locked ▁up ". ▁While ▁campaign ing ▁for ▁Trump , ▁F lyn n ▁also ▁referred ▁to ▁Cl inton ▁as ▁the ▁" en emy ▁camp ". ▁Six ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁speech , ▁F lyn n ▁stir red ▁up ▁a ▁controvers y ▁by ▁ret we eting ▁anti - S emit ic ▁remarks , ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁apolog ized ▁for ▁and ▁claimed ▁were ▁un intent ional . ▁During ▁the ▁election ▁campaign , ▁F lyn n ▁used ▁Twitter ▁to ▁post ▁links ▁to ▁negative ▁stories ▁about ▁Cl inton , ▁like ▁the ▁P izz ag ate ▁consp i racy ▁theory . ▁ ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁once ▁opposed ▁to ▁water board ing ▁and ▁other ▁extreme ▁inter rog ation ▁techniques ▁that ▁have ▁now ▁been ▁b anned ; ▁however , ▁according ▁to ▁an ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Washington ▁Post ▁article , ▁he ▁said ▁at ▁one ▁point , ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁Trump ' s ▁apparent ▁open ness ▁to ▁re inst ating ▁such ▁techniques , ▁that ▁" he ▁would ▁be ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁take ▁options ▁off ▁the ▁table ." ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁asked ▁by ▁an ▁Al ▁J aze era ▁rep orter ▁if ▁he ▁would ▁support ▁Trump ' s ▁stated ▁plan ▁to ▁" take ▁out ▁[ the ] ▁families " ▁of ▁people ▁sus pected ▁of ▁being ▁involved ▁in ▁terror ism . ▁In ▁response , ▁F lyn n ▁stated , ▁" I ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁circumstances ▁of ▁that ▁situation ." ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Al ▁J aze era , ▁F lyn