Is Glenn Beck a quitter?
Just a week after threatening to terminate his membership in the National Rifle Association over concerns about one of its board member’s alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the radio host is ditching the Republican Party.
“I’ve made my decision — I’m out,” Beck said on his show Wednesday. “I’m out of the Republican Party. I am not a Republican. I will not give a dime to the Republican Party. I’m out. I highly recommend – run from the Republican Party. They are not good.”
Beck cited the GOP’s performance on Obamacare and amnesty for his decision to break ties with the party, reported Huffington Post. Republicans are guilty of “torpedoing the Constitution,” he charged.
“They set us up. Enough is enough,” he said. “So I’m done with them.”
Beck’s farewell to the GOP echoed his threat to leave the NRA, and in both cases he encouraged his listeners to follow his example.
Last Thursday, Beck expressed his concerns over tax hike fighter Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform and a candidate for the NRA’s board of directors.
“I will tell you I am so concerned about this, Frank, and I am not an expert on Grover Norquist by any stretch of the imagination. But I’ve heard enough that makes me concerned enough, and I hope the leadership of the NRA hears this and every member of the NRA hears this: If this man is re-elected and confirmed on the board, I may drop my membership in the NRA.”
That threat to leave the NRA and the invitation of others to join him resulted in the NRA announcing the next day it would conduct its own investigation into the charges.
