An anti-Trump caller revealed his hypocrisy on C-SPAN, saying he wants to see 'an insurrection on Donald Trump' after remarking that he 'cannot support an insurrectionist.'
Glenn, a Republican-turned-Independent, called into C-SPAN's Washington Journal on Friday ahead of the Speaker of the House vote to tell viewers what his message to lawmakers would be as the 119th Congress began work.
'I would really not vote Johnson in as speaker, sorry,' he told host Greta Brawner ahead of the vote that would later see Congressman Mike Johnson hold his spot as speaker.
'He was horrible. He held up all the financing. He is just not a good speaker. Nobody trusts him, I don't trust him,' Glenn continued. 'I was a Republican, I am now an Independent, and I would never vote for the man.'
When Brawner asked Glenn why he switched parties, he responded that Donald Trump and the January 6 insurrection had been his breaking point.
'Sorry, I cannot support an insurrectionist, I just can't,' he said. 'And I would really love to see Democrats and Independents do an insurrection on Donald Trump.'
'Alright,' Brawner replied before quickly moving to the next caller.
His blunder was quickly seized, with a clip of the call quickly making the rounds on social media.
Glenn, a Republican-turned-Independent, called into C-SPAN's Washington Journal on Friday ahead of the Speaker of the House vote to tell viewers what his message to lawmakers would be as the 119th Congress began work (pictured: Host Greta Brawner during the call)
When Brawner asked Glenn why he switched parties, he responded that Donald Trump (pictured) and the January 6 insurrection had been his breaking point
'Sorry, I cannot support an insurrectionist, I just can't,' Glenn said. 'And I would really love to see Democrats and Independents do an insurrection on Donald Trump' (pictured: January 6)
'I can't support an insurrectionist, but if the people I support do an insurrection against someone I don't, I'll support it,' one X user mocked. 'Oof.'
'Seems like a hypocrite,' another wrote.
'Idiot,' yet another deadpanned.
'Get the FBI OFF THE PHONE,' another joked.
Despite Glenn's wish for Johnson not to return as Speaker of the House, the Republican managed to pull off the feat again.
The speedy reelection of Johnson, 52, to the speakership means that Republicans avoided the embarrassing pitfall of taking days to elect a leader - as was the case two years ago when they burned through 15 ballots over five days before finally settling on former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Republicans ultimately sided with Johnson despite some GOP discontents dramatically voting against him at the outset.
With an ultra-slim majority, just two GOP 'No' votes would be enough to stop Johnson from victory, which is what happened for a moment.
Many were quick to criticize the C-SPAN caller for his comments
Three Republicans preliminarily bucked Johnson. The vote was 216 for Johnson, 215 for Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, and three votes for other candidates.
But the vote was never gaveled out, so lawmakers still had the opportunity to change their ballots.
Those three Republicans who voted for other candidates were Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas.
After Johnson huddled with Self and Norman, the two lawmakers changed their votes and backed the incumbent.
The final total was 218 for Johnson and 215 for Jeffries, giving Johnson a reelection victory on the first ballot.
