Glenn Beck was live on the radio today when the news broke that the Supreme Court had struck down a Texas law designed to limit access to legal abortion under the guise of protecting women’s health. In response to the ruling, Beck’s co-host Stu Burguiere lamented that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are the only two reliably conservative votes on the court at the moment and noted that Donald Trump is hoping to use this issue to win over conservative voters in November.
Beck, who doesn’t think that Trump really has any chance of winning in November, said that it is a mistake for the Republicans who control the Senate to keep blocking President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the seat left by the late Antonin Scalia.
“I personally think that it is a mistake for them not to give him an up or down vote,” Beck said of Garland. “I think it is a mistake. And I also think that they did this for a reason, that they put somebody in who is somewhat acceptable and they did it because they could say, ‘See, they’re absolutely unreasonable.’ And if Hillary gets in and there is a Democratic congress or Senate? Done! You think that they’re going to get more reasonable than this guy?”
“I would pull the trigger,” Beck stated, “because the Constitution says give them an up or down vote. That doesn’t mean you accept them; it does mean give them an up or down vote. And just take that issue away from them.”
