The Glenn Beck Program - 10/29/18 - Best of the Program - Guest, Pat Gray

Episode Date: October 29, 2018

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Blaze Radio Network On Demand. Hey, everybody, welcome to the podcast. It is Monday. And we're getting ready to go on tour. Stu and I are actually working late tonight, which is, well, I'm 115 this afternoon.
Starting point is 00:00:21 On the tour that starts this week. I'm only available to one, really? Yeah, sorry. Okay, well, that's when we were supposed to start. I figured it in 15 minutes. Okay, yeah, now I don't have to be a good show. It's going to be a good show. It starts actually in the Richmond, Virginia.
Starting point is 00:00:36 Then we are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh on Saturday. Something really special happening in Pittsburgh. In fact, all of the proceeds. I'm going to donate all of the night's earnings to the Jewish community that has been so hard hit. And then on Sunday, we're going to Cleveland, Ohio. So it's the week before the election, and actually the election is still going on right now. People are voting. But we have a lot to say and a lot of fun.
Starting point is 00:01:03 and some things that I think you're going to be able to take away for your kids. You can bring your kids. It's age appropriate for them as well. All right. Today's podcast. By the way, get your tickets at glenbeck.com slash tour. Today's podcast. Look into what happened in Pittsburgh.
Starting point is 00:01:19 Yeah. Quite a bit. The media reaction to it. What has been the, one of the right things to think about in a moment like this? Because it's certainly not what we're doing. Yeah, there was a pullout. We also hit this that, you know, America's ready for. for a third party, which I'm not sure I believe,
Starting point is 00:01:36 and that we don't agree on values. But all the things listed were not values. None of those were values or principles. They were all politics. So we wanted to say, all right, how do we look at these things? How do we look at the issues of the day and American values? Are the answers even worth finding? Is America and the West worth saving?
Starting point is 00:02:00 That's a big question, apparently. And we also go into some of the election stuff that's coming up. The latest polls, what are they showing us as we get closer to the actual election day? And it looks like it's starting to shift back again towards the Democrats just a little bit. But that's all explained on today's podcast. You're listening to the best of the Glenback program. It's Monday, October 29th. Brickhouse, you know, Brickhouse nutrition is a great company because they,
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Starting point is 00:03:50 laughing that day Gregory's unit was in the Soviet Red Army and he had done the unthinkable while at the Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad was one of the worst battles of all time but they had survived now That was really not only his story, but the internal and tragic story of his entire people. Gregory was a Jew, and survival was his birthright. This war, some were calling it the second great war to end all wars, was no different. It was just one more calamity that he and his people would have to survive. Gregory's unit had pushed through the Ukraine.
Starting point is 00:04:38 They were now on the heartland of the third. Reich. The sea of German tanks were all scattered before them. Gregory dove into a ditch at the last second while a barrage of tank and mortar fire came screaming through the air. It was then that he noticed something. Although terrifying as the sound of the incoming artillery fire was, it also resembled something extraordinary to him. Music. Gregory shifted his thinking from soldier to musician, and the incoming rounds were transformed within his mind to notes and stanzas on a sheet of carefully conducted music. It had order, it had purpose, and more importantly, it became predictable for him. It was his musical mind that allowed both he and his unit to tell
Starting point is 00:05:32 where the German rounds were going to strike. That's why he and his unit survived. He, He would go on to Germany. He participated in the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. The people behind the barbed wire were just like him. They were all Jews. While they would survive, their persecution was still not over. The Jews caught behind the iron curtain now lived in a state of fear and denial under Stalin. And Stalin required all Jews to register.
Starting point is 00:06:10 as a Jew on their state papers. So every time Gregory now applied for a job or look for a place to live, an employer or a housing official would take one look at his papers and turn him down because of the three letters on his papers, J-E-W. Same thing was happening under Hitler.
Starting point is 00:06:34 In fact, Hitler, after the night of broken glass or crystal knock, as it's become known as, he said that all male Jews needed to now use the first name Israel, and all women needed to use the first name Rachel. Why? Because, the state declared it. They did it because they could. Now, Gregory, after liberating Jews from that nightmare,
Starting point is 00:07:08 found himself in another nightmare in the Soviet Union. They couldn't eat kosher. They couldn't become rabbis. They couldn't live as God had commanded them. For them, this is the story of the Jewish people. Just survive. That's why the nation of Israel exists. If people don't understand, that is why.
Starting point is 00:07:38 No one ever wants them. No one ever stands for them. They're always the last in line. And so, the world decided, let them have this scrap of them. of land, they say, was theirs because of the Bible. Let them have it. It's uninhabitable. It's just nothing but a desert.
Starting point is 00:08:01 There's no oil. There's nothing there. Just give it to them. And the Jews happily took it, restored to their homeland, as the only nation on earth, to be wiped off the face of the map, and then to be restored, 2,000. years later exactly as foretold. Israel exists because no one seems to want them. Israel exists because they have a right to live. So let me go back to Russia and our musical friend. In 1989, 40 years after the Battle of Stalingrad, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society was helping Jews get
Starting point is 00:08:56 out of the Soviet Union and go to Israel and to the United States. And they provided lawyers, money to find homes, food, even language classes to help them assimilate in their new country. For the first time ever, Gregory and the rest of the Jews that he had known that had survived both Hitler and Stalin could concentrate on something more than just surviving. They had a right to pursue their happiness. they could practice their faith. They could be proud of who they were.
Starting point is 00:09:36 They could finally live. The group that saved him, it's the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. It's the oldest refugee assistance organization in the world. Let me say that again. It's the oldest refugee assistance organization in the world. It was established in the 1800s, and they're responsible for assisting thousands and thousands of Jews.
Starting point is 00:10:02 and a few years ago they open up their services not just to Jews, but people of all faiths, all faiths that are persecuted and need to be rescued. Their current CEO was asked recently why they decided to do it. His answer couldn't be more perfect. We no longer help refugees because they're Jewish. We help refugees because we are Jewish. The reason why I'm telling you this story is this. This is the organization that a madman went into Philadelphia to try to stop.
Starting point is 00:10:49 This is the organization that was attacked on Saturday morning at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Story never seems to end. Eleven people were killed in the deadliest attack on Jews in our country's history. Stories like Gregory filled the synagogue that Saturday morning, the horrors they collectively endured. unimaginable to most people. And yet here we are. Again,
Starting point is 00:11:23 the group of people who now have to concentrate just on one thing survive. Antisemitism is evil. Antisemitism is a disease. Antisemitism is as old as the world. From the moment God said, I will make you my people, there has been anti-Semitism. And it is on the rise, as it always is in times of nationalism and socialism.
Starting point is 00:12:02 Every time the Jew is the canary in the coal mine, they are always the first. And if the world doesn't pay attention at that point, it's washed in blood. if the world decides they need to come for the Jews, I proudly declare myself a Jew. The world makes promises all the time and they don't ever intend on keeping them. But I do. We said never forget.
Starting point is 00:12:42 I've told you, you are the audience that will in the end restore the republic, save the republic. And it's not going to be through violence. the world is going to become more and more violent. We must be a unique and peculiar people because the vast majority of Americans know
Starting point is 00:13:08 this is not who we are. This is not who we want to be. And we will stand shoulder to shoulder with our Jewish brothers and sisters. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with our Christian brothers and sisters in the Middle East. We will stand shoulder to shoulder. shoulder to shoulder with a Muslim that is being rounded up by the Chinese. The cycle of hate
Starting point is 00:13:46 has begun again. And it's not Donald Trump and it's not Barack Obama. It's a cycle that has been running since the beginning of time. And the world always acts the same way. because it always comes in a time of chaos. It always comes in a time of fear. It always comes in a we cycle when forget the individual. It's what's best for all of society. It's why our founders came here in the first place. It's why our founders defended the Jews.
Starting point is 00:14:33 We're a different country. We're a different people. We're not better than the rest of the world. We just see things differently. And if we don't, shame on us. Our pilgrims came here thinking that they were completing the journey from the Red Sea. Our first great seal of the United States was the pillar of fire and Pharaoh's horses and the parting of the Red Sea.
Starting point is 00:15:21 I don't want to just survive. I don't want to do something to earn a living. I want to live. FDR said, This generation has a rendezvous with destiny. I echo those words. Our generation must be the generation that breaks this cycle. There is no one else in the world who will do it.
Starting point is 00:15:59 Who will stand against this onslaught? Who will stand against the hatred and the nationalism and the collectivism? The extermination of people that just aren't good enough. We are headed that way. We are headed that way. Once you cannot talk to your neighbors, once the other side has nothing to offer, you have to eliminate them. because they're the devil.
Starting point is 00:16:30 They're the devil. And you cannot deal with the devil. Will the 60 to 80% of this country stand up? They never, ever have. They never, ever have. It was 20%. 20% for the American Revolution. Most people stood on the sidelines.
Starting point is 00:16:57 There was another 20% that, wanted the king. We have a rendezvous with destiny. Let us be the generation that finally breaks this chain. The best of the Glenn Beck program. So the reason why Pat in this morning is because you know, he's he's doing more on trivia and and more on trivia is, is always a laugh. And so we wanted to find out how it went on Friday, Pat. Yeah, it's, you know, it's a chance to get away from the discourse for a little while, for like an hour a week and just be mean to people. Yeah, and just be mean to people.
Starting point is 00:17:51 Find out how dumb they are. It's great. That's not the scientific justification. So on Fridays on the Pat Gray podcast, the Pat Gray Unleashed podcast, and on the Radio and Television Network, he does more on trivia, and we have just a taste. of how things worked out calling convenience stores and asking them, you know, pretty obvious questions. Brianna, hi. Hi.
Starting point is 00:18:17 We're going to ask you four quick questions. If you don't know the answer, just take a guess and you can't ask anybody for help, okay? All right. Okay. What does D.C. stand for as in Washington, D.C. That's tough. Something about batteries. It's almost impossible.
Starting point is 00:18:38 Nobody's ever got that. Yeah. It stands for doches of Congress. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of people did it on. Yeah. Question number two.
Starting point is 00:18:51 How many British colonies in America were there in 1776? 22. Right. Oh. So close. So close. It was 21 because Rhode Island wasn't a thing yet. Oh, damn it.
Starting point is 00:19:11 I know. I wanted to give it to you, but they wanted an exact number. All right. Question number three. What animal do hamburgers come from? Chow. Thank you. Hey. You got cows. Thank you. Some of the hamburgers from cows. Others come from gerbils.
Starting point is 00:19:32 But we're going to give it to you anyway. Because I think it's about a 50-50 split cows and gerbils. All right. Question number four, Brianna. What is socialism? Socialism? Yeah, socialism. No one ever knows. It's what?
Starting point is 00:19:53 Communication. Communication. This is close. That's close. You're not going to give it to? No, I can't give it to it. It's a specific kind on Instachat. Oh, wow.
Starting point is 00:20:07 We're looking for the specific. See, Brianna, you live in California. You're actually living. socialism as we speak. Right. Right. Oh, my gosh. And you thought you were depressed about the country before we played that call.
Starting point is 00:20:27 More on trivia, you can hear it with Pat Gray Unleashed. Every Friday. Every Friday on the Blaze Radio and TV network. Do we ask what the season record is? Six and two. Not bad? Yeah, it's pretty good. It's pretty good.
Starting point is 00:20:39 We just, we barely lost on the Packers. Packers against the Rams. Just like that two-point loss on that one. They had that game too. Yeah, they did. Thank you very much, Pat. Thank you. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program,
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Starting point is 00:21:51 Check it out. Hometiteloc.com. It's home tidalock.com. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Rest in peace. Artistic Freedom. Rest in peace. Comedy. The leaching politically correct brigade have once again gotten their way. The Simpsons.
Starting point is 00:22:08 A show that, let's be honest, hardly anyone even watches anymore, has surrendered to the unwavering demands of a small group of PC babies who have screamed, and wailed and moan that Apu character is culturally insensitive. They've won. A few weeks ago, South Park had an episode about it. Two PC parents give birth to five PC babies, and the PC babies throw tantrum anytime somebody offends them,
Starting point is 00:22:38 and the tantrums don't stop until the babies get exactly what they want, resulting in the people of South Park, having to banish one of their oldest, most offensive characters. And they send him to the same thing. to the Simpsons. Yes, that cesspool of racism and hatred. Yes, we live in a world where a group of coddled, whiny people
Starting point is 00:22:59 have determined that the Simpsons is hateful. The frickin' Simpsons. The same group that when people said, I don't know if Bart is a good role model, they told us to shut up. Now they find it offensive. I mean, who's next? Ned Flanders?
Starting point is 00:23:21 That white supremacist cisgender man, symbol of the patriarchy? No, because that's making fun of him, so he'll stay. Mo, the bartender? Why is he taking the job of a minority woman transgender? Where's the diversity here? Because in the world of PC babies, and with every small surrender like this one, the world becomes theirs, just a little bit more. and it's
Starting point is 00:23:47 the way they want comedy. Comedy should adhere to the cultural sensitivity, to the rigorous standards of postmodern social doctrine. Comedy is not answering to the people, it's answering to a group of postmodernist crybabies.
Starting point is 00:24:04 What are we doing? In a few weeks' time, they'll be demanding that the show now feature more racial diversity, more transgender characters, fewer white, or actually yellow characters. Fewer police.
Starting point is 00:24:19 More professors. The plot lines will take subjects like Marxism, veganism, toxic masculinity, all into consideration. Oh, I'm sure. And cultural appropriation? Oh, the idea that got us into this mess to begin with.
Starting point is 00:24:35 The show will become Lisa. Well, not Lisa, because even Lisa, who's a stereotype of the annoying PC kid who ruins the fun for everyone. Even Lisa isn't PC enough. It's not going to be the Simpsons at all. The Simpsons, they should all just quit. But I will tell you if they don't, it'll be the most culturally sensitive, most forward-thinking TV show ever made. It'll be the crowning achievement
Starting point is 00:25:05 of the social justice movement. And not one single moment of it will be enjoyable, funny, or watched. I'm glad you brought up the Apu thing, by the way, on the Simpsons. Did you see the reaction from the people who started this movement, who did this, you know, documentary, the problem with Apu or whatever in the article? Where they, you know, Simpsons are getting rid of this character reportedly. We'll see if that actually happens. It seems like it is. And their reaction was, oh, we didn't want him to get rid of the character.
Starting point is 00:25:39 So now they're complaining about the fact that their little movie got a, this character removed from the show. Now they're complaining about it. Oh, we just wanted him to be... I mean, basically what they're saying is, no, we don't want you to get rid of him. We just wanted to write everything that he says. Well, I mean, that's not something the Simpsons signed on for.
Starting point is 00:25:58 Yeah, you're not running a writer. Sorry. That's unbelievable. And this is a great lesson for everyone who tries to please. Say, Megan Kelly, I think, is same type of thing, right? You can't, no matter what you say, they're never going to be pleased. The people who come after you for these,
Starting point is 00:26:14 these nonsensical PC issues will never be pleased no matter what you give them, no matter what apology you say, no matter how sincere it is, no matter... They're not asking you to remove a poo. They're not asking you to change.
Starting point is 00:26:30 They're asking for something that you can't possibly give them. And the earlier you realize that, the better. Let me change the subject to enough is enough. When America will enough be enough? New polls. Americans fed up crave unity amid violence
Starting point is 00:26:54 now this one should terrify you because 57% now say they want a third party they want unity that number is even higher but I'm not sure people actually mean
Starting point is 00:27:13 this I'm not sure what unity even means they say that we no longer really agree on the core values of our country, which I think is actually true. We don't agree on core values. But what are those core values?
Starting point is 00:27:37 Anybody know? What are the values that brought up? What are the things that we're actually arguing about now? Way things are going in the United States, 25% are satisfied. 58% dissatisfied. The state of politics, 9% satisfied, 77%
Starting point is 00:27:56 dissatisfied. 13% are like, Duh. Percentage that say Americans are united and agreement about the most important values, 15%. 15% of us say we're united
Starting point is 00:28:09 on the most important values. My question is, what are those values? Sincerely, what do we fight? for are we are we fighting for lower taxes here's what the here's what the here's what the survey shows where we divide on our quote most important values politics in this country it's politics of value
Starting point is 00:28:41 moral ethics in our country is that a value race relations gap between rich and poor, the state of the news media, the way things are going in the U.S., the environment, the way things are going in your state, rights for LGBT, status of religion, homeland security, with an exception of a couple, those aren't values, those are issues. That's a political campaign. And perhaps that's what we're missing. See, I firmly believe, and I wrote this in the book, Addicted to Outrage. We have a few things we have to decide. We have to decide, one.
Starting point is 00:29:41 It's a Western world worth saving. Is freedom, as our founders saw it. Is it worth saving? Yes or no? And I don't want you just to, you know, jump off and, yeah, absolutely. Why? Why? why is it worth saving? Who can articulate this? Why is it worth saving? How has it changed the world? In specifics, who can make that case among us?
Starting point is 00:30:14 Who's making that case to their kids at dinner at night? In specifics, is America a good place or a bad place? We have to decide because half of the country says it's a great place. Half of the country says, and I don't even know if these numbers are accurate. and half, I doubt they are half. But let's just say, half the country says it's a bad place. Half the country says it's a good place. Which are we? Sincerely, which are we? We have to choose, don't we?
Starting point is 00:30:49 Because it's a binary choice, isn't it? We're good or bad, right? It's a binary choice. You have to choose one. No, no, you don't. It's not a binary choice. The answer is we're both. We're both.
Starting point is 00:31:08 We've been both bad and good. We've had really good intentions, and the pathway to hell is paved in good intentions, and we have great intentions now. On both sides, we have great intentions. What are we going to do with those intentions? Because you rarely live up to them. Have you heard anyone actually make the case for America?
Starting point is 00:31:36 And not just in... white and blue flag-waving terms. But why is America important? Why is the Constitution worth fighting for? Because if we don't know, let's just get on with it, man. Let's just move on. We cannot sit here and argue about the greatest issues of our time. We don't have our basic...
Starting point is 00:32:11 I want to make sure I have this right. our basic essential values in line. Like climate change, you can say one of our values is how do we treat each other and how do we treat the earth? Okay, that's a value. That's not climate change. Climate change comes off of that value in principle.
Starting point is 00:32:48 Climate change is, okay, is there a problem? problem. Is there a problem? Well, I'm sorry, but the science is not settled. The climate is constantly changing. It always has. That's why we had the ice age. Where were the SUVs for the ice age? It always changes. Now, can we do things that can affect the climate? I don't know. some people say we can, some people say we can't. The evidence is spotty at best, and you can't trust the evidence that is there because we have too much evidence of collusion and coercion in the scientific field. You give me clean cut studies? Okay.
Starting point is 00:33:41 But that's not even what we're arguing about. We're arguing about what to do about it. See, they keep making about, you know, whether it's happening, or not. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. I'm willing to say, okay, it's happening. All right, it's happening. What do you want to do about it? Well, the solutions are insane. The solutions don't work. Now, that is a political discussion. That is a political discussion. You know where our values come in on that particular discussion? When someone says the science is settled, shut up. That's the violation of our values. When people sit down at the table and say,
Starting point is 00:34:32 look, I care about the environment. I really do. I disagree with the science. And here are the people on my side that are showing you that this is coercion, this is collusion, and that your system that your your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your touting is nothing more than a political system. And it doesn't work. That's a political discussion. Those are the things we should have. What brings us together at the end are the values.
Starting point is 00:35:05 We both care about the earth. Who doesn't care about the earth? Sincerely. Who doesn't care about the earth? And I'm tired of being lectured by people who will go and protest and leave a sea of garbage behind them for others to keep and clean up. I'm sick of it. Don't tell me you care about the environment and then after a protest, everything is nothing but litter.
Starting point is 00:35:35 You either care about it or you don't. Words don't mean anything anymore. Only actions do. Don't tell me what you believe. Show me what you believe. by doing the tough thing. And you know what the tough thing is right now? The tough thing is not saying something that's pleasing to your crowd.
Starting point is 00:35:55 The tough thing is to say the things your crowd doesn't want to hear but are right and no one is saying them. That takes courage. That takes conviction. That takes honesty. That takes compassion. That takes empathy. Those are values. So what are our values?
Starting point is 00:36:21 How do we find them? Are they even worth finding? That question has to be answered first. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program, and don't forget, rate us on iTunes. My Patriots apply. When an emergency strikes, what is your first impulse? Your answer is to run to the grocery store, right? You hear a snowstorm, go to run to the grocery.
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Starting point is 00:38:14 800, 271.63 or prepare with glen.com. Is the Western way of life we're saving? Is it good? Is it nothing but a bunch of cisgender males, white males, white Europeans that have oppressed people? Is that all, is that all it is? Can I ask you, Stu, when do you think World War II officially started? When did it really start? Start. So not our involvement in it.
Starting point is 00:38:43 Yeah, not our involvement. Oh, God. I mean, the date I'm not going to get right. Yeah, just give me an event. That's a tough one. Would you say Germany invades Poland or, you know, breaks the treaty with, you know, Yeah, I mean, the treaty. Chamberlain or Berlin Treaty?
Starting point is 00:39:07 So you're talking events that lead into other events. I mean, you could go a million different places in that area. I'll give you, I'll give you one. How about when Japan invaded China happened in 37? If you live on that side of the earth. Yeah. You think World War II started then. Japan invaded China, Manchuria.
Starting point is 00:39:29 And they said the only problem with Manchuria is all the Manchurian. That sounds familiar. And so they invaded and they started a mass slaughter. Mass slaughter. All of the, you know, the bad bombings of civilians. That happened years before we were doing it or the Germans were doing it. It started in 37 in China with the Japanese. Well, where was the white man?
Starting point is 00:39:55 Now, you know where the white man was? You know how history reflects this now? America didn't say anything at the time. America didn't step up to the plate and stop the slaughter in China. So wait a minute. Hold it just a second. So are we supposed to get involved in everything? Or are we not supposed to be involved in everything?
Starting point is 00:40:19 When we get involved, you blame us for getting involved and saying we're trying to jam our stuff down everybody's throat. When we don't show up, you blame us for not showing up. Either way, according to you, we violated, quote, our values. What are our values? Well, our values used to be. We are enemy of no one, friend all. Now that gets a little dicey. Gets really dicey.
Starting point is 00:40:56 Didn't get dicey. apparently when the Japanese invaded China yeah that's because they only care about Europe no actually no we couldn't fight on all of the fronts we had to choose we didn't even want to go save Europe
Starting point is 00:41:14 America didn't even want to go into that war well how could you oh my gosh how could you it's Europe wait a minute wait a minute we're supposed to go save the white patriarchy. Wait a minute. We're to blame for all of that because we didn't go in and save the white hierarchy.
Starting point is 00:41:35 I thought you just said that was bad and should be destroyed. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program. Allison in Kentucky, thanks for holding. You're on the Glennbeck program. Good morning, Glenn. It's so difficult to hear you struggling this morning. Maybe I can give you in some of the longtime listeners some advice. Okay.
Starting point is 00:42:02 I'm not really struggling at all. I don't know. Look, I've been a subscriber to this network since it was GBTV. We hear your voice when you're struggling a bit more than usual. Okay. My advice is make it tangible because there's so many of us that tune in every day and listen to this broadcast, but then we don't make it tangible. And even you were saying that you haven't been doing your shows or you haven't been out on the road for a while,
Starting point is 00:42:26 I think it's going to be so good for you because you need to connect with the people. Yes, I agree. My friend and I, truly, I have a. a friend of mine that's a Vietnam veteran in his 70s, and we went all the way that we live in Ashland, Kentucky. We'd got up at 2 a.m., drove six hours to Illinois for the Trump rally this weekend on Saturday. And then stood for 11 hours straight because we were told the first 2,000 people in line would get into the hangar. And we knew we were going to get that way. And as we got through security, I'm looking at George saying, oh, I can't wait to sit down. And you get to the
Starting point is 00:42:58 hangar and there were no seats. So there's the reality of we're going to be standing another six hours on concrete. So what you're saying is this president is a liar. I'm sorry, just playing it, just playing CNN for a second. Go ahead. Tell us story. Well, they could say it as much as they want. You know what? We were standing in line making fun of the Carbondale Solidarity Network, which was a socialist group that was coming to protest. They had to have their 11 a.m. pancake breakfast before they came to protest. And, you know, we were joking, well, do you think there were vegan and gluten-free options to go along with that? But there were over 10,000 people there for the rally, and less than 75 people showed up to protest. There was not a piece of, I've heard you say this about your
Starting point is 00:43:42 functions when you've had the restoring functions. There was no garbage. You would never know there was 10,000 people there. No one was complaining. I kind of had to warm up to Trump myself, and I was intimidated to go to one of these things because I was afraid if I said one negative thing, I was going to be completely shouted down. No, people were so open about talking. And, you know, if someone had to go to the bathroom and their child stayed with us,
Starting point is 00:44:06 I mean, you're at a group of 10,000 people. You trust strangers to watch your child while you run and do an errand and come back real quick. It was such a positive environment. And, you know, it's like the president just happened to show up. It was, and I'm so glad he's actually going to be in Huntington, on Friday, which is five miles away from where I live, but I'm so glad I went to Illinois. Because I remember standing in line and seeing the headline break about the shooting.
Starting point is 00:44:32 And we also went through the doubt of whether the president was going to show up or not. And this is after we'd gotten in the hangar, we'd been standing there for two hours. But we never gave up hope. And we all, you know, we had jokes of, you know, conservatives. The one thing liberals can do better than us is chant. We can't chant. It's like we need classes or something. Yeah, no, we suck at that.
Starting point is 00:44:52 And I'm glad we suck at that. I'm really glad we suck at that. But, you know, it was such a positive environment, and our legs were just killing us by the time that he got there. And George and I drove back that night. It was a 28-hour road trip that we took for this experience. And as exhausted as we were, and as much as we were aching, George looks at me and says, he's doing one in Missouri later this week, isn't he? How far is that?
Starting point is 00:45:18 Well, that one was just six hours. Missouri was going to be eight. but we were going to go until we found out that this one was going to happen right across the river on Friday. So, fine, make it tangible. That's the best thing that I can say is go and meet these other people. 10,000 to 75. We're very quiet people, but you got to this rally, and there was just an energy that was there that you realize we can be,
Starting point is 00:45:45 there's hope for society. Yeah. Because granted, I got up and went to Walmart the next morning, and people are cutting you off to get to the best parking. spot. You're like, well, yep, I'm home. Allison, hang on the second. I want to get you a copy of my book. I sign it and I'll send it out to you. Thank you so much for holding and thanks for sharing that. It is that is maybe if I don't am I struggling today? Do you feel like I'm struggling today? Because I don't feel like I'm
Starting point is 00:46:09 struggling today. I'm a little frustrated at this indignation, I would say. Yeah. And I'm frustrated that we concentrate on all the wrong things. And I think that's kind of what she's saying here. These aren't the things we should be concentrating on. You know, the president being an anti-Semite. Jesus, his daughter is Jewish. You know, how many clan members are cool with that? I don't think any. And relatively few.
Starting point is 00:46:38 Yeah, how many Nazis were like, oh, you know what? Yeah, okay, so my daughter's going to marry this Jewish guy and she's going to become Jewish. That's great. That doesn't happen. Again, when you're talking about American Jews, one of the main things they've asked the president for for how many generations was to move the Capitol back to Jerusalem. And this is the guy that did it. I mean, he, you know, look, it's insane. It boils down to these ridiculous summaries of what a person believes.
Starting point is 00:47:12 You're telling me you can't criticize someone on the left that you disagree with politically because they're Jewish, because then you get called an anti-Semite. The same way, like, a liberal should be able to criticize without fear of being called a racist, Clarence Thomas. They should be able to say, I think he's wrong on the Constitution. They should absolutely be able to do that without being called racist. But this bizarre thing, and this is carried out today, not by, you know, Mother Jones in the Huffington Post where he'd expect it,
Starting point is 00:47:40 but every mainstream media source asking question after question after question, what part of this? Give me a percentage. Tell me, please, how much. of this is Donald Trump's fault. So here's, let me, let me do what Allison just said. Let's make it tangible. Here is Joe Lieberman on a very frustrating interview with CNN. Listen to this. Well, it's a shocking moment. I mean, we view it all through our own experience. I have had a life as a Jewish American, which has been, it's not only free of anti-Semitism, but I've had this
Starting point is 00:48:15 opportunity to be elected senator from a state Connecticut where the Jewish population is about 2% and then Al Gore gives me the chance to run for vice president first Jewish American on a national ticket really no I faced no anti-Semitism and forgive me for going back to the end of the 2000 election we actually got 500,000 more votes than the other ticket which was a reflection in numbers that people weren't voting based on religion. So when something like this happens, it's shocking and it changes that reality. But I believe the reality is that the American people are very fair-minded, not bigoted, and you saw it in the wholesome reaction of the neighbors who were not Jewish in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, and in the elected officials there. It was very genuine.
Starting point is 00:49:11 And of course, this does not please CNN. This is not what they wanted out of Joe Lieberman. They didn't bring him on to say that he had a good experience as an American. They didn't bring him on to say positive things. They brought him on to clarify exactly what portion of this is Donald Trump's fault. Tell us so we don't have to say it. Say he's responsible so we can have plausible deniability that this is exactly what we believe. We don't want to come out and say it 5,000 times. We'll just hint to it. You say it, okay? It's essentially the way they lead into this next question. And again, he is not, giving them what what they want to hear listen do you believe that there are those who
Starting point is 00:49:50 perceive those to be anti-semitic dog whistles when you see the one of the closing ads of his campaign george sorrows uh janet yellen lloyd blank find from goldman sacks with dark ominous pictures and talking about the money and the international banking is that's a question though guys is that that sends a message yeah all the first thing i want to say is that in my opinion this brutal murder in pittsburgh really had to was committed by a hateful loner who was probably more stimulated by anti-Semitism in social media than by anything else going around him. He was against President Trump.
Starting point is 00:50:30 And it's real, I was glad to see that this website is taking itself down for a while. And all the social media people have to ask whether they're becoming vehicles for this kind of hatred. But more generally, I think all of us. have to, beginning with the president, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress, people in the media, conventional media, and the more unconventional social media, have to ask ourselves, to what extent are we contributing to the division in our society? Charlie Dent and I have worked together in a group called No Labels, trying to overcome the way the parties have become like warring tribes. But this goes beyond that. He just said tribe. He just said Trump.
Starting point is 00:51:15 He did. He did. He just said Trump. So what would I say when the president makes a constructive statement about unity, let's praise him for it and urge him to build on it and think about ways in which he can act so that no one can ever say he somehow was responsible for violence or hatred. Again, that's the Joe Lieberman 47-minute response. But, I mean, you get the summary there. I mean, first of all, this guy was not pro-Trump, not.
Starting point is 00:51:44 I mean, he was viscerally anti-Trump in a way of he, you know what I don't like about Donald Trump is he's too nice to Jews. That is essentially what the guy was saying on his social network over and over and over and over again. So he was not a pro-Trump guy that shot up this synagogue. And, you know, like, it's important to make that distinction. And how do you bring people together the exact opposite of what CNN's trying to do in that clip? He caught, I mean, without saying, does it in the nicest Joe Lieberman possible way, right? But what he's saying is what you're doing right now by trying to make this into a situation where it's, Trump is blamed.
Starting point is 00:52:19 What we should do is wrong. What we should do instead is when he says something that we think helps the environment, we should praise it. Sure, certainly, generally speaking, we have an issue with our discourse. I think I think almost everybody would agree with that. But when it comes to this shooting, it's not related. The Blaze Radio Network on demand.

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