Mark Toner, the State Department spokesman who has been held over from the Obama administration, released a statement today for the department regarding the attacks in Egypt. In congruence with the way his previous bosses communicated with the American people, he left out the all-important detail that the attacks were by radical Islamic terrorists.
State Dept. Spox/Obama hold over Mark Toner fails to mention Islamic terror regarding today's ISIS attacks on Christian churches pic.twitter.com/3dbV7tQxou
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 9, 2017
This prompted calls for Mr. Toner to get the boot.
Fire him TODAY @realDonaldTrump
— Randy Adams (@randalladams) April 9, 2017
Why is he still there?? Too many leftovers yet. Time to clean out the pantry!
— Gail (@gailindependen1) April 9, 2017
New administration needs to clean out that cesspool at @StateDept
— Gary Carlo (@GaryACarlo) April 9, 2017
At this point, why are there any Obama holdovers? Good grief… https://t.co/PZlL8CUPv3
— Teresa (@TeresaSchmied) April 9, 2017
As Katie Pavlich further notes, President Trump’s statement also did not mention radical Islam.
Also, no mention of Islamic terror from POTUS earlier, despite State Depart having declared Islamic State is waging genocide on Christians https://t.co/0unkB84uDV
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 9, 2017
So sad to hear of the terrorist attack in Egypt. U.S. strongly condemns. I have great…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 9, 2017