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Democratic candidate for the Minnesota House ends campaign after tweeting Islamic State “isn’t necessarily evil”

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A Democratic candidate for the Minnesota House ended his campaign Sunday, hours after he tweeted that the Islamic State group “isn’t necessarily evil” and its members were doing what they thought was best for their community. Dan Kimmel, 63, announced the end of his bid for office on his campaign website and Twitter account. He said Saturday evening’s tweet was in response to a statement made during a candidate debate, not in response to Friday’s violent attacks in Paris that…

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Carly Fiorina says she is the leader the world needs in a time of terror

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If you’ve followed any of the stump speeches of the 15 Republican candidates still standing in the race for the presidential nomination, you know that everyone of them spends considerable time criticizing what they call the fecklessness of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton‘s foreign policy. So in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris apparently committed by the Islamic State on Friday, most of the candidates who appeared at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit on Saturday in…

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John Kasich says NATO should invoke Article 5 in wake of Paris attacks

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Saying it was not a day for politics as usual, Ohio Governor John Kasich still got partisan on Saturday at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando on Saturday afternoon. HisĀ entire speech was centered around the battle against terrorism in the wake of the attacks in Paris on Friday night, “I don’t know if this is the time for political criticism or the blame game, but I must say, that we as a nation, the United States of America, has not shown…

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Jeb Bush on Paris terror attack: This is the war of our time

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In a pre-scheduled interview tapes with Salem Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt shortly after the news was breaking on the terrorist attacks in Paris, Jeb Bush said it’s time for America to lead and called the war on Islamic terrorist “the war on our time.” “No, I’m not surprised,” Bush told Hewitt when asked about his initial reaction, which has now led to 127 deaths from six separate attacks on Friday night. “This is a war being created by Islamic…

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Marco Rubio condemns terror attacks in Paris

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In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris that have now killed 127 people on Friday night, Florida Senator Marco Rubio issued a statement in support of the people of France and all those impacted by the tragedy. “These brutal attacks against innocent civilians are a reminder of the increasing dangers facing free peoples around the world, and it is important for all Americans to stand with the people of France in this difficult time,” he said. “As…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.29.15 ā€“ Marco Rubio scores in debate, but will it boost his polling?

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There’s lots to unpack from Wednesday night’s two-hour GOP presidential debate, Ā but the most important thing to remember is that there still are three full months before any voter decides on anything. Unlike 2011-2012 when GOP primary voters through the polls bounced from Michele Bachmann to Rick Perry to Herman Cain to Newt Gingrich to Rick Santorum to ultimately Mitt Romney, they’ve been stuck most of this year on just one candidate: Donald Trump. That’s changed recently with Ben Carson’s…

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Jeb Bush says Donald Trump would send Syrian refugees ‘to their slaughter’

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Jeb Bush bashed Donald Trump for a lack of substance on CBS’Ā This MorningĀ program on Friday, accusing the GOP presidential front-runner of having simplistic responses to some of the world’s biggest crises. “I have no clue,” Bush told host Charlie Rose when asked if he’d be concerned whether Trump could keep America safe if he was president. “That’s the point. He hasn’t shared his views.” Taking note of how Trump frequently seems to free associate when asked to comment on issues,…

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