August 11, 2009: Beck Gives Long Presentation on Eugenics, Then Claims Health Care Reform Will Not Lead to Eugenics

A montage of photos aired by Glenn Beck in April 2009, featuring Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin. Beck’s voiceover asked, ‘Is this where we’re heading?’ [Source: Media Matters]Fox News host Glenn Beck shows a four-minute video montage filled with images of Nazis, and speaks on what he says is “the beginnings of and the history of eugenics.” During his presentation, Beck warns that “the people who are writing their blogs in the basement” are going to claim that “Glenn is saying eugenics is coming.” Beck denies he is making any such claim: “No, I am not. I am not saying anything like that at all. Eugenics are not coming.” Beck has made claims in the recent past that the Democrats’ health care reform proposal would lead to eugenics (see May 13, 2009). [Think Progress, 8/12/2009]