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Assassination attempt survivor: The POWERFUL reason for Trump’s RETURN to Butler, PA

Former President Donald Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania, for another rally on October 5th. Is his willingness to return to the site of his first assassination attempt a sign of strength? Rep. Steve Scalise believes so. Scalise, who survived an assassin’s bullet himself, tells Glenn that conquering fear is the only way forward for Trump: “I made an early decision…I’m not going to worry about what got me here. God spared me...I’ve talked to Trump about this since Butler.” He also explains why he believes Congress MUST look into everything surrounding the 2 assassination attempts: “I’m not a big believer in coincidence.”

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GLENN: I don't think so. But the one guy I would really know is Steve. He would know what it's like. Steve Scalise is with us now.

Steve, how are you?

STEVE: Well, doing great, Glenn. How are you, Glenn? It's been a long time, really great to talk to you.

GLENN: I know. I know.

Listen, I just wanted to talk to you, because what I'm seeing from Donald Trump. And especially now that he's going back to the same place where the shooting happened this summer.

You are the one guy that can relate to being shot, for your views. For who you are.

And then walking back in crowd again.

What does that feel like?

How long did that take for you, to not that natural reaction, of -- of, you know, is there somebody. Am I safe? Am I safe?

Or did you ever have that?

STEVE: Yeah. Glenn, and I was in the hospital for three and a half months. So you have a lot of time to focus on, what are you going to do, kind of how will you approach this kind of new attitude, where, you know, you've been through something like that?

And, of course, those three and a half months, I was fighting for my life. So, you know -- but part of that, I made an early decision. Because I really needed to put all my focus into getting better.

You know, I had to learn how to walk again. Had to learn, was I going to be able to do things like that again? Go back to work?

So once I got that mindset, I said, you know what, I'm not looking back. Literally, rip off the rearview mirror.

I'm not going to worry about what got me here. Like I knew, I was given a second chance.

And believe me, I talked to President Trump about this since Butler. And when we talked kind of -- because he came to the hospital, the day of you his shooting.

It was his birthday. He and Melania came. Consoled my family at that moment.

I just made that decision. I'm not going to be a victim. Focus on why he did it. Why he got there. I have to put all my energy into getting better, or else, I won't get better.

Once I did that, it changed my outlook and my focus. You know, I went back to the ball field, when I got out of the hospital because I wanted to do that. I wanted to run back, and go -- like, I'm not going to live in fear. And we did that.

And it was therapeutic. It was emotional, but it was therapeutic. And then just, you know, I got on with my life. And I said, you know, God. And believe me, I have deep faith. But I put my faith in God.

And he took care of me that day. There were miracles performed. You kind of have to say, it's in his hands. He knows what's going to happen, next, more than we do.

He gives us the tools. But he also gives us the freedom to go fail. To go succeed. To do whatever we want to do. But he also looks out for us. And at some point, you have to just have that faith, that God has the big bigger plan. You've got to control your day to day. But what are you going to focus your energy on today?

Are you going to be positive, or negative? And I choose to be positive.

GLENN: Do you -- in watching Donald Trump, I mean, he went down on the ground.

I mean, if he would have moved his head just slightly differently, he would have been dead today.

It would have been the worst live television broadcast of all time.

And, but, you know, he moved his head that way. I think that was -- I think that was God, interacting there.

STEVE: It was Divine Intervention. Absolutely. And, look, he knows that too, Glenn.

You know, that was part of the conversation we had. He was like, Steve, I know I shouldn't be here. And I think that recognition where you recognize, life is bigger than yourself. You know, somebody does have a hand in all of this.

And you just got to let some of that go, and realize, you can do all -- everything right. And get hit by a truck one day. Like, you don't know what will happen. So just live your life. Do the best you can every day.

Here's a man, Donald Trump, who has put himself up for persecution. By so many people who have gone after him. And yet, figuratively, literally, legally, all of that.

And yet, he still moves forward. He still knows, I have to do this for the country. And he believes that.

And the country believes that too. You know, you go to a Trump rally. You go to any part of the country. And, you know, people know, we are at a very volatile time right now. And a fragile time in the country.

You know, which direction are we going to take in the nation. And these are bigger questions than anything individual. But Donald Trump represents that, you know, do we want to get back to what our country was really founded on.

You know, free market principles. You control your destiny. Government is there to control your life. Not to tell you what you can and cannot do. This is going to decide all of that on November 5th. He knows, he's the only one right now, who can really turn this around.

And I believe that. I think most people do. And so he -- he recognizes that, yeah. There's people that want to stop it.

We've seen it twice now. And it's scary. You can't let fear drive your life.

STU: I'll tell you, my favorite line from him was, come on, guys. Let me play through.

STEVE: Yeah. That's 200 par. I was having a great --

GLENN: I mean, that is crazy. That's crazy.

STEVE: But, look, you have to have that mindset. If you live in fear, just go lock yourself in the room and go in the fetal position and you'll be neutered. He's not going to be neutered. He's not going to live in fear. And, you know, you got to put your trust in other people.

Obviously the Secret Service is one of those groups. And that's why we're fighting so hard to get reforms at the Secret Service because they have a mission, one single mission, not diversity or wokeness.

It's to protect presidents. Former presidents. Vice president. And they were failing at that.

And we are pushing hard to get them to refocus, to increase the security. We finally got that addressed to increase the level of security President Trump has.

That they were not given in that opportunity. And that led to some of these problems.

But, you know, at the end of the take can. You just to have say, I will still go the route.

This is who I am. And that's who he is.

GLENN: You know, the majority of Americans, think there will be another assassination attempt, before the election.

Which is really a sad commentary.

STEVE: Yeah. It is.

GLENN: Do you believe that this really was simply just a series of unbelievable mistakes?

Or is there any room for, hmm. Maybe some of these decisions were -- were conscious.

I'm not saying that they set it up.

But eh. Just let it slide a little bit.

STEVE: Look, I'm not a big believer in coincidence. You know, you live long enough. You see things that, you know, not everything adds up. But if you connect the dots.

You realize, okay.

There's something wrong here.

I really do think they can't be there are people. And this is why I'm really, really vocal about the language. When Kamala is saying. Not just, hey. I don't like his tax plan.

I don't like this or that.

It's, he's a threat to democracy.

He's like Hitler. He's this or that. That's telling people. And there are unhinged people out there, unfortunately.

And they here that as a call to action. And that's what was going on.

The second attempt of the assassin. Flatout used her exact language, about threat to democracy, in his mission to go try to kill the president. And so, you know, they've got to stop doing this. It's not like, hey. We all need to dial it down. No. There's one side saying specific things as being taken, as literally calls to action, to try to assassinate the president. That's what we have to stop. Whether it's truly coordinating the broad scale or not, it doesn't matter.

If somebody is taking what you're saying as, okay. I need to go take action in my own hands and try to kill somebody, you've got to stop saying that.

At some point, you have to look in the mirror and go, my words are causing somebody else to want to kill somebody.

And if you think, oh, I can just say whatever I want, you know, there's free speech. And then there's, you know, yelling fire in the theater. I mean, there is a line. And now you see where they've crossed it. And they've seen it. They need to stop doing it.

GLENN: So I had a brush, not nearly like yours or Donald Trump's. But a brush similar to the one that he had on the golf course. And I know that freaked me out. Immediately, I thought, what am I willing to die for?

What -- what -- it changed my language. You know, it changed. I was not going to die for things I didn't absolutely believe. Did that go through you as well?

STEVE: It was -- it was more a shift in focus. Like, what is really important in life? What are you doing all this for?

You know, especially when you get into politics. You run campaigns. And you say, I'm going to fight for this or that.

You know, I have strong beliefs.

Washington. You found out quickly. Not everybody believes in everything exactly like you do.

You need to start putting coalitions together.

Find people that maybe believe in 80 percent of what you believe in.

Because you won't get it done on your own. Yet, you still want to advance your cause.

I believe it. But also, most important. It's my family. I wanted to see my family. That's the first thing that came to my mind. When I was laid out, and not sure if I would make it through the day.

It wasn't gee-whiz, what's my next title going to be?

You know, the next bill going to be. You're not thinking about any of that.

You know, we will all walk away from these jobs. And what will you look back on?

What is it that they want? Well, first of all, you better want to walk back to the family you started with. And have your integrity intact. And then you can start thinking about, wow. I was able to move the needle on this.

Advance, what I believe, 20, 30 more yards on that. And, hopefully, you can say you did that. There are some people, that won't even be able to look back.

Because they spent all their time, just talking and trying to get attention. And they'll never advance their causes. And you don't want to waste your time in life. And so you do realize, time is important. Life is important. Make every minute count.

GLENN: Steve Scalise. From Louisiana. The House Majority leader.

Thank you so much for coming on with me, Steve. God bless you.

STEVE: Always a pleasure, Glenn. God bless you too. Thank you.

EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Explains His FIERY Rejection of Spending Bill

According to the media, there’s a big fight going on between Republicans over the House’s new slimmed-down continuing resolution spending bill. Some, including President-elect Donald Trump, wanted the bill to pass. But others, like Texas Representative Chip Roy, argued that it still wasn’t ready. However, is the Republican “unity coalition” really crumbling, like the media claims? Rep. Chip Roy joins Glenn to explain what’s really going on. He argues that he IS trying to give Trump and DOGE a 100-day “runway” to fix the country. But he makes the case that, by increasing the debt ceiling by $5 trillion without agreeing on other cuts, this bill gives bad actors the ability to be an “obstacle” to Trump’s agenda further down the line. Plus, he reveals to Glenn that he believes some of these bad actors LEAKED false information about his stance to Mar-a-Lago.

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GLENN:

I think we have a great opportunity today. To show you how to have a -- tough conversation, with friends, friends. Where you deeply disagree on something.

But you know that their intent is good. They know my intent is good. Or our intent is good.

And we actually have the same end goal, but we disagree on the path. And we're going to walk away friends.

Chip Roy is joining us today. And, Chip, I love you. And I always will. And I agree with your, we've got to cut spending. We have to. But Liz Wheeler is with me. And we've been talking about it all morning. It's the -- the -- the -- the system of DOGE and Trump, the call-out to the world, in saying, you've got to surrender the Capitol. You know, the bad guys are in and about to take all the money.

Surround, and tell them, come out with your hands up. And that happened. And we scored a massive win, in an entirely new way.

Ask then you stood on principle, one we both agree with.

And it failed!

And so here's -- here's what Liz and I were talking about. Here's what we want to say to you.

And then get your response.

LIZ: Hi, Congressman Roy, this is the way I see it. I want your take on it. I love you. I think you're one of the best members of Congress. I disagree with you on the process that's happening. And I think that is the difference. The process. We elected Donald Trump to be a disruptor. Because Republican members of Congress for decades have been telling they're fiscal conservatives. They want to decrease the debt SEAL. It hasn't happened.

It hasn't -- it hasn't been done. And so Donald Trump comes in with Elon Musk, and uses this DOGE process to first identify these pieces of garbage in the first 1500-page bill. And take those things to the people. We took them to members of Congress. Congress said, okay. We'll listen to you.

So that new process was very effective.

And my question to you is: Once that process was proved to be effective. Which I think is exciting and wonderful.

How do we bridge this divide, with you, to say, okay.

Let's put some faith in this new process. And trust Elon Musk and Donald Trump and the Dow Jones process, to eventually address the debt ceiling, but get this done right now?

GLENN: And not blind trust. Chip.

CHIP: So appreciate you guys. Appreciate being on the show. Particular order. I have to go through a couple of things.

GLENN: Yep.

CHIP: Number one, it's important to remember that my job and my duty is to the Constitution, to God, and the people I represent. I told them, when I came to Washington, I would not -- I would not let the credit card and the debt ceiling and the borrowing of the United States without the spending restraints necessary to offset it.

GLENN: Okay.

CHIP: Right now, all we have are promises and ideas and notions. What I know, that neither of you respectfully no, and that none of your listeners respectfully no are the people that are in the room, that I was in with yesterday. And the day before, who are recalcitrant.

And do not want to do the spending cuts that we need to do.

That I believe the president and the DOGE guys. And everybody want to do.

My job, is to force that through the meat grinder. To demand that we do our damn job. Okay?

GLENN: Okay. So hang on. Okay. So wait. Wait. You're right. You're right. You're right. Go ahead.

CHIP: Number thee, when we were going through the bill, I'm glad the bill dropped from 1,550 pages to 116 pages. Three-quarters of Twitter or X or whatever you want to call it, have been out there spreading false facts that we supported a bad bill and didn't like the better bill.

That's not true. But let's be Lear. The 1400 pages that were cut out. It's a panacea.

There were some good stuff in there. There were some bad stuff in there. There was a lot of disinformation.

There wasn't a $70,000 pay raise. There was a 3,000-dollar pay raise.

I didn't support any pay raise. I didn't support a lot of the stuff in there.

But there's a lot of misinformation. And here's the thing: The 116 pages that were left, and I opposed violently the first bill. I was leading the charge on fighting and killing the first bill.

GLENN: And I love you.

LIZ: The second bill for 116 pages. Turned off -- turned off the pay go requirement. That we slash 1.7 trillion automatically.

And added a 5 trillion that are increase.

My view was, I could not support that, without a clear understanding of what cuts we would get, in mandatory spending next year. And undo any of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The undoing of the student loans. The undoing of the crap with the food stamps.

And everything else. I yield back.

GLENN: Okay. I yield back.

Chip, you're not in a hostile room. We love you. And we agree with your end goals. It's our end goal too. We didn't make that promise that you made to the people that voted for you. So we have more wiggle room here.

But you say -- I think our big difference is, you say, I know the guys in the room.

You're right. You do. And we -- we ceded that earlier today on the show.

You are -- one of us is wrong on trust.

I don't trust any of the weasels in Washington.

But I think Donald Trump and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have earned enough trust, to get a grace period, here for the first -- maybe the first year.

Or at least six months.

To turn the economy around, and also reduce the size of the government.

And totally flip this thing.

And I know, as somebody who is -- you know, run a company, mainly into a ground. But run a company, and have to switch it, in the middle, and totally reshuffle. That -- that actually costs money, while you're doing it, to bridge the gap.

Because you have to fill up holes while you're filling in the gap.

You don't trust the people in the room. Neither do we.

But we do trust the system that worked on Wednesday with DOGE and Donald Trump.

Where do we disagree?

Can you give them --

CHIP: We don't disagree. And yesterday morning, I was making that precise argument in a room full of conservatives and then a follow-up room with people who will call it, less conservatives.

GLENN: Republican. Yes.

CHIP: And so we were making this argument. And then someone infamously. Something leaked out of the room, somehow out to Mar-a-Lago. That I was being resistant. Because I was negotiating trying to get the agreement to achieve the objective that you just said. I was trying to get, okay. In fact, yesterday morning, I made the argument to a group of conservatives. We need to give the president runway. We need to give him his first 100 days. We need to appreciate JD, and Vivek, and all the people -- and everybody involved. For the president to achieve the objective.

But to get there. We have to make sure that the guys in the room, that are an obstacle to that, don't have the ability to block it.

Because information flow matters. And when those guys tell the president, they can't achieve X.

Then the president will not achieve X. Our job was to force and demand, guys, we need actual understanding of what the cuts will be.

And because otherwise, we're asking us to accept a 5 trillion-dollar limit in our credit card increase. In exchange for nothing!

Literally, in exchange for nothing, but -- but hope.

So our job was to force that change.

Unfortunately, while I was trying to make the argument that we needed something in order to get the votes, someone leaked that down to Mar-a-Lago, and the president reacted.

But now I have to now manage that.

GLENN: Right. I know. I know.

CHIP: They're trying to enforce change in town.

GLENN: So hang on.

We have to leave this. Because I'm going to run against the clock.

I could talk to you all day about this. You were in a meeting this morning about J.D. Vance. Can you tell us anything about that meeting?

CHIP: That meeting happened, because despite what happened yesterday, I'm trying to get this done. Last night, talking to JD, we worked to get this meeting done. We had some good progress this morning.

But there still remains people concerned about spending. That we can work out, what agreement we can reach. On what spending cuts. We can actually get next year, in exchange for giving the vote on a debt ceiling increase.

So it remains fluid. Progress was made. But we have to keep working on it.

And I left that meeting to talk to you. Soil get an update in a minute.

GLENN: Thank you for that, by the way.

I hear there is a new bill that may be coming today.

Is that the one you're talking about?

Or is this another bill that could be another nightmare?

CHIP: Despite other people leaking crap, I refused. I can't say, because it's not been decided by the speaker.

And it's not right to talk about things they're talking about in private meetings.

GLENN: Yeah, but it's -- it's this speaker. I mean, is he really the speaker anymore, Chip, really?

CHIP: We need to hear what bill we need to get forward. And I can't talk about the private meetings. But, look, I'm going to keep fighting for what I promised people that I represent.

I'm going to fight to cut spending. I am going to represent article one.

I'm going to support the president's agenda, but we've got to do that together.

GLENN: Okay.

Chip, thank you.

I think we can -- I think we agree, but I await to see what that means to you. Because we may just have to agree to disagree on this.

But I love you. And I still want you to replace Cornyn.

CHIP: The short version is, for inflation's sake, we cannot increase the debt ceiling $5 trillion without knowing what we're getting for it.

And I don't think anybody should disagree with that.

GLENN: But you don't disagree that Elon Musk and Trump and Vivek are serious about gutting the system.

CHIP: I believe that is their objective. I believe there are obstacles to that objective. And I need to know the sincerity of how we deal with those obstacles, both structural, and human. And we have to figure that out. And that's my job.

America's Favorite Villain Is Ready for Nuclear Fallout. Are You? | Glenn TV | Ep 401

In this episode of Glenn TV — a theatrical how-to guide to survive the breakdown of society after a nuclear attack, according to the new movie “Homestead” from Angel Studios. Glenn Beck interviews the movie’s star and executive producer, Neal McDonough, who plays the head of a family trying to survive as society is breaking down in a postapocalyptic world. You’ve probably seen Neal in everything from the hit TV shows “Yellowstone,” “Suits,” and “Justified” to movies like “Captain America,” “Minority Report,” and the groundbreaking mini-series “Band of Brothers.” Glenn asks Neal what it’s like to play a villain so often, how TV and movies are changing, and how he survived Hollywood as a devoted Christian and husband who refuses to do onscreen kissing scenes with any of his female co-stars. They also discuss his battle with alcoholism, what it’s like working the legends like Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Costner, and the cultural craving for Western cinema. Note: Angel Studios is a sponsor of “The Glenn Beck Program.” Get your tickets for “Homestead” at https://Angel.com/Beck.

Biden FLOODED the Government With DEI, But Trump Has ONE Way to Win

With just weeks left in office, President Biden (or whoever’s actually calling the shots) has decided to hire 1,200 DEI officials. Is this part of a plot to undermine Donald Trump’s plans and make it harder for him to rid the government of woke Deep State bureaucrats? Glenn and fellow BlazeTV host ‪@lizwheeler‬ discuss how other Democrats have recently proposed things like this, including a UK-style “shadow cabinet” that would oppose Trump. Liz also gives her advice to Trump on how to deal with these new DEI officials, who will be paid hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to focus on things like “health equity” …

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GLENN: Okay. Where were we, Liz?

LIZ: The Biden administration. Although, not Biden. Because he can't tell the difference between a nickel and a dime, trying to sabotage the Trump administration.

GLENN: Yeah. So the latest on this is now Biden is hiring 1200. Biden is not doing it.

But he's hiring 1200 DEI officials, and putting them just under the appointed official. So there will be 1200.

Some of these people make almost $400,000 a year. $400,000 a year! That's your tax dollar!

Will you -- in your -- in your life, your average person, I don't know if you'll ever even -- if you'll ever even pay $400,000 in taxes?

So you could be working your whole life, for that one hire.

And he's hired 1200 of them.

And all he's trying to do is make sure the DEI positions just can't get cut.

I've got news for you.

Donald Trump is going to cut those positions.

He's going to. And it's going to get ugly.

I mean, the ACLU was all over this, saying, oh, we've got plans. We're going to -- we're going to -- this is obscene.

This is absolutely obscene. What the Democrats are trying to do. By thwarting the president.

And honestly, thwarting the will of the American people. Remember the speech that was given by I don't know, some boob from -- well, one of the Carolinas.

I don't want to besmirch the other one for electing a boob. But he was -- he was giving a speech in the well of the Senate. And he said, we need a shadow government. What?

Hold it. You mean a Deep State. Because we already have one of those. And he said. This is a quote.

One of the most obscene things I've ever heard from an elected representative. We failed to make our case. That our policies are better.

Now, in my world, growing up in America, the next sentence is: We need to sit down and talk and find out why we're out of step, with the American people.

His was, but we know we're right. So we need a shadow government, to make sure we put our policies in, anyway.

There's nothing more un-American than that.

By the way, Ted Cruz also said, he thinks there's criminal charges that could be lodged against Biden and his administration for the selling of the steel and the walls for the border.

I think so too. I think so too. He'll probably end up blanketing or pardoning everybody that has either lived by a Biden. Or a Democrat.

Worked for the administration. Everybody will get a pardon at the end.

Honestly, it's like, hey. Everybody, Oprah is here.

Look under your seats.

Because you've got a pardon. You've got a pardon. And you've got a pardon.

Ugh!

Now...

PAT: The Department of Health and Human Services on November 15th. This is posted immediately after President Trump has been reelected.

They advertised for the following position. A deputy assistant secretary for Minority Health. With a salary of up to 221 thousand dollars. This is the goal of this position.

Or this is the purpose of this position.

To, quote, promote health equity.

To promote health equity.

What does that mean?

It means racial criminalization in health care.

It means, if you are seeking, I don't know.

Think about during the pandemic. When there was limited resources. Limited beds in the emergency room.

Limited amounts of drugs and therapeutics, that people could access, in order to treat COVID when it's at its worse.

Well, now you will be screened based on the color of your skin.

That's what health equity is. Health equity is a word used to disguise the reality, that it's just -- it's socialism.

It's discrimination.

It requires, a government official to look at you, and make a decision about whether or not you are going to have access to health care that you might need, based on what you look like.

Not based on the severity of your illness. Not based on your ability to pay. Not based on your request for care. But based on the color of your skin. That's not only wrong and immoral and completely absurd, that a bureaucratic in that position would make over $221,000. That's evil. The left likes to pretend, that you're a racist. Or I'm a racist. Just for voting for Donald Trump. This is evil racism. This is the kind of stuff that we eradicated from our country.

And Biden is trying to plant the Trump administration. With these evil little minions before he leaves.

GLENN: I mean, why are we -- why are we surprised?

How many anti-slavery amendments do we have, to the Constitution.

I mean, it's amazing to me. With very few exception, after ten, most of these seem to be like, oh.

Yeah. Okay.

You're so stupid, you don't understand.

Slaves need to be free. Okay.

Then the next amendment is like, okay. All right.

Let me limp up to explain this once more.

That means, they're Americans, and can vote!

How many amendments are -- are just one after another, especially on slavery.

And, by the way, who was it that didn't understand that slaves should be freed? The Democratic Party.

It -- I swear to you, these amendments are just, God, we didn't think you would be this stupid.

It's already covered!

But let's lay it out clearly, for you.

You cannot discriminate by color! By race! By religion.

We thought that had already been covered, but apparently, not.

LIZ: What I would do if I were the Trump transition team. This is obviously a deliberate effort by the Biden administration. Because within the first ten days after the election, 33 of these jobs were posted on government websites.

So this was -- they were like, okay. Trump is coming in. Let's start ceding the deep state with these races. What I would do if I were Trump transition is I would say, we take racial equality, very seriously. We take civil rights very seriously.

In the administration, of the 47th president of the United States, and anybody who engages, especially a government official who engages in racial discrimination will be prosecuted. And prevent these people from even accepting these jobs. Because they will be threatened with legal action if they do.

GLENN: You can make a legal case. A solid, legal case, that that is exactly right. And that's what should be done.

They would be doing that to us, if we were -- if we were discriminating on race. If we were like, you know what, we're only going to hire white people.

We would go to jail.

Oh, you know what. We're just going to shuffle the deck here.

We're going to look at everybody.

But we lean towards white people.

Did you have Wheaties for breakfast?

If you had Wheaties as a childhood, you're in a different category. Okay?

I mean, we would go to jail. We would be shut down.

It's the same thing.

But don't expect the Democrats to get it.

Did you see the new -- or the DNC chair front runner?

The one they're thinking should be the head of the DNC?

He said, the problem with the election is, the convention should have featured pro-Hamas activists.

LIZ: I totally agree. That absolutely should have --
GLENN: At least they would have been honest.
LIZ: Think about how many Democrat voters, and really prominent people too.

I'm talking about Joe Rogan. I'm talking about Elon Musk. I'm talking about RFK Jr. These were fairly hard-core Democrats, who not only converted to being like, okay. We'll tolerate a Republican. Because it's not Joe Biden.

It's not Kamala Harris.

These people are the biggest supporters of President Trump right now, because of that kind of garbage. So DNC, if you are going to be radical, please be honest and tell us.

Thank you. It's just ushering new Republican voters right into our arms.

GLENN: I respect you, more than I respect people like Mike Johnson.

Mike Johnson doesn't tell me what -- he doesn't tell me what he really is.

What he really believes.

He tells me what I want to hear. I don't believe it. Then he's elected. Then he gets in.

And then he rapes you.

You know, I have much more respect for -- for people who are like, yeah. I'm pro-Hamas.

And you should elect me.

Well, I don't think I'm going to do it.

But thank you for telling me who you really are.

LIZ: Yeah. Great. Let's take all of the Democrat members of Congress. And let's Jamaal Bowman them, let's Cori Bush them.

Because as soon as they were honest about being pro-Hamas, voters were like, actually, we're good.

GLENN: Yep. Yep.

By the way, Hochul has come out. And she has now tried to stir up support to end the electoral college.

Because no offense, Wyoming, according to her words, New York voted for Kamala Harris.

You know, it is so dishonest. And this would -- this would have no space, if -- if we were actually teaching you students, what the electoral college is for.

You want to talk about fairness. Here's fairness: Should New York City dictate what all of New York does?

No!

They have representation. Of all the small towns.

All the farming towns.

Everything else.

New York City, should not be the one that tells everyone else, exactly how to live!

I think there should be electoral colleges in states now.

Because the cities are just devouring, all of the communities outside of those mega cities.

The electoral college is to make sure, that New York, California, and let me say, Texas, doesn't run over all of the other states!

And force how they're living in those cities, and those big states. In Wyoming!

Or Idaho!

Or Alabama!

Yeah. I don't have to live like you do in New York City.

I don't want to live like you do in New York City.

And we have completely different values than you do.

We should have a say, and an even, equal seat at the table.

That's why we have the electoral college. And we have the popular vote.

So you can see. And it's usually pretty close.

This time, however, Hochul, you lost the popular vote!

So you don't really have a case here, on the electoral college.

But you don't have a case.

If you're an American, you don't have a case on the electoral college anyway.

LIZ: Wait a second. Have we war gamed the scenario that you just proposed.

If there was an electoral college on the state level in California or on the state level in New York, what would the -- have we actually looked at a map here. If anybody has done this. Tag me on social media.

Because I am fascinated by this idea. I've not thought of this before. But I -- would we actually swing those states Republicans, if there was a state level?

STU: I bet we would. I bet we would.

You know, every time. Look at Wyoming.

Jackson Hole now controls Wyoming. Just controls it.

Who is -- who is so close to controlling Texas?

All the big cities.

You know, you don't have a chance. When these cities grow so large, they tip everything.

That's why we have an electoral college.

And it didn't used to be this way.

But our cities are becoming mega cities.

Almost states in and among themselves.

You -- you have to balance. Otherwise, the farmer and everybody else, that makes your life possible, in a city, gets screwed.

GLENN: And also think about cheating for a second. If you have a popular vote across the whole country, versus an electoral college system, it's a lot easier to impact the outcome of the entire presidential election because you can have one county somewhere with corrupt election officials.

And if they cheat by 10,000 votes, that could change the outcome of the election.

But if you're an electoral college, it doesn't necessarily.