Former President Donald Trump repeatedly paid little or nothing in federal income taxes between 2015 and 2020, despite reporting millions in earnings. Glenn explains why H&R Block can learn a thing or two or ten from former President Trump, and why we like him even more now.
00:14:46.860I didn't like wearing the mask before.
00:14:48.420And quite frankly, I looked at people who were wearing masks, and I'm thinking, you do realize that's doing nothing for you, right?
00:14:54.820It's supposed to cover your nose and your mouth.
00:14:56.720You've got it under your chin, like you're trying to keep your jaw in place.
00:15:00.760Or you're wearing it on the top of your hand like it's, I don't know, a kippah that I'm going to wear to services, but I'm worried about the wind.
00:15:10.560Half the people wearing these bandanas covered with mayonnaise and ketchup, you know exactly what they had for lunch, and they want to bring that back.
00:15:39.580I would have thought, because I'm wearing a Stanford sweatshirt right now, I would have thought with all we pay, the very least, they would have sent me a free sweatshirt or a baseball cap.
00:15:52.160Stanford says we have to eliminate harmful language.
00:15:56.080We're going to eliminate it from the school's websites and their computer codes, and they would really prefer that you not use the language either.
00:16:03.820The Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative is a multi-phase, multi-year project to address harmful language in IT at Stanford.
00:16:14.280And the goal is to eliminate, and I'm quoting here, many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, biased language.
00:16:21.820Now, the bias covers disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias, and bias one, get one free.
00:16:31.700There are ten harmful language sections.
00:16:36.240Ableist, ageism, colonialism, culturally appropriate, gender-based, imprecise language, institutionalized racism, person-first, violence, and then the all-encompassing additional considerations.
00:16:49.740Now, among the words that need to be removed, American, don't say American, use the phrase U.S. citizen, because, according to Stanford, American typically refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the U.S. is the most important country in America.
00:17:07.440Oh, wait a minute, people in the United States only insinuate U.S. is the most important country in the Americas.
00:17:13.120They point out the Americas actually comprise 42 countries.
00:17:16.560Well, if I could raise my hand for just a second here, Professor, the United States of America is the most important country in the Americas.
00:17:26.280Now, I know you like Canada, even though they're getting ready to, you know, eliminate as many people as possible.
00:17:32.980Oh, we're going to have assisted suicide, Jeff.
00:19:44.740Jeff Katz, happy to be sitting in for Glenn.
00:19:48.220Do you remember when you had your installed, you know, your south of the border?
00:19:57.120Remember when you had your equipment installed?
00:20:00.300Well, the reason I bring it up, I'm not trying to be overly intrusive or completely and totally nosy, but I'm looking on Twitter.
00:20:10.460A woman by the name of Kara Dansky writes on issues related to women.
00:20:15.320Kara, like, well, just about everybody that I know is concerned about women who are being canceled in this you-can-just-be-whatever-you-say-you-are culture that is now rising up.
00:20:58.540Remember, if you're an adult, fully formed, functioning adult, and you make a decision, you say, you know, I know I've always been a guy, but I'm kind of like Shania Twain.
00:37:57.960All right, so a bunch of partisan lunatics on the January 6th committee came to a conclusion we already knew they had, which is, we don't like Donald Trump.
00:39:40.380Yeah, Jeff, I mean, people may have missed it.
00:39:42.340But a couple of days ago at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, there was a very slick, very polished television presentation, right, that was given by this committee in Congress.
00:39:52.740And this sort of big conclusion that, yes, many of us absolutely saw coming was a referral of charges to the Justice Department.
00:40:34.440So what – I don't want to ask you to give a prediction because that's not fair.
00:40:38.880And frankly, if you can do predictions, I need Mega Millions and Powerball because my wife has just gone really, really heavy into easy spirit shoes right about now and we need to diversify.
00:40:51.900Well, I mean, keep in mind, there are principles in how our justice system works that you have to think people on both sides of the political spectrum should want to work the same way.
00:41:05.360And that is that if anybody is to bring charges against anyone, whether it's little old me or whether it's the former president of the United States, it should be done by career nonpartisan prosecutors in secret right now, blab it to the New York Times ahead of time.
00:41:24.260And it should be an objective look at the facts and the law and then a decision made about whether to move forward with any charges or not.
00:41:36.280So to do this effectively in public by one branch of the government whose job is not to execute the laws, it's to pass laws, right?
00:41:47.080And so this committee, the entire existence of this committee was a bit of a farce, right?
00:41:52.280I mean, they're supposed to form committees for the purpose of passing laws.
00:41:57.140So ostensibly, their creation was to look at the Electoral Count Act and figure out if we can improve the way we choose our electoral college vote.
00:42:07.740It was not to investigate and refer charges against somebody.
00:42:11.780So now the Justice Department, which is doing its thing, you know, on its own, now has this very public statement from Congress.
00:43:50.660And, you know, he seems to be a left-leaning guy, although he's been a longtime prosecutor.
00:43:56.740But, I mean, on paper, the idea is that he would make the decision, he and whoever's working for him at the department.
00:44:04.160In reality, it's hard to believe that both the attorney general and the White House wouldn't know exactly what's going on and have a say in this.
00:44:15.820And, again, you know, the fact that it's two years after the events happened, the fact that Donald Trump has indicated he's likely going to run for president again,
00:44:26.880it's going to be very hard for the department to say, you know, cases don't get better with age.
00:44:31.360They've been looking at this for a long time.
00:44:33.140And for them now to say, we're going to make an objective determination after Congress has made it very clear what they want us to do, that's really difficult.
00:44:44.200And, you know, there's three big things that, you know, a committee like we saw the other day that just wrapped up.
00:44:49.160There's three major differences between that and a real prosecution.
00:44:53.240One is that all the facts and evidence have to be put on display, not just one side of the facts, right?
00:45:01.940Second is that you actually have to apply the law.
00:45:04.280You can't make general sweeping statements.
00:45:06.780You actually have to prove element by element whatever charges you want to prove.
00:45:11.240And then third, of course, there's a defense, right?
00:45:14.100I mean, that was completely one-sided what we saw.
00:45:16.380And so any prosecutor, you know, knows that you're going to have to go up against a vigorous defense lawyer whose job it is to punch holes in your case.
00:45:25.320So that's very different in bringing a real prosecution than what we saw on Monday, which was a completely made-for-television, one-sided presentation.
00:45:36.800Joe Moreno is joining us, and he really is the smartest lawyer on God's green earth, a background that's just amazing.
00:45:43.180Being an attorney here in the United States, a solicitor in England and Wales, right?
00:46:06.840Jamie Raskin is part of this committee, part of Congress.
00:46:10.440He says, listen, we've seen all we need to see, and it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Donald Trump can never be allowed to run for office again.
00:47:02.380They didn't get the result they wanted, and so what this committee effectively now, two years later, this is the impeachment investigation that Raskin, and he was one of the lead guys back then, didn't get right the first time.
00:47:14.640So they're trying to take a second bite at the apple, and it's not going to go well.
00:47:40.000They might not like how he conducted himself in the days and weeks leading up to January 6th, but that doesn't make it a crime.
00:47:48.540That's a stretch, and that's where I think you're going to lose a lot of people who kind of scratch their head and say, hey, this isn't Congress's job.
00:48:02.820I like what you're saying, and I think it's going to be a very interesting play as it unfolds.
00:48:09.100Now, I want to thank you, number one, Joe Moreno, for being here, who really is the smartest lawyer on God's green earth.
00:48:13.720And with all of your professional and academic accomplishments, the real one that hits me is that you are a loving, devoted husband and father to a beautiful family.
00:48:23.520How many are we up to in the Moreno gang now?
00:49:07.060He is the smartest lawyer on God's green earth.
00:49:09.340If you want to read more about Joe, I put a couple of little details up on social media.
00:49:14.720Give me a follow over on Twitter, JeffCatShow, just trying to rebuild that.
00:49:19.260I'm doing my own experimentation now that Elon Musk has moved in, and he's hopefully riding the ship that is Twitter, JeffCatShow, over on Twitter.
00:49:28.120If you're with me on Getter, fantastic.
00:50:10.220But please don't forget about GlennBeck.com.
00:50:14.180I happen to be an unapologetic, unabashed fan of Glenn and his work, but I truly admire so many of the personal activities that Glenn's involved in.
00:50:25.660And you can read about a lot of them, as well as get the prep, if you will, when you sign up for Glenn's emailing from GlennBeck.com.
00:51:27.860But I believe God is putting it on my heart to reach out to other special needs parents and say, hey, here's what we've been through for 19 years.
00:51:39.520Let me help you navigate this a little bit.
00:51:41.060Let me give you a little inspiration, a little motivation as you're dealing with a son or a daughter.
00:51:47.980It could be other family members, but I think focus mainly on kids.
00:51:51.980So about six or seven weeks ago, I was in Dallas, Texas.
00:51:55.580I was selected to participate by the Ziegler Organization in their Ziegler Legacy Certification.
00:52:01.380It's an amazing, amazing group, right?
00:52:18.200But, you know, and they continue to train people and lift people up and give people like me the tools to go out and help others.
00:52:25.740So anyway, I'm down there in Dallas, and I thought, if I have flown 2,500 miles from Richmond, Virginia to Dallas, Texas, and I don't drop in to see Glenn, then shame on me, right?
00:53:47.860You, like, barely get off the deck, for goodness sakes.
00:53:50.780And you only get off the deck because you're going to get a beverage.
00:53:55.980Anyway, so I'm down there, and where am I to Tecovis?
00:53:59.640Chat with Glenn, chat with some of the team.
00:54:01.460And then I got a chance to go over to the museum.
00:54:05.320I can't tell you how blown away I was by this museum.
00:54:12.340This is like the real museum of real American history.
00:54:15.840A beautiful facility with so many vital documents and interesting artifacts.
00:54:23.520And I don't know if you've ever had the opportunity to see any of it or hear about it.
00:54:33.780But man, if there's ever an opportunity to go, you take it.
00:54:38.380You take it, and you can see up close and personal, firsthand, just how these legacy news media hacks and the uber leftists in America have done horrible, horrible things to rewrite history and trash our history.
00:54:58.980God bless Glenn and his team for having it.
00:57:30.820If you're like most guys, and I mean guys, you know, look, your mileage may vary, I know, but guys, for the most part, guys are not big shoppers and are not big shoppers on a regular basis.
00:57:45.400We, generally speaking, I know it's a sweeping generalization and somebody will feel, I don't know, triggered or offended or oppressed and I don't care.
00:57:54.720But for the most part, guys, don't go shopping as an activity.
00:58:00.620We do it like it's a reconnaissance exercise.
00:58:11.700I don't want anybody asking me questions.
00:58:13.960And if there's not a price on it, forget about it.
00:58:15.900I'll find one that has a price on it because I am not standing at the checkout line waiting for them to find somebody who knows what the price is.
00:58:23.340So I go in, I get what I need and I get out.
00:58:30.220Women, I know it's a sweeping generalization.
00:58:33.460Somebody's going to be offended and hurt and triggered.
00:58:51.960If we don't need anything, it would seem to me the prudent, intelligent choice to make is to sit here on the couch, relatively close to a bathroom, relatively close to the kitchen, which is filled with tasty snacks and enjoyable beverages.
00:59:09.440And more importantly, I don't really have to move.
00:59:12.540If I stay here long enough, I might become part of the couch.
01:01:42.720Steak, on the other hand, well, now you're talking.
01:01:47.540When I was growing up, steak was a treat.
01:01:51.160Here's what we had in my home as I grew up in Oxford Circle, the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia.
01:01:56.360We had chicken, I would say, four times a week, five times a week.
01:02:07.300We would have spaghetti and meatballs once a week.
01:02:13.640And then we'd have leftovers, generally speaking.
01:02:15.220But that was one of my dad's favorites.
01:02:16.720And then if we were lucky on that other night, week, day of the week, number seven, wherever that happened to be placed, if we could afford it, because we were poor.
01:02:29.540I don't want to tell you we were lower class, we were this, middle class.
01:08:20.200There's a big change that's happened in the last month or so.
01:08:23.860As Elon Musk bought the company and has been releasing these files, which you only know about because you're listening to Glenn or you're going to theblaze.com.
01:08:35.620The legacy news media hacks don't cover it.
01:08:38.000All of those real reporters and serious journalists, the Uber left water carriers who have been deployed to newsrooms around America, they won't cover it.
01:09:26.640I wound up working for the federal government for about 40 years.
01:09:31.380I've got far too many friends who are devoted, hardworking employees who happen to work for the government.
01:09:39.040I know too many people in the law enforcement components of the federal government who are honest and upright, and they're appalled by what's going on.
01:10:39.160Now, you put that together with the fact that Congress has now voted to, number one, refer former President Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal activity.
01:11:04.640Who the heck said to you you can take documents which allegedly are supposed to be private and then just stick them out there for everybody?
01:11:12.640It makes no sense unless there's just certain people you don't want holding power.
01:14:56.500And our success is much thanks to you and other people like you.
01:15:00.940As for Emily, as you mentioned, Emily's my older sister.
01:15:04.860She's 24 years old and suffers from cerebral palsy and the many challenges that come with it.
01:15:10.740And T.P. is different for everyone that has it.
01:15:14.000And for Emily, it manifests into global delays, in particular, gross and fine motor skills, cognitive skills, and her speech.
01:15:23.280You know, Jeff, despite Emily's deficits and challenges, Emily's more fortunate than all of us because she has a way of looking at things that not everyone else has.
01:15:34.820She can see the good in people and not judge them before even getting to know them, which is extremely, I would say, rare in today's society and something that's truly amazing.
01:15:47.520As you can attest, her smile is absolutely infectious, and that's because it's genuine.
01:15:54.020You know, when she's smiling at you, she's reflecting back at you the good that she instantly sees in you through that smile.
01:16:01.860And so, you know, the job force for disabled folks is rather scarce, might I say.
01:16:15.52080% of adults with disabilities are not active in the workforce.
01:16:19.920And because of this, you know, my family and I were worried that after high school, Emily wouldn't have anything to do.
01:16:29.480And she would just end up sitting on the couch watching Peppa Pig all day, which she might not mind.
01:16:35.140But she had been making bracelets ever since occupational therapy started soon after she was born.
01:16:43.780And so she's been doing that for 24 years now.
01:16:47.240And back in 2018, we came up with the idea to start Emily's Bracelets as it harnesses that unique skill level of bringing beads onto an elastic string,
01:17:01.660which is really amazing if you think about it, considering how much her fine motor skills are affected by her cerebral palsy.
01:17:07.880Her occupational therapist and physical therapist just did an amazing job.
01:18:15.760Four years after starting this, PJ, Emily, Emily just sold, made and sold her 19,000th bracelets, 19,000 bracelets.
01:18:29.420And I remind everybody that a portion of all of the money, and they're not expensive, but a portion of all the money goes over to Special Olympics because Special Olympics has played such a wonderful part in Emily's life.
01:18:43.500The idea that Emily was at some point painfully shy, I have to tell everybody, Emily is busy.
01:18:51.260She's in parades as the Grand Marshal.
01:18:54.040She's throwing out the first pitch at baseball games in Central Virginia.
01:18:59.140And one of the things that Emily and everybody there, Kristen and Dan are her parents and PJ, you've taken a special shine to people who serve with special bracelets honoring law enforcement and firefighters and EMS and corrections officers and every branch of the military, right?
01:19:21.400And, you know, a big part of those 19,000 bracelets were our first responder line as well as our military line, which, you know, we are proud to support both of those groups of people.
01:19:43.060And as you mentioned, we do donate a portion of every bracelet sold to charity, primarily the Special Olympics.
01:19:52.880And as of today, we have raised over $10,000 for the Special Olympics, but also for other organizations such as the Friendship Circle and A Better Understanding.
01:20:47.780But she beat out everybody, which gives, I hope, folks around America, as they're hearing this story, a little insight into just how much difference Emily and her bracelets have made in our community here.
01:21:01.080To me, it's just so heartwarming and so inspiring.
01:21:26.400And to think that the Morrissey family set up a business.
01:21:31.080I mean, Emily starts working with these beads as part of her occupational therapy and finds she has a real talent for it.
01:21:38.740I mean, you have to see some of the amazing beads.
01:21:42.180And they start off with the plastic beads, these pony beads, and then we've got wooden beads, and then they've got glass beads now for every occasion.
01:21:54.200And I don't know what your stock is on Christmas bracelets.
01:21:57.800Have you got Christmas bracelets that you can get in the mail today, tomorrow, PJ?
01:22:03.680Well, Jeff, let me tell you, this year we actually doubled the number of bracelets sold for the 22 Christmas line, and it is completely sold out.
01:22:15.480Every single skew that Emily designed is sold out for the season.
01:22:22.500That being said, though, I bet you have some that can still go out.
01:22:26.660That being said, we still do offer a bunch of different designs, like you said, starting with acrylic beads.
01:22:34.960We then added wooden beads, which have grown in popularity.
01:22:39.720And most recently released, we have a line of six Czech glass beaded bracelets, and those are absolutely beautiful.
01:22:48.980One of my favorites, for sure, especially the ruby red one.
01:22:53.360And then other lines to check out on emilysbracelets.com.
01:22:57.480We have an awareness line, first responder, military lines, and, of course, the classic line, which are all the bracelets that have been in Emily's collection since the beginning.
01:23:08.200You mentioned that you're also donating money, not just to the Special Olympics, but here in Central Virginia, supporting the Metro Richmond Police Emerald Society Line of Duty Death Fund, Friendship Circle.
01:23:22.580I'm so honored that Julia, my Julia, has a bracelet that is named for her.
01:23:29.900It's in the Friendship Circle colors of teal and purple, features a little music note.
01:23:34.920And so, if you are sitting back, as many of us are, guys especially, saying, huh, what's that Christmas's, you said, four days away?
01:23:44.220Jeez, I probably should have bought something.
01:23:46.100I'm telling you right now, you can go to emilysbracelets.com.
01:23:49.740You can find some of these beautiful bracelets.
01:23:51.460But more importantly, you'll be supporting a young lady who is making a difference.
01:23:56.520You'll be supporting a family who chose to help their daughter, their sister, make a difference.
01:24:03.780And I'm hoping that you and I will step up today and make a difference for them and visit emilysbracelets.com.
01:24:17.460But check out that website and just learn more.
01:24:20.480PJ, it is always a pleasure to chat with you.
01:24:24.140I am always, to put it mildly, inspired by Emily, but really heartened by you and your mom and your dad when I see the passion and the devotion that you bring to helping Emily and helping emilysbracelets.com and helping disabled folks in our community.
01:24:42.800You guys are the best of the best, and I appreciate you being here.
01:25:54.000Well, because apparently President Trump did exactly what everybody in America wanted to do, what we want to do, what we all want to do moving forward.
01:26:03.000We all believe that we pay too much in taxes, right?
01:26:06.100Well, you have to pay your fair share.
01:37:12.660You think all of a sudden cars are now perfect?
01:37:17.600I told you about my dear friend, my brother from another mother who owns and operates the best independent auto shop in all of central Virginia.
01:37:38.540You think there's anything wrong with having the talent or the skill to get under the hood or under the car while it's up on the lift and say, man, you see that?
01:39:11.820Now, if you're in plumbing, of course, you want new construction because everything is nice and clean.
01:39:17.000But the reality is, if your sink's not working or your bathtub's not working or your shower all of a sudden is spewing out mud or your toilet, forget about it, but it's not working, right?
01:39:29.540Well, I'm going to go take another one of those three-credit college courses to figure out what the sociopolitical implications are of the French artistic.
01:40:40.380And now Democrats in the House of Representatives somehow, someway get his tax returns.
01:40:45.240And they are utilizing their useful idiots, their tools in the legacy news media ranks to somehow make Donald Trump into a villain because, frankly, he didn't pay that much in federal income taxes.
01:41:00.800I, for one, say, good for you, Mr. President.
01:41:10.280We all want to pay our fair share, and we all want to minimize what we have to pay.
01:41:15.340And that's why there are thousands of accountants and thousands of tax attorneys, and clearly, some of the best were employed by Donald Trump.
01:41:26.180I think that this whole thing backfires.
01:41:29.400If you want to talk pure politics, I think this whole thing backfires.
01:41:37.140I think as Democrats say, oh, look at this, he didn't pay very much in taxes, there are going to be a couple of million Americans who say, wow, I wonder if any of his accountants are available because I'd like to minimize what we pay.
01:41:56.200Like I said, I go, I got my little computer program, I put it in, it spits it out, I'm done.
01:42:02.700But wouldn't you like to be in that situation?
01:42:04.480I think most Americans would, and I, again, think this backfires on leftists, and that makes me happy.
01:42:11.480It's a little bit like the banning of, what's his name, Keith Olbermann from Twitter.
01:42:16.460I looked at that, and I thought, well, I want to be sensitive and compassionate, but when your bathtub is filling up with liberal tears, you just get the rubber ducky, and you're sitting there, and you enjoy the whole experience.
01:42:29.760So, yeah, I'm back on Twitter, and I'm looking for Elon Musk to do great things.
01:42:35.320If you want to follow me over there, I would appreciate it.
01:42:37.120I'm just going to, honest to goodness, I am just trying to rebuild the numbers that I used to have before Jack and the rest of those folks said, hmm, conservatives.
01:42:45.980Nah, they don't need to talk to each other.
01:44:08.060I think back to a friend I had when I was a kid.
01:44:15.700Lived down the street from us in Oxford Circle in Northeast Philly.
01:44:22.840And he wasn't the best school student.
01:44:26.500But, man, he loved tinkering with stuff and taking stuff apart and putting it back together and making it run.
01:44:31.960And he realized, huh, I'm pretty good at this.
01:44:37.840So, he went and became just like Bob's son is doing.
01:44:42.960He became an electrician apprentice and journeyman and what have you.
01:44:46.900Well, he wound up being one of the largest electrical contractors in all of Philadelphia.
01:44:51.080And if I understand his Facebook posts properly, he's fundamentally retired, plays hockey, sees his kids, sees his grandkids, has fun, goes scuba diving in the Caribbean.
01:45:14.540But as we are saluting people who have degrees, can we at least be honest and just stop with this demeaning of people who make things and fix things?
01:45:40.700I am so concerned these days with the great reset that Glenn has spoken about at length, with the shadowy, secretive, swampy actors who seem to be doing everything possible to dismantle what made this country great and demean the very people who made this country great.
01:46:05.040I mean, here I am in central Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
01:46:08.260We've got a mayor who's working overtime, destroying history.
01:46:13.000It's like watching the Taliban up close and personal.