This week, Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema staff issued a statement saying that she “believes terrorists should be tried in court and punished according to American law.”
Michael Burns, a spokesman for Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema said, “She voted to ‘uphold the principles set forth by our founding fathers in the U.S. Constitution.’ Among those principles includes fair trials for all accused of crimes. Congresswoman Sinema believes terrorists should be tried in court and punished according to American law.”
Her opponent in the race, Wendy Rogers’ staff responded to Sinema’s comments: “Kyrsten Sinema confirmed her complete and utter disregard for national security. Her naïveté of what it takes to protect our nation is of grave concern. Kyrsten Sinema voted to put our country at risk by opening the door to the transfer of terrorists to prisons on U.S. soil and trials in American courts. These institutions are incapable of handling such dangerous individuals. Incredibly, with the enemy at our gates, Kyrsten Sinema promotes the vapid belief that terrorists should be dealt with in the same way we handle common criminals,” said Rogers’ staffer James Harris.
“Terrorists want to destroy our nation, and Wendy Rogers firmly believes we must hold them securely in military facilities to try them before military courts, in order to keep our homeland safe. Only the military is equipped to handle the threat posed by these enemy combatants, and if elected,” concluded Harris, “Wendy Rogers will work to make sure we continue holding and trying terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, not on American soil or in United States courtrooms.”