Obama: GOP ‘Scared of Widows and Orphans’ Coming into the Country

‘At first, they were too scared of the press being too tough on them in the debates ... now they are scared of three year old orphans’

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OBAMA: “These are the same folks oftentimes who suggest that they’re so tough that just talking to Putin or staring down ISIL, or using some additional rhetoric somehow is going to solve the problems out there. But apparently, they’re scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America as part of our tradition of compassion. At first, they were worried about the press being too tough on them during debates. Now they’re worried about three-year-old orphans. That doesn’t sound very tough to me....They’ve been playing on fear in order to try to score political points or to advance their campaigns. And it’s irresponsible. And it’s contrary to who we are. And it needs to stop, because the world is watching.”
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ENGEL: “That was President Obama speaking in the last hour, at a regional trade summit in the Philippines. More from Paris straight ahead. Stay with us.”

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