Hillary Clinton fired back at Donald Trump’s speech on terrorism, immigration and the Orlando shooting, once again suggesting he lacks the temperament to be president of the United States.
Speaking to supporters in Pittsburgh, Clinton lashed out at Trump’s reaction to the attack, the presumptive Republican nominee mentioning President Obama in connection with the shooting by saying he has “something else in mind.”
“Donald Trump wants to be our next commander in chief. I think we all know that that is a job that demands a calm, collected and dignified response to these kinds of events,” Clinton said, mentioning Trump’s jibe that Obama is “on the side of the terrorists.” “This is way beyond anything that should be said by someone running for president of the United States.”
“What Donald Trump is saying is shameful. It is disrespectful to the people who were killed and wounded, and their families,” Clinton said.
She went on to compare the comments to Trump’s role in stoking the “birther movement,” which said Obama was not born in the United States and therefore ineligible for the presidency.
“We don’t need conspiracy theories and pathological self-congratulations,” Clinton said, referring to Trump’s Sunday tweet after the shooting. “We need leadership, common sense and concrete plans because we are facing a brutal enemy.”
After telling supporters that she read “every word” of Trump’s address Monday, the former secretary of state went on to single out two items from his speech: his use of the term “radical Islam” and his plan to ban Muslim immigration.
“He is fixated on the words ‘radical Islam.’ Now, I must say I find this strange. Is Donald Trump suggesting that there are magic words that once uttered will stop terrorists from coming after us?” Clinton asked rhetorically. “Trump, as usual, is obsessed with name-calling, and from my perspective, it matters what we do, not just what we say.”
“I will not demonize and declare war on an entire religion,” Clinton added before moving on to lambasting his Muslim ban, which she called “dangerous” and argued will harm relations with countries in the Middle East.
