US Attorney General Loretta Lynch response to terrorism is "compassion, unity and love," after meeting with officials in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday - a week after the Orlando massacre that left 49 deaths and 53 injured. The attorney general's remark was picked up by multiple conservative news outlets.
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) quickly took to twitter that Lynch should "resign immediately," as per The Hill. Attorney General Loretta Lynch's call for "love" as the best tool to fight terrorism played into an ongoing narrative for Republicans, who have repeatedly accused the Obama administration of inability to address ISIS attacks and avoiding underlying radical extremism that leads to violence.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch told families of the Orlando massacre victims that the administration is standing with them to say that the good in the world outweighs evil. She also said that the shooter's true motives "may never be known" which is noticeably opposite to the evidence released in recent days of the gunman's call of pledged allegiance to an ISIS chief, reports WND.
Lynch also vowed Obama administration to address the rights of the LGBT community but underscored the peaceful side of Islam. Conservatives quickly condemned the move saying it's a clear evidence of the administration's refusal to address the "radical Islamic terrorism." President Obama and his administration have been avoiding the phrase, claiming that extremism such as ISIS's is not part Islam and that it disgraces an entire religion.
This comes on the heels of the Obama administration originally redacting gunman Omar Mateen references to ISIS in a partial transcript that was released on Monday, indicating the administration is avoiding to disclosure of the group's terror. The Justice Department quickly reversed facing outraged accusations of censorship and published the full transcript just a few hours later. The gunman was heard pledging allegiance and referring to an ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi twice on the 50-second 911 call in the midst of his bloodshed.