Posted on 06/15/2016 12:16:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday that Donald Trump isn't the only Republican who is trying to single out Muslims in the effort to reduce terrorist attacks against the United States.
Earnest called out former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for making statements that the president also opposes.
"It was Gov. Bush who initially advocated for a religious test on individuals who were entering the country," Earnest told reporters Tuesday during his daily press briefing. "It was Sen. Cruz who made the reference to enhanced surveillance of Muslim communities. It is Chris Christie who expressed concerns about admitting Syrian refugees to the United States.
"Unfortunately, it's not about one politician in the Republican Party who is reacting out of fear and using language that the president is concerned could undermine our homeland security," Earnest added.
Earlier Tuesday after a meeting with his national security team, Obama said he's not afraid to call terrorists "radical Islamists," but said the term wouldn't change anything and instead could undermine key coalitions with Muslim countries that are part of the fight against the Islamic State.
"What exactly would using this label accomplish? What exactly would it change?" he said. "Is there a military strategy that is served by this? The answer is, none of the above. Calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away.
"This is a political distraction," Obama said. "It's a political talking point, it's not a strategy."
Obama never mentioned Trump's name, but reporters and commentators said it was obvious that he was referring to him after Trump said after the Orlando attacks that the president should resign if he could not say radical Islamic terrorism was responsible.
The president's frustration with Trump and other GOP critics was on full display Tuesday. Earnest said Obama is "quite passionate" about the issue because, as commander in chief, he twice took an oath to protect the American people and he believes the Republican Party is "reacting out of fear" and using language that plays into Islamic State propaganda about waging jihad against the west.
Remarkable “coincidence”, isn’t it?? Now all Obola can think of is how to strip us law abiding patriots of our guns so he can leave us defenseless against his jihadi vermin and his Trayvons.
If trump doesn’t win we lose our freedom and everything. Volunteer to call in the States of Florida and Ohio. Those are the States that will decide our future.
And Trump rightly points we'll get "more or the same" under Hillary Clinton.
I mean, first we have the endless parade of Muslim terrorists. How many have their been? Many more than we can count. We are told that they represent what? 2%? 10%? No one knows for sure, but it is some percentage.
But what else do we know? Well Islamic countries exist, right? What percentage do they represent? We know that they are less than tolerant of non-Muslim segments of their population. In fact, almost all Muslim countries are active in eradicating non-Muslims in their countries, if they haven't completed the task. And if you are non-Muslim, and you want to visit these countries, you are quite aware of how unwelcome you are, and how you are expected to act. Not much peace there.
And what happens at the frontiers where Muslims bump up against non-Muslims? Whether it is Jews, Christians, Hindus, or Buddhists, inevitably there is warfare. Most of the wars currently going on involve Muslims on one side, if not both. How many Muslim countries have, unabashedly called for the outright destruction of Israel?
When there are major disasters, where is the aid from Muslim countries? Where do Muslims EVER compromise for the sake of peace? What percentage of Muslims do we assign to this?
Where are there Muslim Nobel Peace Prize recipients? By my quick count, in my lifetime, there have been three. Yasser Arafat was NOT a peacemaker and did not deserve it. Anwar Sadat probably deserved it, but he was paid handsomely for his efforts, and he paid dearly with his life (at the hands of other Muslims). The other winner, Barack Obama, didn't deserve it either.
Tell me where Islam is peaceful. The overwhelming evidence suggests exactly the opposite.
Oh, and one more point. Where is all the peace deriving from the influx is Muslims in places like France, Sweden and Germany?
He was on fire.
Calling Islam a religion of peace was one of the worst things GWB did.
It flies in the face of all historical evidence and their own book.
It has always been a religion of conquest and slavery.
There can never be peace until there is only Islam, according to their book.
Infidels have three choices, submit, convert or die.
Mad Mo made it so.
I think the worst thing W Bush did was setup training facilities in countries south of the Rio Grande to instruct “those wishing to immigrate to America” how to get every form of welfare available - courtesy of the middle class tax payers.
The Bush clan is a form of wicked that shouldn’t be publicly discussed above a whisper.
Vile, vulgar people.
“”Unfortunately, it’s not about one politician in the Republican Party who is reacting out of fear and using language that the president is concerned could undermine our homeland security,” Earnest added.””
Who’s Earnest referring to as “one politician in the Republican party?” Is he calling Trump a politician? AND just how is anyone who is speaking up/out undermining our homeland security - assuming we have any under this administration?
I guess the worse thing any of us could do would be “to react out of fear.” What’s the Secret Service for? FEAR? Yep!
‘Li’l Sissy Boy!! That’s the name I’ve been looking for!!
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday that Donald Trump isn’t the only Republican who is trying to single out Muslims in the effort to reduce terrorist attacks against the United States. HAHAHAHAHA No Wait What, what happened to the last guy who did your job..Are you in Earnest, you should have taken classes in HARD SCIENCES you Moron..
Does he have any idea how bloody ridiculous this is? Good thing rats have no brains, or a lot of them would be tuning Josh and his evil boss out.
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