RADIOJanuary 30, 2024

The ONLY BILL Biden needs to sign to secure the border

The media insists that President Biden is finally getting tough on the border. But is he REALLY? Biden is demanding that Congress pass a bill that would give him new emergency powers to shut down the border. But Glenn is sick and tired of giving presidents emergency powers. Instead, he wrote up the only bill that Biden needs to sign to secure the border. And just in case Biden decides to ignore that one, like he's ignoring all the current border laws, Glenn wrote up a second bill to close all the loopholes ...

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: From CNN. President Joe Biden is embracing tougher border measures, including shutting down the US-Mexico border. Marking a stark shift from his early days in office, as he tries to fend off former President Donald Trump's attacks on immigration policy.

Hours after speaker of the House, Mike Johnson warned on Friday, that the emerging border deal in the Senate was dead on arrival. Biden offered this message to House Republicans.

CNN translates. Securing the border through these negotiations is a win for America.

For everyone who is demanding tougher border control, this is the way to do it.

If you are serious about the border crisis, pass a bipartisan bill. And I will sign it.

Now, CNN goes on to explain, over the course of his administration, Biden has leaned on more restrictive measures to try to stem the flow of migration.

STU: Which administration is this?

I'm sorry. What?

GLENN: But Friday's statement revealed a tougher stance, as the president tried to control the issue that's dogged him.

STU: Is he too tough on the border?

I think he might be too tough.

GLENN: He's almost too tough. Well, I have worked all weekend long on a bipartisan bill. Okay? Now, I am going to do something that the politicians won't. I'm going to show it to America, and then we could debate and discuss it.

STU: I'm not sure about that tactic.

Seems erratic. Now, here it is. I've written it down. And I'm waiting for the president's signature.

It just says, we will enforce all -- all federal laws, at all borders. At all times. And he just puts a signature there.

STU: Wow!

GLENN: So we can debate. We can debate. Is it too much?

Is it too little. Is there any pork in there, that you see.

STU: Right. What if we just don't do it on the southern border.

GLENN: It says all borders, at all times.

STU: I'm trying to negotiate with you, Glenn. What about some of the times?

Or how about none of the times.

How about that.

GLENN: I think he should sign this one.

STU: How about we won't enforce all federal laws at all borders at all times?

GLENN: No. It says we will enforce. Right here.

STU: I'm just trying to get this through.

GLENN: Are you a member of the administration. I'm just trying --

STU: I'm a gang of eight.

I look at eight people combined.

I'm the gang of eight.

GLENN: Well, there it is.

There has been some talk in committee.

STU: Oh. The committee that lives in said your head.

GLENN: Yeah. There's lots of us in here.

And Bill was saying, well, I don't know, Mr. Beck. Because --

STU: What year is in your head?

GLENN: It like 1824.

And, I mean, am looking at this. And I see it signed by President Joe Biden.

And I said, yes, sir.

But he tends not to enforce the laws.

And I said, I know. That's why this is a pinkie promise. That says, he will enforce the laws.

STU: Right. Okay.

GLENN: I would like to make an amendment. So I had -- I have an amendment, I would like to offer.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: From one of the voices in my head.

And so he signs this one.

That says, you know, I'll enforce the law, the federal laws, at all borders. At you all times.

And then he signs this one into law. I will actually enforce the law, I just signed.

By Joe Biden.

STU: I feel like we might get into a little bit of a Russian doll situation here.

Where bill after bill after bill.

GLENN: Right.

STU: I think it would improve the situation.

GLENN: You do. You do.

So I just don't think that, you know, we need any of the special emergency powers. You know, NBC made me feel better.

These are just akin to the ones that were introduced during COVID.

Oh!

Oh, okay.

Oh. Yeah.

STU: Wait. So, first of all, they're laws like COVID. You mean the ones that the Biden administration fought so hard to overturn.

Why -- because I remember Trump did put in a bunch of restrictions.

And the entire debate of the early administration was, how fast he could get them removed.

And then how

GLENN: Right.

This is just giving them the emergency power to put those or any other kind of things that they might think of, in.

STU: Now, of course, that doesn't affect people who are saying they are persecuted.

GLENN: No.

STU: Those people can still come in.

GLENN: No. And you can come in the front doors, just don't climb in the windows. So you could come in.

By the way, you know, some would think, hey, this sounds really bad.

Some, including you know who. This sound to me like a Mexican standoff.

And I was in my head going, hey. Stop that language! This is not a Mexican.

What year are you from?

STU: I will say, I want to see the animated film Inside Out, about your head and all the different personalities in there, having these arguments.

GLENN: It would be good. It would be good.

STU: That would be a great sequel.

GLENN: Anyway, we are at a place now where the federal government, you know, at any time could say, hey. We don't appreciate it, Texas. And do more than -- well, I can't even say it.

That is so wrong of me.

My gosh, I have who don't even so callous, that I would even suspect that Friday, the president coming out and saying, we're stopping all natural gas exportation from the United States of America for the next year.

Not only really pissed off our allies. Because they need it!

But I was just about to go down this very calloused road. And I apologize in advance, for thinking that that may have happened on Friday.

Because the two states that would be punished, would be Texas and Florida.

Now, to assume the president would do something like that is just -- to have him say?

CNN would translate, I want to make things better for the people in Texas. That's why I'm going to shut down 30 percent of all of America's supply, just coming out of Texas.

I think -- I could have felt targeted. By the president.

But I don't think that's what he's doing at all.

STU: Always looking out for the best for all of us.

That's the Joe Biden way.

I think people believe that.

GLENN: Yeah. So he has Border Patrol that he commands. That he commands.

And then we have Greg Abbott, who he commands, the National Guard.

And then we have the President who says, no!

I'm the leader of the National Guard. And so he's saying, I'm going to federalize them.

And if he federalizes them.

Then, and this is a really great -- soldiers love this.

When they're like, okay.

I'm kind of in the middle of this.

And I kind of agree with this guy.

It doesn't matter which guy. I kind of agree with this guy. So I think I'm not going to do what the other guy tells me to do.

Soldiers love ambiguity. They love it.

STU: It's very important for a military.

GLENN: It really is great.

STU: You have to make sure you have different orders for different people, letting them decide individually.

GLENN: Right. And they can't decide. If they decide, well, they should be tried. And it's like the Border Patrol.

You know, the Border Patrol.

Are you going to -- are you going to shoot the Texas National Guard, or the Texas law enforcement?

Especially, since you guys really agree. In fact, they came out. Rank-and-file, Border Patrol agents are not going to start arresting Texas national guard members for following their lawful order. That's fake news.

Texas National Guard and rank-and-file BP agents worked together, to respect each other's jobs, period. The Texas national guard members have lawful order. And they have to carry out those orders.

So the rank-and-file of the Border Patrol, is kind of on the side of Texas.

STU: Hmm. Uh-oh.

GLENN: Now, this is where that crazy ambiguity thing happens.

STU: It's so fun. It's so fun.

Well, if you wanted direct orders. And you wanted this to be so much better for yourself.

All you have to do is stop whipping migrants on horseback. And it's such a huge problem.

GLENN: Amen. And, you know what, the Texas Border Patrol. They appreciated that. They appreciated the president came out and said, slavery.

STU: Yeah. What I liked, after it was proven without a shadow of a doubt, that it didn't happen.

They didn't wind up correcting it. I think that's important for a military's morale. MAGA extremism.

Is that what you said?

MAGA extremists? Or I'm sorry, ultra MAGA extremists. I'm sorry.

GLENN: It's like the marketing isn't working on new MAGA, ultra MAGA. Super, super huge scary MAGA.

STU: Right. Yeah. Like it didn't work just saying they were MAGA. And then it didn't work when they said it's MAGA extremists.

Now it's ultra MAGA extremists.

GLENN: Ultra MAGA extremists. Now with ESG. Is that like MSG?

Kind of.

STU: We'll go to ultra MAGA, mega Doppler extremist. Very soon.

GLENN: It's great.

STU: And then we just keep upping it from there.

GLENN: Extra spicy MAGA.

STU: I say like what they do with on global warming. In 50 years, this could happen. And when people say, okay. Tell me -- get in touch with me in 49 years.

It's actually happening right now, it's worse than ever. Do you believe that?

GLENN: No.

STU: Oh, my God. It happened last week.

GLENN: Time to get out!

Could passengers have SAVED Iryna Zarutska?

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.