Paris Attacks Spur Harsher GOP Rhetoric

“As a fervid debate over illegal immigration roils the GOP presidential primary, the terrorist attacks in Paris are pushing candidates to take a harder line—a tack some Republicans worry will hamstring their nominee in the general election,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Most Republicans seeking the White House have called for President Obama to shelve his plan to admit about 10,000 refugees of the Syrian civil war. The rhetoric escalated in the wake of reports linking one of the suicide bombers to a passport from a Syrian seeking asylum.”

Washington Post: “The rising unease among many Republicans toward Muslim migrants — and at times the Islamic faith in general — marks a stark and sudden shift in the 2016 campaign to issues of religion and national security. The debate could have significant implications for next year’s general election, in which GOP leaders had hoped to better perform with nonwhite voters than in past contests.”