ANGLE REFUSES TO WALK BACK ‘DOMESTIC ENEMIES’ LINE…. On Sharron Angle’s list of greatest hits, it has to rank right up there. During an interview in which a right-wing radio host said there are “domestic enemies” serving in Congress, Angle replied that she agreed with the sentiment. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) argued this week, “If she is going to use such rhetoric, she has an obligation to name names and explain to the American people exactly who she thinks is a domestic enemy.”
But while the controversy arose a couple of days ago, the interview happened last year. Angle even had a readily available defense — she could simply try to argue that the provocative remarks came from the host, not her.
Yesterday, the extremist Senate candidate had a chance to walk the whole mess back. As Greg Sargent reported, she declined.
HARRIS: They have gone back to almost a year ago, dug through a conversation you had with my buddy Bill Manders up there in Reno, the big talker up there, where he said that we have domestic enemies and he thinks some of them are in the walls of the Senate and Congress, and you agreed with him. Did you agree with him?
ANGLE: Well, we were talking about what’s going on in Congress, of course, and the policies that have come out of Congress, and those policies as we’ve all seen over the last 18 months have definitely hurt our country.
HARRIS: Yeah, well I agree with you by the way, but I wanted to make sure you got you a chance to clarify that, because I’ll tell you the truth, Sharron. I do think we actually do have folks in Congress who truly want to do us harm and see us change from the nation we are now.
ANGLE: There is no doubt that the policies that have been coming out in the last 18 months have injured us, and injured us most specifically here in Nevada.
It would have been so easy for Angle to make this go away. She could have denounced the policies she disagrees with, while adding that she doesn’t believe her opponents literally want to harm America.
But that’s just not what Angle believes. In her twisted worldview, those who disagree with her are very likely treasonous.
So, I suppose Reid’s challenge still stands. If Angle believes there are anti-American traitors shaping federal policy in Washington — officials deliberately “injuring” the country — then she would seem to have a responsibility to identify them for public scrutiny.
