GOP lawmaker apologizes for unfounded claim that Democrats are 'in love with terrorists'

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Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee apologized Friday after he made an unfounded claim that accused Democrats of being "in love with terrorists."

"Let me be clear, I do not believe Democrats are in love with terrorists, and I apologize for what I said earlier this week," Republican Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia tweeted.

Collins had made the incendiary remark in an interview with Fox News' Lou Dobbs in response to a question about Democrats' efforts to limit President Donald Trump's war powers in the aftermath of a US airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.

During the interview, Collins went on to claim, also without evidence, that Democrats mourn Soleimani's death more than they do fallen US service members. No congressional Democrat has mourned Soleimani, whom US officials have blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/politics/doug-collins-apology-terrorists-remark-democrats/index.html

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Loser

[GemDigger]

1. One problem

He should apologize on the same damn show he said it on to the same damn people that heard it. The people that watch fox and not the twitter world.

[kag]

3. Exactly my thought.

They do this consistently. They make this idiotic comments loudly on Fox, and then (sometimes) retract them quietly to the Washington Post or CNN, which no MAGAt will read or watch.

Definitely not good enough.

[Scotch-Irish]

2. That's not good enough. He should step down.

Why aren't the democrats insisting that he step down?

[duforsure]

4. He maybe should address others with the truth in his own party,

Trump and republicans have spread Russian propaganda for Putin, who IS a terrorist. Now where's his outrage? He's to much of a coward to stand up to them.

[alwaysinasnit]

5. I imagine he only went this far because Tammy Duckworth took him to the woodshed.

[material_highlighter]

13. seems to be the case.

GOP forgets plenty of Dem's have shed blood for the flag.

werid how it's always the ones who never served that make these remarks.

[alwaysinasnit]

15. "...the ones who never served that make these remarks."

I guess that is why they are fondly referred to as chickenhawks, with Cadet Bone Spurs as a good example.

[material_highlighter]

19. absolutely and

as a combat vet, I despise when Collins and his ilk are labeled war-hawks or hawkish. my gut reaction is always to incert what they are, as you noted, chicken-hawks.

the GOP is now unable to pretend it's not the party of Trump. It's easy to loath your run-of-the-mill-George Bush brand of conservative. But they had some redemptive quality about them.

if the GOP doesn't ditch Trump the older members of the GOP are gonna have a had time competing against the exhibitionist of the party like Collins, Jordan, Nunez, etc.

these people are playing politics like shock jocks, trying to outdo the others in the ratings and if you won't deliver the sound bits, then there's a Mat Gaetz that will primary against you. that's what the GOP wants to. it wants members that will entertain their constituents, that way the masses won't notice what they're doing in the dead of night, nor will they care to ask.

[alwaysinasnit]

22. Thanks for making me chuckle, and more importantly, for your service. BTW, welcome to DU.

[yardwork]

23. Welcome to DU.

You're right about what the Republican Party has become. We the people are the only ones who can change that, by the choices we make when we vote. Unfortunately, half the country is going along with the Republicans.

[mahina]

25. Welcome to DU

Agreed on all points, and I love your icon. Aloha.

[yaesu]

6. we would never love any terrorist group, including republicans. nt

[LakeArenal]

24. Yes.

[pwb]

7. That guy is a nut. He thinks lies still work.

But not so much now, we are on to the false comparisons.

[SKKY]

8. Collins can go pack sand, and get stuffed....

...I'm trying to be "polite" here, but I really need to drop an "F" bomb when I see his stupid face on my TV, or read something about him.

[Taraman]

9. Can't wait to see him in the Senate "trial"

along with Nunes, Jordan and the whole klan.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Slander would be the appropriate remedy

but I think elected officials have immunity

[material_highlighter]

14. exactly.

thought we where gonna open those laws up??? Guess Mr. Trump realized if he did that him and his cronies would be responsible for their words.

[Paladin]

11. Apology NOT accepted.

Eat shit and die, Collins. The sooner the better.

[SergeStorms]

12. Lou Dobbs...

what a fascist piece of shit he turned out to be. He hid his fascist proclivities well on CNN, before moving to FUX. Now the real Lou Dobbs has surfaced, and he's turned out to be quite the ass kissing Trumptard.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Totally Agree

On CNN, I saw him as a bit of a libertarian crank, but there's plenty of those.
Now, he's a frothing maniac.

[scarytomcat]

17. see this is the problem they always blame us for their failings

it would appear they support terrorists and criminals
they support endless war and war criminals
we just want the facts so we can correct problems
rule of law would not be too much to ask

[greenjar_01]

18. The polling on this must have been catastrophic. GOPers never ever apologize for shit like this

We know for a dead certainty that Collins is a terrible person, so it wasn't any vestigial sense of ethics motivating him.

[Raster]

26. Of course... it's the ONLY reason he apologized.

[mahina]

29. Just possibly, Preet Bharara's tweet helped too. It went something this:

"Who is running against this craven un-American ignorant asshole named Doug Collins? I will max out to you tomorrow. I hope you all join me."

Which got 72,000 likes

[PatrickforO]

20. Yeah he does.

He and others of his ilk have demonized us for so long they'd like us on skewers over open flame.

[Red Mountain]

21. Apology not accepted

Unless he's spitting blood.

Even then, we know he doesn't mean it.

He needs to thoroughly regret the statement.

[magicarpet]

27. Pastor Collins is a messenger of Jesus,...

.... Fascist fucked up Jesus,... the other one.

[muntrv]

28. Let's ask Bin Laden if that's true.

[Maxheader]

31. Rabid p.o.s...

Made his unruly mark using a jim jordanish approach to the house impeachment process...A totally
unbalanced dude...