In case you missed it, here’s what Kelly said Wednesday: “I know in your mind, you can think of the times America was attacked. One is December 7, that’s Pearl Harbor Day. The other is September 11, and that’s the day the terrorists attacked. I want you to remember August 1, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates.”

Mind you, the “attack” he was talking about was merely the day Obama’s birth control mandate went into effect. It’s still pretty unclear how atrocious acts of war and terrorism have anything to do with easier access to contraception, but try telling that to Kelly.

On Thursday, the Pennsylvania congressman defended the controversial comment. Or rather, Kelly’s office did. His spokesman told the conservative website Newsmax.com, “Our freedoms and way of life have been under attack before, from both internal and external threats. If we fail to defend our constitutional rights, we risk losing the freedoms that so many brave men and women have given their lives to defend throughout the course of our nation’s history.”