Former President Donald Trump said that he has completely changed his RNC 2024 speech after surviving an assassination attempt. His new speech will allegedly focus on unity instead of political jabs. So, Glenn lays out what he hopes Trump will say in his speech: "What we need in the United Sates is not division, hatred, violence, or lawlessness. It is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another...We need to fight, but not with violence. We need to stand up and show what America really means. To stand up against the fear and intimidation."
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GLENN: I want to make something really, really clear. The only one to blame for this assassination is the shooter. He's the one who tried to shoot the president, with the facts that we know right now.
I -- I am bringing up the president and the left's rhetoric, for a couple of reasons.
Did it play a role? Absolutely. Are they responsible for it? Well, I want to get into that in just a second.
But the rhetoric has been non-stop, that this guy is Hitler, that has to be eliminated. He's a Hitlerian, he's a fifth Reich. He's going to round people up just like Hitler did. That plays a role in unstable heads. Okay?
But you can't -- you can't be responsible for all unstable people that are out there. Because there are a lot of unstable people.
But you can watch your language. Here's what I think really happened with this kid. And I'm just guessing.
This kid is being pumped full of all kinds of bad ideas, in school. He is being pumped full of all kinds of bad ideas in the media, and social media. He is also seeing that you're really kind of a hero, if you, you know, are part of BLM.
And you burn a city down.
If you're on the right side, there is -- there is no trial for you.
There's no problem.
In fact, the vice president will bail you out!
So he's seeing the lack of enforcement, on one side. Which makes it appear, that that side is right.
And the oldest question in -- known to man in the 20th century is, if you could go back, and kill Baby Hitler, would you?
Implying that you're a hero, if you would.
The only one that's responsible, is the shooter. But there are other things that influence the minds of unstable people.
And I want to bring their rhetoric into play because, why are they going after Donald Trump, for January 6th.
Because he said, go to the capital, peacefully. Let your voice be heard.
They're saying he incited this.
Those aren't inciting word.
Inciting words are much more like, it's time we put a bull's-eye on Donald Trump. And Donald Trump is Hitler, who has to be eliminated.
Now, I don't think that Joe Biden meant the bull's-eye thing, just like Sarah Palin didn't mean the crosshairs.
But if you're going to be consistent, if you're going to be morally consistent, if you're actually outraged by crosshairs, then you should be outraged by a bull's-eye.
And if you think somebody's rhetoric can actually cause people to go to the Capitol and tear it apart, well, then you should be concerned about the rhetoric of this guy is Hitler, that has to be eliminated
And if you want to be morally consistent, because you're trying that guy, shouldn't you be trying this president as well?
Is anybody on the -- on the left, beginning to see the problems, with the cases that they have brought?
So here's what I hope the president would say. First of all, I don't think I've seen a bigger act of courage in my lifetime, from a president. To stand up and insist that he can look at the crowd.
Make an opening for me, so I can see the crowd, and to raise his fist and say, fight!
Now, I know a lot of people on the left, they want to say, well, see, he's going for violence.
No. Fight for what you believe in. Stop being mealy mouthed about it. Stand up. Stand up.
Fight at the ballot box. Stand up, and stop just being plowed under by lies. Fight.
You're darn right. You're darn right.
I thought it was an amazing moment. However, I was really happy to read, what he said, he's going to Milwaukee yet another amazing -- think about what it feels like to be shot at.
And almost killed. How long would it take before you could go out in public again?
He went last night, to Milwaukee. Which is significant. We'll tell you why here in a little while. He goes to Milwaukee. And he's on the ground, and he says, he's changing the theme of the convention that's happening this week.
He's changing it to unity. To peace. I would hope the president will come out and say something along the lines of, we're standing here today, because America is resilient.
A few days ago, somebody tried to kill me.
But by God's grace, that bullet only grazed me. But it is a stark reminder, of the divisions and the anger that we see today.
And we're at a critical moment. And when you have a bullet whiz by your head, there's two ways to go. One is vengeance, and the other is unity.
And our nation is divided. Trust is low.
In our neighborhoods, and the media, everywhere. But let me echo the word of RFK.
When Martin Luther King was shot. What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence, or lawlessness.
But it is love and wisdom. And compassion toward one another.
America is the land of the underdog. Of the little guy. And we've always been that way. But when I say fight, what I mean is the little guy needs to rise up. Make sure your voice is heard, to be not afraid.
We need to fight. But not with violence. We fight with our words.
We fight on the street, with our words and our actions.
And we need to stand up and show, what America really needs.
To stand up against the fear and intimidation. Remember, America was built on the idea that all men and women are created equal.
With unalienable rights. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.
They're not just word.
They are the foundation of this country. Beginning today, let's show the rest of the world, what it means, to be American.
If you believe that America is an exceptional place, then it's the people, that make it that way. Every voice matters. Every citizen matters.
Stand up for the principles in our Bill of Rights. Defend the truth, with integrity and courage. Forgive others. Without compromising our values.
I would hope the president would say, join me now, in a different fight.
Not with guns. But with ideas. Not with hatred. But with understanding.
To begin to write a new chapter in our history.
Let's rise above our differences, and find our e pluribus unum, our common ground again.
Because I do believe all Americans should not be afraid of their commander-in-chief.
If you are afraid of the president, either on the right, or the left, that is showing you and screaming at you, the power in the Oval Office, is too great.
And our -- our republic is out of balance. And that's what project 2025 is all about. That's what I'm going to try to do.
That's what the Supreme Court is going tolerance.
They are not empowering the seat of the presidency.
I am a president that is going to try to reduce the power of the presidency.
We're the United States of America. And we're strong. We're brave. We're compassionate.
But it's time to rise to the challenge, and fight with the spirit that has always guided us.
Let's be the light in dark times.
Let's stand together. Shoulder to shoulder.
We're not a nation divided by fear.
We need to be a nation united by hope.
This is our time.
To prove the American dream is alive and well.
That's what I hope the president says. We already know the difference between the policies. We know fort first time in my lifetime, we have two presidents, two administrations we can A-B compare. It's not like, well, will he do this?
We know what he did last time. We know what Joe Biden has done this time. The winning message will be the message that most Americans want to hear. This has got to stop. And it's not going to stop by me forcing half the country to shut up. It's not going to stop by them forcing the other half to shut up.
It's going to happen because a leader stands up. And says, enough is enough.
And can convince the American people, can reverse all the damages that the elites in our colleges and universities and media has done over the last 20 years, to convince us that we're a bad people, that we're a racist people. We've done some bad things, but usually the worst things we do, are led by our own government.
And I've never believed the government was America. I've always believed the citizens were.
There are a couple of things, that could come our way, that we should be aware of. But the most important thing is that you reach out, to those who think the differently, and you show them, we're not the neo-Nazi fascists, that they have been groomed to believe. It is important today, that we all reach out to somebody that doesn't agree to us, that is a friend.
And just say, how are you doing today? Yeah, I know.
Our guy was shot. But I want you to know, I don't hold you responsible for that.
I'm sure you were just as offended as I was. If they weren't, move on.
But most likely, any decent American was horrified, by what they saw over the weekend.