Earlier this week, Glenn Beck announced on his radio program that if anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist was re-elected to the board of the National Rifle Association, Beck would cancel his lifetime membership with the organization.
Beck’s threat was rooted in a right-wing conspiracy theory that Norquist is some sort of nefarious front man for the Muslim Brotherhood and consequently is, in Beck’s words, “a very bad man.”
On his radio program today, Beck announced that he had an hour-long conversation yesterday with the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, who told him that the organization had been receiving hundreds of calls from Beck followers threatening to cancel their memberships if Beck does so, prompting LaPierre to promise Beck that the organization will launch an ethics investigation into Norquist that would “get to the bottom of this once and for all.”
“Many of the reasons why we are off on the wrong track now in the Middle East,” Beck said, “is because of the influence of Grover Norquist … This guy is on the wrong side. Whether he knows it or not, I don’t believe he’s out trying to destroy America, but his efforts and his work will lead to the destruction of America.”
Beck said that LaPierre vowed to him that the NRA would conduct a totally “transparent” investigation into Norquist and his work, the results of which will be published on the NRA website for all to see.
The fact that Norquist hasn’t voluntarily resigned from the NRA or dropped his bid for re-election amid the allegations, Beck said, “speaks volumes.”
“I think that says a lot about his personal character, myself,” Beck said:
