“Congresswoman McSally should be embarrassed that she couldn’t answer basic questions about Donald Trump’s – and therefore the Republican Party’s – dangerous stances on foreign policy,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “She displayed a shocking lack of conviction yesterday when asked about leaving the NATO alliance. Frankly, her ‘bury your head in the sand’ routine is getting really old.”
Some key excerpts from the Arizona Republic’s coverage:
Embarrassing:
But McSally, who has yet to say if she will support her party’s presumptive nominee for president, declined to identify the issues that concern her.
Really Embarrassing:
But with the opportunity in front of her, McSally failed to specify issues that Trump or Clinton should talk about. She did say the country faces threats including terrorism, cybersecurity and North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
And she declined to comment on Trump’s controversial foreign-policy proposals, such as pulling the United States out of the NATO alliance, even though minutes before McSally had praised NATO-member Norway as a beneficial ally to the U.S.
Shameful:
“Who do you think would be the better president from understanding the military and funding it the way we would like it to be?” a Raytheon Co. employee asked McSally after listening to her deliver a speech on military and foreign policy at the company’s Tucson-based missile-systems subsidiary.
“There is no way I’m going to answer that,” McSally groaned, after joking about her discomfort talking about the presidential race.