GILBERT, Ariz. – San Tan Charter School parent Scott Campbell doesn’t think he should have to explain the concept of suicide bombers to his elementary age daughter.

The young girl broached the topic after 45 second- and third-grade students at the school met with U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon last Thursday to talk about how bills become laws, and the congressman delved into the debate over the recent Iran nuclear deal, KPHO reports.

“It should have probably just been a good civics lesson for kids who initially were excited to meet their congressman,” Campbell said, but “the congressman chose to give an example of the current situation in Iran, and made some inappropriate comments about ‘Do you know what a nuclear weapon is? Do you know that there are schools that train children your age to be suicide bombers?”

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“After school my daughter was very concerned and said to me she actually didn’t even know what suicide was and was very afraid,” he said.

San Tan Charter School Principal Kris Sippel sent an email to parents of children who met with Salmon to explain exactly what transpired, Fox 31 reports.

“The Congressman shared a bill that will be going through the process with regards to nuclear warfare down to the terrorists trained and the age of the kiddos that are trained. This conversation lasted about three minutes, to which I interjected that we had time for a few more questions in hopes to divert the conversation,” Sippel wrote.

“At this point, the questions changed to a different topic; however, after a few questions, the topic again turned to ISIS and the terrorists; at that point, (the teacher) did a great job and interrupted the Q&A to thank the congressman for coming to the classroom.”

Salmon spokesman Tristan Daedalus told The Washington Post in an email that the congressman’s staffers met with concerned parents on Monday, and Salmon himself called Campbell to apologize.

“The content of those remarks wasn’t anything beyond what children could expect to see or hear on any timely TV or radio newscast,” Daedalus wrote. “It was never Congressman Salmon’s intention to offend any parents present, so our office was happy to meet with them and discuss their concerns.”

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“After the meeting, Rep. Salmon called me personally to apologize to my family,” Campbell wrote to the news site in an email. “In today’s political climate that was a genuine and welcome gesture. I might not agree with his opinions on policy and what he did in this specific incident was wrong, but it did restore some of my faith in our democracy. People must speak truth to power when they are in the wrong and I have gained a lot of respect for him today.”