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Glenn came under attack from the progressive wing of the GOP establishment over the weekend for comments he made on Judge Napolitano's "Freedom Watch" on Fox News. In the segment, he pointed out that he sees few differences between Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama. Both big government progressives.
Glenn told Napolitano, "If you have a big government progressive, or a big government progressive in Obama… ask yourself this, Tea Party: is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears to be to me. If you’re against him but you’re for this guy, it must be about race. I mean, what else is it? It’s the policies that matter."
And now, of course, they media is trying to spin this as "Glenn Beck calls the Tea Party a bunch of racists."
"Now the big government GOP press will come after me? I'm so afraid. I'm so afraid. Been dealing with this the whole time. It's what I've been warning you about and been warning anybody in politics. Anybody I know in politics, I've been warning them: Stay away, warning, warning," Glenn said.
"It's weird because you made the exact point that is supposedly so controversial on the radio," Stu said. "And you said specifically that the Tea Party wasn't racist."
Glenn specifically said last week "I know that it's not racist, but tell me it sure looks like that, doesn't it?"
"The big government GOP machine goes into full swing. Interesting. Well, I don't have a problem because I'm staying consistent. I know it's about principles and policies. Not about who's going to get elected," Glenn said.
Glenn argued that the Tea Party is not rising up because of Barack Obama or because of his skin color, but because the members stand for the values of small government on want elected leaders of character. Both Gingrich and Obama, he argued, don't stand for the values of the Tea Party and its members don't need to be throwing their support behind Gingrich simply because they think he can beat Obama. They should support someone who they feel has their same values of small government. For Glenn, those candidates are Michele Bachmann or Rick Santorum, as he has said consistently on radio and GBTV over the past few weeks.
"Tea Partiers know the truth. Tea Partiers know exactly what's going on. Tea Partiers are also being co‑opted and they know it. And they know it. And they better fight back against it," Glenn said.
"Tonight, 5:00, GBTV, you don't want to miss it," Glenn said.
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