RADIOMay 27, 2022

2 more reasons why Texas' Beto O’Rourke is SCUM

Beto O’Rourke demonstrated perfectly on Wednesday why voters in Texas CONTINUE to reject the failed politician. The way he interrupted Governor Greg Abbott’s press conference in Uvalde — clearly as a staged, political stunt — proves he’s ‘human trash,’ Glenn and Stu say. But there’s another reason — one you've probably never heard before — why Beto likely will never win another election: Glenn reads SHOCKING writings from O’Rourke’s teenage years, uncovered by Reuters years ago…

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GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Do we have the audio of the political stunt that Beto O'Rourke did, as -- where he danced on the dead bodies of children?

Listen.

VOICE: Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me.

VOICE: Sit down. You're out of line. And an embarrassment.

VOICE: Is right now -- and you're doing nothing.

VOICE: No.

VOICE: This is totally predictable when you choose not to --

VOICE: Sir, you're out of line.

GLENN: Now, this is a mayor who has --

VOICE: Sir, you're out of line. Please leave the auditorium. I can't believe you're a sick son of a bitch to come to a deal like this to make a political issue.

STU: I love that guy. I freaking love him.

GLENN: I love the fact that he had a walker.

STU: Yeah. And he comes up, and he's like, get out of here, you sick son of a --

STU: Yeah. That's exactly the -- because, you know what, Beto is human trash. He is scum. He is the scum of the earth. The lowest form of humanity, our society can produce.

GLENN: Now, Wait a minute. He said after he was there, he was just listening. And he just couldn't take it anymore.

STU: Oh, really? That's what happened, huh? That's interesting. Because everyone seems to notice, that this was obviously staged. From the beginning. And I go back to what happened before this. We don't know exactly. Maybe we'll learn in the coming days. But let me translate the series of events that led up to this moment. Beto O'Rourke.

GLENN: Was there in -- listening to the whole thing.

STU: No. He was not. Let's go back before that. Let's go back to the meeting, that Beto O'Rourke had with his staff. And at some point, and I'll translate it. Because I don't have the exact language. But I'll tell you exactly what was said in the meeting.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: It was Beto O'Rourke saying, hey. How exactly can we take advantage of all of these dead children?

GLENN: Wow.

STU: And turn it around, so it's good for us. How do we raise money off the bodies of these dead children?

GLENN: Hold on just a second.

STU: Tomorrow.

GLENN: Hold on just a second. You don't have a transcript. You don't know that Beto O'Rourke said that. And I have to tell you, Stu, I don't think he's smart enough to come up. That had to be someone else in the room. And he went, yeah.

STU: Maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. But I don't know who said it. All I know is that this was obviously planned. Clearly planned. And we can go through -- yeah. Even CBS News pointed it out. Blatantly a staged event. And this guy, because he wants more power and more money, decided that this event was about him. He wanted to make the death of 19 children and two teachers, about Beto O'Rourke, because he's human scum. He is the worst form of life imaginable on this earth.

GLENN: These things might work in New York.

STU: Yeah. Good luck with it.

GLENN: Or Washington or Delaware. It's not going to work here. You know, the only one that had the other opinion of, hey, maybe gun control is Matthew McConaughey. And he seemed like a decent. I disagreed with him. But he was a decent human being about it.

STU: Yeah. Totally. He obviously doesn't know that much about the details of the issues. But he, I think comes from a good place. Here's a guy, Matthew McConaughey's statement.

Was like, hey, gosh. How do we stop this? We need to do something. All right. That's not an educated viewpoint on this. All right?

Everybody posted on social media. If you know anything about these topics. The -- the argument of, well, why don't we do something, is just vapid? Right?

It's just a giant, shallow, empty vessel of a view. It's a stand-in for intellect.

But Beto O'Rourke is a totally different issue. He is the worst. All he did was try to get attention. And, you know what, his next job, which, by the way, will not be governor of the state of Texas. His next job at MSNBC or whatever. This crap will help him.

And that's all this is about him for him. He's pathetic.

GLENN: Again, again. MSNBC, I -- I mean, he is going to be behind a microphone. But I think it's going to be. Hi, welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order, please?

STU: If he's lucky.

GLENN: Would you like fries with that?

STU: Well, and the thing is too, look, this is a very desperate man in a very desperate position doing very desperate things.

GLENN: It's disgusting.

STU: And if you want to get past how revolting a human being you must be to think this is appropriate, if you want to get past that for a second, and you get to the point of just political strategy. You can make the argument, right? He is so -- his -- his hill he's climbing is so far up his -- so steep, that maybe ridiculous stunts and pathetic things like this is the right thing to do. Maybe you goad Greg Abbott into making a mistake. And saying something really bad. When he walks out.

You know, unfortunately, for him, you left Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick with the microphones. So you're getting taken out of the room. Where no one can hear you blab about your nonsense. And they have the microphones. And they handled it really, really well.

GLENN: Well, well.

STU: And I honestly -- if Greg Abbott did what that mayor did, it would have been bad. But the fact that the mayor did it. You know, that guy was not standing up for this nonsense. He didn't want this to be about politics. This is his freaking city. And he sat there with just righteous indignation. And, man, I felt for him.

And I thought Abbott and Patrick handled it really well. And the mayor did too. We bleeped it out. He just calls him an A-hole from the -- and that's exactly what needed to happen.

GLENN: That's exactly who he is.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: By the way, why didn't the police -- why didn't the police see it.

I mean, BLM came out yesterday, against the racist police. And how they -- how did they know? Why didn't they stop this kid?

And, you know, you're right. You had all kinds of warnings, that this would be a bad kid, right?

All kinds of warnings. Reuters is reporting, some really disturbing writing. One day, I'm going to quote.

One day, I was driving home from work, I noticed two children crossing the street. They were happy, happy to be free from their troubles.

This is happy. This happiness was mine by right. I had earned it in my dream. As I neared the young ones, I put all my weight on my right foot, keeping the accelerating down on to the floor, until I hear the crashing of two children on the hood.

Then the sharp cry of pain from one of the two. I was so fascinated for a moment, that when after I had stopped my vehicle, I just sat in a daze, sweet visions filling my head. Right?

Dangerous. Right? Nothing good is going to come of this.

According to Reuters, those are the teenage writings of Beto O'Rourke.

STU: Oh, my God. Really?

GLENN: Yep. In writings that Reuters say still exist online, O'Rourke reportedly fantasized about toppling the government, but doubted that the masses would support such a radical move at this time. Then he also wrote about murdering children, by running over them with his car.

STU: This is -- this is the ultimate red flag for the red flag law.

GLENN: Exactly right. Exactly right. I'm glad that he's against guns. The state of Texas should be very aware and not allow him to buy any guns.

STU: Oh, my gosh.

GLENN: Because of this. This guy -- this guy. And his righteous indignation. Give it a rest, bud. Give it a rest.

All right. Back in just a second with -- with more. First, let me tell you about Patriot Mobile. Just because the Biden administration paused the creation of the disinformation board, the fight is not over.

They haven't -- all they're doing is looking into, who was providing the disinformation?

And now they have Chertoff running it. The former Department of Homeland Security chief.

By the way, who told me in an interview in 2005, I was talking to him, we were off the air. And I said, what's your cell phone?

And he said, cell phone? I don't have a cell phone. I said, what do you mean you don't have a cell phone?

He said, Glenn, if people -- this is 2005. If people knew how easily it was to get and listen and know everything about a person, because of their cell phone. Nobody in America would have one.

STU: Hmm. I remembered that.

GLENN: You remember that?

STU: I remember that moment.

STU: And gosh, how accurate was that?

GLENN: Oh, sure. Sure. I don't have a cell phone.

I said, how do you communicate with people? The old-fashioned way. Memos.

Oh. Okay. All right.

Now I feel really stupid. Because you're the guy in charge of watching everybody. Now they're going to put him in charge of the -- the disinformation board. So that's going to go well. The guy who did the Patriot Act, but I digress.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

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

Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

Watch the FULL Interview HERE

Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

Transcript

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

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

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

Glenn Beck warns: We're already in World War III

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.