Glenn Beck told CNN “New Day” host Chris Cuomo Monday that Donald Trump is “a very dangerous man” because of how Trump has joked about killing people.
Beck called for “constitutional restraint on the executive branch” and said he believes that Sen. [crscore]Ted Cruz[/crscore] would offer that to the America, whereas Trump would not. (RELATED: Glenn Beck Officially Endorses Cruz)
“The oath of office is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. And that’s why I am for Ted Cruz,” Beck said. “He is a constitutionalist. At 13 years old he had memorized the Constitution and was going around the state doing this amazing memory thing on the Constitution. He was raised by a father who escaped from Cuba, actually fought for Fidel, came to America, realized the difference, became an American citizen, raised Ted on the Constitution, and so it is in his bones.” (RELATED: Glenn Beck Disappointed After Sarah Palin Endorses Trump)
“[W]hat I have warned about for so long — you know people only focused when I was at Fox, they only focused on what I was saying about Barack Obama. But when I was at CNN, I was saying much of the same stuff about George W. Bush. And nobody paid attention. And when I was at Fox, I warned, ‘Look Democrats, please understand if you let the balance of power go out of whack, the next guy who can get in could be calling himself a Republican, and he will either take that same power and either use it at the same level or expand it,'” Beck claimed.
“And that’s a very bad thing. We need a constitutional restraint on the executive branch. And Donald Trump, I really, truly believe is a very dangerous man,” Beck said. “If you listen to, Chris, some of the things he said this weekend: ‘I could go on to Fifth Avenue and I could shoot people and I wouldn’t lose a single vote.’ He’s has joked about killing reporters like Putin. Actually, he’s joked about not killing reporters like Putin does. He’s a very dangerous man.” (VIDEO: Trump Says That He Could Shoot Somebody And ‘Wouldn’t Lose Any Voters’)