Retired CIA intelligence officer Col. Tony Shaffer said Wednesday that the Obama administration and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are responsible for the attack in New York City on Tuesday.
Shaffer said on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" that Schumer is "helping import Europe's problems" by supporting the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, and that "We have to look at every aspect of every individual to make sure that we're not importing Europe's terror problem."
"I'm sorry, the Amish aren't doing this," he added. "We need to look where the threat is and not pretend we can be politically correct," he added, saying "Grandma Moses from Michigan" shouldn't be subject to the same level of scrutiny as a young man from Uzbekistan.
President Donald Trump praised Shaffer on Twitter after his appearance.
Shaffer responded:
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