Posted on 02/07/2017 6:56:38 AM PST by mandaladon
A small group of high-profile conservatives who vociferously opposed Donald Trump's candidacy for president and never fell in line are facing anxious times now that the self-declared vengeful Trump has taken the reins of the most powerful government in the world, The Atlantic reports.
Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck, who says Trump is "dangerously unhinged" and has appointed some "disturbing people" to his inner circle, said he lives in fear of death threats he's received from the president's supporters.
As a result, he now travels with two bodyguards.
"It is not fun," Beck said. "I don't cherish it, but I value the truth more than I'm afraid of retribution."
"The question is not whether he's vengeful," conservative columnist Ben Shapiro told The Atlantic. "The question is how willing he is to use the levers of government to exact that revenge."
Shapiro, a California-based commentator, was one of Trump's staunchest conservative critics and quit his job at Breitbart after slamming the company's then-CEO Steve Bannon for being a "bully" who had turned the site into "Trump's personal Pravda."
Now that Trump and Bannon are both in the White House, Shapiro says he's taking the threat of retaliation seriously by buying a shotgun and installing an expensive security system in his home.
Insisting that he did not want to sound paranoid, Shapiro said "They can fight very ugly and very nasty. And they do have power now, where if they feel like destroying you, they can."
Although there is no evidence that Trump actually has an enemies list of those he wants to destroy, The Washington Post has reported that Trump's team blacklisted more than 100 Republican national security experts from jobs with the administration, because they signed at least one of the public letters during the campaign opposing his candidacy.
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So did he get threats when he said BO is racist?
Beck gave Maxine Waters wacko instructions.
He is the wacko el maxo.
Wow, it’s been like 6 weeks and I haven’t even thought of GB - then you post this ...
Check your lithium levels Glenn.
What will he do?
Hide in a bag of Cheetos?......................
Mister Stabby has been banned from the pool.
Beck makes Maxine look sane.............
Glenn Beck FEARS... and CRIES... and WHINES... and by gosh you should too!!!
Now keep listening, and sign up at The Blaze.
Glenn Beck is the worst kind of showman, and I suspect he’s fallen off the wagon.
So this is Beck’s newest scream to stay in the news?
He needs to chill and be re-evaluated for his lithium. /s
Beck is the one who is unhinged.
That happened before Trump ever announced he was running.
Ben Shapiro isn’t too far behind Beck in his paranoia either.
Glenn, KNOCK IT OFF. More crazy. (still going to send his book back)
I think Glenn and Ben think they are much more important than they really are. Hardly worth a nano second of President Trump’s time.
“He is the wacko el maxo.”.......
I loved that one.
[He lives in fear of death threats he’s received from the president’s supporters]
BECK’S ratings and income are imploding. He’s looking for significance and people to subscribe to his web show.
Beck's empire is disintegrating due to his own poor business judgement and he's looking for someone else to blame when it happens.
Well, Glenn should know about "dangerously unhinged", since he has been that way for far too long.
The people around Beck need to have a serious talk with him.
I saw him building this new media empire and now I see him crashing it down.
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