Glenn Beck and Sam Bee’s Attempt At Unity Faces Immediate Backlash

Lindsey EllefsonDec 20th, 2016, 6:20 pm

Earlier today, we told you that conservative media entrepreneur Glenn Beck and female late-night host Sam Bee had joined forces to make a bipartisan coalition against Donald Trump.

If there’s anything we could use, in media and in the country, it’s some cross-aisle unity. Still, there are some who have an issue with the leaders of that particular movement being those two people.

Outlets like Fusion and Paste immediately called on Bee to reconsider “normalizing” Beck and his past behavior, which they see as dangerous. Other criticisms came from conservatives who are angry Beck seemingly defected and joined the enemy.

It came from both sides:

@BillHumphreyMA well Samantha Bee supports segregation in schools so this wasn’t out of character for her

— Bob Velcoro (@atbobb) December 20, 2016

i like that the idea Glenn Beck is cynical exploiting anti-Trumpism to rebrand simply doesn’t occur to these people https://t.co/FQyhxce25x

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 20, 2016

I wrote about how I absolutely refuse to let our memories be this short about Glenn Beck https://t.co/x1cNBoTXXH pic.twitter.com/1IeC2SbSHc

— Allison Kilkenny (@allisonkilkenny) December 20, 2016

May Glenn Beck continue to crash and burn along the other lefties imploding. Bye bye! https://t.co/XSVIJE3Zik

— Frank Harrison (@gooseyluc) December 20, 2016

There’s people (libs) still mad (???) at Bernie yet are now accepting of Glenn Beck hahahahaha omg hahahaha

— socialist snowman ? (@bradisterrific) December 20, 2016

I will never trust the snake.

Do ? Not ? Trust ? Glenn Beck ?

— Truth Seeker (@xfilestrustno1) December 20, 2016

GLENN BECK: I’m sorry I spent the last decade hitting people with my car but I promise I’ve completely changed, I have a different car.

— Sam Grittner (@SamGrittner) December 20, 2016

What do you think? Are they good examples of how to unify?

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