Tonight, Ted Cruz and John Kasich tried to differentiate their foreign policy plans from Donald Trump’s. But the truth is, the Party of Trump has a knack for making big promises with no plans to back them up. Unlike Hillary Clinton, the GOP candidates are utterly unprepared to defeat ISIS and lack a coherent strategy to combat threats to our national security.
Donald Trump
- Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “We’ve got to do something with the internet.” [Wired, 12/8/15]
- Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “I’m looking to take the oil. I want to take the oil. I want the oil.” [The Hill, 11/8/15]
- Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “I would bomb the shit out of them.” [Real Clear Politics, 11/13/15]
Ted Cruz
- Ted Cruz: “I will direct the Department of Defense to destroy ISIS.” [Ted Cruz press release, 12/6/15]
- Ted Cruz said his plan was to “carpet bomb [ISIS] into oblivion.” [Washington Post, 12/5/15]
John Kasich
- John Kasich proposed a government agency to promote Judeo-Christian values as part of his plan to defeat ISIS. [NBC News, 11/17/15]
- John Kasich: “We have to go on the ground and in the air and destroy ISIS in a coalition.” [USA Today, 12/9/15]