MEGYN KELLY (HOST): So, Glenn, what do you make of it? President Obama goes to visit this mosque today, the Islamic Society of Baltimore. In particular to denounce the harsh rhetoric he's heard from Republicans, suggesting Trump, on the issue of Muslims coming to America and in America.
GLENN BECK: Could I ask you, could he have found a mosque that wasn't under FBI surveillance? Could he have found one that wasn't under FBI surveillance? One that didn't just churn out a guy who went -- or wanted to go to an army recruiting center and kill them all? I mean it's absolutely incredible what this man -- and then to say that people in Jefferson's time thought that Jefferson was a Muslim because he had a Quran. Let me show you something. This is called the Jefferson Quran. It came out in Jefferson's term, you can can see it was printed by Eliza Thomas. The first American edition of the Quran and here's what people actually said at that time. If you look at the very end. Think of this. They're asking you that every American should not read excerpts, but should read the entire Quran, and it says “you'll find -- in this version, you will wonder that such absurdities have infected the best part of the world and will avouch that the knowledge of what is contained into this book will render this law contemptible.” That's what people said about the Quran in the 1800's, 1806. We were at war with the Barbary pirates. Thomas Jefferson knew exactly -- in fact, it was Jefferson that was the one who said we can't deal with these guys anymore. Read the Quran to try to figure out what it is. And when he realized that their laws -- And when he talked to the Grand Mufti, their laws said we can kill you. He thought it was absurd and realized there's no negotiating with these guys.
KELLY: So your point is -- by the way, Brian Kilmeade has a whole book out on this. I mean, very timely. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. But what's your point? Your bottom line is what?
BECK: My bottom line is if the president wants to talk about Islam,he should talk about the difference between a Muslim and an Islamist, and he shouldn't do it at a mosque that is under FBI surveillance.
