NY state Sen. John Liu sparks outrage with tweet calling Capitol siege scarier than 9/11

A New York lawmaker from Queens is getting big blowback for tweeting that since Wednesday’s Capitol riots, the 9/11 attack is no longer his most frightening memory.

“Seeing the Twin Towers crumble is no longer the most frightening moment of my life,” tweeted state Sen. John Liu (D-Queens).

The tweet, which Liu sent at 4:26 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, as the Washington, D. C., riot unfolded, is still being blasted as tone-deaf days later.

“Tell that to the families of those who died that day,” responded @CatalinaLauf.

“And to the men and women still suffering, being killed by the Global War on Terror as a result of that day. Truly shameful.”

“You were this close to being indicted for campaign finance fraud,” he added, referencing the then-city comptroller’s brush with the law in 2014, during his failed run for mayor. “I imagine that was a bit more harrowing.”

Many critics of Liu’s tweet noted the utter destruction of 9/11.

Terrorists killed 2,753 people in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, by crashing planes into the World Trade Center, causing both its towers to collapse to the ground.

Overall, nearly 3,000 people were killed that day as multiple terror attacks unfolded at the Pentagon in Washington, D. C., and in Shanksville, Pa., where the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 wrestled control of the aircraft from terrorists and forced it into the ground.

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