OPENING CREDITS \u201cRED STATE\u201d Leon Wolf (VO) Gregg Abbot, Carly Fiorina, Ben Sasse, Ken Cuccinelli (VO) We\u2019re gonna have an all-star lineup of Republicans from around the country FADE IN Denver skyline TEXT CARD Join us, along with hundreds of other grassroots activists, as we rally 90 days before the most important election of our lifetime. \u2013 The RedState Blog Erick Erickson delivering speech. Erick Erickson One of the reasons why I wanted to create the RedState gathering so many years ago is to get people off the Internet, face-to-face. Screen display in Grand Hyatt Hotel Carly Fiorina (VO) There are lots of things that make me mad about Hillary Clinton. But the thing that makes me maddest of all is when she talks to us all about - Carly Fiorina delivering speech Carly Fiorina (continues) \u2026being a feminist. Montage of cameras in the dark, and people moving in the crowd Glenn Beck (VO) How many times have we all said - how could people no see this, how can people not see what Barack Obama is doing? How can people not see what\u2019s happening to our country? Glenn Beck delivering speech Glen Beck How can you not see we\u2019ve abandoned people in Benghazi? Erick Erickson delivering speech Erick Erickson If in the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth, then God created marriage and we\u2019re not aloud to change that. LOWER RIGHT Erick Erickson FOUNDER, REDSTATE Erick Erickson (continues) If in the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth\u2026 Three young people, two seated at a table and one standing in front Katie Pavlich (VO) I think people are trying to figure out\u2026 Katie Pavlich interview LOWER LEFT Katie Pavlich FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR Katie Pavlich (continues) \u2026where we go from here. It\u2019s very clear that there is an issue with the Republican Party. Glenn Beck delivering speech Glenn Beck I want you to know if you are voting for Donald Trump, that\u2019s fine. I don\u2019t condemn you, I \u2013 honestly \u2013 I\u2019m not voting for Donald Trump Audience sitting in the dark Katie Pavlich (VO) There\u2019s enormous pressure to fall in line simply because he\u2019s the nominee. Katie Pavlich interview Katie Pavlich And leaders of the conservative movement saying its immoral not to vote for Trump TEXT CARD In 2015, Donald Trump was disinvited from the RedState Gathering after his blowup with the Fox News host Megyn Kelly. Erick Erickson (VO) I uninvited Trump last year from the RedState Gathering. Erick Erickson interview And I\u2019ve never had either a gay rights activist in my advocacy for traditional marriage\u2026 LOWER LEFT Erick Erickson FOUNDER, REDSTATE Erick Erickson (continues) an Obama supporter or a Clinton supporter, I\u2019ve never had anyone treat me or my family this way. Uh, but the Trump supporters showing up at my house, yelling at my kids at the grocery store, calling my office, detailing how they were gonna come to the office and hide in particular bushes, and shoot me for opposing Trump \u2013 that\u2019s not healthy. I kind of wrote the piece that kicked off the Never Trump movement just saying I\u2019ve come to the conclusion I cannot ever support this guy. Glenn Beck delivering speech Glenn Beck Anybody who is trying to stand up for the truth right now in our own ranks \u2013 pretty miserable. Glenn Beck interview Margaret (interviewer) What was your tipping point with Trump? How far does that go back? LOWER LEFT Glenn Beck RADIO AND T.V. HOST Glenn Beck I\u2019ve, you know, when he announced I was on the air and we were\u2026 we played it live\u2026 and, we were joking during it. We were like how is this gonna work? Erick Erickson interview Erick Erickson You know, Republicans have largely been programmed since 1992 that the Clintons are terrible, that the Clintons are bad and we must oppose the Clintons, so\u2026 when a Clinton runs for the White House, you\u2019re going to have a lot of Republicans who have been so systematically trained and taught for thirty years that we must stop the Clintons\u2026 and of course they\u2019re going to go with Donald trump to stop the Clintons. Outside the doors of a banquet hall, looking in at Leon Wolf Shot of audience members Leon Wolf seated onstage speaking to the audience Leon Wolf November\u2019s gonna be bad, alright? So I understand that. LOWER RIGHT Leon Wolf RED STATE MANAGING EDITOR (continues) no no no, wait, I am being upbeat. I\u2019m gonna be upbeat, give me a second. I had to acknowledge this, let\u2019s acknowledge this, it\u2019s gonna be bad. Leon Wolf interview Leon Wolf I will say the number one thing he did, that finally convinced me to say, look even if this guy is running against Hillary \u2013 who\u2019s someone I hate - I will actively oppose him\u2026 uh, was when he made fun of the disabled reporter. I mean\u2026 I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s sad that that didn\u2019t make an impact on people to me. And uh\u2026 yeah, I don\u2019t know. Montage of people seated at a registration table, a woman walking down a hallway at the convention Man standing with a camera Margaret Brown (VO) Can you amplify how you think the Republican Party got to this moment, like can you expand on that some? Glenn Beck talking to this press at a podium UPPER RIGHT GLENN BECK PRESS JUNKET Glenn Beck Yeah. Um, I\u2019ve done a lot of soul searching INSERT: Small boy listening in the audience (continues) I mean virtually you can\u2019t be as universally disliked as I am by so many Americans, and not do some soul searching\u2026 unless, you\u2019re Donald Trump. INSERT: Man listening in the audience (continues) I, believe it or not thought I was helping open the valves of steam\u2026 but that\u2019s not what happened. Um, so people became angry. INSERT: Man in audience recording with iPad (continues) So you start to say, gosh, am I that guy? Am I doing that? Lots of mistakes I made at Fox. Lot\u2019s of mistakes. INSERT: Man seated in audience (continues) Brought a lot of it on myself. High-rises in Denver Glenn Beck (VO) This president has exposed himself as a guy\u2026 INSERT: Clip of Glenn Beck on Fox News in 2009 (continues) \u2026over and over and over again, who has a deep-seeded hatred for white people, or the white culture, I don\u2019t know what it is. Reporter for Fox, speaking to Beck You can\u2019t say he doesn\u2019t like white people. David Axelrod\u2019s white, Rahm Emmanuel is his chief of staff and white, I think 70% of the people we see everyday are white. Robert Gibbs is white\u2026 Glenn Beck I\u2019m not saying he doesn\u2019t like white people, I\u2019m saying he has a problem. He has a \u2013 this guy is, I believe, a racist. Montage of high-rise in Denver, cars outside the Hyatt Hotel Glenn Beck speaking to the press Glenn Beck I apologize for those mistakes, I didn\u2019t mean to divide. I was doing my best to get people, to shake them, to get people to listen. So now where did we go wrong? Katie Pavlich interview Katie Pavlich I mean I don\u2019t know if I like talking in emotional terms because I try to leave my emotions out of it, but it is an emotional time. INSERT: montage of people seated at tables, visiting booths at the convention Katie Pavlich (VO) It\u2019s a very challenging year for a lot of different reasons, not just the challenge of Hillary Clinton on the Left, but who we are as a party I guess you would say. Or who we are as conservatives and what our principles are what really matters. Empty hotel hallway (VO) Antonia Okafor talking, laughing Interview with Antonia Okafor, Katie Pavlich, Kimberly Corban, and Amanda Owens Katie Pavlich The argument that is made against conservatives in general is a very dehumanizing experience because \u201cyou\u2019re a terrible person if you don\u2019t believe a certain way.\u201d I know on the second amendment especially, a lot of time, if you\u2019re pro-second amendment the immediate response from the anti-gun left is \u201cwell you\u2019re not interested in saving our children. And it\u2019s a very extreme position to take, and how are you supposed to have a conversation about that? Antonia Okafor And I see that a lot, and even as a Black person\u2026 LOWER MIDDLE Antonia Okafor STUDENTS FOR CAMPUS CARRY (continues) I\u2019ll get people who say, \u201cwell you\u2019re a traitor to your race.\u201d Or, \u201cyou\u2019re not even a woman if you\u2019re pro-life.\u201d Well, I\u2019m pretty sure I love myself\u2026 I don\u2019t know! I\u2019m pretty sure, so it\u2019s just; it\u2019s a volatility that has been upped to the extreme. Katie Pavlich We\u2019re not racists. We\u2019re not bigots. We\u2019re not misogynists. We are human beings too that probably care about a lot of the same issues that liberals do, on some levels. Maybe a lot of levels. Leon Wolf interview Leon Wolf If you go over to Europe and look at people like Le Pen or Wilders, whoever it might be, this is the message that they preach, that there are people who want to hear, that the reason we\u2019re losing jobs is because of the immigrants. Or because the foreigners have screwed us on our trade deals. Now, for years, those people did not have a political home in the United States because the Democrats ignored the immigration half of that, and the Republicans ignored the trade half. And Donald Trump is the first person I think that\u2019s combined those two. Now that they\u2019ve heard the Trump message I don\u2019t think the toothpaste is going back in the tube for those people. Montage of Ben Sasse Speech, people recording on their phones Erick Erickson interview Erick Erickson He really is fostering a world where these alt-right, white supremacist guys think that they\u2019re in charge, and I can\u2019t be a part of that, I don\u2019t want to be a part of that. Montage of Ben Sasse speaking, people in the audience. Leon Wolf (VO) I don\u2019t feel comfortable with the extent to which they blame problems on things like immigration\u2026 INSERT: Leon Wolf interview (continues) \u2026and I don\u2019t want to be a part of a party that is made appealing to that blatant scare mongering, my affiliation will not be with that. Montage of people in audience, recording speeches on their phones, Ben Sasse speaking Erick Erickson (VO) Republicans for forty years tried to convince Black voters that the GOP\u2019s okay. Erick Erickson interview Erick Erickson Donald Trump has completely blown up everything on that front. Hispanic voters, he\u2019s completely blow up the bridge on that point. And I\u2019m wondering if the brand is so damaged beyond repair that there needs to be a new political party that is not associated with the sins of the Republican party. Montage of sun rising over Denver cityscape, audience watching speeches Glenn Beck (VO) I have said to my kids, recently like three weeks ago, I\u2019m out of answers. Glenn Beck delivering speech Glenn Beck Everything I say seems to set everyone on fire. I\u2019m out of answers. For the first time in your lifetime, dad is coming to you. Any ideas? Guy Benson sitting on stage Guy Benson (VO) I\u2019m not going to throw up my hands and say it\u2019s all over. Guy Benson interview LOWER LEFT Guy Benson THE MILLENIAL CONSERVATIVE Guy Benson (continues) That the party\u2019s over, you know, we\u2019re dead, but it\u2019s bleak. It\u2019s bleak right now. Guy Benson Katie Pavlich seated at panel on stage Guy Benson Who can pull this thing back together? INSERT: shot of audience members (continues) we need leadership desperately, so desperately. And I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s an answer to that question right now. Leon Wolf speaking at podium Leon Wolf Glad to have all of you here. Hope you have a safe flight home. God bless you all, thank you. Leon Wolf (VO) I think most of us in this business who are still kind of opposed to Trump\u2026 Leon Wolf interview Leon Wolf (continues) \u2026have spent a lot of time in the last three months, you know, kind of thinking to ourselves to what extent we contribute to this problem. I know I spent some time talking with Glenn Beck yesterday who was here, and I know he\u2019s done a lot of that. I have myself. INSERT: montage of sun rising, Denver cityscape Margaret Brown (VO) What would you have done differently? In this soul searching? Glenn Beck speaking to the press at a podium Glenn Beck I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve thought about that a million times. I\u2019m trying now to, I\u2019m trying now to listen\u2026 more. Glen Beck interview Glen Beck I\u2019m not sure. I\u2019m reaching out to anybody who will listen. And who is open to a different kind of conversation. So I think, I mean, honestly I\u2019ve reached out to GLAAD in New York and met with the leaders of GLAAD who, you know, it\u2019s not popular for them or me. But we have got to start talking to each other. And there are principles we can grab on to. Even if we strongly disagree. So I think I\u2019m interested in talking to anybody who will listen and who\u2019s willing to try to chart new course for the country. CUTS TO BLACK