Juliet Eilperin, Robert Costa, Anne Gearan, The Washington Post <\/p>\n
\nThe disparity between the two encapsulates the choice facing voters this fall: Do they see Trump\u2019s bombast as the solution to a dangerous world, or do they find comfort in Clinton\u2019s more familiar manner? …<\/p>\n
Stuart Stevens [Republican], who served as Mitt Romney\u2019s chief strategist during the 2012 campaign, called Trump\u2019s statements and actions on Sunday \u201cchildish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day he finds a different way to show he\u2019s unqualified to be president,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cToday he\u2019s [congratulating himself] at a time when 50 people are slaughtered.\u201d …<\/p>\n
Obama described the attack as \u201ca sobering reminder that attacks on any American \u2014 regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation \u2014 is an attack on all of us and on the fundamental values of equality and dignity that define us as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n
And he made a point of saying the Orlando nightclub where the killing occurred \u201cwas a place of solidarity and empowerment,\u201d where members of the city\u2019s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community \u201ccame together to be with friends, to dance and to sing and to live.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether the more nuanced approach Clinton and Obama are advocating \u2014 one that calls on Americans to refrain from targeting people from the Mideast or of Middle Eastern descent while pursuing incremental gains against Islamist extremists overseas \u2014 will resonate with the majority of voters.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Juliet Eilperin, Robert Costa, Anne Gearan, The Washington Post The disparity between the two encapsulates the choice facing voters this fall: Do they see Trump\u2019s bombast as the solution to a dangerous world, or do they find comfort in Clinton\u2019s more familiar manner? … Stuart Stevens [Republican], who served as Mitt Romney\u2019s chief strategist during … Continue reading Trump and Clinton and their very different responses to the Orlando shootings<\/span>