In an unexpected turn of events, Glenn Beck, a conservative commentator, and Ana Kasparian, a liberal media host for "The Young Turks," found common ground during a recent interview.
The two, who are typically at odds politically, discovered that they share similar views on several pressing issues, reflecting the diverse coalition that rallied behind Donald Trump during his presidential campaign.
"People on the right, people on the left, and the people somewhere in between or nowhere at all are starting to agree hey, we have problems, and we have to stop this political division before it destroys us completely," Beck stated, as reported by The Blaze.
The conversation between Beck and Kasparian covered a range of topics, from government stock trading and free speech to Vice President Kamala Harris's acceptance of an endorsement from Dick Cheney. However, their discussion on the mainstream media's denial of the border crisis stood out as a key point of agreement.
Despite identifying as "left-wing," Kasparian admitted to a shift in her political stance, particularly in her policy prescriptions. When asked about the catalyst for her change, she revealed a deeply personal incident.
"I was sexually assaulted by a homeless guy in Los Angeles in my neighborhood," she shared, adding that it was not the assault itself, but the left's reaction to her speaking out about it that triggered her transformation. "They were far more concerned with me talking about it because they felt that that was stigmatizing the homeless community," Kasparian told Beck.
This reaction from the "social justice" left was enough to push her away. Over time, Kasparian began to critically examine not only the faction that condemned her for speaking out but also the mainstream media and the Biden administration, which she felt were pandering to radicalized entities.
She criticized the narrative that denied the existence of a border crisis, labeling anyone who acknowledged it as "anti-immigrant." Kasparian cited the situation in Cook County, Chicago, as an example of the crisis's impact.
"You have an influx of migrants going to Chicago, right? You have a lot of anger among the black community in Chicago because they've been nickel-and-dimed by their local government, and at the same time, their mayor, Brandon Johnson, is doling out the cash for migrants and justifying it," she explained.
Despite being the daughter of immigrants, when Kasparian voiced her concerns about the Democratic Party neglecting its voters economically, she was labeled "anti-immigrant."
"Im not anti-immigrant, but I do have a problem with the Biden administration neglecting the border, pretending like there wasn't a migrant crisis at all, allowing these municipalities to be inundated with migrants without any federal resources to deal with the problem," she clarified.
Initially, Kasparian admitted to buying into the mainstream media's narrative that there was no migrant crisis. However, she soon realized the truth. "When it comes to mainstream media, the fact of the matter is they do play defense more and more for the Democratic Party, and that's an issue," she acknowledged.
Her wake-up call came when Texas Governor Greg Abbott began sending migrants to blue cities. This prompted her to stop relying on mainstream media and start conducting her own investigations.
"What I'll do is I'll go out of my way and I'll watch the entirety of a local government function. I talk to real people, and I get a sense of where hearts and minds really are, she revealed, and so on election night, I wasn't surprised at all.
I knew what was coming, she said, indicating a deep understanding of the political climate that many may not have anticipated.
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