My personal opinion is that Beck was “turned” about three years or so ago when he took on Soros. I figure that his extended family was threatened (and realistically so) and he changed drastically after that dropping the Tea Party, backing Romney, etc.
I’ve also considered that maybe he never WAS what he claimed to be all along. Just in it for $$$ claiming to be ‘tea party’. Bought a tee from him ages ago. Thinking of sending it back for a refund or telling him to ‘shove it’.