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Glenn Beck’s Lie Could Blow Up Ted Cruz
thedailybeast.com ^ | March 30, 2016 | Betsy Woodruff

Posted on 03/30/2016 5:58:02 AM PDT by jmaroneps37

Glenn Beck has been one of Ted Cruz’s most high profile surrogates—but Beck’s support could become a little less desirable when he heads to court this summer for allegedly defaming a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing……

One of Ted Cruz’s most prominent supporters could be headed to court soon to defend his Islamophobic falsehoods about a victim of terrorism.

“…But come this summer, it’s Beck who could face judgement. The radio talker currently faces a defamation lawsuit—because he doubled and tripled down on charges that a victim of a terrorist attack was actually the real terrorist.

“… previously unnoticed court filings show his defamation lawsuit might get exciting—and just as the presidential race hits a boiling point. Filings also show that the mediation process, which could have resulted in a settlement, has been terminated.

Filings also show that we may know as soon as this summer whether or not Beck’s suit will go to trial. A First Amendment case like this one would likely attract breathless media attention—especially since it involves a conspiracy-minded media celeb using explicitly Islamophobic language to go after a student.

And if Cruz is the Republican nominee (not an unthinkable prospect), then one of his top surrogates could give him a rolling PR nightmare. The facts of the case are, well, not that surprising if you know anything about Glenn Beck. In the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing terrorist attack that left six people dead, Beck claimed that one of the victims—Saudi national Abdulrahman Alharbi, who was injured in the attack—was actually in on it.

“You know who the Saudi is?” Beck confidently proclaimed in one broadcast a few weeks after the attacks. “He’s the money man. He’s the guy who paid for it.”

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Stabby The Clown needs to be dis avowed by Cruz and taken to a psychiatric hospital.
1 posted on 03/30/2016 5:58:02 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
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Ted sCruz is a bottom feeder, he will not distance himself from Beck aka stabby the clown


2 posted on 03/30/2016 6:02:23 AM PDT by stockpirate (Rush is a low information talk show host when it comes to Rubio and sCruz.)
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Is there much difference between Michael Savage (D-CA) and Glenn Beck (M-USA)?


3 posted on 03/30/2016 6:04:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: jmaroneps37

Beck is a good guy. Sometimes his methods are unorthodox, but he is a definite positive to the Cruz Campaign.


4 posted on 03/30/2016 6:05:00 AM PDT by ohiobuckeye1997
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‘And if Cruz is the Republican nominee (not an unthinkable prospect)’

Is to me.


5 posted on 03/30/2016 6:05:55 AM PDT by bluecollarman (P)
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To: ohiobuckeye1997

As a Trump supporter, I have to agree with keeping Beck up front and center. ;^)


6 posted on 03/30/2016 6:06:59 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: jmaroneps37

How long before Beck goes full Shultz, and becomes another lib mouthpiece?


7 posted on 03/30/2016 6:09:25 AM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yes, there is a lot of deference between the two. One said if he git close to Trump with a knife he couldn’t stop stabbing him and said Ted sCruz the Bang of 8 is annointed by GOD to save America and Christians need to listen to their GOD and vote for Ted sCruz the Bang of 8 and one didn’t say that.

One is Jewish the other a member of a cult.


8 posted on 03/30/2016 6:10:46 AM PDT by stockpirate (Rush is a low information talk show host when it comes to Rubio and sCruz.)
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To: ohiobuckeye1997

" Beck is a good guy. Sometimes his methods are unorthodox, but he is a definite positive to the Cruz Campaign. "

I agree completely, Beck is the perfect spoke person for Ted. He is so sane and down to earth. ;-)
9 posted on 03/30/2016 6:22:51 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: jmaroneps37

There was good reason to suspect that guy, and investigate. There wasn’t any information to declare that he was part of it. Stabby should have settled.


10 posted on 03/30/2016 6:32:06 AM PDT by Defiant (After 8 years of Chump Change, it's time for Trump Change!!)
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After the Primaries ;-)

Ed

11 posted on 03/30/2016 6:38:07 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: ohiobuckeye1997

This reporter should be sued for the headline “Glenn Beck’s lie...”

Glenn Beck got his information from intel sources who risked their careers to give him that information. He passed it on to the MSM because the story was of such significance that it needed to come from them. And reporters wrote stories on it, based on the evidence he gave them. But the incestuous media heads would not allow the reports to air.

By the time this court case (if there is one) rolls around, it would be a Cruz or Trump DOJ or State Dept that would deal with the whistleblower, and he/she would come forward and testify on behalf of Beck. Otherwise, Obama’s DOJ/CIA would gag the guy just like Schaffer was gagged by the DOJ when Curt Weldon brought forward the Able Danger issue. And the guy would lose his pension, etc - like all whistleblowers do under the Obama regime.

I don’t agree with everything BEck does and I suspect he needs to get back on his meds, but he has definitely been on the right side of history when it comes to exposing many bad things. It’s too bad that 2008 was a coup, complete with threats to the media which resulted in a propaganda arm such as the gal who wrote this article. She was careful to couch her claims in words that don’t directly accuse people - thus making her unable to be sued, much like the National Enquirer did with the Cruz mistress allegations - but they DID screw up on the headline, which references “Glenn Beck’s lies”.

Then again, why am I even typing because the moderators are pretending that my account is less than a week old.


12 posted on 03/30/2016 6:38:24 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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Glenn.

13 posted on 03/30/2016 6:45:48 AM PDT by McGruff (Somebody has been copulating.)
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I don’t think Beck’s defamation suit can hurt Cruz...it shouldn’t. I am not a Cruz supporter but this is a no brainer that there is separation between Beck and Cruz.

Having said that, I think Cruz would be better off (for other reasons) separating himself from Beck...


14 posted on 03/30/2016 6:48:07 AM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: butterdezillion

Thanks for that rational explanation, Beck has done many good things when it comes to exposing hidden details of important issues and this is one of them ,, the only minor flaw I see in your post is that I see the story writer as protected from the headline as most writers do not create their own headlines , a nameless editorial staff writer does that.


15 posted on 03/30/2016 7:05:56 AM PDT by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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Beck is a good guy. Sometimes his methods are unorthodox, but he is a definite positive to the Cruz Campaign.

Oh ABSOLUTELY!!

How would Americans have known that Cruz is the fulfillment of all Mormon prophecy if it were not for Beck?

How would Americans have known that Trump and his supporters are Nazi's and brown shirts, were it not for Beck?

How would Americans have known that Ted Cruz was busy raping Beck in the closet the other day?

('oops', Beck was only kidding, his inner radio shock jock just peeked out for a moment)

BY ALL MEANS, keep BECK front and center for Ted Cruz!
16 posted on 03/30/2016 7:11:08 AM PDT by mkjessup ("I will drop him [Cruz] like a hot potato if these accusations are true." ~ Glenn Beck - 3-28-2016)
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To: ohiobuckeye1997

Beck should spend EVERY WAKING MOMENT singing the praises of Ted Cruz. <^..^>


17 posted on 03/30/2016 7:14:55 AM PDT by grania
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Threads that were tagged with the Keyword “alharbi” . . .

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alharbi/index


18 posted on 03/30/2016 7:24:22 AM PDT by deks
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To: ohiobuckeye1997

No Beck is not a good guy. He is a petty mean spirited psycho who due to drug and alchohol addiction in his early life is now a deranged religious nut. He has zero credibility which is why his media empire is fading away.

For a Presidential candidate to hook up with him and actually allow himself to be filmed letting Beck swear him in on a compass is totally insane.

Beck sat on his radio show and actually talked about stabbing Donald Trump. Then when the SS showed up suddenly he and Stu were talking about Stu. I listened to it and no they were not talking about Stu.


19 posted on 03/30/2016 7:56:11 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ohiobuckeye1997

I assume that you are being sarcastic. Glen Beck is a nutbar in dire need of psychiatric help.


20 posted on 03/30/2016 8:00:44 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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