Posted on 12/15/2018 3:52:26 PM PST by conservative98
On their way to a Chrismas party over the weekend, Glenn Beck and his wife made a stop at a local Walmart and decided to pay off all of the layaways to the tune of $27,000.
TheBlaze founder said he and his family had been inspired by Tyler Perry, who recently paid off all of the layaways at two Atlanta-area Walmarts, totaling more than $400,000.
The Dallas Morning News reported Beck and his wife stopped at the Dallas-area North Richland Hills Walmart on their way to a Christmas party but ended up staying several hours at the store as employees helped Beck pay off each account.
A Walmart spokesman said Beck paid a total of around $27,000 to close all of the accounts. Beck said on this radio program on Monday that the layaways had balances ranging from $24 to $500.
Members of the Beck family also took turns live-streaming updates on Beck's Facebook page.
In one video, a Walmart employee was talking to a customer on their iPhone.
"I'm serious, somebody paid it," the employee told the customer who could be heard crying on the phone.
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Charity is a wonderful thing as long as you don’t make it into a publicity stunt.
His charity, Mercury One, helps them, and people who have suffered natural disasters, and it helps rescue people form ISIS and from sex slavery. Much of M1’s money comes form Beck himself, supplemented by the generosity of his audience.
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