Glenn Beck: It’s Time to Drop the ‘Tea Party’ Label

Glenn Beck did not start the tea party movement, but he can be considered one of its first leaders, so to speak, back when it got its start in 2009, helping shape the movement over the past five years. Well, during his TV show today, Beck said it’s time to stop using the “tea party” label altogether.

He recalled a conversation he had with a congressman about dropping the name and explained to his studio audience, “That has been so maligned that people stop hearing you know. We’e gotta find a new lane. It is––they’re shapeshifters.”

Beck made it clear he’s not talking about a shift in values or “the truth,” it’s about “language and names and labels.”

Watch the video below, via BlazeTV:

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