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 Fox NewsThe indictment Thursday of former President Donald Trump over a 2016 hush money payment led to plenty of more-unhinged-than-usual opinions on Fox News, perhaps none more outlandish than those shared by former network host Glenn Beck.
During an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Beck depicted the Manhattan grand jury's vote to indict Trump as a foreboding indicator that the United States is "no longer viewed as a superpower"—and more specifically a sign that Democrats want to see violence from Trump's supporters as a pretext to somehow strip them of their rights.
"What this is all about, I believe, is trying to inflame this country. They've wanted violence from the right from the beginning. They can't wait [for] it. They need it. Because if we strike out—look at January 6!" Beck said. He then for some reason called attention to the fact that "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley, one of the Capitol rioters who had been imprisoned for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was moved into a halfway house this week.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Larry Kudlow, Trump's former economic adviser, made the comments less than an hour before the indictment news broke.
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