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00:01:41.620 Welcome to the Glenn Beck program. Well, there's a couple of things that Donald Trump did yesterday

00:01:47.100 to make news, and I think it's worth taking time to address. Cut six, here's Donald Trump on a six-week

00:01:55.340 Florida ban. You overturned Roe and you want abortion to be a state's rights issue. In Florida,

00:02:01.620 the state that you are a resident of, there's an abortion-related amendment on the ballot to overturn

00:02:07.860 the six-week ban in Florida. How are you going to vote on that? Well, I think the six-week is too short.

00:02:12.160 It has to be more time, and so that's, and I've told them that I want more weeks. So you'll vote

00:02:17.820 in favor of the amendment? I'm voting that, I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.

00:02:22.660 Look, just so you understand, everybody wanted Roe v. Wade terminated for years, 52 years. I got it

00:02:29.600 done. They wanted to go back to the states. Exceptions are very important for me, for Ronald Reagan,

00:02:34.320 for others that have navigated this very, very interesting and difficult path.

00:02:41.460 Okay, so why is he doing that? Everybody thought he was going to be the greatest pro-life

00:02:46.060 president. I never did. I was shocked that Roe v. Wade actually was overturned. And let's be honest

00:02:54.480 about it. He didn't do that. He appointed the justices that did that. But I don't think that

00:03:01.460 that was his main thing when he was picking justices, who's going to be pro-life. And then

00:03:06.980 they got the right verdict, right case came in, and they gave the right verdict. But he has always been

00:03:18.020 somebody who is wanting exceptions. I don't agree with him, but that's what the vote is all about.

00:03:25.420 Now, I just want to say, I believe if this is your critical issue, I would ask that you

00:03:35.180 go out and campaign and vote in your state on the abortion bills. You're voting for president of the

00:03:44.560 United States. This is a state issue. He's not going to pass anything that is a federal law. I just

00:03:53.900 don't see that happening. Maybe he will. But I will tell you this. If you want to stand for life,

00:04:01.520 if you have Kamala Harris, I believe you will go to jail. I believe if you speak out online,

00:04:10.440 it is going to become very draconian. She is the most shout your abortion president, 1.00

00:04:17.660 presidential candidate we have ever, ever had. Allie Bestucki is with us now to comment on this.

00:04:25.820 Allie.

00:04:28.320 Hi, Glenn.

00:04:28.820 Allie, are you there? Hi.

00:04:30.300 Yes.

00:04:30.600 I know we caught you on vacation. I'm so sorry. I know you're out fishing, which I love.

00:04:34.500 No, you're good.

00:04:34.980 But thanks for hopping on.

00:04:36.220 Yes. Yes. Thank you so much. And I agree with everything that you said, every bit of it,

00:04:42.420 both Kamala Harris and Trump's statement. You know, this is politically miscalculated for

00:04:47.620 Trump because the amendment is probably, thankfully, going to fail in Florida. And the Trump campaign

00:04:54.120 is coming out now and saying, you know, he didn't say exactly how he was going to vote. That's the

00:04:58.860 response that I'm getting on X. But he did. I mean, maybe he didn't mean it. Maybe he'll vote another

00:05:03.860 way. But he did say that he is voting to extend the weeks, which would be voting yes on amendment

00:05:10.080 four, which does allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy for virtually any reason in

00:05:15.600 Florida. So it's politically miscalculated as well as immoral. So how do you, because I hear people,

00:05:25.800 I just don't think I can vote for Trump now. And I'm like, are you out of your mind?

00:05:30.440 Right.

00:05:31.220 Do you agree with that?

00:05:32.300 No, I don't agree with that. Now I have friends, friends that I really respect.

00:05:37.260 Wait, wait, wait, you don't agree with me or wait, wait, you don't agree with what I just said

00:05:41.100 or the people? Go ahead.

00:05:43.380 I don't, I don't agree with not voting for Donald Trump.

00:05:46.080 Okay.

00:05:46.320 I still support Donald Trump for a variety of reasons. One of them for the reason that you said

00:05:53.740 that, yes, Donald Trump is not nearly as pro-life as I want him to be. And I want to use whatever

00:05:58.460 political capital we pro-lifers have to push him in the direction of life. The difference between him

00:06:04.640 and Kamala Harris is that we actually have the opportunity to do that. If Donald Trump is president,

00:06:09.300 not only because of him, but also because of the people that I believe that he surrounds himself

00:06:13.480 with the judges and the justices that he may appoint. With Kamala Harris, we not only have no in,

00:06:21.580 we have no influence whatsoever, but as we've seen, while she was AG of California, while she was

00:06:27.240 even district attorney of San Francisco, while she was the furthest left senator when she was in the 0.95

00:06:33.040 Senate, is that she is openly hostile and vindictive towards pro-lifers. Anyone can ask David Delight

00:06:40.480 and what that has been like. And so we're looking at the threatening of the 501c3 status for every

00:06:46.740 pro-life organization. We are looking at the chilling of pro-life speech. We are looking at

00:06:52.600 the continuation of and the doubling down of weaponizing the DOJ against pro-life grandmothers

00:06:59.100 who are simply sharing the gospel in front of murder mills. So that's Kamala Harris. Do I wish

00:07:05.240 that Donald Trump were more pro-life and was doing more and was making better decisions? I wish that he

00:07:10.680 would stop talking about it if he's not going to come out strong on the side of life. I wish he would

00:07:15.620 not get into the weak conversation and just say, I'm going to make America the best place on earth

00:07:20.300 for moms and babies. End of story. He can pivot. I mean, that's kind of PR 101. He should just be

00:07:26.000 doing that. And so I have much more hope that the Donald Trump presidency will be much friendlier to

00:07:33.740 the pro-life cause to say the least than Kamala Harris. Yeah, I agree with you. Last question.

00:07:39.980 He came out for IVF. I think you're against IVF.

00:07:44.780 Well, IVF results in the destruction of millions of embryos every year. I am absolutely for people

00:07:52.940 becoming parents. I do want more babies. I think that's great. But we have to acknowledge that America

00:07:58.860 is the wild west of reproductive technology. There are virtually no restrictions or regulations around

00:08:03.920 the creation of embryos. Those are little image bearers of God. Life starts at fertilization.

00:08:08.880 They've got their own DNA. And I do not want to subsidize IVF. I understand that a lot of the

00:08:15.320 country is not where I am. I don't expect Donald Trump to personally be where I am on IVF. But when

00:08:20.360 you start saying that you are going to take the tax dollars of millions of Christians, millions of

00:08:26.340 Catholics who are against the destruction of those embryos through IVF, and you're going to fund that, 0.98

00:08:32.680 that becomes a problem. Again, I just would like him to stop talking about it.

00:08:36.740 Like a deal breaker for you?

00:08:40.760 Is this a deal breaker for me? No, it's not a deal breaker for me. I mean, as you, I'm sure,

00:08:45.720 agree. We've got so many issues economically with foreign policy, domestic policy, immigration. I

00:08:51.800 still think Donald Trump and the policies that he represents represents order. And I think Kamala

00:08:57.820 Harris and the policies she represents represents disorder and chaos. And I can't do that to my

00:09:04.160 children and my children's children. I've got to try to preserve the good that can be preserved and

00:09:09.940 fought for. And I think it's much more likely to be preserved and fought for in a Donald Trump

00:09:14.000 presidency.

00:09:14.480 Ali, I have to first say to you, I am, uh, I'm so proud of you and, and I'm so happy for your

00:09:21.700 success. You are, you have become, uh, a, a force to reckon with. Uh, and I just love that because

00:09:32.100 I know you, it's you, you're being you and it's not some show. And, uh, that's what makes people a

00:09:39.720 success. Um, you're doing a, um, uh, an event in Dallas, uh, September 28th. And I love this

00:09:46.580 share the arrows. What, what exactly is this event?

00:09:51.800 Yeah. So this is an event for Christian women and we are expecting hopefully about 5,000 Christian

00:09:58.800 women to be there in Dallas, Texas. It's at a large church there. We've got several Christian 0.97

00:10:04.160 speakers, apologists, uh, theologians, moms who are talking about how to contend with this crazy,

00:10:11.240 chaotic culture that we live in through biblical truths and through biblical courage. We've also

00:10:16.620 got another huge speaker, uh, a woman that we have not announced yet that hopefully will be 0.98

00:10:21.540 announced soon. Um, we've got worship led by Francesca Battistelli. Uh, a woman can come by

00:10:27.200 herself. She can come with her friends. She can come with her female family members. There's going to 0.97

00:10:31.880 be lots and lots of like-minded women. And in this very crazy, turbulent election season, 1.00

00:10:36.420 we just need to be able to look around, link arms and say, you know what, whatever arrows the enemy

00:10:41.120 is going to throw towards you, they can send them my way too. When we have that kind of solidarity

00:10:45.960 and courage, we can make a big difference. You can see Allie's show on blazetv.com slash Allie.

00:10:52.960 Also find out all about share the arrows at share the arrows.com. Uh, she sold thousands of

00:10:59.700 tickets. It is going to be one of those events. Like we used to hold where, uh, you know, people

00:11:04.820 come together and you just make lifelong friends. I think that's kind of the feeling that this is

00:11:09.640 going to, uh, give to you as well. Share the arrows.com. Allie, thank you so much. God bless.

00:11:15.820 Thank you so much, Glenn.

00:11:16.820 You bet. Go catch some fish.

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00:12:26.040 Well, Kevin Roberts, uh, from Heritage. Welcome to the program, sir. How are you?

00:12:32.720 Glenn, it's great to be with you. Thanks for having me.

00:12:35.320 Yeah. So thank you for the website. Um, tell me about, you know, uh, tell me about the website.

00:12:41.760 Tell me, uh, why you guys came up with it. And I'm really interested in hearing why you called

00:12:46.460 it dangerously liberal.

00:12:47.720 Well, the reason we did this is precisely what you described about having a friend or a family

00:12:55.560 member or a neighbor who just doesn't want to listen to the facts. And so we were sitting around

00:13:01.100 a few weeks ago and thinking, how is it that we can, as the Heritage Foundation, reinsert policies

00:13:07.560 and ideas and facts back into this election cycle? And so what we decided was no one's telling the truth

00:13:15.220 about Vice President Kamala Harris's policy record, starting with her and her campaign.

00:13:20.680 And obviously the recent interview, if you can call it that, that she did shed very little light

00:13:25.400 on that. So we decided as the largest conservative public policy organization in the world, it probably

00:13:31.100 was our job to do that. And so if you go to dangerouslyliberal.com, you can see her policy

00:13:36.580 record as vice president, literally on every issue, as you mentioned at the top, it is something

00:13:41.680 that's footnoted. You know that we take great pride in the objectivity of our research. Someone

00:13:46.540 can go there and learn for themselves. But why did we name it dangerously liberal? Because also

00:13:51.300 speaking objectively and just philosophically, not only is Vice President Harris the most liberal

00:13:57.720 vice president we have ever had in our history, she's dangerously so. If you think about what she 1.00

00:14:03.200 has done on the economy, on the border, on public safety in cities, on national security and foreign

00:14:09.240 policy, if she were to do that as president of the United States, I think that America would be in 0.84

00:14:14.860 danger. Yeah, I think so. My question is more, and I'm a stickler on this, she's not liberal. I think

00:14:24.680 she's not even progressive, but that would be a better word. But she is a, I mean, she's a socialist.

00:14:31.040 She is a socialist. She is a radical. But probably dangerously liberal would be more apt to get people 1.00

00:14:39.000 to not think you're a radical. So did you watch her last night? I did. You know, I was really trying

00:14:47.060 to watch baseball, but my Atlanta Braves lost to the Phillies, unfortunately. So I switched over to

00:14:52.560 that interview. And, you know, I was actually really intrigued. And so I watched the whole thing. I was

00:14:58.680 intrigued by the disaster that it was, both by the, by the interviewer, frankly, and also the vice

00:15:03.880 president. So why do you say it was a disaster? I, I believe it was a disaster for people like us

00:15:09.920 that pay attention, but I'm not sure it is for the average American who just doesn't know her.

00:15:15.100 They're like, oh, she's nice. Yeah, you're right about that. It was a disaster for those of us looking

00:15:19.780 for more policy depth. And it was a disaster for journalism because Dana Bash, who I do think did a 0.99

00:15:25.520 little bit better than I was expecting. My expectations were like zero. But I was disappointed

00:15:30.380 in that she didn't follow up some of her really good questions with the kinds of questions that

00:15:36.020 you would get, or Donald Trump would get, or any conservative. But your point about it being,

00:15:41.560 not it not being a disaster for people who are just casual observers, if they were just

00:15:45.780 tuning in for a few minutes, or maybe they had the TV on and it was on mute, they see someone whose

00:15:50.960 affect is seemingly joyful, who's seemingly positive, who seems nice. And you and I both

00:15:56.880 know that the state of American society right now is that there are a lot of Americans, perfectly

00:16:01.880 good people who just aren't tuned in enough to those policy issues to actually care. And that's

00:16:08.780 why we did this website to kind of come full circle in our motivation.

00:16:11.720 So, uh, I was watching her last night and I recognized the tactic. This is, uh, a, a tough,

00:16:20.500 but friendly interview. So the campaign can then say asked and answered where we're moving forward.

00:16:27.360 We're not looking at the past. Um, and I think that's what you're going to hear from them from

00:16:32.220 here on out is we're not talking about the past. We're looking to the future. You know, Donald Trump

00:16:37.340 is in the past. We're in the future. And, uh, and we want to keep this positive. Uh, and I think

00:16:43.900 that's going to actually be effective for, again, those people who don't pay attention, but Kevin, 0.99

00:16:49.440 can you see this economy and the people of America where it's always the economy stupid 0.97

00:16:58.820 being brainwashed enough that they would vote for the people that brought them this economy? 0.99

00:17:07.340 Brought us to the brink of war?

00:17:11.660 I think that there is a near majority of Americans who in fact would vote that way. You know, that

00:17:19.360 we should not trust any individual poll, but if you look at the trends across all of the different

00:17:24.900 polling organizations, a few of them probably with pretty good methodology, the trend is really clear,

00:17:31.440 which is that this fantasy land that has been created by the vice president, that she's not been

00:17:36.860 part of three and a half years of policy disaster somehow can look towards the future. That's

00:17:42.860 actually been effective thus far, you know, for what it's worth, Glenn, although I'm a policy guy

00:17:47.840 and not a, not a campaign prognosticator, I sense that the only way to combat that for Mr. Trump and

00:17:54.800 Mr. Vance is to do the precise thing that the vice president is trying to avoid, which is to have a

00:18:00.940 policy conversation to actually hold her accountable to the policy positions that she has. And one final

00:18:09.520 point on this, what reveals that in fact, she wants to avoid that is the flip-flopping she's doing on

00:18:16.520 fracking, on the economy, on national security. You think about this convoluted answer about Israel and

00:18:22.240 Palestine last night. It's really, really important that Donald Trump in particular have the message

00:18:28.680 discipline on policy that his running mate has had, I think, remarkably over the last few weeks.

00:18:35.260 Yeah, I think so too. I mean, Donald Trump should start every answer and every speech and it should

00:18:41.200 be sprinkled throughout. You know, our main focus is the economy. This inflation is outrageous

00:18:48.900 and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But let me talk about this. If they're asking you another

00:18:54.280 question, start with that. I think they really have to be very clear, uh, on the economy and talk

00:19:02.180 about the things that people are talking about, which is my, my city isn't safe anymore. Um, my,

00:19:09.340 my food is too expensive. You know, the jobs are going elsewhere. Um, if, if he would be disciplined

00:19:16.760 enough to talk about those things and, and like you said, almost be, um, just almost be a little,

00:19:25.880 a little wonky, uh, by talking about this is what we're going to do because you're never going to

00:19:31.640 hear that from Kamala. And when you do celebrate, because what they're saying they're going to do,

00:19:37.720 like price controls, that's insanity. It is. And, and I think, you know, you're, I think you're the

00:19:44.980 best at the, the high level framing of how common sense conservatives can talk about their issues.

00:19:50.800 I think the, the high level framing for Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance, and for that matter,

00:19:55.240 conservative candidates ought to be security, economic security, which has not existed in the

00:20:00.800 last three and a half years, security, not just in inner cities, but in suburbs, you talk about

00:20:05.520 appealing to female voters, talk about the lack of security in a place like Aurora, Colorado, 1.00

00:20:10.220 which basically is being overrun by gangs, as you know. And then also the, although it is very,

00:20:16.480 hang on just a sec and a very dangerous gang, this is a Venezuelan gang. This is what they do. 1.00

00:20:23.360 They were sent here to cause turmoil and just take over neighborhoods. That's what they do

00:20:29.640 in Venezuela. And they're doing it here. Yes. And for people who've not been to Aurora,

00:20:34.760 Colorado, if this can happen in Aurora, this can happen wherever you are sitting. It doesn't matter

00:20:39.980 what your subdivision or neighborhood or suburb is. And I, and I, I think that, that, uh, President

00:20:45.820 Trump has done a very good job. And some of the interviews that he's done, it's actually impressive

00:20:50.260 for someone as busy as he is. And he's a very healthy 78 can do these hour long, two hour long

00:20:56.820 interviews. The more he does that. And the more he frames this decision facing Americans as being

00:21:02.840 about restoring security in every respect, what you and I are talking about regarding these

00:21:08.560 Venezuelan gangs, economic security, national security. I think that is how you offset the

00:21:15.160 vacuousness of the vice president's rhetoric. Can I ask your opinion on something? I, I saw a story

00:21:21.200 today that, you know, California did something else crazy. Uh, they, um, they banned any voter ID.

00:21:29.200 Okay. So now it's against the law in California to ask for any kind of ID at the voting booth,

00:21:36.320 which is insanity. Um, and we know why they're doing that to get illegals to vote. But your first 0.91

00:21:42.740 thought is, well, why that's already a blue state there. You know, you only have certain number of

00:21:48.800 electoral, uh, uh, votes. So what are you doing? Well, I believe they are going to find these states

00:21:57.080 where they can pile numbers in that they always win anyway, but they're going to pile them in,

00:22:02.280 um, because that will affect the popular vote. So if Donald Trump does win electorally,

00:22:08.220 they'll be able to come back and say, look at the margin here. This, this is not democracy to which I

00:22:15.580 would reply. Yes, you finally get it. It's not a democracy. It's a Republic. Um, but I think they're

00:22:23.000 doing that to, um, to ensure that if he does win, they have a reason to be on the streets.

00:22:30.360 Would you agree with that, man? You took your burner launcher and hit the bullseye. I mean,

00:22:34.960 that is the center of you see at the center of the bullseye. What we try to do at heritage as you do

00:22:40.860 every day is not only fight the policy fights that are right in front of us today and this week,

00:22:46.100 but see around the corners. And what's happening is that this is their attempt to pile up as many

00:22:53.020 votes as they can so that they can delegitimize a Trump electoral college win. And so just count on

00:23:00.660 it, Glenn, if, if Trump wins this election, which by the way, I still think he is in, in, in good

00:23:05.660 shape to do, they will try to delegitimize everything he tries to do and the entire conservative

00:23:11.440 movement with this national popular vote effort. And obviously if the opposite happens, if Ms.

00:23:16.720 Harris wins the election, they're going to work on that as well. It's just going to take a little

00:23:21.060 bit longer to get done. Yeah. They'll just do it through Congress. They're not going to make a big

00:23:24.940 deal out of it. Um, at least at first, uh, Kevin, thank you so much. Thanks for everything you guys

00:23:30.020 are doing at a heritage. I really appreciate it. God bless. Well, God bless you, brother. Take care.

00:23:34.980 Thank you. Dangerously liberal.com is that website that we were talking about. Dangerously liberal.com.

00:23:41.820 You're listening to the best of Glenn Beck. Need a little more? Check out the full show podcast.

00:23:51.500 Available on a blaze right now. And then tomorrow, wherever you get your podcast, but I suggest

00:23:56.200 you watch this one. Um, we have, um, uh, Dennis Wade on Dennis, Dennis Quaid. Yeah. Sorry. Dennis

00:24:03.920 Quaid on, uh, my podcast. We talk about Reagan and I think it is a really refreshing conversation.

00:24:11.380 And then we go into, you know, uh, his politics. Um, you know, he voted for Jimmy Carter and then

00:24:18.040 realized that mistake and voted for Ronald Reagan and it became his, uh, favorite president. He has

00:24:24.020 an, uh, I think of a kind of a sunny attitude towards the future. Um, and you, you want to watch

00:24:31.380 this tonight. Yeah. I'm really, you, you mentioned watching it instead of listening. It looks great.

00:24:36.060 And it's, it's kind of, you know, Dennis Quaid of course is, you know, a great actor and

00:24:39.640 knows, you know, he knows how to work a camera for sure. But it's like, you look at this,

00:24:42.960 it's just him being authentic and honest. And it is, uh, it's important. It's got me fired

00:24:48.600 up to watch Reagan too. This is out today.

00:24:51.640 You're going to love it. Yeah. You're going to love it. Really? You're going to love it. Yeah.

00:24:56.180 You know, the story of Reagan has never been told by people who like Reagan. Yeah. You know,

00:25:01.780 they've done these, they've done these, you know, TV movies on Reagan, but I mean, he is,

00:25:06.360 he is one of the most beloved, even Democrats like, I mean, not all of them, but Democrats liked

00:25:12.500 Reagan. Um, and he changed our world and it's a story that needs to be told and they tell it

00:25:19.400 really, really well. You're going to love it. Stu, make sure you go. I'd love to hear your review on

00:25:24.120 Monday. Um, stories are so important to us and, uh, that is why it is so heartening to see what has

00:25:34.760 been done with movies, et cetera, et cetera. I have talked to, uh, some of the best artists, uh, in the

00:25:43.220 country over the last five years or so. And many of them will tell me, um, while they won't necessarily

00:25:51.780 say this out loud, we're not taught any of this stuff in, we're not taught storytelling in art

00:25:57.400 school. Um, and we're encouraged to, you know, uh, be modern about everything and story. When I was

00:26:06.760 over in, uh, England and I was looking at the stained glass windows and I saw the story of England,

00:26:15.060 uh, and the story of Christ in all of the windows, you know, you don't feel this way in America,

00:26:21.620 but when you were standing in something that was, you know, from the 12th century, you realize

00:26:27.800 this is how they told stories. This is how people, they couldn't read. This is how they understood what

00:26:34.960 was going on. We have now gone to a society and artists that are, are not telling a story or at

00:26:44.860 least not the American story. So I've compiled a bunch of, uh, really good artists are about 30 of

00:26:51.040 them. And we're going to do the American narratives in fine art show. It is happening at my studio. Uh,

00:26:58.160 I will be there. Uh, and it's happening on the September 20th and 21st. That's just a

00:27:04.880 few weeks away, September 20th and 21st at Mercury studios. You can get your tickets there. One of my

00:27:10.840 favorite artists is, um, Albin Veselka. I just love his, he's a guy who really has, uh, taken art.

00:27:20.560 He's a master painter already, but he got, he was captivated when he came up to the ranch with a bunch

00:27:27.400 of others by some of the people that were teaching all of us how to tell a story. And, uh, he took it on

00:27:34.480 and I, I, I bought, I think your first storytelling, uh, piece of art, didn't I, Albin?

00:27:43.080 Yeah. Yeah. Can you hear me? Yeah, I got you. Okay. Sorry. Yeah. I think I, I think, I think I

00:27:50.700 bought your cowboy one, which I think was the first time that you started telling like a story, which I

00:27:55.900 just love, you know, yeah, that's the first thing I've done outside of being commissioned, uh, for

00:28:02.720 specific stories where the client was telling me. And yeah, I really enjoy that process and that

00:28:07.240 learning process. So you picked, we had all of the artists go through the museum, uh, and you picked,

00:28:14.840 uh, two stories. Uh, tell me what you picked and what inspired you? Why did you pick them?

00:28:21.340 Um, okay. Um, first of all, uh, Bass Reeves, I, I had never heard of Bass Reeves until we started

00:28:29.400 doing research about, um, what kind of stories we wanted to tell about America. And he had such an

00:28:35.600 amazing life. So many great stories, uh, just his career. He was, he was the first African-American

00:28:43.740 U.S. Marshal and he brought in something like two or 3000 convicts and, uh, had a very, very strong

00:28:52.700 Christian principle in his, in his life. In fact, he, he would, uh, preach the gospel to, uh, his

00:28:59.560 captive audience, if you will, while he's bringing them into prison. And, um, one of those, uh, stories

00:29:05.540 is told in, in these four paintings that I've done. So I've done three of his life.

00:29:09.700 Um, so hang on just a second. Hang on just a second. Wait, wait, wait. So one of the things

00:29:14.220 that you may not know, if you've never heard Bass Reeves, he is the legend is that he is the

00:29:20.560 inspiration for the Lone Ranger. Um, whether that's true or not, we don't know. Yeah. We're

00:29:27.500 not sure if it's true or not, but the, his story is just, uh, just as amazing as all the fictional

00:29:32.240 stories of the, uh, the Lone Ranger. Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, and so he had to arrest his own

00:29:38.840 son at one point. So a couple of your paintings are about that. Can you tell that story?

00:29:44.780 Yeah. So first of all, he found out one of my paintings is when he finds out that the son is,

00:29:49.500 um, wanted. And, uh, I tried to tell that story from, uh, the perspective of the emotion on the,

00:29:56.760 on the face of the guy that's presenting him with that information and with the poster of the son.

00:30:02.000 And, uh, another painting is when he has his son in jail and he's actually, uh, talking to him,

00:30:08.140 extending the Bible to him, trying to help him to realize the error of his ways. And it's a great,

00:30:13.340 I mean, I don't want to take too much time telling each story, but I can really get carried away with

00:30:18.460 them. People can go on the website and, and read those full stories that I have connected to my

00:30:23.760 paintings. If you go to American Narratives and Fine Art. This guy was so righteous and so good.

00:30:30.020 He had, he had to arrest his son for murder. Um, his son, I believe was hanged. Um, but he was with

00:30:37.720 him the whole time, wasn't he? Um, no, he wasn't hanged. He was, he actually, uh, served about 18

00:30:44.740 years, I believe. And it was really, really on good behavior. So anyway, it was, I did a lot of

00:30:50.960 research in this and I was, uh, there's a lot of misinformation back and forth about him,

00:30:55.540 but he has so many amazing stories and, um, his life was just full of them. So it was easy to find

00:31:01.720 paintings to do with his life. Yeah. And then you did, uh, then you did Texas's son, uh,

00:31:10.420 Steven F. Austin. What inspired this?

00:31:13.560 So he was just, uh, the primary founder of, of Texas. He, uh, I, I just, what inspired it was

00:31:21.660 again, just learning about the, the man, um, his, his father was supposed to be the primary

00:31:27.020 founder of Texas, uh, primary settler to bring a bunch of people to Texas. But in root, his father

00:31:33.580 died, um, when he was coming back home with the papers that authorized him to do so. And,

00:31:37.860 and he just, uh, it was his father's dying wish that he took up that, um, that mission and fulfilled

00:31:44.240 it. And he did in spectacular fashion. And, uh, it's because of him that, that Texas is, you know,

00:31:51.100 it's, there's so much to tell, so little time, but man, I, I really think that in times like these,

00:31:58.580 um, American history and the true American history, we need to get these, these truths out there. And

00:32:05.880 Glenn, that's what you're all about. And that's why I love that, that you're, uh, heading up this

00:32:10.400 thing and giving us this opportunity to put our talents to use, to help people, to see the things

00:32:17.240 that can save our country are important to them, to help them live better lives. And I, we're talking

00:32:24.180 to the right audience and we have, we have you on our side and your art's going to, going to be right

00:32:30.200 there with everyone else is just, it's going to be an amazing show. I encourage everybody to go.

00:32:34.520 Yeah. So Albin, thank you so much. And your work is spectacular as always. Uh, so thank you. And

00:32:41.340 we'll see you in a couple of weeks. Um, also you bet also one of the things that it makes this

00:32:47.300 different, first of all, there will be, you know, awards to the artists, uh, but it's, it'll be judged

00:32:53.300 by you. It's not going to, we're not going to have a bunch of art critics there. We want to know what

00:32:56.900 stories you really connected to who is the, what painting was the one that really connected you to that

00:33:03.440 story. Um, the other thing that makes this art show different is all of the, um, artifacts that

00:33:11.100 we have from the museum. For instance, it, it shows, uh, in Albin's, um, uh, painting, it shows

00:33:18.920 Stephen F. Austin coming, riding a horse with parchment rolled up in his hand. We have that

00:33:25.300 parchment. Uh, it was written in Stephen F. Austin's own hand and it was the conditions, uh, of that

00:33:33.520 Mexico gave to the Stephen F. Austin in the United States that said, you can open a colony here.

00:33:40.080 And what's amazing about this document is I wish we would settle on these terms. Now

00:33:44.540 Mexico said to Austin, if you want a colony in Texas, which is, you know, property of Mexico now,

00:33:51.840 um, we are a Spanish speaking country. So you have to have for every 250 families, you have to build a

00:33:58.560 Spanish speaking church and a Spanish speaking school. You can't let anybody in who has a criminal

00:34:04.340 record. Uh, if we find out that somebody has committed a crime in the colony and you don't tell us

00:34:10.880 first, uh, we'll close the whole thing down. I mean, they were sticklers on all the things that

00:34:17.000 countries should be sticklers on, but you will see that actual document. And then the painting with him

00:34:23.380 on the horse holding the document. So it's a museum and an art show and a story fest all weekend long.

00:34:31.840 You can get your tickets now at, um, at glennbeck.com, or you can go to the website, American

00:34:40.040 narratives in fine art.com, American narratives in fine art.com. And we will see you at, uh,

00:34:48.120 the Mercury studios in Dallas, Texas in a couple of weeks.

00:34:51.880 Na, na, na, na.

The Glenn Beck Program - August 30, 2024

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