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Mount Rushmore of Terrible Congressmen

This chapter features a humorous debate among speakers about who deserves a spot on a metaphorical 'Mount Rushmore of terrible congressmen.' They discuss various political figures, primarily focusing on controversial Democrats while engaging with callers who add to the dialogue. With satirical critiques and light-hearted banter, the conversation highlights their disdain for certain politicians while also allowing space for moments of optimism.

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Speaker 2
Pat and Stu for Glenn today, 888-727 Go ahead, make the transition from Little Altar Boy to... I know,
Speaker 1
it's hard. Hall of Fame, Mount Rushmore of terrible congressmen. It's a little difficult. It is. It is. You can do it. But we can do it.
Speaker 2
We've been talking about. Here it is. We've been talking about the Mount Rushmore of terrible.
Speaker 1
A lot of great nominees. Eric Swalwell. God, I that. Come on. You've got to be on there. Pat, you know, sometimes you come to a situation in life where you can give ground, where you can compromise with the other side. And then you have issues that are your red lines. And Eric Swalwell is a red line. That man's face is going up. Yeah, it has to. On the Mount Rushmore of Terrible. I
Speaker 2
mean, if you're not going to charge him with treason, at least put him on the Mount Rushmore of Terrible. Just carve his face into a mountain immediately.
Speaker 1
Come on. You can get started on that one. That one's going on. I mean, Eric Swalwell's on this. Okay, that's happening. I want the chiseling to begin right there. Yes, he deserves it. Every little bit of it.
Speaker 2
Also on there,
Speaker 1
Adam Schiff. Maybe China will even pay for it. Right. It probably would help. Can we talk about Schiff for a minute? Schiff, I think, is... Schiff and Swalwell are very similar nominees. Sometimes when you have this, like the MVP voting, and this year, Aaron Judge won the MVP, and Juan Soto finished third, both on the Yankees. Sometimes you have maybe two guys on the same team, split the vote a little bit, something like that. I feel like there's just a certain quality that both Swalwell and Schiff contain that make them special. Very similar types of candidates. But here's the thing on Schiff. He's going to become a senator. He got elected senator. He's going to be a senator from California. Can we include senators? Or do you discard him and just stick to the House? These are House members that are terrible. If we do it that way, I mean, Schiff would still currently qualify, but I think we leave him off the list. I'm just crossing Schiff's
Speaker 2
name off. So we've also got, we got almost every member of the squad. Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar. Rashida Tlaib. Rashida Tlaib.
Speaker 1
Yeah. You got to have AOC in there. AOC. We got Maxine Waters and Debbie Wasserman Schultz nominated. Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi's, you kind of have Pelosi on there, right? Yeah, you would think so. She's a legend. A legend.
Speaker 2
Legendary terrible.
Speaker 1
Yes, legendarily terrible and so wealthy that her face might be in diamonds. They might use diamonds for her instead of stone. All right, and your nominations. If there's
Speaker 2
somebody we've forgotten, let us know. 888-727 Let's go to Tom in Alabama. Hey, Tom. You're on the Glenn Beck program. Hi. Yeah, I want to ask you to leave space for my currently newly elected congressman, because I predict he's going to end up deserving a face on Mount
Speaker 1
Rushmore. Who is it, Tom? Well,
Speaker 2
I'm in Alabama District 2, you know, newly reformed in Shomari figures. Shomari
Speaker 1
figures. Wow.
Speaker 2
Somebody I'm not really even familiar with. They just won election? That's correct. So he hasn't even served yet in Congress, but I think you're going to need
Speaker 1
a space for him eventually. Okay. I feel like we just got a call like, you know, I was watching a high school basketball game in Ohio and there's this player, LeBron James. You're not going to believe it. He's going to be a really big star. I feel like we're getting like that early call. That's kind of exciting. A new draft pick. Well, keep an eye out for Shamari figures. All right. Thanks,
Speaker 2
Tom. Appreciate it. Jeremy in South Carolina. Hi, you're on the Glenn Beck Program with Pat and Stu. Hey,
Speaker 1
guys. How are we doing today? I would definitely, if we can go back and just base it on stupidity,
Speaker 2
it's got to be Hank Johnson. Anybody that thinks Guam is going to tip over, you make the list. That's
Speaker 1
true, I will say. Now, we've got to make sure we don't put this Mount Rushmore on Guam because Guam could
Speaker 2
just tip over.
Speaker 1
My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that
Speaker 2
it will tip over and capsize. Oh, wait, you got to get the response? I love the response so much. We don't anticipate that. We don't anticipate that. How is that a real clip? I don't know. That's like the type of thing that people will think,
Speaker 1
oh, that was AI. That had to be AI. That can't be a real congressman asking that question. This is even
Speaker 2
before AI existed. It's before AI.
Speaker 1
So, yeah, that's real. All right, let's go to. I don't know. Is stupidity enough to get you on i feel like there's it has to be a i don't know what the right word is i do know the right word but i shouldn't use it um but like there's something that swalwell has that hank johnson doesn't like they're both dumb yeah but there's a stupidity with johnson that's like almost like you almost feel bad for the guy right
Speaker 2
right right i don't feel that way with eric at all. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff, that's purposeful. I'm trying to be an a-hole. Yes, yes, there's something there. And it's working in those cases. Helga in Utah. Hi, you're on the program. Welcome. Thank you. How about our favorite American Indian, Elizabeth Warren?
Speaker 1
Oh, Liz Warren's good. She's good. Now, again, we're crossing into the Senate there, which is not, I don't think, against the rules. But just thinking of how many people we have in the House by itself, it might be difficult. But she's worthy of consideration. Definitely. Elizabeth Warren is
Speaker 2
legitimately terrible. Yeah. Jeannie? Is it Jeannie in Massachusetts? Hi, welcome. Yes.
Speaker 1
Elizabeth was a good one. But I'm going to go with Trader Mitch the Squish. Mitch McConnell. Oh, the turtle. Interesting, the turtle. Yeah. I mean. The turtle. He does look a little bit like a turtle.
Speaker 2
Yes. And he's terrible, you know? For a Republican especially, he
Speaker 1
is terrible. He is in many ways terrible, I will say. But again, it's another senator. It's another senator, first of all. Secondly, you know, he did have a pretty clear role in the Supreme Court nominations. Oh, that is true. That is true. Again, I'm not against bipartisanship here. I'm not opposed to it, but he has done some good things. They're limited, but just him blocking Merrick Garland from the Supreme Court has to warrant him at least clearing of Mount Rushmore, I think. I don't think he's on Mount Rushmore just for that
Speaker 2
one act. All right. I think that's fair. Jeff in Ohio. Welcome. Good
Speaker 1
morning, Pat and Stu. Hey. How's it going? I think we had one go under the radar from Hawaii. Yes. Maisie Horrible Harano. This is great now the one thing i might say with mazy harano is the is the hank johnson as she's really stupid i believe she's the dumbest senator even dumber than hank johnson well he's a congressman oh that's right oh right senator in the senate i think she's the dumbest single person no you might. No, you might be right about that. She is a moron. Yeah, she's really stupid. But again, it's almost moron to the point I feel bad about it. Like Hank Johnson. So I don't know. Again, we don't make the rules here. We come together as a community, as a nation to build this Mount Rushmore of horrible. Yes. And so you might have a different set of qualifications, but to me, that's how it makes me feel. I just almost
Speaker 2
feel bad for her. Almost. Almost. Not quite. No, not quite. Almost. Let's go to Chris in Indiana. Hey, Chris. Hey, bud. Listen, I think you guys have forgotten the king of all of this. It ought to be there. And it's Mr. It Worked, Didn't It? Harry Reid. Oh,
Speaker 1
wow. Now we're going back to legends. That's old school. Yeah. And he's gone. We lost him. You'd think he wouldn't need to be current. He's obviously not. He's in the Senate, first of all. He was. And then he's no longer even alive. So I feel like, now of course that was the concept with if there's a if there's a a special
Speaker 2
senate of terrible uh mount rushmore he would definitely belong in that yeah if you're going back through all of history he has the audit i was thinking current house members and current senators okay so i'm gonna leave harry read off this particular mountain. Okay. Let's go to Tom in South Carolina. Hey, Tom.
Speaker 1
Hey, how you guys doing? I've got your rear end of Mount Rushmore. It will be Barney Frank himself. Now, again, I think the same restriction applies with Barney, but that's an interesting one because I think if you go back and you do historically, would Barney Frank be on there? He'd be in consideration.
Speaker 2
Definitely. Definitely considered. But it's been so long. Yeah. You know, what's it been? 15 years or so? It has been a long time. Now, I hate to ask this question, but... Is he even alive? Is he alive? Is that the next question? Yes.
Speaker 1
I don't even know. I've not heard from him in a long, long time, Barney Frank. Are you looking right now to see if he's... It does appear that he's still thankfully still alive. Oh, what a relief. Born in 1940. So he's actually... 84? 84. 84, wow. He should run for president for the Democrats next time out. Right. What are you talking
Speaker 2
about? I would just ask it the other day, who do they have for 28? There you go, Barney Frank and Dick Gephardt. And Dick Gephardt. Who I think is also still alive.
Speaker 1
Amazingly. He actually is. He actually is still alive. Good. Yeah. Yeah. You never get another. You know, when you're on with Pat Gray, you know, there's going to be a Dick Gephardt joke. That's like the defining characteristic of any show with Pat Gray.
Speaker 2
Yes. His name will come up. There's no question about that. It's true.
Speaker 1
So I feel like, all right, can I give you my impression of this here, Pat? Yes. You tell me if you would disagree with any of these. First of all, I'm putting Eric Swalwell on. He's on. Yes. Number one. Because, well, treason. Well, that's a defining characteristic he was too i don't know that he did it intentionally he's
Speaker 2
just so dumb he was sleeping with a chinese spy right but then he's just so brazen about calling out other members of congress it's about being so
Speaker 1
like it's about being so, having such a lack of self-awareness. Yes. That everyone mocks you all the time and you feel like it's okay to mock others. Yeah. It's like, it's just impossibly, like, stupid. That's why he must be on there. So, he's on there. He must be on the list. Number two on the list, and in no particular order here, but it has to be Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi has put together the resume of a champion. Okay. It has to be carved into the Mount Rushmore of terrible. Number three, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She defines a new generation of terrible.
Speaker 2
Yes, and she'll be terrible for a good long time because I can't ever see her losing that district in New York.
Speaker 1
No, but when she wins the presidency in 2028, we'd have to take her off because this is for House members. Right. But that's a few years away, and right now we can all be happy and act like everything's going to go well for a while. But God, I will say she was actually technically qualified. She's old enough to run in 2024. But 2028, I think you're going to get real conversation for her as the nominee. I bet you do. I think she's the Bernie Sanders replacement.
Speaker 2
Right. It doesn't mean she wins. At that point, she'd be 39, right? Yeah. She's in. Yeah, she's in. And then the fourth one, I'm...
Speaker 1
For myself here, Pat, because I think we have broad agreement on those three. Would you agree between you and I? I think my third one or my fourth one, I think I would put Rashida Tlaib on there. You need a real strong anti-Semite. And there's just nobody who does it better. I would even argue better than Ilhan Omar when
Speaker 2
it comes to pure anti-Semitism. Probably more outspoken than Ilhan Omar.
Speaker 1
Because, I mean, is she officially in Hamas? Do we yet is that is that is that confirmed or she
Speaker 2
just really likes them which one is it i think she's in leadership okay in a boss they've had some issues lately in leadership um so i
Speaker 1
don't know if there's openings um i think i would go with uh rashida to leave as my fourth any other anyone else you would put up there? I mean, there's some great names. People came up with some great names
Speaker 2
when they called in.

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