With an estimated 4. But with , subscribers to his YouTube channel and more than 4 million followers on Facebook and Twitter, Beck is still a powerful voice in conservative media.
Beck did not respond to interview requests, and Romney, through a spokeswoman, declined to speak about his relationship with Beck. But Kirk Jowers, former director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah and a longtime friend and associate of Romney, said that if there is animosity between the men, it seems one-sided.
There is nothing to gain by him telling me that. Nothing to gain. That reaction, in itself, was statesmanship: acknowledging differences while conveying respect.
So how did we get to , where Beck seems to use every opportunity to mock the man he once praised? Although Beck does the finger-pointing, both men are known for changing their positions, said Donna Halper, a media historian who teaches communication and media studies at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. And he had to walk away from Romneycare health care reform Massachusetts adopted in , the signature thing he had given us.
Romney faced accusations of political opportunism since he ran against incumbent Sen. They are among the best gauges of that sentiment. And commercial motives — dollars and cents — drive these guys. That has pushed him towards trying to find common ground and sticking to principle at the same time that all of the incentives for Beck are pushing against accepting someone who seeks to find common ground or is anti-Trump.
The two reflected on Sen. Marco Rubio's, R-Fla. We are a nation of people who have stopped being friends with people because who they voted for in the last election," Rubio said. Beck is the founder of the conservative outlet TheBlaze, though before that he made a name for himself offering vehement conservative opinions that were often seen as divisive and conspiracy theory-laden on both Fox News and CNN's Headline News.
He was especially scornful of former President Barack Obama, whom he described as "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people.
But in the last few years, Beck has tried to atone for that era of rhetoric, walking back some of his fringe theories and repenting for his role in "helping tear the country apart," as Beck told Megyn Kelly in He's since reiterated this statement many times, including on CNN Sunday.
Winners creates losers. Do you guys know what universal basic income is? Universal basic income is everybody gets a basic income. Everybody gets a check from the government. As a conservative, I hate that. Self-driving trucks — in most states, truck driving is one of the biggest jobs in the state. Self-driving trucks are right around the corner. What do we do?
So there will be anger from the center of the country and anybody who is trusting the media, Silicon Valley and the politician. You told me you were going to bring those jobs back. You were telling us this guy was better than this guy on bringing jobs back when you knew, because all you had to do was talk to Silicon Valley. Yeah, and Steve Bannon started that.
So that wealth is not distributed. This is not conservative. This is not constitutional American thinking. And this is what terrifies me. I expect this from people who understand and think that we should be a Marxist state. But we have now the people who say they want a constitutional capitalist republic now saying things and following leaders like Steve Bannon.
And it will only get worse, people will listen to him as the economy, as things begin to shift even more. But let me be clear. And have a real conversation on that instead of fighting over Planned Parenthood. My kid is 13 years old. Do we turn the robots off? Do we have a right? Do we fight against the robots, or do we embrace the future?
Yes, I know. Not about Planned Parenthood. Defend life. Did I get the word right? You predicted that if Donald Trump is elected it would be doom. Are they worse?
Are they better? You know, I think based on my record of the last administration, you probably should skip to the next question. Does my answer really matter? I am not concerned I am concerned about the things that are I believed for a long time that we are headed for financial trouble. Now maybe Silicon Valley and the disruption of Silicon Valley is going to make our debt not matter. But I think the banking system is a joke. The old system is broken at every point. So those fails are going to happen whoever is president.
And part of your argument has been catastrophist prior to Trump. Looks pretty good. Because if you read Business Insider, if you read the Wall Street Journal, you read Forbes, you see all the Hollywood elite getting their storage bunkers, getting their food supply. Getting gold, buying bitcoin. Our banking, our numbers are getting worse.
Got worse under George W. We unfortunately are not paying attention to it because we are on team sports. The articles you were talking about, the one that really stuck with me was the New Yorker one. It really resonated. I have land. We did victory gardens before. Up until the Depression, up until that healed itself, the world would reset every 10, 15, 20 years maximum. This is a new lifetime.
I want to know if these folks should follow your plan. Just stick to eternal principles. Try to be a peace maker, not a war maker. Just do principles. Stick to the principles. Be that guy who everybody else looks to and mocks. Your children and your grandchildren will be proud of you at the times that come if you stick to eternal principles. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding.
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