Clinton steps up attacks on Trump

Hillary Clinton stepped up her attacks on Donald Trump, saying Wednesday that his proposals to build a wall on the Mexican border and ban Muslims from entering the country wouldn’t have stopped the Orlando nightclub shooting.

“A ban on Muslims would not have stopped this attack. Neither would a wall,” Clinton said in remarks in Hampton, Va.

{mosads}“I don’t know how one builds a wall to keep the internet out,” Clinton added to applause.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee pointed out that the Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, was born in New York to Afghan parents.

Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has suggested Mateen’s parents shouldn’t have been let into the country. He’s also criticized Clinton’s and President Obama’s anti-terrorism policies and their support for tougher gun control laws.

Clinton is casting Trump’s rhetoric as dangerous to the country and its national security efforts.

“His comments have become even more inflammatory in recent days,” Clinton said. “This approach isn’t just wrong; it is dangerous.

“And I want to emphasize and underline this. Of course we want to keep our country safe; that should go without saying,” she said. “But we rely on partners in majority-Muslim countries to fight terrorists.”

She reiterated that if elected president, she will make stopping “lone wolf” terrorists — people who become radicalized on their own — “a top priority.” She also pledged to create a team that would take on this challenge.

Clinton also repeated her call to ban suspected terrorists from purchasing guns.

“Surely we can agree if the FBI is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you shouldn’t be able to buy a gun with no questions asked,” she said.