By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
In what appears to be a swipe at Republican candidates, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned against “over-simplistic rhetoric” about terrorism that recalls the sensational Communist red scares in the 1950s, CNN reports.
The comments came during a lecture at Westminster College in Missouri as authorities discussed terrorism and immigration.
Johnson cautioned that overheated rhetoric can cause unnecessary “fear, hate, suspicion, prejudice and government over-reach.”
“In this environment, the first impulse may be to suspect all Muslims living among us in this country are potential terrorists,” Johnson said.
