‘That Guy Is An Idiot’: New Jersey Assemblyman Rips John Kirby After Hearing Answer About Drone Wave

A New Jersey state legislator tore into White House spokesman John Kirby Thursday after hearing Kirby respond to a question on drone swarms seen over the Garden State for weeks.

The drones have appeared over the sky of New Jersey, in some cases flying in formation, in recent weeks, according to video footage obtained by the Daily Caller. “America Reports” co-host John Roberts asked Republican State Assemblyman Brian Bergen of New Jersey about Kirby’s claim during a White House press briefing that the sightings were of “manned aircraft that were being operated lawfully.”

“That guy is an idiot. That I can tell you right now. Because the colonel of the state police told the members of the state legislature that one of his helicopters was hovering above a six-foot wide drone, and he landed that helicopter because he felt unsafe for his pilots,” Bergen said. “I am a former Apache helicopter pilot and a member of the New Jersey state legislature, and I have seen these things in my own community. That guy, I don’t even know his name, who was on here a couple minutes ago, is a fool if he is going to say there is no issue.”

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“Well, he’s a former rear admiral in the U.S. Navy named John Kirby, so helicopter pilot against the admiral. Go ahead,” Roberts responded, with Bergen saying, “Well, go Army, beat Navy, that’s what I would say in this regard.”

Roberts compared the drones to the February 2023 overflight of a spy balloon across the United States, which the Chinese claimed was a civilian meteorological research platform that went off course. The balloon was shot down