WATCH: Sen. Angus King Says Russian Election Meddling Is Just Like 9/11 At Victims Memorial

There have been some hot takes on the 17th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks, but Sen. Angus King (D-ME) may have the hottest — and most disturbing — telling a group gathered to honor victims of the attacks that alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election is both akin to and a continuation of the Al Qaeda-sponsored terrorism that left more than 3,000 Americans dead.

In his speech to first responders at a Lewiston, Maine fire station, King claimed that 9/11 was “the beginning of an attack that’s continuing today. They used airplanes into towers. Now people can use the click of a computer key in St. Petersburg, Russia to attack.”