McCarthy: We Need to Take Islamic State ‘Head On’

On Sunday’s “The Cats Roundtable” on New York City’s AM 970, host John Catsimatidis welcomed House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on his show.

McCarthy addressed the recent terror attack in San Bernardino, CA, urging President Obama to take Islamic State “head on.”

“The more that we’re finding out – it’s a terrorist attack. But, how could you ever think that you could drop off a six-month-old baby to your grandparents and knowing that you’re going to go kill somebody?”

“Lots of times when I look at what the president is doing, I fundamentally disagree with him on foreign policy,” McCarthy later added. “When he said we needed a restart in Russia, when Yemen was an example of his foreign policy and he watched it collapse, when he said ISIL was a JV team – we need to be able to take these individuals head on. The idea that it’s just going to happen with going around and stepping back from the world stage I think is wrong.”