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63splitwindow

(2,657 posts)
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:09 PM Jun 2016

Said Boot: “His performance has been in character, which is to say appalling.”

" Max Boot, an influential conservative at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the Orlando tragedy “could have provided an opening for Trump to rally Republicans against terrorism.” But instead, Boot said, Trump has been “partisan and petty.”

Boot criticized Trump for raising the specter of Islamic involvement just hours after the Orlando shooting and for taking credit on Twitter for having warned about such threats. On Sunday, Trump tweeted: "Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism."

Said Boot: “His performance has been in character, which is to say appalling.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-security-idUSKCN0Z002S

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Said Boot: “His performance has been in character, which is to say appalling.” (Original Post) 63splitwindow Jun 2016 OP
And how about all those times he failed to warn about Christian terrorism? krispos42 Jun 2016 #1

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
1. And how about all those times he failed to warn about Christian terrorism?
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:37 PM
Jun 2016

There are some dead black people in South Carolina that would like a word with him. And some dead cops in Nevada. And some dead abortion doctors.

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