Hillary Clinton’s counterterrorism speech yesterday demonstrated that she is the presidential candidate with the resolve and experience needed to lead our country and keep us safe. Unlike her Republican counterparts, who played off fears and pushed dangerous policies, Hillary Clinton’s speech today showed she is best prepared to be our next president.
While Donald Trump said we need to close our borders and ban Muslims from entering the country, and Ted Cruz proposed a plan to patrol Muslim neighborhoods, Hillary Clinton laid out a clear vision on how to bring people together and keep America safe.
True leadership is tested in times of crisis. The hateful rhetoric and xenophobic proposals of Trump and Cruz don’t solve the complex problems of our time — they only add fuel to global threats. Hillary Clinton is the only presidential candidate with the experience to lead in a time of crisis, and she will lead us with steady and unwavering hands.
Hillary Clinton gave a serious speech on counterterrorism, offering stark contrast to the GOP’s frightening responses.
Huffington Post Headline: “Hillary Clinton Shows Trump And Cruz How A President Responds To Terror” [3/23/16]
“Condemning the oratorical bombast and verbal ‘loose cannons’ employed by her Republican rivals to combat global terrorism, Democrat Hillary Clinton cast herself Wednesday as the presidential candidate best equipped to handle the persistent global threats and defeat ISIS.” [McClatchy, 3/23/16]
“Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate, offered a smart, substantive rebuttal to Republican bluster in a speech at Stanford University on Wednesday, when she laid out ways to work with allies to defeat terrorist groups and cautioned against responses driven by panic.” [New York Times Editorial, 3/24/16]
“In her most vigorous assault yet on her Republican rivals, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday ridiculed the foreign policy prescriptions of Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz, calling them ‘reckless actions’ that would alienate America’s closest allies, demonize Muslims and empower Russia.” [New York Times, 3/23/16]
“In the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Brussels, Hillary Clinton laid out a stark contrast between her approach for dealing with the Islamic State threat and that of the two leading Republican presidential candidates” [Washington Post, 3/23/16]
And as Clinton said yesterday, “loose cannons tend to misfire.”
Washington Post Editorial Headline: “The horror in Brussels is a rebuke to Trump’s foreign policy” [3/22/16]
Huffington Post Headline: “Conservatives Spout Hateful Rhetoric In Wake of Brussels Attack” [3/22/16]
MSNBC Headline: “When the going gets tough, some Republicans fall to pieces” [3/23/16]
Business Insider Headline: “Donald Trump is woefully unprepared to handle ISIS” [3/22/16]
US News and World Report Opinion Headline: “Trump Fails the Brussels Test” [3/23/16]
Boston Globe Opinion Headline: “Cruz Pulls a Trump on Muslims” [3/24/16]
Think Progress Headline: “Donald Trump’s Frightening Response to The Brussels Attacks” [3/22/16]
Daily Beast Headline: “Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Want to Make America a Police State After Brussels” [3/22/16]