Yesterday, Colorado State Sen. Dave Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs) caught fire for posting a tweet saying President Obama “is flying the U.S. Plane right into the ground at full speed.” He also included “Let’s roll” in the tweet, the rallying cry made famous by Todd Beamer’s reported use of it aboard United Airlines Flight 93 before thwarting 9/11 hijackers.
Schultheis is now defending the language — and saying he didn’t intend to make a reference to that particular flight.
“‘Let’s roll.’ It’s a comment people use all the time any more. ‘Let’s get going. Let’s move on. Let’s make major changes,'” Schultheis said according to The Denver Post. “I can see it now. But, you’re busy doing jillions of things during the day. You sometimes don’t analyze every single word.”
The Post reports that Schultheis “said he was angry about President’s fiscal policies, but didn’t mean to compare him to the Sept. 11 hijackers.”
As we noted yesterday, the state senator isn’t known for his gentle way with words, and he blames his past record for this apparent misinterpretation.
