The White House is responding to Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s controversial comments on immigration.
Ramsey called for a ban on immigrants from any country with known ties to terrorism.
He said, in part, “A nation without secure borders is no nation at all.”
He claims we are at war with radical Islam and everyone outside of the Obama administration knows it.
On Thursday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest weighed in.
“The rhetoric that he is using only serves to advance the narrative of a terrorist organization that is trying to convince the world that they are representing Islam in a war against the United States and the rest of the world. The fact is, that’s a fantasy. ISIL does not represent Islam, and it’s not just President Obama who has said that. President George W. Bush has said exactly the same thing. The one thing they’re right about, though, is that they are at war with the United States and the rest of the world,” Earnest said.
Earnest says the president has started a coalition of more than 65 nations to destroy ISIS. (continue reading at WSMV)