From Terrorist Bagman to Homeland Security Overlord: The Curious Career of Peter King

[Anti Federalist]

And bump yet again.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Bump for another thread

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Move over Freddie Kruger... there's a scarier menace on the loose in America

 

[John F Kennedy III]

It's makes me want to vomit knowing people like him are actually voted into office over and over again.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Bump because this stupid fascist fuckstick is blowing shit out his word hole again.

 

[Anti Federalist]

And bump once again.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

“There’s been some surprise in the United States but also in Britain that you have a job in looking and investigating into terrorism when your own past quotes about terrorism … seem to [make you] an apologist for terrorism,” Winnick said.

Winnick went on to recall several remarks King made in the ’80s, including, “We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry,” and, “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the IRA for it.”

http://www.therightperspective.org/...nst-british-imperialism/#sthash.Ai7sBnsN.dpbs


Peter King's Terrorism Problem

The fiery GOPer says WikiLeaks supports terrorism. Legal experts say congressmen who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones—or raise money for the IRA.

But NorAid's terror ties were hardly a secret. The Justice Department launched numerous probes of group leaders for smuggling weapons into Ulster (their boasts to the press might have been a tip-off), and in 1981, a federal judge ordered the group to list the IRA as its foreign principal, stating that there was "uncontroverted evidence" that NorAid was "providing money and services for other than relief purposes." Throughout all of this, King embraced a role not entirely unlike the one he plays today: a metaphorical bomb-thrower. He raised money for NorAid, spoke at its events, and tirelessly championed the anti-British cause. In 1985, he convened a press conference before the start of New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade (for which he was Grand Marshal), and offered a defiant defense of the IRA: "As we march up the avenue and share all the joy," he declared, "let us never forget the men and women who are suffering and, most of all, the men and women who are fighting." In an interview with the New York Times two years later, King put his role in historical conext: "I'm the Ollie North of Ireland," he declared.

British censors kept King off the airwaves (no small feat), and frequent newspaper profiles made note of his "militant" rhetoric, fierce support for the IRA, and prolific fundraising. So reviled was King across the pond that when New York's archbishop dared to embrace King at the city's St. Patrick's Day parade, London's Daily Mail dedicated an entire editorial to the affair and called it the "handshake of shame." Exchanging formalities with the then-comptroller of Nassau County, the paper explained, was tantamount to slapping terror on the back.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/peter-king-terrorism-problem

Has any reporter asked Peter King for his views on the so called mixed-race "IRA shooter" Chris Harper-Mercer who singled out Christians for killing in Oregon?





Oregon college shooting: What we know about alleged killer Chris Harper-Mercer

Nine people are reported to have died in the latest school shooting in the US this year

• Friday 2 October 2015 08:59 BST

Chris Harper-Mercer in a MySpace photograph linked to his name A man alleged to have shot dead at least nine people in a college in the US appeared to have expressed support for the IRA and mass shootings online.
Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, reportedly walked into a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday and opened fire. The gunman, who allegedly demanded students’ religious views before shooting them, was killed by local police officers in a shootout.

Harper-Mercer’s online history also appears to show he disliked organised religion and identified as a conservative Republican.
A MySpace account in the same name, registered in Torrance, California, is filled with pictures of masked Irish Republican Army (IRA) members and includes two photographs of the alleged shooter posing with a rifle.

A screengrab from a MySpace account in Chris Harper-Mercer's name


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...on-college-shooter-what-we-know-a6676421.html


Oregon Killer: A Self-Described Conservative Republican

Oregon gunman Chris Harper Mercer discharged from US Army

 

[Philhelm]

It is suspicious that the IRA would have anything to do with this ass fucking scum hat. Peter King, because if there were no cunts in our world there could be no dicks.

EDIT, I apologize to the ladies here for my gratuitous use of that disgusting word.

His head is the reason pikes were invented.

 

[JohnCollins]

Not just the IRA...if you look at King's votes, he has indeed consistently provided material support to a variety of terrorists throughout the years.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Why his constituents don't ask for his resignation..

 

[Anti Federalist]

Peter King being floated as possible Speaker of the House, bump

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Rep. Pete King‏ Verified account @RepPeteKing Jun 3

Thoughts & prayers w victims of London terrorist attacks. Essential that we stand w our strong ally now & until terrorist forces r destroyed
22 replies 42 retweets 115 likes




Quite a change in Mr. King's view compared to his past views towards UK.




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[Anti Federalist]

Republican Andrew Garbarino Wins Election to New York’s 2nd House District

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-elec...ins-election-to-new-yorks-2nd-house-district/

Republican New York state Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino won the election to replace retiring Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in New York’s 2nd Congressional District, the Associated Press reports.

Garbarino defeated Democrat challenger Jackie Gordon, who worked as a school guidance counselor and is a retired U.S. Army Reserve officer, in the House race for New York’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers Suffolk and Nassau counties on Long Island, Fox 5 New York reported.

Garbarino won 53 percent of the vote, while Gordon won 46 percent of the vote. The difference in vote totals was just under seven percentage points.

The election results were not confirmed until Friday, more than a month after Election Day, because Suffolk County did not release enough vote totals to the public, NBC 4 New York reported.

King decided not to seek reelection after serving 14 terms in the House. He campaigned hard for the 36-year-old Garbarino, who appealed to white, blue-collar suburban voters who have voted for Democrats.

Although Democrats slightly outnumber Republicans in the district, the House seat was considered safe for the GOP because of King’s bipartisan appeal.

Once King decided not to run, the seat was considered a toss-up, prompting heavy spending from both sides of the aisle.

 

[jmdrake]

Republican Andrew Garbarino Wins Election to New York’s 2nd House District

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-elec...ins-election-to-new-yorks-2nd-house-district/

Republican New York state Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino won the election to replace retiring Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in New York’s 2nd Congressional District, the Associated Press reports.

Garbarino defeated Democrat challenger Jackie Gordon, who worked as a school guidance counselor and is a retired U.S. Army Reserve officer, in the House race for New York’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers Suffolk and Nassau counties on Long Island, Fox 5 New York reported.

Garbarino won 53 percent of the vote, while Gordon won 46 percent of the vote. The difference in vote totals was just under seven percentage points.

The election results were not confirmed until Friday, more than a month after Election Day, because Suffolk County did not release enough vote totals to the public, NBC 4 New York reported.

King decided not to seek reelection after serving 14 terms in the House. He campaigned hard for the 36-year-old Garbarino, who appealed to white, blue-collar suburban voters who have voted for Democrats.

Although Democrats slightly outnumber Republicans in the district, the House seat was considered safe for the GOP because of King’s bipartisan appeal.

Once King decided not to run, the seat was considered a toss-up, prompting heavy spending from both sides of the aisle.

Sooooo....should I be happy that Nancy Pelosi didn't get another vote in her corner, or sad that even in retirement a slime like Peter King is still a king maker?

 

[Anti Federalist]

Sooooo....should I be happy that Nancy Pelosi didn't get another vote in her corner, or sad that even in retirement a slime like Peter King is still a king maker?

I don't know if any emotion is required at all.

Other than relief that he is gone...as Scrooge observed the young couple who owed him money that was elated that he was dead: they figured that no matter what, whoever replaced him as their creditor, he could hardly have turned out to be worse than Ebeneezer.

 

[jmdrake]

I don't know if any emotion is required at all.

Other than relief that he is gone...as Scrooge observed the young couple who owed him money that was elated that he was dead: they figured that no matter what, whoever replaced him as their creditor, he could hardly have turned out to be worse than Ebeneezer.

Yeah....I suppose you're right. And King does look like he could play Scrooge LOL. Given enough time even Nancy Pelosi will ultimately have to put down the gavel. I'm starting to miss old Tip O'Neil.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Goddammit, AF! I had pretty much entirely forgotten that Peter King ever even existed, and now you go and bump this thread and remind me.

And before Christmas, no less. That's just cruel and sadistic ...