NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- SiriusXM radio has suspended Glenn Beck following an interview with author Brad Thor where the two allegedly implied a President Donald Trump could be assassinated if he abused his power.
Thor was on Beck's independently produced radio show last week and said it was unlikely Congress would remove Trump if he were elected and, he wondered, "what patriot will step up and do that if, if, he oversteps his mandate as president?"
The author blasted a potential Trump presidency as "disaster for liberty," and an "extinction-level event potentially for our republic, for democracy." He also declared a Trump White House "one of the greatest crises our nation has seen since the Great Depression, since World War II."
Thor and Beck, who agreed with his guest, have weathered heavy criticism ever since.
Sirius suspended Beck's show for the week while they are "evaluating" his place on the satellite radio network.
The fiction author took to Twitter, writing the situation he and Beck referred to was "a hypothetical scenario in which a President Trump goes full dictator."
SiriusXM said in a statement it "may be reasonably construed by some to have been advocating harm against an individual currently running for office, which we cannot and will not condone," SiriusXM said. "SiriusXM is committed to a spirited, robust, yet responsible political conversation and believes this action reflects those values."
