The former secretary of state reiterated she would make “stopping lone wolves” a priority as president and would work to strengthen gun laws so that would-be terrorists couldn’t purchase firearms. “Obama’s speech was really all about political correctness”.
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“After all the Twitter rants and conspiracy theories we’ve been hearing recently, it’s time for a substantive discussion about how we protect our country”, Clinton said, characterizing Trump’s response to the Orlando massacre that left 49 dead on Sunday. That’s remarkable, given that a Democratic presidential candidate hasn’t carried Kansas since 1964, and Mitt Romney won the state by 22 points in the 2012 election. “But we also want to reach out to the vast majority of American-Muslims and Muslims around this country, this world, to help us defeat this threat, which is so evil and has got to be denounced by everyone, regardless of religion”. “We have a president who wants to be so politically correct that he doesn’t want to use the term radical Islamic terrorism”.
He told CNN: “Despite my differences with Trump in the past, it was a slam dunk”.
When she uttered the phrase Islamic terrorism on Monday morning, Trump must not have heard because he didn’t say the shift in language meant she was suddenly suited to be president.
When Trump traveled to North Carolina on Tuesday, however, the complexity of this line of argument became clear as he met with, reportedly attended a fundraiser with, and praised McCrory. Mr. President, it is not about the Islamic State, it’s about you. “And this son of a b– comes out and starts shooting and one of the people in that room happened to have (a gun) and goes boom. This approach isn’t just wrong; it is risky”, Clinton said in a major policy speech on terrorism in Virginia.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pumps his fist Wednesday, June 15, 2016, after speaking at a rally at Fox Theater in Atlanta.
“Remember this, radical Islam is anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-American”, Trump later said.
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Donald Trump is furious that the Washington Post reported on his recent suggestion that President Obama may be on the side of the terrorists, even going so far as to deny the newspaper credentials to cover his campaign events. Trump, who first called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the USA in the aftermath of the San Bernardino attacks, has ratcheted up the rhetoric since the Orlando shootings. “I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs”.
