Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) told the crowd at a Lincoln Day dinner that Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz should leave the United States and said, “Get the Hell Out”. Last night on The Five, host Bob Beckel expressed his concern over these comments and said, “West owes an apology to a lot of people.”

Today, West explained to Fox and Friends, “If you go back and read the transcript of the message that I gave, it was about equality of achievement, about economic dependency, it was about enslaving the American entrepreneur well in spirit. That message needs to leave this country.” He went on to say that if anyone watched that entire speech they would understand that he’s talking about a contrast of visions in this country.

“I think Bob Beckel owes me an apology for saying that he would not refer to me as a Congressional representative nor as a Lieutenant Colonel Retired,” West said.