Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) said Friday in an interview with radio station KFTK that President Obama defended the Islamic State and not “the side of freedom” when he criticized Congress members who supported turning refugees away because of security risks.
A bill that would make the screening process for refugees from Iraq and Syria stricter passed the House on Thursday by a veto-proof majority. President Obama had threatened to veto the bill.
Wagner criticized President Obama in the radio interview and said that what Obama had said about the bill “disgusts” her.
“He decided to pick a fight and stand up for ISIS and stand up against the side of freedom and to pick a fight with not just Republicans, but Democrats, over this refugee issue,” Wagner said. “It is a politicization. It is a deflecting measure.”
h/t: BuzzFeed News
If you wanna talk about “disgust,” look in the mirror, Congresswoman.
And it’s nice to see someone stepping forward to take the mantle of “intelligent” Republican Congresswoman from Michel Bachmann and the like.
I really really believe now that Republicans are so brainless that they cannot possibly understand the difference between a refugee and a terrorist. They think all refugees are terrorists, by definition, if they come from Syria.
Totally demented people, Republican congresspeople and other politicians.
I think republicans caused ISIS in Syria when they would not support President Obama when he wanted to get rid of al-Assad when we had the chance to do it. Assad going to war with his own people opened the country up to terrorist. The majority of Syrians hate Assad now because he used chemical weapons on his own people. If the US takes the side of Assad now we will be seen by Syrians to support dictators. The 6 to 7 million Syrians who left the country did not leave just because of ISIS, but because of the Assad government. I doubt that these refugees will go back as long as Assad and his government is in power. Don’t see it happening.
It’s just so easy to blame Obama when the media is complicit by bringing every ex-military general to come on and complain about his foreign policy and the spineless democrats who side with republicans