Over the weekend Rep. Peter King (R-NY) weighed in on racial profiling in the wake of the attempted terrorist attack on Flight 253, saying there is “too much political correctness” and that “while the overwhelming majority of Muslims are outstanding people, on the other hand 100% of the Islamic terrorists are Muslims.”
As ThinkProgress pointed out, King is one of several figures to appear on Fox News over the weekend and rail against the “political correctness” that they say has led to incidents like the Fort Hood shootings, and most recently, the attempted attack on Flight 253.
King said:
I think there are situations like this where we are afraid of being accused of profiling. The fact is while the overwhelming majority of Muslims are outstanding people, on the other hand 100% of the Islamic terrorists are Muslims, and that is our main enemy today. So while we should not be profiling people because of their religion, at the same time we should not be bending over backwards to somehow keep them off a list.
Here’s Think Progress’ mash-up of some of the more egregious right-wing comments on this:
