Boehner, Reid Disagree Over Whether Las Vegas Shooting Is Terrorism

Senate leaders disagreed Tuesday over whether the shooting of two police officers and one bystander in Las Vegas by a pair of anti-government extremists last Sunday constituted “an act of domestic terrorism.”

“I — I’m not sure how I’d describe it,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said earlier today. “But clearly we had a couple of sick individuals who engaged in a horrific crime. And our hearts go out to those families, especially the families of those two officers who went down.”

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As for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who represents the state:

Boehner earlier today hesitant to call Vegas shooting an act of terrorism. Asked same ?, Harry Reid says "that sounds like terrorism to me"

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 10, 2014

[h/t Talking Points Memo / Wesley Lowery]

[Image via Reuters/Jason Reed]

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