Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee claimed on Fox News Sunday over the weekend that Americans are more distrustful of government than ever.
“Frankly, there’s never been a time in my lifetime when people are more distrustful of government,” the former Arkansas governor told Fox’s Chris Wallace after citing Hillary Clinton and the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection program as reasons for the American people to feel uneasy.
“The secrecy with which this government has operated and specifically Hillary Clinton using a private email server outside the bounds of normal State Department protocol is very troubling, especially because we have yet to get an answer to what happened in Benghazi,” Huckabee declared.
He also voiced his complete skepticism of the NSA program.
“If this is so effective, how come it hasn’t resulted in foiled terrorist plots?” wondered Huckabee. “It seems like we’re spending billions of dollars on the whiz-bang technology and not enough money on human resources, which really is proven to be the most affective way to stopping terrorism.”
Watch the full Fox News segment below.
