Glenn Beck RIPS Joe Biden for hypocritical response to SCOTUS ruling



President Biden might need to take a break from the podium.

After the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, the president gave a speech slamming the court’s ruling — which granted former president Donald Trump absolute immunity for presidential actions and presumptive immunity for “official actions.”

Biden claimed in his speech that the ruling allows Trump to do anything, including going after political opponents with the law.

“What I’ve been hearing, Glenn, over the past 24 hours, my understanding is the Supreme Court gave a James Bond license to kill to the president of the United States,” Stu Burguiere jokes to Glenn Beck.

And he’s not wrong — as that is what Biden alluded to.

“This nation was founded on the principle there are no kings in America. Each, each of us is equal before the law. No one is above the law,” Biden said, stumbling through his words. “Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits to what a president can do.”

“It’s a dangerous precedent, because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law,” the president continued.

Glenn can’t believe what he’s hearing and points out the blatant hypocrisy.

“What they’re saying is he’s going to silence speech. Donald Trump will silence any dissent. And that’s not happening now,” Glenn says sarcastically.

“Let’s say you’re running against a guy who Donald Trump didn’t think he could beat, then he would just make up some charges and then get the guy arrested and then keep him, you know, in the court system, until you finally got him into jail. That’s what Trump could do,” he adds.

Biden was being a hypocrite regarding not only the attempted jailing of Trump but also the jailing of those who participated in the protests on January 6.

“If we’re really going to go all the way, what should be terrifying is that Donald Trump could just round up a whole group of people because he didn’t like them, you know what I mean?” Glenn says.

However, as the Supreme Court ruled, the president’s actions must be constitutional.

“If the president acts in an unconstitutional way, then you can get him. But unless it’s unconstitutional, he can’t do it. So it would be unconstitutional to round up the people that disagreed with you. It would be unconstitutional to silence those who oppose you. It would be unconstitutional to go after your opposing political foe and try to put them in jail,” Glenn continues.

“All things that Joe Biden is currently doing.”


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Mitch McConnell says he 'has not made a final decision' on how he will vote on impeachment



Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has broken his silence on the second impeachment of President Donald Trump, telling colleagues in a note on Wednesday that he "has not made a final decision" on which way he will vote on the matter.

What are the details?

The Hill reported that according to an excerpt released by his office, McConnell wrote, "While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate."

The Republican leader's statement comes the day after The New York Times reported that McConnell "has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing it will make it easier to purge [Trump] from the party."

Following the House's voted Wednesday to impeach Trump for "incitement of insurrection" over his actions and rhetoric surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob, McConnell issued a statement confirming earlier reports that he would not bring the Senate back in session prior to its scheduled Jan. 19 return—despite Democrats' push for an emergency session ahead of Trump leaving office.

"Given the rules, procedures, and Senate precedents that govern presidential impeachment trials, there is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before President-elect Biden is sworn in next week," McConnell wrote, explaining, "the Senate has held three presidential impeachment trials. They have lasted 83 days, 37 days, and 21 days respectively."

"Even if the Senate process were to begin this week, and move promptly, no final verdict would be reached until after President Trump had left office," McConnell continued. "This is not a decision I am making; it is a fact. The President-elect himself stated last week that his inauguration on January 20 is the 'quickest' path for any change in the occupant of the presidency."

McConnell led the GOP-controlled Senate's successful quashing of House Democrats' effort to remove Trump from office via impeachment last year, but the Republican leader has taken a different approach this time by not condemning impeachment as he did before.

CNN reported:

Several GOP sources said on Tuesday that if McConnell supports conviction, Trump almost certainly will be convicted by 67 senators in the impeachment trial. "If Mitch is a yes, he's done," said one Senate GOP source who asked not to be named.
Many Republican senators are staying quiet about whether they'll back conviction -- a sign that they, too, could support conviction in an effort to rid Trump from their party.

Trump campaign responds to outfit that called Pennsylvania — and the election — for Biden: Not so fast



Decision Desk HQ called the Pennsylvania race for former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday at 8:50 a.m. ET. And with that, they declared Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

But the Trump campaign had a quick response: Not so fast; this thing's not over yet.

What happened?

Decision Desk HQ tweeted Friday morning, "Decision Desk HQ projects that @JoeBiden has won Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes for a total of 273."

"Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States of America," the outfit continued. "Race called at 11-06 08:50 AM EST"

Decision Desk HQ projects that @JoeBiden has won Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes for a total of 273… https://t.co/vIGWoADdse
— Decision Desk HQ (@Decision Desk HQ)1604670657.0

So far, Decision Desk is the only outlet to call Pennsylvania one way or the other. Everyone from Fox News to CNN and the New York Times still considers the Keystone State to be too close to call.

Naturally, the Trump campaign shot back a response quickly, attempting to quash any claims that the race is over.

"This election is not over. The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final," Trump 2020 campaign general counsel Matt Morgan said in a statement.

"Georgia is headed for a recount, where we are confident we will find ballots improperly harvested, and where President Trump will ultimately prevail," he added.

Georgia's secretary of state announced Friday morning that the state would be going to a recount and that there are nearly 9,000 outstanding military ballots.

Morgan went on to note that there have been multiple accusations of voting irregularities in Pennsylvania and that those issues should preclude any declarations of a victor there.

"There were many irregularities in Pennsylvania, including having election officials prevent our volunteer legal observers from having meaningful access to vote counting locations," Morgan said. "We prevailed in court on our challenge, but were deprived of valuable time and denied the transparency we are entitled to under state law."

Then there are the alleged problems in Nevada, Morgan continued, saying, "In Nevada, there appear to be thousands of individuals who improperly cast mail ballots."

And the Trump team is still optimistic when it comes to Arizona. Their team believes the president can still pull out a win there.

"Finally, the President is on course to win Arizona outright, despite the irresponsible and erroneous 'calling' of the state for Biden by Fox News and the Associated Press," Morgan said. "Biden is relying on these states for his phony claim on the White House, but once the election is final, President Trump will be re-elected."

The latest batch of votes counted in Arizona did show Trump cutting into Biden's lead. However, they might not be enough, considering that Trump needs 58% of remaining ballots to go his way. He garnered only 51% of the most recent batch.

Sean Hannity: Fox News’ Arizona Call For Biden Was ‘Premature’

'Any call of Arizona was premature based on everybody that I’ve talked to that knows the numbers out there,' Hannity said Thursday night.

Video: Protesters harass diners in Florida following Breonna Taylor decision in Kentucky



Protesters in St. Petersburg, Florida, expanded their demonstration to harass diners along the streets on Wednesday following a Louisville grand jury's decision not to charge officers involved the the raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor in March.

What are the details?

A reporter for the Tampa Bay Times reported on Twitter that "Protestors are now going restaurant by restaurant to chant at diners on Beach Dr. in St. Pete. A lot of diners yelled back, starting multiple confrontations. This one was the most significant. Protestors took over a couple's table. Not sure why they were targeted specifically."

Protestors are now going restaurant by restaurant to chant at diners on Beach Dr. in St. Pete. A lot of diners yell… https://t.co/DKQiws1HXc
— Josh Fiallo (@Josh Fiallo)1600907691.0

The footage in the accompanying video shows a mob of protesters repeatedly chanting, "Stand up, fight back!" while facing diners at a restaurant before one apparent activist pulls up a seat at the table of a man and woman who were seated together outside the establishment.

The woman at the table quickly stands up and says, "Nope, this is my table!" and unsuccessfully attempts to move the activist from the chair before two more activists fill the remaining empty seats while flashing signs and joining the chant. Additional activists followed and stood to surround the couple.

One activist can be heard telling the man, "why don't you shut up?" before the first activist who stole a seat told the woman, "I'll knock your old-a** boyfriend the f*** out."

Another activist is then seen blowing what appears to be a bullhorn at the couple, standing from a few feet away.

What's the background?

Protests have been ongoing in cities across the U.S. for months since the death of George Floyd in late May, and Breonna Taylor's name has been a frequent chant of demonstrators nationwide calling for justice after she was killed during a police raid.

Initial reports claimed that the raid was executed as a "no-knock" warrant, but Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) said during a press conference Wednesday that an independent witness reported that the police did announce themselves before entering the residence where Taylor was in bed with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who has stated that he opened fire, believing the police to be robbers, and police fired back, killing Taylor.

Louisville was placed under a state of emergency ahead of Wednesday's afternoon announcement that only one of the three officers involved in the raid would be charged in connection with the raid itself. The police officers' use of force was deemed justified by the grand jury, but one officer was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment because he fired into other nearby residences. No officers were charged with Taylor's death.

As of this writing, Louisville police have announced that two police officers have been shot in Louisville amid ongoing rioting. According to multiple local reports, their wounds are being described as non-life-threatening