Some are familiar with Glenn Beck’s teary Mormon conversion story, but what many are not aware of is the extent to which Mormonism has given Beck key elements of his on-air personality and messaging—and how it may shape the future of American conservatism.
In the latest diavlog in RD’s collaboration with Bloggingheads.tv, Anthea Butler and Michelle Goldberg discuss the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Christian militias, the GOP’s spiral of extremism, and more.
As Gingrich tells Southern Republicans Obama is “radical,” “secular,” and “socialist,” his friend David Barton was on Glenn Beck promoting the country’s “Judeo-Christian heritage.”