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In reply to the discussion: Senator Schumer: "Peter King stood head & shoulders above everyone else" [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,607 posts)15. Sinn Fein was the political wing of the IRA. King spoke out in favor of the IRA itself
on a number of occasions.
For Representative Peter T. King, as he seizes the national spotlight this week with a hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, it is the most awkward of résumé entries. Long before he became an outspoken voice in Congress about the threat from terrorism, he was a fervent supporter of a terrorist group, the Irish Republican Army.
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, Mr. King told a pro-I.R.A. rally on Long Island, where he was serving as Nassau County comptroller, in 1982. Three years later he declared, If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.
As Mr. King, a Republican, rose as a Long Island politician in the 1980s, benefiting from strong Irish-American support, the I.R.A. was carrying out a bloody campaign of bombing and sniping, targeting the British Army, Protestant paramilitaries and sometimes pubs and other civilian gathering spots. His statements, along with his close ties to key figures in the military and political wings of the I.R.A., drew the attention of British and American authorities.
A judge in Belfast threw him out of an I.R.A. murder trial, calling him an obvious collaborator, said Ed Moloney, an Irish journalist and author of A Secret History of the I.R.A. In 1984, Mr. King complained that the Secret Service had investigated him as a security risk, Mr. Moloney said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/politics/09king.htmlWe 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, Mr. King told a pro-I.R.A. rally on Long Island, where he was serving as Nassau County comptroller, in 1982. Three years later he declared, If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.
As Mr. King, a Republican, rose as a Long Island politician in the 1980s, benefiting from strong Irish-American support, the I.R.A. was carrying out a bloody campaign of bombing and sniping, targeting the British Army, Protestant paramilitaries and sometimes pubs and other civilian gathering spots. His statements, along with his close ties to key figures in the military and political wings of the I.R.A., drew the attention of British and American authorities.
A judge in Belfast threw him out of an I.R.A. murder trial, calling him an obvious collaborator, said Ed Moloney, an Irish journalist and author of A Secret History of the I.R.A. In 1984, Mr. King complained that the Secret Service had investigated him as a security risk, Mr. Moloney said.
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Senator Schumer: "Peter King stood head & shoulders above everyone else" [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
OP
Sinn Fein was the political wing of the IRA. King spoke out in favor of the IRA itself
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2019
#15
Great song. Only recently ran into it and shared with my partner raised in Ireland. I don't
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#37
Yes. Go straight to the non-violent, no passing "explosives." Bu5 it seems that in most dire
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#48
He's getting raked over the coals on Twitter - so much so his name is trending.
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
#9
Good. Our Dem honchos need to learn not to suck up to the worst jerks on the GOP side. nt
tblue37
Nov 2019
#11
And there was no need, no pressure to tweet about it at all. It was entirely gratuitous. nt
tblue37
Nov 2019
#13
He did. I remember his anguis when Cruz would not sign on funds after one of the floods
question everything
Nov 2019
#12
I guess they were friends. I imagine they saw and dealt with each other quite a bit. Just like
UniteFightBack
Nov 2019
#45
Politics makes strange bedfellows. Many defense and prosecuting attorneys are friendly
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#50
At this moment in time with what's unfolding, that lovey dovey sentiment was not needed.
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2019
#55
Chuck praises this guy but dumped on Beto O'Rourke for his bold leadership on guns.
liskddksil
Nov 2019
#52