Ayotte accuses Obama of fighting ISIS to help Democrats, fears he will abandon war after election
Sen. Kelly Ayotte has accused the president of declaring war on ISIS to help Democrats in the midterm election and said she fears he will abandon the effort after November.
In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Ayotte said, “I’m very fearful as we look at the current military strategy that it is surrounding the November elections and that he won’t have the resolve to follow through with what needs to be done in a sustained effort to destroy ISIS.”
“Are you suggesting that after the November election and acting tough and talking tough, that he is going to pull back from confronting ISIS?” asked Wallace.
“I’m very concerned about that, Chris, and his resolve in this regard,” she replied.
“The possibility that Ayotte might have been scaremongering to boost Republican candidates’ prospects a month from now was not raised,” Wonkette’s Doktor Zoom wrote, “because only a terrible cynic would accuse a great patriot like Kelly Ayotte of such base motives.”