GOP candidates already politicizing Brussels attacks
A placard reads share your love next to flowers and candles laid on the ground following attacks in Brussels on March 22, 2016. Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights and European railways froze links with Brussels after a series of bomb blasts killed around 35 people in the city's airport and a metro train, sparking a broad security response. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARDKENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images Credit: Getty Images/ KENZO TRIBOUILLARD
Wow. That didn’t take long.
With news of the Brussels airport attack filtering around the world in the morning, most people didn’t even realize what had happened.
But that didn’t stop Republican presidential candidates from politicizing the whole thing.
From Donald Gasbag: “I would close up our borders to people until we figure out what’s going on. .We are taking people without real documentation. We don’t learn. I will tell you I’ve been talking about this for a long time. This whole thing will get worse as time goes by.”
Ted Cruz, the expert on everything, went on Twitter.
“Radical Islam is at war with us,” he tweeted “For over 7 years we have had a president who refuses to acknowledge this reality.”
All of this, of course, before anybody really had all the details.
In another tweet, Cruz said: “That ends on January 20, 2017, when I am sworn in as president.”
Cruz then called a press conference, saying “This is a war.” He called on the U.S. to use “full force and fury” against ISIS.
I assume Ted means carpet bombing. He loves sending people to war. As long as it’s not him or a family member.
We have dozens dead. We have airports all over the world adding extra security. And now we have the GOP trying to score political points. Quickly.
Class. Real class. Amazing.
Gary Stein is a columnist for the Sun Sentinel. Readers may send him email at gstein@sunsentinel.com
