Best of the Program | Guest: Peter Schweizer | 7/16/26

Summary

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The Glenn Beck Program: Best of the Program | Guest: Peter Schweizer

Date: July 16, 2026
Host: Glenn Beck (Mercury Radio Arts)
Guest: Peter Schweizer (Author, President of Government Accountability Institute)
Key Participants: Ricky (Producer/Co-host), Jason (Team Member)
Main Themes: Joe Biden’s new book, the pending Presidential address on election interference, Chinese influence in US politics, the effectiveness of the SAVE Act, and analysis of contemporary American political language—especially “economic democracy.”

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Overview

This episode of "The Glenn Beck Program" dives into several hot-button issues at the intersection of politics, policy, and media narratives:

• Satirical and critical dissection of Joe Biden's new memoir and its promotional campaign.
• Anticipation and analysis of the evening’s marquee Presidential speech, reportedly centered on evidence of foreign (particularly Chinese) interference in US elections.
• In-depth interview with Peter Schweizer, who contextualizes recent allegations about Chinese election meddling and the response (or lack thereof) from American institutions.
• A historical and philosophical critique from Glenn Beck on the evolving rhetoric of the American left, particularly the phrase "economic democracy," and its relationship to socialism/communism.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Mocking Joe Biden’s Book and Promo (03:03–08:38)

• Glenn Beck humorously critiques Joe Biden's claim of authorship, reading a tongue-in-cheek “excerpt” mocking perceived gaffes and lack of awareness:
  • "Once everything settled down after the inauguration, I had to figure out what it was a vice president actually did. I asked Hunter if I could borrow his laptop to look it up..." (03:20)
  • Satire continues with references to accidentally entering wrong offices and confusion over titles.
• Plays actual audio from Biden promoting his upcoming memoir, “Promise Me America,” and notes the delivery is confusing and inconsistent.
  • "I got about 40% of that. I have no idea, honestly. Like there are a few sentences in there I have no idea what he said." — Glenn Beck (08:00)
• Comedic comparison: Beck and his team liken Biden’s delivery to a blend of Beck’s own “drunk voice” and his Biden impersonation.

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2. The SAVE Act and Republican Strategy (08:38–13:33)

• Discussion shifts to Republican efforts to pass the SAVE America Act (election integrity bill).
• Skepticism regarding Senate parliamentary excuses concerning vote thresholds and the filibuster:
  • "You want to have a filibuster, that means you get your ass up off the seat and actually talk until you can't talk anymore..." — Glenn Beck (11:00)
  • "There is no super majority to pass votes. None. ...This is something the Senate made up in the 1970s." — Glenn Beck (11:36)
• Ricky points out Speaker Mike Johnson’s pursuit of alternative paths for the bill and teases an off-record conversation with Glenn (13:24).

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3. Expectations for the Presidential Speech on Election Interference (13:33–17:20)

• Anticipation builds for the President’s speech, rumored to highlight Chinese interference in US elections and possibly implicate the CIA for withholding information.
• Jason (analyst) speculates the speech will detail:
  • Chinese meddling, possibly asserting that intelligence agencies discouraged disclosure in 2020 for political reasons.
  • Potential exposure of US-based activist groups indirectly supported by Chinese interests.
  • "I think there was more speculation that the CIA held information back when they got evidence that this was happening, which again would be another, you know, huge condemnation..." — Jason (16:15)

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4. Interview with Peter Schweizer: China and Election Meddling (17:48–29:03)

Foreign Interference and Declassified Evidence (17:51–22:15)

• Schweizer outlines two main revelations from journalist John Solomon:
  • "Number one, the fact that we know now in the 2020 election China was hacking voter databases in multiple states and that the CIA knew about this and ... did not want to emphasize it or publicize it because they thought it would help Trump in that 2020 election." — Peter Schweizer (18:30)
  • Large-scale trafficking of counterfeit US driver’s licenses, (20,000+ in one Chicago airport shipment), allegedly part of a coordinated campaign to exploit mail-in balloting (19:09).
• Glenn’s reaction is incredulous and alarmed:
  • "Oh my God." — Glenn Beck (19:09)

Could Trump Take on China? & Legal Financial Influence Loopholes (20:33–23:59)

• Schweizer praises Trump’s political courage:
  • "The Trump administration is willing to talk about [China’s aggressive actions] openly, which I think is good." — Peter Schweizer (21:36)
• Legal loopholes for Chinese nationals to influence elections via the “EB-5” investor visa program, with funds flowing lawfully into US campaigns:
  • "Tens of millions of dollars... literally flowing legally from Chinese nationals living in China to our political elections." — Peter Schweizer (22:28)
  • Emphasis that adversaries will always seek system weak points, so no single bill is a silver bullet.

Fake IDs and the Challenge for Election Security (22:15–23:59)

• SAVE Act is necessary but insufficient; fake-ID rings tied to China continue to operate unimpeded at home.
  • "China does not go after and prosecute these people... this is effectively, I would argue, state-supported by the CCP." — Schweizer (23:40)

Media Response & Broader Implications (23:59–26:37)

• Beck wonders how national media will react if the evidence is presented publicly and corroborated by intelligence officials.
• Schweizer suggests media will be embarrassed, will dismiss evidence as “speculative,” and continue focus on Russia over China:
  • "They need to walk away from this... very embarrassing posture they have of kind of taking China at its word. And, you know, everything is about Russia." — Peter Schweizer (25:38)
  • Points out the disproportionate attention to Russian Facebook ads vs. Chinese resources committed to US interference.

Rumors of Georgia Senate Fraud (26:37–27:44)

• Glenn probes Schweizer on rumors Trump will challenge the legitimacy of Georgia Senators due to election fraud.
  • Schweizer: “I have not seen concrete evidence... Until we can see otherwise, I have to assume those senators are there because it was an election that they won...with a lot of mail in ballots and a lot of irregularities.”

Geopolitics: Iran (27:44–28:59)

• Trump is expected to address Iran, balancing confrontational and diplomatic approaches.
  • Schweizer commends attempts at peace, but notes “there are a lot of times no quick solutions to these kinds of points.”

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5. Glenn Beck on Gavin Newsom, “Economic Democracy,” and the American Left (29:11–end)

Teaching Kids About America’s Past and the Danger of Euphemisms (29:11–*)

• Beck reflects on the importance of educating children on America’s historical flaws and the risk of forfeiting credibility to leftist educators if parents do not honestly address these issues.
  • "If you don’t tell [your kids] the bad stuff, when they hear it, they’re going to think you didn’t know. Or worse, you lied to them..." — Glenn Beck (30:30)

The Redefinition of Political Language (31:00–37:00 approx.)

• Beck dissects Gavin Newsom’s use of “economic democracy” at a recent conference, arguing it’s a rebranded communism:
  • "The term economic democracy has been around for a while. Why? Because you don’t want to call it communism." — Glenn Beck (29:15)
  • Quotes Newsom and interprets him as supporting abolition of private ownership and central control of the economy.
• Warns against the idea of turning over economic control to “democratically elected representatives” instead of individuals and markets:
  • "That’s communism. Why is that a problem? ... I know it is theft. I know that it is the architecture of dependency..." — Glenn Beck (35:32)
• Cautions against the “confiscators” and the loss of personal freedom, using historical analogies from both Iran and Soviet communism.
  • Compares potential outcomes to privileged castes and “special grocery stores” in communist states.

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Biden’s Book:
  "You really think he wrote that book? Not a chance. Not a chance. You know what? There is a greater chance we pass the SAVE Act than he wrote that book. And we're not going to pass the SAVE Act." — Glenn Beck (08:38)

• On the Filibuster:
  "You want to have a filibuster, that means you get your ass up off the seat and actually talk until you can't talk anymore." — Glenn Beck (11:00)

• On China’s Election Interference:
  "If you look at their ability to hack into voter databases and you look at what appears to be a systematic effort to generate large volumes of fake IDs, you merge those capabilities together, you have the potential for really affecting elections." — Peter Schweizer (19:56)

• On Parental Responsibility:
  "If you don’t tell [your kids] the bad stuff, when they hear it, they’re going to think you didn’t know. Or worse, you lied to them, you held that information back, and so you destroy all of your credibility..." — Glenn Beck (30:30)

• On “Economic Democracy”:
  "The term economic democracy has been around for a while. Why? Because you don’t want to call it communism... All models of economic democracy as conceived appear to be incompatible with capitalism." — Glenn Beck quoting Gavin Newsom (32:20)

• On Communism’s Corrupting Nature:
  "If you think this is corrupt now, think about taking and saying, we're going to elect because people will not change. And it'll. ...In fact, it'll get worse with power when the government..." — Glenn Beck (36:10)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:03 | Glenn reads/satirizes Biden’s book excerpt and critiques book promo | | 06:11 | Audio clip: Biden promoting his memoir | | 08:38 | Analysis of SAVE Act strategy and Senate rules | | 13:33 | Building anticipation: President's pending speech on foreign election interference | | 17:48 | Peter Schweizer interview begins; discussing China’s 2020 meddling exploits | | 21:47 | Trump’s willingness to confront China and legal loopholes for foreign influence | | 23:59 | Media likely response to Trump’s claims and evidence | | 26:37 | Rumors about Georgia’s Senate races and fraud | | 27:44 | Brief remarks on Iran and foreign policy | | 29:11 | Beck lecture: Gavin Newsom, “economic democracy,” and the philosophical battle over language |

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Episode Tone and Language

• Candid, combative, rich in satire and historical allusions.
• Skeptical of mainstream narratives and establishment politicians.
• Peter Schweizer speaks methodically and calmly, contrasting with Beck's high-energy, polemical delivery.

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Conclusion

This episode delivers Beck’s trademark blend of biting satire, libertarian critique, and historical perspective. Through entertaining (yet pointed) deconstructions of political rhetoric and a substantive interview with Peter Schweizer, the program challenges listeners to consider the stakes in contemporary American governance—from the quirks of campaign media to the gravest allegations about foreign influence undermining democracy. For those concerned with election integrity and philosophical clarity in political language, episodes like this aim to energize and arm the audience for the ongoing fight over America’s future.

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Transcript

[Glenn Beck]

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[Peter Schweizer]

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[Peter Schweizer]

You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck program.

[Glenn Beck]

So President, former President Joe Biden has written a book. Now, I don't know if it's just me, but I don't think he actually wrote the book. I don't think he actually wrote the book. But then somebody sent me this excerpt from the book and let me read it because that's kind of changed my mind. Maybe he did write the book. Excerpt from the new Joe Biden book Once everything settled down after the inauguration, I had to figure out what it was a vice president actually did. I asked Hunter if I could borrow his laptop to look it up. I learned that according to the Constitution, the vice president was actually the president of the Senate. What? I'd been a senator for 36 years and I had no idea we had a president. I figured we had the same president that everybody else had, but no, it was right there on Wikipedia. I was the president of the Senate. How about that? I went down to the Senate, I already knew where it was. And out of habit, I walked into my old office. A young gal at the desk greeted me. Good morning, Mr. Vice President. Are you here to see Senator Coons? Mr. President, I corrected her. I was the President of the Senate, remember? So I was the president here. I was embarrassed to admit I had walked into the office by mistake, so I just said, yeah, I'm here to see Senator Coons. Now, I had never heard of this bald guy before, but he had heard of me, and so he was nice enough to show me around his office. He had a big leather chair that was comfortable as all get out. I loved that chair. And I told him so, John. He said, of course you love that chair. It's your chair. I haven't even had time to get a new one. So I thanked him for his time and I left. I then wandered over to the White House, thinking maybe Barack would want to hear my views on some big foreign policy thing. Jim, Barack said to me, look, I know the vice president can get a little antsy at times, but we were just inaugurated Yesterday. Could you maybe find some things to occupy yourself with for a bit? I mean, anything I said. Anything you say, Mr. President. Of everything but the Senate. Call me if you need me. But he was already talking to Rom about something else, but I think he heard me.

[Joe Biden (voice clips)]

So,

[Glenn Beck]

I mean, that could be, that could be in his book. I'm not sure that he, he didn't write that. But now, obviously not a clip from the book. Okay, but what's more frightening, that or him talking about it yesterday on tv. Listen to this.

[Joe Biden (voice clips)]

Since I left the presidency, I've had a lot of people ask Joe, what have you been doing? I've been spending a lot of time with my family. I'm dealing with a cancer diagnosis and I've been getting treatment and it's been going really well. I want to thank all those, offer their prayers, their support and well wishes. It's meant the world to me and to Jill. I've written a book about my time as president. It's called Promise Me America. It's coming out in November and it's available for pre order now. It's about the challenges we face as a nation. About the decisions I made

[Glenn Beck]

and why I made them.

[Joe Biden (voice clips)]

Leading the country through Covid.

[Glenn Beck]

What?

[Joe Biden (voice clips)]

Rebuilding our economy and restoring our democracy after the attack on January 6th. Ending our nation's longest war in Afghanistan, strengthening NATO and supporting Ukraine. It's about why I chose to run for re election and why I chose to step aside. Most of all, it's about my faith in the promise of America. The promise we made to those of Gomi Forbes is to honor their sacrifice. The promise we made to one another and to treat everyone with dignity and respect. And the promise we made to future generations of Americans remain the beacon to the world. Promise me America is about my faith in America and the American people. I hope you'll read it and I hope it strengthens your faith in what we can do as a nation and a people.

[Glenn Beck]

I, I don't, I, I, I probably, I got about 40% of that. I have no idea, honestly. Like there are a few sentences in there. I have no idea what he said. Jason said to me, Jason, Jason got out of this morning when we were in the meeting and he's like, glenn, have you heard this? And I said I hadn't. Yeah, I hadn't heard it yet. He's like, Glenn, it's, you know, the drunk voice you do and the Joe Biden Biden voice. It's both of those put together. And he's right. The Biden voices the Drunk voices.

[Joe Biden (voice clips)]

Of course.

[Glenn Beck]

I don't know exactly what you're doing. I mean, I just. I love you, man. Put those two together and that's what you just heard. And that he wrote a book and the bullets. What I did is prison. And that is why it's important you read the book. I would read the book. I mean, you really think he wrote that book? Not a chance. Not a chance. You know what? There is a great, There is a greater chance we pass the Save act than that he wrote that book. And we're not going to pass the Save Act. No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. John Thune has a plan. He has a plan. And, you know, I, I trust. So he talked to the New York Post. Jon Thune told the Post that Republicans finally may have a viable strategy to pass the Save America Act. Speculated on the breakthrough by Senator Lindsey Graham. Okay. Trump claimed, I'll meet the press on Sunday during his final phone call with Graham. We're all set for the Save America Act. But the President didn't specify how. Republicans have repeatedly tried to jam the Save America act out. They try to jam it down the throat. 80% popularity, but they're trying to jam it down the throat. Perhaps what Lindsey Graham was talking to the President about, I don't know this for a fact, said Thune, was whether or not there was an option for reconciliation. And there is a way in which I think you could do that. Thune said. Wow, you mean the thing that we've been talking about for months now, you're saying suddenly there's a possibility that that could happen? What are the Vegas odds on Thune actually doing this? Seriously, what are the odds? What are the odds? Thune stressed the Republicans don't even have close to the number of votes needed to nuke the filibuster, which requires a 60 vote threshold to overcome. No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. George Washington was very clear on this. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, all very clear. There's one vote required and it takes you to 50. You need 50 votes. And unless it is something like a veto that you have to overturn, then you need a super majority. There is no super majority to pass votes. None. They were clear about this. This is something the Senate made up in the 1970s. And I'm so sick and tired of hearing them use this as an excuse. You want to have a filibuster. That means you get your ass up off the seat and you actually talk until you can't talk anymore. And it was made to buy time so you could get the American people to wake up and go, wait a minute, wait a minute. They're trying to hijack our democracy. And you tried to talk and talk and talk until people started to change their minds and call their, Call their, you know, Senate or their Congress member and say, hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? I'm actually for the guy who's talking all the time. That's what the filibuster was for. Not so you could just go, yeah, you can't pass it without 60. That's nowhere in the Constitution. Nowhere. That is literally something they made up in the 70s. I'm so tired of the. Ricky, you have more faith in these clowns and you have very little faith, but you have more faith than I do.

[Ricky (Glenn Beck's co-host or producer)]

Slander me that way. No, I don't have faith. I, I don't have faith in the parliamentary process at all. But I do believe that if I know Trump, he gets what he wants. At the end of the day, it may not happen in the timeframe that we want, but I do think that he's going to, for better or worse, exploit Lindsey Graham's death and everything that he allegedly meant to Democrats as well and help get this thing across the aisle. We, you know, we have some news from Speaker Mike Johnson. Apparently, he has another path that he's trying to issue with the Save America Act. We have a phone call scheduled off the record phone call scheduled for you and him after the show.

[Glenn Beck]

So we'll. How is it off the record if now you just announced it?

[Ricky (Glenn Beck's co-host or producer)]

I just said that you're having a phone call, but the details of the discussion are going to be off the record.

[Glenn Beck]

All right. Okay. Yeah, maybe. I'm looking forward to it. I. I'd like to see what. He is a good man. I like him. He's a good man. I don't know what the hell he's doing on this, except I think that they are. I, you know, they want to make sure that everybody knows that. Hang this around John Thune's neck. It already is around John Thune's neck. We all know that. So I don't care who to blame. How do you get it done? And I think that's what's happening tonight at 9. I think this has a lot to do with the Save America act because the president's going to talk to us tonight about voting irregularities as they come with foreign entanglements. Now, I just don't think there's a way he's going to mention China. I mean, he'll he'll mention, I think he'll mention Singham, who is connected to China. But I just, I don't think he is going to take China on and say China was interfering with. If he does, God bless him. But that's a, that's a big rock to push uphill is coming after China, especially with all the other, you know, rocks that we're juggling right now. But he says this is the most important speech that he has given as president and one that every American needs to hear because our elections are unsafe due to foreign players. And he's apparently coming with the evidence because it's not just him. Who else is with him that is going to back this up?

[Ricky (Glenn Beck's co-host or producer)]

Do you know lots of cabinet officials, members of the CIA?

[Glenn Beck]

Right.

[Ricky (Glenn Beck's co-host or producer)]

Let's see here.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, lots of three letter words, right? Yeah. So. So he like the war. What are three letter words? You mean three letter H, doj, CIA. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I'm the tired one and I'm making fun of her. Oh, Glenn, you are so stupid. Don't mess with Ricky and don't mess with Ricky when you've had no sleep and she has. Anyway, I'm anxious to see what he has to say. Jason, any inside, any feelings on what he's going to talk about tonight.

[Jason (Glenn Beck's team member or analyst)]

So the rumors have been all over the place, but I think what most news outlets have been focusing on over the least the past 12ish hours or so is that Trump will allege that Chinese meddling in us that the Chinese have been meddling in US Elections.

[Glenn Beck]

And you think he's going to say

[Jason (Glenn Beck's team member or analyst)]

it like that so that, I mean, there might be.

[Glenn Beck]

I mean, glad he is if he does.

[Jason (Glenn Beck's team member or analyst)]

Yeah, I, I think it'd be great if he actually just came strong, just went hard on it. I think that there was more speculation that he was going to go even further and say that the CIA held information back when they got evidence that this was happening, which again would be another, you know, huge condemnation on our side as well. But I, it would be very, very interesting if he not only talked about that, but also traced money trails. So you mentioned like Neville Roy Singham, you know, in China specifically, different groups within the United States that they, you know, maybe some of their funding has, has filtered down to some of them. Are they, are these some of the same groups that are the usual suspects that we see, you know, rapidly, instantly mobilizing every single time something happens with ICE or whatever? That's the kind of stuff that I would see that I would like to Hear. Maybe I'm hoping for too much, but

[Glenn Beck]

wow, if that happens, I mean, the one thing the President is, he's the showman. He knows how to gather an audience and he knows how to put on a show. So we will see tonight. It should be, it's highly anticipated. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program and we really want to thank you for listening. Peter Schweizer, host of the Drill down, also the author of the Invisible Coup, and the President of Government Accountability Institute. Hi, Peter, how are you?

[Peter Schweizer]

Hey, I'm good, Glenn, great to be with you as always. Thanks for having me.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, thank you. So what do you think the President's gonna say tonight?

[Peter Schweizer]

I think he's gonna focus on several aspects of foreign interference. I think China is going to be a central player in that. And I base that on, on where the information chain has been going with regards to some of the documents that have been declassified. And I would say front and center in this in terms of driving this has been John Solomon, friend of mine, friend of yours, who has had a lot of documents declassified. And there are two sort of shocking things that he brought out as a journalist. He's now working temporarily as a so called called sge, special government employee with the White House to help in the declassification process. But two things, Glenn, that, that he has already exposed. Number one, the fact that we know that now in the 2020 election China was hacking voter databases in multiple states and that the CIA knew about this. And according to John's report reporting, which is again based on documents, the CIA did not want to emphasize it or publicize it because they thought it would help Trump in that 2020 election.

[Glenn Beck]

Oh my God.

[Peter Schweizer]

What becomes, yeah, what really becomes frightening is when you merge that with the second big explosion he has. So you have China hacking into voter databases in multiple states. Then also in 2020, what did we have reported? The FBI got a tip that China was looking for ways to exploit the mail in election balloting system. And one of the ways in which they were potentially going to do that was through fake IDs. And lo and behold, there was a lot of reporting, official government reports, customs, border patrol, et cetera, that just at Chicago O' Hare alone, there were 1500 shipments involving more than 20,000 counterfeit driver's licenses. So Glenn, if you look at their ability to hack into voter databases and you look at what appears to be a systematic effort to generate large volumes of fake IDs, you merge those capabilities together, you have the potential for really affecting Elections.

[Glenn Beck]

Okay, so there's a couple of things. First of all, yeah, I'm glad if he says all this stuff. I'm glad. But I, I worry. Is he willing to take on China like this? This is a very big deal when it comes to our, you know, political relationship with China, is it not?

[Peter Schweizer]

It is. And of course, China vehemently denies that they are involved in our internal affairs at all, which is, of course, a joke. Everything from fentanyl to some of the political disruptions in our country, China's involved in. And what I would say is, you know, Trump is, as you put it quite well, There's a lot he's juggling right now. But what I will tell you is this. Agree or disagree with him on, you know, the 2020 election, this has been a passionate topic for him, election integrity and, you know, with the SAVE act and everything else going on. So I think if he is going to risk the wrath of China, which he has done in the past, is probably going to be on an issue like this that he's very, very passionate about. And I think the most important thing here, Glenn, is that we're actually now going to start having this conversation that you and I have been having for a while on a nationwide basis. The fact that China is engaged in a lot of aggressive actions within our country. The Biden administration wanted to bury that. The Trump administration is willing to talk about it openly, which I think is good.

[Glenn Beck]

So the other thing, you know, if, number one, China hacking our voter database and the CIA covering it up. Remarkable. Two, FBI tip exploiting the mail, the mail in ballots and sending in fake IDs. How do you get around the fake ID thing? If you're talking about you need ID for the SAVE act, what, where does that put the SAVE act and what has to be done to stop that?

[Peter Schweizer]

Well, look, I think the SAVE act is absolutely necessary, but as it is with so many things, there's no silver bullet. You know, the problem is that our adversaries are very smart. They shift around, they, they shift the terrain and they exploit things that are, you know, even ostensibly legal. So, you know, one of the things that, Glenn, you and I talked about earlier this year is how China has exploited our EB5 immigration program, which, which, you know, you invest in the country, you get permanent resident status. 90% of the people doing this are Chinese. They don't even actually live in the United States. They're supposed to, but what that allows them to do is legally donate to American political campaign, campaign. So they're donating there's tens of millions of dollars that we've been able to calculate. It's probably much higher of money that's literally flowing legally from Chinese nationals living in China to our political elections. You know, you can take various actions to restrict that. They're going to try to find other ways. It's like water going downhill. It's going to figure out a way around the barrier. So we cannot afford, assume the save Act's going to fix everything. But we absolutely have to plug these holes. And the issue with fake ideas is a real one. And one of the things that should be pointed out is, you know, China does not go after when these rings are exposed that are producing these fake IDs, China does not go after and prosecute these people. They allow them to continue to operate, which indicates that this is effectively, I would argue, you state, supported by the ccp. This is, this is part of what their effort is.

[Glenn Beck]

Peter, what is the mainstream media going to say if he comes out with this evidence? And, you know, I know John Solomon, you know, we, you know, I trust John like I trust you. There are very few reporters that I really trust. John is one of them. You're another one that I know that you have turned over every stone and you are not a political hack. And everybody in the media knows that, too. About, about John Solomon. I mean, he's worked for all of them and he has deep, deep integrity. So he's saying this, he's uncovered all this. Now the President is going to say it. He's, he's going to have the CIA standing next to him when he says these things. What is the media going to say? What's their pushback going to be on this?

[Peter Schweizer]

Well, first of all, let's remember that in effect, the media is, at least a lot of the media is kind of complicit in this, right, because they have, pooh, pooh. They have pushed the Russian narrative and downplayed the China election meddling, which has come up from time to time. So it's essentially showing them with their pants down. So it's going to be embarrassing to them. I think we're going to hear people, people saying, well, you know, this is speculative. Even though there are actual documents that say this, they're going to say, you know, it's exaggerated. They're going to say it's, it's, you know, Trump's mad about losing 2020 and this is sort of a personal vendetta. But again, all of that is ignoring what the actual evidence points to. And if you look at the documents. I mean, John has released some of these documents earlier this year. It's very clear, clear. They say exactly what he says. So I think the key thing is, you and I, we need to continue to say follow the facts, follow the evidence, because it is all very clear what China's doing. And they need to walk away from this. I would argue, very embarrassing posture they have of kind of taking China at its word. And, you know, everything is about Russia. Look, Russia spent, what, $180,000 on Facebook ads in 2016. And you had all these exposes. And yes, that should be exposed, all these exposes. What China's doing is on a much larger, much more industrial scale. The capacity with which they can do it, the resources they have, the united front groups that you've talked about that are out there getting involved in elections. They need to focus. Focus their attention on that. And I hope we're going to start seeing that from, from some of these news outlets. But I'm not. I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Glenn Beck]

Have you heard the rumor that he's going to be talking about the senators from Georgia and how they're illegitimate because of fraud?

[Peter Schweizer]

I have not. I have. I have not heard that. I, I know that has been a subject of some discussion, but I have not heard whether that's going to be, you know, specific to the speech or not.

[Glenn Beck]

Can you. So I don't know. I've heard speculation that it is, and I don't. I don't know. I want to ask you about the story. You find credence to that story.

[Peter Schweizer]

I have not looked into it. What I would say is, of course, in Georgia, the margin of victory was pretty narrow. I have not seen because, again, I have not looked into it. I have not seen concrete evidence of the actual manipulation of the number of votes that were necessary to win those seats. That's the way that I look at it. Until we can see otherwise, I have to assume that those senators are there because it was an election that they won in a very, very weird year with a lot of mail in ballots and a lot of irregularities.

[Glenn Beck]

Anything else you think he's going to speak about tonight? Iran?

[Peter Schweizer]

I think he will probably address a number of subjects and I think in, you know, as it comes to Iran, look, it's. It's a very difficult situation. But I think if you believe what the intelligence told him and what he saw and what the immediate objective was, which was to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability, he took political action. And I think now he is at the point where he gave Iran an opportunity for a peace agreement. Probably not great chances that that was going to happen. And now we are back at square one. And what it's really led to in the region, honestly is a lot of countries, Arab countries, are starting to align more aggressively with the United States. So, so it's we always want, I think, in the world, Glenn, on the global stage, quick solutions to things. There are a lot of times no quick solutions to these kinds of points. So I think he's certainly going to address it, but I think he's done well to not allow that to be the overhang of every single thing that we're talking about, which is certainly what happened to George W. Bush in Iraq.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah. Yeah. Peter, thanks. Thanks as always. God bless you. Appreciate it.

[Peter Schweizer]

Thanks, Glenn. You too.

[Glenn Beck]

You bet. Peter Schweizer, this is the best of

[Peter Schweizer]

the Glenn Beck Program.

[Glenn Beck]

I want to share with you what Gavin Newsom said at this annual conference of the national association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Okay. The term economic democracy has been around for a while. Why? Because you don't want to call it communism. It's really weird. I'm telling you not to use the word communist for for a completely different reason. I'm trying to teach you every day how to and I'm sorry, I don't mean to come off, that sounded really condescending. I am a guy who is struggling every day trying to figure out how to teach my kids how to be stronger in defending and understanding our republic. And my kids come home to me and they talk about Marxism. They talk to me about how many communists and Marxists there are. And they talk to me about how they are struggling, you know, defending Jews. And they're like, dad, it's getting really bad. It's getting really, really bad. And so this summer I am taking my kids. I'm taking I can't remember last time I took two weeks off, but I'm taking two weeks off and I am taking my kids on a history tour and I'm going to teach them a few things and I want them to see things firsthand and try to put my kids feet in concrete. And you know, whatever I learn, I'll share with you. So you can maybe, because I know we're struggling with the same stuff. So I don't mean to come off egotistical when I say I try to teach this to you every day. I'm a dad struggling just like you. And so I really think that when we talk to people, when we're older. There's a couple of things I know that are true. One, if you don't teach your kids about the bad things of America, and I mean really go into it and tell them about all of the horrible things that our country has done in the past, if you're not clear on slavery, you know, the medical experiments that we did on black people, all of that stuff, if you don't tell them the bad stuff when they hear it, they're going to think you didn't know. Or worse, you lied to them, you held that information back, and so you destroy all of your credibility. And then the person who told them the bad stuff suddenly has credibility. So you've got to teach them that. I know that is true. One of the other things I know is true is we are losing the battle against literally what you and I know as communism. We're losing that battle. And we're losing it the same way the Iranians lost it when they had a coup and it became a Islamic state, the Marxist said, we'll help you as the Islamist, because we want the same thing, a destruction of this regime. And so we'll gather and we'll organize all of the college kids and you organize all of the mosques and we'll work together and we'll overthrow it together, and then we'll live happily ever after. Well, we all know how that happened. The Marxists, 60,000 of them in the next year or two in 1979 were rounded up, killed, jailed, or just disappeared. So it doesn't end well for the Marxist. But that's the way it was done in 79, and that's the way it's happening here. And we're not dealing with socialists like we have understood socialism before, you know, oh, we just want Swedish, you know, health care. First of all, I've told you in the last few weeks, look up Swedish socialism. It doesn't exist anymore. Not the way everybody's saying they are more free and their taxes, while they are higher. They do not penalize the rich. They don't penalize people who are builders, and they don't give stuff just to as freebies. Everybody pays a share in Sweden, okay? They changed all of these things in the 90s because they were. They were dying economically. But if we are going to make this case to our kids, we're going to make this case to help them make the case and what they're fighting. The minute you say, well, you're just a communist, some people are. But I think, as I told you yesterday, the vast majority of people who are now saying they're socialist have no idea really what socialism means. They certainly don't know what communism means. I told you that the Socialist Democrat, the Socialist Democrats of America, dsa, that they're the ones who are doing most of the organizing and the wins, you know, for the socialist candidates all over. They're the ones with the momentum. I told you the other day, their own polling, internal polling from them. Not from me, from them. Shows 50. Let's have like 51% of their board are communists. But communism doesn't mean anything to the younger generation. And it's easy to dismiss and have people roll their eyes, oh, yeah, it's a communist. So we have to find other ways to attack. But I want you to know that what Gavin Newsom was talking about is the definition of communism. I just want to quote him. Rather than being made unilaterally by private actors, important decisions about production are the results of broad deliberation processes among workers and potentially other constituencies. All models of economic democracy as conceived appear to be incompatible with capitalism. Okay, I'm still quoting. It is not the owners of capital or the anonymous forces of the market, but the democratic voices of all citizens that control the economy. We vote to make houses free, for example. Owners don't get to decide anymore how their resources are used, which means that ownership ceases to exist. We're talking about now the end of ownership. It's not the owners of capital or the anonymous forces of the market, but the democratic voices of all citizens that control the economy. When they say the democratic voices of all citizens, what does that mean? That means you go and you hire a representative. That's the democratic part. You hire, you vote for somebody to go to Congress and represent you. And then those people are the ones that control the market in your name because they were democratically elected. It doesn't mean we're all going to get together and go, yeah, okay, you know what, John? Uh, you know what? You're on our side. You're not gonna pay any taxes. Uh, and what are we gonna do about. About the factory that we're all working in right now? You might organize into a union, which communists love. But what they're saying is you'll be represented in Washington and they will make the decisions, not the owners of the Capitol or the anonymous forces of the market. What is the anonymous force of the market? It is what capitalism is. But you want to know that this is not. Has nothing to do with capitalism, Nothing to do with anything other than communist economics. Is that Phrase, the anonymous forces of the market. That is the invisible hand of the market. And this is why things always break down in communist countries, because they get rid of the invisible hand and they let who? The democratic elected voices in Moscow or in Washington or wherever control the economy. Not the invisible hand. What is the invisible hand? This comes from Adam Smith. It means that nobody can control everything. Nobody in a central city can say, you know what's going to happen right now in Peoria? You know what people are doing. You know, this is how. This is how everything works. This is how the Internet works. Nobody's controlling the Internet. They're trying to, but generally speaking, nobody's controlling the Internet. What the Internet, when it's at its very best, it's completely free. And whatever people are talking about on the Internet, that kind of bubbles up and it becomes a trend. When the government comes in and says, we can't let the invisible hand of the market, we've got to tell you, you know, hey, you know what needs to be trending? The black box. Everybody's got to put a black box on and they fake that and they put that up at the top. That's not real. And that's why eventually it all falls apart. You need to have what's real bubbling up from the. From the average person bubbling up. And you watch. That's how you know. You know what? We have a grain shortage over here. We need more paper towels over here. Whatever. It's by watching that invisible hand, what people are doing and seeing, that's how you get a better bikini and you get a better car because people vote with their wallets one by one as individuals, and then that all bubbles up. That's the invisible hand of the market. What Gavin Newsom is talking about now is getting rid of the you and what you spend and how you spend it and what you like and what you don't like, based on what you're engaging with and saying that you voting for your representative in Washington, they'll be better at deciding what the economy should do than all of us in our individual lives every day. That's communism. Why is that a problem? Not because I'm a fan of capitalism or the free market. I am a free market guy. I do believe in the invisible hand of the free market. It's the best system. As Winston Churchill said, it's the worst system, except for all of the other systems. So I am a fan of that. I know it's flawed, but that is the best system. I'm not fighting against this because I'm a fan of this system. I'm not fighting for this system because it's the best in the world. I'm fighting against this, this, the confiscators, the, the, the, the thievery of communism because I know what it does. I know it is theft. I know that it is the architecture of dependency, that once they start, once you have to go to your elected official and say, hey, can I have more, please? You think corruption is bad now? Wait until that's why they eventually had special lanes and special supermarkets in all of these communist countries. The elected people, the important people, they don't struggle like you do. You'll get the schlep grocery store. But the people who mean something, who are part of the system, part of the party, they get a special grocery store. They get special stores that used to bring things in from the West. They can buy it. You can't, because they're more important. If you think this is corrupt now, think about taking and saying, we're going to elect because people will not change. And it'll. In fact, it'll get worse with power when the government. Because if the government abolishes. Let's say this is their latest idea. Yesterday, part of the Democratic Socialists of America's platform is get rid of the Senate, get rid of the president, get rid of the Senate. Only have a people's House. That, I mean, that's the proletariat. That's what they always do. It's the same thing they always do. Those people go corrupt so fast. Why? Because there's no check or balance. All of the people in that room are the power. And if somebody like me says, hey, wait a minute, what's going on? You're disappeared. You're shut down. If you think you're going to be able to protest. You know how I know we don't have a fascist government right now? You're able to go out and protest. You know how I know you don't have a communist government right now? Because you can go out and protest. Whether you're on my side or another side, everybody can go out on the street and they can protest. I can get on a podcast and say what I believe I can. I can challenge the government that comes from a free market. That is not going to come from a. What do they call it? Economic democracy. Trust me, read history and teach this to your children.