the former arkansas governor and republican presidential contender who's known for his social conservatism admonished the alleged shooter in an interview with cnn's brianna keilar sunday on "state of the union.









"what he did is domestic terrorism, and what he did is absolutely abominable, especially to us in the pro-life movement, because there's nothing about any of us that would condone or in any way look the other way on something like this," huckabee said.









"we're not going to have the kind of language that you heard from john kerry where he talked about legitimizing or rationalizing terrorist actions," huckabee said. "there's no legitimizing, there's no rationalizing. it was mass murder. it was absolutely unfathomable. and there's no excuse for killing other people, whether it's happening inside the planned parenthood headquarters, inside their clinics where many millions of babies die, or whether it's people attacking planned parenthood." in the interview, huckabee also took shots at president barack obama over the tone of his remarks about isis and the acceptance of syrian refugees into the united states in the wake of the paris attacks. former arkansas gov. mike huckabee speaks at the point of grace church for the iowa faith & freedom coalition 2015 spring kick off on april 25, 2015, in waukee. the republican is expected to announce may 5 he is running for president. huckabee was born in the same arkansas town as former president bill clinton. he is an ordained baptist minister. huckabee, here at a the iowa ag summit in march 2015, served two terms as governor. huckabee, center, visits the western wall in jerusalem on february 1, 2010. in 2008, he debuted a weekend show for fox news titled "huckabee." he ended the program in early 2015. former arkansas gov. mike huckabee speaks during the nra-ila leadership forum in nashville, tennessee, in april 2015. former arkansas gov. mike huckabee delivers remarks to the conservative political action conference (cpac) at the washington marriott wardman park on february 10, 2012. huckabee is surrounded by supporters and members of the news media after talking about his new book, 'a simple government: twelve things we really need from washington (and a trillion that we don't!),' at the national press club on february 24, 2011, in washington, d.c. former gov. mike huckabee signs a copy of his new book, 'a simple government: twelve things we really need from washington (and a trillion that we don't!),' at the national press club on february 24, 2011. huckabee attends a corner stone dedication ceremony for a new jewish settlement in east jerusalem on january 31, 2011. mike huckabee speaks to guests at the iowa freedom summit on january 24, 2015, in des moines, iowa. the politician plays bass guitar with his band capitol offense. t the band has opened for willie nelson and the charlie daniels band and has played for two presidential inauguration balls. huckabee (second from right), students and others attend the may 14, 2010, namm foundation wanna play fund event at fox news studios in new york. the initiative, in conjunction with the vh1 save the music foundation, includes instrument donations. huckabee visits the west bank settlement of beit el, near ramallah, on august 18, 2009. he issued controversial statements in support of israeli settlements. republicans to obama: keep syrian refugees out "this president has shown considerable more intensity of anger toward republicans than he has toward isis," huckabee said. "i mean i remember those press conferences -- the one in manila and the one in turkey prior to that -- where you could see the visible, visceral anger this president had as he spoke about republicans. and he was so frustrated that there was not just a universal acceptance of his point of view about relocation of refugees, calling people who disagreed with him as un-american," huckabee said. "it was harsh. and i just want him to show the same kind of anger directed toward the isis terrorists , and frankly, all the radical islamists, that we saw from the french president (francois) hollande ," he said. "that's what we all need to do -- the family of civilized nations needs to get together and we need to destroy them once and for all." sign up for cnn politics' nightcap newsletter, serving up today's best and tomorrow's essentials in politics.
huckabee: planned parenthood shooting is 'domestic terrorism'
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