In Houston, Clinton Talks Syria and Promises a Blue Texas

Hillary Clinton realized there is no easy way to segue between Syria and women running for office in Texas. So she wisely did not try, and began her speech at the Annie's List luncheon at the downtown Marriott Marquis with an aside.

In her first public remarks since President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike on a Syrian airfield Thursday evening, the former presidential candidate and Secretary of State said the world must stop Syrian president Bashar al-Assad from committing more atrocities against his own people. During her campaign, Clinton took a harder line than President Barack Obama on the conflict, but cautioned that while airstrikes may help, the White House needs to articulate a coherent strategy to end Syria’s brutal civil war.

Clinton also took a dig at what she sees as an inherent contradiction between recognizing the brutality of the Assad government while attempting to implement a ban on Syrian immigrants into the United States.

“I hope they recognize that we can’t in one breath speak of protecting Syria’s babies and in the next be closing our borders,” Clinton told the ballroom filled with more than 2,000.

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Cross-posted in the Texas Group.