Orlando: ‘The first test of the 2016 presidential campaign’

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Orlando: ‘The first test of the 2016 presidential campaign’



WASHINGTON: -- This weekend’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, denounced by President Obama as an act of terror and hate, has reignited the debate in the US over how best to confront violent Islamist militancy.

Sharp disagreements in the campaign for the November 8 presidential election were highlighted as the Democratic and Republican White House hopefuls spoke on US television, giving their response to the massacre.

Democrat Hillary Clinton said the United States should walk a fine line in bolstering security without demonising Muslims, and also called for tougher gun safety measures.

Her Republican rival Donald Trump criticised the US Muslim population for not reporting suspicions to authorities and reiterated his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.

Euronews asked our Washington correspondent Stefan Grobe for his assessment.

Nial O’Reilly, Euronews: Stefan, the scale of this attack has united the country, in some ways, but it has also reopened divisions on gun control, domestic security and terrorism. What impact do you think it will have on the presidential campaign?

Stefan Grobe: “Orlando is, if you want, the first test of the 2016 presidential campaign, giving both candidates the opportunity to look presidential. Both offer totally different approaches – Donald Trump tweeting that he always told us that this would be coming, almost triumphantly slapping himself on the back, calling for tougher and smarter measures to fight Islamic terrorism and renewing his calls for an all-out war against ISIL in the Middle East and a travel ban for Muslims who want to travel to the United States.

Hillary Clinton was much more moderate, much more subdued. She talked about the heroism of the first responders, of course calling for national unity. She said this is a time to come together, this is not a time to demonise members of the American nation. She is, of course, against the travel ban.

She said we cannot demonise the Muslim community. We need the Muslim community to fight this. And, of course, she also mentioned other angles of this horrible story like violence against the LGBT community, gun violence, and – on a broader level – hate in general as one of the most difficult problems facing society. So, the presidential campaign has already moved to take this event and make terrorism one of the top priorities.

Euronews: Who do Americans trust more on terrorism: Trump or Clinton?

Stefan Grobe: “For Americans, of all walks of life, terrorism is a top priority in this campaign. There is a majority of Americans, according to polls, who say that Donald Trump is probably tougher on terrorism but also a majority of Americans say that Hillary Clinton is much stronger than Trump when it comes to temperament and experience – and both are needed to fight terrorism.

By the way, the American public reaction was surprisingly muted. This could be because it was a very hot, early summer weekend or – and this is probably worse – because Americans have gotten used to that sort of violence, considering it almost like a ‘tornado-like event’ that hits the country every now and then.”


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-06-14

[Usernames]

Because when you really want to know what is happening in the US, go to some guy named Stefan Grobe.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Usernames

[cheapcanuck]

Stefan Who?

Who gives a sh!t what Stefan has to say.

[bassman]

Euronews is a real rag, APt is quickly catching up. Wonder where they got this bumbling idiot?

[mrwebb8825]

Hey Stefon, you moron, stop any American in the street and ask them about this and I promise you will NOT get the answer; "Meh, shit happens">

[Jingthing]

the vile monster FAILED the test.

But Colbert’s attack on Trump really found its bite when he moved on to Trump’scomments about President Obama, in which Trump seemingly implied that the president may be an ISIS sympathizer or secretly Muslim. Since Trump refused to elaborate on what he meant by cryptic remarks like “something’s going on,” Colbert decided to decode it himself, pulling out a chalkboard to diagram Trump’s logic. And the result, when he connected the dots, was a swastika.

That’s right, Colbert basically called Trump a Nazi on late night television—and he had a big smile on his face while doing it.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/06/15/stephen_colbert_calls_donald_trump_a_nazi_using_diagrams_on_late_show_video.html

[neverdie]

Trump = Fail

Clinton = Fail

Obama = Fail.

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