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October 21, 2024
FBI's historic crime stat update PROVES Trump was RIGHT
During the Trump-Harris ABC News Presidential Debate, moderator David Muir "fact checked" Trump when he said that crime is on the rise. Well, it turns out that Trump was RIGHT. Everything Trump said in response to the "fact check" has now been proven true: Crime IS up and the numbers now show it after a shockingly large FBI "stealth edit" of the 2022 data. So, will ABC News apologize? Probably not. Glenn discusses how the mainstream media has become a propaganda arm of the government and progressives.
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: I want to talk to you. I found this book from mom squad.com. It is the Ten Commandments does is and voting.
It is so good.
We were just going to talk about what the FBI is doing. They released in footnotes, a change to the -- the crime stats.
A massive change to crime stats.
And you're looked at Kamala Harris. They're lying, over and over and over again, about Donald Trump.
And people will say, well, Donald Trump lies too!
I want you to know, there are three types of lies.
This is from your candidate should avoid three types of lie. The ten commandment is thou shall not bear false witness.
Okay?
Your candidate should avoid these three types of lies. The -- the easiest way to know if your candidates are honest. Is to look for the lies they tell.
And the way they tell them.
There are three main types of lies. Commission, omission, and paltering.
So commission is outright lying.
Deleting facts that are important, like CBS seems to be doing, is also another form of lie.
And paltering. Paltering is not as common as a lie, but it is the slipperiest one. Because paltering is using a series of truthful statements to say something false.
Okay? So how do you find -- because you have to vote for one of these two people. So how do I balance?
A lot of people say, well, they both lie.
All right. So let's do this. According to -- according to this Ten Commandments and voting pook. Candidates should be honest.
This is already a big ask. Chances are your candidates have been dishonest about something at some point.
Keep that in mind. So has everybody. This is not about perfection. This is intent.
Are your candidates trying to mislead you?
Is Donald Trump trying to mislead you?
I think the answer to that is absolutely, no.
He's not trying to mislead you.
Can you think of a lie he's told?
He's -- well, I guess -- well, you know. I had more people at that -- at my inauguration.
STU: I mean, look.
GLENN: But that's harmless.
Still.
Are they trying to be honest?
Are their motives honest and pure?
Are their policies backed by their belief?
That's one I know for sure, Donald Trump's policies are backed by his belief.
Do they follow through on their promises?
He has. How often are they dishonest.
Okay. I want to show you something that this whole system, is so corrupt. Fox. Or I'm sorry. The FBI has now come out and changed.
Covertly changing the crime stats. Okay?
Democratic operatives and the liberal media have claimed that crime is going down.
You know, and they show you the FBI data.
Well, the FBI has screwed with the numbers.
The Crime Prevention Research Center, reported that the FBI stealthily changed its crime data for 2022. A year in which cities like Phoenix, New York City, and Los Angeles, failed to submit any crime data.
And then they said, this is a finished report and crime is down.
Well, now, they say, well, okay. It didn't fall by 2.1 percent. It's actually -- it's actually up.
The 2022 violent crime rate has been updated for inclusion. There were 80,029 more violent crimes. 1600 more murders.
7,780 more rapes.
33,000 more robberies. And 37,000 more aggravated assaults.
Okay. That sounds like a big miss, doesn't it?
But here's where it gets insidious. They just put this in the footnotes. They didn't make a big deal out of it.
They continue to mess with the numbers. How many times have they gotten the unemployment rate wrong, so you get the headlines of, we're good?
And then a month later, they're like, we're not so good. Okay?
They give tells me a talking point that crime is actually down, when we all knew -- if you believe your own eyes. And don't listen to the media. You know what's true already.
And let me show you how Donald Trump is made to look like a conspiracy theorist.
Or a madman.
And how the media actually helps them do it.
This is from the debate. ABC.
DONALD: Crime is down all over the world, except here. Crime here is up and through the roof. Despite their fraudulent statements that they made, crime in this country is through the roof. And we have a new form of crime. It's called migrant crime.
And it's happening at levels that nobody thought possible.
VOICE: President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is actually coming down in this country.
DONALD: Excuse me, the FBI defrauded -- they were defrauding statements. They didn't include the worst cities. They didn't include the cities with the worst crime.
It was a fraud. Just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud.
GLENN: He was right!
STU: It's notable.
It wasn't Kamala Harris fact-checked on him that.
It was the moderator doing it.
GLENN: Well, she was making faces. He's crazy. What is he saying?
STU: She just didn't know. The moderator didn't know what the line was, and that was a report that was released by the FBI. But it was not complete.
And now we know what the result is.
GLENN: This, by the way, is the largest percentage increase that we've ever seen.
Okay?
The largest percentage increase that we've ever seen.
In the last -- yeah. Since they've been releasing these statistics.
They have -- they have gone up, a little bit. And corrected by just a refraction of percentages.
GLENN: As far as the correction goes.
Got it.
When they have the -- the correction. It will go up just a little bit.
It's never done anything like this.
This was intentional!
Again, to give her talking points.
You'll notice, CBS, another liar. CBS will not release the transcripts.
Of two shows!
STU: This is incredible.
GLENN: They will not release the transcripts. You know when they will release them, if they have to?
After Donald Trump is elected. Okay?
Because they'll be forced to do that. But this is exactly the same thing with the Joe Biden laptop.
Nothing to see here. Nothing to see here. Nothing to see here. Oh, wait. I guess that is true!
After the decision has been made.
They're holding this for as long as they possibly can get away with it.
Why?
Because people are voting today!
If you had the information, that CBS had edited her -- her answer.
And made her look better. By pulling an answer from some other question, and putting it there. Instead of her meandering around it. In a word salad.
Would you be less likely to vote for her. Or more likely to vote for her?
Would you trust the media more or less?
It's -- it's quite remarkable.
By the way, here's some good news.
The trust in the media is at the lowest ever.
And the trust of the Supreme Court is actually up to be higher than it was before the Dobbs decision.
So while they're trashing the Supreme Court, people are looked at that argument and going, I don't think that's true. I have faith in the Supreme Court. It went down. And now it's back up.
I find that interesting, and a little bit inspiring.
STU: Yeah. That's -- that is positive.
And, you know, you get to that point. Where you watch, I think people and the media, the way they respond to these things.
And you lose -- you lose faith a little bit.
I mean, watching.
Watching this sort of stuff go on.
It's really depressing.
At times. I was watching an interview last night. The way she's so evasive.
It really became, you know, really became depressing.
They're talking about the crime stats, situation.
That was -- a media firestorm, at the time.
That, you know, he's misquoting it.
It wasn't just at the debate. This happened several other times. And the fact-checking.
You have to step in. You have to correct his facts. You know what their spin is now?
Why are we talking about 2022 crime statistics? That's way in the past. That's way in the past.
Now, it was important a few weeks ago. When she was winning debate points.
Because the moderator made Donald Trump look like he was lying.
But now we're at the position. Come on. 2022. Let's look to the future.
GLENN: That's the way it is. Every single time.
STU: It is. Every single thing they can do.
You're just at that point now, where they will do anything to get him out of -- make sure he's not office. Anything they can do to get Kamala in.
We're beyond the part where they will report on truth. And, look, I'm as skeptical as anybody on the mainstream media.
There are times, where they will report things. And they will check a box here or there.
To say, no, we covered that.
We're not in that period. When you're within a month of the election, they're not even going to try to pretend they're doing journalism anymore.
It's over. That period in your life is over.
This is not where we are anymore.
They are now going to say anything they can. At every single turn.
To the extent, all they're talking about today, in the Brett interview is that he was mean.
Right?
You got nothing out of that?
The first adversarial interview for -- and I don't even want -- I don't think adversarial is even fair.
GLENN: No.
STU: This show, would be adversarial. Her coming on this show.
Her going on that show, is the normal thing candidates do with -- with journalists.
J.D. Vance has done 60 interviews like that.
Donald Trump has probably done 15 or 20.
Kamala Harris has done one.
And the only thing you can come up with is he was mansplaining.
That's it!
Any possibility of actual coverage is over in this period.
GLENN: The mainstream media is not mainstream media anymore.
It's government propaganda.
It is an arm of the democratic party, that is doing propaganda.
That's all it is.
Next Tuesday, is that the 22nd?
Next Tuesday, my book, propaganda wars, comes out.
It shows you how to look beyond that. To be able to judge, which story is true?
How do I know a story is true? What do I -- how -- how do I decipher through all this bullcrap and what's coming next.
It's Propaganda Wars. It really is an important tool.
You can get it now. Wherever you buy your books.
You can order it. It comes out next Tuesday.
I've done the -- the book -- audiobook. And so you can get that as well.
But I would get this in paper.
Any book that you ever think is important, you should buy in paper.
You can buy it digitally. But I do two things.
I usually listen to the audiobook. And if it's worth keeping, I buy it again in paper.
Because, you know, things can change overnight.
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October 21, 2024
Israel-Hamas War Proves 'the Prophecies of Revelation' Are NOW | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 232
American citizens have been caught in the cross fire in the Middle East after the Biden administration's botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the Hamas attack on Israel. But it's not the White House that has been rescuing them. It's brave American citizens ... along with a very unique member of Congress. While his colleagues sit in Washington, D.C., Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) has rescued Americans from danger in Afghanistan, Israel, Haiti, and even here in the United States. Glenn calls him the “Captain America of Congress,” and, most recently, he helped save victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Rep. Mills joins "The Glenn Beck Podcast" to explain why he puts his life at risk. It all ties back to his upbringing. Unlike Kamala Harris, he wasn’t raised in a “middle class family.” He was born to two drug addicts and made his own way, served in the military, started a successful company, worked in the Trump administration, and is now fighting the swamp in Congress. He also addresses Israel’s elimination of the leader of Hamas, what he believes America would look like under a President Kamala Harris, whether Iran’s threats against Trump are serious, why he believes energy is the key to America’s power, and why he’s sure “we’re living in the prophecy of Revelation.”
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October 21, 2024
SHOCKING Hamas/UN connection discovered during a week in Israel
Glenn's head researcher, former DoD intelligence analyst Jason Buttrill, spent a week in Israel to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7th Hamas attack. And he discovered a shocking connection between the United Nations and Hamas. Jason reveals what he currently can about the situation: The IDF has loads of evidence, recovered from Gaza, that the UN has been supporting high-level Hamas leaders, including by giving them apartments. This fits with Israel's recent verification that a bodyguard for the deceased Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, worked as a UNRWA teacher. So, why hasn't the IDF released this yet? Jason has a theory. Plus, he describes what else he noticed during his trip: Israel is "preparing for something major," they view Oct. 7 very differently than we do in the U.S., and it's quite possible that Hamas attacked too early. Were Iran and Hezbollah supposed to join in?
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: So you just got back from Israel. And you saw some amazing things.
What can you share? A
JASON: Yeah. So I went on my own. Just on a fact-finding mission on my own. For one, the entire perspective that we have over here, of what happened on October 7th, is completely different over there.
I mean, here, we say the horrific terror attack on October 7th. I remember driving in at night, and the entire skyline is lit up with October 7th memorabilia.
GLENN: Wow.
JASON: And you never really hear them say, the terror attack by Hamas on October 7th. That is -- that is more like, the day that the war began. That is how they say it: This is when the war began. they say themselves now in war fitting, war footing, as they should.
GLENN: Yeah. Well, they are.
JASON: Yeah. Netanyahu and the Israelis are not going to stop.
They know who the enemy is. And they know the enemy is close -- is selling rockets to Russia.
And is close to a nuclear weapon. If they don't already have one. I mean, I'm so sick of hearing. Oh, they're very close.
They're very close. You know what, if they don't have one now, maybe there's a problem with their science program.
Because they've had -- they've been close for almost 20 years.
JASON: Glenn, there was so many revelations on just the actual strategic situation. I was just blown away.
There were documents that came out, I think a couple of days ago.
Where a lot of the mainstream outlets were talking about how, oh, this was supposed to be a bigger attack than it actually was.
There was some buildings in Tel Aviv. There was supposed to be a follow-up attack by Hezbollah from Lebanon. They captured documents, off of the Hamas terrorists, that hit October 7th.
Plus, when they actually went to Gaza and captured more documents there.
I think Hamas. And I believe they believe this as well. They jumped the gun.
This is part of a coordinated attack. So that was supposed to happen, from Gaza. A similar attack, called I think conquer the Galilee. Was supposed to happen from Lebanon. Via Hezbollah.
They were supposed to do the exact same thing in the North. And then all of the Arabs in Israel, were supposed to rise up at the same time.
And then you would have Iranian rockets. You know, coming from all our proxies. That was supposed to be a huge battle. This was when you, talk about like --
GLENN: Divine Providence?
JIM: Divine Providence. It really was. I mean, it was a horrible event. But if they would not have jumped the gun when they did, this would be a completely different conversation.
GLENN: So can you talk about the hospital you saw?
JASON: That was amazing. Oh, my gosh.
GLENN: Are you sure you can talk about it?
JASON: I think so. I -- I'm pretty sure. I was on my own.
GLENN: All right. All right.
JASON: They are preparing for something major. Whether that's --
GLENN: This just seems.
You told me this, this morning.
I just want to you listen to this, with Biblical ears.
JASON: So they're either preparing for a regional war. Or a major war, if it would ever happen.
GLENN: In Israel.
Jerusalem.
JASON: Right. I'm sure there's no books that have ever been written about calamity striking, you know, that area.
GLENN: No.
JASON: But they have a fully functional, underground hospital. That is just ready to go.
I mean --
GLENN: And it's massive.
JASON: I showed you, a photo. There's -- it goes down multiple stories down under the ground.
They have wings on each different level, under the ground. They're just ready to go.
They have the beds.
They have the air filtration system all done up.
Communications. My phone had cell signal. Like five stories down under the ground.
And I was like, wait a minute. I can barely get cell reception in Dallas, Texas, in some areas.
They're like, oh, we have some things.
I think you have some things.
There are some things going on. They are so prepared, if something happens.
We pale in comparison.
GLENN: You know, I wish I found out, five years from now. That all this money that we've just been blowing.
Wouldn't it be great, that, no, no, no.
What we built was a Manhattan project.
Not with a bomb.
But we made sure that people were safe. We -- you know, stored up food for seven years.
You know, something. We're not getting anything for our money.
JASON: Yeah. Speaking of money we've waste to the UN.
I told you about those documents they recovered.
They're finally being released. The IDF are releasing it to the media.
All that stuff is great. You can read it now.
There are other documents, where I begged them, Glenn, to give me. I was like, please.
I was like, we can do so much with this. You know, you've heard of stories, the UN had some workers.
They were around.
Took pictures October 7th, blah, blah.
The UN countered. We didn't know about that. We put them on administrative leave.
We investigated the issue.
I almost cussed. Bullcrap. Bullcrap.
They have documents. UN official documents, that say, oh, the UN, through this program. Was giving apartments to some of the highest commanders, in, you know. Hezbollah pap in Hamas. I'm like, wait a minute. What?
We have heard some things that connect them to, in a roundabout way.
But official documents? And they were like, well, yeah. Check this out. And then check that out.
And then check that out. I was like, where did you get this? It's like, we took them from Gaza. When we entered into Gaza. This is official UN documents.
Signed and everything. That shows how the UN relief. And the worker's aid.
I'm not going to put words in their own mouth. But this is my own words.
I don't see how they're anything, but complicit in there.
GLENN: They are.
JASON: I mean, why hold that though? That's what I told them! I was like, release these now!
GLENN: Because I don't think they have any real ally.
They might release it, if Trump wins.
They don't have any real allies anywhere.
Who will stand with them?
Hold that powder. Think I can get those documents?
JASON: I think things are in the works. To get those documents. Yeah. I've got -- I've got the very distinct impression, even though they were very, very, you know, diplomatic about it. That it doesn't feel like they have an ally in the United States.
GLENN: They know we are, right?
JASON: Seems like it. Seems like it. Yeah.
GLENN: What was the most stirring thing that you saw?
JASON: Oh, man. So many different things.
Can I tell you about the time I became a Jew for a couple of hours.
GLENN: Tell this story. This is amazing. Listen to this.
JASON: So check this out.
There's only one Israeli flight, airline, can get into Israel right now. All the other flights are closed down. So if you are at a place in the country, like say Los Angeles. You can go -- there's a direct flight. Or New York, there's a direct flight.
Anywhere else in the United States, you are going through London Heathrow, typically.
Now, I had -- coming from Dallas, I had to fly to London and had a four or two-hour.
I can't remember what it was. Seemed like forever. Layover in Heathrow.
Well, to get to that, you have to take some trains, once you land in London. You have to get to that terminal.
Well, that terminal, where El Al is at, is where all the other Middle East flights go out of.
So you're talking about Qatari Airlines. Emirates.
Like, all the other Arab Airlines are right there.
When I get there, you go to the little corner where Al El is, amongst all the other airlines. And there's multiple tiers of security, just to get to the security counter.
GLENN: Just that airline.
JASON: None of the others, just that airline. So when you're standing in those tiers of security, to get your ticket. You are getting the craziest screw you eyes, or I'll kill you eyes, from all the other people that are around there.
STU: Hmm.
JASON: I literally felt like they wanted to kill me, just because I was getting on an El Al flight.
GLENN: Just to assume that you were a Jew. Or an evil Zionist.
JASON: Right. Or a friend of Israel. I don't know. But I was like, oh, my gosh. This is crazy. I finally got to security. Got my ticket.
GLENN: By the way, so you know. Before he gets to the end. So you know, Jason is not like this. Jason is -- I wet my pants easily. He doesn't.
STU: Yeah. He has lots of other problems. But that's not one of them.
GLENN: I mean, he doesn't shy away from, oh, really?
They're looking. I will stand right in front of them. You're not like that.
JASON: No, no, no.
I was giving them stink eye back. You know, and you can say something.
But when you get out of there and get your ticket, there's no security. So they put the Israeli flight at the very end of the terminal.
And there's another -- so you can't just -- if you have a Qatari airlines ticket, you can't get to that part of it. You can't walk up to the gate, and they don't open that area up until like 30 minutes before boarding time.
GLENN: Oh, my gosh.
JASON: So you kind of have to hang out with everyone else.
I got my ticket. And I kind of felt like, I was stepping out on to a prison yard. Like, oh, my gosh.
I need to find allies now.
Think about this. This is in a public, London Heathrow terminal. I'm feeling like, I'm on a prison guard. That's how they're staring at you.
This is how every Jew feels, when they're in that terminal.
So I did the only thing -- I likened it to a prison. I looked for like a clique, where I thought that I would be safe.
And I remember I looked off into a corner. And there was a group of, like, 20 Orthodox Jews.
And they were praying right before.
And, you know, she was -- with the hats.
GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
JASON: And a few other Israelis. You can tell they're around, that weren't orthodox.
I looked over there. And beelined it. I walked over there, and in my mind's eye, it's like the Orthodox Jews, pumping iron.
They have like tear drop tattoos. Stars of David.
And I was like, hell, yeah. I'm going there.
I walked over there, and a couple of them actually stopped.
And they are swaying. Looked at me. And I swear, Glenn. I got a nod.
Like a quick -- and I tried to talk -- they won't talk to me.
They won't talk to me.
They just keep doing their thing.
Got a nod. And I went right behind them and sat down and hung out with them. That was my refugee.
GLENN: So I just want you to know, this is how brave he is. He used Orthodox Jews, possibly a rabbi, as a meat shield.
JASON: Strength in numbers. Those are my boys. Those are my boys.
GLENN: I know. I know. That's amazing. Thank you very much, Jason.
JASON: You bet.
GLENN: We're glad you're back safe.
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October 18, 2024
Trump ROASTS Democrats in HILARIOUS Al Smith Dinner speech
Former President Donald Trump roasted Democrats in a hilarious speech at the 2024 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City. Glenn reviews some of the best moments, including Trump's jabs at Tim Walz, Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, and Kamala Harris. Plus, he reacts to an unexpected moment where comedian Jim Gaffigan acknowledged that the Democrats staged a "coup" against President Biden. And perhaps even more surprising was the response from CNN's Brian Stelter to Trump's speech ...
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: Jim Gaffigan was -- was the host. I can't see Jim Gaffigan now, and not think of Tim Walz.
STU: It is a really funny impersonation. I mean, they don't give him any funny lines because they don't want to make fun of Walz.
But he just does the part so well. It's so frenetic and bizarre, which is just what Tim Walz is.
GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So he makes fun -- he was at the Al Smith charity dinner. That's the white tie dinners that the presidents always go to, and everybody in New York always goes to. You know, that has lots and lots and lots of money.
And they raise money for Catholic Charities. And this is the first time since Mondale that both candidates have not been there. And Mondale, of course, you know, lost.
I don't know if it's a God thing. Could be. I don't know.
But Kamala Harris decided not to show up.
And Jim Gaffigan, bless his little heart.
He took on both sides hard, which is exactly what a comedian should do. Here he is making fun of the Democrats last night.
JIM: The Democrats have been telling us Trump. Trump's reelection is a threat to democracy.
In fact, they were so concerned of this threat, they staged a coup.
(laughter)
Ousted their democratically elected incumbent and installed Kamala Harris.
In other words, all her dreams have come true. Really? It really makes you consider the power of prayer, right? Sometimes prayers take three and a half years, and a George Clooney op-ed.
(laughter)
He is funny. He is very, very funny.
Now, Trump is pretty funny himself. I mean, he's obviously -- he didn't want to do this.
He said, at the end, he just wanted to go up.
He said, I don't think anything is funny right now. The country is on fire, our liberties are at stake.
And he said, I just wanted to come up here and talk about that. But all of my advisers said, no, don't do that. Do comedy.
And he said, last time. And four years ago. He said, when I came here. He said, I did a roast.
And, Stu, you and I know, what it's like to do a roast.
Because you helped me write a roast that I did in New York with all of the superpowers. It was a dinner very much like this. And it was a roast, and nobody was roasting.
Everybody was telling like cute little stories. And taking soft little jabs.
And I looked at the guy. I was sitting next to him at the dais. And I looked at the guy we were roasting, and I said, might have made a huge mistake.
Because these guys are not roasting you. And all my material tears you apart. And he just laughed. And he said, that's why I wanted you to here. I knew you would have the guts to do it.
But apparently, four years ago, I don't remember this. But he appeared mean. At least, that's what he said.
And he said, I didn't want to repeat that. But he -- he -- he did some funny things.
Here he is, roasting Schumer. Cut one.
DONALD: Very, very strong. A certain way. I won't tell you what that is. But Chuck Schumer is here, looking very glum.
He looks glum. But, look, Chuck, considering how woke your party has become, if Kamala loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president.
(laughter)
GLENN: Did you watch this at all, Stu?
STU: Only the highlights. Came out on X and stuff. Yeah. It was pretty funny.
GLENN: Yeah. I was watching it too. Didn't Chuck Schumer. He looked like Gollum.
STU: Yeah. He does look very strange at this point. Posture.
GLENN: Yeah. His posture. And he was sitting. And he just looks like, my precious. He really looks like Gollum. But maybe that's just me. Here's Trump talking about the white dudes for Harris.
DONALD: There's a group called white Dudes for Harris. Have you seen this? White Dudes for Harris. Anybody know it? Some of you here, white dudes for -- that doesn't sound like it.
But I'm not worried about them at all, because their wives and their wives' lovers are all voting for me.
(laughter)
Every one of those people are voting for me.
GLENN: On Tim Walz. Here's what the president said.
DONALD: But unfortunately Governor Walz isn't here himself, but don't worry, he'll say that he was.
(laughter)
GLENN: Did you also notice Michael Bloomberg was sitting right in the front? And the guy didn't react or crack a smile, one time?
Honestly, it -- it was the weirdest thing. Not a single smile, nothing.
No reaction. Good or bad.
STU: That's the spirit of the event. Yeah. The spirit of the event is to go there, and you laugh at yourself.
That's what the event is.
GLENN: Bloomberg did.
STU: It was interesting to watch. Because you're right. Schumer who can at times, would like squirm and roll his eyes. But that's an okay reaction at that type of event. It is.
Gaffigan, actually as well, laughed really hard at some of the jokes.
Others that were the female president one.
He just didn't want to react to that one at all.
GLENN: Right. But generally speaking, I thought everyone was pretty much okay on their reactions.
But Bloomberg was just nothing.
GLENN: He was -- it was weird.
It was just weird.
It was like, are you listening to a podcast? Or something, right now?
What is happening with you?
STU: He was that famous footage of the interrogation of one of the murder suspects. Who just sits there, in the room by themself, for hours. And never has a facial expression.
You ever seen that footage? It's like that. Oh, yeah. It's classic. Classic.
GLENN: So weird. He also talked seriously about the assassination attempts.
Here he is. Cut four.
Having recently, myself survived two assassination attempts.
I survived. I have a chart that went down to the right. Fortunately, I looked -- that's my all-time favorite piece of paper, but it went down. And I looked to the right. And I said, you know, was that luck? Well, was that luck, or was that God that did that? And I think that it was God that did that. I do. I do.
But I have a very fresh -- I have a very fresh appreciation for how blessed we are by God's providences and his divine mercy. I mean, that was something -- I was not supposed to be here tonight. That, I can tell you.
So with God's help, I know there's nothing that cannot be achieved. We can achieve so much good with this country and get together and unify.
GLENN: I thought that was -- I thought that was a really great sentiment.
There was a night, that you're supposed to laugh at each other, and then come together at the end.
Which I thought he tried to do. Except for maybe de Blasio. He took on de Blasio. And it wasn't funny at all. He was serious. And he's like, this isn't a joke. He sucked. He was the worst. He destroyed this city. Did you see that?
STU: No.
GLENN: Stu. Oh, my gosh. It was -- he was talking about all the former mayors. But the worst one. And he's up here. And it's not you, Michael Bloomberg.
It's de Blasio. And he just tore him apart. You could tell it was -- you could tell that you Trump was a New Yorker.
And loves New York. And really didn't appreciate de Blasio, at all.
But here's -- here's -- you want to -- I want to end with miracles.
Because Donald Trump was talking about that.
And it was a night of miracles. Especially if you're watching CNN. Here's Brian Stelter on CNN.
VOICE: Brian Stelter, what did you make of this performance?
VOICE: I thought he was funny. I thought he actually got a few great jokes in. I thought the pest moment, was when he talked about the assassination attempts, and made light of what he's experienced. Because I think he's experiencing real trauma. Real PTSD as a result of the shootings, but he's still able to have a light moment in this room. And he took advantage of the fact that Kamala Harris wasn't there.
GLENN: What? That's Brian Stelter.
I mean, what this guy won't do to have a job, is amazing.
Because that's not his opinion.
It's clearly not his opinion.
Or maybe his -- you know, die hard hate for Trump. And Trump can never do anything right.
Maybe that wasn't his opinion.
I don't know what his opinion is. But that's a complete turnaround for Brian Stelter.
STU: Well, I think it was objectively funny at times.
GLENN: When has he been objective?
STU: Well, I mean, it's easy to -- again. It's easy to be objective, on a moment like that, I feel like.
You know, Jim Gaffigan is really funny.
But he does not like Donald Trump at all. He's a liberal. He's not a fan. But he was able to laugh. Right?
At some of those jokes.
Because they're objectively funny.
It's supposed to be what that event is.
It's more of a throwback to the old times. Where you can actually admit things that are accurate. Trump is objectively funny at times.
There's just no -- that's just true. It's just true.
And you should be able to admit it. And I'll give credit to Stelter for admitting it.
I don't know that anybody else on the panel would do such a thing.
GLENN: He is really funny. And he has no problem making fun of himself last night. Last night, he said, you know, they told me, I should do some self-deprecating jokes. But I've got nothing. I've got nothing.
But he does. I mean, here he is making fun of himself on SNL. Cut nine, please.
VOICE: The guy is here to fix the leak on your solid gold faucet.
DONALD: Send them in.
(laughter)
GLENN: Now, he's as a janitor.
VOICE: I'm the prince of this city, when you're in my office, you treat me with respect.
DONALD: Who did your decorating? Saddam Hussein?
VOICE: I'll have you know, this is all very classy stuff. And that painting of the tiger and the woman has gotten me laid on numerous occasions.
DONALD: I didn't know that gay dudes liked tiger paintings.
VOICE: Hey, you've crossed the line. I've killed people for less.
DONALD: Looks like you killed a squirrel to me, and put it right on top of your head.
(laughter)
VOICE: You're one to talk. Your hair looks exactly like mine.
DONALD: Yeah. Except my hair is supposed to look like this. I'm a janitor.
(laughter)
STU: That's from 2004, by the way.
GLENN: He's funny.