RADIOJanuary 06, 2025

Why Trump Supporters Should "THANK" Fani Willis?!

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been disqualified from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump – and BlazeTV host ‪@lizwheeler‬ says Trump supporters should THANK her?! Liz and Glenn discuss how Fani Willis has been a “gift” to Trump, thanks to her scandals. But is her removal from the case enough to end it? Glenn and Liz also discuss another blessing that looked bad at first: Donald Trump’s loss in 2020 …

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GLENN: I want to talk about a couple of things that have been in the news this week. That we haven't really had a chance to focus on.

And the first one is Fani Willis.

Fani has been kicked off the case with -- with Donald Trump for -- what was it? Conflicting interest. That's not what they say.

What was it, Liz? She was kicked off -- for I don't know.

Completing --

LIZ: Yeah. This is what Trump's attorney said. It was a conflict of interest. She was having an affair with the prosecutor that she appointed to go after Trump. Just a smidge of a conflict of interest.

GLENN: Yeah. Kind of a conflict of interest.

LIZ: Yeah. A little one.

GLENN: Yeah. Barrel even noticed.

LIZ: This is what Trump's attorney Steve Sadow said. He said, as the courts rightfully noted, only the remedy of disqualification are suffice to restore public confidence. That's correct.

GLENN: Yep. Yep.

It's absolutely correct. By the way, people of Georgia should fire her.

I mean, in my opinion, she absolutely perjured herself, and is just not -- not somebody that I would want and feel comfortable, even if I agreed with her.

I wouldn't feel comfortable that she would apply justice equally, to every man, including me.

So that looks -- you don't think they will bring it up, and assign somebody else to the case. And keep doing this, do you?

LIZ: I don't think they can.

Because they lost public trust. Not that that should be an indicator of whether justice is served or not.

It actually shows you it's a kangaroo court. Because they're just monitoring public opinion.

Do people think we're okay? Can we push it a little further?

I don't think they can.

I mean, especially given the fact that other cases against Trump, brought by the special counsel have been dismissed and dropped because he's going to be the sitting president.

I actually would like to take a moment and thank Fani Willis. Because as corrupt as she was, she was the biggest gift that had been given to the Trump campaign.

GLENN: All of these were!

LIZ: Imagine if she had been a buttoned up, smart, ethical, competent person. I mean, Trump didn't have to do anything. He just had to sit back, shh. And let her do her thing.

GLENN: And they were all like that.

You know, the one thing I really learned, I learned this during my alcoholic years. I'm sorry. It's so noisy here. I'm at AmFest.

The doors are not even open yet. And there's just a crazy sound everywhere. When I was an alcoholic, the thing that I had to do, was surrender.

I had to surrender my will. And stop trying to force my will.

Thinking, I know better than God.

Well, I'm still learning that over and over again.

For instance, in 2020, I was convinced, we were doomed. We were doomed. You know, and we've got to -- we've got to do everything we can. That part was true. What the Democrats failed to learn is what I learned in 2020.

Sometimes failure isn't bad. In fact, it's usually not bad. If you learn the lesson, and the lesson I learned in that failure was.

Oh, my gosh. God is not neutral. That happened for a reason.

And now he's coming back, stronger, more informed. Ready to fight another four years.

Where it would have been just more of the same for the last four years. America changed and put us in this position to actually have transformative change coming our way right now.

Stop forcing your will.

When you just say, you know what, I'm not smarter than God.

I'm not smarter than the American people.

I trust the American people.

It will work out, in the end. And they just won't learn that. They -- they tried everything they could, by hook or by crook, to convince the American people, that he was a fascistic, racist, monster. Who should be in jail.

And the more they pushed that lie, the more people on their side went, I don't -- this is ridiculous.

They were the biggest gift to the Republican Party. The Democrats. And the strategists.

LIZ: Isn't that the thing about Trump though. He actually does surrender himself, in the case of Fani Willis. Quite literally. That mug shot was probably his biggest in-kind campaign donation that we've ever seen.

But Trump does surrender himself, and trust the American people whom he represents, in a way that I've not seen any other politician do.

He listens, and is humble enough to change his mind.

STU: Ronald Reagan was the closest to that. But I think the -- you know, Ronald Reagan said, he need has their time.

And he said, I haven't changed since the 1960s.

But it wasn't my time.

And then all of a sudden, time catches up with you.

And you lock into a slot. And how much time, that lasts. You know, you don't know.

That's one of the problems with the media. Is they might lock in. And they will get their fame and fortune.

And then their time stops, but they force their will. And they start compromising. And selling themselves.

And it doesn't get any better. Look at the mainstream media.

Their time is up. But they're doing everything they can. And they've become prostitutes. Complete and hotel whores.

Because they -- they won't accept it. Ronald Reagan accepted it. But it was his time, I think the people kind of caught up to him.

Donald Trump trusts two things: His gut, which I have to tell you, is one of the best guts I've ever seen. And the second is the American people. He knows. He just knows. They get it. And if they don't, they will. Which is powerful.

LIZ: Think about his most powerful moments from this year. Think about when -- I mean, think about when -- who didn't get that thrill of excitement seeing Donald Trump working at McDonald's.

It didn't feel inauthentic the way that politicians kissing babies sometimes does.

It felt like him saying, no. I'm a billionaire. I don't actually work at McDonald's. I'm not pretending that I was raised in a middle class household like Kamala pretended.

But he's saying, I see you. I feel what you're going through, and I'm here to be your champion. Because I get it.

GLENN: And you know why that was so authentic? Two reasons: He likes people. Okay?

He likes -- he likes the American people.

He likes -- I think he probably likes, you know, the average person, that works at McDonald's, more than he likes some of the rich fat cats that hang out in Mar-a-Lago. You know what I mean? Honestly, I really think so.

He likes people. That is very unusual for a politician. He likes people.

Then he's also a McDonald's eater. He loves McDonald's.

And he enjoyed his time, you know, figuring out the fryolater.

Oh. I finally get to make the fries that I love so much!

You know, so it was all genuine, even though, he was a billionaire, working an hourly job.

LIZ: Well, he's intellectually curious. He was interested in the promise that went into something that he liked.

Which is why he was such a successful. Or is a successful businessman and an architect and builder. Because he cares about those details.

Did you see that video of him? I think it was from last week, where he was so involved in the design of his set. That he had them put a table, put water on the table, put the doily under the water.
Then take it away.

And he genuinely cared about what the setup looked like. It was lovely.

I watched it like three times.

GLENN: I did. Oh. He is such a freak about that. I did not know that.

I know he was a freak on just about everything. But he's obviously -- I know he's a television guy.

I mean, he gave a speech. I was in the audience. I don't remember where this was.

He gave a speech. Any of us the audience.

So was Mark Burnett.

And it was like part of that speech, he was just talking to me and Mark about how television work. And I was like, you know, there are other people here.

Because he kept looking at me, right, Glenn?

Right, Mark?

And I realized, this guy doesn't just go on a television show. This is the difference between stars and -- and genuine phenomenas. Phenoms come from somebody who comes in and doesn't want to be a star, is excited by the process. Has something to say. Knows their own self, and then explores.

And the American people have always traditionally liked explorers. Even if it's just somebody exploring this job. And exploring this new thing, that I've never done before.

But I want to learn everything about it.

That's -- that's what he has.

And if you have that curiosity, and the soul of an explorer, in everything you do.

From building a building. Or working the fryolator at McDonald's. You're going to be a phenom. I'm convince it of.

LIZ: Plus, I think when we see a politician that is a celebrity, and this is true for me. I always want to know what they're like, quote, unquote, as a real person.

How do you interact with your wife? What are you like with your children? Are you a present part of your grandchildren's life?

How do you treat your employees. And we hear all these gossipy stories out of Washington, DC, about Kamala Harris' staff. This huge turnover. Being annoyed because she's rude to them, always glued to her phone. Never present.

Gets 50 people to get a hold of her.

And then you see the way Donald Trump talked to the production assistance in that video.

He wasn't barking at them.

He wasn't dehumanizing them. He was being respectful of their craft, and taking part in it.

And I think that's such a public measure of someone's character.

How they talk to people who are in much lower subordinate positions.

GLENN: Yes!

I told my daughter when she walked offstage this week. I said: Go, and thank all of the stagehands, when they're not busy.

Thank them. They just made you look good. Thank them.

Care about them.

And to go back to Donald Trump, when I was at Mar-a-Lago first time doing an interview with him there.

After it was over, he said, what are you doing for dinner?

And I thought he was talking to me, and it was uncomfortable because everybody else was in the room, that was with me.

And most of them were wearing like black pants and a black T-shirt.

They were dressed to be, you know, people on the set.

Not to be seen.

And I said, well, I think we'll all probably go to McDonald's.

And he said, no, no, no, no. And he looked at the room and said, you're all coming with me to have turn. We're having dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

The place was packed. Absolutely packed. And you don't go to Mar-a-Lago without a jacket or a tie. You know, these guys were in jeans and T-shirts.

He did -- I thought when he said that, he was talking to me.

He was talking to everybody in the room. They were just as important to him, as I was. And I thought, wow!

That's a real man! That's a really good guy!

So all right. Let me come back here in just a second.

More. We have, by the way -- we will be talking to Chip Roy.

He just got out of a meeting with Vance. I think this will be the only interview he's going to give. And he's going to give us the inside scoop of what happened this morning.

I'm against what he did yesterday. But I'm for it, in principle.

I just think it's a matter of time.

Give Donald Trump what Donald Trump is asking for, right now.

Until he proves us wrong. Until he proves us wrong.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Why Your Actions Matter More Than Words in the Eyes of God

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.

Watch the FULL Interview HERE

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.

Glenn Beck Warns of 3 Economic Outcomes That Could Change EVERYTHING | Ep 467

Socialism is spreading fast among America’s youth, and the shocking election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor in New York City marks a major cultural and economic shift. Glenn exposes how runaway debt, record home prices, AI job disruption, and the collapsing stake in capitalism have led many Millennials and members of Gen Z to embrace socialism and communism. He reveals the three possible economic futures for 2026: two that are disastrous and one that could change everything if the Trump administration’s global financial overhaul succeeds. Plus, Justin Haskins, president of the Heartland Institute, joins to reveal some terrifying truths about why young Americans are embracing socialism from a poll he conducted with Rasmussen Reports.

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.