Washington Post: Cruz criticizes Obama and Trump in wake of Brussels attack
Sen. Ted Cruz slammed President Obama for “going to baseball games with the Castros” in Cuba and Donald Trump for questioning the need for the U.S. alliance with NATO in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels.
“While our friends and allies are attacked by radical Islamic terrorists, President Obama is spending his time going to baseball games with the Castros and standing at a press conference with Raul Castro as a prop, while Castro denies there are any political prisoners in Cuba,” Cruz told reporters in Washington.
The Republican presidential hopeful also said Trump, a rival for the GOP nomination, said he would withdraw the United States from NATO. (Trump did not say the United States should withdraw from NATO, but he questioned U.S. involvement in the organization and said it may need to be diminished in the future in an interview with The Washington Post editorial board.)
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TPM: Sanders On Brussels Attacks: 'This Type Of Barbarism' Cannot Continue
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) issued a reaction to the deadly attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, saying they were a "brutal reminder" of the work still needed to stop the Islamic State terror group.
The Sanders campaign offered its "deepest condolences" to families and victims of "another cowardly attempt to terrorize innocent civilians."
"We stand with our European allies to offer any necessary assistance in these difficult times," the statement continued. "Today's attack is a brutal reminder that the international community must come together to destroy ISIL. This type of barbarism cannot be allowed to continue."
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