Former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden will face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election, hosted by CNN. But the American people don’t want to hear more bickering, name calling, and fake fear mongering, Glenn says. They don’t want to hear about the past. They need to hear a candidate who talks to them directly, who understands their struggles, and who has a plan to lead the country out of this pain. Who will lower inflation? Who will keep our jobs and our border secure? We’ve seen what “reimagining” our schools and police looks like. Who will provide a real solution? That, Glenn says, is the winning message for this election.
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GLENN: All right. So I want to talk to you a little bit about the debate tonight. And what I think Americans want to hear. What we're looking for. If you're watching the debate, you're most likely watching because you're a conservative.
Maybe there will be a few independents. That are looking for a choice. Of how am I going to choose between these two. I don't know.
You know, there's very few Democrats that are watching it. Apparently, according to the latest poll. It is mainly Republicans that are interested in this thing.
We will get into the reasons why, for -- for all three, you know, independents, Republicans, and Democrats. A little later.
But here's why you should watch, and here is what people want to hear.
First of all, let me start with what they don't want to hear. They don't want to hear about Russia gate. They don't want to hear about stolen elections. January 6th. Or frankly abortion in either direction. They don't need to go over the corrupt court cases of Donald Trump. We've got it. Or the corruption of the DOJ regarding Hunter Biden. They don't want to hear about Nazis, or an argument over the republic, or a democracy. They don't want to hear about drag queen story hour, or any more equity.
They don't want to hear about global warming. It is at the bottom of the list of American's concerns.
Okay?
They don't want to hear about the past and COVID vaccines.
Especially, if it's used as an excuse to dismiss or blame inflation or lack of jobs.
Anyone who tries to sell the border is secure. Our country is in good shape.
Jobs are plentiful and growing like crazy. Fuel is cheap and food is affordable, will lose!
Maybe not tonight. But in the fall, that message will lose. People no longer believe in the system.
They don't believe that it's geared for them, anymore. The -- they don't believe in the politicians. Quite honestly, on either side of the aisle.
And they certainly don't believe Jake tapper and the press.
All of those things that were, you know, good will, or we've got the full faith and trust in the American government, is a thing of the past.
The distant past.
People do not need, want, or frankly believe any more of the fake fear mongering.
Why?
Because there's enough stuff out there to actually be afraid of. And Americans are.
Here's what Americans want to know: Who is going to keep my job secure?
Who is going to grow jobs?
Who is going to make sure this insane inflation doesn't continue, and, in fact, goes down? They don't care about the fed. How it works. Or -- oh, God.
What Jeanette Yellen thinks.
People don't want to choose between food and fuel!
I don't want to choose between making rent, or having a car. I can't afford a new home, I can't afford a loan, nor the 30 percent interest rate on my credit cards which are already maxed out. People want answers. They want an actual plan, that they're participating in.
That they understand it. And they're like, okay. Yeah. All right. Let's do that. They want a leader.
They care about the elites who are getting rich. The banks are always bailed out, without any consequence. And it seems like the average American can't even get a fair deal.
That's what they want to hear about. They're the people who create 70 percent of all jobs. In recessions and tough times.
The small business. People who are in small business, have always been the back bone of job creation. Yet, they see the pattern. It's the same with the banks.
Home Depot made money. Was allowed to stay open. But local hardware store. That was a health danger. What's the game we're playing?
Because the American people feel like, I'm on the losing end.
And it's intercourse real for them. They've seen what the reimagining of our economy is doing. They -- they have seen the reimagining of the police. They know what that looks like. What they want to know tonight, is who will restore safety to our streets?
And sanity in the houses of I couldn't wait. And the DA offices?
Crime is unlike anything I have seen in my lifetime.
Because it's everywhere! I -- I mean, when San Franciscans were pooping on the streets, I thought that was novel.
Well, that's happening in a lot of places: Philadelphia, New York, Detroit. You name it. All of California, except the farmland. And they could probably use the poop, at the farmland. People want safe and clean streets. They have seen the reimagining of our schools.
They want schools that will help them, as parents. Teach their children reading. Math. Arithmetic.
Writing. Usable skills. Not out of march and protests. No matter how insane. Or, quite frankly, how valid those protests might be. They don't need the school training them to be a protester.
Our children need a good education. They don't need some indoctrination camp, to teach them that they're gay. Not gay. Nonbinary. One of 93 different genders.
They don't want any of that. What they really worry about, when it comes to their children is, what is their children's life going to be like?
Because I can't imagine it. If we stay on this road, I don't see a bright future for my children, and that's bad. And people know it. And they want to know: Who will stop the insanity?
Remember, that's what Biden came in as. Biden won the last election, because he was like, isn't this crazy?
I mean, don't you just want to -- and people voted for him. Because he's an old safe guy, what is he going to do?
Well, we've seen what he's done.
Are our kids going to be able to afford an education?
Is it worth having an education?
What should they study?
With AI and everything that's coming, what is the plan, guys?
Will my children be able to own a house?
Will my children be able to inherit my house? Will they be able to have food or even grow food? People worry that this is the end of a country, that almost all of us, 75, 80 percent plus love, and want.
We may disagree on the problems or the solutions. But 80 percent of us love America!
They want to -- they want a solution on the border. They want answers on the border.
They worry about war. Is my kid going to be sent off to fight some politician or global elite's war? Something I don't want. Something that I don't even believe in. Something I don't even understand why we're in it. You're already spending all of my children's money, and you can't track any of it.
And are we seriously talking tough, when nuclear war is an option on the table for not just one country, but seemingly several countries?
I mean, down on the list, they worry about freedom of speech, unlike they've never thought of it before. Because it's coming more and more real. They're feeling it in their office. They also worry about guns.
They worry about the senseless shootings in our schools. But are you going to address the real problem there? Because if there's a shooting in the school, we know who will get the blame. It's the gun. Or the Nazis. But, you know, when we have a transgender shooting. In fact, several of them, nobody seems to want to talk about that. Nobody even wants to talk about the real problems of social media.
That's the main driver of suicide and the death in young adults. They won't say anything about that. Because they're in bed with social media. They won't call out the gangs. They won't call out China. And the drug cartels. For the huge problem of fentanyl.
Instead, what they'll do is they'll make it harder for people in actual pain, to get pain relief from their doctors. Have you tried to get pain relief from your doctor? Well, you're already. You're already. They're looking at you now, to put you in jail. Because you need pain relief from your doctor! And the doctor is also afraid of going to jail. Because if he messes up one thing, that's it for him.
And it seems more and more like the solution from our government, for real pain relief. For pain and suffering is, well, you can kill yourself.
But I digress.
People care about their future.
For the first time in my lifetime, their immediate future.
Are my kids going to survive school, is my wife going to make it after going to the gas station?
Am I going to have any money left? Will I be able to keep my house or my apartment? People for the first time in my life, are beginning to look at our civil rights. Our Bill of Rights in a different way.
For instance, the right to keep and bear arms. That's always been theoretical in so many ways.
But it's not theoretical anymore. And here's how: We see on TV all the time, people trapped in their cars. Surrounded by Antifa or Hamas lovers. Whatever it is.
And there's no help coming for that person in the car. There's no help.
But God forbid, you defend yourself.
No, the writers won't have a problem. No. They'll be fine.
You?
No. Help is coming.
We see that. You call 911 in several cities.
No. Help is coming.
Our wives. Our daughters. Our son. Even us. Men.
We have to stop and get gas at night occasionally!
When did it become normal to check over your shoulder, to make sure you're not being cased.
The bad guys have guns. And the way they get them, is not through any legitimate gun store, that you're breathing down the neck on.
They have them.
They use them!
And the police are now no longer allowed to police anymore.
And if they do, God forbid, the DA lets them go!
If our government won't stop gangs from coming across the border. From the terrorists of many countries.
That are known to be coming over our southern border.
If the government dismisses rioters, fire bombings, calls the hard-working tax-paying American that is struggling literally to buy a loaf of bread. The biggest at the current time to America. Then maybe we've already lost our country.
And too many innocents will lose their life. People want to know who will keep them safe.
People want to know why our veterans are on the streets, and illegal aliens are in five-star hotels.
People want to know why you won't arrest and convict criminals.
You won't go after the gangs or illegal guns. You won't enforce our laws.
And then at the same time, a big push to take away my right to defend myself. And the only thing that I'll have to defend myself.
But, again, that's a distant second, to I can't afford food! I can't pay for my house.
I can't afford an apartment. A car. Electricity.
Fuel!
Insurance. Health care. And no slogan is going to work this time. None!
Only leadership.
People need to see a leader tonight, that actually sees them.
They don't care about their life. They don't care about the past.
They need a leader that sees them. Sees what their life is like for them, every day.
They don't need anyone to tell them how bad it is.
They want to hear, I get it. I see you.
I know the problem, and I will fix it.
