In a speech broadly outlining his foreign policy vision, Senator Ted Cruz said that “political correctness” is getting Americans killed. Referencing reports that neighbors of the Islamic terrorists in San Bernardino opted to not contact authorities about behavior they found suspicious due to fears of being accused of “racial profiling,” Cruz warned against its dangers. Connecting “political correctness” to President Barack Obama’s refusal to acknowledge the linkages between Islamic terrorism, Islam, and Muslims, Cruz called for clarity in the interest of national security.
“There are many in this country who fear, once again, that we cannot defeat (Islamic terrorism), that to even speak its name labels us bigots,” Cruz said, describing the corrosive effect of Obama’s rhetoric on honest political discourse.
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