Clarke stated that the president "never misses an opportunity to politicize something." and that if he wants to take away guns he needs to start with his armed security staff.

"You know, [President Obama] never misses an opportunity to politicize something. Any time there's a tragedy that happens in the United States, he goes into his political bag of tricks to see what he can accomplish on his agenda and it's sad that he exploits these people and I'm glad they saw through it.