Brian Mast: 'The United States is Radical Islam's New Battlefield'

Veteran Brian Mast, running for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., in Congress, offered his take on Friday on the shooting spree in Chattanooga in which a Muslim man shot up a recruiting center before heading toward a Navy and Marines reserve center where he killed four Marines.

 “The loss of four of our Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is heartbreaking,” Mast noted on Friday. “These individuals were unarmed heroes who died defending their country from a radical Islamist enemy who has been calling for the specific targeting of U.S. service members for months.

“Americans need to come to the realization and get past the point of speculating about whether or not Islamist groups like ISIS, who have called for attacks in the United States, will begin to wage war within our cities and towns,” Mast added. “The United States is radical Islam's new battlefield.”