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Glenn Beck spoke at a Turning Point USA event about handing the reins to Charlie Kirk.

Beck said he had planned to tell Kirk this year that he hoped to turn over his radio show.

Beck later clarified that he does not actually plan on retiring next year.

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck said on Thursday he had hoped to be replaced on air by Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA who was assassinated in Utah on Sept. 10.

Beck spoke to around 2,500 people at a Turning Point USA event at the University of North Dakota where he had originally been scheduled to join Kirk as part of his “America Comeback” campus tour.

About halfway through his remarks, Beck shared that he had been planning significant changes for his life starting next year. He did not specify what thos

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