A former congressman from Illinois had some choice words Wednesday for national news media outlets refusing to show cartoons from the satirical Charlie Hedbo magazine, which was attacked by radical Islamists last week.

Joe Walsh, a conservative talk radio host and former representative of Illinois' 8th Congressional District, tweeted, "Let's hope that when the Islamists next strike they first behead the appeasing cowards at CNN, MSNBC, etal who refused to show the cartoons."

Twitter lashed back:

