https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/11/18/obama-opponents-of-my-plan-to-welcome-syrian-refugees-are-afraid-of-widows-and-orphans/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:06:46 -0400<![CDATA[This is actually a shot directed primarily at Chris Christie, who emphasized his opposition to admitting Syrian refugees by demanding that no one be admitted &#8212; not even orphaned infants on their own. But Barack Obama used that to launch a broad rebuke to Republicans who are balking at the idea of admitting refugees after the Paris attacks turned out to have recent refugees as part of the terrorist operation. And it&#8217;s not actually the widows and children that worry them, a point that Obama ignores in favor of a cheap shot:]]>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:41:34 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/11/18/obama-opponents-of-my-plan-to-welcome-syrian-refugees-are-afraid-of-widows-and-orphans-n228944