Conservative media personality Glenn Beck on Tuesday walked back a Facebook post from Saturday implying that he may be supporting Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid.
In that post, Beck called electing Clinton a more “moral, ethical choice” than putting Donald Trump in the White House. If making sure Trump loses means allowing Clinton to win, Beck wrote, “so be it.”
But on Tuesday, Beck clarified those comments on his website, stating that he is neither voting for nor endorsing either the Republican or Democratic nominee.
“I am firmly against both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as potential presidents of the United States of America,” he wrote. “I believe that neither candidate has the values, decency or principles to be the leader of the free world. And for the millionth time (though I presume not the last), I reject the notion of a binary choice. I will not vote for the ‘lesser of two evils.'”
Beck wrote that the “moral, ethical” line wasn’t meant to praise Clinton, but to convey his principled stand against Trump.
“As someone who believes that Donald Trump is wholly unfit for office, I have considered every alternative to his candidacy. I admit, I spent a moment thinking that if it is a binary choice as everyone claims, and I will not support Donald Trump, does that mean I should vote for Hillary Clinton?” Beck mused.
“But my conclusion (that took me very little time — think nano seconds) was that voting for Hillary would still be in the camp of voting for the ‘lesser of two evils.’ And frankly, I don’t know who will be worse for our country or for conservatism (whatever that word means today).”
He said that if he had to endorse a candidate, he would give his vote to Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party. But that should not be mistaken for an actual endorsement, just a rejection of binary choices.
“Neither candidate is even close to what I expect and, as a citizen, demand from our leadership,” he wrote.
