The Glenn Beck Program - Why People HATE the New Cracker Barrel Logo | Guests: Marcus Lemonis & Jack Hibbs | 8/21/25

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

As Target has been steadily losing profits in recent years, the CEO of Target, Brian Cornell, is stepping down as the CEO of the retail giant after 11 years. Could this be yet another sign that Target went too far woke for its own good? Glenn and Stu also discuss the restaurant Cracker Barrel changing its logo for the first time in almost 50 years. Bed Bath & Beyond Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis joins to discuss his decision not to open stores in California, how his views on President Trump have evolved positively over time, and the accusations from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) that this is just a PR stunt in order to drum up business. Self-described Gen Z'er Angela calls in to discuss how difficult things have been for people who make good money but can’t keep up with the growing cost of living. Glenn continues his conversation with Angela, offering his best advice on navigating these tough times and where people should focus for success. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) joins to discuss why he’s planning to leave the House of Representatives in hopes of becoming the next attorney general of Texas, replacing current Texas AG Ken Paxton. Calvary Chapel Chino Hills founding and senior Pastor Jack Hibbs joins to give a stark warning to parents in California: If California bill AB 495 passes, parents with kids need to move out of the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Target has announced that Brian Cornell is stepping down as a CEO of the retail giant after 11 years. And the value of the stock plummeting. It's down, I think, 61% since its all-time high. But it's all-time high was. COVID when the government said, you can only shop a target. It's the only safe place. That in Home Depot, the only safe place on the planet. So, of course, they went through the roof then and they're down.

But they're down, what, 28% since the start of the year. Not real good. Now, of course, everybody on the right is saying, that's because they were involved with DEI. And then everybody on the left is like, that's because they got rid of DEI. well you can't have both you can't have both so I don't know what it is

all I know is when did they start doing that DEI thing around 2022 something like that I feel like that's when it became a story it was right around 2022 2023 and they may have been doing it before then

and I know that I talk to women I talk to my wife and she was like no target is the only place I can go and get everything in one stop. I don't care. I don't care if the cashier is Belsabob. Gotta be 41.95. I mean, it was like, I mean, you couldn't get people to stop going to Target. Now, I don't know why. What has happened? What's happened? I mean, I don't shop at Target,

so I don't know. Have you heard your wife all of a sudden saying, you know, Target really kind of sucks right now? No. I found it a lot easier to go to seven different stores. I assume I think you're right in that we tend to just tie every new story to the thing we've been talking about. That's something that everybody seems to do. And they're managing hundreds of millions and billions of dollars of merchandise over thousands of stores. Like they're probably more than just whether they had a rainbow shirt or not. It's probably bigger than that. I mean, I would love for that to be true.

I just don't want to, you know, dance on the grave unless I know that's true. I don't know that's true. Right. I mean, because if you look at their, I'm looking at their stock chart right now, you know, yes, it peaked in 2021. That was, yeah, I feel like 2023, maybe it was. There was a fall after that, but it rose back up through 2024. Right. It just has, it just kind of like crashed after 2025.

Now that might have been weak holiday sales. Like, I don't know. I don't follow it on a day-to-day basis to know exactly. When did they get rid of DEI? Because maybe the crash, the last time the crash came because everybody on the right was like, I'm not going to shop there. And that lasted a couple of months. And then their stock rebounded.

But now maybe when did they get rid of DEI? Because maybe they got rid of DEI and now everybody on the left is like, I'm not going to shop there. And everybody will forget about it. And they'll go shop there. But maybe that was just too much of a fall for them to take. I look at the date here. This is why you just. get involved in politics. Politics change all the time. You know, anybody who's looking at the,

I mean, celebratory numbers of the Democrats right now and how they are just imploding, be careful because it's going to come back around. It always does. I remember, you know, 2008, Barack Obama and everybody else was like, the Republicans will never win ever again. The Republicans are so out of touch. They will never, ever, ever win. Well, look at it now. I mean, it just comes back. Now, I don't know if it's going to go. I've never, the Democrats, I don't think, ever did the damage that the Democrats are doing to themselves right now.

You know, holding press conferences with burning cars. You know, this is mostly peaceful and then shootouts behind them. And crime on the streets, great. I don't know anybody who's done that kind of damage. And that's the damage that they're doing right. now. Oh, and they're saying, they're actually saying this. It's a mostly peaceful protest behind me, pay down attention to the cars or the bullets, because it's very, very safe out here. You know what we care about is we care about redistricting because we know that's exactly where the people are, redistricting.

Now, no, guess again. So this is interesting. So it was 2023 was the conservative, I mean, pushback on all of the kind of craziness going on at Target. And that did seem to lead to a dip in the stock price, but it recovered. Yeah. 2020. So there was a new boycott by the left, a 40-day boycott that they started in March, it looks like, to try, because they were upset that they got rid of the DEI.

This is your, I mean, your summary of this is so apt because it's just like, don't get involved in this stuff. Just freaking sell things. out. Just make stuff and sell it. Just leave it alone. Leave it alone. Because, I mean, it is hard.

I do, I see, you know, we've had so many of these controversies over the years. And you do see how hard it must be as a company to deal with this nonsense. Because you get targeted. You know, these things happen to you. And if you're not an ideological, thank you, company that has a belief in something. And you're just kind of floating out there and being like trying to react to whatever way the wind is blowing. It's got to be really hard to manage. You know, it's not easy to do. That being said, that's why you don't get into it, right? Like, you got to know that you look,

you're an American company, you reflect American values, what your consumers want, and then you leave it, keep it nice and simple after that. You don't need to make... Just know who you are. You know what? Nobody is popular. Nobody. Have you ever known anybody that everybody really kind of liked after a while, if once you figure out, oh, man, they don't believe any of that crap. They're just doing that to be in the cool kid camp. Those people never last. Those people are not cool. You know, the people who are cool who know who they are.

I've said this a million times. I think the sexiest thing a woman can do is just know who she is. No, absolutely who she is and doesn't care. Doesn't care about what anybody else thinks. This is what I am. Yeah, I'm a mom. Uh-huh. I'm a mom.

I'm a stay-at-home mom. If that's what she is, great. I find that very attractive. And, I mean, I'm not hitting on stay-at-home mom. You know what I mean. But nobody likes, nobody likes somebody who is just going with the wind. You're a weasel. You're a kiss spot.

That's all you are. Anyway. Did you see the thing on Cracker Barrel as well while we're here on companies? Yeah. Cracker Bell are changing their little. The cracker barrel has changed their logo and did they really? I mean, really, they got rid of the guy sitting next to the cracker barrel. But other than that, it's the same logo.

I'm pretty sure, you know. I wouldn't have noticed a difference. I would have noticed the guy and the barrel gone. But if that was just there, I would have like that, no, that's not a change. They augmented it some. They deleted some things in it. But oh my gosh, this is trending on social media like crazy. everybody's like, they've sold out.

They've sold out because they got rid of the barrel? Really? Seriously? There it is. Yeah, I mean, it's a little different. Maybe the font's a little different. There's not much of a difference. Yeah, there's not much of a difference.

Yeah. But play the news report on this. Honestly, the feedback's been overwhelmingly positive that people like what we're doing. I'll give you another sound bite. I actually happened to be in Orlando last week with all of our managers. We bring them together and once every other year. And the number one question that I got asked, Michael, was, how can I get a remodel? When can I get a remodel?

How do I get on the list? Oh, really? So because the feedback and the buzz is so good, not only from our customers, but from our team members. They want to work in a wonderful restaurant. So we're doing everything for our guests and our team members. Okay, stop. This is a lie. This is a lie.

I don't believe anybody. I don't believe anybody. Customers. Maybe the managers and people who are really, really deep into grass. Cracker Barrow. But I don't believe any customer is ever like, you know, I'm just going to ask the manager, when are you going to come up with a new logo? Because I want the T-shirt.

I mean, nobody is doing that. Nobody is doing that. So I don't buy that at all. But you know what I think this is? You know what I think people are maybe if they are, if they are upset about the guy sitting next to the barrel, the Cracker Barrel. I mean, first of all, nobody knows what a Cracker Barrel is anymore. But the guy sitting next to a Cracker Barrel, I think that could be, have you gone into a McDonald's lately?

That's not McDonald's. It's just not McDonald's. I mean, I like it, but it's not McDonald's. And, you know, with everything changing, I think there are some people, and Cracker Barrel is one of these things. It's nostalgic. I mean, it's meant to be nostalgic. Cracker barrels weren't really around when I was a kid. so it's meant to be nostalgic and the whole thing is nostalgia and a lifestyle, an American lifestyle.

And so with Cracker Barrel, I can see people getting upset and going, hey, wait a minute, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, let's not change this too. Can we just leave things alone for just a while? Because everything else in life is changing. And I do believe that maybe Cracker Barrel is in this carve out of, leave it alone, leave it alone. But everything else is becoming, did you see the, what is the, what's the logo now that,

or the, is it McDonald's that is just having the M on the side of the, I mean, it's very small. You seen that? Yeah, a lot of the, like that's been, I've seen that complaint around too, that like, you know, there was a time where, you know,

all the characters were all over the building and the colors were all over the building. And the colors were all over the building. and it was this exciting, fun place for kids to go. And now it's just this sort of like bland minimalist. So, but you know what that is. You know what that is. Millennials, not millennials, Z in particular, they do not like brands.

They don't like corporate brands. That time is over. You remember when, I mean, it wasn't too long ago that if it was a brand, I mean, do you remember when the Ralph Lauren Polo Pony was little? And then it became like half. of the shirt was the polo pony and you're like, okay Ralph, slow down, calm down just a little bit.

Logos were so overdone that now youth, they don't like that corporate thing. They don't like it. So I can see that for the youth, times are changing. You know, I've been thinking about this a lot lately. We are living in a time that is as dramatic as it was

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open and harder to deliver value to customers. What part of that isn't true so far? I can't wait to talk to this guy. The result, higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages, and many businesses simply cannot sustain and endless regulations that strangle growth. Even the state of, I can't read this, it's so blurry. Oh, even the state, when they announce budget surplus, it's built on the back of ordinary citizens who are paying too much and businesses who are squeezed out until they break. At Bed, Bath, and Beyond, our responsibility is to our customers and shareholders,

and we will not participate in a system that undermines both. Instead, we're investing in California strategy that works, 24-48-hour delivery, and in many cases, same-day service. Californians will continue to get products they love through Bedbeth and Beyond.com, but without the inflated costs created by an unsustainable model. We're taking a stand because it's time for common sense. Businesses deserve the chance to succeed. Employers deserve jobs, employees deserve jobs that last,

and customers deserve fair prices. California system delivers the opposite. That's why Bedbeth and Beyond will serve California customers directly through Bedbeth Beyond. on our terms with the best interest at heart. Well, that didn't. That didn't go well. That didn't go well, at least for Governor Newsom. So he issues this.

After their bankruptcy and closure of every store, like most Americans, we thought Bedbeth and Beyond no longer existed. We wished them well in their efforts to become relevant again as they try to open a second store. Then Bedbeth and Beyond, again, the CEO, Bonds. Dear Governor Newsom, I thought your post would suggest we bring business leaders together to understand how to improve the four pillars and friction of business and find a way to make it better. One, streamline regulation. Consistent, simplified compliance rules across state and local

levels. Two, balanced labor environment that's good for employees and employers. Three, litigation reform, reducing abusive lawsuits while keeping protection for workers. Four, competitive tax and cost structure, incentives to come as opposed to dissentives to leave. Also, we bought the IP two years ago. We built Bedbath and Beyond.com into a billion-dollar online business. We're targeting opening 300 small to mid-sized neighborhood stores throughout Kirkland's investment. You're a smart man, and I know the post that you just posted was posted out of frustration. Really? I couldn't have done it. I couldn't have done it.

Nope. I posted, preach it, Marcus. Since I was a kid growing up in Seattle, I wanted to work and live in California, but now as an adult and a businessman, I realize I will never be able to do it. Your message makes me sad, as I have always seen California as a place for dreams and dreamers. Perhaps sometimes in the future, reason will return to the Golden State. I was lying there. It's not going to happen. It's not going to happen.

No. We should maybe dive in at some point. today, Glenn, of how many different Gavin Newsoms there are. Like, every three weeks, this guy's unveiling a new personality. It's so bizarre. I mean, this, this, like, angry social media guy. It was, like, two months ago, he was, like, sitting with Charlie Kirk and praising him. Like, it's bizarre. Anything to win.

Yeah. Anything to win. This is Glenn Beck. Marcus Limonis is joining us. next from the chairman of Bedpath and Beyond. Let me tell you about tunnel to towers. Imagine being told that your husband or your wife, the love of your life, is not coming home tonight or ever again,

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cops and soldiers and everything else, screw off. They're asking you to donate $11 a month to care for these heroes. T2T.org. That's t-the-number-2t.org. Marcus Limonis, he is the chairman, executive chairman of Bed Bath and Beyond, and he's currently in some sort of a fight, if you will. I don't think he's fighting it. I think he's reacting. like a gentleman and a businessman with his responses to Governor Newsom.

But he's in this argument with Governor Newsom because he said yesterday, Bedbath and Beyond just cannot do business in California anymore. It's just too expensive. It's just too over-regulated and no longer makes sense for Bedbath and Beyond. Welcome to the program, Marcus. Good morning. How are you? I'm very good. I'm very good. I just want to point out before we go, because I think this is important to say, because you started yesterday saying this is not about politics.

And I just want to point out that you're not a Trump supporter. You know, in 2017, you came out, and I'm not going to go through it because you went back and forth and corrected and everything else. But, you know, you criticized what Donald Trump said in Charlottesville when it was thought that he had. had said, you know, hey, and the Nazis are pretty good too, which we now know because the full audio and video is out and we can show that that's not what he was talking about at all. But you came out, as did a whole buttload of other CEOs and said, you know, if that's what you believe, then, you know, please, we don't necessarily want you shopping here. So it's not that you are doing this because you're a big Trump supporter.

when I saw your name attached to this, I thought, no, no, this is about business because he's not on either side here on this. Yeah, I'm not on either side, but I will say, yeah, it's kind of accurate from a historical standpoint. It's not accurate from a modern day standpoint. I think that time has gone on and the facts have been revealed and things have played out and moves have been made by this administration that I think advanced business and advance the American, you know, a citizen in a way that I think it puts us back on track, I would say that I feel very differently today than I used to. And that's really not an emotional reaction. That's an intelligent reaction of just looking at what the administration is doing to try to deregulate business, not to the disadvantage of a worker, and not to the disadvantage of anybody, but to the advantage of capitalism in our country and to the advantage of investing in American business. And, you know,

Just as a reminder, Glenn, and you and I met a long, long time ago when I had the profit at CNBC that, you know, my other business is camping world. And I've been through Helen Back trying to defend the flag from the same kind of ideology that I'm seeing out of California, which is your flags are too big. They're not approved. And, you know, anybody does a little research. They'll see that, you know, cities have sued me. Cities have threatened to take me to jail.

And the flag still hasn't come down. So what you'll find with me is that I try to be really pragmatic. I also happen to be a resident of Chicago. And if anybody wants a preview to the movie of what's going to happen in New York City, come to my apartment on Michigan Avenue. And I'll give you a preview to what's happened and how socialism is just crushing not only my personal property, but other businesses around. So I would say as one gets smarter and one gets older and one learns more and one listens,

you know, you evolve as a human. And I want to make sure that we're clear about that. I have to tell you, it doesn't change my point of view that this is about business, but I'm so glad you cleared that up because, you know, that's all people should be striving for is when there are new facts available. You will actually say, oh, wait a minute, I didn't see that. I didn't know that. Or, you know, things are changing.

I was wrong. And that's so rare. So thank you for that. Yeah. So, you know, let me give you another slam from the left or from, you know, the people on, you know, Twitter. And even Gavin Newsom, oh, this is, you were out of business and this is just a business move to get your name out there. Yeah. That's the only reason why you're taking California on.

Well, let's talk about that. So, number one, you know, I took over a company called Overstock about a year and a half ago. and overstocked with the business that's been out there a long time. And they bought the intellectual property in the fall of 23 from the bankrupt estate of bed back and beyond. And the reason that I took it over is that the company had lost its way, it was losing a lot of money and made a commitment to the shareholders that we would get back to profitability. And as part of that, Bed Bath and Beyond is a significant underpinning of that. And so I needed to remind both Governor Newsom and other folks who, you know,

we're celebrating the fact that Bedbath and Beyond had gone out of business. We're celebrating the fact that Bedbath and Beyond had filed bankruptcy. And it is true. It's a fact. It did happen, as I told Hannity last night. It happened. The reality of it is is that America's built on the modern day comeback. And we've invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Bedbath.

We run a billion dollar online business. We bought a business called Kirklands that's out of Jackson, Tennessee, a family business. and we're using those 300 stores to convert. Four hundred, fourteen of them are in California. I was disappointed to see Governor Newsom, in my opinion, just from a level of professionalism, instead of saying, you know what, I don't agree with your points, and I think you're doing this for the wrong reasons,

and whatever he wanted to say, however, comma, I'd love to figure out how you and a bunch of other business leaders can tell me, as the governor of the fourth largest economy in the world, which he likes to remind us every single day, how to make it the third largest economy. me and what I could do, what things are out there that I'm willing to compromise on or that I'm willing to help understand that will drive investment back into my state, that will drive capital back into my state, that will fill commercial real estate that's empty back into my state to appreciate

commercial properties, residential properties, and to drive value. Because as a governor of a state, my job is to protect my people, I get it, fine, but also to create positive cash flow for my state, which means I generate more than I spend, but I don't want to do it on the backs of just creating another, you know, nonsensical tax. I didn't get that. And that's really what has made me convinced that Governor Newsom is not doing things for the benefit of California. He's doing things because he thinks that his so-called base is going to rally around his nonsense. So can you, have you heard from other CEOs?

in the last 24 hours? Have you heard from anybody else in California? You don't have to name names, but... Yeah, I won't. Saying the same thing. I have. I've heard from very, very significant tech leaders in the state of California asking if there's a way for them to set up a meeting with Governor Newsom and myself.

Of course, the answer is yes. But they all acknowledge the silliness behind avoiding capitalism and rejecting capitalism. As it's this dirty word and everybody that wants to make a little bit. money or whose experience success is a bad person. And that seems to be the theme that's coming out of the governor's office, particularly with his, I guess it's his intern-run press room Twitter account or whatever it's called these days. So this is not a final decision with you. He could do something to change your mind. I think if Governor Newsom was really thinking about a political run and running a state that he believes is the superior state in the country, he would invite myself,

maybe not me, maybe I'm not qualified to be in a room of them, but other CEOs to say, hey, I'm hearing this and I want to learn and I want to change, much like I said to you at the beginning of our conversation, what facts do I not have and how can you convince me how I can do better, how I can learn more? That's the sign of a good leader. That's a leader that I want to follow. And that's, I think, even if you just take a look at our current presidents, I think he's got a different tone in a second term than he does his first term. And I couldn't be convinced otherwise. It feels far more collaborative. And that's what I'm looking for. The, let me play the opposite side here for a second and say what Trump is doing. I see the regulation.

I see what he's doing to business. And it is, thank God, it is a, it's, I can finally breathe again as a businessman. However, if I'm in your business, I would assume you get a lot of material, a lot of your products from China. How are the tariffs affecting you? We diversified the sourcing of our products. And the one thing that when I came in made it a bit of a mandate. And it's a balance between providing value to our shareholders and doing what I think is right. You know, I come from the RV world where we make everything in Elkhart, Indiana, and we employ, you know, tens of thousands of people that make products in this country. But there are parts and pieces that come from overseas. And the reality of it is that until manufacturing in the U.S. is set up and can handle the capacity,

that in the short term, there is an alternative sourcing. And that applies to furniture and lighting and certain textiles coming from around the globe. And the tariffs are not great. And I don't think that Trump would even try to defend that they're great. It's a rebalancing act. But Glenn, here's the thing that I mentioned big money the other day. If you're really thinking about the triangulation of how Trump is approaching, rebalancing everything, whether it is using energy as the leverage to bring Ukraine and Russia to the table, or using tariffs to bring other world leaders to the table, it's all really being done, in my opinion,

to recalibrate America's position, both, politically and financially in a way that that maintains our dominance. You know, I think that is, I think you are spot on and you're seeing that with the way he handled Ukraine. You know, he went in tough with the tariffs over in Europe and with NATO. He was tough with him. And then he then said, you want to support Ukraine. You can buy this stuff from us, but you have to do it, but we'll provide it to you. and now look at all of the world leaders are at the table.

America is leading again, just not spending all the money and doing all the work. We are in the actual leadership position, which is remarkable. And I think he's doing that in every category. Listen, I think the one thing that this administration can acknowledge is that the national debt is at a level that nobody believes it should be at and the deficits at a level that nobody believes it should be at. And it's a very complicated, but not overly complicated math equation. We have a certain amount of money leaving, and we have not enough money coming in.

And the way that you rejigger that is to find the balance. And nobody that I know, including myself, is going to argue that the tariff execution in the last six months has been perfect. Like, I don't even think this administration would acknowledge it's been perfect. It's been herky jerky on the markets. It's been herky jerky for business leaders. And at some point, we all hope and pray that it finds its footing at some point. And I'm not going to, nobody should try to convince anybody that the consumer isn't going to be slightly pinched.

But the balancing act of being slightly pinched on the tariff side is what sort of relief can happen on the variable interest rate side. And that's why you see this other piece being triangulated around where's the monetary policy and how could that be modified to provide the relief to offset? bet. Let me ask you, are you as a pretty influential business leader? Are you, what's your outlook look like for the first half of next year? People are kind of holding back, holding their breath, not sure what to do. Are we headed towards better times or same kind of times or worse times, do you think? I think we're headed towards unfortunately probably a little bit more of the same what may be extracted from that is a little bit of the volatility. The consumer does have, you know, a significant amount of debt, and they do have a significant amount of pressure on them

with the interest rates. The balance on the interest rates are you can't just rip them down by two points tomorrow. That's going to create chaos. You have to stair, step it down. And, you know, like in retail or in any business, you test and you measure and you test and you measure. And I think what Trump has been saying and what Besson's been saying is we just got to to get some relief for consumers. At one point one that I want to make, inflation during the COVID period was a function of too much money in the system,

too much free money in the system, and demand outpacing supply. In this particular instance, we don't have a demand outpacing supply problem. We have a reset of the cost of goods problem. And it's a different type of inflation. And some people have said to me, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

There's only one type of inflation. And the truth is, that's not right. Inflation driven by demand outpacing supply is a runaway train. Inflation, because you're resetting and recalibrating prices when supply and demand are relatively tight in nature, is an adjustment period. It's transitory. And you have to really look at the difference between the two. And I think the Fed needs to understand the difference between those two. Again, that's why business leaders should be far more involved.

Mark, it is great to talk to you again. And I have to tell you, I think that's the first time anybody said this inflation is transitory that I've agreed with. Really great analysis on that. Thank you so much. Marcus Lomonas from Bedbath and Beyond. All right, let me take a quick break. Let me tell you about the burn a launcher. Sometimes you find yourself thinking about the things in life that really, really matter, your family, your safety.

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I'm very good. So you're a member of the Z generation? Yeah, right on the line. I was born in 94. So sometimes I call myself a millennial, sometimes a Genzi, depends on this. Okay. All right. All right. So what's on your mind?

So I actually am from Tennessee. I live in Texas now, married military for 10 years. And I just wanted to talk about some of the things that I'm disappointed in when it's come to my constant support for Trump since 2000. 16. And Glenn, my parents took me when I was in eighth grade. This was in 2008 to the protest in D.C. protesting Obamacare. So I even had to find the contract that I wouldn't become a liberal when I went to college. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right. So you've been deep in. Got it. Yes. And then even as an adult, you know, a young adult, I followed you, listen to you. you, my husband and I both. But I think there's some concerns that I have with Trump and how I'm

kind of feeling betrayed. You know, when I was in graduate school, the moment that my professors found out, you know, I was pro-life. And I was studying political science, American government in graduate school. The moment they found out that I was pro-life, I voted for Trump, they actually tried to take my degree away for me. Oh, my gosh. Yes. They kept failing my exit again. exam and they had no reason why they were failing my ex-exam to get my master's. Eventually, the decision did get appealed based on there was no credibility to their decision. And that was hard.

I mean, really, all of my cohort kind of turned on me. My professors didn't want to speak to me anymore. And then once I went into research, I started working in Austin, went into research for the military. You're a glutton for punishment, aren't you? Right. The moment I said, you know, here comes the new election, right? The most recent one, and I'm saying, you know, I think I am going to vote for Trump. I was completely ripped by all of my colleagues, publicly. Everything changed. I started noticing bias, and so eventually I did leave and got another really great job working with a more Christian company.

But I think here's some of my concerns is, you know, I went through, I had to fight for my degree, right? I fought to get my degree. I fought to have a really good job. I was working my dream job in research for the, for DOD research. And I got punished over and over for supporting somebody that I really believed would make this country great, truly believe that in my heart. But as somebody that is now seeing, you know, AI taking over our military with all these billion-dollar contracts, you've got leaders being inducted into the military as lieutenant colonels that work for big AI companies.

You've got children in Gaza. You know, I'm Gen Z millennial. So I'm looking at Instagram at the end of the day, right? So I'm scrolling and I'm seeing what's happening over there. and I'm like, how is it that my husband and I are making good money, you know, doing good work for our community, for our country? And yet it's costing us about $12, $1, $1,400 a month to feed our kids. When we go out on a date, it's about $150 bucks, you know, just to have a good meal, go to a good restaurant. Oh, and then we've got to pay somebody, you know, to watch our kids.

We can't buy a house, and trust me, we've tried. Because we have credit card debt that they keep raising the interest. I get emails all the time, hey, there's going to be a new change in your credit card. Raising the APR, I think it started out at like 2%, it's 18 on my credit cards now. Can't qualify to buy a house. I've got too much student loan debt, which the Republican Party, I feel like almost makes fun of me. for coming out of Appalachia from East Tennessee being a first-gen-college graduate,

it's almost kind of like I'd get made fun of for choosing that path because, oh, you know, going to college is stupid, going into debt. Well, I was 17 when I signed that dotted line. And I promise you coming from the small town of Mountain City, Tennessee, if I were ever going to make anything of myself, I had to sign.

And my parents encouraged it because they had nothing to give me, nothing to offer me. I had no support. So when I signed on that dotted line, I really believed that that degree was going to get me a good job. I was going to be able to buy a house one day, raise a family, and here I am at 30. I'm 30 now, thinking in debt, not able to buy a house because the mortgage would be about $1,500 more, than what I pay in rent. So I don't actually really own anything. If I buy a decent car,

you know, the interest rate right now is 10, 11%. But if I buy a youth car, it's really no different. And it's going to give me problems down the road. So I'm trying to raise my kids in a God-fearing home. But I feel like the Republican Party and I just aren't really relatable anymore. That although I don't believe in the liberal ideas that, you know, you touch on about not letting people, you know, be who they are and making, you know, criticizing our police

and our military and wanting open borders, I don't believe in any of that. But why is it that I'm starting to relate to some of the things that liberals are saying when it comes to the quality of life where I feel like the Republicans just don't even want to hear me out on that anymore. Can you be specific on what the quality of life is that you're hearing from the left that you agree with? Yeah, so two things really pop up, and the first one is how much money we're spending in other countries, right? So when October 7th happened in Israel, I fully supported their right to defend themselves, but do you know how hard it is to see billions of dollars of our taxpayer dollars that and it's a lot of money I mean I'm 30 years old

and I get 30,000 taken out in taxes here in Texas 30,000 a year and that's by myself um and I owe I actually this is the first time I've ever owed taxes in my life um but then I see all this stuff going on in Gaza I'm a mother I'm like what are we what are we doing like what's the end game why isn't that money being invested back here? And then the second thing is like a living wage. You know, I work luckily, because I have a master's degree, I'm not an entrepreneur. My dad tried that, didn't work for him. I always felt like my acts of service would be getting a graduate degree in political science,

advocating work in nonprofit settings, health systems, things like that. So I'm lucky that I have a really good wage, and I would. argue that I, you know, paid the Piper. I did the work. I got a master's degree, etc. That cost me a lot of money, by the way. But, you know, I work with people that are still making the minimum wage still in Texas is $7 an hour, right? And I see how much it costs just for me to go to a cheap grocery store like Aldi and try to feed my family and my kids. And then to hear that somebody in this country is still making $300 a week on one job. and then they're taking up a second job.

I'm wondering, like, why is it Republicans don't ever want to take an interest in the conditions of people that are working? And the CEO that you just had on, yeah, the consumer doesn't buy your products anymore because we don't have any money to spend. Everything's expensive. Rent is expensive. I don't believe in government regulation, but when rents are allowed, to charge $3,000 a month for an apartment in a zip code where people are still making $7 an hour. I'm just like, well, at what point do we ask the government to step in? Because obviously, all of this is in the interest of money.

And guess what? My generation doesn't have it to give. And we would like to have it. We're working hard to have it. We thought we did the right thing by going to college and, you know, making those decisions at a young age, and I just turned 30. So I'm not really fresh out of college, but been in the workforce for about, you know, seven years.

And I'm telling you, I literally still can't afford to have a decent. And when I say decent, that means a home with bedrooms for my kids, good food in the fridge, a decent car to drive to work with my kids in the car, decent experience in line. without having to swipe a credit card. Okay. Can I, may I just, I would let you go on, but I'm going to run out of time. And I really want to talk to you about this. I just want to take you through.

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I've been punished for voting for somebody, for standing up for somebody. And now AI is coming in and changing my husband's business, our life. You're concerned about, you know, children and what's happening in Gaza. You make good money and you think you should be able to afford things and you're not because the money just doesn't cover it. You can't go out on a date without just hemorrhaging. You can't buy a house. Your credit card debt, which started it to is now at 18%. You think that people on the right or Republicans make fun of you because you went to college.

Because, you know, going to college, it was stupid. Why did you go to college rack up that debt? And you feel now that you worked really hard. You came from nothing and nothing's improving. You feel like you thought you could buy a house by now and you can't. You don't own anything. You're trying just to raise your kids. And you don't feel like anybody on the right is listening to you.

They're not relatable to you at all. And you're starting to believe that the left has a better answer because they're against spending money elsewhere. They're talking about a living wage. And you don't believe in big government. but rent control is also starting to make sense to you. Do I have that right? Have I covered everything? Absolutely.

That's how you feel? You know, the Epstein files and feeling betrayed by that. Yeah, I think that covers all of it. Okay. Let me add that in the Epstein file. So I make sure I get to them. Epstein files. First of all, I want you to know.

No, you're not alone, Angela. I think there are millions of people, your age, under your age, over your age, that feel exactly the same way. In many ways, and it's really hard because I cannot relate to the not being able to afford a house. You know, I'm older than you are, and I have a very, I'm very blessed to have my job. And so I can't relate to that. But I do want to relate to this. I am so tired of all of this. I am so tired of this.

You know, when you were a kid and you were going to that, I was in the middle of my life fighting for a country that I thought was being lost. And I really didn't think it was going to be this hard to turn this thing around. So I can relate to you being tired, not in the same way. I can relate to you feeling like you're punished for, you know, standing up for somebody that you've believe in. It's, uh,

that is unfortunately part of the day. I don't dismiss it because I have been penalized greatly for, um, for what I believe and what I say. It's part of the gig and, and you're, that's not part of your gig.

That is part of mine. That's not part of yours. However, it's a symptom of the time where we have made absolutely everything political, and we've got to get out of that to be able to stop feeling punished. One thing that you did say there on, I feel punished for standing up for somebody. It's a really important thing, and I say this from time to time, and I mean it, especially about churches and stuff. Never join a church because of a person, unless it's Jesus, because people are going to let you down every time, every time. And I know what it's been like,

to stand up for Trump because you're not, because nobody's arguing about policies. They're arguing about Donald Trump, right? You can't have a logical conversation on politics. You're not talking to anybody that wants to talk about politics. Everybody wants to talk about Donald Trump. And so it kind of forces you into that position. And I feel for you on that.

But always stand for something, not someone. when it comes to AI, again, I feel your pain. It's going to get much, much worse, much worse for everybody. And this is something that I've been warning against since the 1990s and nobody wants to pay attention. And still people are not paying attention. They're thinking, as people always do, and especially if you're in your situation where you have the bills breathing down your neck all the time, you can't think about tomorrow. You have to stay thinking about today.

But tomorrow with AI is much, much worse and things are going to have to change. That's a different subject. It won't be rent control. It will be, I don't know what it's going to be, but we're going to, people are not going to have a lot of jobs. And so we're going to have to figure that out because people at the top, very top, are going to get very rich. And everybody else, including people like me, are going to go, what, how do I, what, I don't have a job. Okay. Good money doesn't cover it. You're right. We're in a situation right now where inflation, because we spent way too much money, and it's only going to get worse, because nobody seems to be caring about the debt, the real debt is the real problem in this nation at $37 trillion. We're still spending way too much money. and we have no more safety net.

There's no more tricks in the bag to pull out. It's kind of like the Wizard of Oz, remember when he says, you know, there's nothing else I can pull out. I can't give you a heart. I can't send you home. That's kind of like the Federal Reserve and the federal government now. We're all out of tricks in the bag. Now the hard stuff comes.

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college degree doesn't mean much. And she also is dealing with AI, and she's, you know, also dealing with massive debt. She's got credit card debt, 18%. She can't buy a house. She feels very, very alone. And she's just trying to raise her kids, but she doesn't think anybody really relates to her anymore. And she's starting to believe that maybe the GOP is not the answer. First

all, let me just say this. No party is the answer. No party is the answer, period. But the left is starting to say, you know, maybe we should stop spending money elsewhere. Well, that's not true. That's what they'll have you believe. And that's honestly what the Democrats

will have you believe. They'll say that. You know, we got to rein in this debt when they're out. When they're in, they spend. You know, look at how the Democrats were spending your money. USAID. You don't like it spending in Israel. How did you feel about the overthrow of three different governments, including the Arab Spring and Ukraine and several others, all on your tax dollars? You didn't even know about it. And it was done for political purposes. So, you know, spending your money, we all agree on none of the politicians are actually serious about doing it. Shouldn't say none, very few. She wants a living wage, and she's starting to think maybe rent control is the answer.

Angela, none of these answers that I can give you, I think are going to make you feel good in the short term, okay? because everything is changing and we have to change who we are and our expectations. You know, my father was born in 1926, didn't have refrigeration, nothing, very, very poor, didn't have shoes. Then the depression hit. And up until 1945, you know, things were not good in America, like really not good in America. Nothing can compare to what that was like. By the time my dad was 25, we were just starting to get out of the Depression. He couldn't serve in the war, so he didn't get the GI Bill.

He couldn't serve because he had flat feet. He wanted to go in to serve in the Marines, but he couldn't do it. And so he didn't get any of those advantages. And then the guys came home, and for the first five years after the guys came home, it was not good. but then the, you know, GI Bill started to kick in. They got college degrees. Things started to look good. And America was number one in manufacturing.

And everybody thought that was going to go on forever. And, you know, in the 1950s, 1960s, early 1970s, you could afford to buy a home. Not everybody, but you could afford to buy a home. When I remember when my dad wanted to get a loan for a house in the 1980s, the interest rate was 18. percent, 18 percent. Why? Because the government had gone insane in the 1970s. The 1970s had just reversed everything that we had done in the 1960s. The car companies were going out of business and because we just lost our mind. The houses doubled in price because we doubled the income. We now had double income because we wanted to make sure that women could work. And so when women worked,

everybody was like, well, we can raise the price of everything because now there's two incomes. I mean, there's there's there's an equal and opposite reaction to every action always that's a rule of life um but those days are over uh at least for a while and i think maybe for a long while um you know the stats and that's not going to feel good the stats are still the stat of gen z actually doing better now the wealth accumulation can you give me that stat yeah and you know this is not something yeah When it comes to everybody's individual circumstances, obviously, it's much, it's much different. But I was stunned by this stat. It was one of the more stunning stats I've seen in the last probably five years.

But basically, it was, you know, Gen Z and millennial families or individuals per capita are earning more than previous generations and have more wealth than previous generations by a pretty significant margin over Gen X and even more. baby boomers at the same time in their life. Now, you know, a lot of different factors put into that, of course. Yeah, a lot of different. And that's not true for everybody. And it's, you know, it doesn't feel that way. I don't think it feels that way to anyone. Part of that is social media. Everybody's comparing themselves. Here's what I want you to do, Angela, is it's not going to make you feel better. But you have to change your frame of mind because this is not a political thing. This is a, this is really a spiritual battle. You have to measure yourself, not by what you have.

Don't measure your worth by what you have compared to others, because that just is going to fuel despair. You need to start measuring by resilience, adaptability, and progress, your progress. Not Facebook compared to progress, but actual progress. Where were you last year to this year? And then don't measure it just on the accumulation of things. it's really super hard, but this is a very hard. You are the generation.

Gen Z really is the generation as the hero generation. You were the ones that now, like my father in the Depression and a little bit earlier than my father, they were the ones who fought the wars and lived through depression and pulled themselves up and died for things that many of them didn't even know really what they were dying for. They change the world. So measure your progress. And then understand that small moves compound. You know, I know you're up to your eyeballs in credit.

There are ways to help you get out of credit. But when you can eliminate debt, and this is something I remember, I must have been six years old when my parents cut their credit cards up and threw them in the fire. Because my parents learned this lesson then that these things are just suckholes. They're going to destroy you. And they made us swear we would never take out credit cards. And for a long time, I didn't have a credit card because of that. Now we're learning that lesson yet again, unfortunately. But eliminate debt, put away, have for a year, you have a goal of putting away $1,000.

That just the discipline of that will compound. People wait for the perfect moments. I know I have done this throughout my life, where I wait for the perfect moment. Don't prepare through the imperfect ones because that perfect moment will come, but not if you're not prepared for it. It'll come and then you won't be able to do anything about it. Your time is coming. That's where your hope, hope in God and hope that things work out for the better.

They do. Your time is coming. Just know what has value. And what has value is anything of meaning. Okay, not milestones. I'm 30, I should be here. That means nothing. At 40, people are going to find this strange, maybe. At 40, on my 40th birthday, I said to look to my wife and I said, I haven't accomplished a damn thing in my life. I haven't done anything. I had not started talk radio or I had just started

talk radio. And I was, I was just scraping by. I mean, he was living in an 800 square foot apartment. At 40, I'm living like that. Okay. was it 800 square feet Stu? Was it that big? If you're lucky, yeah. It was, you know, 20 something and he was living in a better apartment than I was. So, and at 40, I said,

I haven't accomplished anything. By 50, I had started two television shows, a successful talk radio show. By the time I was 50, I think I had 15 New York Times bestsellers. all in a 10-year period. By 50, I was very, very tired. But it happens. When your time comes, it happens if you've done the hard things to be prepared for those things. And, you know, things are not going to magically fix themselves, but the people who keep walking through the desert are the ones that get to the oasis.

Just keep walking through the desert. Angela, I know none of this makes you feel better. but the answer for what we have in front of us, none of them are easy. None of them are easy. They're all going to suck. We have to be there for one another, not lower our standards, but change what we find value in. And I will tell you at 60, now 62, my kids, my oldest or my youngest kids just moved out of the house and went to college. and now that I am alone in quite honestly a big empty house,

my life feels very empty. I chose to work thinking that A, well, my job is really important, and B, you know, I want to give them all the things I didn't have as a kid. None of that is meaningful at all. None of that is meaningful. Do they call their dad?

You know, do we have all of those great memories together? I sat on the couch with my son and daughter at Christmas time, and Tanya was looking through her phone at all of these times, and I realized I'm not in most of those pictures. I was working. I'm not in most of those pictures. And that about killed me. So value does not come from stuff. And I know that doesn't help. But does anything I say to you here imprint on you? Yeah, it really does. Thank you. I wish I had a magic bullet, but there is no magic bullet. There's none. I think the only one is Jesus, right? Like, leaning on him.

Yeah, I mean, the closer I feel like I get to Jesus, the more I feel at peace with the way things are going. Then you know where real value is. Yeah. You know where real value is. you were going to say you what i you know we just had to stop tithing 10% because we just had other bills to pay and it it hurt me you know don't and do that may i suggest you don't do that i don't do that we we turned back on that decision um good for you know started you know doing other things to be able to give back at 10% for the both of us, even though it's honestly

a mortgage payment. Because you're right, Gen Zee and millennials are making good money, but I do think that... And it's not all of them. Yeah. Keeping the core... You unfortunately... You unfortunately, I was in the generation that followed the hippies. And the hippies are the people like Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton who are still holding

on to power. This is my, this is supposed to be my turn for power, okay? We didn't get it because they wrecked our childhoods. They wrecked our country in the 60s. They wrecked our childhoods. We had to clean up after them. And now they're wrecking Washington and they will not let go of power. And so now my time is coming to an end here where logically people like me and my age should be in power.

It's going to be handed to you. My job is to make sure that you are. not discouraged by these stupid damn hippies who are trying to convince you that life only has meaning with money and fame and power and that what they're doing to the country is good. No, empower people like you. So you can rise up and empower and free other people. But whatever is coming, you just have to, well, your turn is coming. It is.

And it's coming faster than you think. because you're the ones that grew up with the stuff. I don't even understand. I mean, I can't, I don't know how to work my remote control many times. It is, it's a different world, and it's your world, and your generation is going to be the one that designs it and brings it into a new chapter. Not me, you, your time is coming. It's going to be tough, but you're an amazing, generation that is really going to, I think, free the world yet again. All right, let me tell you

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But Chip, I guess I'm second fiddle. I don't know. I don't know. But Chip Roy is here. Hello, Chip. How are you? I'm doing great, Glenn. great to be on the show, and just deeply appreciate your friendship and all you do from this country. Likewise, you're a good man, and I'm really, honestly, I'm very, are you certain we can have somebody as good as you in Congress? Do you know of anybody that can run for your seat?

They can win? Well, all I can say is this. Stay tuned. I think there's going to be some shifting around and some things that will be interesting coming out in the next couple of days. But the bottom line is this, the people of Texas are going to make a good decision. They'll make a good decision about AG. They'll make a good decision about Texas 21. When I ran for Texas 21, Glenn, there were 18 candidates in the primary.

Okay? So you get out, you go work, you beat the pavement, you go earn the votes. That's what you do. That's what I'm going to do statewide. We've got a proven track record, former federal prosecutor, an undeniably strong conservative voting record with perfect or high 90 scores of virtually every single group that looks at this stuff. You know it. Everybody knows it.

When there's ever, ever there's a difference of opinion here and there. It's usually about how you do things, not about the what. And look, as I'm saying in my launch, I'm unafraid to fight, but I'm unafraid to win. You've got to find the path to winning. And that's the goal, and that's what I'm going to do as AG. So what is the path for winning? because both of you worked for Ken Paxton, who is now going to be running for Senate, both candidates worked for Ken Paxton.

You both have good track records. What's the path to winning here? Well, look, again, let all this play out a little bit over time and see what's going on. But let me just say for the state of the AG's race, I come into this with significant, trusted and proven name idea across the state of Texas. It is very high. Yes. Our polling is very good internally.

and externally. Our relationships run deep. My track record is strong. The grassroots that I'm friends with and have been for 20 years out there fighting in the trenches with them, they're strongly supportive. I've been in a courtroom. I've been a federal prosecutor putting bad guys in jail. I did it right up the road from where you are. I was in McKinney, Texas. I prosecuted in Plano and Sherman. And I put drug runners and illegal aliens and violent criminals in jail. I've been in the AG's office. I have fought those fights. We have been a part of the litigation to go into the Supreme Court. I know these issues well. I was the chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution. I've been elected four times. I've proven that I can win tough elections against Democrats like

Wendy Davis, who I've stomped by seven points and was proud to even outperform the great president Trump that year in Texas 21 by beating Wendy Davis. In other words, I'm not afraid to win. Deliver, deliver on the big beautiful bill. Work with the president to do it. it even though you and I and others had concerns, right? You got to lead, you got to take it, land the plane, and then wake up tomorrow and fight some more. So what are your main, what are the things that you think you can improve on are the things, what are your main priorities if you're Texas A.G? Well, look, I think there are a lot of issues that you and I both care a lot about, right?

There are things like making sure you're there to secure the border and deal with invasions when we don't have someone like Donald Trump in the White House, right? he has returned it to common sense. But imagine what it looks like when the next time we have a radical president. You've got to have someone there willing to challenge it and fight it. You've got to have someone there willing to take on Sharia law and the crazy advancement of some of the radical Islam communities

like the Epic City issue and those things. You've got to have somebody. Hang on just like, wait, wait, wait, wait. You know, Epic City, everybody talks about Epic City. Houston's worse. Houston has an enormous, enormous Islamist section of Houston. I mean, Texas is the last place you would think that they would come, but they're here in droves. And I'm not talking about Islamic people. I'm talking about Islamists.

Exactly. Thank you for that differentiation. And you need someone like me who has been the chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution, who is a reverent defender of our First Amendment rights and religious liberty, but who recognizes that that is not a pathway to allowing Sharia law and the Islamists to advance what is a political. a political movement under the basically cloak of religious liberty. Someone's got to be very smart to do that. That is very much a priority for me. It is a priority for me to take on Chinese Communist Party,

those who take up Texas lands, big corporations that come in and step all over the little guys, the monopolistic insurance companies and hospital corporations that are out there stomping on your ability to afford health care and everybody and the listeners, we have so much we need to do to defend the Texas of our. our dreams, the Texas of our forefathers. And again, you've got to have somebody who's unafraid to win. You've got to find someone who can go in, pick the fights, and then go get it done.

I have to tell you, I I don't endorse people, Chip, I just, I don't, I've learned my lesson on that one. But I can tell you this, this is not an endorsement, but I mean, I'd vote for you for dog catcher. I think you're, I just think you

have proven yourself over and over and over again. to be truly a deep conservative, constitutional conservative, and that makes a difference. Election integrity, go ahead. Oh, no, I think election integrity is where I wanted to go. I will just say one quick thing, which is, I know, like, scores in D.C., it is what it is, like scorecards, but when you look at my score, Heritage Action, 100%, club for growth, 100%, freedom index, 100%.

American Energy Lives, 100%. Turning point, 96. I don't know what they did there. They were probably wrong. I was probably right on that other one. Republican Liberty Talk is 100. America First Insight, A-plus. Susan B. Anthony, A-plus.

Gunners of America, A-plus. Look, I've had to put my reputation on the line. And then when you get to election integrity, introducing the SAVE Act, getting out there and leading it, getting it passed out of the House, putting pressure on the Democrats, giving us a good election issue because Chuck Schumer's too stupid to do the right thing to advance the SAVE Act,

which simply says, only American citizens should vote in American elections. Now I'm working with experts in Washington. We're going to have what we're going to have, a Super Save or an Improved Save Act coming out in September, where we're going to go even further. And I've got a press conference on Friday. Is that tomorrow? I think it is, yeah.

Tomorrow in San Antonio with Tea Party and Jenny Beth Martin and those guys going around the country talking about the D.E. For election integrity, we're going to lead on this and we're going to win on it. Can the president do something about, you know, he's talking about getting rid of, you know, mail-in ballots, can he actually do that at a federal level? And then the Constitution say specifically on this, it's up to the states. Well, look, it depends a little bit on the way Congress has traditionally drafted their laws, right? And it allows the president some authority there and how we carry out and execute on some of this. But yes, most of these things are done at the state level. But Congress has given a great deal of authority on what we can do, as it pertains to our elections,

right? That's the basis for the SAVE Act. We're not going to go in and tell the states that they have to do X, Y, or Z. But if you're voting for Congress or the Senate or the presidency, we certainly can have an impact on that. And then the president, in carrying out and executing federal laws, has the latitude there on how they do those things. But yeah, we got to move hard to get legislation passed. And that means fighting in Congress on must pass bills to force Democrats' hands. I think that if we took the Save Act and other similar reforms and tagged it to must pass pieces of legislation, I think Democrats would crumble. I think we could get seven Democrats who would have to say, look, we can't stand in the way of a common sense provision for only American citizens to vote and then

not fund, for example, our veterans or whatever it is. Put it on must-pass legislation and fight. That's what the American people want us to do. Where are we on, you know, I saw, I thought a disturbing stat, Stu and I were talking about earlier. you know, the number of people that were exported or sent back home, what was it, Stu, like 500 people this month? It was some ridiculous. It was a slight increase, but it was not the increase you just expect from certainly the media attention that makes it seem like we're showing up at every home depot of

VATO. It was like 400 or something like that. And it's like, what? We should be doing this en masse, but it's not happening. Why? Well, so first of all, I'm great faith. then Tom Homan and Stephen Miller and what they're trying to do. I'm working with DHS.

And I think they're doing all that they know how that they can do. We're also now just getting the benefits of the big beautiful bill to get some of the. And again, you and I had our pros and our cons with that. But one of the pros was additional resources for ICE and border security. They're now doing that. They're recruiting, getting people in place. But this is also why we need permanent reform. Reform like HR2.

Reform to our asylum laws. Reform to our parole laws. So they can't be abused. And we got to have a arrest. what you can do is, tell me what you can do as AG. If you're in Texas, what are the things that you can do additionally as AG? Aggressively work with local law enforcement under 287G programs to be able to work with ICE and work with the feds to execute the law in concert with the governor's office, but also importantly defending the laws when they're under assault because that's what you do,

obviously, is the AG in the courtroom, but also being really aggressive on how we view the law as a respect to invasion, with respect to other interpretations. of the law. And then importantly, and I think critically, we have to, as states, we've got to have significant action to undermine these leftist DAs and leftist judges that are standing in the way of an administration like President Trump to deliver. And we get so caught up, and understandably so, in figuring out how to manage the law and going into court and the rule of law, all of stuff that is front and center for me. But you've got to take a step back. I can say, we're Texas, okay? We do not have to allow unelected judges who misinterpret laws

or express their authority make it to where we have people on our own streets getting killed, or taxpayers having to fund massive levels of English as a second language in undermining our public schools, or whatever, pick your issue. So you've got to have an AG that's aggressive. And again, Ken Paxton has been aggressive. Greg Abbott was aggressive, but I've got to take that legacy forward and double down and be even more aggressive. And I think if you know anything about me, it's that I do not shy away from these fights. I will take them as far as you can possibly take them,

and I don't think anybody can question that. You know, I think the first time you were on, I asked you the question I usually ask everybody who is going to Congress, how's your soul? And you gave me a great answer, and your soul was in good shape, and I've watched you,

and it feels to me like it's still in good shape, but let me give you an exit question here now as you're exiting the house. It was Senator Hatch from Utah that told me just before he was leaving. You know, I've never seen anybody serve here in Washington and leave a better man. And I'm not sure I have, but have you left worse than you were, better than you were, or is it just a draw you survived? Look, I view Washington as something that shouldn't affect your soul. When I went to Washington, and I said publicly, and it might have been on your show,

that at the end of the day, like, I don't fear politics. I fear the Lord. And Lord knows I'm going to have plenty to answer to when I get there. I do the best every day like everybody else, and then I repent, and then I get back in and read scripture and do all the things you're supposed to do, because that's what we do, as people who have all fallen short of the glory of God, right? We have all sinned, and we all need that redemption. And I know that, I recognize that, and I think that is stayed consistent,

and I'm proud of what I've done in Washington. And if you ask about where my soul stands, well, the Lord is going to be the judge of that, but I know that I turn it all over to him. I know my faults. I know that I want to be home with my family. My kids are 14 and 15. I want to keep fighting the fight,

but I'd like to do it from here in Texas. And the last point I'll make about this, my soul was enriched by the people of Texas when they came together in the wake of those floods and the common faith of the people in Curville and throughout the hill country who came together and grieved and were saddened, but then came together under the cross and under our faith to advance something bigger so that the world knows what strength looks like. So the world knows that when those little girls are singing hymns leaving Camp Mystic, that our soul, are intact. That's what I want to fight for. That's the Texas that I want for my kids and my grandkids. And I'm going to leave everything on the field trying to deliver it. Chiproy.com. Chiproy.com. Chip, as always, great to talk to you. Congratulations on this on this next page of your life. Good luck. Well, God bless you, Glenn. Thank you for all you do and look for your business and shame. You got it. You know, the thing I like about Chip is when he was saying

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in California. Like, I mean, he's a pit bull. He is a pit bull. when it came to COVID, oh, he took him on. He is now talking about a very dangerous bill. He says is very dangerous. I don't know it. I haven't read it myself.

I want to get the information from him on this. But he says, if this bill passes, you have to grab your kid and leave California for your child's protection. Wow, that is. That's quite a warning. He didn't say that during COVID. He didn't say that during any other thing. He's saying that now. If this passes and the governor signs it, get you and your children out of California.

We're going to talk to Jack Hibbs about that here. In just a second. How do you feel about Chip Roy leaving the house? Yeah, I feel the same way you do. I mean, if he winds up being the Attorney General, I think it'll be a very good one, but you hate to lose him in the house. I will say, go ahead. Go ahead.

I was going to say, this is something you've brought up to me before in the past, but when people give you a bunch of like very similar numbers and then one's out of step or like I'm actually the number two or three person or number three person you always think of well who's number one when he went through that whole list of things he said turning point only has them as a 96 so I went to go see why they had him out of 96 only and it's like a couple of votes that were like 396 to five and he was one of the five that voted against it there's you know they're there's there's three or four bills that are kind of fall into that category. But he's got a great voting record. And he cares about the Constitution. Again, he said those things, as we've talked to him about it, he said, those things were about timing or how that was done. He said, I wasn't against those policies.

I was against how it was done. And so you can, you know, when you have a 95, I think I can, I think I can catch you some slack on that one. Again, every other one had a bit 100. There's no reason to focus on the 96, but that's exactly what. I did while he was talking. Did you notice what he said when I talked to him about getting somebody, you know, for his house seat? Did you notice his answer was, you should wait for a couple of days he would.

Let's see how this all plays out. You know that? Maybe there's somebody. Twice. Yeah. Maybe there's somebody around the corner that he knows about or. I think it's redistricting. Oh, okay.

That's true. Very true. Well, that's happening. We know that's happening. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe it's redistricting. Maybe it's Jasmine Crockett because she was,

and she might lose her seat, so maybe she can move in. We can get her back in the, I want her in the Congress, Glenn. I want her, I want her talking more often. Now, I don't want her voting. I don't want her really to win her election. I want her as a presidential candidate for the Democrats. Yeah, I want her constantly running for office. That's really where I've landed on this.

I want Jasmine Crockett running and then losing over and over and over again. That's my desire for our future. unbelievable. All right, Jack Tibbs. Next. This is Glenn Beck. Well, the fight is far from over and we need you in it. You know, look, life doesn't pull any punches, not politically, not culturally, not even physically.

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and then there's days like today that I don't. I mean it was a full-fledged cracker barrel brawl. I mean it was a mostly peaceful brawl in the way that the CNN

riots are mostly peaceful. It was pretty ugly. And we're going to be out of time. So we're going to pick that up tomorrow. Come for me again with your knife, Stu. I'm on the side of the peep crack cracker barrel.

Anyway. Jack Hibbs is with us. He's from Calvary Chapel Chino Hills. He's the founding senior pastor, author of Called to Take a Bold Stand, and he's been doing that for a while now. He's really been doing that. The book comes out next month, September 16th. Welcome to the program, Jack. How are you? Glenn, thank you. And thanks for the plug regarding the book. I just didn't have any idea that Gavin Newsom would help me get this book to the front of the line with all the antics in Sacramento. I know.

It is crazy. You have been, you know, we're just talking to Chip Roy, who's now running for Texas Attorney General. He was in Congress during COVID, and the guy was a pit bull. And Stu and I were saying, you know, imagine if he would have been governor. When this was going on, you know, in California with COVID, you were probably one of the major people standing that really made a difference. I mean, that power didn't scare you at all. Yeah, no, listen, I mean, we had to stand, Glenn, and you know this. Jesus said, I've set before you an open door that no man can shut. He spoke that to the churches in the book of Revelation, and I, frankly, I have

no authority to shut the doors of the church. It's his church. And so we just, we kept preaching, we got teaching and lo and behold for for well over two years uh we were the the most populated church for a two year period of time when we were seeing anywhere from 13 to 15 000 adults on a sunday morning because people didn't have their churches open so they they came to our church and we were grateful to teach them all right you're you're on today because you said something yesterday that i found astounding it's about something called ab495 i'm going to have to have you that here in a second. But you went online and you said, if this passes and he signs it in, you as a Californian, you have to take your kids and move out of the state. That's quite a statement.

Yeah, listen, it made me sick to say it. It's 100% true. It's the last thing a pastor wants to say to his congregation, but it's that bad. As I explained the bill in a moment to you, it is that bad. And it's not my opinion. I've been counseled by legal on how bad it is. And so when I said to the congregation, yeah, if you've got a kid in school, you've got to get out. If Newsom does not be to this bill, you've got to get your kid out of California for their own safety. It's that bad. Okay.

So the left, the media is saying, no, he's making all this up. Explain what's in the bill. And let me play pushback on a couple of places. Yeah, absolutely. Um, so number one, it's assembly bill for nine five and here's the deal. It's known as the compassion bill. It's a bill that Celeste Rodriguez and the entire Democrat legislature of California crafted.

And now these are my words, my, these words are my own back, the next words. It's a bill designed to stop the bad orange man because it's all about ice and it's operations in California. And here it is. If an illegal alien is, is abducted by ICE and their child is in a state school or a private school or even a daycare center, then this bill would allow an individual. Listen, any individual can go to the website, print out the affidavit from their home. They're going to be asked a question. Did you attempt to reach the parents or the custodians or guardians of this child? Yes or no?

Whatever they check, then they sign their name. They write their name. No address is required. There's no driver's license required. There is no social security number required. There's no phone number required. The person checks the box, signs the name, and then writes down the child's name that they are withdrawing from the school for the child's own safety under the whole ruse that their parents or parent was

captured by ice. Here's the crazy thing back, Glenn, is that in California, the California education code, we already have this. It's California education code 234.7 in the event of a child not being able to be picked up or taken into the care of a family member, be it by accident, by death, whatever, we already have this law. So the reason we are freaking out about this law and making it loud is the fact that who is that person who downloads and prints out that affidavit?

It can be anybody. The bill literally states they don't have to be a relation. It can be anyone who's possessing this affidavit that is downloadable and printable at your own home. So theoretically, Glenn, somebody could be down the street from your your grandkids are from your children, and they can see that you go to work at a certain time a day, they know that your kid goes to a certain school, they can go to that school with that affidavit, extract your child out, here's the punchline. Because it's an affidavit, the school

cannot refuse the requester of that child. When you, Glenn, go back to pick up your child at the end of the day, the school is under no obligation to tell you who it was or where they went. And that's why we've got, and I'm not going to name the names yet, but we've got great legal minds that are nationally recognized that have reviewed this bill. And Glenn, this is so important. They said in almost everything we do, the devil is in the details, the fine print. They said, not this one. This let this, this bill is so vague that it would be hard. to defend a parent trying to get their child or find their child because it is so loosely and so broadly written, so vague.

And Glenn, we've been told that is the worst thing that you can have happened in California's government because our legal system, the judges, you name it. It is a dangerous bill, assembly bill, 495. How well do people in California know this bill? Well, I got to tell you, Tuesday, we called an impromptu rally at the state capitol. and we had 6,500 plus people show up. So the Sergeant of Arms told us that's the largest gathering regarding legislation concern in 30 years. So, yeah, good question, Glenn.

Thank you. I'm grateful to agencies like Newsmax and Fox and KFI radio here in Los Angeles. But was CBS there? Was NBC there? No. So it's all been grassroots when people are finding out about it and reading about it, the routing. I mean, they were getting involved.

Here's the cool thing, Glenn. People showed up. They were respectful, but they were loud. They were smiling, but they made their point. We had a series of speakers, attorneys, and lawmakers. And bottom line is this. The bill has now been placed in suspension, which means they pulled it from its progress. they're going to reconsider the bill.

Doesn't mean they're stopping it. They're reconsidering the bill. They're going to review the bill. It could either die in suspension. By August 29th, it will either die in suspension or they'll advance it to the Senate. And then the Senate will rubber stamp it because they're all Democrats. I'm sorry if I'm offending any of your listeners right now. California is a Democrat stronghold.

They have a super majority. They don't even put things to our vote anymore. It's no longer we don't. the people in California. They rubber stamp things through. They get at the Newsome. And here's what I'm concerned about. I hope it dies in suspension, Glenn, for so much heat we've had, killing us to go to Newsom's desk because you know what that slide dog will do? See how big of moderate I am. I put this bad bill away. So vote for me in 2028. Glenn, we're going to make sure that the Democrats of California and Newsom at the front

of the line, where's the scarlet letters of AB 495. What are your plans now in the next two weeks? Next two weeks, we've got people praying. We've got a website called realimpact.us. Please, everybody go to it. You can get your marching orders there. Realimpact.us, it's going to show you the progress of the bill. It's going to show you who to call.

What state senator is your state senator? Give them a call, tell them, oppose it, kill it. We just didn't rally, Glenn. We gave people that day after the public speakers. We then immediately held a 30-minute class at the state capital steps. This is where you go to your legislator. This is how you lobby them and let's go. And hundreds and hundreds of people went to their state legislator on Tuesday and demanded

that their senator and their assembly person speak up against the bill. It was absolutely epic. Again, the largest crowd in 30 years at the California State Capitol. Well, Jack, thank you for everything that you're doing. I can't imagine what it's like to live in California, where it seems like every day they're doing something else to injure the people and the families of California. It's why I live in Texas. I'm moving to Florida. I'd live in either one of those states, but man, I could never live in California.

And I've always wanted to live in California. It was a beautiful, beautiful state. And now it's just, it's an insane asylum. Yeah, glad it is. And, you know, in fact, just flying up there. You know this state well, flying up there. So we left John Wayne Airport. Absolutely gorgeous.

We flew up the Central Valley. Incredible crop fields growing beautiful. I could see half dome and El Capitan to my right. We could see the fog along the California coastline to the left. Coming into Sacramento, again, everything's beautiful, growing, fantastic, until you get close enough to the ground to see the devastation that Newsom has allowed to happen to our cities, to our towns. And even though we're still growing crops in California, that is in spite of his wickedness to cut off water to our growers to make life here as miserable as possible. And this guy wants to run for president. people need to wake up Glenn nationally and rally with us because if you don't like California people,

you need to help us because Newsom is coming for America. And he's the worst possible thing. But Glenn, I'm concerned because he's tall, dark, and handsome, so to speak, right? He's got the hair. He's got the voice. He sounds like Batman. He's cool looking until you listen to his policies. The guy's diabolical, and we must stop this advancement of wickedness.

I will tell you, I don't think the rest of America is falling for them. But then again, then again, I didn't think that you could have a socialist and Islamist run and win in New York. So what do I know? Jack, thank you so much again, everything that you do. You can go to jackhibs.com. What is the other website you just gave me? Yeah, real impact, like real reality, real impact, like a punch, impact. That us, real impact.

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We'll ultimately let the President United States determine where we are after 30 days of this emergency order. I think that we're going to make a lot of progress over the next 20 days. I think it were nine days into this thing. But if the President United States thinks that he has to extend this order to ensure that people have access to public safety, then that's exactly what he'll do. If he thinks he doesn't have to do that, obviously

he'll make that determination. But what we're going to do is try to empower these guys to do as good of a job as possible to bring public safety in order back to Washington, D.C. This is the national, cultural, and political capital of the world's greatest nation. And you talk to people, black, white, so many of them are afraid to bring their kids into its public spaces. It's a shame. It's a blight. It actually should make every American ashamed that the world's leading superpower, our national capital was unsafe for families to walk around at night. That is a disgrace. We don't think that it's acceptable. And thank God we have the presidential leadership to change it. And that's exactly what we're trying to do. It's J.D. Vance talking about what's going on in Washington, D.C. And he's

right. There's no reason we have to accept that. There's no reason that has to be the truth about our capital city. We kind of just have accepted it for a long time. At least a lot of people have. And you kind of sit back and say, well, are they going to do anything about this? Local leadership didn't want to do anything. And this is the one place where the federal government really can do something about this city. And so far they are. J.D. Vance also went over some of the early results of these strategies. We're saying, and same thing.

If you look at what's happened in Washington, D.C., in just the past nine days, we've seen a 35% reduction in violent crime, we've seen over a 50% reduction in robberies, we're seeing really substantial effects because these guys were fussing their ass. So I'm going to come here to highlight what they're doing,

say thank you in person, obviously pass out if you're just in the best of the American. You'll have to excuse the lunatic protesters for trying to talk over that, but what he said was a 35% reduction in violent crime. So far, that's really good progress. You know, it seems like one of those things where if people just care and put some attention toward the problem, it's a problem that can actually be helped and maybe even solved.

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