The Glenn Beck Program - May 22, 2024


Best of the Program | Guests: Tulsi Gabbard & Alan Dershowitz | 5⧸22⧸24


Episode Stats

Length

47 minutes

Words per Minute

145.42206

Word Count

6,917

Sentence Count

424

Misogynist Sentences

8

Hate Speech Sentences

10


Summary

Glenn Beck is back and better than ever. He talks about the price hike at McDonalds, why we should all be in AA, and why the school board in his home state of North Carolina is out of control. Then we have a great conversation with Tulsi Gabbard, who I really disagree with politically but loves the nation, and she may be offered a spot in Donald Trump's cabinet.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Holy cow, we start today's podcast with what is your trillion dollars that our government is
00:00:10.360 spending every 100 days? What are we getting for it? Besides, unbelievable prices. We go through
00:00:17.420 the price increase at places like McDonald's right off the bat and what they're doing to change
00:00:23.460 everything in our life, including now Alcoholics Anonymous. It's crazy. Then we have a great
00:00:30.460 conversation with Tulsi Gabbard, who I really disagree with politically, but she loves the
00:00:37.040 nation and she may be offered a spot somewhere in Donald Trump's cabinet or it's been rumored even
00:00:44.560 vice president. You have to hear the interview with Tulsi Gabbard, followed by Alan Dershowitz,
00:00:50.420 who has written an op-ed on what he saw in the courtroom on the final day of the defense
00:00:59.240 before they rested. This judge is completely out of control. Alan Dershowitz said, I haven't even seen
00:01:06.840 this kind of stuff happening in Russia. That's a little frightening. And Leah McGee joins us again
00:01:13.840 from Davidson County in North Carolina with an update on a school board that is, and we've seen
00:01:22.000 them out of control, probably the most out of control I've seen a school board. You've got to
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00:02:48.600 You're listening to The Best of the Glenn Beck Program.
00:03:02.620 Well, yes, Glenn, good to have you here, too. You know, the Blaze TV listeners are demanding
00:03:09.280 a video appearance. They want to see the Phantom. They want to see the Phantom. Yeah, they can handle it.
00:03:14.940 That's what they're saying. You know, in the first part of the Phantom of the Opera, he's wearing
00:03:18.360 the mask. And you're like, you know, I'm cool with that. And
00:03:22.180 then when he takes the mask off, you're like, ooh, he should put that back on.
00:03:27.780 It's a lesson. I mean, you could probably pull some information
00:03:30.240 out of that for your own life.
00:03:32.120 Right.
00:03:32.240 That has nothing to do with my eye surgery, right?
00:03:37.080 Right. Oh, yeah.
00:03:39.360 So I, yesterday at the Blaze, they were like, please, the, you know, Blaze subscribers are
00:03:46.500 calling and blah, blah, blah. And I don't believe any of it. I think this is somebody,
00:03:51.080 somebody that works at the Blaze who's just like, we got to have him on camera looking like
00:03:55.940 a monster. Yeah, someone. Who knows who it could be? I don't know. I don't have a name,
00:04:04.820 but it's someone. Yeah, probably a three-lettered person like Tom. Anyway, so I've put on sunglasses.
00:04:14.480 I hate having to wear the sunglasses. Should I wear the sunglasses or my regular glasses, Stu?
00:04:20.860 I think the sunglasses is a good look on you. Oh, is it? Is it a good look for me? It's a good
00:04:26.080 look. Okay. So we're going to do parts of the show. If you're a video subscriber, there I am in
00:04:32.680 my glory. You can't really see anything because you don't want to see it. But so you can, there.
00:04:42.020 Are you happy Blaze subscribers? Is this somehow or another you're like, ooh, yes. Oh yeah,
00:04:47.160 more sunglasses. And you know, Glenn, you're kind of like the elementary school kid who goes away for
00:04:52.300 chemotherapy and comes back without hair. Then everyone in their class shaves their head. So
00:04:57.000 I just want to be supportive with you right now. And oh, you're going to put the shades on. I will
00:05:01.580 also wear sunglasses for today's show. Unfortunately, we're going to have to go back and forth because
00:05:06.920 I have to keep ice on my face all the time. Yesterday I had my, I did the whole show with my face in a
00:05:13.380 bag of ice. So, but anyway. Well, I'm not putting ice on my face. I'm not putting my ice on my face
00:05:21.520 to support you, but I'll wear the sunglasses. I appreciate the sunglasses too. Okay. So where do
00:05:27.060 we even start today? I mean, did, did you read the story about Alan Dershowitz, his op-ed? Yeah,
00:05:35.480 he was angry, shocked, stunned. He's going to be joining us. He's going to be joining us in about
00:05:43.260 90 minutes. He is, I'm anxious to see what he says about, you know, because he's been saying we're so
00:05:48.900 close to a banana republic. And I'm anxious to see what he has to say because it, he was in the
00:05:57.580 courtroom yesterday. I think it was the last day of the defense, defense rested. And the attorney,
00:06:05.700 the very credible attorney that was giving testimony. Costello, yeah. Yeah, Costello. When
00:06:15.700 he was giving testimony, there was an objection from the prosecution without even asking, you know,
00:06:23.260 what's your objection? Granted. And it, it struck a good portion of his testimony away. And there was
00:06:32.480 nothing, according to Dershowitz, there was nothing wrong with it. And that's when, uh, Costello, who
00:06:38.700 again is a, is an attorney, raised his eyebrows, looked at the judge and raised his eyebrows like
00:06:45.660 what? And that pissed the judge off so much that he, uh, cleared the courtroom. And he said,
00:06:54.540 you do that to me again, and I'll strike every bit of your testimony, uh, from the record.
00:07:02.620 Dershowitz said he was allowing things that had no relevance for the prosecution, uh, for the, um, uh,
00:07:10.500 in the case for the prosecution, allowing that all in and then striking probably the death blow, uh,
00:07:20.560 to this whole case from Costello. He was threatening to, uh, get rid of all of it. And Dershowitz said,
00:07:28.720 I've, I've seen court in Russia and I have never seen anything like this. He said, this case should
00:07:37.060 have been on television. He said, because I, I was there. He said, for some reason, I was the only
00:07:43.020 one allowed to remain in the courtroom. Everybody else was cleared out. And he said, I saw what this
00:07:49.660 judge did. And he said, and then I went home and I saw what the reporters were allowed to see and what
00:07:59.220 they were reporting on, which I also saw. And he said, it was not the same. He said, Americans are
00:08:06.960 losing on this. They have no idea what's going on. You think it was bad. Dershowitz yesterday being
00:08:14.340 in the courtroom said, this is, this is a monstrosity of a trial. And the whole thing has
00:08:19.820 been a monstrosity. The fact that it's getting seemingly worse now at the end is, is, uh, I don't
00:08:25.160 know if it's not, I don't know what I would say what's surprising, but it is something that is so
00:08:30.140 disturbing. I think the only thing that, that, that you can kind of hold up and, and maybe take solace in
00:08:35.840 if you're the Trump side is that this has been, I think, obvious to a lot of people that this was
00:08:40.800 the weakest one coming in. And it's been, it's actually gone worse. I would argue than you would
00:08:46.520 even think. Dershowitz said, there's no way this stands. They can rule whatever they want. He said,
00:08:51.940 but this, none of this will stand. The question though, does that matter? I mean, if he gets this
00:08:56.720 thing overturned in March, 2025, I mean, what, what good does that do him if he, if he's, if it hurts
00:09:02.320 him for his election chances? And let me just tell you, let me just tell you America, you know,
00:09:06.440 they always say that, um, it's the economy stupid and that's why check on this, Stu. I read a story
00:09:15.280 today and I, I hate to say this, um, but I read it in a story and it was a credible source, but I'd like
00:09:23.840 a second source on this because this seems insane that the, however many gallons or barrels
00:09:31.080 that Biden is releasing from the strategic oil reserve, he's doing it from the strategic oil
00:09:38.000 reserve in the Northeast, which will empty our gas oil or gas reserves in the Northeast.
00:09:47.040 That can't be true. I don't know if it's, it is not the, yeah, this is not the strategic oil
00:09:52.500 reserve, right? This is the strategic gasoline reserve. Correct. And it is coming from the Northeast
00:09:57.340 in, you know, seemingly an attempt to buy a bunch of votes, uh, with lower gas prices. Uh, but I will
00:10:03.480 check on the, on what the reserve levels are and I'll look like I'm doing it seriously in these
00:10:07.200 sunglasses. Thank you. Me too. I'm, I, I'm, I'm glad we can get very serious. Look me into the eye.
00:10:12.560 You don't want to do that. Anyway. Um, the, I just want people to understand
00:10:19.540 if you think it's bad now, what do you think it's going to be like in another four years of this
00:10:32.820 right now? McDonald's has their $5 value meal. They came out yesterday and said, we can't do this
00:10:40.800 for very long because it's absolutely unsustainable, but we're trying to give people a
00:10:46.540 break. When's the last time you went to McDonald's and you spent under $5, under $10. If you've gone
00:10:54.680 for yourself, it's probably 10 to $12. You go with two people, you go with four people, you know,
00:11:00.740 your family, you're probably up to 40 bucks at McDonald's. Listen to the price increases. This is
00:11:08.360 the first numbers will be during Trump, French fries, $1 79 Biden for 19. That's an increase of
00:11:17.420 134%. Uh, the McChicken, $1 29. Now it's three 89, a 201% increase. Uh, the big Mac was, let me see
00:11:31.980 three 99. Oh my, that can't be right. Hang on. Take me off the screen. I have to take my glasses off and
00:11:38.000 put my actual glasses on to make sure this is right. Uh, the big Mac was three 99. It's now seven
00:11:50.060 49 10 McNuggets was four 99. It's now seven 58. A cheeseburger was a dollar. It's now three 15 that
00:12:01.980 that's, uh, how, how, what do you think is going to happen? People at the bottom of the ladder,
00:12:12.940 they always say, we're for the working person. We're for the, no, you're not. They're for the
00:12:17.480 very wealthy who's getting wealthy right now. Who is not having a problem? The people who are not
00:12:25.040 having a problem are the people who have lots and lots of money and are invested in the stock
00:12:31.280 market. Now you might be invested in a stock market in your 401k, but that's not what that's not the
00:12:38.260 same. The, the corporations are getting all kinds of deals from the government. If they play along
00:12:46.480 all kinds of deals from the government, uh, and they're, they're putting all of that extra money
00:12:54.540 and especially the banks, all of it into the stock market. That's what's happening. The rich. And I
00:13:01.840 don't mean the rich. I mean the Uber rich and the giant corporations. I mean the people who are trust
00:13:08.880 fund people and the giant corporations, they are clearing the table every day. They're clearing
00:13:17.360 the table. There won't be a middle class in this country in another four years. It won't exist.
00:13:26.460 They, you know, I, I wondered when we first wrote the great reset, I wondered how do you,
00:13:34.340 how do you in, in, by 2030 arrive to a place where you will own nothing and you will like it,
00:13:42.840 especially in a country that is all about ownership. I mean, look at what's happening
00:13:48.920 just to your insurance. How much is your car insurance? How much is your home insurance?
00:13:56.500 Why did that go up so much? Guess who's playing ball with the administration,
00:14:02.360 the insurance companies. When they start raising your insurance, you can't afford to own what you
00:14:11.080 own. You want to get rid of guns? Great. Make your, make your insurance for gun ownership through the
00:14:19.280 roof and the average person won't be able to buy it. And they haven't done anything unconstitutional.
00:14:24.760 No, we're just going with the market. Bullcrap. Bullcrap. All of this stuff, we have to begin to
00:14:33.940 explain to our families and our neighbors, this is not normal. This is not Jimmy Carter.
00:14:45.280 You know, Jimmy Carter was a series of horrible blunders. And yes, he had socialist tendencies,
00:14:52.480 but it's not the same as it was with Jimmy Carter. We're on the edge. We didn't have the
00:14:59.340 debt with Jimmy Carter. We didn't have the fractured society without God. Did you hear
00:15:06.720 what's happening with AA, Stu? Let me take a quick break. I mean, you want to talk about they're
00:15:13.120 destroying everything. When, when you get down to destroying AA, you have a society that is,
00:15:23.560 is just hell bent on, you know, living in hell, honestly.
00:15:31.060 Here's another big problem that we have. Stock market is up. Okay. Do you believe,
00:15:37.960 can you explain to me how the stock market is going up? There are stories after stories where
00:15:45.060 people, there are three stories in today's show prep that you can get at glenbeck.com,
00:15:49.580 three stories where people are putting all of their food or good portions of their food
00:15:55.840 on their credit card. I think it was over 30% of Americans are doing that because they can't
00:16:03.140 afford it. How are these companies? I'll tell you how it's all a magic game. What's not a game is gold
00:16:14.280 and silver. Put your money in the stock market. You can do that, but please, please consider putting 10%
00:16:23.560 of what you have in something that is not going to be paid back to you in dollars. When dollars are
00:16:30.980 worthless, you're playing at a craps table when you're on the stock, playing in the stock market,
00:16:38.080 keep, you know, keep a lot of money in there if you want, but please protect some of your money
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00:17:00.560 If you mention my name, 800-957-GOLD. Now back to the podcast.
00:17:08.640 This is the best of the Glenn Beck program.
00:17:12.640 Tulsi Gabbard, welcome to the program. How are you?
00:17:16.600 Very good, my friend. How are you?
00:17:18.720 I'm good. I'm good. Are you in Hawaii right now?
00:17:24.320 I'm in Virginia today and tomorrow and Texas the day after. I'm on the road living out of a suitcase.
00:17:32.340 Oh boy. So first of all, you know, you're on a short list and I'm not going to ask you,
00:17:39.120 you know, anything other than have you had a conversation with him
00:17:42.420 about being vice president?
00:17:45.660 I've spoken to him. I won't, I won't talk about what we spoke about, but I've met and spoken to
00:17:51.560 him. Would you serve in any capacity in a Trump administration?
00:17:58.180 I would serve in a capacity where I felt that I could actually be effective in helping to get our
00:18:06.880 country back on track, both in domestic policy and foreign policy.
00:18:12.340 So Tulsi, you know, I respect you.
00:18:14.740 I really like you. We disagree on things.
00:18:17.700 You were a former Bernie Sanders supporter.
00:18:22.120 You know, but I also know you love the Constitution
00:18:27.560 and America and the country.
00:18:30.400 And just finding somebody who loves America
00:18:33.400 is very hard to find right now.
00:18:35.800 Can you help me out on understanding
00:18:39.800 the Bernie Sanders to,
00:18:43.320 you know, I'd be willing to serve in a Trump administration?
00:18:47.740 Of course. I'm glad you asked because
00:18:50.340 it is on its face kind of a
00:18:53.540 big mental, a mental leap.
00:18:56.300 But when you actually look at the reason
00:18:58.760 when I made that announcement back in 2016
00:19:01.500 to resign as vice chair of the DNC
00:19:04.980 so that I could get involved in that Democratic presidential primary,
00:19:09.880 I focused on one thing.
00:19:12.240 I announced my endorsement of Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton
00:19:15.320 around foreign policy.
00:19:18.100 Bernie Sanders of today is
00:19:20.240 even different now than
00:19:22.700 he was back then on this,
00:19:24.820 on some of these foreign policy issues.
00:19:26.660 But there was a very clear contrast
00:19:28.860 between Hillary Clinton,
00:19:30.880 the queen of warmongers,
00:19:32.180 and Bernie Sanders,
00:19:33.500 who has for a long time
00:19:35.140 largely been more of a non-interventionist.
00:19:38.120 And I was frustrated
00:19:39.720 because as an officer of the DNC,
00:19:41.280 I couldn't,
00:19:42.660 you know,
00:19:42.900 according to the rules,
00:19:44.120 get involved or speak out publicly.
00:19:46.560 But as you remember,
00:19:48.280 Glenn,
00:19:48.700 people were saying that Hillary Clinton
00:19:49.960 was the most qualified person
00:19:51.500 ever to run for president
00:19:52.640 in the history of our country.
00:19:53.800 But of course,
00:19:55.740 I know,
00:19:56.320 I still laugh when I think about that.
00:19:58.680 And it wasn't just her campaign people
00:20:00.680 who were saying this,
00:20:01.480 it was supposedly serious people
00:20:04.220 on, you know,
00:20:05.200 the different cable shows
00:20:06.420 and the broadcast news shows
00:20:08.040 and the meet the press type shows.
00:20:10.540 But they never went beyond,
00:20:13.120 okay, well,
00:20:13.640 she's held this title
00:20:14.660 and that title
00:20:15.280 and that title.
00:20:16.360 They would never go into
00:20:17.820 what her record actually was,
00:20:19.920 the kinds of decisions that she made,
00:20:21.620 the things that she influenced
00:20:23.000 and urged President Obama
00:20:24.180 to do with his secretary of state.
00:20:26.600 And for me,
00:20:27.180 as an American citizen,
00:20:28.380 as a soldier
00:20:29.080 and a veteran
00:20:29.700 of various wars and conflicts,
00:20:32.380 I felt strongly about the fact
00:20:34.720 that Hillary Clinton
00:20:35.480 would be the most dangerous
00:20:36.980 president and commander-in-chief
00:20:38.820 for our country,
00:20:40.020 our freedom,
00:20:40.780 our security,
00:20:41.400 and our liberty.
00:20:42.420 And so I took the opportunity
00:20:43.740 to make that endorsement
00:20:45.980 of Bernie Sanders
00:20:46.760 around that issue
00:20:47.960 so that I could have a platform
00:20:49.680 to call her out directly
00:20:52.000 to the American people
00:20:53.200 so that at a minimum
00:20:54.300 they could make
00:20:55.560 a more informed decision
00:20:57.520 about who they wanted
00:20:58.980 to be the Democratic presidential nominee
00:21:02.140 for that time.
00:21:03.400 And I did that.
00:21:04.480 So that explains an awful lot.
00:21:07.260 The State Department,
00:21:08.840 you know,
00:21:10.300 has been off the rails
00:21:12.020 for a hundred years.
00:21:14.000 And they're very warmongering.
00:21:17.640 What's happening in Ukraine
00:21:19.240 is obscene.
00:21:22.420 And strangely,
00:21:24.600 I think since Ronald Reagan,
00:21:27.160 and I think even more so
00:21:29.440 than Ronald Reagan,
00:21:30.360 but it was a different time,
00:21:31.580 Donald Trump is the least,
00:21:35.460 he understands peace
00:21:37.560 through strength,
00:21:38.560 but he is the least likely
00:21:41.160 to go to war,
00:21:42.020 and yet the left keeps saying
00:21:43.960 he's a warmonger.
00:21:46.680 It's their tried and true tactic,
00:21:49.140 and you see them doing this
00:21:50.520 not only with, you know,
00:21:53.360 an issue as serious
00:21:54.600 as war and peace,
00:21:56.600 but you also see
00:21:57.900 how they're doing it
00:21:58.700 around democracy.
00:22:00.460 You know,
00:22:01.220 they're claiming
00:22:01.660 he will be the dictator-in-chief
00:22:03.340 and this will be
00:22:03.920 the last election
00:22:04.860 that's ever held
00:22:05.580 if he wins
00:22:06.360 and so on and so forth,
00:22:07.540 yet we look at
00:22:08.740 how they're weaponizing
00:22:09.680 the Department of Justice
00:22:10.820 and all that they are doing
00:22:12.600 both to target
00:22:13.560 and prosecute,
00:22:15.180 throwing everything
00:22:15.800 in the kitchen sink
00:22:16.620 at Donald Trump,
00:22:17.400 but also going after
00:22:18.920 everyday Americans
00:22:19.960 whose names
00:22:21.460 will never be
00:22:22.140 in the headlines
00:22:22.920 because they are
00:22:24.400 the quote-unquote
00:22:25.120 political opposition,
00:22:27.180 the undermining
00:22:27.880 of free speech,
00:22:28.700 the undermining
00:22:29.340 of the rule of law,
00:22:30.540 and yet they cloak
00:22:32.200 all of this
00:22:32.920 and try to distract
00:22:34.200 and deflect attention
00:22:35.540 away from
00:22:36.440 the American people
00:22:38.180 and the reality
00:22:39.960 of how they are
00:22:40.820 destroying our democracy
00:22:42.080 right before our very eyes,
00:22:43.600 and they do so
00:22:44.280 by saying Donald Trump
00:22:45.360 is the biggest enemy
00:22:46.260 of democracy.
00:22:47.540 They're doing the same thing
00:22:48.500 around foreign policy.
00:22:50.320 The thing that I'm urging
00:22:51.500 Americans to do
00:22:52.480 across the country,
00:22:53.340 both through my book
00:22:54.300 For Love of Country,
00:22:55.200 but also in every platform
00:22:57.360 or speech where people
00:22:58.460 will have me,
00:23:00.080 is to look at the facts.
00:23:02.360 This is the first time
00:23:03.200 in our lifetimes
00:23:03.900 we've had a presidential election
00:23:05.500 where we actually have
00:23:07.260 two people who served
00:23:08.560 in the White House
00:23:09.400 with a very real record
00:23:10.940 for us to examine.
00:23:12.600 And take the emotions aside.
00:23:16.100 People have strong feelings
00:23:17.220 one way or the other,
00:23:18.340 and that's what a lot
00:23:20.920 of the Democrats
00:23:21.500 and Biden people focus on
00:23:23.480 because they're afraid
00:23:24.500 that we will actually
00:23:25.760 compare and contrast
00:23:27.480 their record
00:23:28.560 on border security,
00:23:30.320 on education,
00:23:31.800 on fairness for women
00:23:33.400 and girls
00:23:34.000 in sports and education,
00:23:35.740 on the economy
00:23:36.700 and inflation,
00:23:38.500 you know,
00:23:38.800 the list on criminal
00:23:40.760 justice reform,
00:23:41.940 something that Democrats
00:23:42.740 claim to be for.
00:23:44.540 And also, of course,
00:23:45.580 first and foremost,
00:23:46.920 foreign policy
00:23:47.760 and how secure
00:23:48.900 is our country today
00:23:50.660 and where are
00:23:51.980 our taxpayer dollars
00:23:53.560 being dedicated
00:23:54.900 in each of these areas
00:23:56.940 and more.
00:23:57.520 There's a very clear contrast
00:23:58.880 between President Biden
00:24:00.260 and President Trump.
00:24:01.240 And to me,
00:24:01.800 what it all comes down to
00:24:03.000 are the two most
00:24:05.100 core critical questions
00:24:06.700 that, as you pointed out,
00:24:07.860 are rooted
00:24:08.420 in the Constitution
00:24:09.900 is, number one,
00:24:12.620 who actually
00:24:14.100 has served
00:24:15.780 the interests
00:24:16.620 of the American people
00:24:18.180 and our country
00:24:18.920 and our ability
00:24:19.560 to live in a safe,
00:24:21.220 free, peaceful
00:24:22.200 and prosperous society?
00:24:24.760 And number two,
00:24:26.220 who has
00:24:27.200 either defended
00:24:29.360 or assaulted
00:24:30.800 our fundamental rights
00:24:32.260 and freedoms
00:24:32.760 that are enshrined
00:24:33.520 in the Constitution?
00:24:34.840 Freedom of speech,
00:24:35.960 freedom of expression,
00:24:37.140 freedom of religion,
00:24:38.420 are civil liberties
00:24:40.260 guaranteed by
00:24:41.200 the Fourth Amendment?
00:24:42.540 And again,
00:24:43.300 when you look
00:24:43.920 at these metrics,
00:24:46.960 there is no question
00:24:48.760 about the difference
00:24:49.760 between President Biden
00:24:50.880 and President Trump.
00:24:52.240 Let me ask you,
00:24:57.340 why should somebody,
00:24:58.980 and I don't mean this
00:24:59.980 just to you,
00:25:00.900 I mean this for anybody,
00:25:02.100 even, you know,
00:25:03.280 Joe Biden,
00:25:03.800 Donald Trump,
00:25:04.920 why should we believe
00:25:06.440 when we have not seen
00:25:07.720 one for a very long time,
00:25:09.540 and when they do believe this,
00:25:11.720 they're called extremists,
00:25:13.200 why should we believe
00:25:14.980 anybody,
00:25:15.880 or you,
00:25:16.920 that you actually,
00:25:18.300 your oath of office
00:25:20.680 would mean
00:25:21.640 what it says,
00:25:23.180 that you will protect
00:25:24.820 the Constitution
00:25:26.180 and the Bill of Rights?
00:25:29.340 I think with anybody
00:25:30.800 and everyone,
00:25:32.320 it is,
00:25:32.940 it is,
00:25:33.680 you know,
00:25:34.700 going back to the old adage,
00:25:36.440 trust but verify
00:25:37.380 and hold people accountable.
00:25:39.980 And that,
00:25:40.920 that is true of,
00:25:42.040 of me
00:25:42.600 and of anyone
00:25:43.720 asking for
00:25:44.980 the trust
00:25:46.120 and confidence
00:25:46.840 of the American people.
00:25:48.580 I think part of that
00:25:49.860 is recognizing
00:25:50.980 that as the world
00:25:52.640 changes,
00:25:53.440 as the country
00:25:54.200 changes,
00:25:55.420 there has to be
00:25:57.140 room
00:25:57.720 for people
00:25:58.620 to
00:25:59.300 learn
00:26:01.360 and grow
00:26:02.180 from
00:26:02.800 these changing
00:26:04.000 circumstances.
00:26:04.800 I think a lot
00:26:05.480 of the problems
00:26:06.080 that we're seeing
00:26:07.300 in a lot of
00:26:08.540 the political
00:26:09.120 divides,
00:26:10.220 and I get it,
00:26:11.000 trust is earned,
00:26:12.460 but,
00:26:13.300 but there,
00:26:13.820 in order for there
00:26:14.820 to be progress,
00:26:15.880 we have to allow
00:26:17.080 people to,
00:26:18.060 to grow
00:26:18.680 and,
00:26:19.220 and change
00:26:20.080 based on the
00:26:21.440 circumstances.
00:26:22.640 You know,
00:26:23.060 we,
00:26:23.300 we've seen,
00:26:24.140 I think,
00:26:24.580 over these last
00:26:25.420 five or six years,
00:26:26.500 or especially
00:26:27.280 during,
00:26:27.940 during the Obama,
00:26:28.980 I'm sorry,
00:26:30.000 during the Biden
00:26:30.720 administration,
00:26:32.260 we,
00:26:33.360 we have seen
00:26:34.360 what an increasingly
00:26:35.680 tyrannical government
00:26:36.820 looks like,
00:26:37.540 and we are seeing
00:26:39.220 how our founding
00:26:40.600 fathers
00:26:41.040 were so wise
00:26:43.280 in recognizing
00:26:44.480 that our democracy,
00:26:45.880 this form of
00:26:46.500 governance that we
00:26:47.280 have in this
00:26:47.880 constitutional republic
00:26:49.060 through,
00:26:49.520 through this
00:26:50.000 representative democracy
00:26:51.620 is very fragile,
00:26:53.180 and how people
00:26:54.520 in positions of
00:26:55.380 power are often
00:26:56.240 tempted and may
00:26:57.320 fall to that
00:26:58.100 temptation
00:26:58.660 of abuse of
00:27:00.040 power.
00:27:00.900 And so we have
00:27:01.820 this system of
00:27:02.720 checks and balances
00:27:03.860 through three
00:27:04.640 co-equal branches
00:27:05.460 of government.
00:27:06.160 We have this
00:27:06.680 system of checks
00:27:07.400 and balances
00:27:07.960 through the
00:27:09.280 constitution,
00:27:09.960 our first amendment,
00:27:10.660 and our second
00:27:11.260 amendment,
00:27:12.020 for the power
00:27:13.380 to always
00:27:14.620 favor the voices
00:27:17.820 and the power
00:27:18.660 of a free people
00:27:19.500 and a free society.
00:27:21.140 I would never
00:27:22.000 have imagined,
00:27:23.000 Glenn,
00:27:23.200 in my lifetime
00:27:23.900 that we would
00:27:24.720 see such
00:27:25.700 brazen,
00:27:26.660 abusive power.
00:27:28.040 And it's not
00:27:29.460 only just
00:27:30.240 a failure
00:27:32.360 to uphold
00:27:32.920 the constitution,
00:27:33.740 the democrat elite
00:27:34.740 are actively
00:27:36.200 destroying the
00:27:37.640 constitution
00:27:38.300 in broad daylight
00:27:39.780 and telling us,
00:27:41.360 no, we don't
00:27:41.980 think the first
00:27:43.000 amendment is
00:27:43.620 relevant today
00:27:44.380 because of
00:27:45.080 misinformation,
00:27:45.960 disinformation,
00:27:46.700 hate speech,
00:27:47.100 all of the
00:27:47.560 excuses that
00:27:48.360 they give,
00:27:49.720 which are very
00:27:50.280 dangerous.
00:27:50.860 They tell us
00:27:51.440 that, no,
00:27:52.200 the second
00:27:52.580 amendment
00:27:53.000 shouldn't apply
00:27:54.640 because, and
00:27:55.280 they cite all
00:27:55.940 of these different
00:27:56.540 statistics of
00:27:57.420 tragedies that
00:27:58.480 occur in our
00:27:59.060 country,
00:27:59.820 but that ultimately
00:28:00.880 taking guns away
00:28:02.140 from law-abiding
00:28:03.160 Americans would
00:28:04.540 not actually
00:28:05.900 prevent those
00:28:08.100 types of tragedies
00:28:09.720 from occurring.
00:28:11.540 It would make
00:28:11.880 it more dangerous
00:28:12.640 and it denies
00:28:13.760 the reality
00:28:14.540 that we have
00:28:15.640 faced throughout,
00:28:16.720 I think,
00:28:17.040 the history of
00:28:17.620 humanity is that
00:28:18.440 if you have a
00:28:19.640 person who seeks
00:28:20.460 to do harm to
00:28:21.220 others,
00:28:21.780 they will find
00:28:22.860 a way to do
00:28:23.920 so,
00:28:24.640 unfortunately.
00:28:26.320 And, you
00:28:26.900 know, so,
00:28:27.400 go ahead.
00:28:29.480 No,
00:28:30.120 finish your
00:28:31.060 thoughts,
00:28:31.500 please.
00:28:31.780 I don't want
00:28:32.100 to interrupt you.
00:28:32.940 They will find
00:28:33.620 a way to do
00:28:34.320 so.
00:28:34.800 It's incumbent
00:28:35.660 upon us
00:28:36.540 now, again,
00:28:38.520 to understand
00:28:39.560 and recognize
00:28:40.420 the seriousness
00:28:41.480 of this moment
00:28:42.420 and the fact
00:28:43.620 that they are
00:28:44.200 doing all these
00:28:44.940 things because
00:28:45.500 they're afraid
00:28:46.180 of the power
00:28:46.800 of a free
00:28:47.240 people.
00:28:48.300 But we are
00:28:49.000 only powerful
00:28:49.660 if we hold
00:28:50.180 on to that
00:28:50.660 power.
00:28:51.520 Tulsi, when
00:28:51.880 you were in
00:28:52.240 town, I'd
00:28:52.580 love to do
00:28:52.960 another podcast
00:28:53.560 with you because
00:28:54.240 I find you
00:28:54.880 fascinating and
00:28:55.720 I actually think
00:28:56.520 you could be
00:28:57.020 a huge help
00:28:58.720 to bringing
00:28:59.800 our country
00:29:00.340 back together.
00:29:01.940 But the time
00:29:03.260 is so short
00:29:03.800 here.
00:29:04.320 I wanted
00:29:05.940 to ask
00:29:06.400 you, you
00:29:07.020 know, one
00:29:07.400 of the things
00:29:08.060 that if I
00:29:08.580 were President
00:29:09.080 Trump, I
00:29:09.760 would actually
00:29:10.220 consider you
00:29:10.780 as a vice
00:29:11.220 presidential
00:29:11.660 candidate to
00:29:12.380 unite the
00:29:12.900 country, you
00:29:14.600 know, after
00:29:14.980 much discussion.
00:29:16.240 But the one
00:29:16.920 thing I know I
00:29:17.880 would feel
00:29:18.220 comfortable appointing
00:29:19.180 you to is
00:29:19.760 Secretary of
00:29:20.600 Defense.
00:29:21.620 Our military
00:29:22.760 is a mess
00:29:24.740 and it's
00:29:25.580 because we
00:29:26.140 have all of
00:29:26.900 these woke
00:29:27.520 generals and
00:29:28.420 all of these
00:29:28.980 political
00:29:29.380 appointments,
00:29:29.900 they've all
00:29:30.300 risen to the
00:29:30.840 top.
00:29:31.100 The problem
00:29:31.700 doesn't appear
00:29:33.020 to me to
00:29:33.840 be below the
00:29:36.600 general and
00:29:38.000 all of their
00:29:38.940 apparatus around
00:29:40.980 them.
00:29:42.040 If you were
00:29:43.000 Secretary of
00:29:43.700 Defense, could
00:29:45.580 you clean this
00:29:46.420 up?
00:29:46.800 Is it fixable?
00:29:48.620 Yes.
00:29:51.100 Yes.
00:29:51.580 Unequivocally,
00:29:52.580 yes.
00:29:53.720 And your
00:29:54.440 diagnosis is
00:29:55.380 correct.
00:29:56.720 You know, it's
00:29:57.180 not by accident
00:29:58.780 that the kinds
00:30:01.020 of general
00:30:01.560 officers that
00:30:02.400 are rising
00:30:02.880 through the
00:30:03.360 ranks are
00:30:03.920 those who
00:30:04.840 are advocating
00:30:06.060 for these
00:30:06.880 so-called woke
00:30:07.860 slash DEI,
00:30:09.960 whatever policies.
00:30:11.500 The reason why
00:30:12.160 they've gotten
00:30:12.620 there is because
00:30:13.260 of their
00:30:13.760 civilian
00:30:14.220 leadership,
00:30:15.640 picking and
00:30:16.340 choosing people
00:30:17.240 who, who,
00:30:18.620 will not, I
00:30:19.200 mean, obviously
00:30:19.560 we have a
00:30:19.840 civilian-led
00:30:20.320 military.
00:30:21.300 Those in
00:30:21.920 uniform will
00:30:22.660 follow the
00:30:23.180 policies that
00:30:23.840 are set by
00:30:24.400 the civilian
00:30:24.880 leaders.
00:30:25.840 But these
00:30:26.300 civilian leaders,
00:30:27.180 Secretary Austin
00:30:28.100 and the
00:30:28.800 different secretaries
00:30:29.700 of each branch
00:30:30.320 of the military,
00:30:31.120 they are promoting
00:30:32.020 careerists who
00:30:33.900 have played it
00:30:34.660 safe, who have
00:30:35.700 done whatever
00:30:36.940 they needed to
00:30:37.540 do to go along
00:30:38.420 and get along,
00:30:39.220 to rise through
00:30:39.940 the ranks, and
00:30:41.060 have not been in
00:30:42.120 those positions
00:30:42.800 and have
00:30:43.280 intentionally so,
00:30:44.900 not been in
00:30:45.640 those combat-hardened
00:30:47.120 positions where
00:30:47.840 they've got to
00:30:48.260 make really
00:30:48.820 tough choices
00:30:49.640 that may come
00:30:51.100 with some
00:30:52.100 backlash.
00:30:52.740 But that is the
00:30:53.440 definition of
00:30:54.700 leadership, and I
00:30:55.480 can tell you, I
00:30:56.120 know personally a
00:30:57.300 number of officers
00:30:58.300 in different
00:30:59.000 branches of the
00:30:59.580 military who have
00:31:00.880 been shoved out
00:31:01.860 and forced to
00:31:02.660 retire because they
00:31:04.040 happen to be white
00:31:04.960 males, and these
00:31:05.620 are people who over
00:31:06.840 the last 25 years
00:31:08.920 have deployed every
00:31:10.600 single year in the
00:31:11.980 most harsh combat
00:31:14.840 environment and made
00:31:15.980 those tough calls
00:31:16.760 between life and
00:31:17.580 death, they've
00:31:18.500 been investigations
00:31:19.320 because of it, but
00:31:21.160 these are people who
00:31:22.160 have the kind of
00:31:22.900 experience that will
00:31:23.580 never be replaced, and
00:31:25.180 they're getting shoved
00:31:26.020 out and they are not
00:31:26.960 getting promoted because
00:31:28.500 of the civilian
00:31:29.320 leadership at the very
00:31:30.520 top of the Department
00:31:31.400 of Defense.
00:31:32.020 So yes, as a
00:31:33.460 Secretary of Defense, I
00:31:34.980 would 100% be able to
00:31:37.980 write the course, fix
00:31:39.640 what has become so
00:31:40.660 broken within our
00:31:42.020 Department of Defense,
00:31:42.860 and it starts with
00:31:43.980 putting the right
00:31:44.640 leaders in the right
00:31:45.700 places who put our
00:31:46.640 country first and who
00:31:48.040 really care more about
00:31:49.160 our troops than they
00:31:50.500 care about how many
00:31:51.780 stars they wear on
00:31:52.820 their shoulders.
00:31:53.520 I obviously have very
00:31:54.500 strong feelings about
00:31:55.460 this because I still
00:31:56.780 serve and I know
00:31:58.260 personally the
00:31:59.520 detrimental impact that
00:32:01.040 this administration is
00:32:02.240 having on our
00:32:03.620 military, their morale
00:32:04.880 and their capabilities and
00:32:06.100 readiness to be able to
00:32:06.900 do their job.
00:32:08.260 Tulsi, next time you're
00:32:09.460 in Dallas, please let me
00:32:10.420 know.
00:32:10.600 I'd love to talk more
00:32:11.640 about especially the
00:32:12.640 military and where we're
00:32:13.640 at.
00:32:14.100 Thank you so much.
00:32:15.040 I look forward to it,
00:32:15.920 Glenn.
00:32:16.060 Thank you so much.
00:32:17.160 You bet.
00:32:20.160 This is the best of the
00:32:21.700 Glenn Beck Program.
00:32:23.820 Lee, welcome to the
00:32:25.000 program.
00:32:25.720 How are you?
00:32:27.180 Hi, Mr. Beck.
00:32:28.440 I'm great.
00:32:29.240 How are you doing this
00:32:30.160 morning?
00:32:30.940 Very good.
00:32:31.600 Please call me Glenn and
00:32:32.700 I want to make sure I
00:32:33.680 got it.
00:32:33.980 It is Lee, not Leah,
00:32:35.300 right?
00:32:36.240 It's Leah.
00:32:37.500 Oh, sorry, Leah.
00:32:38.580 Okay.
00:32:38.760 So, Leah, what has
00:32:41.380 happened since we spoke
00:32:43.340 last time on the radio?
00:32:44.620 Anything?
00:32:46.040 Oh, my gracious.
00:32:47.220 We have been so blessed
00:32:49.580 by so many people that
00:32:53.880 have received the text
00:32:56.000 messages and emails that
00:33:00.240 Ashley Carroll, who is a
00:33:02.880 Board of Education member,
00:33:04.080 and Chairman Alan Beck
00:33:06.780 had sent around the
00:33:09.180 community and to
00:33:10.460 leaders of North
00:33:11.820 Carolina, spreading
00:33:16.040 lies about our child
00:33:17.900 being suspended from
00:33:19.700 multiple schools.
00:33:20.680 He's never, ever been
00:33:22.300 kicked out of a school.
00:33:23.720 And also giving us proof
00:33:26.900 that Ashley Carroll and
00:33:29.140 Chairman Beck were taking
00:33:32.260 part in sending around
00:33:34.120 my arrest records.
00:33:35.400 So, we have been
00:33:36.340 absolutely blown away
00:33:37.960 since your broadcast
00:33:38.960 because it allowed
00:33:40.740 people to step forward,
00:33:42.440 encourage, and boldness,
00:33:43.980 and share this
00:33:45.220 information with us.
00:33:46.520 So, I'm so thankful
00:33:47.600 that you asked the
00:33:49.740 community and the state
00:33:51.260 to step up in order to
00:33:53.260 expose this unethical,
00:33:55.760 defamatory, and cruel
00:33:57.360 text that they have
00:33:58.800 shared around.
00:33:59.420 You know, I read a lot
00:34:00.900 of the emails, and
00:34:02.880 there was one posting
00:34:05.940 that said, I don't
00:34:07.600 personally know this
00:34:08.340 woman who continues to
00:34:09.420 blast my child's school
00:34:10.400 all over social media,
00:34:11.800 but I believe a person's
00:34:12.820 past actions and
00:34:13.840 criminal convictions
00:34:14.920 make me question the
00:34:16.420 legitimacy of their
00:34:17.500 current narrative and
00:34:18.260 story.
00:34:19.020 There's always three
00:34:19.600 sides to every story,
00:34:20.520 and I find it rather
00:34:21.240 ironic.
00:34:21.920 No local news station
00:34:22.960 has run the story,
00:34:23.860 only right-wing
00:34:24.620 political news, I'm
00:34:26.060 just saying.
00:34:26.620 And somebody wrote
00:34:28.140 back and said, hey,
00:34:29.760 this is affecting the
00:34:31.200 child involved here,
00:34:32.900 I think you should
00:34:33.440 apologize.
00:34:34.620 And in an amazing
00:34:36.240 response, I sincerely,
00:34:39.080 no, wait, wait, wait,
00:34:40.140 wait, I would like to
00:34:41.700 sincerely apologize for
00:34:42.940 my post after thinking
00:34:44.000 about it, talking to a
00:34:45.260 mutual friend, I
00:34:46.060 deleted the post, blah,
00:34:47.160 blah, blah.
00:34:47.560 Then somebody said, you
00:34:48.900 should apologize to the
00:34:49.960 child, and they wrote,
00:34:51.920 I'm so very sorry my
00:34:53.040 post was shared with
00:34:53.980 your son, that was
00:34:54.700 absolutely never my
00:34:55.960 intention, yes, I
00:34:57.180 will apologize for my
00:34:58.240 biased judgment I
00:34:59.220 made, again, I'm
00:34:59.980 sincerely sorry.
00:35:01.120 I mean, it shows that
00:35:03.080 there are good people
00:35:04.220 out there.
00:35:05.740 There are.
00:35:07.320 She received that
00:35:08.780 message from actually,
00:35:11.560 from what we have
00:35:13.700 been told, one of a
00:35:16.820 family member of a
00:35:18.860 commissioner.
00:35:19.980 And when I requested
00:35:21.820 her public apology, she
00:35:24.080 did publicly apologize,
00:35:25.960 and I was so grateful
00:35:27.380 for that, but that
00:35:29.500 post is the post that
00:35:31.280 was sent around my
00:35:32.500 child's school.
00:35:33.820 So that post with the
00:35:35.580 mugshot and the record
00:35:38.180 is the post that was
00:35:40.400 sent around my child's
00:35:41.240 school, and Christian
00:35:42.140 received that post
00:35:43.380 before I did.
00:35:44.840 Oh my gosh.
00:35:46.120 Okay, so let me just
00:35:48.960 say that for anybody
00:35:52.060 who doesn't know the
00:35:52.660 story, Leah, mom, she
00:35:55.860 was arrested 14 years
00:35:57.240 ago.
00:35:58.320 She was arrested on
00:35:59.660 drug charges.
00:36:01.580 She was released over
00:36:03.300 10 years ago.
00:36:04.240 She served her time.
00:36:05.840 She's started her own
00:36:07.220 business in North
00:36:08.180 Carolina, had it for
00:36:09.280 many years.
00:36:09.780 She was appointed by a
00:36:11.280 superior court judge in
00:36:12.740 Brunswick County, North
00:36:14.160 Carolina, to be part of an
00:36:15.400 advisory board for that
00:36:17.360 county's commissioners
00:36:18.440 regarding substance use
00:36:19.900 disorder, nationally
00:36:21.420 accredited with the
00:36:22.840 Encompass Program of
00:36:24.060 America, where you
00:36:25.300 educate the public on the
00:36:26.660 understanding of the
00:36:27.340 science of addiction and
00:36:28.340 everything else.
00:36:29.680 She has spoken over 30
00:36:32.060 times in several states
00:36:33.460 regarding addiction and
00:36:34.600 recovery.
00:36:35.760 She's a prime example of
00:36:39.520 doing the crime, doing the
00:36:41.200 time, and then not just
00:36:43.240 putting her life back
00:36:44.360 together, but helping
00:36:45.680 others not do it.
00:36:47.760 And this school board
00:36:49.060 only released her arrest
00:36:52.000 record, and they did it
00:36:53.560 to smear you because you
00:36:55.640 were saying, you know, my
00:36:57.680 son, illegal alien is not
00:37:00.020 a race, and they called
00:37:01.180 him a racist, correct?
00:37:03.500 Absolutely.
00:37:05.620 Yeah, that's on the
00:37:06.920 write-up.
00:37:07.460 It says he made a racially
00:37:09.020 motivated, racially
00:37:10.440 insensitive comment saying
00:37:12.460 aliens need green cards.
00:37:15.020 That was the extent of the
00:37:18.120 write-up.
00:37:18.580 On the write-up, it says,
00:37:20.020 write a detailed description
00:37:22.100 of the events that
00:37:23.360 happened.
00:37:24.180 And the only thing they
00:37:25.220 wrote is, Christian made a
00:37:27.360 racially insensitive,
00:37:28.680 racially motivated comment
00:37:30.160 saying aliens, illegal
00:37:32.100 aliens need green cards.
00:37:35.480 Huh.
00:37:36.280 Interesting.
00:37:37.260 So let me go to your
00:37:38.180 attorney from the Liberty
00:37:39.460 Justice Center.
00:37:40.400 Dean McGee is with us.
00:37:42.720 I understand there's a
00:37:44.660 couple of possible legal
00:37:46.460 updates.
00:37:47.360 First of all, you received
00:37:49.620 new text messages from a
00:37:51.460 local leader.
00:37:53.260 Can you tell me anything
00:37:53.960 about that?
00:37:55.680 Yeah, Glenn, we've received
00:37:56.860 new text messages, including
00:37:58.420 a message that came in this
00:37:59.740 morning.
00:38:00.100 And these are all
00:38:00.900 screenshots.
00:38:02.320 I think the community in
00:38:03.280 Davidson County heard your
00:38:04.920 call, Glenn, to step up and
00:38:07.060 help Leah, because people are
00:38:08.560 coming forward who have been
00:38:09.780 contacted by board members.
00:38:11.460 And the message I'm looking
00:38:13.780 at right now that we
00:38:15.280 received earlier this
00:38:16.340 morning, this is a board
00:38:19.300 member, Ashley Carroll,
00:38:20.540 talking to someone who I
00:38:21.660 understand used to work in
00:38:22.960 law enforcement.
00:38:24.120 And she says, here's the
00:38:25.920 mom's record.
00:38:26.980 If you want to know the kind
00:38:28.180 of person you're dealing
00:38:29.240 with, didn't you work hard to
00:38:31.360 get drug dealers off the
00:38:32.740 streets?
00:38:34.160 So, you know, the only thing
00:38:35.820 is to let that sink in,
00:38:37.480 because he is saying, she is
00:38:40.180 saying, essentially, that her
00:38:42.000 son does not deserve a fair
00:38:44.500 process because of Leah's
00:38:48.220 arrest over a decade ago and
00:38:50.980 trying to guilt this former
00:38:52.520 law enforcement officer into
00:38:55.800 turning against Leah and her
00:38:57.600 son because of her record.
00:39:00.180 What is the more we get in
00:39:02.880 terms of messages from the
00:39:04.680 community, the worse it looks
00:39:05.880 for this school and for this
00:39:07.260 board.
00:39:07.500 What is the motivation to do
00:39:12.400 this kind of damage?
00:39:13.800 I mean, that just, that seems
00:39:15.780 like you're at a squirt gun
00:39:17.240 fight and somebody brings a
00:39:19.080 nuclear bomb.
00:39:22.100 I can't speak to their
00:39:23.900 motivation, but I think we see
00:39:25.760 this from government at all
00:39:27.380 levels, from the top right down
00:39:30.120 to the smaller local levels,
00:39:32.340 like a school board.
00:39:33.680 Pride, ego, the inability to
00:39:36.280 admit mistakes and doubling
00:39:38.440 down.
00:39:39.220 It's nothing new.
00:39:40.160 And Liberty Justice Center, we
00:39:41.460 sue the government at all
00:39:43.240 levels.
00:39:44.300 That's our job.
00:39:45.020 Thank you.
00:39:45.300 And we do it all the time.
00:39:48.180 Thank you for that.
00:39:50.860 Have you served papers yet?
00:39:54.400 I thought they were supposed to
00:39:55.660 be maybe served today.
00:39:57.900 Am I?
00:39:58.220 I don't know what I'm allowed to
00:39:59.500 say.
00:39:59.700 No, that's fine.
00:40:01.300 Yes, our papers are going out.
00:40:03.080 We had a meeting with our local
00:40:04.580 counsel.
00:40:05.060 We have on the ground
00:40:07.040 attorneys in North Carolina
00:40:09.940 who are working to get papers
00:40:12.340 served, working.
00:40:13.540 We're working to get an injunction
00:40:15.600 served against the school.
00:40:17.640 And the case is coming together
00:40:19.920 very nicely.
00:40:20.480 And the school board is as well.
00:40:24.620 The board is our primary
00:40:27.360 descendant because at the end of
00:40:29.040 the day, they're supposed to be
00:40:30.840 the backstop.
00:40:32.020 They set policy and they're
00:40:33.760 supposed to be the final word
00:40:35.180 when administrators mess up.
00:40:38.240 And as you can see in this case,
00:40:40.240 not only have they failed to step
00:40:41.760 up to help, they've made things
00:40:43.460 much worse.
00:40:44.440 Oh, yeah.
00:40:45.360 Yeah.
00:40:45.880 Any other updates you can give us
00:40:47.460 on the legal side at this time?
00:40:49.800 That's where we are.
00:40:50.680 That's where we are for now.
00:40:52.220 The only other thing I'll say is
00:40:53.900 that we're also meeting with
00:40:55.420 lawyers in North Carolina to
00:40:56.900 discuss possible defamation
00:40:58.560 claims that Leah could bring
00:41:00.900 against these board members.
00:41:02.800 Could?
00:41:04.080 I mean, that seems like a slam
00:41:05.540 dunk here, doesn't it?
00:41:08.140 Yes.
00:41:08.780 And again, I'll say the more that
00:41:10.540 community members step up and
00:41:12.640 expose the unethical and cruel
00:41:16.340 messages and false messages that
00:41:18.500 are being shared, the better
00:41:19.780 case we have.
00:41:22.100 Leah, I feel for you.
00:41:24.880 I really do.
00:41:26.240 Because to me, you are, you're a
00:41:29.820 symbol.
00:41:30.500 I don't know you, but from what
00:41:32.300 the story I do know, you seem to
00:41:35.780 be exactly what the redemption
00:41:38.720 process is all about.
00:41:40.940 You did the time, you changed your
00:41:44.240 life, and now you're helping others.
00:41:45.980 I mean, that's AA, quite honestly, and
00:41:50.080 the atonement of Jesus Christ.
00:41:52.520 So I just, I feel for you.
00:41:56.500 I really feel for you.
00:41:57.440 This is awful.
00:41:58.980 Thank you, Glenn.
00:41:59.940 That means the world to me.
00:42:01.720 I mean, for people to bring up
00:42:04.740 something that was done over a
00:42:06.660 decade ago and not look at the work
00:42:08.940 that was put in to, you know, to help
00:42:12.860 the community is disgusting.
00:42:15.760 I also received messages that Ashley
00:42:18.980 Carroll sent to another leader in North
00:42:24.900 Carolina, and she is of Jewish descent, and
00:42:30.060 Ashley equates what my son said to her in
00:42:35.460 this text.
00:42:36.800 She says, because the lady asked, what
00:42:40.960 about the Latino child who took offense and
00:42:43.840 threatened Christian?
00:42:44.940 And Ashley's response was, wouldn't you
00:42:48.900 beat a kid's A-S-S who was making
00:42:53.040 anti-Semitic comments?
00:42:55.800 So she equated what Christian said to
00:42:58.740 anti-Semitism.
00:43:01.200 It blows my mind how low this woman, who
00:43:05.740 is an elected official, will go to continue
00:43:10.080 to abuse my child.
00:43:12.680 There was another text that came out that
00:43:15.420 said, the mother of said child who was
00:43:18.540 kicked out, has been kicked out because of
00:43:20.960 multiple schools for being racist.
00:43:24.760 Yes, that was sent to the same person, and
00:43:28.240 that is an absolute lie.
00:43:31.060 Christian has never been kicked out of any
00:43:34.760 school, any school, and never, ever had a
00:43:38.680 label of racism placed on his record until
00:43:41.720 this happened at Central Davidson High
00:43:44.960 School.
00:43:46.140 And so that's just further lies that this
00:43:50.840 Board of Education is spreading.
00:43:53.440 They continue to just spread lie after lie
00:43:56.420 after lie.
00:43:57.780 I tell you.
00:43:59.580 People, there's more to the story.
00:44:01.720 There's more to the story.
00:44:03.000 Well, now, Glenn, we have the more to the
00:44:05.500 story.
00:44:05.840 And it is them spreading these lies and
00:44:10.220 unethical, defamatory statements to leaders
00:44:15.460 and residents.
00:44:17.220 I also had a local mother who worked for the
00:44:22.360 school that sent the message saying that she
00:44:26.080 has our total support, but that she cannot
00:44:31.080 share because she's scared she'll lose her job.
00:44:34.960 Oh, my gosh.
00:44:36.400 She said verbatim, she said, unfortunately, I
00:44:41.280 wish I could share all of this, but we can't
00:44:44.780 because we will lose our job.
00:44:46.320 But we do share amongst each other.
00:44:49.220 We know what's going on, and we are sick and
00:44:51.660 tired of it, too.
00:44:53.340 If it came down to it, I would absolutely
00:44:55.780 voice my opinion.
00:44:57.780 I do think that these schools have much work
00:45:00.920 to do.
00:45:03.240 Leah, thank you.
00:45:05.020 Dean, thank you.
00:45:06.440 If you want to help, go to libertyjusticecenter.org
00:45:09.780 and donate, or you can go to givesendgo.com
00:45:13.140 and just search for support for the McGee family.
00:45:16.440 This has got to stop.
00:45:19.900 I hope, again, the county of Davidson, every single
00:45:25.180 member shows up at the school board meetings and
00:45:29.100 demands them to resign.
00:45:31.340 No one seems to be really helping here.
00:45:34.820 The school now should be cleaned out.
00:45:37.100 If you have a school where this kind of injustice is
00:45:42.100 happening, and somebody in the school says, I agree, but
00:45:46.000 I can't say anything, or I'll be fired, what kind of
00:45:50.100 fascistic community do you live in?
00:45:54.000 You cannot allow this to stand.
00:45:56.560 Please stand up if you are in Davidson County in North
00:46:00.600 Carolina.
00:46:01.700 And to that person who is at the school who said that, is
00:46:08.420 your honor, is your word, is your compassion, is
00:46:15.060 your vow to Jesus Christ to live like Christ.
00:46:22.200 And I know it's tough.
00:46:25.620 You know, even the apostles in their hour of shame
00:46:31.820 refused to call him friend.
00:46:34.680 But I have to tell you, your job is not worth it.
00:46:39.140 If you are working for those kinds of people, it will
00:46:43.120 infect your soul.
00:46:44.860 You've got to stand up and take a stand and take your
00:46:48.920 community back for truth and justice and the American
00:46:54.600 way.
00:46:55.860 Dean, thank you for all that you do.
00:46:58.040 And Leah, God bless you.
00:46:59.480 And we'll talk again.
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00:47:03.920 Thank you.