The nation's lawmakers and political leaders are "frozen by political correctness" in the face of radical Islamic terrorism, former assistant director of the FBI James Kallstrom told Newsmax TV on Monday.
Kallstrom, appearing on "The Wayne Allen Root Show," condemned the Diversity Visa Lottery program through which New York City terror attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov entered the United States.
"Every time . . . families are torn apart . . . people talk about 'what can we do?'" he said. "We have not changed our tactics. We are frozen by political correctness."
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Kallstrom called the diversity visa program "absolute total insanity," blaming Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a sponsor of the 1990 law, as "probably the most vocal guy" but not the only one responsible.
"It's basically the Democratic Party in total and a vast majority of Republicans . . . [that] just won't go there," he said.
"When are we going to come around to the fact that there's people who hate this country . . . opposed to our Constitution," he asked. "They need to be rounded up, and we need not wait until the firing pin hits the bullet."
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