Peter King on Mosque Surveillance: Nothing Against Muslims, That’s Where Threat Coming From

Congressman Peter King today defended surveillance of mosques in the name of monitoring for potential terrorist threats. On Fox News Sunday, he dismissed the concerns of civil libertarians and said, “They can cry all they want.”

King insisted he understands most Muslims are good and he’s friends with a fellow Muslim congressman, saying, “This is nothing against Muslims, but the fact is, that is where the threat is coming from.”

He railed against “blind political correctness” and said there are plenty of cases where people in mosques openly share radical jihadist intentions but none of it is ever reported to the police out of concern.

King did say back in October he completely disagrees with Donald Trump‘s proposal to actually close down mosques, even if they agree on surveillance.

Watch above, via Fox.

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