Pete King admission undermines his own case for anti-Muslim hearings
By Adam Serwer

Is Pete King backing away from his own stated reasons for holding hearings on Muslim radicalization this week?

On CNN this weekend, King seemed to quietly do just that, making an interesting admission in an exachange with Dem Rep. Keith Ellison. They were debating King’s decision to focus his hearings solely on Muslims, and King’s argument contained a telling walkback:

“We’re talking about al Qaeda,” King said. “There’s been self radicalization going on within the Muslim community, within a very small minority, but it’s there and that’s where the threat is coming from at this time.”

What a putz.