Rep. Gabbard Blasts Obama’s Extremism Speech: ‘Misidentifying the Enemy’

Dem Rep. Gabbard Rips Obama's Summit Speech: He's "Misidentifying The Enemy And Their Motivation" (RealClearPolitics)

Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii criticized President Obama's speech on terrorism which followed a White House summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Gabbard told CNN's Wolf Blitzer "the administration is misidentifying the enemy and their motivation."

"I think one of the things that is important to note is that the administration is misidentifying the enemy and their motivation by saying that they are motivated out of materialistic aspirations, that they're motivated out of poverty, of a lack of jobs or education or opportunity and as a result, the courses of action that the administration is proposing are also materialistic in nature, saying that if we just go in and alleviate poverty, if we go in and create jobs and increase opportunity and institute this Western style of democracy, that somehow this is going to solve the problem, when really, that's not the case," Rep. Gabbard said on Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's The Situation Room.