Waltz: Dems' 'insulting' statements on troops posing threat to Biden is 'definition of racism'

Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., on Tuesday blasted Rep. Steve Cohen for his “disgusting” and “insulting” comments the day before where the Democratic lawmaker ominously suggested that President Trump supporters within the National Guard charged with helping protect Joe Biden "might want to do something" to the president-elect.

"It's just offensive all around," he added, also noting that Cohen’s comments reflect "a real ignorance of how the military thinks and works." Waltz, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, made the comments reacting to Cohen’s "shocking" statements on CNN Monday where the Tennessee lawmaker said he had been reminded that former India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards and said any Trump supporters within National Guard units were suspicious. "The [National] Guard is 90 some-odd, I believe, percent male, and only about 20% of white males voted for Biden," Cohen said. "You've got to figure that in the Guard, which is predominantly more conservative … they're probably not more than 25% of the people that are there protecting us who voted for Biden. The other 75% are in the … large class of folks who might want to do something."