http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/20/glenn-beck-new-york-gov-cuomo-are-our-tax-dollars-/Glenn Beck to New York Gov. Cuomo: Are our tax dollars not welcome here?
By Jessica Chasmar
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The Washington Times
Monday, January 20, 2014
In an open letter, Mercury Radio founder and CEO Glenn Beck is asking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo if his right-leaning company is still welcome in the state, after the Democrat said Friday that “extreme” conservatives have no place in New York.
Citing a “schism” within the GOP, Mr. Cuomo said, “Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and they’re the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”
Mr. Beck responded by asking the governor whether he believes there are “two classes of citizens.”
“We are fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, entrepreneurs, dreamers, visionaries, hard-workers, straight, gay, black, white, believers, non-believers, liberals and conservatives,” he wrote Monday. “More importantly than any one of these labels, we are decent and kind human beings, and upstanding, loyal and patriotic Americans.
“We don’t see things as left and right. We see things as right and wrong,” he continued. “Our organization creates jobs for hundreds of people in your state, and provides news, opinion, entertainment and a helping hand for millions of people across this country. Are our contributions, tax dollars, and genuine goodness as citizens not welcome here? We respectfully request an answer on whether there are two classes of citizens.”
