Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) suggested the Biden administration isn’t “taken seriously at all when it comes to terrorism.”
Mace appeared on the Faulkner Focus on Thursday to respond to President Joe Biden redesignating the Yemeni Houthis as a global terrorist organization after removing the group from the blacklist earlier in his term. The Houthis have consistently targeted cargo ships in the Red Sea.
“You know you can’t project strength on the world stage when there is weakness in the White House,” Mace said. “This White House has empowered terrorism and terrorists around the globe. This White House has empowered our adversaries.”
Mace noted the $6 billion in Iranian assets the White House opted to unfreeze that preceded Iran’s bombing of Pakistan that was also met with retaliatory bombs. According to the South Carolina representative, “no one dared to test” the resolve of former President Donald Trump. She further blasted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for not reporting his hospitalization to the White House or Congress.
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“To me, it’s a serious lack of leadership, and we’re seeing that everywhere in this administration,” Mace said. “Just look at the White House and the administration’s comments this week on Houthis and possibly redesignating them if they stop bombing. They’re not taken seriously at all when it comes to terrorism or our adversaries around the world.”
Some 30 locations in Yemen have been targeted by over 150 missiles and bombs from the United States and its allies. This came after the Houthis launched 30 attacks on commercial vessels via missiles.
