Posted on 11/21/2015 7:25:12 AM PST by Isara
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said Friday that “Obama-Clinton foreign policy” is to blame for growing threat of Islamic terrorism at a gathering of social conservatives in Iowa.
Hosted by the Family Leader Christian advocacy group, the forum provided seven of the remaining GOP presidential candidates a platform to speak to evangelical and born-again Christian activists that can make or break a campaign. And it was much different in nature from the first four GOP debates.
Candidates sat side-by-side at a “Thanksgiving table.” Instead of attacking each other, they trained fire at Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton - in particular, over The White House’s plans to resettle 10,000 refugees in the United States from war-torn Syria.
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Mr. Cruz ripped into the president and Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee.
“These refugees are fleeing the disaster that was caused by the Obama-Clinton foreign policy that has led to the rise of radical Islam throughout out the Middle East,” Mr. Cruz said.
Mr. Cruz said Mr. Obama is “serving as an apologist for radical Islamic terrorism.” The Texas Republican said the refugees should be resettled in the Middle East in majority Muslim countries, and emphasized that the United States is spending “ten-times” what any other nation spends on humanitarian efforts aimed at helping those displaced.
“I get tired of President Obama and Hillary Clinton lecture the American people that we are somehow ungenerous when we are providing for these people, but we don’t want to risk the safety of our children here at home.”
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The Family Leader is expected announce whether it will endorse a presidential candidate between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Mr. Vander Plaats signaled Friday that it is likely would be one of the candidates in attendance.
"I truly believe the next president is going to be around that table," he said.
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Without evangelicals there is winning. Without them there is loss.
Way to stay on message, Senator Cruz.
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