Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was asked Tuesday if he considers the Las Vegas shootings on Sunday to be “an act of domestic terrorism.”
“I — I’m not sure how I’d describe it,” he responded to reporters in the Capitol. “But clearly we had a couple of sick individuals who engaged in a horrific crime. And our hearts go out to those families, especially the families of those two officers who went down.”
The perpetrators, identified as Jerad Miller and Amanda Miller, reportedly killed two cops and one civilian before taking their own lives. Jerad Miller appears to have harbored extreme animosity toward the federal government, mixing Second Amendment advocacy with violent rhetoric and open calls for armed revolution.
I’m not sure how I’d describe a complete tool of the right wing. . .
He’s in a pickle–if it’s terrorism (which the GOP loves to throw around when the accused parties are brown) he also makes Harry Reid right by describing Bundy supporters as domestic terrorists.
I think jonknee is right. If he uses the term “domestic terrorist” he comes off agreeing with Reid and no Republican can ever agree with a Democrat, ever.
And it won’t be long before we hear the right-wing wingnuts start calling them “Freedom Fighters”…
As a senior executive of the PR firm for the domestic terrorists, you’d think he’d be a little quicker on his feet. A prepared statement perhaps.