Glenn Beck revealed that a prominent conservative in the U.S. Senate encouraged him to run for president.
During a recent discussion on โThe Glenn Beck Podcast,โ the talk radio titan stated that Utah Sen. Mike Lee repeatedly urged him to mount a White House run.
A snippet of the exchange was posted online by the progressive organization Right Wing Watch:
โA story I've never shared before, Mike Lee โ and I think it started as a joke โ Mike Lee used to say to me all the time, โYou should run for president,' and I'm like, โAre you out of your mind?'โ Beck told The Blaze's Steve Deace.
โHe called me one day, about a year ago, and we were just chatting, and my wife finally came, and she was like, โWhat are you two talking about? Wrap it up,' and I said, โHe's trying to convince me to run for president,' and I'm like, โMike, that's the dumbest thing. I have noโฆ' This is where it ended, โI have no chance of winning,' and he laughed, and he said, โOf course not. I'm not saying you should run for president because I think you could win,โ he recalled.
According to Beck, Lee proceeded to make his case: โSomebody needs to articulate where we are and what we face and who we have always been and need to remember who we are.' He said, โWe need a storyteller,' and I think we have that now.โ
Mediaite has more:
Beck cited both Florida Governorย Ron DeSantisย and businessmanย Vivek Ramaswamyย as the two 2024 Republican presidential candidates who have been playing the role of the story teller and reminding Americans who they are and what they stand for.
While Lee has voiced his support for former Presidentย Donald Trumpย over Presidentย Joe Biden, he has not yet endorsed Trump or any other Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 primary.
โAs a U.S. Senator, I always have several colleagues running and so, I don't typically make endorsements in presidential races until well into the presidential year in question,โย saidย Lee during a town hall this month. โBut I wish he [Trump] were still president and if he gets elected president again, that'd be good for America.โ
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