Senator Ted Cruz did not mix words in a statement today with The Washington Free Beacon. “As we confront this new phase, we must avoid the trap of misconceiving these attacks as isolated incidents somehow disconnected from the larger ideological struggle against jihad.” Cruz went on to say, “It is past time to take off the blinders and call the enemy what it is: radical Islamic terrorism engaged in a coordinated campaign designed to disrupt our very way of life.”

This statement follows the devastating weekend attacks that injured multiple citizens in different cities. Cruz ended by saying, “We can’t overcome our enemies by pretending they don’t exist, and undermining our first line of defenders. Only together, clear-eyed and determined, can we defeat this foe.”

Read the full statement to The Washington Free Beacon bellow: