Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday offered his prayers for the people of Belgium following two deadly explosions in Brussels, and he called on Americans to “redouble our efforts” to find the “perpetrators of such acts of evil.”
“I want to express my solidarity with the people of Belgium in the aftermath of the attacks that took place in Brussels. Along with every American, I am sickened by the pictures of the carnage, by the injuries and by the loss of life,” Kasich said in a statement. “The wave of terror that has been unleashed in Europe and elsewhere around the world are attacks against our very way of life and against the democratic values upon which our political systems have been built.”
“We and our allies must rededicate ourselves to these values of freedom and human rights. We must utterly reject the use of deadly acts of terror,” the Republican presidential candidate continued. “We must also redouble our efforts with our allies to identify, root out and destroy the perpetrators of such acts of evil. We must strengthen our alliances as our way of life and the international system that has been built on our common values since the end of the Second World War comes under challenge from these and other actors of evil.”
As of Tuesday morning, Belgian media reported that at least 26 people were killed in the explosions at the Brussels airport and in the city’s subway system.
Read Kasich’s full statement:
I want to express my solidarity with the people of Belgium in the aftermath of the attacks that took place in Brussels. Along with every American, I am sickened by the pictures of the carnage, by the injuries and by the loss of life.
The wave of terror that has been unleashed in Europe and elsewhere around the world are attacks against our very way of life and against the democratic values upon which our political systems have been built.
We and our allies must rededicate ourselves to these values of freedom and human rights. We must utterly reject the use of deadly acts of terror.
We must also redouble our efforts with our allies to identify, root out and destroy the perpetrators of such acts of evil. We must strengthen our alliances as our way of life and the international system that has been built on our common values since the end of the Second World War comes under challenge from these and other actors of evil.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the attacks and with the people of Belgium.
Our way of life? Who knew Johnny was a Social Democrat wanting a society and government structured like Belgium’s?
Suicide bombers always beat you to it, tough guy.
When they came for the mayonnaise on my fries, I said nothing…
One thing I can be sure of, a priori, is that no Republican candidate for President is going to say anything helpful regarding this attack in Brussels.
Well at least it wasn’t ‘thoughts and prayers’. He must leave that for domestic mass shootings.