RADIOJanuary 25, 2024

Republican governors DRAW THE LINE on Biden’s border invasion

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has drawn the line on Biden’s border invasion and other Republican states are joining him. Glenn reads the letter Abbot wrote, accusing Biden of violating his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress and the federal government of breaking its compact with the states: “States should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president.” It’s time for the states to stand up, Glenn says, as we face yet another constitutional crisis spurred on by the Biden administration.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Let me tell you what's going on. Greg Abbott, yesterday, wrote a letter to the American people, and to the president. And defined his authority and the authority of the United States.

So here's what he wrote. Let me give you the whole letter.

From Governor Greg Abbott, January 24th, 2024: The federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the states.

Yesterday, we were talking about on this program, is the Constitution a suicide pact?

You know, you joined in, and you said, oh. These are the laws.

And states didn't want to join.

And when they didn't want to join. They said, okay.

What's your problem?

Well, I don't believe you're actually going to, you know, hold these rights. I don't believe you're going to hold the line.

And so the first step was to add the Bill of Rights.

And that was because the states were pushing back saying, I don't believe a federal government.

They had just come out of the war with England, who violated every right. Let's restate these, so we are very clear on the rights of the people. The rights of the states.

And the shackles that are on the government, the federal government.

When it comes to the states coming in, they were afraid, that because it was a -- you know, a weak federal government, and the federal government in the Constitution has the responsibility to protect the border.

But the states said, well, what happens if you don't?

We need to have the authority to be able to protect our own border.

Just in case, somebody comes in, and starts crossing our border.

And it's a -- you know, it's an invasion.

Now, of course, they were thinking about an invasion of an army.

But this is the textbook definition of invasion, if you look at what China planned to do, to invade Russia.

They thought, if there was ever a war with Russia. And they wanted to collapse Russia, all they had to do was send a million people over the border.

On day one.

And have them all surrender.

Day two, another million, would cross the border into Russia.

And surrender. Day three, the -- a third, again, 3 million people now, another million would cross the border and surrender.

They said, by the end of the week, our invasion plan of Russia would collapse Russia.

Well, that's exactly what's happening.

So he said, the executive branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws, protecting states including immigration laws, on the books right now.

President Biden has refused to enforce those laws, and has -- and has even violated them.

The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration. Despite having put on notice in a series of letters, one of which I, Greg Abbott, delivered to him personally by hand. The president has ignored Texas. Demand that he performs his constitutional duties.

President Biden therefore, has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws, enacted by Congress.

Instead of prosecuting immigrants, for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas, for taking action to secure the border.

President Biden has instructed his agencies, to ignore federal statutes, that mandate, the detention of illegal immigrants.

The effect is to illegally allow their en masse parole into the United States. By wasting taxpayer dollars, to tear open Texas border security, infrastructure. President Biden has enticed illegal immigrants away from the 28 legal entry points, along the state's southern border.

Bridges, where nobody drowns, into the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande. I always get that wrong. Is it right? The Rio Grande? Or Rio Grande?

STU: It's Rico Suave.

GLENN: Okay. Thank you much. That's what I thought.

Under President Biden's lawless border policies, more than 6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our Southern border in just three years.

That is the population. That is more than the population of 33 different states in this country.

And that's the 6 billion, not the ten.

This illegal refusal to protect the United States has inflicted unprecedented harm on the people all across the United States. James Madison. Alexander Hamilton. And other visionaries, who wrote the US Constitution, foresaw that states should not be left at the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats, like cartels smuggling millions of illegal immigrants across the border.

That's why the Framers included both article four, section four, which promises that the federal government shall protect each state against invasion.

And article up, section ten, clause three, which acknowledges, quote, the state's sovereign interests in protecting their border.

Arizona, versus United States.

Blah, blah, blah.

The failure of the Biden administration, on it fulfill its duties, imposed by article four, section four.

Has triggered article one, and section ten. Clause three.

Which reserves this state to the right of self-defense.

For that reason, I have already declared an invasion under article one, section ten, clause three.

To invoke Texas' constitutional authority, to defend and protect itself.

The authority is the supreme law of the land. And supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.

He is declaring the Constitution covers this. He's pointing out, where it covers this.

How it covers this.

And that now the federal government has no authority, because they failed to do their duty, and he has declared an invasion.

That authority is supreme law of the land. Supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Texas National Guard. The Texas Department of Public Safety and other Texas personnel, are acting on that Constitutional authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border. Sincerely, Greg Abbott, governor of Texas.

So what does this mean? Well, it means a constitutional crisis. Because now, we have a state, declaring its constitutional right to protect itself.

And the government saying, you can't do that.

Also, the -- the National Guard, can be called out by a governor. But a National Guard is still under the authority of the president.

So I don't know how that works. But there's plenty of Americans and Texans that will, you know, sign up to protect the border. Not vigilantes. But enough security, enough police officers, former police officers.

That would go and -- and join that, if they were serious about stopping illegals from coming in.

Now, Biden says, well, he just can't get the money.

I just can't get the money.

I -- you know, I would love to do it. But Congress won't give me the money to increase the number of -- it's not about the number of border agents.

It's allowing them to do their job. They're not babysitters. They're -- they are taking their time and taking people to and fro, to NGOs. That then put them on buses, and ship them all over the country.

Last night, I did a TV show. And they cell tracked the routes.

And if you look at where these immigrants are going, mainly they're going back east. But the flow is incredible!

I mean, it looks like a human body, with the artery system. In the veins.

It is an invasion of this country.

And everybody knows it. Sanctuary cities are saying I -- we can't handle it. It's going to collapse us.

You as a state, have a right, if the federal government fails to do its constitutional duty, which we all know it has.

They have failed to do it. This isn't a Trump problem. Trump had this under control.

Biden came in, on day one. And completely, through executive order, overturned everything that Trump had done.

We saw it. And it's only getting worse now.

Our government through NGOs, public/private partnerships. I showed you last night. It is stunning.

What the UN alone is doing, and we're paying for it.

They are intentionally moving people from South America, Central America, and Mexico.

Into the United States. This is all part of the UN. And the WEF. Which Joe Biden is fundamentally signed on for. And leading the world.

So do they have the right to do this?

Well, Ted Cruz says, yep. DeSantis has signed on. And I believe there are four other states. They're not?

DeSantis said, the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion.

It would never have been ratified in the first place. And Texas certainly, a republic.

You have to understand.

We weren't a commonwealth.

Texas was a republic.

It was a cup. It's the only one in the union.

They had no reason to join the United States. They wanted to.

But they needed to make sure, this is why Texas, the Lone Star state, has just a different attitude here.

Because from the beginning, it's like, we'll join. But we're still Texas.

And they would have never signed on, if they didn't have the right to supersede the government, in protecting its borders, if the government failed on their job.

So he's saying, Texas is upholding the law, while Biden is flouting. We have five states, because you can, in your state, join by declaring an invasion.

When you do that, then your state has the ability, the legal constitutional authority, to protect itself.

That's what needs to happen.

Right now, everybody is just blaming Texas. What has Texas done?

By the way, well, they have to stop.

He sent like 200 buses. Do you realize -- do you not realize, that your tax dollars are paying for buses every single day?

That your tax -- have you been to the airport lately? Have you seen people come in?

They have no ID. They have nothing. They have no identification at all. And they are being loaded on to the plane, with you.

You have to take off your shoes. And your belt.

You have to have the proper ID. You're on a list.

All of this stuff.

They just come on. Nobody knows who they are.

But the federal government is paying for that. Your tax dollars. So don't blame Texas.

Blame the federal government.

You have people that are overwhelming your city. And it's going to happen in all cities. It's Cloward and Piven. They're going to overwhelm the system.

And unless you say, no!

No more!

And you don't wait around for Washington to do it.

Unless your state declares an invasion, you're going to be overrun.

This is the time for the states to stand together.

The Most SHOCKING Moments of Glenn's White House Visit with Trump

Glenn shares behind-the-scenes stories from his incredible trip to Washington, DC, and the White House. When Glenn sat down for an exclusive interview with President Trump, he didn’t think Trump would also give him a personal tour of the White House, including the Oval Office, his latest troll of Hillary Clinton, and even his personal residence and the Lincoln Bedroom. Glenn describes the historic treasures Trump showed him, like a copy of the Gettysburg Address. But Glenn can’t tell his favorite parts of the day because of an NDA. But he gives a hint: Trump is NOT at all who the media portrays him as.

Transcript

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STU: Welcome back, Glenn. Back from DC.

GLENN: Thank you. Interesting week.

STU: I bet it was.

GLENN: Interesting week.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Learned an awful lot. I've got to go up at least a quarter. Every quarter. There is so much going on. It is moving so fast. And you get a -- you get a completely different perspective when you're actually there talking to the people that are moving the pieces. And I had a lot of conversations that I can't divulge on the air.

I can't say, unfortunately -- I was with the president yesterday.

And it was an incredible, absolutely incredible -- and the thing I was most excited to share was his heart. He -- it was amazing.

Did the interview. Went into the Oval Office. And he left me alone with my wife in the Oval Office for like five minutes. Now, I'm like.

He was lucky, I didn't go through the drawers.

You know, I look -- where is that little hidden puzzle piece, that I saw on national archive.

But, I mean, he left us alone for five minutes. Nobody is left alone in the Oval for five minutes.

And he walks in five minutes later. Tania was so uncomfortable. Like, I don't know what to say.

What do I do?

And I'm like, they said, make yourself comfortable.

So have a seat, wherever you want. You know, probably not behind the desk. But have a seat. So we just go around. And I was alone with the Declaration of Independence. I mean, it was incredible in the Oval Office!

STU: Any part of you think, maybe I just kind of put -- fold it up. Put it in my pocket. Nobody notices. None of that?

GLENN: No. Uh-uh.

STU: Darn it.

GLENN: This is the first time I've been in the Oval Office. The first time you're overwhelmed. The first time you're like -- because it's a magical place. It really is a magical place.

STU: Sure.

GLENN: And so he said, he walks in. And he's like, you know, nobody -- I'm like.

STU: He said, what?

GLENN: Nobody sits in here without the president. Or, you know, without somebody else.

STU: Right. Yeah, that's really rare.

GLENN: And I said, I'm aware of that. He said, but I knew you would want to look at everything. So I thought you would be more comfortable if you were here by yourself. Oh, it was fantastic.

So we sit down. We talk. We go do the interview. And while we were talking in the Oval, we were conversing about a few things. And he said, and Abraham Lincoln came up. We were talking -- he is well-versed on the presidents. He is becoming a historian. He really is! He's really done his homework.

And he said, are you a fan of Abraham Lincoln? I said, yeah. And he said, you ever been to the Lincoln bedroom? I said, no. Want to go?

I'm like, wait. Of course I do. Yes. Let's do this interview.

So we do the interview. And he -- I'm told, he only has 40 minutes. Now we've just eaten ten.

And so we go. We do the interview. And his aides are cutting us off. And I'm like, I've got at least ten more minutes of questions.

And so we're getting cut off. And as we stop. His aide says, sir, the National Security Council is waiting for you.

And he says, right. I'm going to take them to the Lincoln bedroom first.

And they're like, the security counsel is meeting right now. They're waiting for you.

He said, let them wait. I'm going to take -- so he takes us, the longest way possible. He takes us through the entire White House, room by room.

Shows us all of the meanings behind things. All of the amazing, amazing -- like nobody knows about the White House. Takes us to the -- takes us to the basement, which is not really the basement. You know, it's the actual first floor where all of the guests come in. And they come up the grand staircase and everything else.

But it's the basement. And he's walking through. And he's showing me a troll, first of all.

I have to show you these paintings. I just see this painting of Laura Bush. And Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Up on a wall. He said, I walk by them every day.

And I say, this is not right. And he said, and then I got this painting of me. And, you know, it's me, with the flag face. Looking kind of tough.

And he said, I thought I put them between the two. And it had just gone viral. Just released a picture of him. And just gone viral.

It was a troll. The guy is just trolling. And he said, yeah. Don't you love it?

I just think it works. This trio really works. And I said, can I get a snap of them?

So we did this picture, the two of us, you know, on the ground floor of the White House. The tour goes by this every day.

Okay?

And all of a sudden, this thing goes viral. And they start -- memes start to be made, with J.D. Vance. In the pictures, they change -- people just started changing all the pictures behind us.

This is a meme before -- you know, going off before we finished.

And then he takes us upstairs. Takes us through all these things.

And the -- the aides keep gathering. There's like 20 of them now, following us. And I keep hearing, sir, the national security is waiting. He's like, I know. I know.

And so we got up to the executive residence. And the reason why he had to give us -- the reason why he had to do this tour, is because you're not allowed in the residence. And you're not allowed into the Lincoln bedroom, without the president of the United States.

It's the only one that can do it.

Melania cannot come down and do the tour.

It has to be the president. He's telling them. I'm sorry. But rules are rules. And so he takes us up, into the Lincoln bedroom.

It was the most incredible thing I have -- I mean, it's like -- it's a time capsule. It's really his bed. Which is about 6 inches longer than like the big king-size bed. It might have been longer than a California queen. It was very narrow.

Like, obviously, you know, he's not like Hugh Hefner. It's a very narrow bed.

But very, very long.

The mirror on one hand was extended to, you know, for somebody who is like six-nine, I think. Barron could use that mirror.

And then on the other side of the room is a writing desk.

And on this one table, all these things about his son. Lincoln's son who had died. And this really eerie picture of Lincoln. This painting.

And the president said, that was his favorite painting of himself. And it's really. It was spooky almost.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: And I couldn't take a picture. You're not allowed to take any photos in the Lincoln bedroom.

And I was so bummed because I couldn't wait to show them we. But they're in his writing desk. And on it, is the Gettysburg address. One of four of the Gettysburg addresses. He gave -- Lincoln was at Gettysburg. And said, Mr. President. That was a great speech.

Do you have a copy of it? And he said, sure. And hands him a speech.

And says, here. This is a New York reporter. Takes it. Types it up, and then throws it away.

So during the war, Lincoln writes four copies of the Gettysburg address.

In the four copies, only two of them say, this nation under God. Two of them don't say that. And we don't know why.

But the one there says, this nation under God. So it was just almost like a spiritual thing. We come down, and we're ending the tour.

And I said, I have to ask. I said, I know you're Donald J. Trump. But -- now, what do you think I'm going to ask. Because he cuts me off right there, and he tries to answer. And I was amazed that he knew what I was even going to ask. Where do you think I'm at? I know you're Donald J. Trump, but --

STU: I mean, it could be anything obviously.

GLENN: He said every day, and that's the right answer! But I didn't still know if he knew what I was talking. And I say, every day?

And he said every day, Glenn. I wake up every day, and I -- I say to myself, I can't believe I'm in this house.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: I mean, he's still humble about it. He's still -- he respects that place. I mean, a lot of the -- well, he didn't tell me this. So I don't think I signed anything about it.

He didn't tell me this.

So the -- the word is, that Hillary stole a lot of the glass door knobs at the White House. Okay. That's the word.

Don't if it's true.

But stole them. He came in, and he redid all of the doorknobs, and they are beautiful. This guy has put serious money into the White House.

And he's never going to get any credit. And the rumor was, on those doorknobs, that they were going to take them out. I don't know if they did on Biden. But they don't want any of the Trump stuff in there. And took out the doorknobs.

But he's -- he's poured a ton of money upgrading that house, and he'll never get credit for it.

But he deserves it. All right. I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what we talked about on the important stuff here in just a second.

STU: So you were able to go through all of this, and look at all these incredible documents.

This is kind of like your fantasy league life, right?

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

STU: Every document you could ever want. Every piece of history you could ever look at.

You would spend no time actually being president, if you were president.

GLENN: I don't know when this guy has time. I really don't.

Some of the Secret Service guys said, he's here, in the middle of the night, working on stuff.

He'll do full day.

Then he's there. Who is up at this hour?

It's him.

STU: That's not the way the media presents him.

They say, he's watching TV.

Watching Fox news all day.

GLENN: Oh, there's no way.

This guy has learned so much.

There's no way I had a conversation with him, five, six years ago. No way.

STU: You notice a difference?

GLENN: Oh, huge. His learning curve is straight-up.

Absolutely straight-up.

And in the interview. There's nothing. I could have said things.

Remember the nuclear triad question that he was hit with?

Where he didn't really -- there's not a question I could ask him, where he doesn't know the answer.

Literally. Literally.

I mean, everything I ask him off-air or on-air, he's there. He knows it. If it's happening in the world, he knows it. I don't know how he keeps up like this.

STU: It is -- I mean, his energy level is impressive. There's no doubt about that.

I don't know. The bar was set pretty low the last four years. But his -- that's been one of the things, I don't think there's ever been really much at -- disagreement on.

The fact that we -- we did, years ago, went around with candidates, around Iowa, for example. Just in campaigning, and it was like, oh, gosh. By the end of the weekend, I wanted to sleep for a week.
Because it was just so much.

Running around. Doing -- can't imagine being president of the United States. He's always energized.

GLENN: He's always energized. I mean, and I saw him. When I got on to the plane last night. Because I know, he went from -- he went from my interview, directly to the National Security Council.

And then by the time I'm sitting at the airport, there's a video of him meeting with the people that were in the lobby, waiting for him all of these veterans.

And he's doing stuff with veterans on TV.

I mean, the guy is just boom, boom, boom.

Remember Joe Biden was like, he'll have -- he'll have some pudding.

STU: Oh, yeah. The pudding and the lid.

GLENN: And the lid. And that's it.

This guy is going non-stop.

STU: Obviously, we're just setting up the main course here.

Which is your interview with him.

That airs on Blaze TV tonight.

GLENN: It was on last night.

STU: I watched it on Blaze TV last night. It airs on YouTube tonight.

But, you know, you guys went into -- every -- every topic. Any questions he didn't -- you know, he didn't think he wanted to go to or wasn't comfortable with. Is there anything that he was off-limits? Anything like that?

No. He was joking with me. He was going across the hallway. He said, after the interview, he said no. Try to be kind to me.

Well, if you don't, I'll just say, he's over. He's worthless. He'll do whatever you want.
(laughter)

But, no. There was nothing. In fact, we didn't -- you know, we wouldn't. And we didn't give him any indication. Other than it was about the 100 days. And everything that's gone down the last 100 days and were coming.

So that's pretty broad. He said a few things.

And I want to give I one of them here. We were talking about the tariffs.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And I said, you know, how do you negotiate, when you have a group of elites like the WEF. When you have China who is against you.

And the world trade -- or, the World Economic Forum.

All the elites in England.

That are -- they're fine with the great, Great Reset. How do you negotiate with people who don't mind blowing the whole thing up?

Listen to this.

DONALD: I don't have to negotiate. I don't have to negotiate. I'm talking to people out of respect. But I don't have to. So we're this giant store that people want to come in and buy bye from. We're the United States. We have the richest consumer, et cetera, et cetera. Right?

But we're not going to be that way for long if we do something. But we're this giant store, and they all want to come in and take our product. But to take our product, they are going to have to pay.

And we will either make a deal with them, or we will just set a price. Because some countries are worse than others. Some countries have ripped us off really badly, and some countries have just ripped us off a little bit, but almost all of them have ripped us off. Because we've had really poor leadership. And what's going to happen, is we're going to negotiate -- we are negotiating with 70 different countries. But we're negotiating. We're showing great respect. But in the end, we may make deals. But either that, or I just set a price. I said, here's what you will pay for the privilege of servicing the United States of America.

And they have an option. They can maybe talk to me a little bit. Or they can not jump.

You know, they don't have to shop at this big store. Or they can shop.

But in any event, they will have to pay. Look, we owe 36 trillion for a reason.

The reason is: The trade. Also, the endless wars, the stupid wars that we fought. We're going to the Middle East. We blow up. We leave. We don't get anything.

And you're a big fan of exactly what I'm saying. I mean, let's not do this. Let's not do that.

It's stupid. Endless wars. Endless wars. That they don't even want us. You know, we got into wars. They didn't even want us.

So all of that stuff. You know, when I left four years ago, you know, we had no wars. We had no Israel and Hamas. And, by the way, it would have never happened. Because their enemies were broke.

They were broke.

I have sanctions so strong on Iran.

They were totally broke. They had no money for Hamas and Hezbollah. We didn't have Russia-Ukraine. That would have never happened by the way. We didn't have the Afghanistan embarrassment. One of the great embarrassments in the history of our country.

We didn't have any inflation. Don't forget, I charged China hundreds of billions worth of tariffs. They talk about inflation. We had no inflation.

Because that doesn't cause inflation.

Stupidity causes inflation. High energy causes inflation. When they took over my energy -- we were making it like nobody has ever seen.

GLENN: I know.

DONALD: And then the prices doubled. By the way, because of that, Putin went in. You see what's going on now. It's going down.

GLENN: Yeah, I do.

DONALD: It makes it much harder for Putin to prosecute the war.

GLENN: It was fascinating.

We talked about a few things.

Judicial insurrection. Was one of them!

Another pretty strong response on that one, as well.

SNEAK PEEK: Glenn Gives a Tour of the Roosevelt Room in the White House

Ahead of his First 100 Days interview with President Trump, Glenn gives an exclusive tour of the Roosevelt Room: Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize and Medal of Honor, Barack Obama’s private papers, and the legendary doorknobs that Trump installed in the White House.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Tells the INCREDIBLE Story of Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla, and His Uncle

Immediately after his First 100 Days interview with President Trump, Glenn knew he had to ask one more question, even if it was off the record: How incredible is it that Trump is working with today’s Nikola Tesla, Elon Musk, when Trump's uncle was the man put in charge of sifting through Tesla’s files when he died?! But instead of having a private conversation, Trump decided to let Glenn’s audience hear the story too …

EXCLUSIVE: President Trump on 'Judicial Insurrection,' Tariffs, and 100 Days in Office | Ep 429

In just his first 100 days in office, President Trump has moved faster to fix America than anyone expected. He created the DOGE, shut the border down, dismantled USAID and its wasteful spending, and put the world on notice that it can’t take advantage of America any more. But there’s still much more to do, and Americans have questions about what’s next. Glenn sits down with the president in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for his first one-on-one interview about his first 100 days. Glenn asks Trump what the real goal of his tariffs is, whether Elon Musk is really stepping back from the DOGE, whether Mexico is a failed narco-state, what his plans are for the cartels, and how he may react to the “judicial insurrection” of judges blocking his deportation orders. Trump also reveals his game-changing plans for AI and American energy, why he’s not “negotiating” with Europe or the world, whether Putin or Zelenskyy has been easier to deal with, and why he believes Glenn will “be surprised” by congressional Republicans soon.

►BONUS CONTENT: See my exclusive tour of the Roosevelt Room and don’t miss President Trump’s extended interview, where he shares how his uncle—once the government’s go-to expert on Nikola Tesla’s files—is now connected to today’s Tesla, Elon Musk. These are must-see moments you won’t find anywhere else. Watch now at BlazeTV.com/Glenn.