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New Jersey Rep. Brian Bergen (R) responded to White House Homeland Security spokesman John Kirby’s remarks about the increased unidentified drones flying over the state, calling him an “idiot” and a “fool.”
“This guy is an idiot. I can tell you that right now,” Bergen, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, said Thursday evening in an interview with Fox News.
His criticism comes as a rebound they reported drone sightings across the Garden State have alarmed residents and lawmakers alike, with Gov. Phil Murphy (D) saying monday that the matter is being taken “deadly seriously”. However, Kirby appeared to dismiss the concerns, telling reporters earlier Thursday that the drones are “manned aircraft” that are “being operated legally.”
“That guy, I don’t even know his name, who was here a couple minutes ago, he’s a fool if he wants to say there’s no problem,” Bergen said, responding to a clip of Kirby’s remarks on Thursday . White House press conference.
Another local official, Mayor Sam Morris of Mine Hill, NJ, has also spoken against Kirby’s remarks that drones do not pose a threat to national security, calling the dismissive comments “ridiculous.”
“I’d invite Mr. Kirby to Mine Hill. ‘Come, Mr. Kirby, and let’s go out one night about 9:3-10 o’clock. I’ll go out behind my town hall. And you can count on me all night,'” he went tell ABC News.
On Thursday, a group of senators from New Jersey and New York sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI, requesting a briefing on drones flying in the night sky.
Drones are currently being investigated by the FBI, although the Department of Defense is he said there was “no evidence” that the unidentified drones were the result of a foreign entity or “the work of an adversary.”
