Obama More Angry At Me Than Orlando Shooter
The latest freaky statement to come out of the current presidential election cycle: Joy Behar from The View declared Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is in cahoots with terrorists.
Obama fought back saying that his reluctance to use the label has nothing to do with political correctness, and everything to do with the U.S.’s efforts to fight extremist groups.
“There is no magic to the phrase ‘radical Islam, ‘” he said. “It is not a strategy”.
In his speech, he went on to not only aggressively advance an “us vs. them” narrative, several times calling Muslims “these people” and declaring that “the Muslim community… they have to work with us”. The congressman, who has not endorsed Trump, said that while it’s fair to criticize aspects of Obama’s approach to combatting terrorism, “I part company with those then who want to get into these conspiracy theories”.
Donald Trump reiterated his call for a “temporary ban” on Muslim migrants to the United States from “horrible” places with “tremendous terrorism” during a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday.
The Florida attack, in which a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub and wounded 53, could have a lingering impact on the presidential race, mixing concerns about immigration, gun violence and religious tolerance into what has already been a volatile and decidedly negative campaign season. “Where does this stop?”
On Monday, Trump suggested in a television interview that Obama may not be taking tougher action against terrorism because he may sympathize with the perpetrators.
But four years later, when Trump launched his campaign for president, Barron said he regretted ever inviting Trump to speak and giving him such a prominent platform.
Most Republicans also support Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration, while a majority of Americans oppose it.
Shortly afterward, Clinton tore into Trump in Pittsburgh, raising numerous same issues as Obama.
“It is another thing altogether when he’s the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president”, the former secretary of state said. The message included a link to a story by Breitbart News, a Trump-friendly website, that claimed to have proof the Obama administration backed a terror group in Iraq.
“I have to ask: Will responsible Republican leaders stand up to their presumptive nominee or will they stand by his accusation about our president?” she said.
Both Trump and Clinton delivered speeches Monday to address the implications of the Orlando attack. But answering one of Trump’s most frequent accusations, the president said his reluctance to use the phrase “radical Islam” has “nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with actually defeating extremism”.
But while rank-and-file voters might respond positively to Trump’s renewed call for a ban on some Muslims entering the country, his reaction to the massacre showed few initial signs of winning over Republican foreign-policy figures who have spurned the NY mogul.
“I believe him when he says we’re going to kick the crap out of ISIS, he’s going to take care of the vets, he’s going to take care of the policemen, he’s going to build the wall”.