This one is better, although he still kind of excuses them.
At this point, there is no excuse for their obtuse stupidity, and they need to be told that with no prevarication.
Compare McCarthy on the front line: on target: "What does Theresa May know about Islam such that she can decide what is a perversion of it? Precious little, Id wager. Otherwise, shed not babble on about Islamist extremism, a term right out of the Department of Redundancy Department.