Tomi Lahren, host of One America News Network's "On Point," has become a hit after delivering a scathing monologue last week against President Barack Obama and his "half-baked" strategy for dealing with jihadis.
"Four United States Marines are now dead," she said, referring to the servicemen shot and killed by Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez in Chattanooga on Thursday. Over the weekend, a fifth man died of his wounds.
"Climate change didn't kill them. Lack of free community college didn't kill them . . . So what did?" she asked her audience.
"President Obama, if you won't say it, I will — radical Islam. This is not work-place violence. This is not a criminal act with motives unknown. This is terrorism. The suspected shooter, Muhammad Abdulazeez, a devout Muslim."
Lahren explained that she comes from a family of military men, mentioning her "World War II paratrooper" grandfather, and "Vietnam Purple Heart recipient" uncle.
"In fact, someone very close to my heart is deployed to the Middle East right now, but the sad thing is I was telling him last night: 'I think you're safer over there than you would be right here in the United States of America,'" she said.
"I've had it with this failed strategy — this half-way, half-baked, tip-toe, be-friendly-to-jihadis mentality pushed by this administration," she continued.
"Be a leader, someone. They, the radical Islamists, have brought the fight right here to the red, white and blue, and it's about time we bring it to them. Full force. Let's show them what the United States of America looks like up close and personal. Show them what a B1 Bomber looks like flying overhead. Show them what they're messing with. Put the fear of God in their desert, because clearly our lack of strategy isn't working."
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