Lincoln Chafee: We Should Describe Terrorists as ‘Criminals,’ Not Terrorists

[excerpt MAHER There are ░░░░░░░░ trials going on in ░░░░░░░░ right now Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ░░░░░░░░ trial up in Boston ░░░░░░░░ James Eagan Holmes He ░░░░░░░░ the shooter at the ░░░░░░░░ movie theater who ironically ░░░░░░░░ up as a joker ░░░░░░░░ My question is why ░░░░░░░░ they inspire such a ░░░░░░░░ reactions When it s ░░░░░░░░ people absolutely freak out ░░░░░░░░ when it is a ░░░░░░░░ with a gun without ░░░░░░░░ religious Islamic dimension to ░░░░░░░░ it s just nothing ░░░░░░░░ indecipherable here step over ░░░░░░░░ blood politicians wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ address the issue Obama ░░░░░░░░ saying we should not ░░░░░░░░ say the phrase Islamic ░░░░░░░░ it s just all ░░░░░░░░ extremism If it is ░░░░░░░░ something different Islamic terrorism ░░░░░░░░ is it the one ░░░░░░░░ that makes people shit ░░░░░░░░ pants Laughter WAGNER Well ░░░░░░░░ of all I would ░░░░░░░░ a lunatic with a ░░░░░░░░ is a form of ░░░░░░░░ MAHER It is WAGNER ░░░░░░░░ strikes harder in the ░░░░░░░░ MAHER But we didn ░░░░░░░░ wrap up the Constitution ░░░░░░░░ it crosstalk CHAFEE I ░░░░░░░░ using terrorism too much ░░░░░░░░ it s coming to ░░░░░░░░ too much jihad too ░░░░░░░░ crusade We should talk ░░░░░░░░ them as criminals And ░░░░░░░░ since 9 11 terrorism ░░░░░░░░ used especially for anything ░░░░░░░░ do with the Muslim ░░░░░░░░ rampage CAIN I think ░░░░░░░░ is a clear distinction ░░░░░░░░ common criminals and terrorism ░░░░░░░░ I think that is ░░░░░░░░ we treat these differently ░░░░░░░░ By the way I ░░░░░░░░ your premise that we ░░░░░░░░ t do anything after ░░░░░░░░ Holmes or Sandy Hook ░░░░░░░░ Well but isn t ░░░░░░░░ health something we should ░░░░░░░░ about applause from audience ░░░░░░░░ mean if this is ░░░░░░░░ I just feel like ░░░░░░░░ know I think the ░░░░░░░░ is in part to ░░░░░░░░ here you know a ░░░░░░░░ man professing to be ░░░░░░░░ sort of radical jihadist ░░░░░░░░ media catnip in a ░░░░░░░░ that a really disturbed ░░░░░░░░ with schizophrenia or maybe ░░░░░░░░ s insane as his ░░░░░░░░ would like to have ░░░░░░░░ prosecuted I mean that ░░░░░░░░ just not as quote ░░░░░░░░ interesting to us even ░░░░░░░░ it should be I ░░░░░░░░ obviously.”