World leaders condemn France attacks

Speaking to Republican supporters at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, Florida, Carly Fiorina, the former tech CEO, criticized the Obama administration for the “murder, the mayhem, the danger, the tragedy that we see unfolding in Paris, in the Middle East, around the world and too often in our own homeland”.

When asked what that “something else” might be, Morell suggested that the USA may have to end up working together with Bashar Assad, the brutal Syrian dictator that the Obama administration has refused to support, to fight ISIS.

The refugee issue aside, several Republicans called for a tougher foreign policy to combat ISIS. “We stand with (the people of France) and pray for them”. “We’ve worked with them in the past”.

Like so many politicians, Friday’s violent attacks in Paris was a main topic of conversation. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul lashed out at Rubio, the Guardian reported, who he said blocked an amendment to a bill Paul had tried to introduce that would have applied “special scrutiny” to immigrants from countries that “have large jihadists”.

“Please go home tonight and turn on your television, and watch the news”.

“He sees the world as he likes to see it, as fantasy”, Christie told the audience at the conference organized by Florida’s Republican Party. This is not a geopolitical grievance that these people have with us.

“Do we need another young, inexperienced president to come into office at a time when the world is on fire?” “And I will serve you”. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, another Republican presidential candidate, voiced similar concerns on Fox News. Marco Rubio also framed it as a “clash of civilizations” in a video released by his campaign on Saturday.

Obama was briefed on the attacks Friday by his counter-terrorism adviser Lisa Monaco. Christie took shots at “academia”, “the liberal media”, “the Washington elite”, the United Nations, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, and said voters should beware of inexperienced candidates who would require “on-the-job training”, as well as candidates who only discuss terrorism “in the basement of the Capitol in a subcommittee meeting”.

Cruz, who was in SC for a “rally for religious liberty” Saturday, said the victims in Paris “were not injured by a few faceless menace. Destroying one group does not allow us to win the battle of ideas”.

He says he tried to get an amendment to bolster such screening of foreigners as part of an immigration bill sponsored by Florida Sen. “This, Mr. President, is why we are an exceptional nation…. And because we are exceptional, we must lead”.

Jindal, Santorum and Gilmore also called for immediate American responses. Gilmore declared “We are at war!” He attacked the president for taking “brazen” executive action to ease the threat of deportation for an estimated 5 million immigrants who entered the country illegally.

“We must have the strongest economy and the strongest military on the face of the planet”, she added, vowing to “invest in the military” and restore economic prosperity by embracing free market solutions.

She also censured the president for downplaying ISIS dangerousness a year ago.

“There are a lot of goodpeople in this Republican race but very, very few have any experience”, Santorum said.

We will bring you more on this story as it develops.