GOP Rep. Martha McSally unloaded Sunday on her Democratic opponent in the Senate race for Arizona’s open seat for not apologizing for appearing to be supportive of the Taliban, declaring “this is personal.”
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” McSally, an Air Force veteran, lashed out at Kyrsten Sinema’s 2003 radio interview in which she said she didn’t care if someone wanted to go fight for the Taliban.
Sinema, in a debate with McSally last Monday, accused the Republican of “smearing my campaign,” Fox News reported.
“Totally out of step with American values, when she clearly says in this radio interview, she has no problem with an American going to join the Taliban,” McSally said Sunday.
"This is personal for those of us who served and actually fought against the Taliban. I was a squadron commander over there, with my A-10 squadron. We were getting shot at by the Taliban; the Taliban was killing Americans. The worst days we had at Bagram Air Force base when I was a commander was when an American gave their last breath fighting for our freedoms ... and was killed by someone from the Taliban.”
She said the comments were part of “a pattern” of “a radical left activist.”
“She continues to make excuses,” McSally said. “She has yet to make an apology but this is a pattern for my opponent. Right after 9/11, in a moment when the country was unified and were healing and mourning ... Krysten Sinema was protesting any military action against terrorists.”
“This is just a pattern of my opponent over many years where she has been a radical left activist, a green party activist, very much against our military,” she added.
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