Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, R-Tex., criticized President Obama for being “out of touch” for comments he made Tuesday suggesting that stopping climate change would send a strong message to the Islamic State that Western values cannot be deterred by terrorism.
Cruz, speaking to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, condemned Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry for telling Americans “that they think essentially your SUV in the driveway is a greater threat to our security than is ISIS, than is a nuclear Iran and it makes no sense whatsoever.”
“You know what would be a real rebuke to ISIS? When we kill the terrorists before they carry out another terror attack here at home murdering innocent Americans,” Cruz answered.
The Texas senator said “it’s gotten to the point where I don’t think ‘Saturday Night Live’ can even parody this president anymore.”
During a press conference with French President Francois Hollande Tuesday afternoon at the White House, Obama said that next week’s international climate summit in Paris will be “a powerful rebuke to the terrorists” showing that “the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children.”
