Sue Myrick

GOP Rep Defends Terrorism-In-Convenience-Stores Comment

Justin Elliott | March 1, 2010, 6:33PM

At a town hall meeting with the Muslim community Thursday, Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) seemed to defend comments she made in 2003 about the terrorist threat emanating from the people who run "all the convenience stores across the country."

"I wasn't off the wall," she said, according to the Charlotte Observer. "It may have come across that way, but you have to put it in context."

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Topics: Heritage Foundation, Hezbollah, Muslims, National Association of Convenience Stores, Sue Myrick