RADIOJune 19, 2023

‘SO BRAVE’: Listen to THIS woman of color REFUTE her haters

When Ryan Webb noticed how many straight, white men he was serving with on the Delaware County, Indiana Council, he knew something needed to change. That’s when he dove deep into his heart and his feelings and realized he was actually a woman of color — and a lesbian, too! He joins Glenn in this clip to describe that moment of realization, and he also shares a POWERFUL message for those who claim he’s just identifying this way to make a point about far-left woke-ness: ‘My understanding is that [we’re] not allowed to question someone’s gender identify…’

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GLENN: Can we talk about something else for just a second?

You know, it's time that we start talking about heroes. Good things.

For instance, did you know the trans identified male, has just won first place in the women's cycling tour?

Did you know that?

STU: No. Congratulations!

GLENN: Yes. She -- he -- they won. They won.

STU: They won!

GLENN: Taking first place. The first female with junk in her pants, taking first place.

And I -- hats off.

Also, there's a bearded man, who claims to be a woman.

But doesn't do anything go.

Just still looks like a man. But he's a good-looking woman, if he would throw some makeup on. You know, spend five minutes in front of the mirror, dude.

Anyway, he just won. Yeah. Another winner. The women's poker tournament.

He just won. So you have that. So this is good for women. This is good for women. Now, a lot of people might take this as being sarcastic. But there is a guy in Delaware County. Delaware County, Indiana county, councilman. He's Ryan Webb.

And he is the first Republican local councilman, to come forward as a lesbian woman of color. And, Ryan, hats off to you.

RYAN: Well, good morning, sir, I appreciate the invitation. And thank you for the recognition. Thank you.

GLENN: Sure, sure. Now how long have you been contemplating this transition to a woman?

RYAN: Well, I'm not really sure how long I have been contemplating it. You know, I've felt this way for quite a long time. And just really wasn't sure the right time to do it.

But as with each passing day, it's become more and more socially acceptable, and the rules have -- have become engrained and set in stone, as such, that someone such as myself, who has no real ambition to actually live life as a woman. However, knows that in my heart, that I am a woman. I thought this was the right time for me to go ahead and announce that that's the way I choose to self-identify.

GLENN: I think that's great.

You did say in your Facebook post, that you noticed that there wasn't any LGBTQ representation on the council board. And you are the first woman of color too. What color are you?

RYAN: Well, I appreciate you saying that. And I get noticed that. And I thought, we just need a little bit diversity. We had way too many straight white men on the council.

And I thought, you know, we can do something about this. To answer what my heritage is.

I have Cherokee, Native American on both sides. I'm very proud of that, and which qualifies me as the woman of color that I am.

GLENN: Oh, so you're not just -- you're not just a white guy, that is -- that is now saying, I identify as a woman of color?

You're actually, I mean, we could -- in the old days, I would say, scientifically show that your bloodline has Cherokee in it.

RYAN: Oh, yeah. Fully backed up with the documents of ancestry.com. Shout out to them.

But, yeah. That's a fact.

GLENN: So now you say, you are excited to be a vocal partner of the LGBTQQIAPC++ movement. And just how far can we take things?

You're glad that now anyone, just like you can be anything or anyone they want.

What are you -- how far do you want to take things?

RYAN: Well, you know, this whole journey of gender discovery and who you are.

I'm just riding the wave. And wherever it takes me, is where it goes. And I've said before, oftentimes with these things, they're very complex. Sometimes we end up where we started. But what I'm trying to do, as far as promote awareness in the community. There's a lot of bad information out there, from some of these folks as being intolerant and hateful. And I want to show the world, that some of us are pretty down to earth and sensible people, and not all crazy.

GLENN: Right. Okay. Have you had your first period yet?

RYAN: Well, I had something going on the other day, but I wouldn't classify it as that. I think I just had a little bit of indigestion.

GLENN: Okay. All right. Well, be prepared.

You should -- talk to your -- are you married?

RYAN: I am, yes. I have a wife, brandy. Beautiful wife brandy. We have six kids. And she's currently excited about the new designation of not only being married to a woman of color, but celebrating our diversity as an interracial couple.

GLENN: Yeah. Now, she is excited that you are now identifying as a woman?

RYAN: Well, you know what, she stands behind me, and everything that comes with it. She's been sitting and watching everything that happens like everyone else.

She's not naive to the benefits that come with a woman of color. So we're hoping our kids will be accepted to some colleges that they previously have not able to.

So the sky is the limit. So she's excited about that.

GLENN: Right. And she's identifying now as a lesbian.

RYAN: Well, she's not necessarily changed her identity. I don't think she can argue the point if that's what she is. She's allowed me to go on my journey. And her journey takes her wherever she needs to go.

GLENN: Right. And you are a lesbian though. You'll only sleep with women?

RYAN: I would say so. And I could also prove that, if anyone doesn't believe.

I'm very affectionate with my wife in public. I have more than stood on my own 2 feet with that statement.

GLENN: You know, a lot of people, Ryan.

We're talking to Ryan Web. He's a local Republican councilman, who has just come out as a lesbian woman of color. And the first one on the council.

And that was very brave of you.

So hats off on just your bravery.

A lot of people would say, that you are making fun of wokeness, and the fact that men will always be men, and not women. Is there any truth to that?

RYAN: Well, those allegations have been made. Now, I wouldn't make those allegations, I'm not saying that. In fact, I don't know what rule book they're reading from. But my understanding is that we weren't allowed to question someone's gender identity. It's simply declaring it.

If so, you may as well write it in read. I'm not necessarily making fun of anyone.

I'm just expressing how I'm changing to live my life, within the boundaries and rules, that are set by in society. And pass the test. So they can say that all they want.

But I don't need their confirmation, or their affirmation, or any of the ations. I'm living my own life.

GLENN: All right. Ryan, again, we salute you as a very brave, brave. It is hard in these days to come out, on something, you know, like this.

And stand there.

All alone, surrounded by all of the real power in society.

You know, holding your hand. And propping you up.

And give you all kinds of benefits. And that's a scary place to be.

RYAN: Well, you are correct with that.

And in the beginning, some folks didn't know how to take it.

Some were upset. But as the days went on. I've been receiving a lot of support.

To be honest, Glenn, the local leftists in my community, they're the ones who insisted on making this story a national story. Me personally, I would like to focus more on the important things that we're doing on the council, such as increasing transparency, and increasing the wages for all of our county employees.

Unfortunately, this is what we're talking about. It's a really sad situation.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, Ryan, you keep with your truth.

Okay?

RYAN: All right. I appreciate that, Mr. Beck. I will. I will. Thank you very much.

GLENN: Thank you so much.

That's Ryan Web.

Delaware County, Indiana. County councilman. Brave.

STU: Very brave, to take a stance like that.

GLENN: Sincerely.

STU: And I know that they are going to be celebrated for this.

Because that's what our society does.

Well, I don't.

I appreciate that he's keeping his name.

Because I don't want to dead name anybody.

STU: Right.

GLENN: But who am I to question what he believes. What his truth is, and what his truth may not be.

STU: You just did three in a row. He, he, and his.

You are kidding me? That is disgusting.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. You are so brave.

STU: Thank you. I am.

I mean, going along with everybody who has any kind of power at all.

Just going along and sniffing their butt and holding their hand. And doing exactly what you're told. You are so brave.

STU: Thank you for affirming me.

Well, thank you for affirming. Well, you haven't yet. You haven't.

STU: I affirm you. I affirm thou.

GLENN: Wow. Thank you. Oh. I feel heard. And affirmed.

And just kind of -- I don't know.

Like it's my first day of being a girl.

STU: You know, you -- you pass -- you're very -- would make a very attractive female. Not that that is what your journey is right now.

GLENN: Not right now.

Let me tell you something, if I do become a girl, you damn better say, I'm not only a girl. But I'm a good looking girl.

STU: Oh, I will affirm the hell out of that.

GLENN: So thank you. I affirm you too.

See, this is how we all come together.

STU: This is the mutual affirmation society.

We just speak the truth, that our overlords demand that we speak. And we all get along.

STU: That's what we do. You have to say, what your truth is. And it becomes the truth.

With one exception. If someone says they're trans, and they commit a mass murder. Then it's totally okay to say, they were lying at the time. Any other instance, though, you must affirm what they say.

GLENN: And I would like to make another correction, and I hate to.

STU: Are you disaffirming?

GLENN: And I would hate to disaffirm.

But I think it's actually de-affirm.

STU: Okay. I'm sorry. How about de-firm?

GLENN: I hate to de-firm you.

But you said, we can say whatever. Your truth. And it is truth.

And that's not true. There is truth, Stu. And it's your truth, and it's my truth.

But there are some people that don't agree with that truth. That we're getting from the experts. And those people should be shut up, you know. Because they're not brave. They're Nazis.

STU: No. We de-firm them.

GLENN: We de-firm. Thank you. All right.

Hey, I think we just solved another problem.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

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Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

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The American Dream is in CRISIS - How Freedom Was Replaced by Comfort

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

Transcript

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

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The world is about to realize the DEADLY enemy we face

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.