Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) UPDATE: Wesley Denton, a spokesperson for Sen. DeMint, has responded by email: “The Washington Times misreported Senator DeMint’s comments, they were not his opinion, he was in fact quoting a D.C. mother who had spoken to him this week of her concern for her child joining a gang,” Denton wrote. The email also links to a New York Post account of the press conference, which gives the quote as follows:…