Glenn Beck spent a good bit of time on his radio program today railing against criticism of anti-LGBT laws that have been enacted recently in places like North Carolina and Mississippi before turning around and complaining about how the entire issue is just a “circus” meant to distract from the fact that “world is on fire.”
“This is just the new circus and cakes,” Beck said (he meant “bread and circuses“). “This is just the new Colosseum. Get them to talk about the bathrooms so they’re not talking about Syria, so they’re not talking about the debt, so they’re not talking about corruption, so they’re not talking about Hillary’s server. Get them to talk about the bathrooms. This is the new cakes and circuses and it’s brilliant because it works.”
Then, seemingly realizing the irony of complaining about people talking about this issue after he just spent several minutes talking about this issue, Beck attempted to pivot his way out of his own hypocrisy by going after Donald Trump and President Obama.
“If Donald Trump goes in, he will put us out of business that fast,” Beck said, snapping his fingers. “He is not going to put up with people who question his authority. Barack Obama didn’t; he put people in jail. Listen to me again: he put people in jail, Barack Obama did, who are in our business for coming out and saying this is what the government’s doing. Whistleblowers. More whistleblowers were put in jail than any time since Woodrow Wilson. You don’t think this guy’s going to do it?”
