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Best of the Program | Guests: Amb. Monica Crowley & Rep. Chip Roy | 2/18/26
18 Feb 2026
Chapter 1: What insights does Ambassador Monica Crowley share about Nixon's legacy?
An absolutely amazing conversation with Ambassador Monica Crowley, who was with Nixon like the last three to five years of his life. And finally, it's time to vindicate Nixon. Wait until you hear the details that even I hadn't heard about the papers that have just been released. Also, the meaning of Ash Wednesday and Chip Roy joins us. He's running for the attorney general in Texas today.
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Chapter 2: How does Chip Roy address the Texas attorney general primary debate?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the government shutdown on national security?
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Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. Yesterday, Allie Beth Stuckey hosted the Blaze debate for the Texas Attorney General, and Chip Roy is joining us. Chip was there running for Attorney General of the great state of Texas, and all the coverage. I'm sorry, Chip, I didn't have a chance to see it. It was at an event last night.
I haven't had a chance to see it, but I read about the coverage, and it looks like everybody was kind of infighting, and then you were trying to talk about the Muslim footprint in Texas. which is really super important. People don't understand in Texas how close Texas is to A, going blue, and B, having a real problem with Islamists.
Chapter 4: How does the deep state relate to Nixon's presidency?
Welcome, Chip.
Yeah, good morning, Glenn. Great to be on. Had a great debate last night. A lot of great reviews. Tried to be the, you know, adult there at the debate, making clear what we need to do for Texas. Staying focused on the issues, laser focused. You know, yesterday before the debate, I joined with my colleague Keith Self. You probably know Keith well.
He's a great conservative, represents the County area north of Texas. Dallas, and we were out at your studios, one of the great rooms out there, where we were holding a gathering, a meeting, with a lot of folks in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex who are attuned to what's happening with the advance of Sharia law. in the advance of the Islamification of Texas, and particularly Dallas-Fort Worth.
And so we had a good discussion there about the state of things, about the extent to which there are some areas now increasingly no-go zones in Dallas-Fort Worth for women. You know, you saw the dust-up with my friend and colleague Randy Fine, who was, you know, quipping a little bit, but about a little bit of this issue in New York about the dog issue.
And now you've got Democrats calling on him to be censured.
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Chapter 5: What historical context does Crowley provide about the military's influence?
I mean, it's absolutely absurd. There is a cultural war going on, and I think it's really important for people to understand that. Again, you and I have talked about this. You and I are strong defenders of the Constitution. This is not about your ability to believe in the God of your choice and how you want to carry out your life.
It's about being at war with our civilization and having a purposeful plan to undo it.
So I'm getting heat because I spoke about that yesterday and I said, look, not all Muslims are Islamists. An Islamist, I would pick a dog over an Islamist every day of the week and twice on Sunday. And so, you know, what I'm getting heat on is I didn't go far enough. I'm very, very clear.
I don't have a problem with Muslims if Muslims believe the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, period. But anyone who believes that Sharia law and the Koran usurp the United States Constitution, then I got a problem with you and you don't belong in here because you are warring against our culture and the Western civilization. But there is a big difference between those two.
So here's the way I look at it, and I think this is a really, really important conversation that I hope you and I and all of us will be having now, like, regularly, right? And to do it intelligently, as adults, as people who believe in our Constitution, but who recognize what's happening.
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Chapter 6: How does Ash Wednesday reflect on human mortality and humility?
I start with, and what I want to do as Attorney General, is use the power of the Attorney General's office over looking at corporations and nonprofits, looking at the books, following the money. And go look at all these organizations. And you start with places like CARE. You look at the Muslim Brotherhood. Obviously, Governor Abbott has declared each of those as terrorist organizations.
And we need to look at all of these organizations and see what their plan is. What are they doing? Because you've got groups that are saying specifically, as the Muslim Brotherhood has, that they have a plan to Islamify America. And then carry forward that as a goal and a missional goal politically, ideologically. That's not faith. That's not religion that the First Amendment contemplates.
That is a specific political ideological effort to reshape and remake America and destroy our constitutional values in Western civilization. If we don't recognize that, then look across the Atlantic, look at Europe, and that will be our future. This is happening in real time, and we have to recognize it. And we cannot flinch.
Chapter 7: What are the significant moments in the history of Ash Wednesday?
We cannot blink. We've got to take this on squarely, because it is a war raging for the soul of Western civilization.
Okay, quickly, let me just ask you, what do you know, what are your thoughts on Axios broke a story earlier today, a major war. We're a step closer to a major war with Iran. That's not Trump's M.O. to get us into a war. What do you think is coming, Chip?
Well, I haven't been able to study that. I saw the news. I need to make a few phone calls today, so I'm always careful about how I speak about things, so I always go talk to folks. But, comma, however, I don't believe that we ought to be looking to engage in getting involved with war.
I supported the president and what happened with the bunker busters and dropping the bombs and taking out their advancement of nuclear power. Right now, I think we need to be resolved and stand with the people of Iran who are pushing back on their tyrannical leadership and offer that kind of support in that way. But we start engaging in war.
Chapter 8: How can we apply the lessons of Ash Wednesday to modern life?
I've got concerns. I need to go look at it, talk to the experts. I don't want to talk about what the president's doing without doing that. But look, we need to be very, very careful. We've had over two decades of this engagement and conflict in the Middle East. There's a war raging right here in America.
There's a war being waged against our way of life, and the Islamists are trying to do it here. So let's start here and work out. That's why I support the president in the Western Hemisphere, knocking out cartels. I supported the Maduro move. I don't want them having the Soviet Union ā I'm sorry, the Russia Freudian slip to my 80s youth.
uh russia and uh china and iran over in the western hemisphere through venezuela i think the president did a masterful job on many fronts not being a warmonger but being a strategic peace through strength president stay in that lane is where i think we need to be
And I have a feeling that's because he's not a war guy. I mean, he is a peace through strength guy, but I'm anxious to see where he's going with this. Let me talk to you about the ICE shutdown. Putting your congressional hat back on the ICE shutdown. We're now in day five. I don't know what the Democrats are thinking. This is only going to hurt them as it hits because it's not going to stop ICE.
They are already funded. This is only going to hurt DHS, which goes to our national security, but also go to sewer airports. When that starts to hit, they're not going to be popular. It's a rerun of what they just did, which didn't work out for them. What are they doing?
Well, yeah, I mean, look, I think this is politics, right? This is all about what they're trying to do with ICE. The Save America Act is connected to the very same issue. It's their bread and butter. Look, remember a year ago, Some of us were leaning into the big beautiful bill working with the president to make sure that there was money there for both defense. And for ICE and Border Patrol.
We put $150 billion in there. A lot of conservatives kind of looked at us cockeyed and tilted their head. I said, guys, you've got to look ahead. You've got to be smart. We used that to guarantee there would be money there to stop what the Democrats are doing right now. So there's money there for ICE and Border Patrol.
Now, what that does is it leaves TSA and the Coast Guard and FEMA dangling in the wind. So we've just got to make sure that Americans understand. We've already sent a funding bill over there. Democrats are blocking that funding.
So when weeks go by, if they don't do their job, they're the ones that are going to be causing travel headaches and nightmares, not allowing FEMA to do its job in Tennessee after the ice storms, etc., And then the Coast Guard not to be what it needs to be. I trust the President and Russ vote to figure out how to move money around and try to keep us safe, the Coast Guard.
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