Rep. Peter King: 'I Support Waterboarding, It Is Not Torture'
Rep. Peter King told CNN's Chris Cuomo that he would "support" bringing back waterboarding today because he doesn't "consider it to be torture at all."
Another day and another torture supporter.
As I said yesterday, it's sad that we have to litigate this illegal and destructive idea of torture, with people who are misrepresenting the facts and successes behind it.
CNN's New Day brought on Rep. King to discuss Trump's national security team, which included discussing Rep. Mike Pompeo being named the new Director of the CIA.
Cuomo asked, "Mike Pompeo, you can talk about his pluses all day long. The concerns are basically that he could be a return to a more invasive past that wiretapping is good, different torture techniques and waterboarding are good and effective. Do you believe he embraces these types of behaviors?"
Rep. King spouted off nonsense that President Obama was too politically correct in dealing with terrorism and that wiretapping of American citizens is awesome.
Rep. King said, "I believe that Mike Pompeo represents more realistic approaches...but waterboarding was used against three people and it was very effective. I supported waterboarding. I was supporting today. it's not torture. It was used in three cases and it was very effective."
Again, this is not true.