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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.
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October 17, 2024
The REAL reason Kamala Harris agreed to the Fox News interview
Vice President Kamala Harris recently sat down for an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier. At first glance, it seems like Harris was unprepared and defensive. So, why would she agree to this interview?! Glenn has a theory: There was one specific answer that Harris gave that, in her eyes, could have made the rest of this disastrous interview worth it. So, did she get what she wanted? Glenn also reviews how Harris’ campaign team cut the interview way shorter than it should have been (apparently, Fox News had originally agreed to an hour-long interview). Plus, Glenn reveals the answer he would have given Harris’ team if they had waved their arms at him to cut the conversation off.
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: Oh. Wow! Was that interesting.
The Fox news Kamala Harris debate is -- was bizarre.
STU: And it was not a debate.
GLENN: Yeah. Not a debate.
STU: An interview. It did at times feel like a debate. There was a lot of talking over each other.
GLENN: A lot of anger.
STU: There was a lot of filibustering going on.
GLENN: Yeah. So let me just tell you what happened with Bret Baier. He was promised an hour with Kamala. And then they called, I think yesterday. Maybe the day before. And said, it's only going to be a half an hour. And then they got a call when the half-hour is supposed to start. We will be about 15 minutes late.
Now, there's no reason. What was more important for her to do?
Okay?
Is there something else that she was doing that was like more important than the Fox news interview?
I can't think of one.
STU: I mean, if I were one of her aides, though, I would be popping the tire to make her late.
GLENN: Right. It was all planned. Oh, absolutely, it was all planned. And she was part of it.
STU: Why do you think that?
GLENN: Because they needed to throw Brett off. Now, they walked in, just at the time. Because it was supposed to be live to tape. Not live.
Live to tape. So they could not have time to reset during commercials.
STU: Yeah. And people don't always understand that terminology. But that's just basically, it's a live interview. It's just recorded and then you play the whole thing back as is. There's no edits, things like that.
GLENN: No edits. So it's live to tape. And it was recorded right before the show. So you need time to take that recording. It's not like the old days where you take the tape.
Okay? You have to ingest it into the right -- I don't even know. The right system to be able to play it back. Okay?
And that takes time, because it's rendering. So they were at the point to where, we're not going to be able to render this fast enough.
If she doesn't show up in like the next two minutes.
That's when she shows up. So they knew exactly what they were doing.
She shows up.
And now Brett is having to edit all the questions that he had.
I mean, it takes time to put an interview together.
So he has to edit. Now, which ones do I do?
Because I won't have time. He knows also, that they say, she only has 20 minutes. So now they cut an hour to a half an hour. And then down to 20 minutes, and he's flustered. Okay?
So they're trying to get him to be completely flustered. He's not. He does a great professional job.
However, this is why they did this. He has to be aggressive. Because she filibusters.
And I've done -- I've done interviews with Donald Trump before. Where you just can't get a word in edge-wise. Twenty minutes, I can ask him one to two questions, and you're just not going to get anything. If he doesn't want to give you anything, or if he's excited about one thing, he's just going to go. And you cannot shoe horn your way in.
It's why, if you listen to my interviews with Donald Trump, you always hear me go, yeah, but.
And I'm doing that, not to interrupt him. But to signal to him. We have to move on to the next thing. Okay. Pragmatism and you can do that in person, but not over the phone.
You have to make that sound, so he knows. Yeah. I have another question for you.
Well, she knew, he would have lots of follow-up questions.
So she was going to filibuster.
And she started hostile.
Immediately hostile.
Now, I'm going to show you. I'm going to jump to the whole reason why she did this.
Don't pay attention to anything else, that she said.
It's all really important, for you to know.
But she knows the media is in her back pocket.
She knows she has to shore up her own voters. Okay?
She's on the verge of losing the people, that will vote for her.
But they're starting to be like, you know what, she's just a limp noodle. There's nothing to her.
It's, oh, I've got a greatly indie car, with no engine or tires. That ain't going to win. All right?
So she had to speak, not to the Fox audience. She knows she won't get them. She doesn't care. We were all being used for her campaign.
For this one moment. Let me see here.
It is, I believe, cut 24.
VOICE: Test. He's talked about locking people up. Because they disagree with him.
This is a democracy. And in a democracy, the president of the United States in the United States of America, should be willing to be able to handle criticism without saying he would lock people up for doing it.
And this is what is at stake. Which is why you have someone like the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff saying what Mark Milley has said about Donald Trump being a threat to the United States of --
GLENN: Got it? Got it?
She needed to shore up her own people. And her own people believed that Donald Trump is a threat.
And they needed to show, she's tough as nails.
She knows and she is not afraid of anybody.
And this is a democracy!
And a democracy, a president cannot act like that!
This is the most angry she got.
It really came out of nowhere.
Okay?
It came out of nowhere.
This is the moment she was looking for.
It didn't matter what the question was.
That's why she kept making it about Donald Trump.
STU: Right.
GLENN: She kept going to Donald Trump. And it wouldn't fit anywhere.
It fit right here. Do it. You watch. That's the clip that will be seen by progressives.
And those on the left.
STU: So it was sort of a scripted takedown in her mind of Trump, he's bad for -- you know, hearkens back to the approach of Biden, right?
Which was standing in front of the Revenge of the Sith wall. And yelling about how bad he is with democracy.
GLENN: Yes. Yes.
Because there are those who -- she cannot lose the ones who are passionate against Donald Trump.
She has to have that rage, that they have spent eight years. Twelve years on. Okay?
They've spent all this time and money, and energy. Building that up rage.
They need to kindle that rage up here in the last few weeks. Because people are like, I don't even know if I'm going to go out and vote. He's a danger to democracy.
And I have the will to stop it!
STU: Because joy does not make you vote. Right? Like that's not how that works.
GLENN: Nope. Nope. Fear. Fear. Fear and vengeance.
STU: Especially in an election like this, in which you have basically two candidates. Donald Trump and not Donald Trump.
GLENN: Exactly right.
STU: Right?
They need to come up with -- they're realizing, that's their only source of strength.
GLENN: That's why she doesn't say what she's going to do.
She says, I'm not Joe Biden and I'm not Donald Trump.
Okay. But what are you?
You can tell who the author of this whole thing is, Barack Obama.
Barack Obama. I'm hope and change. What the hell does that even mean? We're at change.
We're going to move forward. Yes, we can.
What the hell is that?
That's not a policy.
STU: That strikes me more as similar to the joy approach. Right?
Sort of this generally positive term that doesn't mean anything.
GLENN: Because he could pull it off. Because he had that speech.
Remember? Everybody watched that speech and said, oh, man. He's great.
STU: Not everybody. But, yes.
GLENN: Everybody who watched it, went, this guy could be president of the United States.
Everybody said that. And so he was exciting. He was new. He was
He embodied change. He was the first black president. Okay?
So he could pull that off. She can't pull that off. She's angry. She's mean. Her staff doesn't like her.
She's unlikable. To have
She's unlikable. So this is just about hope and change. This is about joy and not Donald Trump. Not Joe Biden.
Not Donald Trump. Full of joy, I'll stop him!
And I'm going to give you free stuff. How?
What? What does that -- what are you doing?
Somebody who cannot articulate in an interview. All she kept saying, this is very carefully worded. Every time she tries to answer a question, it is, I will follow the law.
STU: I thought the same. What a bizarre response.
GLENN: Oh, no. Crafty. Brilliant.
STU: But in reality, it's not. Of course, you will follow -- what do you mean? Were we supposed to expect you weren't going to follow the law?
GLENN: But who is going to make the laws? Congress doesn't make the laws.
STU: Anymore. Yeah.
GLENN: Yeah, the administrative state makes the laws. So she can change the law to anything she wants.
She can go.
If she changes the Supreme Court, she can change any law she wants.
I'll follow the law.
STU: Yep. And the law will bend to whatever I want.
GLENN: Exactly right.
STU: Which, of course, is so ridiculous about this.
One of the ways she did this. And she did it several times. One of them was on transgender surgery. For prisoners.
Do we have that clip?
I think we do. Yeah. We do.
Should we listen to that clip?
GLENN: Yeah. Go ahead. Every transgender inmate in the prison system would have access --
VOICE: So are you still in support of using taxpayer dollars to help prison inmates or detained illegal aliens to transition to another gender?
KAMALA: I will follow the law. And it's a law that Donald Trump actually followed. You're probably familiar with now it's a public report.
That under Donald Trump's administration, these surgeries were available to, on a medical -- necessity basis.
To people in the federal prison system.
And I think frankly they can't be ad from the Trump campaign. Is a little bit of like throwing stones when you're living in a glass house.
VOICE: The Trump aide said that he never advocated for that prison policy. And no gender transition surgery happened.
KAMALA: Well, you have to be responsible for what happened in your administration.
It's black and white.
VOICE: So would you still advocate for using taxpayer dollars for gender reassignment surgeries?
KAMALA: I will follow the law. Just like I think Donald Trump would say he did.
VOICE: You would have a say as president.
KAMALA: Like I said, he spent $20 million on those ads. Trying to create a sense of fear in the voters. Because he actually has no plans in this election, that is about focusing on the needs of the American people.
GLENN: And saying exactly what she's going to do.
You have a say in the law. She doesn't say yes.
But that's why she's saying, I will follow the law. And the law already says. But he didn't use that.
No surgeries happened.
STU: Right.
GLENN: Will you advocate for it?
He's not advocating for that.
STU: Right. What is -- you're supposed to be the candidate of change?
GLENN: Yeah.
STU: Your answer is, I will follow the law.
What do you want the law to change to? That's what we're talking about.
The whole point of the presidential campaign. She wants to change a zillion laws. That's the whole point. What do you want the law to be?
And, by the way, that's a master class by Bret Baier there. He asked her the question. He knows where she will go with it, which is to blame Donald Trump.
He's already got her cut off at the pass. Knowing the answer. That there were no transgender surgeries. And then keeps pushing back on her. When he says, you have a say in the law.
I would have preferred they kept going.
Of course, they cut off half of the interview.
GLENN: He expressed his frustration afterwards. That I couldn't do anything.
With 20 minutes.
And you can't. With 20 minutes. And they had -- I would have made a different choice.
But I'm -- I'm -- you know, more of a renegade. He's an actual journalist. I'm not. He said, four people that were in her entourage. Four were standing off camera, behind one of the cameras, looking right at Brett. Giving him the wrap-up sign.
We have to go. It's over. Wrap it up. Wrap it up. I would have said, Ms. Vice president, you were -- you were 15 minutes late.
You've cut our interview to 20 minutes. It was supposed to be an honor. Now it's 30. And can you turn that camera around.
Will you show those White House people that are now wrapping this up? Telling me to wrap this up. Do you have something more important to do than to talk to the American people?
GLENN: All righty then.
So kind of -- kind of interesting.
What happened yesterday.
There's a lot more that we should probably get into.
Kamala, in one of the worst moments, Bret Baier brings up the murdering illegals that were let in.
Listen to this exchange. Cut 19.
VOICE: Jocelyn Nungaray. Rachel Moore. Laken Riley. They're young women who were brutally assaulted and killed by some of the men who were released at the beginning of the administration. Well before a negotiated bipartisan bill. Former president Clinton actually referred to Laken Riley Sunday, campaigning for you in Georgia. Saying, if those men had been properly vetted, Laken Riley probably wouldn't have been killed. So if -- it wouldn't have happened.
This is well before any negotiation.
This is well before Donald Trump got involved in the politics.
This is a specific policy decision by your administration to release these men into the country. So what I'm saying to you --
KAMALA: No, no, no. I think --
VOICE: Do you owe those families an apology?
KAMALA: Let me just say, first of all, those are tragic cases. There's no question about it. There's no question about it.
And I can't imagine the pain that the families of those victims have experienced.
GLENN: Now apologize. Don't think about it.
KAMALA: For a loss that shouldn't have occurred. So that is true.
It is also true, that if a border security had actually been passed, nine months ago, it would have been nine months, that we would have more border agents, at the border. More support for folks who are working around the clock, trying to hold it all together.
To ensure that no future harm would occur.
And this election in 20 days. Will determine whether we have a president of the United States, who actually cares more about fixing a problem, even if it is not to their political advantage in an election.
Because there was a solution, Brett.
GLENN: No.
KAMALA: Madam vice president, it was a policy decision, in the early part of your administration.
GLENN: So she wouldn't -- she just won't answer it.
STU: Unreal.
GLENN: By the way, notice that she's always talking about comprehensive immigration reform.
She never talks about the border.
She talks about comprehensive. Our system is broken.
Yes!
We all agree with that.
But the border policy, you broke!
That's why we're having these problems.
You guys broke the border.
We all know that.
So don't talk to me about comprehensive.
Because that's something that people have been trying to do for 50 years.
And it won't happen.
Because we're so far apart.
You want amnesty.
No! You wanted 6,000 people, still to be able to come across the border every day!
No! It's -- this is the biggest con -- I mean, lie after lie after lie.
STU: Just to watch that happen.
Where she -- he -- he specifically picks cases, that she can't use, this border policy.
Which, by the way, there is a 0 percent chance she will actually pursue, when she's president of the United States.
She's just acting. Like they all talk about how Donald Trump, all he wanted out of this. Was a taking point for the election.
That's all this is.
She's doing the exact same thing she's accusing Donald Trump of.
GLENN: Yeah. That's why they released that bill. Knowing the Republicans would never go for it.
They would never go for it.
So they had that talking point.
And she will get in. And she will say, see!
They're standing in the way again.
STU: I hope the Republicans that went along with it. I hope they realize it now.
I hope they realize they were part of it. Maybe unwillingly.
But they were.
RADIO
October 17, 2024
REVEALED: Is an “armed MILITIA” really threatening FEMA?
FEMA recently said that it had to relocate workers in the Hurricane Helene disaster zone due to threats from an “armed militia.” But was FEMA referring to the military veterans and civilian groups who are on the ground rescuing people and providing relief? Glenn speaks to the Vice President of one of those groups, the United Cajun Navy, to get the truth. Brian Trascher tells Glenn, “it turns out it was the WORST militia ever because it was just one guy.” So, why would government officials use this language, which caused leftists and the media to accuse Trump supporters of violence? “There’s been so much misinformation,” Brian says, “not just on the internet, but from the feds also.”
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: Brian Trascher, he's the United Cajun Navy vice president. He's on the program to you. Brian, how are you, sir?
BRIAN: Oh, I'm just living the dream, GB. Living the dream.
(laughter)
GLENN: Are you still in North Carolina?
BRIAN: I tell you what, since we've last spoke, I've been back to Louisiana, to Florida. Back to Louisiana. And about to go to North Carolina again. And, you know, people see us online in different places. But I just want everyone to know that we still have teams, both in North Carolina and in Florida.
Just because I'm not there -- well, they're not getting baby-sat if I'm not there. But it doesn't mean we don't have people there.
GLENN: Yeah. I was going to say, they're pretty capable.
I've seen members much your team.
They're pretty darn capable. So tell me about this militia. That FEMA is taking about.
BRIAN: Turns out, it was the worst militia ever, because it was one guy who went -- and
I believe this is the correct story. He went on TikTok and was showing videos of federal employees and federal vehicles.
Going around, I guess near his property. Or near where he lives. And he was showing videos of some of them that were armed. Which, you know, it's not that big of a deal. Some of these federal officials are armed. It's like, cops are -- and North Carolina is an open carry state anyway.
GLENN: Everyone was armed when I was down there.
BRIAN: Yeah. No kidding. So he made a comment. I believe he made a comment that was construed as like, you know, he was not happy about it. Maybe he was going to do something about it. Somehow, that turned into, there's an armed militia. Fortunately the North Carolina National Guard came out fairly quickly and said, hey, look. We talked to our troops. They haven't seen anything like that.
Now, you know, the feds -- like they have caution. In case this rumor is true --
GLENN: Wait. You're breaking up badly. Brian, are you there?
BRIAN: Yeah. I'm here. Can you hear me?
GLENN: Yeah. Go ahead.
BRIAN: I'm sorry. Yeah, so I understand the feds in an abundance of caution for their employee safety, pausing things.
But my understanding, is that it was a brief pause. And they're back at it. But, again, there's been so much misinformation, not just on the internet.
But from the feds also. Glenn, we both know that the federal government will tell you, don't believe your lying eyes. And then their allies in the media, unfortunately, will stand in front of the burning Hindenburg.
And tell everybody that it was just a mostly peaceful flint landing.
GLENN: Right. Right.
BRIAN: So nobody is helping. You know what I mean?
Just help. If people see something and they actually get it on video, then, you know -- just don't tell them, it's not true. Tell them they're investigating.
At least, try to tell the truth.
GLENN: That's difficult for a lot of people to do.
Especially, at the higher levels of government.
I feel bad for the FEMA government. A lot of these people are volunteers, or very low level.
That are just going out, trying to help.
You know, some of them are part of the red tape.
And I'm going to leave out the ones at the very tippy top, that I have a little bit of contempt for.
BRIAN: Right.
GLENN: But nobody should. Nobody should ever threaten any of them.
I mean, I don't think it's a problem, to say, you know what, thank you. But, no, thank you.
We as a community, have decided, you can turn your trucks around and go home.
We have this.
There's no problem with that. But there should never be any threats made.
BRIAN: Correct.
At the very top. There are political appointees confirmed by the Senate. Like you said. You're talking about employees, and sometimes in their 20s and 30s, and they are out there.
And not all of them with FEMA. They have people from the forestry service. Different federal departments that are out there, trying to just beef up the staff that they have and the presence that they have.
We've heard reports that people are turning down help. From, you know, federal agencies. And saying, you know, no. We want the Cajun Navy.
I mean, as heartwarming as this is, they have to understand, we're just a tiny non-profit. We can't get to everybody. So we wouldn't suggest turning down any help. To your point. Any communities have the right to, you know, self-reliance and doing things on their own.
GLENN: Yeah. And I mean, I understand -- I mean, this used to be something that Americans were proud of.
That we're going to take care of it ourselves.
And no, thank you. We believe the government is the problem.
We should be skeptical of our government.
We shouldn't be violent against our government.
Or threaten violence.
But we should be skeptical of them.
And especially when they deserve that side eye. You know, when they have not been there for seven to ten days. And then they show up because the pressure is, you know, on them.
I think it's reasonable to have the community, come to their own conclusion, that I don't know that they really care about us.
So I'm not going to be a photo op.
But, you know, how --
BRIAN: Right. Well, a reporter asked me, you know, what the genesis. My opinion of the genesis of this distrust in government.
I said, well, I think it goes back to how this nation was founded. They were distrusting of a crazy king.
And despite having a 13-colony lead, the British still got their asses thrown off this continent, right? So it goes back a long way. And then of course, a lot of stuff that went on during COVID didn't help. So, you know, it's healthy.
You know, always, always question your leaders. It's your duty as a citizen to question your elected leaders and their policies.
And, you know, make your voices heard at the ballot box, is the best advice I can give.
GLENN: I mean, George Washington said, treat government as you treat fire.
If you're in control of it, it's fine.
If it's -- if you're not in control of it, it's deadly.
You know, don't -- don't trust the government. It was in -- you know, one of my favorite stories from history on -- on, you know, federal -- federal help is, the -- the hurricane that came in, I think in the 1920s. In Texas.
And the citizens met them -- met the government. Hoover sent a bunch of people down. With a bunch of relief. And they met them at the state line. And said, turn your trucks around. They don't need your help.
And he went back and said, hey, Texans need the money. Let's raise the money, and pass this law, so we can give them money.
Congress turned it down. And said, no.
We're not in that business.
That's not our deal.
And Texas raised more money than what the government was thinking about. Doing.
And they did it on their own. That's the way it should work.
BRIAN: Yeah. And, look, I'll point you to a situation closer to home here. 1815, a fleet of British man-o-war showed up in Lake Borgne, just north of New Orleans. Louisiana wasn't a state yet.
Most of the people living in New Orleans, didn't even know they were American citizens yet. Yet, they asked them to come down and defend the city.
And they had to enlist a band of pirates because they were the only ones who had gunfire and rifles. And they, again, they were able to thwart a force of 3500 British soldiers. Who had put -- put on ground in Louisiana.
So, you know, it's always up to the citizens to act first and take care of themselves. And if the cavalry shows up, great. But if it never does, you have to always assume that it won't.
GLENN: So what are the lessons that we should be pulling out of this whole situation, Brian?
BRIAN: Well, first of all, always -- you know, I listened to your -- I hear your ad all the time about My Patriot Supply. We might have to get linked up to those guys. But it's not a bad idea to have at least a few weeks. Or a month of food that will stay good.
Just store it somewhere.
You never know when something like this will happen to you.
Make sure that you have a plan.
If you know a disaster is coming. Make sure you can execute it.
And again, just collaborate with your community.
I mean, like, there has to be some sort of local response plan, that goes beyond what the government is doing.
Because I think -- especially local governments have the best intentions on how to respond to these things.
But when you're -- when your police and your fire and your EMS employees. Who are usually out there doing a great job every day.
I'm not saying they don't ever do a great job. But, I mean, when they get hit too.
When their house floods and their roof rips off, they have other problems besides their job. You know what I mean?
GLENN: Right.
BRIAN: So, you know, just make sure, you can be as self-reliant as you can. Because the cavalry is always going to come. You just don't know when. That's why we talked about it last time. FEMA is a second responder.
That's why we're the first responders or we try to be.
GLENN: You know, Brian, are you former military?
BRIAN: I'm not. I come from a long line. And veterans make the best volunteers for us, because you can't freak them out.
GLENN: Right. And, you know, what I learned from this, on the ground, a lot of vets are like, what was all of that for? If we just gave it back to them?
What was all of that for.
I'll tell you, that I really think that it will be former military that saves us.
If there are natural disasters everywhere. If there's real distrust, and unrest in the country.
You guys are just so good at organizing.
And just saying, no, no.
Relax. Relax.
You over there, you just do this. You go find this.
And you do that.
I mean, it was so well-organized. Really, by you guys.
And military vets. That were just in the area.
KAMALA: Yeah. And I love the saying. The most powerful thing a man can carry into combat is a purpose.
And you can't just be aimlessly going out and shooting at things.
We had this morning. There's an area in Florida. Some FEMA representatives called and asked if we could -- they knew we had some supplies delivered in the area.
They asked if we could come down.
I said, sure. They don't have -- FEMA doesn't have to confiscate nothing from us. We'll give it to them. You know, it's all donated to us. It's not ours. We're supposed to give it to people that need it.
So we work with them when we can.
And then, you know, obviously, sometimes, it -- they're slow. Or they're this or that.
People can criticize the job they're doing.
But they are doing a job. And we just say, let them do it. Be kind to their workers. And let's get through this recovery.
Because it will be a marathon, not a sprint.
GLENN: Yeah. Brian, thank you so much.
God bless you. And God bless the Cajun Navy. God bless you.
BRIAN: We love you.
GLENN: Yeah. Love you too.
It's a remarkable and really, really good thing that we're seeing from volunteers. Unless he said, maybe we should get together with the My Patriot Supply people.
We're already -- we're already on that.
Mercury One is putting together a disaster team, unlike anything I think anybody has.
I mean, it's remarkable.
The team that we're going to have for the next disaster.
Because we've been slowly finding them, and -- and we're -- and we just work together, so well.
You know, we don't get into their business. They don't get into our business. And if they are clean and efficient, we help them.
And so we thank you for everything you've done for Mercury One.
At MercuryOne.org.
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October 16, 2024
Kamala offered WHAT to black men for votes?!
Kamala Harris’ campaign recently made a new promise to black men: If she’s elected president, she’ll give them all sorts of new things! And one of them is … legal recreational marijuana?! Glenn and Stu review Kamala’s promise to help black men succeed in the weed industry, which sounds just a LITTLE racist. Meanwhile, the state-run media is doing everything it can to scare voters about Donald Trump. But his actual knowledge of the economy is shining through …
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: I was excited to hear all of the things that Kamala is promising for black men.
It's not shameless. It's not shameless.
STU: She's not trying to buy votes. We should point that out.
Some people will think that, when they hear you say that.
GLENN: No.
And don't worry about that pesky Constitution. The enact all of these things would be unconstitutional.
They'll jam it through, somehow or another. You know, hey -- look, we're talking free weed for black people. Can you -- can you -- if -- if I even said that as a joke, I would be off the air. You know what, you want to buy their vote. You want to buy a black man's vote. Give them free weed. You would be banned.
STU: Yeah. Sounds like a David Duke proposal.
GLENN: It does. It really does.
It's like -- can you imagine? Who stood up.
Who stood up?
Please tell me it wasn't a white guy.
I've got an idea. How about we give them crack pipes?
STU: It's that pathetic. It really is.
STU: And was there someone that spoke up at some point, and said, guys, you want -- you want to try to buy black votes with drugs?
I want to make sure I'm understanding the proposal.
GLENN: Aren't -- isn't it kind of racist to say that black people like drugs?
STU: They like drugs, and they can't get identification.
Those are two campaign planks.
GLENN: That's unbelievable.
Well, they're too stoned, Stu, to figure out identification. They need it to buy their big huge, you know, ten-gallon malt liquor.
STU: It's unbelievable. They may as well try all these proposals. And you wonder, hey. Well, these are the types of plans that will get black voters.
Actually, maybe it's this type of thinking, that had you lose them in the first place.
I will just throw it out there.
GLENN: It might be.
But, hey, if it works. Let's offer free chopsticks and driving lessons for Asians.
STU: That's basically what they're doing. That's basically it.
GLENN: It is what they're doing. Now, white people, you get Ugg boots and Starbucks gift certificates. Venezuelans we already gave them free apartment buildings in Colorado.
STU: That's true. Well, they worked for those. I will say.
GLENN: We have them covered.
I was thinking, Native Americans, and I thought, we should give them sheets and pillow cases to go with the -- and I said, well, no.
No. We shouldn't remind anybody about the blankets. Just maybe more casinos. More casinos.
Now, that's not racist. That's not racist. What?
STU: That's just going after individual voters, that they care about so much.
It's despicable.
GLENN: How about tacos for Hispanics?
Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with that.
And white men.
STU: Yeah. You know.
GLENN: Probably nothing.
Just beat it, dude.
Or wait a minute.
White men get free trans surgeries.
There you -- there you go. Because that's what they really want.
That's the white man talking. I'm man enough to say I want to be a woman.
That's how man I am. So, man up.
Become a woman. I think that's great. I think that's great.
By the way, J.D. Vance did come out yesterday, and, you know, I said that I would -- that if I ever heard of anything that was, you know, unconstitutional, dictatorial, I would out them. And I would stand with the Constitution.
And I'm going to do it.
Because J.D. Vance came out yesterday and said, well, Graters is now making a Skyline chili-flavored ice cream, and they're going to ban it.
See, I think chili-flavored ice cream would make me vomit. But I'm -- but, hey. Hey. Hey. I'm going to stick up for that ice cream. You know what I mean?
You're not going to ban any ice cream on my watch, J.D. Vance. Not one.
Honestly, that's what they would do. He actually made that tweet as a joke. That's what he would say. See, he's serious. He's serious. He will go after ice cream flavors he doesn't like.
GLENN: Right. I heard a whole report this morning, Glenn, how Donald Trump just stood there.
Played DJ for 45 minutes, played song after song after song.
GLENN: Yeah. For no reason.
STU: No mention of the fact that there were medical emergencies in the crowd. I mean, how can you tell that story without telling why he stopped taking questions during the town hall because there was someone potentially dying in front of him?
But having some sort of medical emergency.
GLENN: But he doesn't care. He doesn't care about people with medical issues. He doesn't care.
STU: No.
GLENN: What did he do?
He danced. Somebody is dying. And he's dancing with YMC. What a monster that guy is.
So Charlemagne the God, which I don't know.
At some point in my life, you know, I might worry that that might be a little blasphemous. There might be a question or two on the final exam, you know what I'm saying?
You didn't think that maybe you shouldn't call yourself.
But, I mean, it's working out for him in life.
STU: Well, since he spelled the, T-H-A. Does that get him out of any of these problems?
GLENN: And the isn't capitalized, even though the G is capitalized in God.
But I think the T-H-A. I don't even know what that means. That's my out with God. I didn't call myself God. I said Tha God.
STU: I have news for you. If you put the A at the end of certain words, it doesn't always help.
(laughter)
GLENN: Well, it does some people.
STU: Some people it does.
GLENN: Maybe he has the A thing going on this word too.
I'm not really sure. So, anyway, he was -- he was doing a town hall, with Kamala.
Kamala.
And, you know, got -- I've got -- you've got to give it. You know, she was great. She's for some reparations.
You know, which is -- which is great.
Let me give you some of the things that she was talking about yesterday.
I love the fact. I don't have the audio. But I do have the text of somebody that called -- somebody that called in, you know, and spoke to the God.
And said, you know, I'm -- I have to tell you, I'm a little -- I'm a little concerned.
I'm a little concerned.
Because I think Donald Trump is going to round everybody who is not white. He's going to round them all up and put them in camps.
And she said, you ready?
You see? See?
I mean, you get it. You get it.
STU: You get it? Okay.
I've got to understand.
The right are the conspiracy theorists.
But every non-white person going into camps is, you get it. From a presidential candidate.
GLENN: Well, you get it, because all he's doing is pedaling fear. So you're afraid.
That she didn't say, he's not going to.
STU: Right. She didn't try to dissolve the fear at all.
GLENN: No. No.
That's why you should vote for me.
Because you're afraid, you will be round up and put into a camp.
STU: But that's an insane fear.
GLENN: Yeah. That is.
STU: That there was no -- hey. By the way, there's no chance that he does this.
And, by the way, the only people who have done it, are progressives.
That wasn't mentioned by Kamala.
GLENN: No. She did mention, that this is the very kind of laws, that -- that have happened before. They rounded up the Japanese. And when she says they, I think she means we.
STU: We.
GLENN: The Democrats did that.
STU: They didn't mention that though.
GLENN: No. Well, they don't like to mention things like the Klan, that was an arm of the democratic party. You know, and they kind of leave out the part that, yeah. It was -- it was us in our big, big eugenics time.
You know, eugenics, part one, we're kind of in eugenics part two right now.
But, yeah. We rounded up the Japanese. Because, you know, there is sub -- there is sub people, you know.
Can't trust them. Can't trust them, you know. They're shifty. And they're short.
STU: That totally goes against their, just announced chopsticks program that they were --
GLENN: Well, reparations. Reparations. So we have to give them some chopsticks. And maybe some rice. Maybe some rice.
I don't think it's offensive to Asian people, do you?
STU: No. It's central to how they're running their campaign.
GLENN: Gosh. That is so absolutely amazing.
Meanwhile, here's what -- here's what Kamala, a spokesperson for Kamala was saying on MSNBC. Now, I want you to listen to this.
If you are, if you're watching, you are going to get the problem with this quickly. But I'll explain for radio listeners. In just a second.
Here it is.
VOICE: And that is probably one of the clearest contrasts you will see last week in this race. You will see the vice president out on the trail, every single day, talking about her ideas, going to these big media platforms to share her vision with the biggest number of Americans possible.
While Donald Trump continues to sort of retreat into himself. In the small MAGA universe. That is all about him.
Because that's all he's really interested in right now.
GLENN: Right. Right.
Okay. So here's the thing. As he's talking, behind him is the video of Donald Trump in Chicago, at an economic forum, where he's doing an interview with a guy who completely disagrees with him.
STU: Goes after him the entire time.
There's a Bloomberg forum.
GLENN: Yeah. It's crazy.
STU: Bloomberg, the former democratic presidential candidate.
GLENN: Right. But he's still in his small little universe. I mean, listen.
This is how contentious it got. Cut two, please.
DONALD: What is the Wall Street Journal -- I'm meeting with them tomorrow. What is the Wall Street Journal -- they've been wrong about everything, so have you, by the way.
You were wrong about --
VOICE: You're trying to turn this.
DONALD: You've been wrong.
VOICE: You're trying to turn this into a debate.
DONALD: It's not a debate. But you're wrong. You've been wrong all your life on this stuff.
GLENN: So -- and now, by the way, he walked into a room, where it was not friendly.
Standing ovation, when he left. And the people that were there said, he turned to like about half the crowd.
Because he was -- I've never heard a president, who actually can speak with experience, and deeply about economic and business issues.
You know, I can -- you know, like Ronald Reagan. You know, he could speak about those things.
And he knew what he knew.
But not from an experience of actually doing. Not being able to talk to businesspeople, and say, look, I've been there, dude.
I know exactly what's happening.
It was really quite remarkable.
And the -- and the interviewer just didn't get him at all.
Listen to this. Cut one.
VOICE: How about this?
Gavin Newscum. He's the governor of California.
VOICE: Newsom.
DONALD: Newscum, I call him. He corrected me. That's the first time --
VOICE: There are CEOs out here. If they said those things about a rival CEO, they would be sacked. Do you think it's --
DONALD: I know. But they don't have to survive like me. They don't have to go through what I have to go through.
There's never been a president being treated like me, so I have to fight my own way.
GLENN: This guy who is doing the -- what's his name?
Michael Thorpe. Yeah, Michael Thorpe
Hello. Yes. Lord Michael Thorpe.
But he's not real popular with the crowd.
At least a good portion of the crowd. Not real popular. And I love that answer from him. They don't have to deal with what I have to deal with.
They don't have to deal with, what I've had to deal with. No president has ever been treated this way.
STU: I love that too.
It's such a stupid point.
If a CEO said that, they would be sacked. Well, Trump was a CEO. And he said stuff like that all the time. I guess if he owned the company, it doesn't happen. That's one way of working on it.
GLENN: Yeah. People actually are really flocking to people who are real.
You know, you may not like Donald Trump.
But at least you know he's real. That's who he is. That's who he is.
Who is Kamala? Seriously.
Can anyone tell me who they think she really is?
STU: I mean, I have my opinions.
You know, but I guess the whole point of her campaign is to hide who she is.
That's the whole point.
This is why it's so incredible. To hear the commentator, you played a couple of seconds ago.
Where they were like, well, what Donald Trump is going to do is he's going to stay in his own MAGA base, and Kamala will be everywhere.
What -- she didn't do an interview for 80 days as a candidate.
Well, most of them as a candidate.
80 days.
She did no interviews for 80 days!
What do you mean?
GLENN: Until her campaign started to fall apart.
STU: Until her campaign started to fall apart.
All of a sudden, we have to do all the interviews.
Not to mention, the previous candidate, didn't do a cabinet meeting for multiple years.
Like how can you possibly be out there arguing this.
GLENN: Because it's a mental illness. It is a mental illness. I really believe. Not all Democrats.
But I think there is probably 20 to 30 percent of the country, that is mentally ill, right now.
Mentally ill. There might be --
STU: That's quite an accusation to say it's that low.
GLENN: And I mean, I mean, honestly, if -- if we were not living in this everything is political kind of state, if you could go back 15 years, and just have doctors, look at people, and I bring my daughter in.
She thinks she's a dog.
And she said that I should -- I should lose my stewardship over my -- my 12-year-old daughter because she's a dog.
And she wants her skin taken off.
And fur glued on to her.
STU: Or fur glued on.
GLENN: I don't know. One of the two. I'm a panicked father right now.
STU: Yes. Exactly.
GLENN: Okay? I'm trying to talk about the health of my daughter.
A doctor would say, we need to put her in a hospital. We need to put her in a hospital.
We need to have at least talk therapy.
Now?
Everybody -- everybody on the left, it seems is like, oh, you monster.
Come here, Fido.
Come here. Let me pet you.
That's even creepy. Doc, you see what's happening over here? That's creepy.
STU: Oh, well, then you need to go to the hospital if you think that's creepy.
GLENN: That's right.