McCaskill says Trump and ‘his friend Putin’ are more to blame for ISIS than Obama, Clinton

[TexasTowelie]

Barack Obama the founder of the Islamic State? No, insisted Hillary Clinton surrogate Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, that’s more the work of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

The Democratic U.S. senator appeared on “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace” to carry the day’s talking points for the Clinton campaign.

First, she defended the presidential nominee against growing charges of conflicts of interest between Clinton’s service as secretary of state and the internationally focused foundation she leads with her husband.

Then Wallace asked her about Trump’s statement last week that Obama was “the founder” of the Islamic State — also known as ISIS, or ISIL — and that Clinton, as secretary of state, was “co-founder.”

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