cover of episode Justice for Laken Riley: Americans Are DONE with Open-Border LIES | Guest: Dallas Jenkins | 11/21/24

Justice for Laken Riley: Americans Are DONE with Open-Border LIES | Guest: Dallas Jenkins | 11/21/24

2024/11/21
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Why did Glenn Beck feel a deep emotional satisfaction with the guilty verdict in Laken Riley's murder case?

Glenn Beck felt emotional satisfaction because the verdict symbolized a return of justice and a rejection of the open-border policies that allowed the crime to occur.

What does Glenn Beck believe about the role of the federal government in immigration enforcement?

Glenn Beck believes that immigration enforcement should be done at the federal level and that the federal government should legally cut off funding to cities that avoid enforcing immigration law.

How does Glenn Beck view the current state of California and why does he choose to live in Texas instead?

Glenn Beck views California as being in a state of insanity due to its policies, which he believes will impoverish residents and take away their rights. He chooses to live in Texas because he believes it will not impoverish him and will protect his rights.

What does Glenn Beck suggest should be done with individuals who leave states like California and New York and move to other states?

Glenn Beck suggests that individuals leaving states like California and New York should be checked for legal residency status when crossing state borders and that they should not be allowed to move into other states if they are not legally residing in the U.S.

What is Glenn Beck's opinion on the DOJ's handling of the Matt Gaetz investigation?

Glenn Beck believes that the DOJ should either charge Matt Gaetz if they have enough evidence or stop smearing him publicly, as this kind of behavior undermines justice and the principles of the legal system.

Why does Glenn Beck feel optimistic about the potential changes under the new administration's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)?

Glenn Beck feels optimistic because Doge plans to cut costs by firing unnecessary federal employees, reducing overspending, and focusing on legal reforms that align with the Constitution, which he believes will stimulate the U.S. economy.

What concerns does Glenn Beck express about the FAA's handling of air traffic control and DEI initiatives?

Glenn Beck is concerned that the FAA's use of DEI initiatives to select air traffic controllers based on factors other than merit is leading to near misses and potential aviation disasters, which he believes are life-threatening and should be addressed urgently.

How does Glenn Beck view the importance of family gatherings during the holidays, especially in light of political differences?

Glenn Beck emphasizes the importance of family gatherings during the holidays, stating that family relationships are more enduring than political differences and that it is crucial to cherish family members while they are still present.

What message does Dallas Jenkins aim to convey with his film 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'?

Dallas Jenkins aims to convey the true story of Jesus' birth by showing how the outsider status of the Herdman kids, who hijack the town's Christmas pageant, brings the community closer to the heart of the Christmas story and transforms their understanding of it.

Why does Glenn Beck find Jeremy Clarkson's interview with the BBC particularly compelling?

Glenn Beck finds Jeremy Clarkson's interview compelling because Clarkson directly challenges the BBC's narrative about inheritance tax, exposing the government's inefficiency and the BBC's bias, which aligns with Beck's views on cutting unnecessary government spending.

Chapters

Glenn Beck and Stu discuss the conviction of Laken Riley's murderer, an illegal immigrant, and the broader issue of open borders in the U.S.
  • Illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra found guilty on all ten counts.
  • Ibarra requested a bench trial and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
  • Discussion on the impact of open borders and the Biden administration's handling of immigration.

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Well, because it was, you know, there in my inbox for months and months. And somebody said, hey, you want to use this before we don't use this theme anymore? And I said, can you put Christmas bells behind it so it sounds like a Christmas version? I like that. Yeah.

Because I was thinking about the theme the other day, because we've been using the same song for about three years, four years. I think this one started right around COVID, right when Biden came in or just before. It must have been like 21. Yeah, maybe. Because I feel like it was Biden. But it was at the time...

This idea that we if we didn't stand up, we were going to lose the country and like, hey, look at this. Maybe we did. Yeah. That's why the theme is changing this year. In January, we'll have a brand new theme.

But I did. I kept it. You know, we don't ever. We always change our themes pretty quickly. Yeah, do it pretty much every year. Yeah. And, you know, people have been like, oh, cheers. It's the same theme. Well, yeah, but there's different versions. They get mad if we keep it or if we switch it, to be fair. I know. I know. But I kept it for the last four years because I was...

I was hoping America would stand up. You know, remind every day, you gotta stand up. You gotta stand up. And we did. Now, we have to keep standing. But mission accomplished, gang. I mean, really, good job. And next year, I'm not going to tell you what the theme is, but next year, the lyrics change, the music changes, and we're going kind of closer to the roots of America for the theme. So, anyway. Okay, so...

Yesterday, the judge found Lake and Riley's murderer guilty on all charges. Now, listen to this, but I want you to listen to this and notice your reaction to it. Maybe it's just me. I don't know. But listen to this and notice your reaction to it. Go ahead. Count one malice murder. I find the defendant guilty. Count two felony murder. I find the defendant guilty.

Count 3, felony murder, I find the defendant guilty. Count 4, felony murder, I find the defendant guilty. Count 5, kidnapping with bodily injury, I find the defendant guilty. Count 6, aggravated assault with intent to rape, I find the defendant guilty. Count 7, aggravated battery, I find the defendant guilty. Count 8, obstructing or hindering a 911 call, I find the defendant guilty.

Count nine, tampering with evidence. I find the defendant guilty. Count 10, peeping Tom. I find the defendant guilty. What are you feeling? Could just be me. What are you feeling?

Um, what am I feeling by hearing that? I mean, I'm happy that justice is at some level hitting the sky, but more just anger about how unnecessary it all was. You know, the fact that, you know, he got he on a free flight to go to the to Georgia in the first place. Yeah, I know the Biden administration put him on one of those ghost flights in the middle of the night so he could live in Georgia.

And it cost this poor woman her life. And she's just one prominent example. This story has been told way too many times. Here's what I feel. First, emotional because you can hear the parents gasp and cry in the back. And happy for them, sad at the waist. But also, we're not going to take it anymore. Justice is back.

That makes me feel good. All this bull crap of all these poor immigrants that have come in. They're not all bad. This guy was in the Venezuelan gang and so was his brother. And you know how he tried to get off?

He tried to get off saying it was my brother, not me. And his brother was like, no, it wasn't me. It was my brother. It was basically a version of the OJ defense. DNA can't really tell between me and my brother. My brother. Yeah, right. And the reason why they had DNA is because it was under her fingernails as she scraped his arms, his face, and his back.

And they had pictures of the claw marks that she left on him. So justice is served. Now, here's the other thing. He's not going to get the death penalty. Maybe life in prison, no chance of parole. But I don't even trust that stuff. He's not going to get the death penalty. Why? Because the prosecutor, which was a Soros prosecutor, said that's not real justice.

Now, they're talking about reversing that. This new prosecutor, because I don't know if you know this, that prosecutor lost, I think, by 17 points. It's over. It's over.

Now, there are some states now that are saying, you know what? This drives me out of my mind. These people are so lacking of any kind of principles. They change with the wind. There are no principles. Just a few, what, a month ago, two months ago, all of the cities changed.

All of the people in the cities from San Francisco to New York were saying, this is going to collapse our city. We can't handle all of these people that have come across the borders. They were sending them to Texas. New York was taking people and sending them from New York to Texas because they just couldn't handle it. Like Texas could. Okay.

Now they're all, they've all changed overnight now. Oh, we're going to protect these people. How dare the big bad government come in and try to take, we're just going to cuddle these people. It's over gang. It's over. And I hope that the president finds the constitutionally legal way to cut you off from every funding. You want to play that game? Fine. Then your city doesn't get any federal dollars.

You want to do that? That's fine. Because you're costing all of us.

You're costing us money because you're going to ask for a federal bailout. And the other part of that should be you're not getting one. California, you want to play this game? We're not going to pay for it. I love California. I think California is the most beautiful state in the in the union. I've always since a kid, I've always wanted to live in California. The reason why I don't is because they're insane.

They're insane. I don't want to live with the insanity. And I know that I'll be impoverished in the end by it. And so will all of my neighbors. I don't want to live in that. So I don't live in California because you want your California. I live in Texas because I would like to be have California more like Texas, but it's not because

So I live in Texas because I know the state won't impoverish me. I know the state won't take all of my rights away from me. I know they won't coddle criminals. So I live in Texas. Don't you dare come for a handout from me. You made your bed. You pay for it.

And if you want to keep criminals in your state, if you want to coddle those people, that's totally fine with me. But I honestly believe maybe we should check your passports when you come across the border of California or New York. Are you here legally? Because if they leave those states, they should be arrested and deported. And I don't want any of them moving into my city or my state. But they're going to eventually...

And your people eventually are going to move to my state and they're going to vote for the same damn things because they're too stupid to understand what caused their state to become like that. I got to get to Florida. Why are there no progressives we can vote for? Because you haven't wrecked it yet.

I think, too, and I know you say this, you know, you want to deal with these people fine. In reality, of course, I know... We have to. It is a federal issue. I mean, this was the left that prevented states like Arizona from implementing and enforcing immigration law because this has to be done at the federal level. Well, hopefully Trump's about to show you what that looks like. Yep. And it should be done at the federal level. So he will...

I think overrule and overrun some of these people who are trying to avoid the law in their local jurisdictions. And he should do that. You know, Glenn, one of the most frustrating things about the Lake and Riley thing is we talk about the borders being open, people flowing over all the time. And that is awful. And obviously the border at times can be difficult to protect completely. People are going to get across it at some level.

But we caught this guy. This isn't an example of a guy sneaking across the border. We caught him. And then put him on a plane. And then released him into the country. He got arrested multiple more times while he was here. Yep. We still gave him a free flight. We still put him up in the Roosevelt Hotel with free lodging. And then we sent him to Georgia with a free flight. He got arrested there with his brother.

We still kept releasing him. And then after all of that, he murdered this poor woman. It's not even a case where like, okay, this is difficult. I get that. That can happen. This one's not. This is not what that is. No, this one's not. And it happens over and over and over again. And God, if we could just stop some of those.

Yeah. Talking about standing up. Maybe we could at least stop some of those. We are going to. We are going to. That's what we voted for. We voted for an end of all of this. By the way, have you heard that the DOJ has just put a paper shredder truck outside of the FBI office?

I swear to you, if they shred anything that we need and they're like, we lost it, we shredded it, we don't know what happened to it. Put them in jail. Don't fire them. Put them in jail. It is time that we say to this government, enough is enough. We're going to live by the laws of the land. And that includes all of this red tape bull crap. All of it.

You want that law? Pass it through Congress. Not through some bureaucrat that we don't even know who they are. We never voted for them. Why do they rule over our life? By the way, the House Ethics Committee has decided not to release the Gates investigation. Okay, at least temporarily. They're not sure because it's not finished. Now, the DOJ finished it over two years ago. Okay, so

This has got to stop. I don't know if Matt Gaetz is guilty or innocent of what they accuse him of. I have no idea. But just like Brett Kavanaugh, this smearing of people has got to stop. If he's guilty, charge him, make sure he has a fair trial, and let the chips fall where they may.

But they won't charge. They're not charging because they know that the people who are including the women, they know that they are not trustworthy. The DOJ, this is the biggest opponent of the DOJ. He's got real teeth on the DOJ. So all of a sudden, the DOJ finds these accusations. Okay, all right. Maybe he did them.

then investigate. And if you don't have enough to charge him, then you shut your mouth. Now you might continue to investigate, but you shut your mouth. When you have enough to charge, then charge. We're not a country that should allow for another day, the smearing of individuals based on stuff that is not chargeable.

They've made this guy practically into a pedophile. Where do you go to get your reputation back? Because if they can do it to him, they'll do it to you. Now, he may not be. I don't think he is a saint. I think he's a long way away from a saint. But I don't know who to believe. That's for a jury to decide. But once somebody is charged, not investigated, charged, charged,

If this, the Democrats or some of the sleazy Republicans decide to release this, all of those people should either be impeached or we should primary them because this kind of stuff has got to stop. Does it mean we let some bad guys get away? Yes. But wouldn't you rather have one bad guy get away than one good person gets smeared and their life destroyed?

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The FAA is completely out of control, completely out of control. And we put Stu in a plane and have him fly all over the country to talk –

Yeah. To talk to the FAA and others that are fighting against what they're doing because there is a major disaster that is right around the corner because of DEI. We've had how many near misses? Oh, my God. We document a ton of them. Do you show the video of them? Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Like the footage of the, you know, like the animations. Yeah. Just.

And also the planes. Yeah. They're seeing each other. There's video of planes that are landing. This just happened to me. My gosh, I completely forgot about this. Really? This just happened to me. I was landing in maybe Fort Myers. We were landing in Fort Myers, and we were coming down, and we were maybe 100 feet from the runway. All of a sudden, we just...

and rocketed up because they put another plane on that runway right in front of us. And it was like, what are you doing?

And this is happening all over the country. Yeah, all the time. And, you know, there's a bunch of different reasons for it. We go through them in the documentary, which is available, I guess, to stream now at blaze tv.com. But what's fascinating about it is, you know, there's also the whole aspect of DEI and how the people who are, you know, not only overworked these air traffic controllers, they're totally understaffed, overworked.

But also, one of the reasons why all of this has happened is they've just stopped blocking essentially white males from getting these jobs. And we go through that whole process. People who are suing the government now to get all this overturned, they caught them, though. This is not questionable. I'll go through all the evidence in the documentary, but it is shocking. Let me ask you something. Would you want a doctor who was white...

If the best doctor was black or Asian. Of course not. Of course not. No one would. Why would you say, oh, on this airplane or in the seat that decides when and what runway that airplane lands or its course?

Why would you not want the best person? It is a matter of life and death. This DEI stuff is, it is, it's death. It should be D I E because it is all about death in the end. That's what happens when you have unqualified people building bridges, flying planes, being your, your eyes in the sky, uh,

That's what happens. I talked to a guy in the documentary who took the merit-based test to become an air traffic controller and got a 100 on it. 100. A perfect score. Right. Perfect score. Then they added another test called the, it was called the biographical exam. Really? Yes. And it had really weird questions. We go through the test. What were some of them? Something like, did you perform well in science in high school?

And you think, all right, well, I can kind of see why they'd ask that question, right? Like, if you have a scientific mind, maybe you're an analytical mind, you know. But I bet you they score you lower if you did well in high school. You know these people too well, Glenn. If you say, yes, I did well in science in high school, you get penalized.

Because that to them, and I think this is a racist assumption, but to them, you're less likely to be a minority if you did well in science in high school. So you get punished for doing well in a in a subject that obviously would relate to what you imagine. Can you imagine if the question was.

Did you do well at basketball when you were in high school? Are you good at tap dancing? Can you imagine? At least it would be a positive attribute and not a negative one. But you would immediately say you're good at tap dancing. You were in drama. Maybe you're gay. Tap dancing. I don't know. It's stereotypical black stuff.

you know, I mean, from the 1940s, but still, you would go, what does that question mean? Why is that being asked? You did well in basketball. Why is that question being asked? This is just, that's blatant racism. This is

subtle racism unless you know you get downgraded by saying, yes, I was good at science. Right. Because normally you'd be like, yeah. And of course, this is unfair to, let's say, a white male who was good at science. But you know who else it's unfair to? A black female who was good at science. Yes. Right? Like they were actually punishing people who did, who had good performance in school so that they couldn't get these jobs. And so this guy who went through this entire process wasted years of his life trying

winds up not getting the job and now is suing the government over it, thankfully, and that's how they've exposed a lot of this. But we go through all of this in the documentary. It is called, what is it, Countdown to the Next...

Countdown is the next disaster, I think. Aviation disaster. I should know the title. Oh, here it is. Countdown to the next aviation disaster. It's available at blazeoriginals.com slash stew. If you use the promo code DEI, you'll save 30 bucks on your annual subscription. And you know what? What's really actually really good about this is this is the end of it. This is hopefully the end of it.

Now, they have done everything they can to bury DEI deeply into all of our agencies, so you can't cut it out. But it's got to go. It absolutely... We have to be merit-based. I don't want to drive on a bridge...

that didn't have the best engineers. Right. Okay? You know why the doors are blowing off of Boeing planes and wheels are falling off? Because they got rid of all of the engineers. Hello? It's life and death. Gosh, what are we even thinking? You know who's really going to be, are you a computer? Are you AI? Can you put this little puzzle together so I know you're not a computer? Mm-hmm. Okay? Okay.

Would you do that if AI, who is now outperforming doctors on cancer tests, would you be like, I don't want my human doctor to not have a job, so...

I don't care. My doctor says I don't have cancer. AI says I do have cancer. I'm not going to test. I'm not going to test. I believe the doctor. Right. Jobs. Because of jobs. You would never do that. Your life is at stake. You want the best results. My gosh. What is. Seems obvious. And it's obviously central to what made America great in the first place. Yes. Right. Yes. We cared about merit and we are going away from that. Yes.

So we have to get into this. There is a great article up, and you can find it in our show prep today. You just go to glenbeck.com, look for my daily show prep. It's free, but you should get that every day because it's really, really good. But there is a letter now from Vivek Ramaswamy.

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That's interesting.

This is this will liberate individuals and businesses from illicit regulations never passed by Congress and stimulate the U.S. economy. Now, they go on to say once they cut all these regulations, what are all those people in the agencies going to do? Because they won't have to enforce these regulations.

A lot of the bureaucracy is just going to be sitting around twiddling their fingers. So they say the next step is first, we're going to fire everybody. Do you know that? I think it's like 80% of the government buildings now are still empty because of COVID. People are not going into work. Federal employees are not going into work. They're still allowed to stay at home. You know, that was called.

essential workers only. That tells me 80% of our government, they're not really essential. If you're not showing up to work and you haven't been to work since 2021, you're

I don't think anybody's going to miss you. I mean, some of them are working at home, obviously, in theory. In theory. But yeah. In theory. Right. And what I think is interesting about this, Glenn, this approach is if you can do this and you wind up, say, let's say cutting half the staff of an agency. Yeah. It's tough to get rid of a program because Congress has maybe authorized it. And maybe they've authorized a billion dollars to serve a million people. Right.

If you can go in there, though, and serve those same million people, but the cost is only, let's say, $500 million instead of a billion, if you can do that, then when you go to re-up that program...

You no longer need to request that much money. Right. And like it will you can get massive, not only one year savings, but year after year after year after year on these programs. And that's just one way that they're going to be able to cut if they can do this. And I don't know, reading this, I'm pretty optimistic. I know. Even without relying on what the, you know, the Supreme Court question will have to decide.

Doge will help end federal overspending by taking aim at the $500 billion plus annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended.

OK, 500 half a trillion dollars just on doing things that no, we're not going to pay for Planned Parenthood. That that that was never Congress's intention. We're not we're not doing anything, including you ready? The five hundred and thirty five million dollars a year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Finally, PBS and the $1.5 billion for grants to international organizations to nearly $300 million to progressive groups like Planned Parenthood. That's one of the things they just want to cut right off the bat. That was never authorized by Congress. It's over.

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So, Stu, how old were you in 1985? I was nine. You were nine. So you were probably just, you remember Reagan, clearly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Back to the Future, one of my all-time favorite movies, came out in November 5th, 1955, 1985. That was the year that it took place. Okay. And I remember that distinctly. And do you have real memories of the Cold War?

Yeah, for sure. I mean, of course, Rocky IV, the movie that ended the Cold War. Outside of movies. I mean, that's how you... You can accept those timelines in your life. So there was a guy that I don't know if you would have remembered. He was a comedian and he came from around the Iron Curtain. And he and his family got out of the former Soviet Union. He became a huge hit at the time because we really didn't see former Soviet citizens. And...

and especially ones that could tell jokes. And his name was Yakov Smirnoff. Oh, yeah. You remember him? Oh, yeah. I just saw something from him the other day about Thanksgiving. And I haven't seen this. I don't know if I even saw it in 1985, but it's worth listening to. Here he is, Yakov Smirnoff, just fresh from the Soviet Union.

talking about Thanksgiving. Listen to this. It's Thanksgiving, and I'll tell you, it's my favorite holiday. I like parades without missiles. When I first was explained about Thanksgiving in America, I said, wait a minute, it doesn't make sense. I mean, for every freedom and all the opportunities that you got here, the only thing you got to say is thanks? It just didn't seem like it was enough. My parents and I had our first Thanksgiving dinner in a little apartment in New York.

And we joined hands, and my father said a prayer to good food and our health. And then something happened. Instead of releasing our hands, we couldn't let go. We kept holding on to each other tighter and tighter, and we realized we were together and we were free, really free. And here we were, three grown people, looking for a way we could possibly show our appreciation, and we couldn't. Now I know what it is. It's thanks. Good night. If you're watching it,

you can see that he tears up at the end. There's no words to express thanks. And we have lost that, the deep, deep gratitude for our lives. I have felt it over the last year, unlike I've ever felt gratitude for my freedom, my safety, my family's safety. Being born here,

And now, especially after the election, you know, God, miracles can happen in your life all the time. Just, quote, chance encounters. Is it a chance encounter or is that an answer to a prayer? Is that divine providence? Miracles come when there's really no other explanation, when something that just happened

You all have agreed that just can't happen. Happens. Donald Trump getting shot at so close that the camera picks the bullet up, speeding towards his head. And just before it goes into his head, he moves his head in a way he never does before. And it clips his ear instead of going right into the temple. That doesn't happen. That doesn't happen.

To have a politician or a guy who is constantly beat on, constantly smeared, had more investigations done on him than I, and I believe this to be true. I'd love to see an actual study on this. Somebody who had more investigations, more spies on him, more, you know, going through the trash and everything else,

More than anyone else in human history by far because every spy agency in the world did that. And then they went back and said there's got to be something else. For him to just continue to stand and then when somebody tries to kill him, his first response is stand up. And then for him not to be angry but instead to be humbled, what are the odds there?

for him to continue to go on and, in fact, continue to stand. Do you know his plane was targeted? His plane was targeted. We know that there are surface-to-air missiles. We know that he was going to be targeted by foreign entities that are here. For him to get on, just get on his plane every time, the man knew he was risking his life.

For him to run the campaign that he ran in the last eight months, you remember what it was like? It was all, you know, they're after me and all of this stuff because they were after him. But did you notice after the assassination attempt when he could have said, ah, instead he had a much more uniting message and a happier message and a positive message. And then for all of these people to come out of the woodwork and

and start to say, you know what? This is evil. I heard more talk from people who are not Christians, more talk from people going, there is something seriously wrong, and I think it's evil what's going on. America woke up. I've been doing this for 50 years on the radio, almost 50 years. I've been doing this, warning people for 24 years.

I didn't think you'd wake up. Stu's brought it up. You know, our theme is, you know, stand up. We wrote that theme four years ago because if you don't stand up, we're done. And we put that on and I tried to make that an encouraging thing to convince people. You got to stand up right now. We're going to lose everything. You got to stand up. It's OK to stand up. It's the only way you stood up.

After 24 years of the same message coming from me in different ways, where I had lost hope. I mean, I said to you all last year, we got to find God. We got to be people where God thinks, you know what? They're worth saving. I said to you over and over again, I can come up with a million ways this is going to go wrong, but there's only one path left.

for it to succeed, and that is God. And he showed up. He showed up. He's not done with us. He should be. Honestly, he should be. With everything that we do, for as big as a miracle that is, I think a lot of people, I mean, I heard it right after the election. Wow, that was a miracle. And people meant it as a literal miracle. That was a miracle. Yeah, it was.

Next week, will we even remember it by next Thursday? Or will we make the holiday that was built to humble ourselves and to thank God for our blessings? Will we even remember the massive miracle? Stu, would you agree one of the biggest miracles you've seen in your life for America? I mean, that was a miracle that that happened.

In the way that it did. All of a sudden, the messaging was right. All of the right things fell into place. You know, for the first time ever, the GOP was serious on their ground game. I mean, all of these things that happened. I thought you were just referring to him turning his head. Yeah. And that all of that from that moment on, all of that was a miracle. Let's not forget that next week. He's not he's not done with us.

You know, I heard somebody say to me on election day, I feel really good. I feel really good. I'm cautious, but I feel really good. And here's why. Why would he, recognizing the miracle of the assassination attempt, why would he save Donald Trump only to not save it now? I couldn't think of a reason other than I don't understand the mind of God. Think of this miracle. If Donald Trump would have won in 2020,

It would have been more of the first term. We wouldn't get what we're about to get now. We wouldn't get the reduction of the government. We wouldn't get possibly the closing down of some agencies, of cutting these agencies in half. We wouldn't have gotten those things. We wouldn't have had Elon Musk. We wouldn't have had Vivek Ramaswamy.

We wouldn't have known. Remember, they didn't start cutting our children until the Biden administration. None of us had any idea about all this transgender stuff because that and DEI, if you brought it up, it wasn't being done at least as openly, but it was all set to go.

It wasn't being done until Biden got in. And then when we said, what the hell is all this? They said it was a conspiracy theory. And it took us three years to go. No, it's not. It's not a conspiracy theory. And it's deadly. It took us three years before the doctors even started to turn. It took COVID to wake people up.

There is no bad. My father used to say this to me, Glenn, there is no bad. It's what do you do with the bad things that happen to you? You can either wallow in and say, oh, that was bad, or you could recognize that sucked, but what did I learn from it? What did I take? How can I take that and turn that into a blessing? COVID was a blessing in the end because it woke people up.

Tomorrow I have some surgery. Then I go on vacation. It's not a big surgery. It's just I have facial surgery again because I guess I'm out of room on my face for more cancer. So they got to take some cancer off my face so I can grow new cancer. I don't know what this never ends. But this is my last chance to talk to you before Thanksgiving. And this is my last chance before Thanksgiving to

To sincerely thank the Lord for showing up. For sincerely blessing our country. For showing me a miracle to you.

One that I saw in North Carolina where people were standing because God told them, come from across the country. I know you don't know anybody. I know you don't think you're going to be able to make a difference, but just go. And they got in their cars and they drove across the country and those people were put to work in ways that I couldn't have served. Maybe you couldn't have served, but they actually did it.

And God worked a miracle. And then he worked this. Please, even if it is just holding the hands around the table, just for an extra minute, there is nothing that we can say to him more meaningful than just thank you. Thank you, Lord, for an incredible experience. Thank you for letting us live at this time together.

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So because I was on YouTube and I saw the Yakov Shmirnoff

Next, it just auto-fed Norm Macdonald, and I just found this. It's not timely, but I just found this really, really funny from Norm Macdonald. Cut to... There is one country that worries me, though. Not Iraq, not Iran, not North Korea. The only country that really worries me is the country of Germany. I don't know if you guys are history buffs or not, but... LAUGHTER

In the early part of the previous century, Germany decided to go to war. And who did they go to war with? The world. It had never been tried before. And so you figure that would take about five seconds for the world to win, but no, it was actually close.

Then about 30 years pass and Germany decides again to go to war and again it chooses as its enemy the world. And this time they have that guy, Schlenkele, Schlenkele, that guy. I'm not even going to dignify him by saying his name, but I think you know what I'm talking about.

But you'd think at that point the world would go, listen, Germany, here's the deal. You don't got to be a country no more on account of you keep attacking the world.

It's a fair point. Oh, yeah. You know, when he first came out, I didn't find him funny. On Saturday Night Live, he would do, wasn't he the news desk guy? And he was so dry, and I was much younger and really didn't understand his humor. I thought, this guy is lousy. He is hysterical. I was so wrong. He was hysterical.

Yeah, and he's like the comedian's comedian of all time. Yeah. Yeah, like every comedian thinks he's the greatest thing of all time. And he is pretty great. And is that because he was such a nice guy too? I do think people liked him, but I think it was also just like he kept doing it. Like, you know, his departure from Saturday Night Live famously had to do with him just continually telling OJ jokes about

Despite the fact that OJ had really good friends at the network. Yeah. And he just kept doing it and doing it and doing it and would not stop and would not give in. And then eventually it cost him his job. But, you know. That kind of sounds familiar. Yeah? Yeah. Don't say that anymore. Don't say that anymore. Don't say that anymore. Yeah. Yeah.

Sucks to be you. I like people like that. I think people like those stories. I do, too. I do, too. All right. I want to continue our conversation on Thanksgiving here in just a second, because there's there's a couple of things where the view ladies again, but something else bigger than that. They're they're telling you to skip your family gatherings if they if your family voted differently.

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are such an important time for us to be able to come back together at the table. And there are people on all sides saying, I can't get back together with my family. Let me tell you something. My family has, my traditional family, you know, from way back when I was growing up, my family,

And now my family extended and even with me and my kids, we've gone through really rough times. The last few years have been just deadly to my family. And we are in the struggle of holding absolutely everything together. And it is hard, but it is worth it in the end. My biggest fear, honestly, is becoming my dad. I always wanted to be my dad in many ways.

Because he was always very open-minded and he was really, really brilliant. He always questioned everything. He was very tolerant and he was hardworking. But in the end, he just became very, very bitter. And the family, I mean, he just blew up the family at the end. And my biggest fear is becoming my father. And I just, I was awake all last night just thinking about that. I tossed and turned for maybe three hours just thinking about that.

Because our family is just, we're having, you know, problems. And all I want is my family to be together. Be together for the holidays, be together for Christmas. And even if we're mad at each other or whatever, still, just families is the only thing you have at the end of your life. That's it. And so people are now encouraging others, the ladies on The View. At least they disagreed on this, on skipping family Thanksgiving.

Play cut 12. Let me just play this real quick. Whatever your reason is, I would never let my politics be the reason I don't show up to see my family because they won't always be there. I'm going to disagree.

I completely understand her point because I really do feel that this candidate, you know, President-elect Trump, is just a different type of candidate. From the things he's said and the things he's done and the things he will do, it's more of a moral issue for me. And I think it's more of a moral issue for other people. We're just, you know...

I would say it was different when, let's say, Bush got elected. You know, you may not have agreed with his policies, but you didn't feel like he was a deeply flawed person, deeply flawed by character, deeply flawed in morality. I think people did at the time. Okay, stop. So going back and forth on this, first of all, no matter which side you're on,

I think we can say it's a moral issue on both sides. You can say it's a moral issue. He's Hitler. Well, he's not. But if you really believe he's Hitler, it's a deeply moral issue. But it was a deeply moral issue on our side, too. Your candidate was for killing babies all the way up until and in some cases after birth.

There can't be a bigger moral issue. Your candidate was going after people because they disagreed with them. They called Catholics and parents showing up at parent meetings at school and called them terrorists. It was a deeply moral issue for us, too. You're mutilating children.

So don't take the moral high ground that you were the only ones that thought it was a moral issue. We did too. We just disagreed. Now, what does that have to do with me being your father, my, your uncle, or your, your brother, your dad? What, what does, what, what does that have to do with anything? Because this too shall pass, but won't, what won't pass ever throughout all of the eternities is our relationship with one another. We, we have become so small and,

That that we think that this is the this is the most important thing. It's not. Do you know who Shamika Michelle is? She's on the Jason Whitlock show. Yeah, she she posted something the other day. She said, I have a air quotes friend who wasn't sure how to hold space for me. Those are in quotes.

As someone who supported Trump after the election, she stated she needed to protect her peace. And we haven't spoken since when she comes to her senses. I know she will. Should I welcome her back with open arms? Because honestly, I'm thinking about giving her the finger like F you after everything we've been through, you sided with baby killers and those willing to castrate kids go to hell. She asked for thoughts. And so I,

Shamika, if I may, I understand how you feel. I really do. I really, really do. But I think maybe because my family has been divided politically for so long because of what I do. It started way before. It started with Barack Obama. No, it started with George Bush. And so I've been going through this the whole time that I've kind of built up maybe a little bit more armor, whatever.

Whatever. It doesn't, whatever. This is not important. I'm not going to argue with you. And I'm not going to try to change your mind. I'm going to try to be a peacemaker. You know, last one of the holidays, no, it was during our family reunion. There are two members of my family that vote radically different than me and see life radically different than I do. But I love them. They're good people. I just love them. And, you know, they were like, you know, Uncle Glenn, we can talk to you.

We just want to understand some things. And I'm like, good, because I want to understand some things too. And we just had a really good open conversation where neither of us were trying to win. We were just trying to understand each other because we knew in the end we will always be related to each other. And I don't have enough family to blow them off. You know, it's not like my grandfather. I think my grandmother had 18 children, right?

14 of them lived. And I don't have that. I have two sisters. I have a few nieces and nephews. I have two grandchildren. I have four children. I don't have enough. They're all valuable to me. I would ask, and it will be easier for us because we're the winners this time.

So it'll be easier for us to say, you know, get over it. What's the big deal? It's still a big deal to people. And you really have to understand, you know, if you've read my book, Propaganda Wars, you know the brainwashing that has gone on. I mean, we talk about it in the book and we show you how to dismantle that in your own life to make sure you're not a part of it. You're not spreading it and it hasn't affected you. How to find the truth.

These these I actually feel sorry for not the ones who know what they're doing, but for the ones who actually believe that they're going to round people up that disagree with them because I will be on the front lines. And I think you could probably say this true. If they started rounding people up because they disagreed, I will be on your side. I will stand with you. They start violating the Bill of Rights.

And it is in gross ways. I am with you. I'm for the Bill of Rights. I'm for all of your rights. I hope you're for all of mine. We're going to disagree on policies. We're going to disagree on how to get there. But my there should be your there. I believe all men are free. All men are created equal.

You know, you come into this world equal. You leave equal. You leave with nothing except what you've done in your life and how you lived your life, who you worshipped, how you worshipped. Did you serve? Did you ask for forgiveness? Did you work that forgiveness in your life? I have more stuff in my life to apologize for than to...

Pat myself on the back. Or say, well, thank you. It was a great thing I did. I have many more things to apologize for than any of that. We're all flawed. We're all just trying to figure it out. We don't want to control people's lives. Don't miss this opportunity. Be the peacemaker. Blessed be the peacemakers. But remember...

Peacemakers are the ones who stand up for other people's long-term peace. You may have to say things that are true, that are tough. Don't give any ground on truth. But there might be other ways to say the truth that they can hear it. And you don't have to say everything.

But if you want to be a peacemaker in your life, you have to stand for what is true, universally true. So others, our children, our children's children can have peace in their day. That's what it means to be a peacemaker. But when it comes to your family, don't ever listen to anybody who says, don't talk to your family. That's what cults do. More in a minute.

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You're going to have to sit through a lot of crap. You just have to not care. You have to keep thinking what's important when it comes to your family. But you also have to realize the role you play in things. I mean, our family's having problems last night. I couldn't sleep last night because I know I played a role in some of this. I know me. I know myself well enough to know. I've self-examined enough to know where my

problem where I still hide, you know, we all have hiding places. We have things that, you know, things get tough. Maybe you hide or whatever, whatever your, your thing is. You got to recognize that when you come in with your family, because it's not just them, it's you too. But I say that because you also, hopefully your family can understand that too. Everybody's so defensive on themselves. You don't know, you don't know, you don't understand me. You don't know, blah, blah, blah, blah.

You're right, I don't, because I didn't live your life. But you didn't live my life. And there are things that I struggle with that I know are wrong. I know there are mechanisms that were built in since childhood that I still try very hard to conquer. And I haven't conquered them. I just, I haven't conquered them. And I feel like I'm completely alone on that. And I don't want to whine about it. I just want to be done with it.

but I can't seem to get past it. And your family, if you don't feel that way, somebody else in your family feels that way. And so some of the conflicts that we have in our family is because of the family dynamics and the dynamics that are set inside each one of us. I just, I guess all I really want to say is your family is worth it. All I really want to say is it's going to be really hard to sit sometimes with, especially when, you know, your crazy uncle comes who has, you know,

you know they've been building camps and they've ordered all these coffins where they're gonna put all the liberals i know i know and you voted for the guy you're just gonna crazy uncle test read the book uh you're gonna have to sit through a lot of stuff but i don't think in the end because these times remember look at every time the world has gone insane it writes itself

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We have one of my favorite people in the world coming in. He is the creator and the director of The Chosen and a new movie, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Dallas Jenkins joins us next. Welcome to the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment. This is...

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Dallas Jenkins joins us. Hello, Dallas. How are you? Good. I'm actually wanting to write down what you were just talking about. I'm like, this sounds great. It is. I'm telling you, every school should have these things. Yes. We were, you know, nobody wants to arm teachers. If you put your hand around the corner outside the door and somebody's in the hallway, yes, kids will be hit with tear gas, but nobody will die. Yeah. And the police can take that guy down. It's scary.

It's crazy. No, I know. It sounds amazing. I'm literally going, I'm going to get this for my home. Yeah, yeah. They're great. How are you? I'm good. Here's the thing. I'm looking at you and you're a handsome guy, but behind you is this big picture where you look phenomenal. And it's like, it's not good for you to put it right behind you because then I'm like, wow, that's... Wait a second. There's a difference.

Like, you know, again, you look good in person, too. That's me happy. But that's you happy and rugged and handsome. Yeah, right. I'm like, wait a minute. There's a disconnect. So tell me the story of the film Best Christmas Pageant Ever. I have to admit to you, I have not seen it.

I've had others who have seen it and just rave about it. I've seen the trailer. This is before you ever sent me anything or, you know, what's going to become, I didn't know who it was. And I watched the trailer and I'm like, this looks fantastic. It looks heartwarming and funny and all of it. And it's true. And I really think, you and I have talked before, this is your kind of movie. I really think you'd love it. I read this book almost 20 years ago to my kids. My wife brought it home.

And the first couple chapters I'm reading it. Now, this book's been around for 50 years. I read it in public school, which is why I was so surprised by what happened when I read it again to my kids. First few chapters, I'm laughing. It's very witty, very nostalgic, just a terrific story. And I get to the last chapter and I'm going, I didn't remember how Jesus-y this was. Like, I don't know how we got away with reading this in public school. I think it's because of the Christmas of it all.

But I get to the last chapter. Darrell Bock: You grew up in Oklahoma? Mark Alyn: Yeah, no. Illinois. So yeah. Darrell Bock: Oh, wow. Mark Alyn: Yeah, a little different. Darrell Bock: Yeah, okay. Mark Alyn: But anyway, the first – the story is the six Herdman kids, the worst kids in the world, the ones that everyone is looking down on and they're – Darrell Bock: This is – I just want to reemphasize. Mark Alyn: No, no. It's not a true story. Darrell Bock: It's not true? Mark Alyn: No, no. No. Darrell Bock: Okay. Okay. Somebody told me it was a true story. Mark Alyn: No, no, no. Darrell Bock: Okay. Mark Alyn: That's the chosen. Darrell Bock: Okay. Mark Alyn: That's a true story.

She captures, it feels very real. It's very nostalgic. You remember the movie A Christmas Story? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very much that feel to it. But in this case...

These six kids, they're on the wrong side of the tracks. They're in poverty. They're mean. They're feral. And this church and this town don't want them around, and they hijack the town's Christmas pageant. And they take over the roles. They bully the other kids into saying, we're going to play these roles of Mary and Joseph. So, of course, everyone's scandalized and thinks it's going to be the worst Christmas pageant ever. Because they're so un-Christ-like. Right. Yeah.

And so much like Mary and Joseph, like you can't have this awful girl playing the mother Mary. Mother Mary is beautiful and sweet and pretty and always looks clean.

So they get to the performance of the pageant and I don't want to give anything away. Of course, it is called the best Christian pageant ever. But we get to that last chapter. I start crying so hard. I can't see the pages. My kids are looking at me like what is going on. And my wife, Amanda, goes, give me the book. Let me read it. She starts reading. She starts crying. We're passing the book back and forth to each other while the other one recovers. The story is just so beautiful because it's because...

It's because of these kids' poverty, because of their outsider status, they're actually closer to the heart of the true story than anyone else is. And so it ends up transforming this town and the town, of course. So everyone is learning something new because these kids have never heard the story before. So they're asking all these questions. Well, that's a better ending than I thought. I thought it was that...

the people that were helping the kids actually kind of changed the kids to have those kids transform the rest. That's the thing. The church learns from these outsiders because we've taken for granted the Christmas story and the Christmas pageants and we

And we think of the sweet little nativity and the halo around everyone's head. And these kids are going, wait a minute, why wouldn't they let a pregnant woman into the inn? And they're asking all these questions that we take for granted. And so their perspective on the story is just closer to the truth of it because of their unique perspective and outsider status. And so it just was so beautiful. And there's a very common, a connective thread between that and The Chosen. My passion has always been

And we've talked about this before. I'm like, I'm taking Jesus and the apostles down from stained glass windows, down from the pretty paintings that we've seen and trying to give you the most accurate picture

direct portrayal of the humanity of these people and their true story. And that's what really stood out to me about The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Now, it's funny, it's witty, it's a traditional Christmas classic, but it's got this, it's probably the only of the movies that I would consider to be Christmas classics, and hopefully this becomes one of them.

That really does put a spotlight on the true story of Jesus, but in a fun way. It's amazing to me how snotty Christians can get. And maybe it's because they either didn't have that kind of experience or didn't need the redemption of Christ as much as others do. But Christ came for us.

For the ones that needed redemption. We all need it, but needed the redemption really badly. He, he was always around those kinds of, he's saying I came for the sick, not for the healthy. Right. And there's a line in the trailer and in the movie where the mom who's volunteering to do this pageant, everyone in the church is telling her, no, just get rid of the herd bins. We need to protect our sacred Christmas pageant. And at one point her daughter says, shouldn't we just get rid of them? You know? And she says, I think that would,

contradict the whole point of the story. Right. And she says, the point of the story is that Jesus came for the herdman's as much as he came for you and me. He was, everybody in that story was rejected and despised. Yes. And there's also a moment where the herdman's walk out on stage and they are, they're wearing the clothes. They, they cobbled together at home and,

to portray Mary and Joseph instead of the pretty costumes that were given to them by the church, right? And one of the girls in the choir who's against them goes, look at them. They look like refugees. And the main character's looking at them. She goes, yeah, they do.

And she's smiling going, this is what Mary and Joseph were. They were refugees. They were outsiders. So it's those kinds of moments that unlike, again, some of these other Christmas classics that I love, you know, Elf and Christmas Story and some of these Home Alone, they're all great. But this is a movie that has all those elements of humor and whatnot. But then there's these moments where you go, oh my goodness, that is the true story. And I think to your point about

and those of us, especially here in America, I think sometimes we...

It's not that we need redemption less. If anything, we need it more. But it's our awareness of our need, which sometimes goes away when you are living comfortably. Comfort can oftentimes cause you to take for granted who came for us not comfortable. Jesus was born into a stable, into a rough environment, on the run, hiding, outsiders, refugee, all that stuff. He came as a suffering servant, not as a conquering king. And we sometimes forget that. Yeah.

And it's remarkable to me the best Christians – I put a few people like Billy Graham into other categories, but the best Christians that I have met, regular people, are those people usually from the Middle East or from China. Oh, yeah. The ones who are just like – oh, they –

have to know God because it's literally all that gets them through their day. Oh yeah. I've, I've a friend who's the, who runs this ministry called world relief. And he said, the church in Iran is cool, man. He's like, they just, he's like, they're like, we just had another great bombing. And they're like, what? Like,

we had a bombing of one of our churches. We've never been closer to God. We've never been more desperate for him. We've never. And I'm like, man, I, I, I, I hope, I wish I could reach that level of passion and desperation without needing to be in a press. I went to Iraq years ago, uh, and we were rescuing the cities and I was supposed to come pick them up and then we're going to take them to some other country in Europe. And, uh,

So when I get on the plane in New York, I'm told you may not be able to go see them because ISIS has just targeted the church at the time you're supposed to arrive and they're having a final service.

And so I'm on the plane wondering, I mean, what am I going to do when we get there? And I get there and they say, I said, so where are we meeting? And they're like, oh, at the church. And I said, did ISIS? And they said, no, they're not changing their plans. And I said, okay. And then halfway through church –

Russia said that they were going to start bombing that city. And I'm laughing just because it's like, this is not something we think about in America. Right. And I'm like, should we all maybe, is there a shelter around here? They just kept singing and praying. And they said to me,

if we die, we're with God right now. We're fine. This is great. It was amazing to see. Very humbling. And, and so that's, that's the kind of thing I'm hoping, not only that it reaches me, but the viewer, when I do the chosen, when I do movie like best Christmas pageant ever, it's,

can we somehow remove these, sometimes it's religion, sometimes it's our sin, sometimes it's our art that gets us further away from that, what actually happened and from that desperation and from that authenticity. And so, yes, in this case, it's wrapped in a fun PG rated Christmas movie, but it's all the same intention of, man, I'd love to get that level of direct connection, so connected to Jesus.

that everything around you is irrelevant. And this is so important this Christmas. I mean, I've been fighting Santa, and not in a bad... I didn't want to be that...

bad dad that's like, well, it's Santa, Santa. You know, I had fun as a kid with Santa, but it was a different culture. The culture said Christmas was about Jesus, not Santa, and Santa was just the fun part. And it is so important, and this is a fun way to bring your kids to the true story of Christmas,

It's called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It's in theaters now. Are you going to release it on video on demand before Christmas or not? Just close to around Christmas. Yeah, okay. But I do hope that people go see it in theaters now. We want it to last in theaters as long as possible. But yes, eventually, shortly before Christmas, it'll be available at home as well. Yeah, I will tell you that the...

it speaks a lot. I think this came out November 5th, 8th. Yeah. Yeah. Right after the election. Yeah. And you know, it is doing really well this early, uh, in New York times liked it. Glenn, like I got, it's got a 91% on rotten tomatoes. I know there's a glitch in the matrix, but there, there, there seems to be this reaction of like, wow, this is this, this movie does take me to where Christmas should be about. And it's been a really,

really cool, really cool experience to see the reaction. So you hang on just for a second. I have to take a one minute break. We're with Dallas Jenkins, a creator director of the chosen and the new movie must see the best Christmas pageant ever. See it this week in theaters. It will be great to kick off the holiday and kind of also remind us,

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That is part of the Christmas album done by my daughter with the Czech Symphony Orchestra. It comes out Black Friday. It is called Home for Christmas. Can we play the trailer of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, please? Listen. Don't miss out. The annual Christmas pageant tickets are on sale now. They're advertising it on TV now?

The pageant is an especially big deal this year. It's the 75th anniversary. I want to give special mention to Grace for volunteering to direct it. You did what? Oh no. Did somebody die? It's worse than that, son. It's going to be the best Christmas pageant ever. Oh no, it's the Hermans. Now.

The hermits are absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. What'd they do now, dear? Break another window? Set something on fire? Steal your lunch and then punch you for not having any candy? No, even worse.

We're gonna be in your Bible play. Herdmans in church. Oh boy. We take the pageant seriously. It's about community and tradition. What do you all suggest? That I kick the Herdmans out of the church? Yes. I want to be Mary. And Ralph wants to be Joe. And the angel of the Lord? Me! The Herdmans shouldn't be here. They're a poor influence.

You don't look like any Mary I've seen before. Don't touch him! I'm happy to take over the part at any time. I can't just kick him out. I thought you all might be interested in one of my stuffs. You never told me you visited the Herdmans. I got the biggest ham for you guys. Is your mom home? Not when this sounds off.

What if the Hermans ruin us for you? They probably will. But it's not about me. Jesus was born for the Herdmans as much as he was for us. We'll be missing the whole point of the story if we turn them away. The best Christmas pageant ever. It is playing in theaters right now. And I've never heard this before.

the people that I know that saw it and that I trust, they said, Glenn, I saw the trailer and I saw the trailer. I thought it was great and funny. I saw the trailer and it seemed like a little holiday, you know, Hallmark kind of thing. And they said, the movie is so much better than the trailer. And I've never heard anybody say that about any movie ever. Yeah. Typically the trailer is the very best thing, the highlights of it. So I can't wait. I'm,

I'm making a reservations, uh, at the theater for Thanksgiving. After we have our Thanksgiving, we'll go to the theater that night and watch the best Christmas pageant ever. I have to get you to correct something. Uh,

There was somebody I was talking to that goes to a Christian school here in Dallas, and they were talking about it with a Mormon friend who has a child in that school. And it came up that the Mormons distorted the chosen because they were involved. And so you can't believe the chosen scripturally. Right.

And I want you just to verify that you used the set, I think, for the first year from the Mormon church. And all churches are involved. But you have – I said to them, you need to go back into the classroom and say that Dallas Jenkins has a group of Bible scholars that look at it from all angles. And they argue, make sure it's exactly biblically correct. Yes. Correct? 100%. And –

Number one, I'm an evangelical Protestant. I have the final say and control over every single piece of content in the show. It's not influenced by anybody. And as I'm sure you wouldn't be that surprised, but all of the Mormon friends or people that I have that I work with, I mean, I have people of all backgrounds and lack thereof. I mean, half my cast and crew aren't believers. But

There hasn't been any arguments. None of them have said, well, we wish you would do this instead and be more Mormon in your portrayal of Jesus. Like, it's the Gospels. It's the stories of Jesus. It's pretty cut and dry. Yeah, the arguments we have about Jesus are based on things that took place after he was here or before he was here on earth. But, yeah, it is astonishing some of the rumors. You use a set –

that's owned by the church. It's not like they said, okay, now if you're going to use our set, now you have to... You have to put this in. You have to Mormon this up. Yeah. Because, you know, this set doesn't come free. So, no, it's... That's the first time I've ever had to defend...

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There'll be much mistletoeing and hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near. It's the most wonderful time. It's the most wonderful time. Yeah, the most wonderful of the year. Welcome to the Glenn Beck program. Tomorrow, I'm going to be off. I have some face surgery. My...

My doctor loves me. He's like, you just got cancer coming on your face all the time. I'm going to make a fortune off of you. You're going to send my great, great grandchildren to college. It's going to be great. Interesting approach. Interesting bedside manner. Yeah. Yeah. I thought so, too. Like, wait a minute. Should you be cutting in? He's like, I'm already in. I'm already in. But I'm only going to take just as much as I need this time. I might leave a little sliver in there.

You know, just be a starter pack for the next cancer. I mean, are you okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just, it's stupid, you know, non-lethal skin cancer. I mean, lethal, I guess, if I just let it grow and grow and grow and grow. Right, but you're getting it removed, hopefully, to avoid that. Yeah, my doctor said, where'd you grow up? And I said, Seattle. Boy, the Lord put you in the right place. And I was like, what does that mean? He's like, you are just, you are...

a beacon for skin cancer. It's like, come on, son, bring it on. It's a weird compliment. Yeah, I know. I know. Well, I grew up in Seattle and in Seattle, this is really normal. When there is a sunny day, nobody puts on sunscreen. Nobody.

Because you're like, it's the sun. I might get some color. And you're burnt. And you're like, I'm fine with that. I haven't felt like that. You know that good feeling you have when you're in the sun? You don't get that in Seattle. So when there's just a sunny day, it might even be 65 degrees. People are out, you know.

like with tinfoil around their face, like they're inside of a satellite dish going, I'm just soaking up some rays, just soaking up some. So everybody gets burned all the time. I tend to think sunscreen is good. Yeah, yeah. That's what my wife said, but I, you know. Anyway, so I'm going to be gone tomorrow, and then we're going up to Tanya's mom. It's her first Thanksgiving without her.

dad at the table so the family's gonna go do that and we're gonna be up there and I'm gonna go New York for a couple of days oh really yeah oh nice so haven't holidays in New York is where I'm taking my kids up there are you in December yeah for the first time they've never I don't think either of the kids have ever been to New York City

But, you know, I'm going to see them. They're going to do the Christmas stuff, do all. I want like every stereotypical thing I've seen in a Christmas movie to do, like the Rockettes and the Rockefeller tree and every little bit of it. There used to be like when they had remember the movie Big? Oh, yeah. They had the big toy store right on the corner. It was, you know, right on.

Fifth Avenue and it was in the GM building. It was the whole bottom floor and it was the greatest toy store ever. Yeah. And when that went out, I mean, Toys R Us isn't even there anymore. They don't have toy stores like they used to now. But it was like when you were coming to visit New York, you know. Oh, yeah. Now you're just, you

you know, feeding homeless people, you know, green and red. I'm going, I know. Don't tell me that. I bring pockets of green and red jelly beans, feed it to them. They'll throw up. And you're like, there's Christmas in New York kids. That's kind of nice. I do. Why? Because I mean, we, there was that period, especially when COVID was going on, it was like, will this place ever recover?

Will it ever get back to where it was, which was still not perfect. But there was plenty of that stuff going on when we were there. I was there just last weekend, and it's still not the way it used to be. And part of it is it's just a wreck. It's a mess. And that's just from...

under new management yeah yeah you get good management in there and clean that city up the rumor is that andrew cuomo is going to run so that's really good yeah yeah that's really good it's merry christmas new york it's become so bad that i've actually talked to people who are in new york they're like actually maybe andrew cuomo would be better i was like good god please don't no please don't do this no they're gonna they're gonna let it they're totally going to elect him as oh yeah they will oh yeah

Because the de Blasio thing wasn't bad enough. Yeah, no, they will elect him. They will elect him, and they'll be happy, and they'll defend him. Yeah.

It's happening. Oh, God. It's happening. By the way, you can go to glenbeckchristmas.com. We have a whole bunch of stuff for if you have a Glen Beck fan in your family. There's several things that are new. More will be being added. But you can get the poster print or the G. Clay print of one of my paintings here.

uh, called morning of the first resurrection. And this is when, you know, Jesus comes back to judge the living and the dead, uh, and splits the mountain. And he's, he's, uh, it's, I kind of looked at this when I painted it is like, he's just touching feet on the top of the mountain as they split. Uh, and, uh, uh, you know, it's,

It's hard to do a Jesus painting. You know? Yeah. Yeah. It's like doing a painting of your wife to the one billionth power.

You don't want to get that one wrong. So anyway. Can you explain to us, non-art snobs, what a G-Clay is again? Yeah, it is a high-quality scan on canvas that has been color corrected, and it looks just like the painting, except it's not the original. So it doesn't cost $20 zillion. Correct. Okay. And you can get it in different sizes, or you can get the poster or whatever.

or whatever. There's several things there. Also, what else is...

And just check it out. Glenn Beck, Christmas dot com. Lots of great stuff. Yeah, lots of great stuff. And you can get a 25 percent off, by the way. Glenn 25 is the code if you want to do that. Oh, my gosh. Isn't that great? Yeah. Take money out of Glenn's pockets. The other one is you just have to see this because I think these are great T-shirts and everything else that they're again a G clay or you can get it on a mug or a T-shirt. I painted something that I call the real Captain America.

America's first Captain America. I can't remember. Yeah, the real Captain America is the name of it. And it's George Washington, you know, almost in a Captain America pose with a flag as a cape. And it's really kind of cool. But I got such a response on Instagram. People saying, you got to make this into a T-shirt or whatever. So we have the T-shirts. We have the original painting and prints available. Whatever you want at glennbeckchristmas.com.

Really cool. Yeah. By the way, if you're also, if you're going to be traveling next week and you're like, you know, what can I watch before getting on a plane that will make my travel a living hell? Yeah. I might recommend the new documentary available on Blaze TV called Countdown to the Next Aviation Disaster. You know, I like to watch like, I start with Airport 77. Right.

and I take it from there. As I'm waiting to board the plane, it always makes me feel good. It is great. It's a new Blaze original. It's my documentary. It's out today on Blaze TV. You can stream it today, but it's just about all the huge problems going on with the FAA and air traffic control and how they're using DEI to pick the people keeping you in the air. It seems like a really bad idea. I said earlier on the podcast that I was...

In a near miss just recently. Yeah. When I went to Florida, what, two weeks ago, we were right at the end of the runway. We were coming down fast and hard. And all of a sudden the pilot just pulled up and, you know, put it full blast on the jet. And we came back around because...

Air traffic control just put another plane on our runway and we were about to plow into it. We're like, holy cow. This happens all the time. All the time. We go through a ton of the near misses that go on. You can go to blazeoriginals.com slash do. If you use the code DEI, you can save 30 bucks. But Glenn, I was... The thing about this, and this is some real optimism...

maybe not right before you get on a flight, but some real optimism is that it's, these are totally solvable problems. These are not, this is not like the difficult thing of, you know, trying to fix the border. You might say, oh gosh, that's hard. This is not these. All the solutions are known. Um, of course, as you would guess when it comes to a really nerdy problem that has a million, uh, intricate, like, uh, process solutions, uh,

Mike Lee has a solution to it. Of course, because of course he does. Right. But I talked to Mike Lee in Washington about this and he goes through it and like, this is something we can really do. Oh yeah. Sean Duffy, who's the new incoming, the non Pete Buttigieg transportation secretary supposedly coming in. He's been nominated. He's all over it. These are problems that can actually be solved. So this is like a great,

kind of blueprint of the problems that need to be solved. Have you noticed how unreliable airlines have become too? Really bad. Right? Weird long delays, cancellations. Yeah, you're like, okay, I gotta get home, it's Sunday.

Uh-uh. You can't? You can't. It's been canceled. You're like, what? It's not just my perception. It is worse than normal. Yeah, it is. It is worse than normal. There's a couple of other pieces of audio I want to play for you here before the end. Let me play this. This is Jeremy Clarkson. You know who Jeremy Clarkson is? The car guy, right? Yeah, yeah. And he was in London because the farmers, they negotiated with the government. How can...

How do we protest and, you know, but not really disrupt things? Farmers. We don't want to, you know. Well, you can bring one tractor. And so they brought one tractor and then just packed the streets with farmers. Well, Jeremy Clarkson, who is, you know, wildly wealthy, but bought a farm in a really snotty area and just breaks all the rules. He's great. But he was there. And the BBC...

Which he hasn't been on the BBC for quite some time and he hates the BBC. The BBC shows up and they're interviewing him. Listen to this interview with Jeremy Clarkson yesterday on the streets in London. So why are you here, Mr. Clarkson? Well, because I'm here to support farmers. Right. Are you angry? It's difficult to be angry on somebody else's behalf. That's like being...

Yes, now I'm not angry on someone else's behalf. Right. So it's not about you, it's not about your farm and the fact that you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax? Classic BBC there, classic. Oh yeah. It's not the fact that... The fact that I bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax...

The fact. You told the Sunday Times in 2021 that's why you bought it. I'm just people. Sorry? BBC. OK, let's start from the beginning. Sure. I wanted a shoot, OK? That's even worse to the BBC. I wanted a shoot, which comes with the benefit of not having to pay inheritance tax. Now, I do.

But people like me will simply put it in a trust. And so long as I live for seven years, that's fine. And as my daughter said, you will live for seven years. You might be in a deep freeze at the end of it, but you will live for seven years. But it's incredibly time consuming to have to do that.

And why should all these people have to do that? Why should they? So one of the reasons Rachel Reeves says she brought this in is to stop wealthy people using it as a way of... No, that was the only reason she did. Well, no, the other reason was to raise money for public services. Well, have you seen... Are you listening to this? Have you tried to get a GP appointment lately? Yes, I just recently had a heart attack. OK, so you know it's tough.

Yes. So where should they get the money from if it's not from farmers? From farmers. We hear that, everyone. With assets. BBC thinks you should be paying for everything. OK, do you know how many people pay inheritance tax in this country? It's 4% of estates. What? 4% of estates. 4% pay inheritance tax. 96% of the population of the UK does not pay inheritance tax. Sure.

After this becomes law, 96% of farmers will. Where have you got that figure from? Who here, can I just ask, who here is going to be unaffected by these changes? No one. Right. Where have you got the 96% figure from? Well, you've got 96%, well, the same place that Rachel Reeves does, from the middle of her head. Right. From the sixth form debating society that she was no doubt a member of. Okay. Which formed her opinions and yours.

I am not expressing opinions. I'm literally asking you questions. You know that, Mr Clarkson. So, what is your message to this government? Please back down. Please. And get the money from where? Well, they've got £40 billion. I'll tell you where you get it. Walk into any of the offices around here. If you don't understand what somebody's job is, fire them.

Is that great? He is just so done with the press, as the regular people are done with the BBC. It's government propaganda. And that's the same. What he just said is what Doge is supposed to do. You walk around. We don't understand your job. You're not doing it, or you're doing something that isn't in the Constitution or Congress didn't approve. We're going to fire you. You want to find the money? That's where you find the money.

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