CAVUTO: Welcome back, everyone. In 1998, a gunman got past security at the U.S. Capitol, just behind me, and killed two officers, including one that was attached to Tom DeLay's security detail. Now, last week, Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney claims that racial profiling was why a Capitol Hill police officer stopped her for identification. The congresswoman is accused of striking that officer. And now authorities are looking at striking back at her. My next guest says that Ms. McKinney is the real racist here. Joining me now is outgoing Congressman Tom DeLay of Texas. Congressman, good to have you.
DELAY: Thank you, Neil. Great to be with you.
CAVUTO: What do you think of this?
DELAY: Well, obviously, I -- I have the utmost respect for the Capitol Hill police. People think they're tour guides. These are people that are protecting that beautiful building and all the precious people in it. And, as you said, John Gibson died in my office protecting my -- my employees and me. I was in the office at the time. And he did it in -- in an incredibly courageous way. He let the shooter go by him, and he yelled at him, because he knew, if he shot him in the back, it -- he could shoot those young people sitting at their desks.
CAVUTO: Yes. And he died.
DELAY: And, so, he took the full brunt.
CAVUTO: Right.
DELAY: These -- this officer in this incident didn't know Cynthia McKinney didn't have a gun, didn't know that she had -- may have had a knife or even a bomb on her.
CAVUTO: So, you are not buying the whole racist thing?
DELAY: He still -- he still accosted her. He still showed the courage to walk up and confront her, because she had broken the protocol. It -- it had nothing to do with race. It had everything to do with doing his job, and doing it personally -- professionally.
CAVUTO: So, he shouldn't be punished in any way?
DELAY: Absolutely not. He should be -- in fact, we ought to pass a resolution commending him for his service and his courage.
CAVUTO: There is so much I want to get --
DELAY: And I am sending a letter to the chief of the Capitol Police this evening to do just that.
CAVUTO: I -- I had heard about that.
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CAVUTO: All right. Hang on there, congressman.
We want to have more with Congressman Tom DeLay, who will be leaving his political job. But we will find out what -- what new job -- maybe that house -- after this.
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CAVUTO: All right, back with us, the -- the man who is leaving Washington -- I can't believe it -- Tom DeLay.
We did have--
DELAY: Well, I'm leaving that building.
CAVUTO: You are leaving that building. But you are staying -- you are going to be a Virginia resident, right?
DELAY: I have to move here, yes.
CAVUTO: All right, so that they can put a Republican on -- on the ticket in -- in Texas.
DELAY: That's correct.