Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) walked back remarks Sunday he made to CNN’s Manu Raju in which he said Democratic lawmakers were acting like “a terrorist,” suggesting he misspoke when using the highly-charged term.

“Why not work with Democrats right now, try to cut a deal and reopen the government?” Raju asked McCormick.

McCormick bluntly responded by saying that the “main reason” he and his Republican colleagues couldn’t negotiate with Democratic lawmakers was because “you can’t negotiate with a terrorist.”

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    18 hours ago

    Honestly I could probably make an argument that just about every American politician currently has voted “yes” to some foreign act or policy that I could reasonably describe as terrorism at this point.

    But I don’t think this moron and I would see eye to eye on this and I do not think this is what he was talking about.