Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) said today that the U.S. needs to stop acting like trying terror suspects is “such an intimidating thing for Americans. We’re a strong confident country. We can have trials of bad guys and not be quivering like jelly when we do it.”
On Fox News, Weiner and host Megyn Kelly had a bit of a heated exchange over the recent announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may not be tried in New York City after all.
Weiner began by pointing out that foreign dignitaries visit New York City all the time without causing the city to shut down, and that “when the president comes here you know what we shut down? One block.”
Kelly incredulously asked “You don’t see any difference between that and somebody like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?”
Weiner shot back: “Right, no I do. I think with the president,” we should have “a much bigger security package.”
“What I’m saying,” he continued, “is that we are all getting caught up in the hysteria around this.”
“We in New York we handle big trials like this all the time,” said Weiner.
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