“When the White House says we are in a “narrative fight” against ISIS just days after a series of apparent terror attacks on USA soil we should all be very concerned”, spokesman Jason Miller said in the statement, describing it as “diminishing the threat” posed by terrorist attacks and providing “another reminder that we need new leadership in the fight against radical Islamic terrorism”.
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The campaigns weighed in after the weekend of bomb incidents and multiple stabbings in central Minnesota as the November 8 election loomed closer.
The same night, a knife attack left 8 injured at a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Hillary Clinton issued a statement on Sunday condemning the “apparent terrorist attacks” and calling for “resolve over fear”.
The U.S.is in a fight with the Islamic State, but according to the White House it is a fight of words, not arms. Reuters could not verify the claim of responsibility. She cited Hayden as saying that her opponent was a recruiting sergeant for terrorists. “And what ISIL wants to do is they want to project that they are an organization that is representing Islam in a fight, in a war against the West and a war against the United States”.
The way to win the narrative battle, Earnest said, is to make clear that America is not at war with Islam.
The renewed focus on terrorism came as Clinton and Trump prepare for their first debate next Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
Obama failed to reach agreement with the Iraqi government at the end of 2011 on extending a U.S. “Hillary Clinton wants to increase what he’s let in”, Trump said, adding, “they can’t be properly vetted”.
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A USA -led coalition has been fighting ISIS, an acronym for Islamic State, mainly through air strikes in Syria and Iraq. “I think this is something that maybe will happen perhaps more and more all over the country”. “And the president has organized an worldwide coalition, more 5000 airstrikes that we’ve taken against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria over the last couple years”, Earnest responded. “Our country’s been weak”.
