Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman from Illinois, has warned President Barack Obama, who he labels a "cop hater," to "watch out" in the wake of the Dallas sniper attack in which five police officers were shot dead — a message some have perceived as a threat.
"This is now war. Watch out Obama," Walsh wrote Thursday in a tweet which he later deleted,
The Wrap reports.
Walsh, a syndicated conservative radio host who represented The Prairie State from 2011 to 2013, began his attack on Obama in a series of angry tweets late Thursday, suggesting the commander in chief was a "cop hater" with other "thugs on the street."
Tweeting:
But the tweet that got him in hot water with some readers, said:
After deleting that aggressive message, he tried to distance himself from it, insisting:
Some of Walsh's other tweets:
Walsh quickly came under fire on Twitter:
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