David Barton: We Might Be On the Verge of Revolution

February 22, 2016

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The Context

The South Carolina primary was Saturday and Donald Trump came out the big winner followed by Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz who were in a virtual tie for second place. David Barton joined the program and broke down the numbers behind the votes and what he found surprised him.

“Well, I thought there would be a revolution, but not in the sense of having a physical revolution,” Barton said Monday on The Glenn Beck Program. “I'm now more of a believer that it's a real thing. The numbers I saw in South Carolina . . . I was literally shocked. I was shocked at not only the numbers, but the words that were behind some of the numbers. The questions that were literally asked and how people responded to that, it really gave me a lot of pause in a way that I have not done in recent years.”

The Bubba Effect

If you've been a listener over the past few years, Glenn has talked extensively about a term called The Bubba Effect, something he believes is now here. The Bubba Effect is when a group of people feel they have been pushed over the edge by an overbearing government, and someone responds with force or violence. Even though they know it’s wrong, the majority of people support the violence.

“The Bubba Effect, I believe, is in full effect right now,” Glenn said. “I believe Donald Trump is The Bubba Effect, and I'll explain that later, based on some of these polls that are coming in. And they are frightening. They're truly frightening when you read the exit polls and you know what you're looking for.”

What was most frightening for David Barton? The term "betrayal."

“Well, the term we'll get into later is the term "betrayal," Barton said. “[Voters] feel betrayed. And when you look at betrayal and you look at what psychologists say that represents, that's a scary term. It's not like someone has just crossed me --- betrayal is deep stuff.”

Terrorism

The number one issue for South Carolina voters according to exit polling was terrorism at 32%, but the staggering number was that 75% of voters did not want Syrian refugees. Glenn explained why that is such a significant number.

“This is America saying, 'Look, we don't buy your bullcrap that it's a peaceful religion and the Muslim Brotherhood are largely secular.' What they know is, Muslims have come in from the Middle East, not necessarily American Muslims . . . Islamists is the better way to term this. Islamists are not peaceful. Muslims can be peaceful. But we have bent over backwards to say everybody is peaceful. And this guy is just a lone wolf, when we know that's bullcrap,” Glenn said.

What’s Sticking to Cruz

There may be several factors that hurt Cruz’ performance or why Rubio and Trump did so well, but there is one thing that Glenn believes is starting to take its toll on Ted.

“So here's the other thing that's hurting Ted Cruz that is sticking: that he's running the dirty campaign and that he's a liar. I have to tell you, I mean, I would not be with a liar. And I won't make any excuses,” Glenn said.

David has been hearing the same thing over and over and it might start to be something the Cruz campaign should be worried about even if it’s a lie itself.

“It's interesting the way they've gone at it. Trump says, [Cruz is] a liar. He lies about everything. He's the biggest liar --- just lie, lie, lie. That's the word [Trump] uses over and over, and people repeat that. And I say, 'Can you give me one example?' No, but [Cruz is] a liar,” Barton said.

Common Sense Bottom Line

If the exit polls in South Carolina prove anything it’s that we are a deeply divided country and at an extremely crucial point in our history. We have been pushed by an overbearing government and we might start to see violence, but we cannot let The Bubba Effect take root in our hearts. We must continue to be like Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and serve our fellow man with love.

“And this is why I have been saying, 'Jesus, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, pick one. Pick one.' You've got to hold on to who you are, the principles that you have, and you can't fight hate with hate.” Glenn said.

Listen to this segment from The Glenn Beck Program:

Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors:

GLENN: So glad you've tuned in. We've run out of time for Courage Boys. We'll have to move that or hit it tomorrow.

I have David Barton here with us. And he's been looking at the poll numbers out of South Carolina. And we're going to get into those here in a bit. But, David, I wanted to talk to you a bit because I know one of the headlines is going to be, "Glenn Beck says there's going to be a revolution." I don't think you believed that until you saw the poll numbers coming out of the last three states.

DAVID: Well, I thought there would be a revolution, but not in the sense of having a physical revolution. You know, I thought there would be political or something. I'm now more of a believer that it's a real thing. The numbers I saw in South Carolina -- you know, I told you the email shocked me. I was literally shocked. I was shocked at not only the numbers, but the words that were behind some of the numbers. The questions that were literally asked and how people responded to that, it really gave me a lot of pause in a way that I have not done in recent years.

GLENN: And, quite honestly, if we had responsible journalists and responsible press, they would be talking to you now. And this is why I have been saying, "Jesus, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, pick one. Pick one." But you've got to hold on to who and you are the principles that you have. And you can't fight hate with hate. And that's exactly what's happening.

And people -- the Bubba Effect, I believe, is in full effect right now. I believe Donald Trump is the Bubba Effect. And I'll explain that later, based on some of these polls that are coming in. And they are frightening. They're truly frightening when you read the exit polls and you know what you're looking for.

DAVID: Yeah. The numbers are scary on this. And the terms are scary too.

GLENN: What do you mean "the terms"?

DAVID: Well, the term we'll get into later is the term "betrayal." They feel betrayed. And when you look at betrayal and you look at what psychologists say that that represents, that's a scary term. It's not like someone has just crossed me. Betrayal is deep stuff.

GLENN: So I want to make sure that you hear this. Because the media will spin this out of control. And they'll make it into another crazy conspiracy theory. But I just want to point out: '99, I talked about Osama bin Laden in New York and said that there would be blood and bodies in the streets and the signature would be Osama bin Laden. And nobody believed me. In 2006 and '7, I talked to you about financial crash, the crash of biblical proportions, based on the housing market. I told you that there would be a caliphate, and everybody mocked that. I'm telling you, we are on the path for revolution. And a violent revolution.

Right now, we're talking about a velvet revolution. But if we make the wrong choice at this point, we are -- and I'll make this case, based on the polls and what we're seeing. And nobody in the media is going to -- they're going to mock it. Don't mock this warning. Please don't mock this warning.

All right. So we'll get into that here in just a second. And I'm actually anxious for David to hear the -- the -- the founders, the black founders, because David is the one who originally turned us on to black founders. We had absolutely no idea.

Pat, do you know who this -- which is the black founder that we're hitting today?

PAT: Crispus Attucks.

GLENN: Who played a huge, huge role. I was just up in Boston a couple weeks ago. And I asked people, "So where is the Old North Church?" And they're like, "You know, it's been years since I've been there. I'm not really sure."

So what is that memorial over there?

That's Bunker Hill, I think. I'm not really sure.

I mean, It's amazing that people who live in that, with all of that history, how many people just dismiss it. And they're just -- it becomes old hat. I don't really -- I learned that in school. And I don't really remember.

PAT: Yeah, they don't pay attention. You only pay attention kind of when you go to Boston on vacation and you're there to see the revolutionary sites and do all of that, and then you appreciate that stuff. I think when you live there, you just kind of -- it's like living around Disneyland. You get immune to it.

STU: All right. But ask them where the nearest Dunkin' Donuts is.

PAT: Oh, they know where that is.

STU: They will know that. They will know that.

PAT: Yeah. Yeah. Ask them what channel the Apprentice is on, and they know that. Right?

GLENN: I will tell you that I've never seen them -- I was seeing them from the window. I've been to Boston a hundred times. I've never had the opportunity -- never had the time to do it. It's something I have to do with my kids because it's amazing. It's all still there. It's all still there. And maybe we should spend a little more time learning about it.

We'll learn something that no one in the mainstream media, no one in the educational system wants you to learn. The history of our black founders, next.

Hour 2

GLENN: I'll number Durango Hills today in Las Vegas. At noon. And 4 o'clock, I'll be in Elko, Nevada, which I've never been. And then in Reno tonight. Which is a beautiful city. And then tomorrow, we'll be around another few places tomorrow in Nevada. Just check GlennBeck.com for all the details or my Facebook page. We'll make sure you can find out where we are.

So in South Carolina, quite honestly, it was like a kick to the gut in South Carolina. But we learned an awful lot about what is happening in America and how high the anger is in America. We never make a good choice -- how many times have you ever said these words, "I was so angry today, and I made the best choice I've ever made?" We always start our apologies with, "I'm really sorry. I flew off the handle. I was really angry." Never have I made a good decision when I was angry.

And David is going to take us through some of the poll numbers and what really happened in South Carolina. David Barton is with us.

DAVID: You want to start with the angry side --

GLENN: You take us where you think we need to go.

DAVID: Well, I'll tell you the way it started for me. I was not in South Carolina the night the results came in. I was speaking at a big event in east Texas.

PAT: I'm just wondering if this is the David Barton --

GLENN: Come on. Let's get something out.

DAVID: What is the website, Pat?

GLENN: Oh, jeez.

PAT: Keepthepromise.com.

GLENN: We got it. Let me just say -- if you would like to help the super PAC for Ted Cruz, you can go to keepthepromise.com. Now, can we please move on?

JEFFY: So this is the David Barton from --

GLENN: Stop it right now. Please, I'm begging you guys. Turn the mics off, Sarah, in Dallas.

Okay. David, tell us what happened.

DAVID: So I looked at the result after the event that night was over, and I saw all sorts of headlines. I saw what had happened, that Cruz had come in third. I saw that evangelicals had abandoned him. That they did not do well. The conservative state did not go for him. And so I saw all these headlines. Then as I was with you this weekend --

GLENN: And you were as shocked as I was.

DAVID: I was shocked. I was absolutely shocked. Our numbers were not close to what the results came in as. Really, nobody's numbers were close. They missed Rubio by a long way. Trump overperformed. Cruz underperformed by what was predicted. So it was a gut blow. It was kind of a gut blow.

So I had not thought about it much. You asked -- you sent me the email and said, "What happened?" So I sent you back a few articles that had exit polls, but I hadn't really looked at them. And so as we were talking last night, I spent time going through the exit polls. And the headlines completely misportrayed what the numbers show.

So, for example, you take -- and let me put it in perspective and then we can talk about how things felt. The biggest issues that were on voters' minds in South Carolina, which were really different from Iowa and elsewhere, but the biggest issues that were out there -- number one issue was terrorism. That was the number one issue at 32 percent, followed by jobs and the economy for 28 percent, government spending 27 percent, immigration 10 percent.

GLENN: Okay. Listen. Now, when it comes to terrorism, it's specifically the Syrian refugees.

DAVID: That's right.

GLENN: And as I explained to David last night, this is the Bubba effect. Because David is like, where are the Syrian refugees? How is that even a story right now?

DAVID: And, by the way, the reason I was struck with that was 75 percent of South Carolina voters said we like Trump because he doesn't want any Syrian -- and I had no clue it would be 75 percent.

GLENN: Right. And why is that number so high? And I explained to David, this is the Bubba Effect. This is America saying, "Look, we don't buy your bullcrap that it's a peaceful religion. And the Muslim Brotherhood are largely secular." What they know is, Muslims have come in from the Middle East, not necessarily American Muslims and Islamists is the better way to term this. Islamists are not peaceful. Muslims can be peaceful. But we have bent over backwards to say everybody is peaceful. And this guy is just a lone wolf, when we know that's bullcrap.

So when the government is not protecting us, that is the secret of the Bubba Effect. When the government isn't protecting, the people push back on that. They get angry and say, "You know what, get out of our town. We know what the truth is, and you're part of the problem." And that's why the Syrian refugees was the -- by far, the number one concern of the people who went to the polls in South Carolina.

DAVID: And for those folks, Trump was their guy.

GLENN: Because he says no Muslims.

DAVID: He says, Muslims, shut it down. That's where they went. Although there were these other issues, 75 percent, that was a stunning number to me.

GLENN: Right.

DAVID: And the other numbers that stood out to me, is I was told -- let's see if I get the numbers. 74 percent were evangelicals that voted. As it turned out, 74 percent were not evangelicals. That was evangelicals born again. So in the evangelicals, Cruz did really good with the evangelicals. But among the born agains -- and evangelicals are born agains who are serious about their faith. So those serious about their faith, Cruz did really well with. Those who were not serious about their faith and not very conservative, that's where Trump cleaned up. And so the media said, oh, all the evangelicals are going for Trump. No, not so. There was a definite categorization difference between those who practice their faith and those who didn't.

GLENN: And actually those who practiced their faith, it was split between Rubio and Cruz.

DAVID: That's right. Rubio and Cruz had the high percentage of those who were serious about their faith.

GLENN: So here's the other thing that's hurting Ted Cruz that is sticking, that he's running the dirty campaign and that he's a liar. I have to tell you, I mean, I would not be with a liar. And I won't make any excuses. I think -- you know, I think like -- what was it? Oh, the thing in Iowa where he said, you know, they sent out fliers --

DAVID: Ben Carson.

GLENN: No, no. The fliers that they sent out and said, "You're in violation of voting violation." That's been done over and over again by the Democrats and the Republicans. So it's nothing new. I don't like it. I wouldn't have done that myself. But it's totally fair game. Nobody has ever had a problem with that in the past.

He's not playing dirty ball. But the problem is, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump are all saying the same thing because they know, if they take him out, then the whole landscape changes. And so he's an impediment to them. So they're doing what they did to, you know, Mitt Romney and everybody always does. You -- you target one, take him out. Then you retarget another one and take them out. So they're all targeting Marco Rubio -- Ted Cruz.

DAVID: It's interesting the way they've gone at it. Trump says, he's a liar. He lies about everything. He's the biggest liar -- just lie, lie, lie. That's the word he uses over and over. And people repeat that. And I say, "Can you give me one example?" No, but he's a liar.

Give me an example.

Well, he's a liar.

And it goes back to what William James said in the 1800s. He said, there's nothing so absurd, but that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.

GLENN: Hitler said the same thing.

DAVID: That's right. And that's what's been happening. That did hurt Cruz in South Carolina. The negatives went up on him. We really can't trust him because he's a liar. No evidence of that. That's just a claim.

GLENN: I know Ted Cruz. That's the most incredible thing I've heard. He's trying to be friends with everybody. He's not taking these guys out. He's the only one not engaging in those nasty -- you know, this nasty kind of --

DAVID: Well, I'll tell you, when I -- when they asked me to take the super PAC and I did. I said, "Here's the deal, I'm not going to be an attack dog. I'm not going to do a super PAC that's going after everybody attacking. I believe in Romans 12:21. You overturn the evil with the good. We'll run positive messaging. I don't mind contrast ads. I don't mind if someone is vote is somewhere, I'll show that. But I'm not going to be attack dogs and demean the character of others." And that's the way we run this thing. And now we're liars for having run really a pretty straight-up campaign. Now, we can't speak for everybody that does everything in the name of Ted Cruz. But the super PAC side, our super PAC Keep the Promise. Oh, wait a minute. Keepthepromise.com. Our super PAC,keepthepromise.com, we have really run a straight-up thing. Because that's Ted's character. That's what we want to reflect.

GLENN: I will tell you this, David is in because he does want to raise money for the super PAC because he believes that the only reason why Kasich is still in is he wants to win Ohio. And Ohio, it doesn't even look like he'll win Ohio. And the super PAC needs to have the money to be able to go on and continue to fight. So if you do believe in Ted Cruz, you can donate to the super PAC.

Now, let me switch to -- and, Pat, I don't know if you have this audio. What Marco Rubio said this weekend on, I don't know if it was Meet the Press

PAT: I got the Stephanopoulos audio where he was --

GLENN: Okay. So I want you to listen to what he said.

VOICE: For what it's worth, PolitiFact has never been able to find -- none of us have been able to find any instance --

PAT: That's. Hang on a second.

GLENN: And this is important. Because here's the thing -- there's never been -- in modern history, there's never been somebody who has made it to the presidency without winning Ohio, New Hampshire, or South Carolina. You have to win one of those three. In modern history, nobody has made it without winning one of those three. Hang on just a second.

On the other side, Bill Clinton didn't win anything until Georgia, which was March 1st. So I want you to remember the comeback kid. He did win South Carolina. But South Carolina came later. It came March 6th. The first time he won any state was March 1st. So no matter what's happening at this point, it doesn't matter. You can win with the momentum. So don't be discouraged if you happen to be for a candidate. You know, I think you'll have a hard time -- anybody who hasn't won any of those three states. That's the only thing that's an impediment. This is truly a two-man race. Okay. Go ahead play the audio.

VOICE: Three big contests so far. You've come in third, fifth, and now second in South Carolina. The big question for you is: Where do you win?

GLENN: Now, listen to this.

MARCO: Well, when we get to these winner-take-all states, we have to start winning because they award all their delegates to one person. And if you look at what we're doing now, we're going to be doing a national campaign. I mean, I'm in Tennessee today. Then I'm going to Arkansas. Then we finish up in Nevada. And tomorrow, more of the same. We're campaigning everywhere.

So the way this process works, for people that are watching is, these states right now are awarding delegates proportionally. And -- and -- but come March 15th, if you win a state, you get all of their delegates. That's when it's really going to start to matter, and we'll be in real good shape for that.

VOICE: And Florida needs to be a win?

GLENN: Okay. Stop.

Go ahead.

MARCO: Well, I think that's true for everyone in this race, and it's always been true. We feel real good about Florida.

VOICE: True for everybody in this race.

GLENN: Okay. Stop. True for everybody in this race that you have to win Florida. He is currently polling third in his home state.

DAVID: And notice he was asked what state can you win, and he hasn't named one. He's naming where he's going to be, he's naming what they're going to work for, he hasn't given a state where he can win.

GLENN: Right. And if his strategy is, I'm going to win in Florida. It's too late. That was the -- what's-his-name's strategy?

DAVID: Jeb Bush.

GLENN: No. Not only Jeb Bush, but Giuliani. It doesn't work. It just doesn't work. So I don't know what that strategy is. But you can't win if you say I'm going to win in Florida and you're polling third and it's your home state. Imagine if, you know, Ted Cruz was polling third in Texas. By the way, how is he polling in Texas?

DAVID: He's polling first in Texas.

GLENN: First in Texas. Yeah, I mean, you just can't do that. You just can't poll third in your own state at this point. Rubio is not -- is not a winner. He's just not a winner. People are looking at him and saying, "Well, he can win in the general." I'm not so sure.

Featured Image: Supporters cheer as the South Carolina primary is called for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at his election night party February 20, 2016 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The New York businessman won the first southern primary decisively. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Luxury cars and cell phone bills

The Department of Government Efficiency discovered how FMCS employees used government credit cards — intended for official business — to lease luxury cars, cover personal cell phone bills, and even subscribe to USA Today. The agency’s information technology director, James Donnan, apparently billed taxpayers his wife’s cell phone bill, cable TV subscriptions in multiple homes, and personal subscriptions.

FMCS officials commissioned portraits of themselves and hung them in their offices, and you footed the bill. They took exotic vacations and hired their friends and relatives to keep the gravy train rolling.

The FMCS goes beyond mismanagement into blatant corruption and theft — and it went on for decades, unnoticed and unchallenged.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to abolish the FMCS — a necessary and long-overdue move. But the FMCS is just one of many agencies within the federal government burning through billions of taxpayer dollars. How many more slush funds exist in the shadows, funneling money into the pockets of bureaucrats who produce nothing? How many government-funded NGOs operate in direct opposition to American interests?

Perhaps the most disturbing question is why Americans tolerate such corruption. Why do so many Americans tolerate this? Why is the left — supposedly the party of the people — defending the very institutions that rob working-class Americans blind?

Corruption beyond bureaucracy

The recent rallies led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and their socialist acolytes claim to be a grassroots uprising against corruption and greed. But GPS data from these rallies tells a different story. The majority of attendees aren’t ordinary citizens fed up with the status quo. They’re professional activists — serial agitators who bounce from protest to protest.

Roughly 84% of devices tracked at these rallies were present at multiple Kamala Harris events. A staggering 31% appeared at over 20 separate demonstrations, tied to Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and pro-Palestinian causes.

Many of these organizations receive federal grant money — our tax dollars — and they’re using those funds to protest the very policies that threaten to cut off their financial lifeline.

This isn’t democracy in action. This is political theater — astroturfing perfected. And the American taxpayer is funding it.

Rooting out corruption

Trump was a battering ram against this corrupt system. Elon Musk is a surgeon, meticulously exposing the infection that has festered for decades — and that’s why the leftists hate him even more than they hate Trump. Musk threatens to dismantle the financial web that sustains their entire operation.

When we allow the government to grow unchecked and our leaders to prioritize their own wealth and power over the good of the nation, figures like Trump and Musk are necessary. Rome didn’t fall because of an external invasion but rather due to internal decay that looked an awful lot like what we see today.

We must demand better. We must refuse to tolerate this corruption any longer. The FMCS may be gone, but the fight to root out this deep-seated corruption is far from over.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on TheBlaze.com.

Did the CIA hide the real truth behind JFK's assassination?

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Many were disappointed by the recent release of the JFK files, frustrated by the apparent lack of answers to decades-old questions. The problem? They’re asking the wrong question.

Everyone wants a "who"—a smoking gun, someone to blame. It’s understandable; Americans crave justice for a slain president, to hold the culprits of one of the 20th century’s greatest crimes accountable. But the real answer isn’t a "who"—it’s a "what." That "what" is the CIA and proof of their nefarious dealings since the 1960s.

In his most recent TV special, Glenn delves into the JFK files, where he found the crucial information that everyone else seemed to miss. Be sure to watch the TV special here.

The CIA's Dirty Fingerprints

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While the recent JFK files don’t explicitly pin the assassination on the CIA, the evidence between the lines is compelling.

If you follow Glenn on X, you’ve seen his newest artifact: an exact replica of Lee Harvey Oswald’s rifle. Glenn tested it at the range, attempting to replicate the notoriously difficult shot Oswald allegedly made that fateful day in Dallas. While Glenn shares more takeaways in his TV special, one thing stood out immediately: the rifle’s abysmal quality, its shoddy scope, and the odd caliber of ammunition it uses.

Oswald’s rifle, a Mannlicher-Carcano, is chambered in 6.5mm—an unusual caliber. Much like today, the average gun store in the ‘60s didn’t stock 6.5mm rounds. The largest known supply was owned by the CIA, who had shipped the ammo from Greece after World War II. Suspiciously, there’s no record of where Oswald got his ammunition, but the JFK files confirm that the gun store where he bought the Mannlicher-Carcano had CIA connections.

It’s well-known that Oswald defected to the USSR and lived there before returning to the U.S. The JFK files reveal that from the moment he touched down stateside, the CIA tracked him like a hawk. They followed him across the country and even to Mexico City—but, conveniently, seemed to lose him in Dallas just as President Kennedy arrived. What a coincidence.

Whether by design or gross incompetence, the CIA greased Oswald’s path, letting him slip unhindered into that sixth-floor Book Depository window.

The Cover-Up

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If the JFK files aren’t the smoking gun many hoped for, why did the CIA fight so hard to keep them buried?

The answer is trust. Hard as it may be to imagine today, Americans in the ‘60s trusted their government—at least more than they do now. This cover-up preserved that trust longer than it might have lasted, allowing the CIA to pull off more scandals before the public caught on. From Benghaziand 9/11 to COVID-19 and January 6, the same dirty marks found in the JFK files stain these events. It’s about saving face. The files make the CIA look incompetent at best, complicit at worst.

This might feel like common knowledge today—especially to Glenn’s audience—but 40 or 50 years ago, saying such things could land you in the loony bin. It’s taken 60 years of growing suspicion to reach this point. Imagine if the JFK files had been available back then. Could we have stopped six decades of CIA shenanigans in their tracks?

The thought is chilling.

What Now?

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The files don’t name a mastermind or explicitly confirm the darkest JFK assassination conspiracies that have swirled for decades—but they’re far from empty. They expose a disturbing truth: the CIA’s unchecked power in the ‘60s echoes into today.

In one of his most exciting TV specials yet, Glenn delves deep into the files, proving why we can’t ignore these revelations. Stop chasing a "who" and start demanding accountability for the "what." Only by confronting this can we hope to rein in the agency that’s dodged scrutiny for too long.

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The Left's war on Tesla owners

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Across the country, Teslas are being torched by the very people who, just a few years ago, championed them as the future of sustainable transportation.

Recently, Glenn highlighted the heinous actions targeting Tesla owners and dealerships. He reached the same conclusion as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi: these are acts of domestic terrorism. Tesla owners are being doxxed; a dealership in Las Vegas was firebombed, vandalized, and shot at. Similar attacks have struck South Carolina, Oregon, and Colorado, where Molotov cocktails destroyed multiple Tesla vehicles.

But this isn’t really about cars—it’s a symptom of a deeper rot that has eroded any principles the Left once held. Just as they celebrated the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the attacks on Tesla reflect a lust for destruction—a self-righteous anger that disregards decency and the sanctity of life.

For them, the ends justify the means.

A Pattern of Lawlessness

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The attacks on Tesla owners and dealerships aren’t random; they form an emerging pattern that exposes the Left’s true motives.

A quick look at the alleged grievances of the protesters, vandals, and arsonists harassing electric vehicles and their owners reveals a thin veneer masking their deeds. Their motives range from semi-rational—disagreeing with Elon Musk’s actions and the goals of DOGE —to outlandish, like labeling Musk a Nazi or fascist. Yet, rational or not, their actions far outweigh the severity of their complaints. Their crimes include keying and spray-painting privately owned Teslas, vandalizing dealerships (including firing rounds into a Tesla service center in Las Vegas), and using Molotov cocktails to ignite Teslas in cities nationwide. As noted, these aren’t the acts of disgruntled voters but of domestic terrorists.

Glenn recently tied this Tesla terrorism to the brutal murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December. Just as liberals rejoice over burning Teslas today, they cheered when Thompson was gunned down in New York’s streets, leaving his children fatherless days before Christmas. Much like the Tesla attacks, the Left justified their jubilation with half-baked critiques of the U.S. healthcare system, sandwiched between callous jokes about the slain CEO. It’s not about cars or insurance—it runs deeper.

Hypocrisy Exposed

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Rules for thee, not for me.

This theme keeps resurfacing. Remember when the Left was obsessed with climate change? “It’s the biggest threat to humanity,” they declared, warning we couldn’t drive cars or eat beef because their emissions would doom us all. They once praised Musk, hailing Tesla as the future of transportation. But now that Musk defies their ever-shifting liberal orthodoxy, Tesla must die—environment be damned. It’s a replay of the pandemic’s peak: while they preached staying home, wearing double masks, keeping six feet apart, and “following the science,” they burned, looted, and rioted through nearly every major U.S. city—rules for thee, not for me.

Owning a Tesla no longer earns eco-warrior cred—it marks you as a closet Nazi, liable to get your car keyed. The same crowd that once fretted over cow farts endangering the planet now sets electric cars ablaze. One can hardly imagine that the fumes from hundreds of pounds of burning lithium, plastic, and chemicals in a Tesla are eco-friendly.

Tyranny of Anger

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What’s the takeaway? What’s the common thread?

The Left isn’t bound by values—not even their own. Nothing is sacred to them; destruction is all they crave. Climate change, the sanctity of life, and “following the science” are mere excuses for outrage, discarded when they obstruct their lust to destroy. Their twisted ideology preaches that building, improving, or creating is evil—only taking and tearing down matter. They seethe at the sight of creation. From Tesla’s burning hulks to Thompson’s blood on the pavement, their anger trumps your rights every time.

Glenn has been warning of the collapse of our common values for years. If we don’t fight this moral rot and defend the values that built America—law, life, liberty—we’ll lose them to the flames of their rage.

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