Fox Business host Stuart Varney abruptly ended an on-air interview with former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam after he claimed that Democrats want former President Donald Trump dead.
During the Tuesday segment, the two men were discussing Trumpâs security detail in the wake of a suspected second assassination attempt against the former president. Gilliam expressed his strong concern about the Republican nomineeâs safety.
âIâm going to say this on air,â Gilliam said. âThe Democrat party ⊠they want Trump dead.â
Varney immediately cut him off. âI donât think you can say that legitimately,â he told Gilliam.
âI think we can say that legitimately based on the verbiage they use, and then they cover up,â Gilliam said, while Varney shook his head. âTo say that they want him eliminated, to say that they want him gone, these are words that push people forward, and then you have directors of agencies like this that come on, and they do not do the job, the simple job of perimeter security over and over and over again.â
Thatâs when Varney intervened. âIâm gonna end it right there,â he said. âIâm not going to take any conspiracy theories on this show.â
âThatâs not a conspiracy theory,â Gilliam responded.
The channel cut to the next segment as Gilliam appeared to keep talking.
Gilliamâs claims mirror those made by Trump himself in the aftermath of the suspected attempt on his life. The GOP candidate blamed the failed shooting plot on the ârhetoricâ of Democrats, including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.