Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) punched back Wednesday at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) after the Kentucky senator and 2016 candidate blamed Republican foreign policy hawks for the existence of the Islamic State.
“This is a perfect example of why Senator Paul is unsuited to be Commander-in-Chief,” Jindal wrote in a statement. “We have men and women in the military who are in the field trying to fight ISIS right now, and Senator Paul is taking the weakest, most liberal Democrat position.”
During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday morning Paul said, “ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party who gave arms indiscriminately, and most [of] these arms were snatched up by ISIS.”
In his response, Jindal, who has created a presidential exploratory committee, went on to link Paul’s comments to President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“It’s one thing for Senator Paul to take an outlandish position as a Senator at Washington cocktail parties, but being Commander-in-Chief is an entirely different job,” Jindal’s statement continued. “We should all be clear that evil and Radical Islam are at fault for the rise of ISIS, and people like President Obama and Hillary Clinton exacerbate it.”
Says someone who will never, ever be President.
So very pleased with himself that he hit all the talking points to a crowd which ate it up.
Kind of reminds me of the 50’s and 60’s when they had midget wrestling on TV. I had more respect for the midgets though, and I am certain the midgets had more principles and knowledge of world events than either Paul or Jindal
Whereas in your case, being a flaming fucking lunatic only makes you that much more qualified to the rwnj crowd.
Translation of Jindal: “If us hawks had not given them arms, what would our military do without being able to go to war against them, fight them and perhaps get wounded or killed?!”