On his radio show today, Glenn Beck asked Donald Trump supporters to call in and explain how they feel about reports that Trump is “softening” his hardline stance on illegal immigration, especially since many Trump supporters praise him for supposedly saying what he means and never backing down from his controversial positions.
Beck’s first call came from “Nate in Virginia,” who said that Trump is the only candidate in the last 20 years who has excited him enough to actually go out and vote because “he speaks a common tongue language” that can only be properly understood by those who can decipher the code.
That code, according to the caller, is that 80 percent of the stuff that Trump says is pure lunacy, but the core 20 percent of his message is that “he is going to fix the problem” and that is the only part that matters.
As such, Nate said he was not worried about Trump’s apparent flip-flop on immigration because that is just what he has to say in order to get elected. Provided that Trump actually follows through on his pledge to build a wall along the Southern border, he said, then “he’s not going to have people like me coming after him.”
But if Trump doesn’t build the wall, Nate said, “he’s in so much trouble, you don’t even understand the backlash of us, the ones who are so frustrated and angry and tired of all the political stuff. We’re going to come after him personally. You know what I mean? We’re going to get him.”
Beck said that he didn’t know quite what Nate meant and asked if he was talking about simply impeaching President Trump or perhaps something more violent.
“[Trump] has condoned violence in that past, hasn’t he?” Nate said. “He’s appealing to people who are very frustrated and angry. Their frustration and anger can only be subsided if he makes his promises true. And he has a lot on his shoulders; maybe he himself doesn’t even know how much. But if he doesn’t come true for us, he’s going to have bigger problems, bigger problems than what you know.”
“Okay,” Beck said, ending the call. “Thank you for one of the spookiest phone calls I think I’ve ever received.”
