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Glenn Beck. | AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley SiriusXM suspends Glenn Beck over Trump conversation

Satellite radio company SiriusXM has suspended Glenn Beck's syndicated show this week and is "evaluating" the program's place over comments made last week by one of Beck's guests.

Last week, fiction writer Brad Thor appeared on Beck's program and suggested presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is a danger to America and that citizens would have to take means that may not be legal in order to get Trump out of office. Beck did not immediately admonish or distance himself from the comments, leading to the suspension by SiriusXM.

"SiriusXM encourages a diversity of discourse and opinion on our talk programs. However, comments recently made by a guest on the independently produced Glenn Beck Program, in our judgement, 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. For that reason, we have suspended The Glenn Beck Program from our Patriot channel for the coming week and are evaluating its place in our lineup going forward. SiriusXM is committed to a spirited, robust, yet responsible political conversation and believes this action reflects those values," the network said in a statement.

A spokesperson for Beck said the host had a previously scheduled vacation this week. Beck's slot was filled on the Patriot channel by David Webb on Tuesday. His slot on his own network's SiriusXM channel "The Blaze" was filled by Doc Thompson and Skip LaCombe.

Later on Tuesday, Thor told "The Blaze" host Dana Loesch that there was "no threat."

"Hell no, I wasn't talking about assassination," Thor said.

This post has been updated with comments from Thor and a spokesperson for Beck.

UPDATE 10:50p.m.:

In a lengthy statement on Tuesday evening, Dom Theodore, general manager of the Glenn Beck Radio Show, said Beck has never advocated violence and that they are under the impression that Beck will back on the air Monday.

"Glenn is on vacation so I wanted to respond on his behalf so that the unfortunate fabrications surrounding his interview with Brad Thor don’t spread any further. As every listener of the show knows, Glenn has never — and will never — advocate violence. It wasn’t long ago that he was criticized by some for advocating peace during the Bundy Ranch saga," Theodore said, calling the reaction to the Thor interview a "viral hatchet job."

"Glenn is on the record, repeatedly, expressing concern for all people, especially the President of the United States. With every scandal at the Secret Service, Glenn has implored his audience to pray for the safety of the President and for the restoration of the Secret Service’s judgement [sic] and abilities. And to answer the question before it has been asked: No one from any governmental agency, Secret Service, police force, etc., has been in contact with our company about this story in any way, shape, or form," Theodore said.

Theodore then encouraged listeners to reach out to Sirius XM "to let them know that the voices in support [of] our shared principles and values are louder than those who would attempt to suppress them."