Hoekstra: Brennan Is ‘Poisoning The Well’ And Should Be Fired (VIDEO)

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
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Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), one of the Republican lawmakers who has attacked the Obama administration for reading the Christmas Day bomber his Miranda rights, said on Fox News this morning that John Brennan, the top White House counterterrorism official, should be fired.

President Obama’s “leadership is trying to form a bipartisan relationship with Congress, at least his professionals are. This guy is poisoning the well and I think the president probably should fire this guy ’cause he’s off base and inconsistent with how national security issues should be dealt with,” Hoekstra said. He also called Brennan a “mini-czar.”

Hoekstra and other Republicans have attacked the White House for its handling of the suspected bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, saying he should have been handled by the military instead of the Department of Justice. But Brennan fought back on TV this Sunday, saying Hoekstra and others knew Abdulmutallab was in FBI custody and therefore heard his Miranda rights — but chose not to raise it as an issue until weeks later. This, he said, was proof that the GOP was using the attempted attack as a “political football.”

Hoekstra has denied that he knew about Abdulmutallab’s Mirandizing.

The Fox News host also accused Brennan of making “false accusations, apparently.”

Watch:

The White House is backing up Brennan. Greg Sargent asked about Sen. Kit Bond’s (R-MO) similar call for Brennan’s resignation.

“Through his pathetic attack on a counter-terrorism professional like John Brennan who has spent his lifetime protecting this country under multiple Administrations, Senator Bond sinks to new depths in his efforts to put politics over our national security,” wrote spokesman Nick Shapiro.

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