Controversial rocker and State of the Union guest Ted Nugent previewed his trademark brand of political discourse on Tuesday, aggressively lashing out at a congressional critic who had denounced his presence at the address.
According to Politico, reporters asked Nugent to respond to criticism from Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), who has spearheaded a successful push to get his colleagues to invite victims of gun violence and their relatives to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
“I threatened the President? Are you kidding me? Why don’t you just say that I’m a gay pirate? You’ve got to be kidding me,” he told them. “Why don’t you talk to the Secret Service guys who visited me and concluded nothing even hinted a threat against the president.”
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