Glenn Beck dropped a preview of his new interview with “George AI” this week, and predictably the left-leaning press went into full meltdown mode. Outlets tried to turn a patriotic educational experiment into a scandal, insisting the simulated Founding Father was merely parroting Glenn’s own beliefs rather than engaging the Founders’ texts.
Here’s what the media won’t admit: George AI is a bounded, purpose-built system Beck says was trained only on founding-era writings and the original sources his foundation has collected. Beck explained that the tool sits behind an “electric fence” that prevents it from pulling in outside propaganda, and that it’s meant to be a librarian of primary documents—able to analyze a modern bill against the Founders’ own words.
Still, critics rushed to claim the AI’s moral message simply echoed Glenn’s talking points, as if anyone who believes in virtue and character must be suspect. That lazy framing reveals more about the critics than about the technology: when the left can’t win an argument about history or morals they attack the messenger and try to discredit the method.
Glenn’s rebuttal is simple and consequential for every parent and teacher: you cannot accuse a model of echoing Beck if the model is constrained to the words and reasoning of Washington, Madison, and the other Framers. If the machine is built to show what the Founders actually wrote and to translate their language into today’s terms, then critics who scream “parrot” are exposing their desire to silence original sources rather than engage them.
The cultural left’s reflex is to mock and to weaponize tech skepticism, not to defend the idea that Americans should actually read their history. Social media snickers at the AI’s appearance and at Beck’s on-air edits are convenient distractions from the bigger issue: preserving a civic culture that values self-governance and moral character. The real scandal would be letting woke gatekeepers decide which parts of our past are allowed into the classroom.
Patriots who love this country should cheer an effort that tries to put the Founders back in the conversation and equip families and teachers with tools that teach virtue and the rule of law. Don’t be fooled by media mini-stunts or by opponents who prefer talking points over documents; demand that our children be taught the truth, not the convenient caricature the left wants to sell.
