

You have to understand.

We weren't a commonwealth.

Texas was a republic.

It was a cup. It's the only one in the union.

They had no reason to join the United States. They wanted to.

But they needed to make sure, this is why Texas, the Lone Star state, has just a different attitude here.

Because from the beginning, it's like, we'll join. But we're still Texas.

And they would have never signed on, if they didn't have the right to supersede the government, in protecting its borders, if the government failed on their job.

So he's saying, Texas is upholding the law, while Biden is flouting. We have five states, because you can, in your state, join by declaring an invasion.

When you do that, then your state has the ability, the legal constitutional authority, to protect itself.

That's what needs to happen.

Right now, everybody is just blaming Texas. What has Texas done?

By the way, well, they have to stop.

He sent like 200 buses. Do you realize -- do you not realize, that your tax dollars are paying for buses every single day?

That your tax -- have you been to the airport lately? Have you seen people come in?

They have no ID. They have nothing. They have no identification at all. And they are being loaded on to the plane, with you.

You have to take off your shoes. And your belt.

You have to have the proper ID. You're on a list.

All of this stuff.

They just come on. Nobody knows who they are.

But the federal government is paying for that. Your tax dollars. So don't blame Texas.

Blame the federal government.

You have people that are overwhelming your city. And it's going to happen in all cities. It's Cloward and Piven. They're going to overwhelm the system.

And unless you say, no!

No more!

And you don't wait around for Washington to do it.

Unless your state declares an invasion, you're going to be overrun.

This is the time for the states to stand together.

Shocking train video: Passengers wait while woman bleeds out

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.

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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.

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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.